RK Zamet (Rukometni Klub Zamet) is a
handball club from
Rijeka,
Croatia
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, formed in 1957. The club currently competes in the
Croatian Premier Handball League
The Croatian Handball Premier League ( hr, Hrvatska rukometna premijer liga) is the highest men's handball league in Croatia. It is organized by the Croatian Handball Federation (''Hrvatski rukometni savez''). The league comprises 16 teams.
The ...
and the
Croatian Handball Cup The Croatian Handball Cup ( hr, Hrvatski rukometni kup) is a national team handball competition in Croatia operated by the Croatian Handball Federation. It has been held annually since Croatian independence in 1991 and succeeded the former Yugoslav ...
. Although the club has not won any mayor trophies, it has produced four Olympic gold medalists:
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 ...
,
Alvaro Načinović,
Valner Franković and
Mirza Džomba
Mirza Džomba (born 28 February 1977) is a Croatian former professional handball player, World champion in 2003 and Olympic champion in 2004.
He played for RK Zamet, Badel 1862 Zagreb, Fotex Veszprém, BM Ciudad Real and Vive Targi Kielce ...
. Four additional Olympic gold medalists played for the club, including
Irfan Smajlagić
Irfan "Pipe" Smajlagić (born 16 October 1961) is a Bosnian-born Croatian former handball player and current coach, who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia and in the 1996 Summer Olympics for Croatia.
In 1988 he was part of the ...
,
Vladimir Šujster,
Zlatko Saračević and
Božidar Jović
Božidar Jović (born 13 February 1972) is a retired Croatian handball player.
He played for the Croatia men's national handball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where Croatia won the gold medal. He also won a gold medal at the Wor ...
, and
Jakov Gojun
Jakov Gojun (born 18 April 1986) is a Croatian handball player for Füchse Berlin.
He competed for the Croatia national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, winning the bronze medal. Due to his defensive playing style he has been nicknam ...
, who has a bronze medal.
History
Origins
The club was founded in September 1957, as RK Partizan Zamet by Prof. Stanko Jerger, Josip Šarić and Vittorio Drog. The players of the first RK Zamet team were Vilim Blažić, Tomislav Blažić, Nelo Stepčić, Vinko Radovčić, Anton Srdoč, Boris Kinkela, Josip Šarić and Stanko Jerger.
Zamet in Yugoslavia (1957–1991)
During the first ten years, real results came in 1966 when Zamet won the Regional League of Primorje and Karlovac. During the 1960s Zamet played at the regional level. In 1969 Zamet's U-14 team won the club's first youth trophy at the Croatian U-14 Championship.
Until 1972, the club played in the Regional League of Primorje and Istra (''Primorska regionalna liga''), in which they won the championship title in 1966, 1970, and 1972, along with three runner-up titles. In 1972, they started competing in the Third Yugoslav League. In 1977, they were promoted to the Second Yugoslav League and, the following year, Zamet gained promotion to the
First Yugoslav League. This decade saw players such as
Marijan Seđak,
Williams Černeka
Williams Černeka (born 19 September 1959 in Rijeka) is a former Croatian handball player. Since 2002 he has been the tehniko of RK Zamet
He is the father of Dario Černeka.
Honours
;Zamet
*Yugoslav Second League (1): 1977-78
*Yugoslav Thi ...
,
Valter Marković,
Željko Milanović
Željko Milanović (born 19 May 1957) in Rijeka) is a former Croatian handball player and coach. He is currently the secretary of Handball Association of Primorje-Gorski Kotar.
Honours
;Zamet
*Yugoslav Second League (1): 1977–78
*Yugoslav T ...
, Darko Srdoč,
Damir Čavlović
Damir Čavlović (born 28 January 1952) is a former Croatian handball player.
He has coached clubs such as RK Zamet, RK Split Brodokumer, ŽRK Zamet, ŽRK Tvin Trgocentar and RK Kvarner Kostrena.
In 1996 he was also coach of the Croatia men ...
,
Boris Komucki
Boris Komuczki (born 28 December 1956 in Rijeka) is a former Croatian handball player and coach.
Playing career
Komucki started playing handball at a young age in primary school in Trsat. He soon moved to RK Kvarner where he started his handb ...
