ŽRK Zamet

ŽRK Zamet (Ženski rukometni Klub Zamet) is a women's handball club from Rijeka, Croatia, formed in 1957. The club currently competes in the Croatian First League and the Croatian Handball Cup.^[1]

ŽRK Zamet
Full name	Ženski rukometni klub Zamet
Founded	1957
Arena	Centar Zamet
Capacity	2,350
President	Iva Lesjak
Head coach	Drago Žiljak
League	First League
2023–24	10th
Club colours
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Website Official site

History

The club was founded in September 1957 as RK Partizan Zamet by Prof. Stanko Jerger, Josip Šarić and Vittorio Drog. On the initiative of Stanko Jerger, the women's team was made later. Until January 1985, the club was combined with RK Zamet.^[2]

In 1962, the players of Partizan Zamet went to the quarter-finals of the Yugoslav Cup where they lost 6:5 to Zagreb. The next year, they finished second in the Croatian championship and failed to qualify for the First League, being one point behind Partizan Bjelovar. They failed to qualify for the next three seasons. In 1966, Zamet eliminated ŽRK Rudar Labin in the qualifications for entering the first league.^[3] From 1971 to 1974, the club played in the Yugoslav First League. After 1974, the club played in the second tier of the Yugoslav Women's Handball Championship until the collapse of the Yugoslav league.

In the first season of the Croatian league, Zamet played in the 1.B HRL, won the league, and got promoted to the 1.A HRL the same season. In their first season in the 1.A HRL, the club finished in third place and qualified for the EHF City Cup, which was their first appearance in a European competition. The club was then led by Slavko Bralić.

From 2002 to 2004, the club was called Croatia Osiguranje Zamet due to sponsorship.

The club's best successes were the two cup finals (in 2014 and 2016) and the second place in the league in 2015, in the season in which they fought for the title with Podravka, with a generation which they led by Ćamila Mičijević and Dejana Milosavljević, which they later made the respectable career and won the bronze medal at the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship with national team.

Venue

Further information: Centar Zamet

Since the foundation of the club, matches were played on the playground Zamet when field handball was played.

As of 2009, the club has been playing in Centar Zamet. The capacity of the venue is 2,350 spectators.

Seasons

Further information: List of RK Zamet seasons

Since the beginning of Croatian handball in 1992, Zamet has competed at the highest level except for four seasons when they were in the second tier.

Season Tier Division Pos. 1991–92 2 First B League 1st ↑ 1992–93 1 First A League 3rd 1993–94 1 First A League 3rd 1994–95 1 First A League 7th 1995–96 1 First A League 12th ↓ 1996–97 2 First B League 1st ↑ 1997–98 1 First A League 7th 1998–99 1 First A League 5th 1999–00 1 First A League 9th 2000–01 1 First A League 7th 2001–02 1 First League 8th 2002–03 1 First League 8th 2003–04 1 First League 8th 2004–05 1 First League 6th

Season Tier Division Pos. 2005–06 1 First League 5th 2006–07 1 First League 10th 2007–08 1 First League 8th 2008–09 1 First League 7th 2009–10 1 First League 5th 2010–11 1 First League 5th 2011–12 1 First League 7th 2012–13 1 First League 7th 2013–14 1 First League 6th 2014–15 1 First League 2nd 2015–16 1 First League 4th 2016–17 1 First League 4th 2017–18 1 First League 7th 2018–19 1 First League 13th ↓

Season Tier Division Pos. 2019–20 2 Second League N/A1 2020–21 2 Second League 2nd 2021–22 2 Second League 1st ↑ 2022–23 1 First League 12th 2023–24 1 First League 10th

¹ The season was voided due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2020-21 season

* Blažić Irina * Đuzel Allsu * Hodžić Adela * Hren Patricia * Krivičić Tea * Mikolić Katja * Milošević Laura * Mršić Elena * Nikolić Noel * Perčić Bahtiri Nayana * Pleša Nikolina * Pleše Nika

* Polić Lea * Ramić Mihaela * Rončević Iva * Sabalić Veronika * Skokandić Katia * Stanić Iva * Tabar Iva * Toskić Ella * Troskot Stefanie * Visković Maja

