RK Proleter Zrenjanin () is a Serbian
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 based in
Zrenjanin
Zrenjanin ( sr-Cyrl, Зрењанин, ; hu, Nagybecskerek; ro, Becicherecu Mare; sk, Zreňanin; german: Großbetschkerek) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Central Banat District in the autonomous pro ...
. They compete in the
Serbian Handball Super League.
History
The club was founded in 1949. They won their first
Yugoslav Handball Championship
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title in the 1989–90 season. The club subsequently finished as runners-up in the
1990–91 European Cup
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, losing in the final to
Barcelona
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41–40 on aggregate. In the 1991–92 season, they would go on to win the last edition of the Yugoslav Handball Championship.
Honours
Yugoslav League
* 1989–90, 1991–92
Sponsorship
During its history, the club has been known by a variety of names due to sponsorship reasons:
* Proleter Naftagas
* Proleter Agroživ
(2011–2013)
Notable players
The list includes players who played for their respective national teams in any major international tournaments, such as the
Olympic Games
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,
World Championships and
European Championships
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:
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Uroš Vilovski
Uroš Vilovski (, ; born 25 February 1984) is a Serbian-Hungarian handball player for Hungarian club Tatabánya KC.
Club career
In his homeland, Vilovski played for Proleter Zrenjanin, before moving abroad to Hungary. He was signed by MKB Ves ...
*
Šandor Hodik
Šandor Hodik (, ; born 21 September 1965) is a Serbian-Macedonian handball player of ethnic Hungarian descent.
Club career
Over the course of his career that spanned over 35 years, Hodik played for numerous teams, most notably Pelister. He also ...
*
Slaviša Đukanović
*
Uroš Elezović
Uroš Elezović (; born 28 January 1982) is a Serbian former handball player.
Club career
After starting out at Vrbas, Elezović played for Sintelon, before moving abroad. He would go on to play in Slovenia, France, Switzerland, Qatar, Israel a ...
*
Momir Rnić Jr.
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Nikola Adžić
*
Goran Arsenić
*
Duško Grbić
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Nebojša Jokić
*
Blažo Lisičić
*
Dane Šijan
*
Rastko Stefanović
*
Jovica Elezović
*
Momir Rnić Sr.
*
Ermin Velić
Ermin Velić (born April 1, 1959 in Jajce) is a Yugoslav former handball player who won bronze medal in the 1988 Summer Olympics
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Head coaches
* Ivan Grubački
*
Slobodan Mišković
*
Momir Rnić Sr.
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Slobodan Mišković
*
Momir Rnić Sr.
* Dragiša Aleksić
* Vojislav Malešević
* Mirko Vasiljević
*
Momir Rnić Sr.
* Branko Maljković
* Dragiša Aleksić
* Branislav Zeljković
* Darko Jevtić
*
Nebojša Jokić
*
Momir Rnić Sr.
* Vladimir Kovačević
(2010–2011)
*
Momir Rnić Sr. (2011–2012)
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Nebojša Jokić (2012–2013)
* Vladimir Kovačević
(2013–2014)
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Milan Grubanov (2014–2015)
*
Momir Rnić Sr. (2016–2017)
* Zoltan Ivanica
(2018)
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Nebojša Jokić (2018–2019)
*
Ljubomir Obradović (2019–2020)
*
Momir Rnić Sr. (2020–present)
References
External links
RK Proleter Zrenjanin–
EHF competition record
RK Proleter Zrenjaninat srbijasport.net
{{Serbian Handball Super League
Proleter Zrenjanin
Fudbalski klub Proleter Zrenjanin () is a football club from the city of Zrenjanin, Vojvodina, Serbia.
History
Early period
Soon after World War II, the club almost achieved promotion to the Yugoslav Second League after finishing top of the ...
Handball clubs established in 1949
1949 establishments in Yugoslavia
Sport in Zrenjanin