, Renato Sošić and
Jurica Lakić
Jurica Lakić (11 May 1953 - 9 September 1982) is a former Croatian handball player.
Career
Jurica Lakić was born on 11 May 1953. He started playing handball in RK Dubovac.
He started his senior career in RK Dubovac at the age of 15.
In 197 ...
who left their marks in Zamet and
handball in general. Unfortunately they were relegated after one season in the first league, finishing 14th.
For two seasons the club was renamed Partizan Rijeka from 1977 to 1979, when it was changed to Zamet.
In 1981, Zamet beat long time city rivals
RK Kvarner
RK Kvarner Rijeka (Rukometni Klub Kvarner Rijeka) was a handball club from Rijeka, Croatia, formed in 1963. It was later incorporated into Kvarner Kostrena.
History
RK Kvarner
The club was founded 27 February 1963, as RK Kvarner. The first ...
and became Rijeka's top handball club. During the early 1980s, Zamet played in the second division. In 1982 the administration of MRK Zamet (men's team) and ŽRK Zamet (women's team) split up and went their separate ways.
The 1980s saw one of the best generation of players come through the club, such as Darko Dunato, Boris Dragičević, Marin Mišković,
Tonči Peribonio
Tonči Peribonio (born 3 May 1960) is a Croatian former handball goalkeeper. He is currently a goalkeeper coach at TSG Ketsch.
Career
Peribonio started his career at RK Krivaja Zavidovići. After nine years at the club he moved to RK Zamet and ...
, Valter Periša, Vlado Vukoje,
Alvaro Načinović,
Valner Franković,
Mladen Prskalo
Mladen Prskalo (born 16 June 1968) is a Croatian handball coach and former player who player at the line position. He is currently head coach of Rudan Labin from Labin.
He is the uncle of goalkeeper Andrej Prskalo.
Career
Prskalo spent the maj ...
,
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 ...
and Drago Žiljak.
In 1987, they once again earned promotion to the first division, where they stayed until the breakup of Yugoslavian league in 1991. Their best position in the league was in 1987–88 when they were 8th.
Zamet in Croatia (1991–2014)
Following the independence of Croatia, from 1992, Zamet competed in the top-tier league –
Croatian First A League. Their first season in the newly founded league saw a prominent rise of power with them finishing second in the league and reaching the semi-finals of
Croatian Cup.
The second place in the league earned Zamet a chance to qualify for their first
European competition The European Competition is a student competition in which students of all ages submit creative, artistic, or written pieces of work on the activities of the European Union. Tendered by European Movement Germany, it is the oldest student competition ...
, in this case the
European Champions Cup. Unfortunately Zamet lost in the first round to
Pivovarna Laško Celje on aggregate due to one goal, winning the first match and losing the second.
With high expectations from the previous season, the 1992–93 season brought a big shock. Zamet finished 8th with coach Žiljak being replaced mid-season with Darko Dunato, who had retired as a player the previous season. Zamet were also eliminated from the
Croatian Cup by
Coning Medveščak Zagreb. The next season Žiljak returned as head coach but brought the same results as the season before. Zamet finished 8th.
In the 1994–95 season Zamet were relegated to the
First B League, finishing 9th in the league with newly appointed coach
Ivan Munitić. Zamet bounced back the next season, finishing first and gaining swift promotion back to the
First A League. In this season a new generation of players emerged such as
Mirza Džomba
Mirza Džomba (born 28 February 1977) is a Croatian former professional handball player, World champion in 2003 and Olympic champion in 2004.
He played for RK Zamet, Badel 1862 Zagreb, Fotex Veszprém, BM Ciudad Real and Vive Targi Kielce ...
,
Nikola Blažičko
Nikola Blažičko (born 13 September 1977) is a former Croatian handball goalkeeper and co-trainer at Nettelstedt-Lübbecke.
Early life
Blažičko grew up in Rijeka. His parents Duško and Nada were also handball players, so him becoming a hand ...
