RK Partizan () is a Serbian

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

club based in

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. They compete in the

Serbian Handball Super League The Serbian Handball Super League ( / Superliga Srbije u rukometu) is the top men's Team handball, handball league in Serbia. It was founded in 2006. Rules Competition format The league is operated by the Handball Federation of Serbia. It is ...

and

EHF European League The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previo ...

History

The original club was founded in 1948. They competed for only a year until 1949. In January 1957, RK Dedinje became part of the Partizan sports society, thus reinstating the club's handball section. They made their

Yugoslav Handball Championship The Yugoslav Handball Championship was the highest level competition in men's team handball in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, played regularly for almost four decades between 1953 and 1992, before being abandoned due to the breakup ...

debut in 1960. In 1973, the club suffered relegation from the league. They made a comeback to the top flight in 1991, shortly before the withdrawal of Croatian and Slovenian teams due to the

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. The club would win three consecutive championships in 1993, 1994 and 1995, including back-to-back doubles in 1993 and 1994. They later participated in the

EHF Champions League The 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 men's com ...

on four occasions ( 1999–2000, 2003–04, 2011–12 and

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). The club also reached the semi-finals of the

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(1998–99 and 2001–02) and

EHF Challenge Cup The EHF European Cup is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the third-tier competition of European club handball, after the EHF Champions League and the EHF European League. Foun ...

(2010–11).

Honours

Serbia and Montenegro League /

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* 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2024–25 Yugoslav Winter Championship * 1963 Yugoslav Cup /

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* 1958–59, 1965–66, 1970–71, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2023–24 Serbian Super Cup * 2009, 2011, 2012

Sponsorship

During its history, the club has been known by a variety of names due to sponsorship reasons: * Partizan MAG * Partizan Si&Si (2005–2009) * Partizan

Dunav osiguranje Dunav osiguranje ( sr-Cyrl, Дунав осигурање) or Dunav Insurance, is a Serbian insurance company based in Belgrade, Serbia. It is the largest non-life insurance company in the Serbian insurance market. History The first Serbian ins ...

(2009–2010)

Supporters

Grobari (Serbian Cyrillic: Гробари, English: Gravediggers or Undertakers) are one of two major football fan groups in Serbia. They generally support all clubs within the Partizan multi-sports club, and mostly wear black and white symbols, which are the club's colors.

Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2025–26 season''

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2025–26 season'' ;Joining *

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(GK) ''(from

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( ; sr-Cyrl, Војводина, ), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an Autonomous administrative division, autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia, located in Central Europe. It lies withi ...

)'' * Gabriel Ilie (LB) ''(from CSM Constanța)'' * Sergey Ivanov (RB) ''(from

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)'' * Marko Nikolić (LW) ''(from Krka)'' * Strahinja Stanković (RW) ''(from CSM Constanța)'' * Vladimir Jevtić (P) ''(from

Vranje Vranje ( sr-Cyrl, Врање, ) is a city in Southern Serbia and the administrative center of the Pčinja District. According to the 2022 census, the city itself has a population of 55,214 while the city administrative area has 74,381 inhabitan ...

)'' ;Leaving * Luka Arsenić (GK) *

Petar Đorđić Petar Đorđić (; born 17 September 1990) is a former Serbian handball player. His father, Zoran, is a former handball player who played for national team. Honours SG Flensburg-Handewitt *EHF Cup Winners' Cup: 2011–12 HC Meshkov Brest * Bela ...

(LB) ''(retires)'' * Luka Barjaktarović (LB) * Mihajlo Radojković (RB) ''(to

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)'' * Bojan Madžovski (LW) * Marko Vasić (RW) * Miodrag Ćorsović (P)

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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: *

Saeid Heidarirad Saeid Heidarirad (, born 22 September 1990) is an Iranian handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt player ...

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 ...

Vuk Lazović Vuk Lazović (; born 10 March 1988) is a Montenegrin handball player for Belarusian club Meshkov Brest and the Montenegro national team. Club career Lazović started out at Partizan and made his Serbian Handball Super League debut in its ina ...

