HT Tatran Prešov is a handball club from Prešov, Slovakia, that plays in the Niké Handball Extraliga and EHF European League.
History The official establishment of the club was in 1952 under the name Slavia CSSA. In 1954, Tatran qualified for the championship of Czechoslovakia, where they won their first historic bronze medal. In 1967, the national team of Czechoslovakia became world champion in Sweden. Four Tatran Prešov players were in the national team at that time: Anton Frolo, Martin Gregor, Vladimir Seruga and Rudolf Horváth. In the 1968/1969 season, Tatran won its first Czechoslovak league title. The second golden record was brought immediately by the 1970/71 season. In the 1971/72 season, Tatran achieved its greatest international success, where it only reached the semi-finals of the European Champions Cup, where VfL Gummersbach defeated it in the fight to advance to the finals. After the independence of Slovakia, from the 1993/94 season, various lobby groups took turns in the management of the club. The most difficult period of men's handball in Prešov had come, there were frequent personnel changes in the club management, financial conditions brought the club to the brink of collapse. Miloslav Chmeliar took over the club in the summer of 2001. From then on, the team became stronger financially and personally, and could finally operate under decent conditions. From 2004, Tatran developed into the most successful and strongest club in Slovakia, winning 19 championships in the next 22 years. In 2026, the club won the Slovak Handball Cup for the 26th time.
Management
PositionName Club Owner And Company Manager Miloslav Chmeliar Manager Pavol Kožlej Sports Director Jozef Gaľan Marketing Manager Marián Eštočko
Team Current squad
Squad for the 2025–26 season
HT Tatran PrešovGoalkeepers 69 Ivan Ereš 73 Igor Chupryna 86 Matúš Mitošinka Left Wingers 3 Damián Mitaľ 28 Marco Antl Right Wingers 11 Erik Fenár 18 Josef Hozman Line Players 33 Aliaksei Ushal 34 Filip Jurkovič 55 Peter Kimák-Fejko
Left Backs 5 Jakub Valent 17 Jakub Kravčák 24 Dávid Turek 66 Pavel Caballero Hernandez 31 Borivoje Dukič Central Backs 4 Igor Karlov 10 Andrej Dobrković 47 Lukáš Urban Right Backs 8 Tim Jenko Bogdanić 19 Daniel Polanský
Technical staff Head Coach: Radoslav Antl Assistent: Marek Gernát Goalkeeper Coach: Maroš Kolpak Physiotherapist: Marián Dittrich Masseur: Tomáš Foriš
Transfers Transfers for the 2026–27 season
Joining Jakub Féder (RB) from Stralsunder HV) Njegoš Djukic (CB) (from RK Vranje 1093) Damian Domagala (LP) (from PGE Wybrzeże Gdańsk) Mohammed Essam Mourad Abdelsadek (LP) (from P.A.O.K. H.C.)
Leaving Peter Kimak - Fejko (LP) (to HK Košice) Pavel Caballero Hernandez (LB) (to MŠK Považská Bystrica) Savo Slavujlica (RB) (to Buducnost Podgorica) Igor Karlov (CB) (to CSKA Moskva) Erik Fenár (RW) (to HK Košice) Lucas Barros Araxa (LP) AC Diomidis Argous) Aliaksei Ushal (LP) (to ?) Borivoje Djukic (LB) (to ?)