,
Renato Sulić,
Milan Uzelac, and
Igor Saršon. The 1996–97 season saw Zamet in 5th place, a disappointing result due to the fact that they had players such as
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 ...
and
Irfan Smajlagić
Irfan "Pipe" Smajlagić (born 16 October 1961) is a Bosnian-born Croatian former handball player and current coach, who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia and in the 1996 Summer Olympics for Croatia.
In 1988 he was part of the ...
.
From 1997 to 2000 Zamet changed their name to Zamet Autotrans, due to a sponsorship deal. During this period, Zamet regularly finished near the top of the table. Ivan Munitić also took Zamet to the quarter-final of
EHF City Cup and Round 16 of the
EHF Cup Winners' Cup
The EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for men's and women's handball clubs of Europe that won their national cup, and took place every year. From the 2012–13 season, the men's competition was merged with the EHF Cup.
Winners
...
.
In 2000, Zamet signed a new sponsorship deal with Teri-Crotek, changing the club's name to Zamet Crotek for four years. They made it to the
Croatian Handball Cup The Croatian Handball Cup ( hr, Hrvatski rukometni kup) is a national team handball competition in Croatia operated by the Croatian Handball Federation. It has been held annually since Croatian independence in 1991 and succeeded the former Yugoslav ...
final, where they finished as runners-up in 2000 and 2001. With Damir Čavlović as head coach Zamet played
Europe
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, each season making some of the best results the club saw.
After a successful period, poor results ensued, and during the late 2000s the club often finished in the middle or bottom half of the table. The club was also in financial trouble and often couldn't pay the players their salaries.
In 2011–12 Zamet got to the finals of the
Croatian Cup where they lost to
Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb. That same season through league results they qualified for the
EHF Cup
The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Prev ...
for the first time in ten years. They lost to
HK ASA Meso Lovoseice in their first round on aggregate 59–56.
Recent years (2014–present)
On 23 April 2014 Vedran Devčić was appointed as the new president of Zamet. Vedran Babić was appointed as sports director; Damir Balenović, Marinko Blečić, Ivan Krešić, Miljenko Mrakovčić, Igor Načinović, Vjekoslav Sardelić, and Goran Stašek were appointed as board members; and Marin Mišković stayed on as head coach. Zamet had ended their
2013–14 season in 6th place.
Zamet played their
2014–15 season by finishing in 5th place 6 points down from entering the
Championship play-offs. During the
mid-table play-offs they secured their 7th place. Lovro Jotić was the club's top goal scorer with 147 goals.
On 24 May 2015 it was announced that
Mateo Hrvatin would be returning to the club.
Over the summer president Devčić gave out statements that most of the club's debts had been paid, starting the season of on a positive note. Zamet started their season with a six-game winning streak.
On 3 October the club opened up the
RK Zamet Hall of Fame, putting up the national team jerseys of
Alvaro Načinović,
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 ...
,
Mirza Džomba
Mirza Džomba (born 28 February 1977) is a Croatian former professional handball player, World champion in 2003 and Olympic champion in 2004.
He played for RK Zamet, Badel 1862 Zagreb, Fotex Veszprém, BM Ciudad Real and Vive Targi Kielce ...
,
Renato Sulić,
Nikola Blažičko
Nikola Blažičko (born 13 September 1977) is a former Croatian handball goalkeeper and co-trainer at Nettelstedt-Lübbecke.
Early life
Blažičko grew up in Rijeka. His parents Duško and Nada were also handball players, so him becoming a hand ...
and
Mateo Hrvatin, who were introduced into the Hall of Fame.
Zamet finished their regular season in third place, qualifying for the
Championship play-offs for the first time in ten years. Zamet finished in fourth place in the
Championship play-offs, qualifying for the
EHF Cup qualifiers.
During the summer of 2016 Zamet lost key players
Dario Černeka
Dario Černeka (born 7 December 1991) is a Croatian handball player. He currently plays for RK Varaždin 1930.
He competed at the Youth World Championship in 2009.
He is the son of retired handballer Williams Černeka.
Honours
;Zamet
* Croa ...
, Dino Slavić,
Luka Kovačević, Petar Jelušić and Bojan Lončarić, beginning their season fairly weaker. On 19 May it was announced that Marin Kružić would be returning to Zamet, and they also signed newcomer Tin Lučin.