* Rade Mijatović * Vladimir Osmajić * Radivoje Ristanović *

Zoran Roganović Zoran Roganović (born 26 December 1977) is a Montenegrin former handball player and current coach of Swedish club Eskilstuna Guif. Club career Born in Cetinje, Roganović started out at his hometown club Lovćen. He also played for fellow Yugo ...

* Stevan Vujović * Bojan Madžovski * Ilija Abutović * Nikola Crnoglavac *

* Nemanja Ilić * Vanja Ilić * Miloš Kostadinović * Lazar Kukić *

Dragan Marjanac Dragan Marjanac (; born 26 February 1985) is a Serbian handball player for Swiss club HSC Suhr Aarau. Club career After playing for Vojvodina and Partizan, Marjanac went abroad and spent three seasons with Pick Szeged (2007–2010). He then br ...

* Mijajlo Marsenić *

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Strahinja Milić Strahinja Milić (; born 22 December 1990) is a retired Serbian handball player. Club career Born in Pristina, Milić moved with his family to Belgrade in 1999. He soon joined the youth system of Partizan. In December 2006, it was reported that ...

Dejan Milosavljev Dejan Milosavljev (; born 16 March 1996) is a Serbian handball player for Füchse Berlin and the Serbia national team. Career Milosavljev made his debut for Jugović in the 2011–12 season. He was transferred to Partizan in March 2017. As ...

* Uroš Mitrović *

Živan Pešić Živan Pešić (; born 7 July 1993) is a Serbian handball player for RK Vojvodina and the Serbia national team. Career After starting out at Sintelon, Pešić moved abroad to Hungary and signed with MKB Veszprém in 2010. He was loaned to ET ...

* Bogdan Radivojević *

Stevan Sretenović Stevan Sretenović (; born 25 September 1995) is a Serbian handball player for Balatonfüredi KSE and the Serbian national team. Career After playing for Partizan, Sretenović moved abroad to France and signed with USAM Nîmes Gard in August ...

* Ivan Stanković * Darko Stevanović * Rastko Stojković *

Aleksandar Stojanović (handballer) Aleksandar Stojanović (; born 22 June 1983) is a Serbian handball player for RK Rudar (Kostolac). Career Over the course of his career, Stojanović played in Slovenia (Celje and Koper), Macedonia (Vardar and Metalurg Skopje), Switzerland ( Kad ...

* Nikola Adžić * Mladen Bojinović *

Zoran Đorđić Zoran Đorđić (; born 15 October 1966) is a Serbian former handball player. He is the father of fellow handball player Petar Đorđić. Club career In his home country, Đorđić played for RK Metaloplastika, Metaloplastika (1986–1992) and R ...

Ratko Đurković Ratko Đurković (born 9 February 1975) is a Montenegrin handball coach. Club career After starting out at his hometown club RK Lovćen, Lovćen, Đurković played for fellow Yugoslav teams RK Metaloplastika, Metaloplastika and RK Sintelon, Sin ...

Nikola Eklemović Nikola Eklemović (, ; born 8 February 1978) is a Serbian-Hungarian former handball player. Club career Eklemović made his professional debut with Partizan and spent three seasons with the club (1993–1996). He also played for their arch-riva ...

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 ...

Petar Kapisoda Petar Kapisoda (born 26 June 1976) is a Montenegrin former handball player. Club career After starting out at his hometown club Lovćen, Kapisoda moved to Crvenka. He later played for Partizan (1994–1996) and Crvena zvezda (1996–1998). Subs ...

Aleksandar Knežević Aleksandar Knežević (; born 26 December 1968) is a Serbian former handball player and current coach. Club career Over the course of his career that spanned more than two decades, Knežević played for Borac Banja Luka, Crvena zvezda (1992– ...

