Rukometni Klub Lokomotiva Zagreb ( en, Lokomotiva Zagreb Handball Club) is a Croatian professional women's

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

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. They are currently competing in the

2022–23 Women's EHF Champions League The 2022–23 Women's EHF Champions League is the 30th edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament, running from September 2022 to 4 June 2023. Format The tournament will run using the same format as the previous two seasons. The competit ...

. Lokomotiva was the most successful team in the Yugoslav Championship's early stages, winning eight championships between 1956 and 1970. In 1975, the team reached the final of the

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after winning its ninth championship. However, the following fifteen years were unsuccessful, with Radnički Belgrade dominating the championship. The team resurfaced in 1991, winning both the final edition of the Yugoslav Championship and the

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, its first international trophy, beating

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in the final. Following the

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, Lokomotiva, renamed Kraš Zagreb, won the first edition of the new Croatian League, but the team soon fell second to

Podravka Koprivnica Rukometni Klub Podravka Koprivnica is a Croatian women's handball club from Koprivnica. It is the most successful club in Croatian women's handball since formation of the league in 1992. The team currently competes in the Croatia women's first hand ...

. The team's major successes in the 1990s were reaching the Cup Winner's Cup's final in 1996 and 1998.Profile and record
in the

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's website The club reversed to its original name in 2003, and the following seasons marked a timid revival, with Lokomotiva winning the three championship titles and four national cups. Most recently, Lokomotiva was second in the national championship and won the

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. Lokomotiva gave eight players of the

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which are surprisingly won the bronze medal at the

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(

Lucija Bešen Lucija Bešen (born 29 March 1998) is a Croatian handballer for RK Podravka Koprivnica and the Croatian national team. She represented Croatia at the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship. Her older sister Gabrijela Bartulović (née Beš ...

Dora Kalaus Dorotea "Dora" Kalaus Žulj (born 24 June 1996) is a Croatian handballer for RK Podravka Koprivnica and the Croatian national team. She represented Croatia at the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship. International honours *EHF European ...

Larissa Kalaus Larissa Kalaus (born 24 June 1996) is a Croatian handballer for RK Podravka Koprivnica and the Croatian national team. She participated at the 2018 European Women's Handball Championship. International honours *EHF European Cup: **''Winner'': 2 ...

Paula Posavec Paula Posavec (born 26 August 1996) is a Croatian handball player for RK Krim and the Croatian national team. She participated at the 2016 European Women's Handball Championship. She is Stela Posavec's twin sister. International honours *EHF E ...

Stela Posavec Stela Posavec (born 26 August 1996) is a Croatian handballer for RK Lokomotiva Zagreb and the Croatian national team. She participated at the 2018 European Women's Handball Championship. She is Paula Posavec's twin sister. International honour ...

Tena Japundža Tena Japundža (born 28 October 1998) is a Croatian handballer for RK Lokomotiva Zagreb and the Croatian national team. She represented Croatia at the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship. International honours *EHF European Cup: **''Run ...

Kristina Prkačin Kristina Prkačin (born 21 October 1997) is a Croatian handball player for RK Lokomotiva Zagreb and the Croatian national team. She participated at the 2018 European Women's Handball Championship. International honours *EHF European Cup: **''Wi ...

and

Andrea Šimara Andrea Šimara (born 13 July 1997) is a Croatian handballer for RK Podravka Koprivnica and the Croatian national team. She represented Croatia at the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship. International honours *EHF European Cup: **''Runn ...

). Also the Lokomotiva's coach

Nenad Šoštarić Nenad Šoštarić (born 16 February 1959) is a Croatian retired handball player and current coach of both, RK Lokomotiva Zagreb and the Croatian women's national team. Career Šoštarić took over the Croatian women's national team as the head ...

was the head coach of the that generation.

Honours

** 1991 *

** 2017 * Croatian League ** 1992, 2004, 2014, 2022 *

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 ...

** 1992, 2005, 2007, 2014, 2018, 2021 * Yugoslav Championship (defunct) ** 1956, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1991 *

Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup ( hr, Pokal Jugoslavije; sr, Куп Југославије; sl, Pokal Jugoslavije, mk, Куп на Југославија), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Kup kralja Aleksandra, ...

(defunct) ** 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1971, 1988

European record

Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2022–23 season'' ;Goalkeepers * 1 Lena Ivancok * 12 Ema Novosel ;Wingers ;LW: * 2 Tina Wurth * 10 Ivona Skalić * 33 Margarita Škarić ;RW: * 3

Lara Burić Lara Burić (born 13 August 2003) is a Croatian handballer for RK Lokomotiva Zagreb and the Croatian national team. She represented Croatia at the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship The 2021 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 2 ...

* 17

* 22 Kala Kosovac ;Line players * 18 Marija Kaluđerović * 19 Ines Lisjak * 34 Lara Fureš * 77 Sanja Dabevska ;Back players ;LB * 9 Terezija Ćurić * 14

Tena Petika Tena Petika (born 16 June 2000) is a Croatian handballer for RK Lokomotiva Zagreb and the Croatian national team. She represented Croatia at the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship The 2021 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 25t ...

* 31 Andrea Sedloska ;CB: * 4 Mia Tupek * 5 Ana Malec * 8

* 44 Iva Zrilić ;RB: * 7 Klara Birtić * 25 Maja Bilandžić

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2023–24 season'' ; Joining * Petra Marinovic (GK) (from

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) * Ema Alivodić (LP) (from

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) ; Leaving * Sanja Dabevska (LP) (to ?)

References

External links

Official website
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