Pallamano Trieste 1970 is an Italian handball club from Trieste, that plays in the Serie A Gold. It is the most titled team in the history of Italian handball, with 17 "Scudetti", 6 Italian cups and 1 league cup.
History The club was founded in 1970 and after six years won his first championship. From 1993 to 1997 won five consecutive championships, a record that is still unbeaten in Italy.
It participated in sixteen editions of the EHF Champions League and reached the semifinals of the EHF Challenge Cup in 2004, when it was eliminated by the Swedish team IFK Skövde.
In 2024 relegated for the first time in its history to the second league, but the following season it won the championship and was immediately promoted to the first division.
Naming conventions 1970-1973 US Acli Trieste 1973-1977 Duina Trieste 1977-1991 Cividin Trieste 1991-1992 Pallamano Trieste 1992-1997 Principe Trieste 1997-2000 Genertel Trieste 2000-2004 Coop Essepiù Trieste 2004-2016 Pallamano Trieste 2016-2018 Principe Trieste 2018-2024 Pallamano Trieste 2024- Pallamano Trieste 1970
Titles
Serie A Gold Winner (17) : 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002 Italian Cup Winner (6) : 1987, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2002 League Cup Winner (1) : 2005
Team Current squad Squad for the 2025–26 season
Pallamano Trieste 1970Goalkeepers 1 Facundo García 16 Thomas Postogna 21 Orfeo Giorgi Left Wingers 10 Federico Urbaz 14 Davide Parisato
Right Wingers 7 Gabriel Mazzarol 15 Pietro Lo Duca 18 Juan Pauloni Line Players 6 Pietro Del Frari 9 Alex Pernic (c) 17 Leo Andreotta 25 Sofiane Bendjilali
Left Backs 4 Fernando Bono 8 Samuele Antonutti 97 Clément Esparon
Central Backs 5 Lorenzo Ganz 11 Jaume Pujol 22 Federico Vanoli 23 Lucas Hubert Right Backs 19 Richard Lindström 33 Luca Sandrin
Technical staff Head coach: Boris Lisica Assistant coach: Piero Sivini Fitness coach: Francesco Tremul
Transfers Transfers for the 2026–27 season
Joining
Juan Bautista Ceccardi (CB) from SSV Brixen Handball
Leaving Richard Lindström (RB) to Amo Handboll Clément Esparon (LB) to Nava Jaume Pujol (CB) to Conversano Sofiane Bendjilali (LP) to ? Alex Pernic (LP) retires
Transfer History
Transfers for the 2025–26 seasonJoining Clément Esparon (LB) from Sarrebourg Moselle-Sud HB
Leaving
Notable european games
Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate 1997–98 Champions LeagueGS Badel 1862 Zagreb 27–25 2000–01 Champions LeagueGS THW Kiel 28-28 2002–03 Champions LeagueGS KIF Kolding 32–31 2003–04 Challenge Cup1/32 Desp. Francisco de Holanda 33–21 23–28 56-491/16 A.S.E. Doukas 26–24 32–26 58-501/8 RK Crvena zvezda 29–26 38–30 67-561/4 AG København 29–21 28–33 57-541/2 IFK Skövde 33–30 27–37 60-67
Notable former players Zdravko Miljak Branko Štrbac Silvio Ivandija Vladimir Jelčić Slobodan Kuzmanovski Dalibor Anušić Goran Đukanović Rok Ivančič Božidar Leković Diego Modrušan Tin Tokić Michele Skatar Marco Bozzola Piero Sivini Claudio Schina Giorgio Oveglia Alessandro Tarafino
References