Rukometni klub Metković – Mehanika is a men's professional

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club from

Metković Metković () is a town in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County of Croatia, located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the river Neretva and on the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. Demographics The total population of the city municipal ...

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. It is the only club to win a domestic title and the

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, except

RK Zagreb Rukometni klub Zagreb ( en, Zagreb Handball Club, ) is a men's professional handball club from Zagreb, Croatia. It competes in the Croatian Premier League, SEHA League, and the EHF Champions League. RK Zagreb won 33 national championships and ...

. Due to economic difficulties the club has not competed in

Croatian Handball Premier League The Croatian Handball Premier League ( hr, Hrvatska rukometna premijer liga) is the highest men's team handball, handball league in Croatia. It is organized by the Croatian Handball Federation (''Hrvatski rukometni savez''). The league comprises ...

between 2010 and 2022. The first club was founded on 26 September 1963 under the name Mehanika. RK Metković has changed its name several times since his foundation, so it played under the names of Razvitak, Metković Jambo, and another team Metković 1963 until reunification. Today, this club has men's and women's section.

Accomplishments

In 2000–01 season of the Croatian League, Metković and RK Zagreb tied for first place but RK Zagreb had home advantage in the finals which were not completed. Metković finished first in 2001–02 season of the Croatian League but because of a player whose transfer from RK Zagreb to Metković was not completed (it was still a case in arbitration; he played for them in a friendly match under a different name) they were moved to second place. * Croatian League: **Runners-up (7): 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01,* 2001–02,* 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05 *

: **Winners (2): 2000–01, 2001–02 *

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: **Winners (1): 1999–2000 **Runners-up (1): 2000–01 * – controversial championship

Notable former players

* Patrik Ćavar *

Blaženko Lacković Blaženko Lacković (born 25 December 1980) is a retired Croatian handball player. He is World champion from 2003,

Petar Metličić Petar Metličić (born 25 December 1976) is a retired Croatian handball player. He was captain of the Croatian national team Ivano Balić Ivano Balić (; born 1 April 1979) is a Croatian former professional handballer who is currently working as assistant coach (sport), coach of the Croatia men's national handball team, Croatia national handball team. He was voted five times in a ...

Nikša Kaleb Nikša Kaleb (born 9 March 1973) is a retired Croatian handball player. He is World champion from 2003 with the Croatian national team,

* Davor Dominiković * Rolando Pušnik *

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 ...

Nenad Kljaić Nenad Kljaić (born 21 December 1966) is a Croatian former handball player and current coach of Greek club Serbia. Career Kljaić won two European Champions Cups as a player with RK Zagreb in 1992 and 1993. He also won the EHF Challenge Cup ...

Mario Kelentrić Mario Kelentrić (born 30 January 1973) is a Croatian former handball player who played as a goalkeeper, and is currently the goalkeeping coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. He has played for clubs in Croatia, Slovenia, Germany ...

* Vladimir Jelčić * Marko Kopljar *

Igor Karačić Igor Karačić (born 2 November 1988) is a Croatian handball player for Barlinek Industria Kielce and the Croatia national team. His older brother Ivan Karačić plays for Bosnia and Herzegovina while his younger brother Goran Karačić is a f ...

* Željko Babić , valign=top , *

Ivan Čupić Ivan Čupić (born 27 March 1986) is a Croatian handball player who plays for RK Zagreb and the Croatia men's national handball team, Croatian national team. Career He was selected by the Croatia men's national handball team, Croatian national te ...

* Renato Sulić * Ivica Obrvan * Goran Jerković * Mario Bjeliš * Gyorgy Zsigmund *

Dragan Jerković Dragan (, sr-Cyrl, Драган) is a popular Serbo-Croatian masculine given name derived from the common Slavic element '' drag'' meaning "dear, beloved". The feminine form is Dragana. People named Dragan include: Politicians and office holde ...

* Dario Jagić * Zdravko Medić * Siniša Markota * Mario Perčin * Renato Sršen * Ivan Markovski * Ivan Vukas , valign=top , * Mate Šunjić *

Luka Raković Luka Raković (born 6 June 1988) is a Croatian handball player who plays for Grand Nancy Métropole HB. A Croatian international, Raković was runner-up at the 2010 European Men's Championship in Austria. Clubs Born in Zagreb, Raković playe ...

* Sandro Uvodić * Zvonimir Kapular * Stanko Sabljić * Nikola Govorko * Ljubomir Rezić * Slobodan Batinović * Vlaho Lovrić * Tomislav Dragun * Branko Milivojević * Luka Veraja * Pero Veraja * Tomislav Veraja , valign=top , * Jurica Volarević * Zdravko Vučićević * Tomo Dragović *

Ivica Zubac Ivica Zubac (; ; born 18 March 1997) is a Croatian professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the second round in the 2016 NBA draft. He ...

* Joško Jukić */ Mate Volarević

Famous coaches

Slavko Goluža Slavko Goluža (born 17 September 1971) is a retired Croatian handball player and current coach of RK Zagreb. Club career Goluža was born in the village of Pješivac-Kula near Stolac. He began his career with RK Mehanika Metković. At the age ...

Zvonimir Serdarušić Zvonimir Serdarušić (; born 2 September 1950) is a Croatian former professional handball coach and player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia. In May 1998, he also acquired German citizenship. Career Yugoslavia Serdaruši ...

* Ilija Puljević * Ivica Obrvan * Mojmir Majić * Jerko Alujević * Željko Babić * Emir Junuzović

References

External links

Official website of RK Metković (archived)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Metkovic Croatian handball clubs Sport in Metković