Rukometni klub Rudar is a Montenegrin handball club from Pljevlja, that plays in Montenegrin First Handball League.

History

Formed in 1957, RK Rudar was one of the leading Montenegrin handball clubs in SFR Yugoslavia. It was the first Montenegrin handball club which participated in Yugoslav First League, during the season 1964/65. After the breakup of SFR Yugoslavia, RK Rudar was renamed into ''RK Pljevlja'' and during the decade played in the Second League - 'West'. Because in Pljevlja didn't exist a big sports hall, club played their home games in

Podgorica Podgorica (Cyrillic: Подгорица, ; lit. 'under the hill') is the capital and largest city of Montenegro. The city was formerly known as Titograd (Cyrillic: Титоград, ) between 1946 and 1992—in the period that Montenegro form ...

Nikšić Nikšić ( cnr, Никшић, italic=no, sr-cyrl, Никшић, italic=no; ), is the second largest city in Montenegro, with a total population of 56,970 located in the west of the country, in the centre of the spacious Nikšić field at the foot ...

Berane Berane ( cyrl, Беране) is one of the largest towns of northeastern Montenegro and a former administrative centre of the Ivangrad District. The town is located on the Lim river. From 1949 to 1992, it was named Ivangrad ( cyrl, Иванг� ...

Tivat Tivat (, ) is a coastal town in southwest Montenegro, located in the Bay of Kotor. , its population was 9,367. Tivat is the centre of Tivat Municipality, which is the smallest municipality by area in Montenegro. Name In Serbian and Montenegrin l ...

Priboj Priboj ( sr-Cyrl, Прибој, ) is a town and municipality located in the Zlatibor District of southwestern Serbia. The population of the town is 14,920, while the population of the municipality is 27,133. Geography The municipality of Priboj i ...

Užice Užice ( sr-cyr, Ужице, ) is a city and the administrative centre of the Zlatibor District in western Serbia. It is located on the banks of the river Đetinja. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 59,747. The C ...

. At the start of 21st century, in 2001, in Pljevlja was built Sports hall Ada, with capacity of 3,000 seats. At the same year, after almost four decades, RK Pljevlja made their second promotion in the First Yugoslav League. In that competitions, club spent four next seasons. Following the

Montenegrin independence An independence referendum was held in Republic of Montenegro (1992–2006), Montenegro on 21 May 2006.Dieter Nohlen, Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1372 It was approved by 55.5% of voters, narrowly pass ...

, Pljevlja played one season in the

Montenegrin First League The First League of Montenegro ( Montenegrin: ''Prva crnogorska fudbalska liga'' — ''Prva CFL'' — ''1. CFL''; ) is the top football league in Montenegro. Founded in 2006, competition is headed by the Football Association of Montenegro. 10 te ...

. After the relegation and one season spent in Second Handball League, the club was back in the First League, under the old name - RK Rudar.

First League seasons

In the SFR Yugoslavia and

FR Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yug ...

/ Serbia and Montenegro, RK Rudar participated in the First League during the eight seasons: ''1964/65, 2001/02, 2002/03, 2003/04, 2004/05''. After the

, Rudar played in the

during the seasons ''2006/07, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2014/15''.

European Cups

Rudar played one season in the EHF European competitions: 2010/11 -

EHF Challenge Cup The Men's EHF European Cup is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the third-tier competition of European club handball, after the EHF Champions League and the EHF European League ...

Matches

Famous players

* Nedim Selmanovic *

Nenad Peruničić Nenad Peruničić (; born 1 May 1971) is a Serbian handball coach and former player. Club career Born in Pljevlja, Peruničić made his senior debut with Jugović in the Yugoslav Championship, before moving to Crvena zvezda in 1990. He spent t ...

Predrag Peruničić Predrag Peruničić (; born 27 June 1967) is a Serbian former handball player. Club career Over the course of his career that spanned 20 years, Peruničić played for Partizan on four separate occasions, winning three national championships (19 ...

Almir Mlatišuma Almir may refer to: * Almir (given name) * Almir (footballer, born 1938), Almir da Silva, Brazilian football striker * Almir (footballer, born 1969), Almir de Souza Fraga, Brazilian football striker * Almir (footballer, born 1973) Almir Moraes ...

* Boban Knežević *

Goran Cmiljanić Goran may refer to: Ethnic groups *Gorane, or Goran, an ethnic group of northern Africa *Goran (Kurdish tribe), an ethnic group of the Middle East *Gorani (ethnic group), an ethnic group of the southeastern Europe Other uses *Göran, a Swedis ...

Radan Rovčanin Radan may refer to: *Radan (mountain) mountain in southern Serbia *Radan, Iran (disambiguation), villages in Iran *FK Radan Lebane, a Serbian football club based in Lebane, Serbia Persons with the given name * Radan Lenc (born 1991), Czech ice hoc ...

Nemanja Grbović Nemanja Grbović (born 26 April 1990) is a Montenegrin 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) p ...

* Nikola Grujicic * Nemanja Grujicic * Vladan Anicic * Slavisa Lacmanovic * Goran Andjelic * Denijal Lukas *

Nemanja Matovic Nemanja ( sr-Cyrl, Немања) is a masculine Serbian given name. It is derived from the by-name borne by the founder of the Nemanjić dynasty, Stefan Nemanja (1114–1199), a Serbian grand prince who was venerated as a saint after his death. ...

* Nemanja Vojinovic * Filip Milovic

External links

Handball Federation of Montenegro
{{Handball_League_of_Montenegro Rudar Handball clubs established in 1957 1957 establishments in Montenegro Pljevlja