RK Mornar-Crikvenica (Rukometni Klub Mornar-Crikvenica) is a
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...
club from
Crikvenica,
Croatia
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, formed in 2017 by the merger of RK Crivenica and RK Mornar.
History
RK Mornar (1980–2017)
RK Mornar was founded 26 May 1980 in
Dramalj
Dramalj is a village in Croatia. It is part of the town of Crikvenica, extending from the neighborhood Crni mol to the tourist complex Kačjak. Dramalj has 1,485 inhabitants, most of whom are empolyed in the tourism and catering industries. More ...
on the initiative of Stjepan Lončarić.
RK Crikvenica (1956–2017)
RK Crikvenica was founded in October 1956 in
Crikvenica. The club was founded on the initiative of
gymnasium gymnastics teacher Branko Banjanin. During the
Yugoslav Handball Championship
The Yugoslav Handball Championship was the highest level competition in men's team handball in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, played regularly for almost four decades between 1953 and 1992, before being abandoned due to the breakup ...
Crikvenica competed in lower tier leagues. From 1985 the club didn't have a regulated sports facility so they played their home matches in
Delnice,
Senj and
Rijeka
Rijeka ( , , ; also known as Fiume hu, Fiume, it, Fiume ; local Chakavian: ''Reka''; german: Sankt Veit am Flaum; sl, Reka) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Primor ...
until February 2003 when the
city
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
finally built them their ground GSD Crikvenica. The first match played in GSD Crikvenica was RK Crikvenica against RK Umag on 15 February 2003.
In 1999 Crikvenica reached the semi-final of the
Croatian Handball Cup where they lost to
Medveščak Zagreb ''(29:22)''. In 2001 due to reorganization of the
Croatian handball league RK Crikvenica entered the
First league and maintained 7 seasons in the first tier.
RK Crikvenica seasons
Technical staff
* President: Goran Božić
* Vice president: Dražen Manestar
* Head Coach:
Valter Matošević
Valter Matošević (born 11 June 1970) is a former Croatian team handball player who was at the goalkeeper position. He played for professional teams in Croatia, Germany, Spain, Denmark and Italy. He is current handball coach.
He was part of th ...
* Board members: Robert Hrelja, Senko Smoljan, Dario Butković
Notable former players
*
Darko Franović
Darko Franović (born 2 October 1967) is a former Croatian handball player who competed in the 1994 European Men's Handball Championship in Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is ...
*
Alvaro Načinović
Alvaro Načinović (born 22 March 1966 in Rijeka) is a former Croatian handball player who competed for Yugoslavia and Croatia respectively.
He played for his hometown club Zamet Rijeka with whom he entered into the Yugoslav First League in 19 ...
*
Mladen Prskalo
*
Marin Mišković
* Saša Nikšić
* Vladimir Matejčić
*
Igor Dokmanović
*
Janko Mavrović
* Bojan Pezelj
* Andrej Sekulić
*
Igor Saršon
*
Davor Šunjić
*
Mirjan Horvat
*
Egon Paljar
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Mateo Hrvatin
Mateo Hrvatin (born 15 August 1980 in Rijeka) is a former Croatian team handball, handballer, who played as left winger for RK Zamet, RK Zagreb, CO Zagreb and RK Crikvenica. He was selected by the Croatia men's national handball team, Croatian nat ...
*
Robert Savković
*
Marko Erstić
* Igor Pejić
* Pave Župan
* Mario Broz
* Igor Montanari – Knez
* Jadranko Stoajnović
* Paulo Grozdek
* Moreno Car
Notable former coaches
*
Drago Žiljak (1997–2007)
*
Ivan Munitić
Ivan Munitić (born 7 April 1942) is a former Croatian handball player and handball coach.
Playing career
Munitić started playing handball in RK Partizan Zamet. In 1963 he transferred to newly established Kvarner Rijeka and was part of their f ...
(2008–2011)
Honours
League
*
Primorje-Gorski Kotar County league (1): 1978–79
*
Primorje-Istria league (1): 1984–95
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Second League (West) (1): 2017–18
Cup
*
Croatian Cup Croatian Cup may refer to:
*Croatian Football Cup
*Croatian Football Super Cup
* Croatian Women's Football Cup
*Croatian Basketball Cup, also known as Krešimir Ćosić Cup
*Croatian Handball Cup
*Croatian Water Polo Cup
*Croatian Minute Movie Cup ...
Fourth place (1): 1999
Sources
*Petar Orgulić – 50 godina rukometa u Rijeci (2004), Adriapublic
References
External links
hrs.hrhr-rukomet.hrsportcom.hrcrikva.hr
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Handball clubs in Croatia
Handball clubs established in 1956
Handball clubs established in 1980
Handball clubs established in 2017
Sport in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
1956 establishments in Croatia