Zamet started their 2016–17 season with a win against
French team
Créteil
Créteil () is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Créteil is the ''préfecture'' (capital) of the Val-de-Marne department as well as the seat of the Arrondissement of Cr ...
in their first
EHF Cup qualifier. The second match was played in
Dvorana Zamet, where Zamet, as media outlets said, had "the sweetest loss in history", as they lost 24:27. However, due to the goals scored in the first match, they passed to the next round on aggregate (56:56). Zamet's domestic season didn't start that well, losing their first match to rivals
RK Poreč
RK Poreč (Rukometni Klub Poreč) is a team handball club from Poreč, Croatia. Currently, RK Poreč competes in the Croatian First League of Handball (The "Dukat Premijer Liga) and the Croatian Handball Cup The Croatian Handball Cup ( hr, Hrvats ...
, conceding a draw in their second to RK Dubrava and losing their third to RK Metalac. The first two
European matches took a toll on the team. They lost the first match of the second qualifiers to
CSM București in
București. They equalized in the second match at home and passed through to the third and final stage of the EHF Cup
qualification stage. It was revealed on 17 October that Zamet would play their last qualifier against
MT Melsungen
MT Melsungen is a German handball team from Melsungen, Germany, that plays in the Handball-Bundesliga.
History
From 1992 to 2005, the team played in the 2. Handball-Bundesliga and finished third twice (in 1997/98 and 2003/2004). In the 2004 ...
.
Two days later, on the 19th, Zamet faced Ribola Kaštela at home and entered their first win in the
Premier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Fo ...
with a score of 35:28. Their next match was on 22 October where they played against RK Rudar away in
Rude
Rudeness (also called effrontery) is a display of actual or perceived disrespect by not complying with the social norms or etiquette of a group or culture. These norms have been established as the essential boundaries of normally accepted beha ...
, where they won a tight match (25:28).
Venue
Since the foundation of the club matches were played on the playground Zamet when
field handball
Field handball (also known as outdoor handball or grass handball) was a form of what is now handball and was played at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
The sport is played on a grass field (similar to an association football field) between l ...
was played. From 1973 until 2009, they played in
Dvorana Mladosti
Dvorana Mladosti ( en, Hall of Youth) is a sports hall in Rijeka, with sporting, cultural, business and entertainment events. The hall was built in Trsat in 1973. The size of the hall is 5,458 m2, and the surface of outer space is 10,486 m2. The ...
, located in the suburb of
Trsat
Trsat ( it, Tersatto, la, Tarsatica) is part of the city of Rijeka, Croatia, with a historic castle or fortress in a strategic location and several historic churches, in one of which the Croatian noble Prince Vuk Krsto Frankopan is buried. Trsa ...
.
As of 2009 the club has been playing in Centar Zamet. The capacity of the venue is 2,350 spectators.
Seasons
Since the beginning of
Croatian handball in 1992 Zamet has competed at the highest level in the First A League, later renamed First League and now Premier League. They spent one season in the First B League in 1995–96 after being relegated.
:
1 The season was voided due to COVID-19 pandemic
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.
Team
Current squad
:Squad for the
2017–18 season
;Goalkeeper
* 1
Wang Quan
* 12 Fran Lučin
* 16 Marin Sorić
;Wingers
;RW
* 5 Martin Mozetić
* 6 Jakov Mozetić
;LW
* 2
Damir Vučko
* 4 Dario Jeličić
* 20 Dujam Dunato
;Line players
* 13 Veron Načinović
* 19 Ivan Majić
;Back players
;LB
* 7 Luka Grgurević
* 14
Zhao Chen
;CB
* 9 Nikola Njegovan
* 17 Antun Dunato
* 22 Marko Mrakovčić
* 23
Matija Golik
;RB
* 11
Marin Kružić
* 15 Matija Starčević
Technical staff
* President: Vedran Devčić
* Sports director: Vedran Babić
* Head Coach:
Drago Žiljak
Drago Žiljak (born 14 January 1960 in Rijeka) is a former Croatian handball player and coach.
He is currently the head coach of women's side ŽRK Zamet.
Playing career
Žiljak started playing handball in 1974 when he was picked by coach Vjeko ...