* Branko Kokir * Jovan Kovačević *

Blažo Lisičić Blažo Lisičić (born 22 August 1972) is a Montenegrin former handball player. Club career Born in Titograd, Lisičić was signed by Proleter Zrenjanin as a teenager. He would become a member of the team that won two Yugoslav Championship tit ...

* Nenad Maksić *

Vladimir Mandić Vladimir Mandić (born 5 July 1987]) is a Slovenian of Serbians, Serbian descent, a association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder (association football), midfielder. He had previously played in Slovenia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzeg ...

Vladan Matić Vladan Matić (; born 28 April 1970) is a Serbian former handball player and current coach of Hungarian club Tatabánya KC, Grundfos Tatabánya KC. He also holds Hungarian nationality law, Hungarian citizenship. Playing career Matić made his pr ...

Dragan Momić Dragan Momić (; born 28 November 1963) is a Serbian former handball player. Club career Momić started out at his hometown club Vrbas. He moved abroad to Liga ASOBAL team Juventud Alcalá in 1992. After a year in Spain, Momić returned to his ...

Predrag Peruničić Predrag Peruničić (; born 27 June 1967) is a Serbian former handball player. Club career Over the course of his career that spanned 20 years, Peruničić played for Partizan on four separate occasions, winning three national championships (19 ...

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 ...

* Dane Šijan * Vladica Stojanović * Goran Stupar *

Dragan Sudžum Dragan Sudžum (; born 28 April 1978) is a Serbian handball coach and former player. Club career Over the course of his career that spanned two decades, Sudžum played for Sintelon, Partizan (two spells), TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke (Germany), ...

Alem Toskić Alem Toskić (; born 12 February 1982) is a Serbian handball coach and former player. Club career In his home country, Toskić played for Fidelinka and Partizan (2004–2005), before moving abroad. He would go on to play for Zagreb (2005–200 ...

Abas Arslanagić Abas Arslanagić (born October 2, 1944) is a Bosnian former handball player and coach who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics. In 1972, he was part of the Yugoslav team which won the gold medal at ...

Časlav Grubić Časlav Grubić (; born 20 June 1952) is a Serbian former handball player. Club career After starting out at Železničar Niš, Grubić played for Partizan in the 1972–73 season, as the club suffered relegation from the top flight. He would ...

* Milan Kalina * Radivoje Krivokapić *

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* Goran Stojanović

Head coaches

* Marijan Flander *

Radosav Mutić Radosav ( sr-cyr, Paдocaв) is a Montenegrin masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Radosav Aleksić (born 1986), Serbian footballer *Radosav Bulić (born 1977), Montenegrin retired footballer *Radosav Spasojević (born 1992 ...

Srđan Praljak Srđan ( sr-Cyrl, Срђан); ; ; ) is a Serbo-Croatian masculine given name, usually written as Srdjan when the letter đ is unavailable. It is usually considered to be a form of the name Sergius, honoring the Christian martyr and saint Serg ...

Petar Eror Petar (, sr-Cyrl, Петар) is a South Slavic masculine given name, their variant of the Biblical name Petros cognate to Peter. Derivative forms include Pero, Pejo, Pera, Perica, Petrica, Periša. Feminine equivalent is Petra. People mo ...

Vilim Tičić Vilim is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Given name * William "Vilim" Feller (1906–1970), Croatian-American mathematician *Vilim Harangozo (1925–1975), Yugoslavia tennis player *Vilim Herman (born 1949) ...

* Petar Lazarević * Zoran Pantazis * Dragan Stevanović * Kosta Veselinović * Vitomir Arsenijević * Vlatko Martinčević * Vladimir Cindrić * Vojislav Malešević *

Branislav Petković Branislav () is a Czech, Croatian, Russian, Slovak, Serbian, Slovene and Ukrainian given name. It also appears in Polish as Bronisław, in Russian as ''Bronislav,'' and Ukrainian as ''Boronyslav.'' The name is derived from the Slavic elements brani ...

