Kometal Gjorče Petrov Skopje

HC Gjorče Petrov
Full name Ženski rakometen klub
Gjorče Petrov
Founded 1979
Arena Kocho Racin
Capacity 1000
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Kometal Gjorče Petrov Skopje (Macedonian: Ракометен Клуб Кометал Ѓорче Петров) was a female handball club based in Skopje, the capital of Macedonia.

History

The club was founded in 1979 under the name Handball Club Gjorče Petrov.[1] Since 1992, it had won 17 national championships 16 national cups, losing only the cup in 1994. The club won the EHF Champions League back in 2002 when they defeated Champions League Ferencvárosi TC.[2] They were also finalists in 2000 and 2005, and won the Champions Trophy once in 2002.[3] At one time, it was the most popular sports team in the country, having its own anthem song by Macedonian musicians and entertainers.[4] Kometal Gjorče Petrov stopped its work on 16 September 2011 when the central committee decided that there was no conditions for operation and existence.[5][6][7] Recently the club started to work and now exists as ZRK Gjorche and competes in Macedonian women's First League of Handball .It was shut for couple of years but it started working again,without its brandmark Kometal.

Accomplishments

Winners (17): 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Winners (16): 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Winners (1): 2002
Finalist (2): 2000 and 2005
1/4 Finalist (4):1997,1998,2004,2006
1/8 Finalist (5):1994,1996,2007,2008,2009
Winners (1): 2002
Semi Final (1) : 2004

Team

Notable players

References

  1. ↑ http://www.wrhl.info/2008072356/Newsflash/represent-kometal-gjorce-petrov.html
  2. ↑ http://www.ehfcl.com/women/2001-02/rounds/7
  3. ↑ http://www.ehfcl.com/women/2008-09/clubs/1987/HC+Kometal+Gjorce+Petrov
  4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVt3X7Q6EsQ
  5. ↑ http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15957546,00.html
  6. ↑ http://www.kirilica.com.mk/vest.asp?id=66405
  7. ↑ http://www.eurohandball.com/article/011682
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