RK Partizan () is a Serbian handball club based in Belgrade. They compete in the Serbian ARKUS liga, the Regional League, and the EHF Champions League.

History The original club was founded in 1948. They competed for only a year until 1949. In January 1957, RK Dedinje became part of the Partizan sports society, thus reinstating the club's handball section. They made their Yugoslav Handball Championship debut in 1960. In 1973, the club suffered relegation from the league. They made a comeback to the top flight in 1991, shortly before the withdrawal of Croatian and Slovenian teams due to the Yugoslav Wars. The club would win three consecutive championships in 1993, 1994 and 1995, including back-to-back doubles in 1993 and 1994. They later participated in the EHF Champions League on five occasions (1999–2000, 2003–04, 2011–12, 2012–13 and 2026–27). The club also reached the semi-finals of the EHF Cup Winners' Cup (1998–99 and 2001–02) and EHF Challenge Cup (2010–11). After thirteen years, in the 2026/27 season, Partizan received a special invitation to compete in the Champions League.

Honours Serbia and Montenegro League / Serbian League (11) 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2024–25, 2025–26 Yugoslav Winter Championship (1) 1963 Yugoslav Cup / Serbia and Montenegro Cup / Serbian Cup (13) record 1958–59, 1965–66, 1970–71, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2023–24, 2025–26 Serbian Super Cup (5) 2009, 2011, 2012, 2025–26, 2026 All-Serbian Cup (2) 2025–26, 2026

Sponsorship During its history, the club has been known by a variety of names due to sponsorship reasons: Partizan MAG (1992–1996) Partizan Si&Si (2005–2009) Partizan Dunav osiguranje (2009–2010)

Supporters

Grobari () are one of two major football fan groups in Serbia. They generally support all clubs within the Partizan multi-sports club, and mostly wear black and white symbols, which are the club's colours.

Team Current squad Squad for the 2026–27 season RK PartizanGoalkeepers 1 Luka Krivokapić 12 Bekir Čordalija 16 Andrej Trnavac Left Wingers 2 Miguel Sánchez-Migallón 7 Mladen Šotić Right Wingers 71 Milija Papović 77 Lazar Anđelković Line Players 22 Ivan Mićić (c) 41 Petar Ivanić 55 Tobias Wagner

Left Backs 19 Uladzislau Kulesh 20 Ilija Abutović 97 Miloš Kos Central Backs 21 Simo Šijan 66 Yoav Lumbroso 93 Aljoša Damjanović Right Backs 5 Nikola Crnoglavac 9 Brana Mirković 14 Sergey Ivanov

Technical staff Head coach: Raúl González Assistant coach: Marko Pavlović Goalkeeping coach: Mihailo Radosavljević Fitness coach: Marko Isaković Physiotherapist: Filip Cvetić

Transfers Transfers for the 2026–27 season

Joining Raúl González (HC) (free agent) Bekir Čordalija (GK) from Iskra Kielce Luka Krivokapić (GK) from Granollers Miguel Sánchez-Migallón (LW) from Benfica Uladzislau Kulesh (LB) from Melsungen Ilija Abutović (LB) from Eurofarm Pelister Miloš Kos (LB) from HC Erlangen Yoav Lumbroso (CB) from Dinamo București Brana Mirković (RB) from Metaloplastika Milija Papović (RW) from Metaloplastika Tobias Wagner (P) from Limoges

Leaving Đorđe Ćirković (HC) ? Nikola Zorić (GK) to Dinamo Pančevo Jovan Jevremović (GK) to Metaloplastika Marko Nikolić (LW) ? Nikola Zečević (LB) to Ohrid Gabriel Ilie (LB) to CSM Constanța Liviu Caba (CB) to CSM Constanța Veljko Popović (CB) to Balatonfüredi KSE Miha Kotar (CB) to Eurofarm Pelister Strahinja Stanković (RW) to Potisje Ada Vladimir Jevtić (P) to Metaloplastika

