Rukometni klub Berane is a handball club from

Berane Berane ( cyrl, Беране) is one of the largest towns of northeastern Montenegro and a former administrative centre of the Ivangrad District. The town is located on the Lim river. From 1949 to 1992, it was named Ivangrad ( cyrl, Иванг� ...

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. RK Berane is former champion of Montenegro.

History

RK Berane was formed in 1949, under the name ''ORK Ivangrad''. For the first time in history, Berane gained promotion to the First League at the 1995, under the name ''Raj Banka''. During the start of the 21st century, Berane became permanent member of the First League of Serbia and Montenegro. After the

Montenegrin independence An independence referendum was held in Republic of Montenegro (1992–2006), Montenegro on 21 May 2006.Dieter Nohlen, Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1372 It was approved by 55.5% of voters, narrowly pass ...

, Berane played in the

Montenegrin First League The First League of Montenegro ( Montenegrin: ''Prva crnogorska fudbalska liga'' — ''Prva CFL'' — ''1. CFL''; ) is the top football league in Montenegro. Founded in 2006, competition is headed by the Football Association of Montenegro. 10 te ...

. Their biggest success was the title of national championship in the season 2007/08. A year earlier, RK Berane became the winner of the first season of

Montenegrin Cup The Montenegrin Cup (Montenegrin language, Montenegrin and Serbian language, Serbian: ''Kup Crne Gore'') is the national football cup played in Montenegro, established in 2006. The winner of the cup is awarded a spot in the second qualifying rou ...

. Due to financial problems and the destruction of their stadium in February of 2012,Berane was relegated from the First League after the season 2012/13. After that, club is transformed and started with competing in the Second Montenegrin League 2013/14.

Trophies

* Champion of Montenegro (1) **''2008.'' * Winner of the Montenegrin Cup (1) ** ''2007.''

First League seasons

In the era of

FR Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yug ...

/ Serbia and Montenegro, RK Berane participated in the First League during the eight seasons: ''1995/96, 1999/00, 2000/01, 2001/02, 2002/03, 2003/04, 2004/05, 2005/06''. After the

, Berane played in the

during the seasons ''2006/07, 2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2014/15''.

European Cups

Berane played few seasons in the EHF European competitions: *2006/07 -

EHF Challenge Cup The Men's EHF European Cup is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the third-tier competition of European club handball, after the EHF Champions League and the EHF European League ...

*2007/08 -

EHF Cup Winners' Cup The EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for men's and women's handball clubs of Europe that won their national cup, and took place every year. From the 2012–13 season, the men's competition was merged with the EHF Cup. Winners ...

*2008/09 -

EHF Cup The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Prev ...

*2009/10 -

Matches

Famous players

* Marko Rajković * Darko Stanić * Alem Toskić * Vesko Obradović * Mirko Anđić * Djordje Folić * Vojislav Vukić

External links

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Handball Federation of MontenegroBalkan-handball
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Handball clubs established in 1949 1949 establishments in Yugoslavia Berane