RK Bjelovar

Full name

Rukometni klub Bjelovar

Founded

1955

Arena

Školsko-sportska dvorana Bjelovar

Capacity

1,500

President

Željko Maletić

Head coach

Željko Vidaković

League

Dukat Premijer Liga

Home

Away

RK Bjelovar (Rukometni Klub Bjelovar) is a team handball club from Bjelovar, Croatia formed in 1955. The club currently competes in the Croatian Second League of Handball (North) and the Croatian Handball Cup.

During Communist Yugoslavia, the club was known as Partizan, named after the Second World War's Yugoslav Partisans. After Croatian independence in 1991, the current name was adopted. Despite being the most successful club in Yugoslavia, it has had little success since the 1980 season and has been thoroughly eclipsed by RK Zagreb in modern Croatian handball.

Location of Bjelovar in Croatia

Accomplishments

National Championship of Yugoslavia: 9
- 1958, 1961, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1979
EHF Champions League:
- 1972
EHF Champions League Finalist:
- 1962, 1973
EHF Champions League Semifinalist:
- 1968, 1971

Famous players

Hrvoje Horvat
Albin Vidović
Vladimir Smiljanić-Babura
Miroslav Pribanić
Željko Nimš
Zvonimir Serdarušić
Boris Bradić
Pavle Jurina
Mirko Bašić
Željko Vidaković
Rastko Stefanović
Dalibor Sokač
Goran Šoštarec
Antonio Pribanić
Mario Vuglač

Famous coaches

Željko Seleš
Ante Kostelić (father of Janica Kostelić and Ivica Kostelić)

External links

Official website of RK Bjelovar (Croatian)

European Cup and EHF Champions League winners

European Cup	1956–57: Dukla Prague 1958–59: Redbergslids IK 1959–60: Frisch Auf Göppingen 1961–62: Frisch Auf Göppingen 1962–63: Dukla Prague 1964–65: Dinamo București 1965–66: DHfK Leipzig 1966–67: VfL Gummersbach 1967–68: Steaua București 1969–70: VfL Gummersbach 1970–71: VfL Gummersbach 1971–72: Partizan Bjelovar 1972–73: MAI Moscow 1973–74: VfL Gummersbach 1974–75: ASK Frankfurt/Oder 1975–76: Borac Banja Luka 1976–77: Steaua București 1977–78: Magdeburg 1978–79: TV Großwallstadt 1979–80: TV Großwallstadt 1980–81: Magdeburg 1981–82: Budapest Honvéd 1982–83: VfL Gummersbach 1983–84: Dukla Prague 1984–85: Metaloplastika 1985–86: Metaloplastika 1986–87: SKA Minsk 1987–88: CSKA Moscow 1988–89: SKA Minsk 1989–90: SKA Minsk 1990–91: Barcelona 1991–92: Zagreb 1992–93: Zagreb

EHF Champions League	1993–94: TEKA Santander 1994–95: Bidasoa Irún 1995–96: Barcelona 1996–97: Barcelona 1997–98: Barcelona 1998–99: Barcelona 1999–2000: Barcelona 2000–01: Portland San Antonio 2001–02: Magdeburg 2002–03: Montpellier 2003–04: Celje 2004–05: Barcelona 2005–06: Ciudad Real 2006–07: THW Kiel 2007–08: Ciudad Real 2008–09: Ciudad Real 2009–10: THW Kiel 2010–11: Barcelona 2011–12: THW Kiel 2012–13: HSV Hamburg 2013–14: Flensburg-Handewitt 2014–15: Barcelona

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