RK Poreč is a Croatian team handball club from Poreč, Croatia. The team plays in the Croatian Premier League.
History The club was founded on June 20, 1968. The club played in the regional leagues for a long time and only reached the first level, the Croatian Premier League, in the 2003/2004 season. Poreč competed in a European cup for the first time in the club's history in the 2006/2007 EHF Challenge Cup. In 2011, the club reached the final of the Croatian Handball Cup for the first time, where they failed to thwart the hegemony of RK Zagreb.
Poreč achieved third place in the league in 2021 and qualified for the EHF European League.
Crest, colours, supporters
Kits
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Team
Current squad
Squad for the 2024–25 season
RK PorečGoalkeepers 1 Ves Aleksić 16 David Vladić 22 Bruno Čopić Left Wingers 20 Matija Radakovic 37 Marko Bajan Right Wingers 10 Leon Rušnjak 77 Diego Jelić Line Players 18 Luka Malinarich 46 Andy Zikovic 81 Teo Čorić 88 Antonio Ljubić
Left Backs 13 Mirko Petrov 14 Rejan Sulejmani 19 Teo Popović 23 Lovro Jaman Central Backs 7 Karlo Varljen 15 Martin Sebastiano Boka 34 Nikola Ivanković 44 Tin Božić Right Backs 17 Petar Krupić 32 Arman Ikanović
Technical staff Head coach: Ilija Lovrinovic Goalkeeping coach: Želimir Popovic Physiotherapist: Josip Žarković Coach: Vedran Mataija
Transfers Transfers for the 2026–27 season
Joining
Leaving Antonio Ljubić (LP) to SCM Politehnica Timișoara
Transfer History
Transfers for the 2025–26 seasonJoining Moreno Car (GK) from RK Nexe Našicehttps://rukometnizurnal.com/moreno-car-ponovo-na-golu-poreca/
Leaving Moreno Car (GK) to Kadetten Schaffhausenhttps://www.handball-world.news/artikel/torwartwechsel-bei-kadetten-schaffhausen-1157955 David Vladić (GK) to AD Ciudad de Guadalajara
Transfers for the 2024–25 seasonJoining Lovro Jaman (LB) from RK Dubovac-Gaza Tin Božić (CB) from RK Mornar-Crikvenica
Leaving Vedran Mataija (LW) (retires) Matija Car (RW) to HC Linz AG Lucijan Krajcar (LB) to RK Nexe Našice Petar Krupić (RB) to RK Nexe Našice
Accomplishments
Croatian Premier Handball League: : 2022, 2023
Croatian Handball Cup: : 2011, 2013
EHF ranking
Rank Team Points97 RK Sloboda5098 Spor Toto SC Ankara5099 Bianco Monte Drama 198650100 RK Poreč48101 BM Logroño La Rioja47102 HB Dudelange47103 VHC Šviesa Vilnius47
Former club members
Notable former players
Goalkeepers Moreno Car (2015–2018) Goran Čarapina (2008–2010, 2012–2017) Mario Cvitković (2012–2014) Valter Matošević (2005–2006) Ivan Stevanović (2007–2009) Željko Hornjak
Right wingers Filip Glavaš (2020–2021)
Left wingers Vedran Mataija (2006–2011, 2013–2024)
Line players Teo Čorić (2011–2013, 2023–) Tomislav Huljina Tomislav Kušan (2016–2017) Gianfranco Pribetić (2017–2019) Vladislav Veselinov (2006–2007) Petar Topic (2013–2015)
Left backs David Miličević Dean Turković (2006–2010)
Central backs Krešimir Maraković (2008–2009) Stefan Vujić (2009-2012)
Right backs Marko Buvinić (2012–2015)
References
External links
RK Poreč at Handball Base