ŽRK Zamet (Ženski rukometni Klub Zamet) is a women's handball club from Rijeka, Croatia, formed in 1957. The club currently competes in the Croatian First League and the Croatian Handball Cup.
History The club was founded in September 1957 as RK Partizan Zamet by Prof. Stanko Jerger, Josip Šarić and Vittorio Drog. On the initiative of Stanko Jerger, the women's team was made later. Until January 1985, the club was combined with RK Zamet.
In 1962, the players of Partizan Zamet went to the quarter-finals of the Yugoslav Cup where they lost 6:5 to Zagreb. The next year, they finished second in the Croatian championship and failed to qualify for the First League, being one point behind Partizan Bjelovar. They failed to qualify for the next three seasons. In 1966, Zamet eliminated ŽRK Rudar Labin in the qualifications for entering the first league. From 1971 to 1974, the club played in the Yugoslav First League. After 1974, the club played in the second tier of the Yugoslav Women's Handball Championship until the collapse of the Yugoslav league.
In the first season of the Croatian league, Zamet played in the 1.B HRL, won the league, and got promoted to the 1.A HRL the same season. In their first season in the 1.A HRL, the club finished in third place and qualified for the EHF City Cup, which was their first appearance in a European competition. The club was then led by Slavko Bralić.
From 2002 to 2004, the club was called Croatia Osiguranje Zamet due to sponsorship.
The club's best successes were the two cup finals (in 2014 and 2016) and the second place in the league in 2015, in the season in which they fought for the title with Podravka, with a generation which they led by Ćamila Mičijević and Dejana Milosavljević, which they later made the respectable career and won the bronze medal at the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship with national team.
Venue
Since the foundation of the club, matches were played on the playground Zamet when field handball was played.
As of 2009, the club has been playing in Centar Zamet. The capacity of the venue is 2,350 spectators.
Seasons
Since the beginning of Croatian handball in 1992, Zamet has competed at the highest level except for four seasons when they were in the second tier.
SeasonTierDivisionPos.1991–922 First B League1st ↑1992–931First A League3rd1993–941First A League3rd1994–951 First A League7th1995–961 First A League12th ↓1996–972 First B League1st ↑1997–981 First A League7th1998–991 First A League5th1999–001 First A League9th2000–011 First A League7th2001–021 First League8th2002–031 First League8th2003–041 First League8th2004–051 First League6thSeasonTierDivisionPos.2005–061 First League5th2006–071 First League10th2007–081 First League8th2008–091 First League7th2009–101 First League5th2010–111 First League5th2011–121 First League7th2012–131 First League7th2013–141 First League6th2014–151 First League2nd2015–161 First League4th2016–171 First League4th2017–181 First League7th2018–191 First League13th ↓SeasonTierDivisionPos.2019–202 Second LeagueN/A12020–212 Second League2nd2021–222 Second League1st ↑2022–231 First League12th2023–241 First League10th
1 The season was voided due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Team
Current squad Squad for the 2020-21 season
* Blažić Irina * Đuzel Allsu * Hodžić Adela * Hren Patricia * Krivičić Tea * Mikolić Katja * Milošević Laura * Mršić Elena * Nikolić Noel * Perčić Bahtiri Nayana * Pleša Nikolina * Pleše Nika
* Polić Lea * Ramić Mihaela * Rončević Iva * Sabalić Veronika * Skokandić Katia * Stanić Iva * Tabar Iva * Toskić Ella * Troskot Stefanie * Visković Maja
Technical staff President: Iva Lesjak Head coach: Josip Štokić Assistant, GK Coach: Željko Vujmilović, Željko Radanović Sport director: Goran Stašek, Second Team Coach: Filip Grbčić Youth Academy Coaches: Luka Pejatović, Đoni Skokandić, Kristina Plahinek, Stefanie Troskot, Marijana Kovačević,
Source: zrk-zamet.hrSource: rukometstat.hr
Notable former players
Marija Malik Ida Crljenica Zlata Fazlić Željka Maras Tea Morsi Nada Rukavina Gordana Čorak Branka Zuber Jadranka Mijolović Branka Strišković Suzana Gustin Ljerka Krajnović Rada Ciganović Gordana Možnik Jasenka Pilepić Višnja Hrmić Sanja Bobanović Irena Pahor Sandra Stojković Ella Bukvić Anamarija Gugić Tea Bunić Dina Havić Katarina Ježić Ćamila Mičijević Ana Debelić Kristina Plahinek Selena Milošević Dejana Milosavljević
Coaches
Stanko Jerger (1957-1968) Stanko Jerger & Simeon Kosanović (1968-1969) Simeon Kosanović (1969-1975) Branimir Čutić (1975-1981) Andrija Barin (1981) Josip Božić (1982) Marijan Seđak (1982-1985) Sandro Bogojević (1985-1986) Edo Šmit (1986-1988) Vjekoslav Sardelić (1988-1990) Damir Čavlović (1991) Zdravko Štingl (1991-1992) Slavko Bralić (1992-1994) Edo Šmit (1994) Mladenko Mišković (1995) Edo Šmit (1995-1999) Branimir Čutić (1999-2001) Darko Dunato (2001-2002) Boris Dragičević (2002-2005) Damir Čavlović (2005-2007) Rada Ciganović (2007-2008) Edo Šmit (2008-2011) Drago Žiljak (17 July 2011- 28 August 2012) Željko Čagalj (28 August 2012 - 28 April 2013) Adriana Prosenjak (13 May 2013 – 13 March 2019) Igor Marijanović (15 April 2019 - 28 August 2020 ) Drago Žiljak (1 September 2020 - 19 january 2023) Josip Štokić (20 january 2023 - present)
Presidents
1957–1968 - Vittorio Drog☨ 1968–1977 - Stanko Jerger 1977–1979 - Ivan Brnabić 1979–1980 - Fedor Pirović 1980–1983 - Drago Crnčević 1983–1985 - Petar Čarić 1985–1991 - Ranko Dujmović 1991-1994 - Srđan Čevizović 1994-1999 - Ranko Dujmović 1999–2019 - Luka Denona 2019 - present - Iva Lesjak
Honours
Croatia 1. HRL Runner-up (1): 2014–15 1.B HRL Winners (2): 1991–92, 1996–97 2. HRL Winners (1): 2021–22 Croatian Cup Finalist (2): 2014, 2016
Yugoslavia Yugoslav Second League (North) Winners (1): 1977–78 Regional league of Primorje and Istra Winners (3): 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70 Rijeka League Winners (4): 1957–58, 1958–59, 1961–62, 1963–64
European record
Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate 1993–94 EHF City Cup1/8 Fémina Visé 28–20 18–11 46–36QF Szegedi ESK 24–20 18–22 42–42 2015–16 EHF CupR2 HB Dudelange 39–16 35–18 74–34R3 Odense Håndbold 23–28 21–30 44–58
Rankings
EHF club coefficient ranking (As of 24 September 2020), source: Eurotopteam website Rank Team Points224 Polatli Belediyespor7225 CSM Slatina7226 ZAMET RIJEKA7227 ZRK Zrinjski Mostar7228 BM Mar Sagunto6
Related clubs RK Zamet
Sources Petar Orgulić - 50 godina rukometa u Rijeci (2005), Adria public
References
External links WHC Zamet europe ŽRK Zamet europe First league and cup stats 2009-present News from 2011-present Competition