RK Partizan

RK Partizan (Serbian Cyrillic: РК Партизан) is a professional handball club based in Belgrade, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian Handball Super League.

For the multi-sport club, see JSD Partizan.

RK Partizan
Full name	Rukometni klub Partizan
Founded	1948
Arena	SC Voždovac
President	Željko Perkunić
Head coach	Nenad Maksić
League	Serbian Handball Super League
2019–20	Annulled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

History

Founded in 1948, the club became part of the Partizan sports society in January 1957.[1] They made their Yugoslav Handball Championship debut in 1960.[2] In 1973, the club suffered relegation from the league. They made a comeback to the top flight in 1991,[3] shortly before the withdrawal of Croatian and Slovenian teams due to the Yugoslav Wars. The club would win three consecutive championships in 1993, 1994 and 1995, including back-to-back doubles in 1993 and 1994. They later participated in the EHF Champions League on four occasions (1999–2000, 2003–04, 2011–12 and 2012–13). The club also reached the semi-finals of the EHF Cup Winners' Cup (1998–99 and 2001–02) and EHF Challenge Cup (2010–11).

Honours

Serbia and Montenegro League / Serbian League

• 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03 / 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12

Yugoslav Cup / Serbia and Montenegro Cup / Serbian Cup

• 1959, 1966, 1971 / 1993, 1994, 1998, 2001 / 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013

Serbian Super Cup

• 2009,[4] 2011,[5] 2012[6]

Sponsorship

The club has had several name changes over the years due to sponsorship reasons:

• Partizan MAG
• Partizan Si&Si (2005–2009)[7]
• Partizan Dunav osiguranje (2009–2010)

Notable players

The list includes players who played for their respective national teams in any major international tournaments, such as the Olympic Games, World Championships and European Championships:

• Nikola Eklemović
• Nenad Puljezević
• Ratko Đurković
• Petar Kapisoda
• Vuk Lazović
• Rade Mijatović
• Zoran Roganović
• Ilija Abutović
• Mladen Bojinović
• Nemanja Ilić
• Vanja Ilić
• Miloš Kostadinović
• Lazar Kukić
• Dragan Marjanac
• Mijajlo Marsenić
• Strahinja Milić
• Dejan Milosavljev
• Uroš Mitrović
• Živan Pešić
• Bogdan Radivojević
• Stevan Sretenović
• Ivan Stanković
• Darko Stevanović
• Rastko Stojković
• Alem Toskić
• Nikola Adžić
• Zoran Đorđić
• Nedeljko Jovanović
• Aleksandar Knežević
• Branko Kokir
• Jovan Kovačević
• Blažo Lisičić
• Nenad Maksić
• Vladimir Mandić
• Vladan Matić
• Dragan Momić
• Predrag Peruničić
• Dane Šijan
• Goran Stojanović
• Vladica Stojanović
• Goran Stupar
• Dragan Sudžum
• Abas Arslanagić

Head coaches

• Zoran Pantazis
• Kasim Kamenica
• Jovica Elezović
• Nikola Adžić
• Ljubomir Obradović
• Jovica Elezović
• Jezdimir Stanković (1999)
• Zlatan Arnautović (1999)
• Veselin Vujović (1999–2000)
• Branko Štrbac (2000–2001)
• Mile Malešević (2001)
• Zoran Kurteš (2001–2003)
• Marko Isaković (2003)
• Branko Štrbac (2004)
• Zoran Kurteš (2004)
• Časlav Dinčić (2004–2005)
• Branislav Pokrajac (2006)
• Marko Isaković (2006)
• Nikola Jevremović (2006–2007)
• Zoran Ivić (2007)
• Saša Bošković (2008–2010)
• Aleksandar Brković (2010–2014)
• Nenad Maksić (2014–2018)
• Bojan Butulija (2018–2019)
• Željko Radojević (2019)
• Nenad Maksić (2020–present)

References

1. "Dogodilo se na Božić 1957" (in Serbian). rkpartizan.rs. 6 January 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
2. "Sećanja…" (in Serbian). rkpartizan.rs. 8 August 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
3. "Jubilej za ponos" (in Serbian). rkpartizan.rs. 30 May 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
4. "Partizan slavio u Superkupu" (in Serbian). b92.net. 15 September 2009. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
5. "Rukomet: Partizanu Superkup" (in Serbian). b92.net. 7 September 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
6. "Partizan odbranio Superkup" (in Serbian). b92.net. 12 September 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
7. "Si & Si sponzor RK Partizan" (in Serbian). b92.net. 1 July 2005. Retrieved 3 July 2020.

External links

• Official website (in Serbian)
• RK Partizan – EHF competition record