* Assistant Coach:
Marin Mišković
* Fitness Coach: Emil Baltić
* Fitness Coach: Dragan Marijanović
* Team Manager : Boris Konjuh
Youth academy
* Director:
Damir Bogdanović
* Coaching staff: Saša Sardelić, Matko Novaković, Nikola Mrđen & Ivan Marenčić
* First-team liaison officer: Nikola Mrđen
* Head of goalkeeping:
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 ...
* Goalkeeper coach:
Igor Saršon
* U-19 coach:
Marin Mišković
* U-16 coach: Alen Kurbanović
* U-14 coach:
Mateo Hrvatin
* U-10 coach:
Milan Uzelac
Source
SportCom.hr
Notable former players
*
Stanko Jerger
*
Simeon Kosanović
*
Željko Kosanović
*
Željko Tomac
*
Ivan Munitić
*
Vlado Vukoje
*
Roberto Sošić
*
Jurica Lakić
Jurica Lakić (11 May 1953 - 9 September 1982) is a former Croatian handball player.
Career
Jurica Lakić was born on 11 May 1953. He started playing handball in RK Dubovac.
He started his senior career in RK Dubovac at the age of 15.
In 197 ...
*
Darko Srdoč
*
Marijan Seđak
*
Mladenko Mišković
*
Željko Gašperov
*
Boris Dragičević
Boris Dragičević (born 10 September 1958 in Rijeka) is a former Croatian handball player and coach.
He played for RK Zamet for 13 years. He was part of the RK Zamet squad that were vice-champions in 1992.
Honours
As player
;RK Zamet
*Yugos ...
*
Boris Komucki
Boris Komuczki (born 28 December 1956 in Rijeka) is a former Croatian handball player and coach.
Playing career
Komucki started playing handball at a young age in primary school in Trsat. He soon moved to RK Kvarner where he started his handb ...
*
Drago Žiljak
Drago Žiljak (born 14 January 1960 in Rijeka) is a former Croatian handball player and coach.
He is currently the head coach of women's side ŽRK Zamet.
Playing career
Žiljak started playing handball in 1974 when he was picked by coach Vjeko ...
*
Valter Periša
*
Darko Dunato
*
Željko Milanović
Željko Milanović (born 19 May 1957) in Rijeka) is a former Croatian handball player and coach. He is currently the secretary of Handball Association of Primorje-Gorski Kotar.
Honours
;Zamet
*Yugoslav Second League (1): 1977–78
*Yugoslav T ...
*
Williams Černeka
Williams Černeka (born 19 September 1959 in Rijeka) is a former Croatian handball player. Since 2002 he has been the tehniko of RK Zamet
He is the father of Dario Černeka.
Honours
;Zamet
*Yugoslav Second League (1): 1977-78
*Yugoslav Thi ...
*
Valter Marković
*
Damir Čavlović
Damir Čavlović (born 28 January 1952) is a former Croatian handball player.
He has coached clubs such as RK Zamet, RK Split Brodokumer, ŽRK Zamet, ŽRK Tvin Trgocentar and RK Kvarner Kostrena.
In 1996 he was also coach of the Croatia men ...
*
Ivica Rimanić
*
Marin Mišković
*
Tonči Peribonio
Tonči Peribonio (born 3 May 1960) is a Croatian former handball goalkeeper. He is currently a goalkeeper coach at TSG Ketsch.
Career
Peribonio started his career at RK Krivaja Zavidovići. After nine years at the club he moved to RK Zamet and ...
*
Alvaro Načinović
*
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 ...
*
Mladen Prskalo
Mladen Prskalo (born 16 June 1968) is a Croatian handball coach and former player who player at the line position. He is currently head coach of Rudan Labin from Labin.
He is the uncle of goalkeeper Andrej Prskalo.
Career
Prskalo spent the maj ...
*
Darko Franović
*
Valner Franković
*
Irfan Smajlagić
Irfan "Pipe" Smajlagić (born 16 October 1961) is a Bosnian-born Croatian former handball player and current coach, who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia and in the 1996 Summer Olympics for Croatia.
In 1988 he was part of the ...
