RK Bjelovar (Rukometni Klub Bjelovar) is a

team 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 Handball goalkeeper, goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands ...

club from

Bjelovar Bjelovar (, , Czech language, Czech: ''Bělovar'' or ''Bělovár,'' Kajkavian dialect, Kajkavian: ''Belovar,'' Latin: ''Bellovarium'') is a city in central Croatia. In the Demographics of Croatia, 2021 census, its population was 36,316 . It is ...

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

formed in 1955. The club currently competes in the Croatian Second League of Handball (North) and the

Croatian Handball Cup The Croatian Handball Cup () is a national team handball competition in Croatia operated by the Croatian Handball Federation. It has been held annually since Croatian independence in 1991 and succeeded the former Yugoslavian Handball Cup. Winner ...

. During

Communist Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (commonly abbreviated as SFRY or SFR Yugoslavia), known from 1945 to 1963 as the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as Socialist Yugoslavia or simply Yugoslavia, was a country ...

, the club was known as Partizan, named after the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

Yugoslav Partisans The Yugoslav Partisans,Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian language, Macedonian, and Slovene language, Slovene: , officially the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia sh-Latn-Cyrl, Narodnooslobodilačka vojska i partizanski odr ...

. After Croatian independence in 1991, the current name was adopted. Despite being the most successful club in Yugoslavia, it has had little success since the 1980 season and has been thoroughly eclipsed by

RK Zagreb Rukometni klub Zagreb (, ) is a men's professional handball club from Zagreb, Croatia. It competes in the Croatian Premier League and the EHF Champions League. RK Zagreb has won 38 national championships and the national cup 32 times. The c ...

in modern Croatian handball.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

Accomplishments

* National Championship of Yugoslavia: 9 **1958, 1961, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1979 *

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 ...

: **1972 *

Finalist: **1962, 1973 *

Semifinalist: **1968, 1971

Players

* Hrvoje Horvat * Albin Vidović * Vladimir Smiljanić-Babura * Miroslav Pribanić * Željko Nimš *

Zvonimir Serdarušić Zvonimir Serdarušić (; born 2 September 1950) is a Croatian former professional Team handball, handball coach and player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics for Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia. In May 1998, he also ac ...

* Boris Bradić * Pavle Jurina *

Mirko Bašić Mirko Bašić (born 14 September 1960) is a Croatian former Team handball, handball player who competed for Yugoslavia men's national handball team, Yugoslavia in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. He has also played six E ...

* Željko Vidaković * Rastko Stefanović * Dalibor Sokač * Goran Šoštarec * Antonio Pribanić * Mario Vuglač * Mohsen Karamian *

Miroslav Milinović Miroslav may refer to: * Miroslav (given name), a Slavic masculine given name * ''Young America'' (clipper) or ''Miroslav'', an Austrian clipper ship in the Transatlantic case oil trade * Miroslav (Znojmo District), a town in the Czech Republic S ...

Famous coaches

* Željko Seleš *

Ante Kostelić Ante Kostelić (born 11 August 1938) is a Croatian former handball player, and handball and skier Coach (sport), coach. He is best known for coaching his children, Croatian skiers Janica Kostelić, Janica and Ivica Kostelić, who won the FIS Alpi ...

(father of

Janica Kostelić Janica Kostelić (; born 5 January 1982) is a Croatian former alpine ski racer. She is a four-time Olympic gold medalist. In addition to the Olympics, she won five gold medals at the World Championships. In World Cup competition, she won thir ...

and

Ivica Kostelić Ivica Kostelić (; born 23 November 1979) is a Croatian former alpine ski racer. He specialized in slalom and combined, but was also one of the few alpine World Cup ski racers able to score points in all disciplines. He is the brother of skiin ...

)

References

External links

Official website of RK Bjelovar
(Croatian) Handball clubs in Croatia Handball clubs established in 1955 Sport in Bjelovar 1955 establishments in Croatia {{Croatia-sport-team-stub