RK Crikvenica

RK Mornar-Crikvenica (Rukometni Klub Mornar-Crikvenica) is a handball club from Crikvenica, Croatia, formed in 2017 by the merger of RK Crivenica and RK Mornar.^[1][2]

RK Mornar-Crikvenica
Full name	Rukometni klub Mornar-Crikvenica
Founded	September 2017 (as RK Mornar-Crikvenica)
Arena	GSD Crikvenica
Capacity	1,050
President	Goran Božić
Head coach	Valter Matošević
League	Second League (West)
2017–18	1st
Club colours
Website Official site

History

RK Mornar (1980–2017)

RK Mornar was founded 26 May 1980 in Dramalj on the initiative of Stjepan Lončarić.^[3]

RK Crikvenica (1956–2017)

RK Crikvenica was founded in October 1956 in Crikvenica. The club was founded on the initiative of gymnasium gymnastics teacher Branko Banjanin. During the Yugoslav Handball Championship Crikvenica competed in lower tier leagues. From 1985 the club didn't have a regulated sports facility so they played their home matches in Delnice, Senj and Rijeka until February 2003 when the city finally built them their ground GSD Crikvenica. The first match played in GSD Crikvenica was RK Crikvenica against RK Umag on 15 February 2003.^[4]

In 1999 Crikvenica reached the semi-final of the Croatian Handball Cup where they lost to Medveščak Zagreb (29:22). In 2001 due to reorganization of the Croatian handball league RK Crikvenica entered the First league and maintained 7 seasons in the first tier.^[5]

RK Crikvenica seasons

Season Tier Division Pos. 1991–92 4 Third League 2nd 1992–93 2 First B League 6th 1993–94 2 First B League 10th 1994–95 2 First B League 6th 1995–96 2 First B League 7th 1996–97 2 First B League 3rd 1997–98 2 First B League 4th 1998–99 2 First B League 3rd 1999-00 2 First B League 8th 2000–01 2 First B League 5th 2000–01 1 First League 10th 2001–02 1 First League 11th 2002–03 1 First League 11th 2003–04 1 First League 11th

Season Tier Division Pos. 2004–05 1 First League 10th 2005–06 1 First League 13th 2006–07 1 First League 15th 2007–08 2 Second League 2nd 2008–09 2 First League 2nd 2009–10 2 First League 4th 2010–11 2 First League 7th 2011–12 2 First League 9th 2012–13 2 First League 13th 2013–14 2 First League 3rd 2014–15 2 First League 7th 2015–16 2 First League 13th 2016–17 2 First League 12th 2017–18 3 Second League (West) 1st

Technical staff

• President: Goran Božić
• Vice president: Dražen Manestar
• Head Coach: Valter Matošević
• Board members: Robert Hrelja, Senko Smoljan, Dario Butković

Notable former players

For a list of many former and current RK Crikvenica players, see Category:RK Crikvenica players.

Darko Franović Alvaro Načinović Mladen Prskalo Marin Mišković Saša Nikšić Vladimir Matejčić Igor Dokmanović Janko Mavrović Bojan Pezelj Andrej Sekulić Igor Saršon Davor Šunjić Mirjan Horvat Egon Paljar

Mateo Hrvatin Robert Savković Marko Erstić Igor Pejić Pave Župan Mario Broz Igor Montanari – Knez Jadranko Stoajnović Paulo Grozdek Moreno Car

Notable former coaches

For a list of many former and current RK Crikvenica players, see Category:RK Crikvenica coaches.

• Drago Žiljak (1997–2007)
• Ivan Munitić (2008–2011)

Honours

League

• Primorje-Gorski Kotar County league (1): 1978–79
• Primorje-Istria league (1): 1984–95
• Second League (West) (1): 2017–18^[6]

Cup

• Croatian Cup Fourth place (1): 1999

Sources

• Petar Orgulić – 50 godina rukometa u Rijeci (2004), Adriapublic