*
Zlatko Saračević
*
Petar Misovski
Petar Misovski (Macedonian: Петар Мисовски) (born 4 Junel 1976) is a retired Macedonian handball player who has played for RK Pelister, Zamet Rijeka, RK Vardar, Nittedal, Merkur, Metalurg and Tinex Prolet and also he was playin ...
*
Dean Ožbolt
*
Vladimir Šujster
*
Robert Savković
*
Ivan Vukas
*
Mirza Džomba
Mirza Džomba (born 28 February 1977) is a Croatian former professional handball player, World champion in 2003 and Olympic champion in 2004.
He played for RK Zamet, Badel 1862 Zagreb, Fotex Veszprém, BM Ciudad Real and Vive Targi Kielce ...
*
Renato Sulić
*
Nikola Blažičko
Nikola Blažičko (born 13 September 1977) is a former Croatian handball goalkeeper and co-trainer at Nettelstedt-Lübbecke.
Early life
Blažičko grew up in Rijeka. His parents Duško and Nada were also handball players, so him becoming a hand ...
*
Milan Uzelac
*
Edin Bašić
*
Marko Bagarić
*
Jakov Gojun
Jakov Gojun (born 18 April 1986) is a Croatian handball player for Füchse Berlin.
He competed for the Croatia national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, winning the bronze medal. Due to his defensive playing style he has been nicknam ...
*
Mateo Hrvatin
*
Dario Černeka
Dario Černeka (born 7 December 1991) is a Croatian handball player. He currently plays for RK Varaždin 1930.
He competed at the Youth World Championship in 2009.
He is the son of retired handballer Williams Černeka.
Honours
;Zamet
* Croa ...
*
Ivan Pešić
*
Ivan Stevanović
*
Krešimir Kozina
Coaches
* Josip Šarić (Sep 1957 – Jun 1964)
*
Tomislav Mohorić☨ (Jul 1964 – Aug 1965)
*
Mladenko Mišković (Aug 1965 – Apr 1966)
*
Simeon Kosanović (Apr 1966 – Sep 1968)
* Stanko Jerger (Sep 1969 – May 1970)
* Mladenko Mišković☨ (May 1970 – Jun 1979)
* Vjekoslav Sardelić (Jun 1979 – Mar 1980)
*
Ivica Rimanić (Mar 1980 – Jan 1981)
*
Jurica Lakić
Jurica Lakić (11 May 1953 - 9 September 1982) is a former Croatian handball player.
Career
Jurica Lakić was born on 11 May 1953. He started playing handball in RK Dubovac.
He started his senior career in RK Dubovac at the age of 15.
In 197 ...
☨ (Feb 1981 – Jun 1981)
*
Željko Tomac (Jun 1981 – Apr 1986)
*
Marijan Seđak & Milan Blagovčanin (Apr 1986 – Aug 1987)
* Vjekoslav Sardelić, Mladenko Mišković & Milan Vučković (Sep 1987 – Jul 1988)
*
Josip Šojat (Jul 1988 – Jun 1990)
*
Damir Čavlović
Damir Čavlović (born 28 January 1952) is a former Croatian handball player.
He has coached clubs such as RK Zamet, RK Split Brodokumer, ŽRK Zamet, ŽRK Tvin Trgocentar and RK Kvarner Kostrena.
In 1996 he was also coach of the Croatia men ...
(Jul 1990 – 2 Aug 1991)
*
Drago Žiljak
Drago Žiljak (born 14 January 1960 in Rijeka) is a former Croatian handball player and coach.
He is currently the head coach of women's side ŽRK Zamet.
Playing career
Žiljak started playing handball in 1974 when he was picked by coach Vjeko ...
(2 Aug 1991 – Oct 1992)
* Mladenko Mišković (interim) (Oct 1992 -Jan 1993)
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Darko Dunato (Jan 1993 – 1 Jun 1993)
* Drago Žiljak (1 Jun 1993 – 1 Aug 1994)
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Ivan Munitić (1 Aug 1994 – 23 Jun 1995)
* Drago Žiljak (1 Jul 1995 – 1 Jul 1997)
* Ivan Munitić (1 Jul 1997 – 10 Oct 1999)
* Damir Čavlović (10 Oct 1999 – 27 Feb 2003)
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Zlatko Saračević (27 Feb 2003 – 22 Mar 2004)
* Franko Mileta (22 Mar 2004 – 22 Dec 2004)
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Williams Černeka
Williams Černeka (born 19 September 1959 in Rijeka) is a former Croatian handball player. Since 2002 he has been the tehniko of RK Zamet
He is the father of Dario Černeka.
