RK Jugović

RK Jugović (Serbian Cyrillic: РК Југовић) is a Serbian handball club based in Kać, Novi Sad. They compete in the top tier Serbian handball league, the Arkus league.

Kać

Location of RK Jugović

RK Jugović
Full name	Rukometni Klub Jugović
Nickname(s)	Kaćki tići (The Kać's Fledglings)
Founded	1956; 69 years ago (1956)
Arena	Hram Sport Hall, Kać
Capacity	2,000
Head coach	Predrag Topić
League	Arkus Liga
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

History

Founded as RK Mladost in 1956, the club changed its name to RK Jugović in 1960. They made their Yugoslav Handball Championship debut in 1984. The club achieved its greatest success by winning the EHF Challenge Cup in the 2000–01 season.^[1] After spending more than 30 consecutive seasons in the top flight, they suffered relegation from the Serbian Handball Super League in 2018.

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2022–23 season^[2]

RK Jugović

Goalkeepers 01 Nikola Skuban 12 Milan Kosanović 96 Vladimir Abadžić 97 Zoran Andrić Left Wingers 03 Zoran Kukić 43 Rajko Simić 77 Milan Bošković 99 Đorđe Petljanski Right Wingers 18 Ognjen Regodić 20 Nikola Bilić 33 Saša Terzić Line Players 09 Nikola Vidojević 22 Radivoj Ninkov 88 Petar Petrović Central Backs 17 Ivan Radojčić 23 Mladen Đukić 24 Marko Knežević Left Backs 04 Nikola Kovačević 07 Zdravko Dragoljević 10 Strahinja Travar 19 Ivan Bursać 44 Marko Dražić Right Backs 06 Nemanja Momčilović

Technical staff

• Head Coach: Predrag Topić
• Physiotherapist: Radovan Kovačev

Transfers

Transfers for the 2022–23 season

Joining Milan Kosanović (GK) Nikola Kovačević (LB) from RK Vojvodina Strahinja Travar (LB) from RK Mokra Gora Milan Bošković (LW) from RK Dinamo Pančevo Saša Terzić (RW) from RK Metaloplastika Marko Knežević (CB) from RK Crvena zvezda

Leaving Borislav Milovanović (GK) to RK Rudar Kostolac Zlatko Rakić (CB) to RK Kikinda Grindex Danijel Radisavljević (RW) to RK Dubočica 54

Previous squads

2000–2001 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Serbia	Svetislav Verkić	(1981-06-11) 11 June 1981 (age 44)	Goalkeeper
3	Montenegro	Dragan Gvozdenović	(1970-07-17) 17 July 1970 (age 55)	Line Player
5	Serbia	Nikola Marković	(1971-07-01) 1 July 1971 (age 54)	Line Player
6	Montenegro	Momčilo Božović	(1979-04-11) 11 April 1979 (age 46)	Left Back
7	Serbia	Goran Arsenić	(1966-05-17) 17 May 1966 (age 59)	Right Winger
9	Serbia	Nebojša Jokić	(1968-07-29) 29 July 1968 (age 57)	Left Winger
10	Serbia	Nenad Savić	(1981-06-28) 28 June 1981 (age 44)	Line Player
11	Serbia	Dusan Todorović	(1980-02-03) 3 February 1980 (age 45)	Central Back
12	Serbia Spain	Árpád Sterbik	(1979-11-20) 20 November 1979 (age 45)	Goalkeeper
13	Serbia Hungary	Milorad Krivokapić	(1980-07-30) 30 July 1980 (age 45)	Right Back
14	Serbia	Tihomir Doder	(1979-08-08) 8 August 1979 (age 45)	Central Back
15	Serbia	Milan Mirković	(1974-08-16) 16 August 1974 (age 50)	Left Back
17	Montenegro	Milorad Despotović	(1973-05-14) 14 May 1973 (age 52)	Left Back
18	Serbia	Aleksa Radukin	(1977-03-30) 30 March 1977 (age 48)	Right Back
19	Serbia	Božo Rudić	(1971-09-14) 14 September 1971 (age 53)	Right Back
31	Serbia	Božidar Nadoveza	(1981-05-16) 16 May 1981 (age 44)	Left Back

Accomplishments

• EHF Challenge Cup
  •  Gold: 2001

• Serbian Cup
  •  Silver: 2007

European record

EHF Challenge Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2000–01 Winners	Round 4	HB Dudelange	27–15	34–21	61–36
	Quarter-finals	US Ivry Handball	33–25	16–23	49–48
	Semi-finals	SSV Brixen Handball	27–19	23–27	50–46
	Finals	Pfadi Winterthur	26–22	27–27	53–49

Former club members

Notable former players

• Nikola Crnoglavac (2010–2015)
• Tihomir Doder (1997–2003, 2020–2021)
• Šandor Hodik (1989–1993, 2002–2004)
• Branko Kankaraš (2006–2013)
• Milan Kosanović (2022–)
• Marko Krsmančić (2007–2010)
• Marko Krivokapić (1992–1998)
• Milorad Krivokapić (1996–2002)
• Dobrivoje Marković (2001–2008, 2020)
• Dejan Milosavljev (2011–2016)
• Nenad Peruničić (1990–1993, 2007–2008, 2015)
• Rajko Prodanović (2002–2008)
• Árpád Sterbik (1996–2001)
• Dragan Sudžum (2012–2013)
• Milan Torbica (2001–2002)
• Svetislav Verkić (1998–2003)
• Žarko Marković (2003–2006)
• Mirko Milašević (2003–2004, 2020–2021)

Former coaches

Seasons	Coach	Country
2019-2020	Boris Žarković
2020	Goran Kurteš
2020–2022	Božo Rudić
2022–	Predrag Topić