* Momčilo Jovanović * Đorđe Vučinić * Miodrag Savić *

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* Radomir Diklić * Mihajlo Obradović * Vasilije Đokić * Mihajlo Obradović (1990–1991) *

Kasim Kamenica Kasim Kamenica (born 28 October 1954) is a Bosnian handball coach and former professional player. Coaching career Kamenica started his coaching career as the head coach of Radnički Goražde, Borac Uroševac and RK Pelister, Pelister. In 1987–88 ...

(1991–1992) *

Jovica Elezović Jovica Elezović (; born 2 March 1956) is a Serbian former handball coach and player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics. Club career Elezović started playing handball for his hometown club RK ...

(1992–1995) *

Mile Isaković Mile Isaković (; born 17 January 1958) is a Serbian handball coach and former player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics. Club career Born in Šabac, Isaković started out at his hometown club ...

(1995) *

(1995–1996) * Nikola Adžić (1996–1997) *

Ljubomir Obradović Ljubomir Obradović (born 16 September 1954) is a Serbian handball coach of the Cape Verde men's national handball team, Cape Verde national team. Managerial honours ;Belenenses *Portuguese Handball First Division, Portuguese First Division: 199 ...

(1997–1998) *

(1998–1999) * Dušan Medić (1999) *

Jezdimir Stanković Jezdimir ( sr-cyr, Јездимир) is a Serbian given name. It is composed of two words: ''jezditi'' (to ride) and ''mir'' (peace, or in other contexts the world). It may refer to: *Jezdimir Dangić Jezdimir Dangić (; 4 May 1897 – 22 ...

(1999) *

Zlatan Arnautović Zlatan Arnautović (; born 2 September 1956) is a Serbian former handball coach and player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics. Club career Born in Prijedor, Arnautović started playing handbal ...

(1999) *

Veselin Vujović Veselin Vujović (born 18 January 1961) is a Montenegrin handball coach and former professional player. He is the current head coach of RK Nexe Našice and Qatar men's national handball team. As a player, Vujović competed at the 1984 and 1 ...

(1999–2000) *

Branko Štrbac Branko Štrbac ( sr-cyrl, Бранко Штрбац, born 25 July 1957) is a former Serbian handball player. In 1984 he was a member of the Yugoslav handball team which won the gold medal at the Olympics. In 1982 he was part of the Yugoslav team ...

(2000–2001) *

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(2001) *

Vuk Roganović VUK or Vuk may refer to: *Vuk (name), South Slavic given name ** Vuk, Ban of Bosnia (), a member of the Kotromanić dynasty ** Vuk Karadžić (1787–1864), Serbian language reformer and folklorist, often referred to simply as Vuk * ''Vuk'' (film) ...

(2001) * Zoran Kurteš (2001–2003) *

Marko Isaković Marko may refer to: * Marko (given name) * Marko (surname) * Márkó, a village in Hungary See also *Marco (disambiguation) *Markko (disambiguation) *Marka (disambiguation) *Markov *Marku *Narko, Queensland Narko is a rural locality in the ...

(2003) *

(2004) * Zoran Kurteš (2004) * Časlav Dinčić (2004–2005) * Branislav Pokrajac (2006) *

(2006) * Nikola Jevremović (2006–2007) *

Zoran Ivić Zoran ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран) is a common South Slavic name, the masculine form of Zora, which means ''dawn, daybreak''. The name is especially common in Serbia, North Macedonia, Croatia and to some degree in Slovenia. Notable people with this g ...

(2007) * Saša Bošković (2008–2010) *

Aleksandar Brković Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are A ...

(2010–2014) * Nenad Maksić (2014–2018) *

Bojan Butulija Bojan (Serbian Cyrillic and Macedonian: Бојан; Ukrainian, Russian and Bulgarian Cyrillic: Боян, transcribed ''Boyan'') is a Slavic given name, derived from the Slavic noun ''boj'' "battle." The ending ''-an'' is a suffix frequently fo ...

(2018–2019) * Željko Radojević (2019) * Nenad Maksić (2020–2022) * Dario Krželj (2023–present)

References

External links

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