Rukometni klub "Medveščak" 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
Zagreb
Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slop ...
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Croatia
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They are one of the more famous branches of the Medveščak sports society, named after the
Medveščak neighbourhood of Zagreb. They play in the sports and recreational centre
Šalata
Šalata () is an upper-class residential neighborhood in Zagreb, Croatia. It is administratively part of the Gornji Grad - Medveščak city district in the northern part of Zagreb and it has a population of 1,929.
Šalata houses the Šalata Sp ...
. Through history club was also known as Prvomajska, Coning Medveščak, Medveščak Osiguranje Zagreb, Medveščak Infosistem, Agram Medveščak and Medveščak NFD.
Accomplishments
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National Championship of Yugoslavia: 4
** 1953, 1954, 1964, 1966
*National Cup of Yugoslavia: 7
** 1970, 1978, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990
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EHF Champions League
The Men's EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the me ...
** runner-up 1964/65
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Limburgse Handbal Dagen
The Limburgse Handbal Dagen / Limbourg Handball Days is a handball tournament organized since 1988 in Limburg (Netherlands), especially in the cities of Sittard, Geleen and Beek. The tournament lasts for 3 days with teams from Europe, Africa and ...
: 1
** 1993
Notable players
Famous coaches
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Vlado Stenzel
Vlado Stenzel (Croatian language, Croatian: Vlado Štencl; born 23 May 1934) is a Croatian former handball goalkeeper and coach.
He won the 1972 Summer Olympics gold medal with Yugoslavia and the 1978 World Men's Handball Championship, 1978 Worl ...
(Štencl)
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Josip Milković
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Velimir Kljaić
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Josip Šojat
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Abas Arslanagić
Abas Arslanagić (born October 2, 1944) is a Bosnian former handball player and coach who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.
In 1972, he was part of the Yugoslav team which won the gold medal at ...
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Zlatko Lukić
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Pero Janjić
Pero Janjić (born 27 September 1944) is a Bosnian Croat retired handball player and coach.
As a coach, Janjić won the 1976 European Cup with Borac Banja Luka which is still to this day one of the greatest sporting triumphs of clubs from Bosni ...
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Ante Kostelić
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Josip Glavaš
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Ivica Obrvan
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Mirko Bašić
Mirko Bašić (born 14 September 1960 in Bjelovar, SFR Yugoslavia) is a former Croatian handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. He has also played six EHF Champions League finals winning two in ...
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Vinko Tomljanović
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Boris Dvoršek
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Damir Štokić
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Željko Zovko
External links
Official page
Handball clubs in Croatia
RK Medvescak
Handball clubs established in 1936
1936 establishments in Croatia
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