Technical staff

• President: Iva Lesjak
• Head coach: Josip Štokić
• Assistant, GK Coach: Željko Vujmilović, Željko Radanović
• Sport director: Goran Stašek,
• Second Team Coach: Filip Grbčić
• Youth Academy Coaches: Luka Pejatović, Đoni Skokandić, Kristina Plahinek, Stefanie Troskot, Marijana Kovačević,

Source: zrk-zamet.hrSource: rukometstat.hr

Notable former players

• Marija Malik
• Ida Crljenica
• Zlata Fazlić
• Željka Maras
• Tea Morsi
• Nada Rukavina
• Gordana Čorak
• Branka Zuber
• Jadranka Mijolović
• Branka Strišković
• Suzana Gustin
• Ljerka Krajnović
• Rada Ciganović
• Gordana Možnik
• Jasenka Pilepić
• Višnja Hrmić
• Sanja Bobanović
• Irena Pahor
• Sandra Stojković
• Ella Bukvić
• Anamarija Gugić
• Tea Bunić
• Dina Havić
• Katarina Ježić
• Ćamila Mičijević
• Ana Debelić
• Kristina Plahinek
• Selena Milošević
• Dejana Milosavljević

Coaches

• Stanko Jerger (1957-1968)
• Stanko Jerger & Simeon Kosanović (1968-1969)
• Simeon Kosanović (1969-1975)
• Branimir Čutić (1975-1981)
• Andrija Barin (1981)
• Josip Božić (1982)
• Marijan Seđak (1982-1985)
• Sandro Bogojević (1985-1986)
• Edo Šmit (1986-1988)
• Vjekoslav Sardelić (1988-1990)
• Damir Čavlović (1991)
• Zdravko Štingl (1991-1992)
• Slavko Bralić (1992-1994)
• Edo Šmit (1994)
• Mladenko Mišković (1995)
• Edo Šmit (1995-1999)
• Branimir Čutić (1999-2001)
• Darko Dunato (2001-2002)
• Boris Dragičević (2002-2005)
• Damir Čavlović (2005-2007)
• Rada Ciganović (2007-2008)
• Edo Šmit (2008-2011)
• Drago Žiljak (17 July 2011- 28 August 2012)
• Željko Čagalj (28 August 2012 - 28 April 2013)^[4]
• Adriana Prosenjak (13 May 2013 – 13 March 2019)^[5]
• Igor Marijanović (15 April 2019 - 28 August 2020 )^[6]
• Drago Žiljak (1 September 2020 - 19 january 2023)^[7]
• Josip Štokić (20 january 2023 - present)

Presidents

• 1957–1968 - Vittorio Drog☨
• 1968–1977 - Stanko Jerger
• 1977–1979 - Ivan Brnabić
• 1979–1980 - Fedor Pirović
• 1980–1983 - Drago Crnčević
• 1983–1985 - Petar Čarić
• 1985–1991 - Ranko Dujmović
• 1991-1994 - Srđan Čevizović
• 1994-1999 - Ranko Dujmović
• 1999–2019 - Luka Denona
• 2019 - present - Iva Lesjak

Honours

Croatia

• 1. HRL
  • Runner-up (1): 2014–15
• 1.B HRL
  • Winners (2): 1991–92, 1996–97
• 2. HRL
  • Winners (1): 2021–22
• Croatian Cup
  • Finalist (2): 2014, 2016

Yugoslavia

• Yugoslav Second League (North)
  • Winners (1): 1977–78
• Regional league of Primorje and Istra
  • Winners (3): 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70
• Rijeka League
  • Winners (4): 1957–58, 1958–59, 1961–62, 1963–64

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
1993–94	EHF City Cup	1/8	Fémina Visé	28–20	18–11	46–36
		QF	Szegedi ESK	24–20	18–22	42–42
2015–16	EHF Cup	R2	HB Dudelange	39–16	35–18	74–34
		R3	Odense Håndbold	23–28	21–30	44–58

Rankings

EHF club coefficient ranking

(As of 24 September 2020), source: Eurotopteam website

Rank	Team	Points
224	Polatli Belediyespor	7
225	CSM Slatina	7
226	ZAMET RIJEKA	7
227	ZRK Zrinjski Mostar	7
228	BM Mar Sagunto	6

Related clubs

• RK Zamet

Sources

• Petar Orgulić - 50 godina rukometa u Rijeci (2005), Adria public