RK Celje

The RK Celje is established in 1946 Slovenian handball club from the city of Celje. RK Celje plays in the Slovenian first league. In 2010, the men's team won for the 17th time in club history, the Slovenian championship. The home ground is the Zlatorog Hall.

History

The association has developed in the years following the independence of Slovenia the strongest club in the country and as a result one of the top addresses in the European handball. You could celebrate the Slovenian league title since 1992, seventeen times. For the first time they played in the International season 1993 / 94th There, the club reached the group stage and retired from there as the last of the group. One year later eliminated in the second round against KC Veszprém. For the 1995/96 season it was eliminated in the quarterfinals against RK Zagreb. In the years 1997-2001 we always reached the semifinals in the Champions League and failed each time. Three times it was necessary to give to the FC Barcelona defeated. In the 2001 / 02 season, you failed in the quarterfinals to eventual winners, the SC Magdeburg. A season later he took part in the European Cup Winners' Cup, where they lost in the semifinals against BM Ciudad Real. The season 2003/ 04 is the internationally most successful season the club. You won the Champions League final against the SG Flensburg- Handewitt from Germany. And they first took part in the EHF Champions Trophy, which they won with 30:29 in the final against THW Kiel. In the season after that you failed again at FC Barcelona in the semifinals. In the season 05/ 06 we came up to fail the quarter-finals and then the Spanish club BM Ciudad Real. A season later they had already lost in the second round. It also contributed to the Champions Trophy in Celje, but had to leave the THW Kiel draw in the final. In the years 2008 and 2009, would retire from the group stage. In the 2009/10 season they played in the EHF Cup, after being failed in the Champions League qualification to Ademar León and cadets Schaffhausen. The Eliminated in the group stage came in the 2010/11 season, where you played in a " group of death " with the THW Kiel, FC Barcelona, ​​Chambery Savoie HB Rhein- Neckar Löwen and Vive Kielce. In the EHF Champions League 2013/14 they reached the knockout stages, where the SG Flensburg- Handewitt is the opponent.

Sponsor

The association also occurs under the name of his sponsor Laško to ( a Slovenian brewery).

Achievements

Squad 2013/14

Coach: Branko Tamse Slovenia (since December 2013)

The best-known former players

  • Alem Toskić
  • Aleš Pajović
  • Bostjan Hribar
  • Carlos Prieto
  • Denis Špoljarić
  • Dragan Gajic
  • Dragan Škrbić
  • Dušan Podpečan
  • Eduard Kokscharow
  • Gorazd Skof
  • Gregor Lorger
  • Igor Levshin
  • Mario Kelentrić
  • Miladin Kozlina
  • Mirko Alilovic
  • Petar Metlicic
  • Renato Sulic
  • Renato Vugrinec
  • Roman Pungartnik
  • Siarhei Rutenka
  • Syarhey Harbok
  • Uroš Zorman

The season balances

RK Celje has been playing 20 years in the first Slovenian league. In the Slovenian game system, there are still a playoff round, where then the championship is played. In the table only the league stands on this day.

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