RK Proleter Zrenjanin () 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

Zrenjanin Zrenjanin ( sr-Cyrl, Зрењанин, ; ; ; ; ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Central Banat District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The city urban area has a population of 67,129 inh ...

. They compete in the

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History

The club was founded in 1949. They won their first

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 ...

title in the 1989–90 season. The club subsequently finished as runners-up in the

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, losing in the final to

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41–40 on aggregate. In the 1991–92 season, they would go on to win the last edition of the Yugoslav Handball Championship.

Honours

Yugoslav League * 1989–90, 1991–92

Sponsorship

During its history, the club has been known by a variety of names due to sponsorship reasons: * Proleter Naftagas * Proleter Agroživ (2011–2013)

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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: *

Uroš Vilovski Uroš Vilovski (, ; born 25 February 1984) is a Serbian-Hungarian handball player for Hungarian club Győri ETO-UNI FKC. Club career In his homeland, Vilovski played for Proleter Zrenjanin, before moving abroad to Hungary. He was signed by MKB ...

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 ...

* Slaviša Đukanović *

Uroš Elezović Uroš Elezović (; born 28 January 1982) is a Serbian former handball player. Currently he is the head coach of Jugović member of Serbian Handball Super League. Club career After starting out at Vrbas, Elezović played for Sintelon and Par ...

* Momir Rnić Jr. *

Nikola Adžić Nikola () is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek ''Nikolaos'' (Νικόλαος) and it means "the winner of the people". It is common as a masculine given name in the South Slavic countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulg ...

Goran Arsenić Goran may refer to: Ethnic groups *Gorane, or Goran, an ethnic group of northern Africa *Goran (Kurdish tribe), an ethnic group of the Middle East *Gorani (ethnic group), an ethnic group of southeastern Europe Other uses *Göran, a Swedish name * ...

Duško Grbić Duško () is a Slavic masculine given name, often a diminutive for Dušan. Notable people with the name include: * Duško Adamović (born 1973), Serbian footballer * Duško Ajder (born 1958), Serbian footballer * Duško Antunović (1947–2012), C ...

* Nebojša Jokić *

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 ...

Dane Šijan Dane Šijan (; born 5 February 1977) is a Serbian former handball player. Club career Over the course of his career that spanned more than two decades, Šijan played for Metaloplastika, Proleter Zrenjanin, Rudar Kostolac, Partizan (2001–200 ...

* Rastko Stefanović *

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 ...

* Momir Rnić Sr. *

Ermin Velić Ermin Velić (born April 1, 1959 in Jajce) is a Yugoslav former handball player who won bronze medal in the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seo ...

Head coaches

* Ivan Grubački *

Slobodan Mišković Slobodan "Čile" Mišković (; 12 December 1944 – 4 July 1997) was a Serbian handball coach and player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1972 Summer Olympics. Club career Mišković started out at Crvenka, making his senior debut in 1962. He ...

* Momir Rnić Sr. *

* Momir Rnić Sr. * Dragiša Aleksić * Vojislav Malešević * Mirko Vasiljević * Momir Rnić Sr. * Branko Maljković * Dragiša Aleksić * Branislav Zeljković * Darko Jevtić * Nebojša Jokić * Momir Rnić Sr. * Vladimir Kovačević (2010–2011) * Momir Rnić Sr. (2011–2012) * Nebojša Jokić (2012–2013) * Vladimir Kovačević (2013–2014) *

Milan Grubanov Milan Grubanov (born 30 April 1978) is a Serbian handball player, currently playing for Liga ASOBAL side BM Ciudad Encantada. Grubanov has made several appearances for the Serbian national handball team. Grubanov played for Proleter Naftagas ...

(2014–2015) * Momir Rnić Sr. (2016–2017) * Zoltan Ivanica (2018) * Nebojša Jokić (2018–2019) *

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 ...

(2019–2020) * Momir Rnić Sr. (2020–present)

References

External links

RK Proleter Zrenjanin
– EHF competition record
RK Proleter Zrenjanin
at srbijasport.net {{Serbian Handball Super League Proleter Zrenjanin Handball clubs established in 1949 1949 establishments in Yugoslavia Sport in Zrenjanin