Rukometni Klub Podravka Koprivnica is a

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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 ...

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Koprivnica Koprivnica () is a city in Northern Croatia, located 70 kilometers northeast of Zagreb. It is the capital and the largest city of Koprivnica-Križevci County. In 2011, the city's administrative area of 90.94 km2 had a total populati ...

. It is the most successful club in Croatian women's handball since formation of the league in 1992. The team currently competes in the Croatia women's first handball league. They have a fan club called Red Roosters formed in 2002.

History

The club was established in 1955 under the name Ivo Marinković and played its first friendly match in December against Grafičar Bjelovar. First official game was played in April 1956 against Slavija Čakovec. In 1956 team was renamed to RK Partizan. In seasons 1960/1961 and 1962/1963 Partizan became amateur champion of

SR Croatia The Socialist Republic of Croatia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Hrvatska, Социјалистичка Република Хрватска), commonly abbreviated as SR Croatia and referred to as simply Croatia, was a ...

. In 1964 club changed the name to RK Podravka since it was sponsored by the factory who had the same name. The club also qualified in the first league the same year. In 1966 RK Podravka won its first national title and kept it for two years in a row. In 1972 the team was degraded in the second league but they managed to return in the first league in 1975. However, they returned in the second league in 1976 and remained there until 1980 and then again fell in the second league in 1982. In 1990 they again entered the first league and remained there until its dissolution in 1991 when

gained independence. Since 1993 they were not Croatian champions only in the seasons 2003/2004, 2013/2014 and 2021/2022, however their biggest success was in 1996 when the team won

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Kits

Honours

* Championship of Yugoslavia :''Winners (2):'' 1966, 1967 * Championship of Croatia :''Winners (27):'' 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2024 *

Croatian Cup Croatian Cup may refer to: *Croatian Football Cup *Croatian Football Super Cup *Croatian Women's Football Cup *Croatian Basketball Cup, also known as Krešimir Ćosić Cup *Croatian Handball Cup *Croatian Water Polo Cup The Croatian Water Polo C ...

:''Winners (26):'' 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 *

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 ...

:''Winners (1):''

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

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:''Winners (1):'' 1996

European record

Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2024–25 season'' ;Goalkeepers * 1 Antonia Tucaković * 12 Ana Crnjak * 98

Lucija Bešen Lucija Bešen (born 29 March 1998) is a Croatian handballer for RK Podravka Koprivnica and the Croatian national team. She represented Croatia at the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship. Her older sister Gabrijela Bartulović (née Beš ...

;Wingers ;LW * 4 Katja Vuković * 50

Andrea Šimara Andrea Šimara (born 13 July 1997) is a Croatian handballer for RK Podravka Koprivnica and the Croatian national team. She represented Croatia at the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship where Croatia surprisingly took bronze medals. Int ...

;RW * 96 Josipa Mamić * 2

Nikolina Zadravec Nikolina Kragulj (née Zadravec; born 2 September 1997) is a Croatian handball player for RK Podravka and the Croatian national team. She participated at the 2016 European Women's Handball Championship The 2016 European Women's Handball Champ ...

;Line players * 11 Mia Brkić * 6 Elena Popović * 18

Sara Šenvald Sara Šenvald (born 14 March 1996) is a Croatian handballer for RK Podravka Koprivnica and the Croatian national team. She represented Croatia at the 2022 European Women's Handball Championship and the 2024 European Women's Handball Championsh ...

* Ana Debelić ;Back players ;LB * 88

Kristina Prkačin Kristina Prkačin (born 21 October 1997) is a Croatian handball player for RK Podravka Koprivnica and the Croatian national team. She participated at the 2018 European Women's Handball Championship. International honours *EHF European Cup: **'' ...

* 44

Tina Barišić Tina Barišić (born 30 October 2000) is a Croatian handballer for RK Podravka Koprivnica and the Croatian national team. She represented Croatia at the 2022 European Women's Handball Championship and the 2024 European Women's Handball Champion ...

* 09 Terezija Ćurić * 5 Katarina Pandža ;CB * 64 Ana Pandza * 10

Matea Pletikosić Matea Pletikosić (born 24 April 1998) is a Croatian-born Montenegrin handball player for RK Podravka Koprivnica and the Montenegrin national team. She played for Croatia in youth categories, but chose to play for Montenegro on a senior level. ...

;RB * 07 Klara Birtić * 15 Dora Kalaus Žulj * 25 Hannah Vulja * 00 Kristina Dramac

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2024–25 season'' ; Joining *

(CB) from CSM Corona Brașov * Terezija Ćurić (LW) from

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* Mia Brkić (LP) from

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* Klara Birtić (RB) from

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Technical staff

* Head coach: Ivica Obrvan * Assistant coach: Marko Brezić * Goalkeeper coach: Mario Posarić * Physiotherapist: Bojan Savić i Asja Cestar * Fitness coach: Jovan Novaković

Notable players

* Snježana Petika *

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* Božica Gregurić * Dijana Ivandija * Ljerka Krajnović *

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* Nikica Pušić-Koroljević *

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* Andrea Čović * Žana Čović * Kristina Jambrović * Tatjana Jukić * Maja Kožnjak *

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* Ivana Kapitanović * Barbara Stančin * Aneta Benko * Vesna Milanović-Litre * Ana Debelić *

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* Ivana Jelčić *

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* Ljerka Vresk * Ivanka Hrgović *

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* Marijeta Vidak * Antonela Pensa * Ana Turk * Valentina Cozma *

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* Ionela Stanca * Paula Ungureanu *

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* Andreea Ianasi * Cristina Dogaru * Sanja Damnjanović *

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* Tjaša Stanko *

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* Mojca Dercar * Maja Son * Aneja Beganovic *

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* Anita Bulath * Cecília Őri *

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* Andrijana Budimir * Natalia Todorovska * Elena Gjeorgjievska * Marina Lambevska *

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* Natalia Petrakova * Karyna Yezhykava * Larysa Kharlanyuk * Iryna Stelmakh * Svitlana Morozova * Maria Holesová * Moniky Bancilon * Ana Pandza

Notable former coaches

* Josip Samaržija-Bepo *

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 ...

(1994–1996; 2004–2007) *

Zdravko Zovko Zdravko Zovko (born 28 May 1955) is a retired Croatian handball player. Career Zovko spent his entire playing career in RK Medveščak from Zagreb and in Syracuse, Sicily, for C.C. Ortigia. He won three Yugoslav Cups with the club and during hi ...

(2007–2010) * Vinko Kandija * Senad Jagodic * Goran Mrđen (2003–2004; 2013–2017; 2021–2022) * Snježana Petika (2017–2018) *

Zlatko Saračević Zlatan "Zlatko" Saračević (5 July 1961 – 21 February 2021) was a Croatian professional handball player and coach who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia men's national handball team, Yugoslavia and in the 1996 Summer Olympics ...

(2018–2021) * Antonio Pranjić (interim) (Feb 2021–Jun 2021; Oct 2021) * Neven Hrupec (2021) * Željko Babić (2022–2023) * Ivica Obrvan (2023–)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Podravka Koprivnica Women's handball clubs in Croatia Handball clubs established in 1955 Sport in Koprivnica 1955 establishments in Croatia