RK Sintelon () was a Serbian handball club based in

Bačka Palanka Bačka Palanka ( sr-cyrl, Бачка Паланка, ; hu, Palánka) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the left bank of the Danube. In 2011 the t ...

History

The club was founded in 1952 as RK Tekstilac. They changed their name to RK Sintelon in 1970 after being acquired by the textile factory of the same name. In 1994, the club earned promotion to the top flight for the first time ever. They would win their first trophy in June 2000 by capturing the national cup. During the 2002–03 season, the club went through financial difficulties and withdrew from the national championship before the end of the campaign. They returned to the top flight two years later. In 2007, the club changed its name to RK Tarkett due to changes in the club's ownership. They eventually withdrew from the

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after the start of the 2009–10 season.

Honours

FR Yugoslavia Cup * 1999–2000

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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: * Ratko Đurković * Draško Mrvaljević *

Danijel Šarić Danijel Šarić (; born 27 June 1977) is a Bosnian-Qatari handball player of Serbs, Serbian descent who plays for Qatari club Al Arabi SC (handball), Al Arabi and the Qatar men's national handball team, Qatar national team. Club career After star ...

Danijel Anđelković Danijel is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Danijel Aleksić (born 1991), Serbian footballer * Danijel Alibabić (born 1988), Montenegrin singer and songwriter * Danijel Brezič (born 1976), Slovenian football midfielder * Da ...

* Bojan Beljanski *

Dalibor Čutura Dalibor Čutura (; born 14 June 1975) is a Serbian handball coach and former player. Club career Over the course of his career that spanned more than 25 years, Čutura played for Crvenka, Sintelon, Železničar Niš (1997–1998), Fotex Veszp ...

Nikola Kojić Nikola () is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek '' Nikolaos'' (Νικόλαος). It is common as a masculine given name in the South Slavic countries ( Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia, Mo ...

* Ratko Nikolić *

Žarko Šešum Žarko Šešum (; born 16 June 1986) is a retired Serbian handball player. Club career Born in Bačka Palanka, Šešum started out at his hometown club Sintelon. He was promoted to the senior squad in the 2002–03 season, at age 16. In early 2 ...

Marko Vujin Marko Vujin ( Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Вујин, born 7 December 1984) is a Serbian handball player who plays for SC Pick Szeged and the Serbian national team. Career Vujin started his professional career in his hometown club RK Sintelon, ...

Nebojša Golić Nebojša Golić (; born 23 January 1977) is a Bosnian-Serbian former handball player. He is the cousin of fellow handball player Andrej Golic. Club career After starting out at his hometown club Borac Banja Luka, Golić moved to FR Yugoslavia to ...

Marko Krivokapić Marko may refer to: * Marko (given name) * Marko (surname) * Márkó, a village in Hungary See also * Marco (disambiguation) * Markko (disambiguation) * Marka (disambiguation) * Markov *Marku Marku is an Albanian surname. Notable people wi ...

* Dragan Sudžum

Head coaches

* Branislav Zeljković *

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 clu ...

Zoran Kurteš Zoran Kurteš ( Serbian Cyrillic: Зopан Куртeш; December 23, 1965 – May 7, 2010) was a Serbian team handball player and coach. Zoran Kurteš died at the age of 44 after a cardiac arrest in Mamaia, Romania. At the time of his death he ...

* Jovica Elezović (2000–2003) * Predrag Petljanski * Jovica Elezović * Aleksandar Savić (2007–2009)

References

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External links

RK Sintelon
– EHF competition record Sintelon Handball clubs established in 1952 1952 establishments in Yugoslavia Handball clubs disestablished in 2009 2009 disestablishments in Serbia Bačka Palanka