RK Zaječar () was a Serbian

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club based in

Zaječar Zaječar ( sr-Cyrl, Зајечар, ; or ) is a city and the administrative center of the Zaječar District in eastern Serbia. According to the 2022 census, the city administrative area had a population of 48,621 inhabitants. Zaječar is widely ...

History

Founded in 1949, the club played in the

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for three seasons from 1984 to 1987. They returned to the top flight in the 1989–90 season, but were promptly relegated. In 2012, the club earned promotion to the

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. They also reached the

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final in the 2012–13 season, losing to Partizan.

Sponsorship

During its history, the club has been known by a variety of names due to sponsorship reasons: * Kristal Zaječar

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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: *

Vuk Lazović Vuk Lazović (; born 10 March 1988) is a Montenegrin handball player for Belarusian club Meshkov Brest and the Montenegro national team. Club career Lazović started out at Partizan and made his Serbian Handball Super League debut in its ina ...

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Head coaches

* Zlatko Krsmančić * Aleksandar Radosavljević

References

External links

RK Zaječar
at srbijasport.net Zajecar Handball clubs established in 1949 1949 establishments in Yugoslavia Handball clubs disestablished in 2013 2013 disestablishments in Serbia Sport in Zaječar {{Serbia-sport-team-stub