Rukometni klub Zagreb ( ), a men's professional handball club based in Zagreb, Croatia, competes in the Croatian Premier League and in the EHF Champions League.
RK Zagreb has won 39 national championships and the national cup 34 times. In the European Champions League the club has won twice and played another four times in the finals; it ranks among top eight most-successful handball clubs in the League's history.
Accomplishments Croatia Croatian Premier Handball League Champions (33): 1992, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Croatian Handball Cup Champions (32): 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
Yugoslavia Yugoslav Handball Championship Champions (6): 1956–57, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1988–89, 1990–91
Yugoslav Handball Cup Champions (2): 1962, 1991
Europe EHF Champions League Champions (2): 1991–92, 1992–93
SEHA League Champions (1): 2012–13
Individual Club Awards
Double Winners (33): 1961–62, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25 Triple Crown Winners (2): 1991–92, 1992–93
Kits
HOME
AWAY
THIRD
Current squad Squad for the 2026–27 season
Goalkeepers 16 Sandro Meštrić 26 Haris Suljević 76 Toni Matošević 99 Urh Kastelic Left wingers 17 Manuel Štrlek 78 Stanislav Sadouski Right wingers 19 Mateja Dodić 71 Filip Glavaš (c) 81 Aleksa Tufegdžić Line players 4 Matvei Barbashinski 20 Petar Topic 22 Zlatko Raužan 30 Gleb Kalarash
Left backs 8 Diano Ćeško 14 Marko Mamić 31 Abdelrahman Abdou Central backs 18 Igor Karačić 21 Davor Gavrić 23 Ivano Pavlović 44 Ihar Belyavski Right backs 11 Giorgi Tskhovrebadze 33 Jovica Nikolić
Transfers Transfers for the 2026–27 season
Joining Urh Kastelic (GK) from TBV Lemgo Gleb Kalarash (LP) from OTP Bank – Pick Szeged Jovica Nikolić (RB) from OTP Bank – Pick Szeged Matvei Barbashinski (LP) from SKA Minskhttps://rukometnizurnal.com/matvej-barbasinski-potpisao-za-zagreb/ Marko Mamić (LB) from SC DHfK Leipzig Diano Ćeško (LB) from RK Izviđačhttps://arhiva.rk-zagreb.hr/vijesti/rukomet/glavas-produzio-ugovor-stizu-nam-zlatko-rauzan-i-diano-neris-cesko Zlatko Raužan (LP) from MRK Sesvetehttps://www.tportal.hr/sport/clanak/za-zagreb-su-u-istom-danu-potpisala-cak-tri-hrvatska-reprezentativca-specijal-98-20260115 Manuel Štrlek (LW) (from RK Nexe Našice) Ante Grbavac (GK) (back from loan at FC Porto)
Leaving Patryk Walczak (LP) to Wybrzeże Gdańskhttps://www.handball-world.news/artikel/zagreb-verliert-fuehrungsspieler-walczak-1207498 Damian Przytuła (LB) to CSM București Aleks Kavčič (LB) to Csurgói KK Luka Lovre Klarica (RB) to Industria Kielcehttps://www.handball-world.news/artikel/industria-kielce-praesentiert-nachfolger-von-alex-dujshebaev-1140862 Roko Trivković (LP) to RD Slovan Ante Grbavac (GK) (to ?) Davor Ćavar (LW) (to ?) Jakov Gojun (LB) (retires)
Transfer history Transfers for the 2025–26 seasonJoining Giorgi Tskhovrebadze (RB) from VfL Gummersbach Aleksa Tufegdžić (RW) from Csurgói KK Haris Suljević (GK) from CB Cangas Stanislau Sadouski (LW) from SKA Minsk Igor Karačić CB) from Industria Kielce Mateja Dodić (RW) (from RK Metaloplastika Elixir) Sandro Meštrić (GK) from HC Meshkov Brest
Leaving Timur Dibirov (LW) (retires) Matej Mandić (GK) to SC Magdeburg Paolo Kraljević (RW) to SCM Politehnica Timișoara Zvonimir Srna (LB) (to Montpellier Handball) Maksimilijan Molc (RW) (to MRK Sesvete) Adin Faljić (LP) to SG Flensburg-Handewitt
Technical staff
President: Mladen Vedriš Manager: Božidar Jović Head coach: Andrija Nikolić Assistant coach: Goalkeeper coach: Arian Jović Condition coach: Šime Tomašević Physiotherapist: Damir Kajba Physioterapist: Slobodan Škorić
Notable former players
Igor Vori Tonči Valčić Josip Valčić Patrik Ćavar Slavko Goluža Nenad Kljaić Bruno Gudelj Alvaro Načinović Božidar Jović Željko Babić Valter Matošević Vladimir Jelčić Mirko Bašić Valner Franković Vladimir Šujster Venio Losert Davor Dominiković Mirza Džomba Vlado Šola Blaženko Lacković Ivano Balić Renato Sulić Vedran Zrnić Damir Bičanić Nikola Blažičko Ivan Ninčević Domagoj Duvnjak Marko Kopljar Jakov Gojun Zlatko Horvat Goran Šprem Nikša Kaleb Denis Špoljarić Manuel Štrlek Ljubo Vukić Drago Vuković Marino Marić Mateo Hrvatin Ivan Pešić Ilija Brozović Luka Stepančić Filip Ivić Ivan Stevanović Darko Cingesar (2016–2017) David Špiler Beno Lapajne Dragan Gajić Rolando Pušnik Iztok Puc Gorazd Škof David Miklavčič Kiril Lazarov Lazo Majnov Mitko Stoilov Branislav Angelovski Risto Arnaudovski Velko Markoski
Nikola Prce Duško Čelica Mirsad Terzić Zlatko Saračević Irfan Smajlagić Gyula Gál Dávid Katzirz Petar Kapisoda Dobrivoje Marković Lujo Györy Zdenko Zorko Goran Stojanović Frank Løke Rareș Lucian Jurcă Andrey Lavrov Wang Quan
Head coaches
Kasim Kamenica (1988–1990) Zdravko Zovko (1990–1994) Vinko Kandija (1994–1995) Abas Arslanagić (1995–1996) Josip Glavaš (1996–1998) Velimir Kljaić (1998–1999) Zdravko Zovko (1999–2000) Lino Červar (2000–2001) Nino Marković (2001–2003) Silvio Ivandija (2003) Lino Červar (2004–2009) Ivica Obrvan (2009–2012) Slavko Goluža (2012–2013) Boris Dvoršek (2013–2014) Veselin Vujović (2014–2016) Andrija Nikolić (2016) (interim) Silvio Ivandija (2016–2017) Slavko Goluža (2017; interim) Kasim Kamenica (2017) Zlatko Saračević (2017–2018) Lino Červar (2018) Branko Tamše (2019) Veselin Vujović (2019–2020) Igor Vori (2020) Vlado Šola (2020–2021) Ivica Obrvan (2021–2022) Slavko Goluža (2022–2023) Nenad Šoštarić (2023–2024) (2024–2025) Andrija Nikolić (2025) Nenad Šoštarić (2025–)
References
External links Official website