GRK Ohrid () is a handball club from Ohrid, North Macedonia. They compete in the domestic Macedonian Super League and the Regional League.
History Elektromontazha shortly EMO Ohrid was established in 1972 and for the last 30 years has been a leading Macedonian manufacturer and supplier of electro-mechanical components and systems, with design, manufacturing and installation capability.
The company had established its own Handball Club Elektromontazha Ohrid. It was one of the top clubs in the 70s and early 80s. They had won three championships back in 1977, 1978 and 1983. The club had decreased in the 90s due to the companies financial crises. It stopped working in the early 2000s. GRK Ohrid was founded in 2011 in Ohrid as a successor of HC Elektromontazha by local handball players, coaches and sports professionals with the aim of reviving handball in the city of Ohrid.https://www.ohridnews.com/dekada-od-vozobnovuva-eto-na-rakometniot-klub-ohrid-prikaznata-prodolzhuva/ In the first two seasons, they competed in the First Macedonian Handball League. The club first played in the Macedonian Handball Super League in the 2013/14 season as RK Ohrid 2013, and in its first season, finished seventh in the regular season and second in the playoffs. In the 2016/17 season, the club won first place in the regular season of the Macedonian Handball Super League, and in the playoffs they finished third behind Vardar and Metalurg, thus securing their first participation in a European Cup. In the 2017/18 season, RK Ohrid 2013 participated in the EHF Cup for the first time. Since 2018, the club's name has been GRK Ohrid.
Supporters GRK Ohrid supporters are called Ribari, which means Fishermen.
Accomplishments Macedonian Handball Super League Macedonian Champions :1977, 1978,1983
European Competitions EHF European Cup Winner (1): 2025-26
Crest, colours, supporters
Kits
HOME
AWAY
Home Ground The Biljanini Izvori Sports Arena is a multi-functional indoor sports arena. It is located in Ohrid, North Macedonia. The sports hall was inaugurated in August 1998 and has a capacity of 2,400 seats for handball and 4,500 for basketball. It is used by several handball and basketball teams from Ohrid. It was one of two venues of the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship .
Name: – Sportska Sala Biljanini Izvori City: – Ohrid Capacity: – 2,400 Address: – 6000, Bull Tourist bb.
European record In the first two seasons, they competed in the First Macedonian Handball League. The 2013–14 season was their first season in Macedonian Handball Super League, when they finished in eighth position. Their first qualification in Play-off phase was season 2015–16, when they finished second in Regular season and fifth in play-off. Season after that they were placed third at the end, so they qualified for the 2017–18 EHF Cup qualification. After the end of the 2023/24 season, GRK Ohrid again qualified to play for the next season in one of the European Cups, by finishing fourth. In the 2024/25 season, it started from the second round of the EHF European Cup, where the opponent was the team of Potaisa Turda from Romania.
EHF Cup Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate2017-18 R1 KRAS/Volendam24–2424–2348–47 R2 FC Porto20–3726–4444–81 European Cup Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate2024-25 R2 AHC Potaissa Turda31–2529–3960–642025–26 Winners R2 HC Baku44–1138–2182–32 R3 RK Sloga Doboj37–1942–1879–37 Last 16 HC Dukla Prague30–2130–2460–45 1/4 Olympiacos SFP25–2431–2656–50 Semi Final RK Celje29-2726-2755-54 Final MOL Tatabánya KC31-2529-2860-53
Team Current squad
Squad for the 2026–2027 season Goalkeepers 12 Dino Slavić 30 Bojan Blazheski 93 Daniel Gjorgjeski Left Wingers 3 Goce Ojleski 9 Adama Keïta 17 Nikola Risteski Right Wingers 45 Darko Đukić 77 Alen Kjosevski Line Players 5 Shuichi Yoshida 19 Ivan Taseski 27 Nikolaos Liapis
Left Backs 6 Ante Ivanković 14 Ilija Trajcheski 28 Filip Taleski 31 Nikola Zečević Central Backs 2 Tilen Strmljan 11 Martin Karapalevski 13 Tane Jancheski 34 Martin Ivanovski Right Backs 4 Tomislav Jagurinovski 21 David Savrevski 23 Dominik Máthé
Technical staff Head coach: Boris Rojević Assistant coach: Naum Babachev Assistant coach: Krste Andonovski Goalkeeping coach: Zoran Georgieski Fitness coach: Andrija Njaradi Physiotherapist: Ljupcho Atanasov Physiotherapist: Dimitar Spiroski
