RK Astraion Strumica ( mk, РК Струмица) is a
team handball
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club from
Strumica
Strumica ( mk, Струмица, ) is the largest city[2002 census results](_blank)
in English and Macedon ...
,
North Macedonia
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.
Background
The club was founded in 1954. They defeated
GRK Kavadarci in a 2012 promotion playoff and play in the
VIP Super League.
The team played in
2013–14 EHF Cup
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season. They finished last in their group with 6 loses. In the next two seasons
the team played again in
EHF Cup
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but they didn't reach the group stage again. In the 2015-16 season they also played in the regional
SEHA League
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, but they didn't do much where only in the 1 half season they played 14 matches in which they had 2 draws and 12 losses. In 2015-16 season the team also had financial problems who led to most of the players to leave the team. Even though they finished third in the Macedonian handball league they went into bankruptcy and as of the start of the 2016-17 season the club only runs with a youth team and goes by the name RK Strumica.
Kits
Home Ground
Handball Club Strumica plays their handball matches at Arena Park Sports Hall with capacity of 5000.
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*1991
Current squad
:''Squad for the 2020–21 season
Notable former players
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Aleksandar Trencevski
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Aleksandar Stojanovski
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Blagojče Trajkovski
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Kiril Kolev
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Milorad Kukoski
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Igor Pavlovski
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Rade Stojanovic
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Velko Markoski
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Nikola Markoski
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Dejan Pecakovski
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Aleksandar Boseovski
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Slavisha Dimitrijeski
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Borce Sokolov
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Milan Levov
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* Macedonian Handball Super League
: Winner (2):2011,2012
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Vaso Dimitrov
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Daniel Vasilev
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Stefan Čizmović
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Mirko Majić
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Alen Kulenović
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Igor Milosavljević
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Stefan Terzic
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Luis Enrique Yant Sanchez
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Khoder Al Nahhas
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Revaz Chanturia
External links
Macedonian Handball Federation
Strumica
Strumica ( mk, Струмица, ) is the largest city[2002 census results](_blank)
in English and Macedon ...
Sport in Strumica
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