RK Kolubara () is a Serbian

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club based in

Lazarevac Lazarevac ( sr-cyr, Лазаревац, ) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. , the town has a total population of 27,635 inhabitants, while the municipal area has a total of 55,146 inhabitants. Its name stems from the name of medieval Ser ...

. They compete in the Serbian Handball Super A League.

History

The club was founded in 1960. They made their

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debut in its inaugural 2006–07 season. The club subsequently finished as runners-up twice in a row (2007–08 and 2008–09). They would win their first trophy by capturing the

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in May 2009. In the next 2009–10 season, the club successfully defended the national cup and secured its first ever national championship. They also participated in the

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(2009–10 and

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(2007–08 and 2011–12) and

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( 2008–09).

Honours

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* 2009–10

* 2008–09, 2009–10

Notable players

The list includes players who played for their respective national teams in any major international tournaments, such as the

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and

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: *

Nenad Puljezević Nenad Puljezević (, ; born 13 March 1973) is a Serbian-Hungarian former handball player. Club career Puljezević made his professional debut with Crvena zvezda and spent four seasons with the club (1990–1994). He would also play for two years ...

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Aleksandar Glendža Aleksandar Glendža (born 1 December 1995) is a Montenegrin handball player playing for Israeli club Hapoel Rishon LeZion (handball), Hapoel Rishon LeZion and the Montenegro men's national handball team, Montenegro national team. Club career At ...

* Mladen Rakčević *

Šandor Hodik Šandor Hodik (, ; born 21 September 1965) is a Serbian-Macedonian handball player of ethnic Hungarian descent. Club career Over the course of his career that spanned over 35 years, Hodik played for numerous teams, most notably Pelister. He als ...

* Nemanja Pribak * Momir Ilić *

Nedeljko Jovanović Nedeljko Jovanović (; born 16 September 1970) is a Serbian former handball player and current coach. Club career After playing for RK Metaloplastika, Metaloplastika, Jovanović joined RK Partizan, Partizan in 1991. He proved instrumental in hel ...

Head coaches

* Vladimir Dragićević * Saša Vučeljić (2014–2015) * Vladimir Dragićević (2016–present)

References

External links

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RK Kolubara
– EHF competition record
RK Kolubara
at srbijasport.net {{Serbian Handball Super League

Kolubara The Kolubara ( sr-cyr, Колубара, ) is a long river in western Serbia; it is an eastern, right tributary to the Sava river. Due to the many long tributaries creating a branchy system within the river's drainage basin, the short Kolubara ...

Handball clubs established in 1960 1960 establishments in Yugoslavia Sport in Lazarevac