Transfer History
Transfers for the 2025–26 seasonJoining Aliaksei Ushal (LP) from CSM Bacăuhttps://tatranpresov.sk/clanok/do-tatrana-prichadza-skuseny-pivot-alexej-usal Danilo Mihaljević (GK) from CSM Vasluihttps://cetinjskilist.com/danilo-mihaljevic-na-golu-tatran-presova/ Andrej Dobrkovic (CB) from Dabas KK Ivan Ereš (GK) from HC Odorheiu Secuiesc Tim Jenko Bogdanić (RB) from Carbonex-Komló Jakub Valent (LB) from HK agro Topoľčany Filip Jurkovič (P) (from HO Slovan Modra)
Leaving Nikola Malivojević (LP) to Helvetia Anaitasuna Maroš Varga (LP) to HK Košice Tomáš Fech (RW) to HK FCC Město Lovosice Ján Krok (CB) to MŠK Považská Bystrica Yosdani Rios Ballard (LB) (to Anorthosis Famagusta Handball) Patrik Hruščák (RB) (to HK Košice) Daniil Radcenko (CB) (end of career) Gašper Horvat (LB) (to ASV Hamm - Westfalen)
Accomplishments National Championship of Slovakia: (20) 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026 Slovak Handball Cup: (26) 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1982, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2026 EHF Champions League 1/8 Final (1): 2004/05 Group Stage (8): 2005/06, 2007/08, 2008/09, 2010/11, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2018/19, 2019/20 EHF European League 1/4 Final: (1): 2011/12 1/8 Final (1): 2009/10 Group Phase: (8): 2012/13, 2013/14, 2017/18, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2024/25, 2025/26 Qualification Round 3: (1): 2014/2015 EHF European Cup 1/4 Final (1): 2023/24 EHF Cup Winners' Cup 1/4 Final (1): 2005/06 1/8 Final (3): 2002/03, 2007/08, 2008/09
EHF ranking
Rank Team Points57 AEK Athens7458 RK Trimo Trebnje7359 RK Gorenje Velenje7260 Tatran Prešov7061 SKKP Handball Brno6962 Mors-Thy Håndbold6763 Balatonfüredi KSE67
Former club members
Notable former players
Radoslav Antl (2004–2005, 2009–2016) Maroš Čorej (2004–2007) Vlastimil Fuňák (2004–2009) Vladimír Guzy (2011–2014) Patrik Hruščák (2013–2014, 2025) Marián Huňady (2001–2010) Maroš Kolpak (1989–1993, 2014-2015) Michal Kopčo (2011–2012, 2014–2016) Radoslav Kozlov (2005–2009) Róbert Kravčák (2002–2008) Dominik Krok (2010–2023) Peter Kukučka (2003–2005) Tomáš Mažár (2002–2013) Adam Mazúr (2005–2011) Radovan Pekár (1998–2018) Andrej Petro (2012–2016) Oliver Rábek (2012–2023) Tomáš Rečičár (2016–2024) Richard Štochl (1994–1998) Martin Straňovský (2018–2020) Rastislav Tabačko (2002-2005) Lukáš Urban (2012–2020, 2022–) Michal Urban (2004–2014) Tomáš Urban (2012–2015) Marcos Vinicios Colodeti (2020-2023) Guilherme Linhares de Souza (2020-2022) Pedro Souza Pacheco (2020-2023) Stefan Janković (2016–2018) Ante Kukrika (2011-2012) Marko Davidović (2021-2024) Ante Babić (2017–2019) Vladimir Božić (2015–2016) Bruno Butorac (2017–2019) Mario Cvitković (2017–2020, 2023-2024) Leon Vučko (2016–2020) Tomáš Číp (2011–2019) Jakub Hrstka (2011–2019) Michal Kasal (2017–2019) Jakub Krupa (2008–2015) Alexander Radčenko (2007–2016, 2018-2022) Jan Sobol (2010–2011, 2012–2013) Ognjen Djeric (2019–2020) Titouan Afanou Gatine (2018–2020) Adam Adama Sako (2023–2025) Sergo Datukashvili (2011) Dainis Krištopāns (2009–2015) Nikola Kosteski (2019) Žarko Pejović (2011–2014) Łukasz Gogola (2023) Damian Krzysztofik (2014) Nuno Santos (2020-2022) Jorge Silva (2024-2025) Rares Marian Fodorean (2019-2020) Viacheslav Kasatkin (2021-2024) Alexey Peskov (2015-2018) Roman Tsarapkin (2016-2023) Vasja Furlan (2014–2016) Nino Grzentić (2019–2021) Januš Lapajne (2017–2020) Tilen Leben (2021–2023) Matjaž Mlakar (2013–2014) Sergio López García (2021-2023) Javier Muñoz (2019) Đorđe Golubović (2022) Nikola Ivanović (2022-2023) Vojin Menković (2010–2011) Svetislav Verkić (2011–2015) Anouar Ben Abdallah (2020–2021) Jihed Jaballah (2020–2021) Vadym Brazhnyk (2003–2006, 2016-2018) Danylo Khaian (2022–2024) Mykola Kovalenko (2005–2006) Ruslan Pokotylo (2004–2007) Viacheslav Sadovyi (2013–2017) Igor Chupryna (2015–2025)
Former coaches Seasons Coach Country -2003 Martin Lipták 2003–2004 Peter Hatalčík 2004–2005 Yuri Zhuravlyov 2005–2006 František Šulc 2006–2007 Roman Lamač 2007–2008 Martin Lipták 2008–2011 Rastislav Trtík 2011–2012 Đorđe Rašić 2013 Roman Lamač 2013–2014 Peter Hatalčík 2014–2015 Peter Dávid 2015–2017 Rastislav Trtík 2017–2021 Slavko Goluža 2021–2022 Radoslav Antl 2022–2023 Marek Gernát 2023–2024 Pavol Jano 2024-2025 Ratko Đurković 2025- Radoslav Antl
References
External links Official website