Transfer History Transfers for the 2025–26 seasonJoining Sergey Ivanov (RB) from CSKA Moscow Liviu Caba (CB) from CSM București Gabriel Ilie (LB) from CSM Constanța Strahinja Stanković (RW) from CSM Constanța (GK) from Vojvodina Simo Šijan (CB) from Vojvodina Vladimir Jevtić (LP) from RK Vranje Petar Ivanić (LP) from Obilić Marko Nikolić (LW) from Krka Jovan Jevremović (GK) from RK Dinamo Pančevo Aljoša Damjanović (CB) from RK Metaloplastika

Leaving Saeid Heidarirad (GK) to Eurofarm Pelister Miodrag Ćorsović (LP) to Dijon Métropole Luka Barjaktarović (LB) to RK Metaloplastika Petar Đorđić (LB) (retires) Mihajlo Radojković (RB) to Ramat HaSharon Marko Vasić (RW) to RK Vranje Luka Arsenić (GK) to RK Jugović Bojan Madžovski (LW) to Zwickauer HC Grubenlampe Stevan Vujović (LB) to Al Nasr Club Nemanja Ratković (LP) to Csurgói KK Đorđe Petrović (LW) on loan at RK Kikinda Radan Kovačević (LB) on loan at RK Kikinda

Notable players The list includes players who played for their respective national teams in any major international tournaments, such as the Olympic Games, World Championships and European Championships:

Tobias Wagner Uladzislau Kulesh Saeid Heidarirad Aleksandar Glendža Vuk Lazović Rade Mijatović Vladimir Osmajić Radivoje Ristanović Zoran Roganović Stevan Vujović Bojan Madžovski Miguel Sánchez-Migallón Ilija Abutović Nikola Crnoglavac Petar Đorđić Nemanja Ilić Vanja Ilić Miloš Kostadinović Lazar Kukić Dragan Marjanac Mijajlo Marsenić Savo Mešter Strahinja Milić Dejan Milosavljev Uroš Mitrović Živan Pešić Bogdan Radivojević Stevan Sretenović Ivan Stanković Darko Stevanović Rastko Stojković Aleksandar Stojanović Nikola Adžić Mladen Bojinović Zoran Đorđić Ratko Đurković Nikola Eklemović Nedeljko Jovanović Petar Kapisoda Aleksandar Knežević Branko Kokir Jovan Kovačević Blažo Lisičić Nenad Maksić Vladimir Mandić Vladan Matić Dragan Momić Predrag Peruničić Nenad Puljezević Dane Šijan Vladica Stojanović Goran Stupar Dragan Sudžum Alem Toskić Abas Arslanagić Časlav Grubić Milan Kalina Radivoje Krivokapić Dobrivoje Selec Goran Stojanović

Head coaches

Marijan Flander Radosav Mutić Srđan Praljak Petar Eror Vilim Tičić Petar Lazarević Zoran Pantazis Dragan Stevanović Kosta Veselinović Vitomir Arsenijević Vlatko Martinčević Vladimir Cindrić Vojislav Malešević Branislav Petković Momčilo Jovanović Đorđe Vučinić Miodrag Savić Milan Tomaš Radomir Diklić Vasilije Đokić Mihajlo Obradović (1990–1991) Kasim Kamenica (1991–1992) Jovica Elezović (1992–1995) Mile Isaković (1995) Jovica Elezović (1995–1996) Nikola Adžić (1996–1997) Ljubomir Obradović (1997–1998) Jovica Elezović (1998–1999) Dušan Medić (1999) Jezdimir Stanković (1999) Zlatan Arnautović (1999) Veselin Vujović (1999–2000) Branko Štrbac (2000–2001) Mile Malešević (2001) Vuk Roganović (2001) Zoran Kurteš (2001–2003) Marko Isaković (2003) Branko Štrbac (2004) Zoran Kurteš (2004) Časlav Dinčić (2004–2005) Branislav Pokrajac (2006) Marko Isaković (2006) Nikola Jevremović (2006–2007) Zoran Ivić (2007) Saša Bošković (2008–2010) Aleksandar Brković (2010–2014) Nenad Maksić (2014–2018) Bojan Butulija (2018–2019) Željko Radojević (2019) Nenad Maksić (2020–2022) Dario Krželj (2023) Đorđe Ćirković (2023–2026) Raúl González (2026–Present)

References

External links

RK Partizan – EHF competition record RK Partizan at eurohandball.com RK Partizan at srbijasport.net