RK Zagreb

RK Prvo plinarsko društvo Zagreb is a handball club from Zagreb, Croatia. It competes in the Croatian Premier Handball League, Croatian Handball Cup, SEHA League, and in the EHF Champions League.

RK PPD Zagreb
Full name	Rukometni klub Prvo plinarsko društvo Zagreb
Founded	1922; 98 years ago
Arena	Arena Zagreb (Capacity: 15,200) Dom Sportova (Capacity: 3,500)
President	Zoran Gobac
Head coach	Igor Vori
League	Premijer liga
2018/2019	1st
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

The team was formerly known as Badel 1862 Zagreb, Banka Croatia Zagreb and Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb for sponsorship purposes. Nowadays it's called Prvo plinarsko društvo Zagreb or PPD Zagreb.

Zagreb was 33 times National Champion and won National Cup 27 times. Zagreb was also 2 times European Champion and played another 4 times in the finals and is among top eight most successful handbal clubs in EHF Champions League.

Accomplishments

Croatia Croatian Premier Handball League Champions (28): 1992, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 Croatian Handball Cup Champions (26): 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 Yugoslavia Yugoslav Handball Championship Champions (6): 1956–57, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1988–89, 1990–91 Yugoslav Handball Cup Champions (2): 1962, 1991 Europe EHF Champions League Champions (2): 1991–92, 1992–93 SEHA League Champions (1): 2012–13

Club names

• Zagreb-Viadukt (1982–1983)
• Zagreb-Chromos (1983–1991)
• Zagreb Loto (1991–1992)
• Badel 1862 Zagreb (1992–1995)
• Banka Croatia Zagreb (1995–1996)
• Badel 1862 Zagreb (1996–2002)
• Rukometni klub Zagreb (2002–2006)
• Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb (2006–2014)
• Prvo plinarsko društvo Zagreb (2014–)

Current squad

Squad for the 2020–21 season

Goalkeepers 16 Matej Ašanin (c) Todor Jandrić Right Wingers 08 Josip Božić-Pavletić Vlado Matanović Left Wingers 06 Davor Čavar 07 David Mandić 33 Valentino Ravnić Line Players 02 Marin Šipić 15 Darko Stojnić 71 Nikola Grahovac Senjamin Burić

Left Backs 11 Zvonimir Srna 22 Miloš Božović 44 Matej Hrstić Nemanja Obradović Central Backs 04 Filip Vistorop 05 Luka Mrakovčić 88 Aleks Vlah Right Backs Žiga Mlakar Mario Vuglač

Transfers

Transfers for the 2020-21 season

Joining Todor Jandrić (GK) (from RK Metaloplastika) Nemanja Obradović (LB) (from HC Meshkov Brest) Josip Vekić (RB) (back from loan at RK Dubrava Zagreb) Žiga Mlakar (RB) (from Wisła Płock) Mario Vuglač (RB) (free agent) Vlado Matanović (RW) (from RK Gorenje Velenje) Senjamin Burić (P) (from HBC Nantes)

Leaving Radivoje Ristanović (GK) (to ?) Arian Jović (GK) (retires) Damir Bičanić (LB) (retires) Ante Gadža (CB) (to RK Vardar) Josip Vekić (RB) (to RK Vardar) Gašper Hrastnik (RB) (to ?) Zlatko Horvat (RW) (to RK Metalurg Skopje) Nenad Kosteski (RW) (to RK Eurofarm Pelister) Josip Ereš (RW) (to TuS Ferndorf) Kristian Bećiri (P) (to ThSV Eisenach)

Technical staff

Chairman: Zoran Gobac Manager: Božidar Jović Head coach: Igor Vori Assistant coach: Denis Špoljarić Assistant coach: Tonči Valčić

Goalkeeper coach: Arian Jović Condition coach: Šime Tomašević Physiotherapist: Damir Kajba Physioterapist: Slobodan Škorić

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RK Zagreb in European handball

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2018–19	EHF Champions League	Group Stage	Paris Saint-Germain	21–32	28–33	6th place
			Pick Szeged	23–24	26–26
			Flensburg-Handewitt	21–22	31–29
			Skjern Håndbold	32–29	31–31
			Motor Zaporozhye	27–25	27–35
			RK Celje	24–22	21–30
			HBC Nantes	27–27	20–23
		Round of 16	RK Vardar	18–27	30–32	Eliminated

At least 10 games played
As of 18 November 2018

Club	GP	W	D	L
FC Barcelona Handbol	18	1	1	16
RK Celje	17	8	1	8
RK Vardar	17	7	1	9
MVM Veszprém KC	17	3	1	13
HT Tatran Prešov	15	8	1	6
RK Borac Banja Luka	10	10	0	0
Rhein-Neckar Löwen	10	2	3	5

Notable former players

Igor Vori Tonči Valčić Josip Valčić Patrik Ćavar Slavko Goluža Nenad Kljaić Bruno Gudelj Alvaro Načinović Božidar Jović Željko Babić Valter Matošević Vladimir Jelčić Mirko Bašić Valner Franković Vladimir Šujster Venio Losert Davor Dominiković Mirza Džomba

Vlado Šola Blaženko Lacković Ivano Balić Renato Sulić Vedran Zrnić Damir Bičanić Nikola Blažičko Ivan Ninčević Domagoj Duvnjak Marko Kopljar Jakov Gojun Goran Šprem Nikša Kaleb Denis Špoljarić Manuel Štrlek Ljubo Vukić Drago Vuković Marino Marić

Mateo Hrvatin Ivan Pešić Ilija Brozović Luka Stepančić Filip Ivić Ivan Stevanović David Špiler Beno Lapajne Dragan Gajić Rolando Pušnik Iztok Puc Gorazd Škof David Miklavčič Kiril Lazarov Lazo Majnov Mitko Stoilov Branislav Angelovski Risto Arnaudovski

Velko Markoski Nenad Kosteski Nikola Prce Duško Čelica Mirsad Terzić Zlatko Saračević Irfan Smajlagić Gyula Gál Dávid Katzirz Petar Kapisoda Dobrivoje Marković Lujo Györy Zdenko Zorko Goran Stojanović Frank Løke Andrey Lavrov

Notable former coaches

Kasim Kamenica (1988–1990) Zdravko Zovko (1990–1994) Vinko Kandija (1994–1995) Abas Arslanagić (1995–1996) Josip Glavaš (1996–1998) Velimir Kljaić (1998–1999) Zdravko Zovko (1999–2000) Lino Červar (2000–2001) Nino Marković (2001–2003) Silvio Ivandija (2003) Lino Červar (2004–2009) Ivica Obrvan (2009–2012) Slavko Goluža (2012–2013) Boris Dvoršek (2013–2014) Veselin Vujović (2014–2016) Andrija Nikolić (2016; interim) Silvio Ivandija (2016–2017) Slavko Goluža (2017; interim) Kasim Kamenica (2017) Zlatko Saračević (2017–2018) Lino Červar (2018) Branko Tamše (2019) Veselin Vujović (2019–2020)

References

1. "Stručni stožer RK PPD Zagreb". rk-zagreb.hr. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

External links

• Official website