RK Železničar Niš () was a Serbian

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor 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 thr ...

club based in

Niš Niš (; sr-Cyrl, Ниш, ; names of European cities in different languages (M–P)#N, names in other languages), less often spelled in English as Nish, is the list of cities in Serbia, third largest city in Serbia and the administrative cente ...

History

The club played its first competitive game on 26 July 1949, which is considered to be the club's foundation date. They went on to compete in the Yugoslav Championship for over 20 seasons. In 1976–77, the club won its first trophy, the Yugoslav Cup. They subsequently reached the

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final in 1978, losing to

VfL Gummersbach VfL Gummersbach is a professional handball club from the German city of Gummersbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. Currently, VfL Gummersbach competes in the Handball-Bundesliga and the DHB-Pokal. The club has seen great success, especially from the ...

. On 7 September 2009, the club merged with ORK Niš to form RK Naissus.

Honours

Yugoslav Cup /

FR Yugoslavia Cup The Serbia and Montenegro Cup was an association football knockout cup tournament of Serbia and Montenegro played between 1992 and 2006, after which Serbia and Montenegro became separate nations. The competition was the continuation of the old ...

* 1976–77, 1981–82, 1984–85 / 1996–97, 1998–99

Sponsorship

During its history, the club has been known by a variety of names due to sponsorship reasons: * Jugopetrol Železničar * NIS Petrol Železničar

Notable players

The list includes players who played for their respective national teams in any major international tournaments, such as the

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and

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: *

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 ...

* Dalibor Čutura * Ivan Gajić * Miloš Kostadinović * Nemanja Pribak * Ivan Lapčević *

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 ...

Časlav Grubić Časlav Grubić (; born 20 June 1952) is a Serbian former handball player. Club career After starting out at Železničar Niš, Grubić played for Partizan in the 1972–73 season, as the club suffered relegation from the top flight. He would ...

* Dragan Mladenović *

Rolando Pušnik Rolando Pušnik (born 13 December 1961) is a Slovenian former handball player. Club career Over the course of his career that spanned over 25 years, Pušnik played for Celje (two spells), Crvenka, Železničar Niš, Mepamsa San Antonio, Zagreb ...

* Zoran Živković

Head coaches

* Zoran Živković * Sava Đorđević * Zoran Živković *

Svetislav Jovanović Svetislav Jovanović ( sr-cyr, Светислав Јовановић; 15 March 1861 – 1933) was a Serbian Realist painter. Biography He was born on March 15, 1861, in Vršac. He was the brother of the famous Serbian painter Paja Jovanović and ...

References

External links

RK Železničar Niš
– EHF competition record
RK Železničar Niš
at srbijasport.net {{Serbian Handball Super League Zeleznicar Nis Handball clubs established in 1949 1949 establishments in Yugoslavia Handball clubs disestablished in 2009 2009 disestablishments in Serbia Sport in Niš