RK Partizan

RK Partizan
Full nameRukometni klub Partizan
Nickname(s)Crno-beli (The Black-Whites)
Founded1948
ArenaSC Voždovac
Capacity2,300
Head coachĐorđe Ćirković
LeagueSerbian Super League
EHF European Cup
2023/2024.3.
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Home
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Website
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RK Partizan (Serbian Cyrillic: РК Партизан) is a Serbian handball club based in Belgrade. They compete in the Serbian Handball Super League and EHF European Cup.

History

The original club was founded in 1948. They competed for only a year until 1949. In January 1957, RK Dedinje became part of the Partizan sports society, thus reinstating the club's handball section.[1] They made their Yugoslav Handball Championship debut in 1960.[2] In 1973, the club suffered relegation from the league. They made a comeback to the top flight in 1991,[3] shortly before the withdrawal of Croatian and Slovenian teams due to the Yugoslav Wars. The club would win three consecutive championships in 1993, 1994 and 1995, including back-to-back doubles in 1993 and 1994. They later participated in the EHF Champions League on four occasions (1999–2000, 2003–04, 2011–12 and 2012–13). The club also reached the semi-finals of the EHF Cup Winners' Cup (1998–99 and 2001–02) and EHF Challenge Cup (2010–11).

Honours

Serbia and Montenegro League / Serbian League

  • 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03 / 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12

Yugoslav Winter Championship

  • 1963

Yugoslav Cup / Serbia and Montenegro Cup / Serbian Cup

  • 1958–59, 1965–66, 1970–71 / 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 2000–01 / 2006–07, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2023–24

Serbian Super Cup[4][5][6]

  • 2009, 2011, 2012

Sponsorship

During its history, the club has been known by a variety of names due to sponsorship reasons:

Supporters

Grobari (Serbian Cyrillic: Гробари, English: Gravediggers or Undertakers) are one of two major football fan groups in Serbia. They generally support all clubs within the Partizan multi-sports club, and mostly wear black and white symbols, which are the club's colors.

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season[8]
RK Partizan AdmiralBet

Notable players

The list includes players who played for their respective national teams in any major international tournaments, such as the Olympic Games, World Championships and European Championships:

Head coaches

References

  1. ^ "Dogodilo se na Božić 1957" (in Serbian). rkpartizan.rs. 6 January 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Sećanja…" (in Serbian). rkpartizan.rs. 8 August 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Jubilej za ponos" (in Serbian). rkpartizan.rs. 30 May 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Partizan slavio u Superkupu" (in Serbian). b92.net. 15 September 2009. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Rukomet: Partizanu Superkup" (in Serbian). b92.net. 7 September 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Partizan odbranio Superkup" (in Serbian). b92.net. 12 September 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Si & Si sponzor RK Partizan" (in Serbian). b92.net. 1 July 2005. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Rukometni klub Partizan AdmiralBet".