Honours
;Zamet
*Yugoslav Second League (1): 1977-78
*Yugoslav Thi ...
(interim) (22 Dec 2004 – 25 Jun 2005)
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Boris Dragičević
Boris Dragičević (born 10 September 1958 in Rijeka) is a former Croatian handball player and coach.
He played for RK Zamet for 13 years. He was part of the RK Zamet squad that were vice-champions in 1992.
Honours
As player
;RK Zamet
*Yugos ...
(25 Jun 2005 – 27 Mar 2006)
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Mladen Prskalo
Mladen Prskalo (born 16 June 1968) is a Croatian handball coach and former player who player at the line position. He is currently head coach of Rudan Labin from Labin.
He is the uncle of goalkeeper Andrej Prskalo.
Career
Prskalo spent the maj ...
(27 Mar 2006 – 7 Feb 2007)
* Drago Žiljak (7 Feb 2007 – 1 Aug 2009)
* Damir Čavlović (1 Aug 2009 – 1 Jul 2010)
* Alen Kurbanović (1 Jul 2010 – 28 Sep 2012)
* Igor Dokmanović (interim) (2 Oct 2012 – 9 Oct 2012)
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Irfan Smajlagić
Irfan "Pipe" Smajlagić (born 16 October 1961) is a Bosnian-born Croatian former handball player and current coach, who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia and in the 1996 Summer Olympics for Croatia.
In 1988 he was part of the ...
(9 Oct 2012 – 30 May 2013)
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Marin Mišković (30 May 2013 – 4 March 2017)
* Igor Marijanović (4 March 2017 – 28 January 2018)
* Drago Žiljak (29 January 2018 – 4 July 2018)
* Nedjeljko Lalić (4 July 2018 – 21 June 2019)
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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 ...
(10 July 2019 – )
Presidents
* 1957–1968 – Vittorio Drog☨
* 1968–1977 – Stanko Jerger
* 1977–1979 – Ivan Brnabić
* 1979–1980 – Fedor Pirović
* 1980–1983 – Drago Crnčević
* 1983–1985 – Petar Čarić☨
* 1985–1986 – Zrinko Hlača
* 1987–1997 – Josip Rechner
* 1998–1999 – Milan Krmpotić
* 1999–2001 – Marko Markanović
* 2001–2003 – Miljenko Mišljenović
* 2003–2007 – Petar Bracanović☨
* 2007–2014 – Zdravko Kolić
* 2014–present Vedran Devčić
Honours
European record
By competition
Source
eurohandball.com
Last updated on 26 November 2016.
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against. Defunct competitions indicated in italics.
Summary by ground
Source
eurohandball.com
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By season
Player records
*Most appearances in EHF club competitions: 27 appearances
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Milan Uzelac
*Top scorer in EHF club competitions:
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Mateo Hrvatin
Rankings
EHF club coefficient ranking
''(As of 30 April 2018), source
Eurotopteam website'
Related clubs
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ŽRK Zamet
ŽRK Zamet (Ženski rukometni Klub Zamet) is a women's handball club from Rijeka, Croatia, formed in 1957. The club currently competes in the Croatian First League and the Croatian Handball Cup.
History
The club was founded in September 1957 as ...
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HNK Rijeka
Hrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka ( en, Croatian Football Club Rijeka), commonly referred to as NK Rijeka or simply Rijeka, is a Croatian professional football club from the city of Rijeka.
HNK Rijeka compete in Croatia's top division, HT Prva lig ...
*RK Pećine
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RK Mornar Crikvenica
*RK Kozala
References
External links
Official website of RK Zamet(Croatian)
Zamet Sport TV(Croatian)
Rukometni Klub Zamet Rijeka(Croatian)
*European recor
(English)
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RK Zamet,
Croatian handball clubs
Handball clubs established in 1957
Sport in Rijeka
1957 establishments in Croatia