Transfers Transfers for the 2027–28 season
Joining Kosuke Yasuhira (CB) (from Burgan SC)
Leaving
Transfer History Transfers for the 2026–27 seasonJoining Dino Slavić (GK) from Limoges Handballhttps://www.handball-planet.com/dino-slavic-to-join-hc-ohrid/ Shuichi Yoshida (LP) from HBC Nanteshttps://handnews.fr/2026/lms-shuichi-yoshida-sengage-en-macedoine-du-nord/ Nikola Zečević (LB) from RK Partizanhttps://www.balkan-handball.com/balkan/jezero-ne-miruje-nikola-zecevic-u-ohridu/ Filip Taleski (LB) from MOL Tatabánya KChttps://www.facebook.com/100063594875690/posts/1624844469645367/ Adama Keïta (LW) from AEK Athens Martin Karapalevski (CB) (from BM Atlético Valladolid) Martin Ivanovski (CB) (from RK Alkaloid) Dominik Máthé (RB) (from Elverum Håndball) Nikola Šipinkoski (RB) (back from loan RK Prilep 2010)
Leaving Teimuraz Orjonikidze (LB) to AHC Potaissa Turdahttps://www.instagram.com/p/DaQcIgJG_n2/ Kristian Pilipović (GK) (to HC Kriens-Luzern) Vuko Borozan (LB) (to RK Alkaloid) Dejan Kukulovski (LB) (to RK Metaloplastika) Stefan Petrić (LB) (to ?) Kosuke Yasuhira (CB) (end of loan Burgan SC) Lovro Jotić (CB) (to ?) Nikola Šipinkoski (RB) (to RK Prilep 2010) Vladimir Bojanić (P) (to RK Mladost 1977) Oriol Rey Morales (P) (to Wisła Płock) Gianfranco Pribetić (P) (to HC Meshkov Brest)
Transfers for the 2025–26 seasonJoining Nikolaos Liapis (LP) from Olympiacoshttps://www.handball-planet.com/nikolaos-liapis-completed-the-quartet-of-new-signings-for-grk-ohrid/ Predrag Vejin (RB) from Olympiacoshttps://rukometnizurnal.com/zvanicno-predrag-vejin-potpisao-za-ohrid/ Darko Đukić (RW) from Dinamo București Alen Kjosevski (RW) from RK Vardar Stefan Petrić (LB) from RK Vardarhttps://www.slobodenpecat.mk/en/ohrid-se-zasili-so-rakometar-na-vardar/ Ante Ivanković (LB) from TVB Stuttgart Tilen Strmljan (CB) from TSV Hannover-Burgdorf Oriol Rey Morales (LP) from BM Granollers David Savrevski (RB) from RK Alkaloidhttps://rukometnizurnal.com/david-savrevski-u-ohridu/ Bojan Blažeski (GK) from HC Butel Skopje Nikola Šipinkoski (RB) return from a loan at RK Prilep 2010 Kristian Pilipović (GK) from Kadetten Schaffhausenhttps://www.handball-world.news/artikel/torwartwechsel-bei-kadetten-schaffhausen-1157955 Gianfranco Pribetić (LP) from TVB Stuttgarthttps://www.handball-world.news/artikel/sofortiger-abgang-bei-tvb-stuttgart-1178989 Mladen Krsmančić (CB) from RK Vardar Vuko Borozan (LB) from RK Vardar Kosuke Yasuhira (CB) (on loan from Burgan SC)
Leaving Nikola Jukić (RB) to Mudhar Club Rudolf Šafranko (CB) to UHC Hollabrunn Gal Cirar (RW) to UHC Hollabrunn Naum Kostov (RW) to RK Struga Boban Ristevski (GK) to ? Gradimir Chanevski (GK) to HC Butel Skopje Krste Andonoski (LW) (retires) Milorad Kukoski (LB) (retires) Hiroki Matsuoka (CB) to Osaki Osol HC Goran Krstevski (CB) to Ness Ziona Handball Mladen Krsmančić (CB) to RK Vojvodina Caio Vinícius de Souza Morais (RB) to Handball Club Holon Predrag Vejin (RB) (to Maccabi Tel Aviv) Nikola Šipinkoski (RB) on loan at RK Prilep 2010 Živan Pešić (P) to RK Nexe Našice
Retired numbers GRK Ohrid retired numbersN°NationalityPlayerPositionTenure 97 Nikola Danilovski Goalkeeper 2019–2021
Former club members
Notable former players
Goalkeepers Gradimir Chanevski (2024–2025) Nikola Danilovski (2019–2021) Kiril Kolev (2014–2016, 2018) Blagojče Trajkovski (2016–2018) Berin Brkić (2023–2024) Kristian Pilipović (2025–2026) Dino Slavić (2026–) Jagoš Braunović (2018–2022)
Right wingers Darko Đukić (2025–)
Left wingers Goce Ojleski (2023–) Krste Andonovski (2012–2025)
Line players Admir Pelidija (2023–2024) Gianfranco Pribetić (2025–2026) Nikolaos Liapis (2025–) Shuichi Yoshida (2026–) Živan Pešić (2024–2025)
Left backs Milorad Kukoski (2023–2025) Mihajlo Mladenovikj (2020–2022) Ante Ivanković (2025–) Teimuraz Orjonikidze (2023–2025) Vuko Borozan (2026) Stefan Petrić (2025–2026) Nikola Zečević (2026–)
Central backs Goran Krstevski (2023–2025) Lovro Jotić (2024–2026) Kosuke Yasuhira (2026–) Tilen Strmljan (2025–) Stefan Dodić (2021–2022) Mladen Krsmančić (2025)
Right backs Tomislav Jagurinovski (2025–) Milan Levov (2013–2015) David Savrevski (2025–) Dominik Máthé (2026–) Predrag Vejin (2025)
Notable former coaches Goran Andonovski Radoslav Stojanović Stevče Aluševski
References
External links
GRK Ohrid at Handball Base