RK Mornar-Crikvenica (Rukometni Klub Mornar-Crikvenica) is a handball club from Crikvenica, Croatia, formed in 2017 by the merger of RK Crivenica and RK Mornar.
History RK Mornar (1980–2017) RK Mornar was founded 26 May 1980 in Dramalj on the initiative of Stjepan Lončarić.
RK Crikvenica (1956–2017) RK Crikvenica was founded in October 1956 in Crikvenica. The club was founded on the initiative of gymnasium gymnastics teacher Branko Banjanin. During the Yugoslav Handball Championship Crikvenica competed in lower-tier leagues. From 1985 the club didn't have a regulated sports facility so they played their home matches in Delnice, Senj and Rijeka until February 2003 when the city finally built them their ground GSD Crikvenica. The first match played in GSD Crikvenica was RK Crikvenica against RK Umag on 15 February 2003.
In 1999 Crikvenica reached the semi-final of the Croatian Handball Cup where they lost to Medveščak Zagreb (29:22). In 2001 due to reorganization of the Croatian handball league RK Crikvenica entered the First league and maintained 7 seasons in the first tier.
RK Crikvenica seasons SeasonTierDivisionPos.1991–924 Third League 2nd1992–932 First B League 6th1993–942 First B League 10th1994–952 First B League6th1995–962 First B League7th1996–972 First B League3rd1997–982 First B League4th1998–992 First B League3rd1999-002 First B League8th2000–012 First B League5th2000–011 First League10th2001–021 First League11th2002–031 First League11th2003–041 First League11thSeasonTierDivisionPos.2004–051 First League10th2005–061 First League13th2006–071 First League15th2007–082 Second League2nd2008–092 First League2nd2009–102 First League4th2010–112 First League7th2011–122 First League9th2012–132 First League13th2013–142 First League3rd2014–152 First League7th2015–162 First League13th2016–172 First League12th2017–183 Second League (West)1st
Technical staff President: Goran Božić Vice president: Dražen Manestar Head Coach: Valter Matošević Board members: Robert Hrelja, Senko Smoljan, Dario Butković
Notable former players
Darko Franović Alvaro Načinović Mladen Prskalo Marin Mišković Saša Nikšić Vladimir Matejčić Igor Dokmanović Janko Mavrović Bojan Pezelj Andrej Sekulić Igor Saršon Davor Šunjić Mirjan Horvat Egon Paljar | valign=top | Mateo Hrvatin Robert Savković Marko Erstić Igor Pejić Pave Župan Mario Broz Igor Montanari – Knez Jadranko Stoajnović Paulo Grozdek Moreno Car
Notable former coaches
Drago Žiljak (1997–2007) Ivan Munitić (2008–2011)
Honours League Primorje-Gorski Kotar County league (1): 1978–79 Primorje-Istria league (1): 1984–95 Second League (West) (1): 2017–18
Cup Croatian Cup Fourth place (1): 1999
Sources Petar Orgulić – 50 godina rukometa u Rijeci (2004), Adriapublic
References
External links hrs.hr hr-rukomet.hr sportcom.hr crikva.hr