Rukometni klub "Medveščak" is a handball club from

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. They are one of the more famous branches of the Medveščak sports society, named after the Medveščak neighbourhood of Zagreb. They play in the sports and recreational centre Šalata. Through history club was also known as Prvomajska, Coning Medveščak, Medveščak Osiguranje Zagreb, Medveščak Infosistem, Agram Medveščak and Medveščak NFD.

Accomplishments

* National Championship of Yugoslavia: 4 ** 1953, 1954, 1964, 1966 *National Cup of Yugoslavia: 7 ** 1970, 1978, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990 *

EHF Champions League The Men's EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the me ...

** runner-up 1964/65 *

Limburgse Handbal Dagen The Limburgse Handbal Dagen / Limbourg Handball Days is a handball tournament organized since 1988 in Limburg (Netherlands), especially in the cities of Sittard, Geleen Geleen (; li, Gelaen ) is a city in the southern part of the province of L ...

: 1 ** 1993

Notable players

Famous coaches

* Vlado Stenzel (Štencl) * Josip Milković * Velimir Kljaić *

Josip Šojat Josip Šojat (born 6 March 1948) is a former Croatian handball player. He was the coach of the women's national team of Croatia. His biggest achievement is winning the Women's EHF Champions League in 1996 after losing in the final in the year b ...

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* Zlatko Lukić *

Pero Janjić Pero Janjić (born 27 September 1944) is a Bosnian Croat retired handball player and coach. As a coach, Janjić won the 1976 European Cup with Borac Banja Luka which is still to this day one of the greatest sporting triumphs of clubs from Bosnia ...

* Ante Kostelić *

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* Ivica Obrvan * Mirko Bašić *

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* Boris Dvoršek *

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External links

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