GRK Ohrid

GRK Ohrid (Macedonian: ГРК Охрид) is a handball club from Ohrid, North Macedonia. They compete in the domestic Macedonian Handball Super League.

GRK Ohrid
Full name	Gradski Rakometen klub Ohrid
Founded	1972; 53 years ago (1972)
Arena	Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Capacity	3,500
President	Risto Kitevski
Head coach	Stevče Aluševski
League	Macedonian Super League
2023–24	Macedonian Super League, 4th of 16
Club colours
Home Away

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

HOME
2022–23

AWAY
2022–23	2023-24

History

Elektromontazha shortly EMO Ohrid was established in 1972 and for the last 30 years has been a leading Macedonian manufacturer and supplier of electro-mechanical components and systems, with design, manufacturing and installation capability.

The company had established its own Handball Club Elektromontazha Ohrid. It was one of the top clubs in the 70s and early 80s. They had won three championships back in 1977, 1978 and 1983. The club had decreased in the 90s due to the companies financial crises. It stopped working in the early 2000s. After the sports center Biljanini izvori was built, the city of Ohrid started working on re-establishing the handball club. GRK Ohrid was founded in 2011 in Ohrid as a successor of HC Elektromontazha.

In the first two seasons, they competed in the First Macedonian Handball League. The 2013–14 season was their first season in Macedonian Handball Super League, when they finished in eighth position.

Their first qualification in Play-off phase was season 2015–16, when they finished second in Regular season and fifth in play-off. Season after that they were placed third at the end, so they qualified for the 2017–18 EHF Cup qualification.

After the end of the 2023/24 season, GRK Ohrid again qualified to play for the next season in one of the European Cups, by winning the fourth place. In the 2024/25 season, it starts from the second round of the EHF European Cup, where the opponent is the team of Potaisa Turda from Romania.

Ohrid Arena

The Biljanini Izvori Sports Arena is a multi-functional indoor sports arena. It is located in Ohrid, North Macedonia. The sports hall was inaugurated in August 1998 and has a capacity of 4,000 seats for handball and 4,500 for basketball. It is used by several handball and basketball teams from Ohrid. It was one of two venues used during the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship.

Accomplishment

Macedonian Champions

:1977, 1978, 1983

European record

EHF Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2017-18	R1	KRAS/Volendam	24–24	24–23	48–47
	R2	FC Porto	20–37	26–44	44–81

European Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2024-25	R2	AHC Potaissa Turda	31–25	29–39	60–64

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season

Goalkeepers 01 Gradimir Čanevski 30 Bojan Blažeski 93 Daniel Gjorgjeski Left Wingers 03 Goce Ojleski 17 Nikola Risteski Right Wingers 44 Gal Cirar 45 Darko Đukić Line players 19 Ivan Taseski 20 Oriol Rey Morales 22 Nikolaos Liapis 32 Vladimir Bojanić

Left Backs 06 Ante Ivanković 14 Ilija Trajcheski 27 Dejan Kukulovski 29 Teimuraz Orjonikidze 33 Stefan Petrić Central Backs 02 Tilen Strmljan 23 Lovro Jotić Right Backs 10 Predrag Vejin 13 Nikola Šipinkoski 21 David Savrevski

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Joining Bojan Blažeski (GK) (from HC Butel Skopje) Ante Ivanković (LB) (from TVB Stuttgart) Stefan Petrić (LB) (from RK Vardar 1961) Tilen Strmljan (CB) (from TSV Hannover-Burgdorf) Nikola Šipinkoski (RB) (back from loan at RK Prilep 2010) Predrag Vejin (RB) (from Olympiacos) David Savrevski (RB) (from RK Alkaloid) Darko Đukić (RW) (from Dinamo București) Nikolaos Liapis (P) (from Olympiacos) Oriol Rey Morales (P) (from BM Granollers)

Leaving Boban Ristevski (GK) (to ?) Krste Andonoski (LW) (retires) Milorad Kukoski (LB) (to ?) Rudolf Zvonimir Šafranko (CB) (to UHC Hollabrunn) Hiroki Matsuoka (CB) (to ?) Goran Krstevski (CB) (to ?) Nikola Jukić (RB) (to ?) Caio Vinícius de Souza Morais (RB) (to Handball Club Holon) Naum Kostov (RW) (to RK Struga) Živan Pešić (P) (to ?)

Staff

Professional staff Position Name Head coach Stevče Aluševski Assistant coaches Naum Babachev Goalkeeping coach Zoran Georgieski Physiotherapist Ljupcho Atanasov Youth categories coaches Naum Babachev Aleksandra Dzhamtoska Youth categories coordinator Mitko Murdzhoski

Management Position Name President Risto Kitevski Sporting director Slavcho Risteski

Retired numbers

No.	Nat.	Player	Position	Tenure	Ref.
97		Nikola Danilovski	Goalkeeper	2019–2021

Notable former players

• Blagojče Trajkovski
• Kiril Kolev
• Milan Levov
• Toše Ončev
• Nikola Danilovski
• Mihajlo Mladenovikj
• Martin Manaskov
• Krste Andonoski
• Milorad Kukoski
• Goran Krstevski
• Igor Čagalj
• Darko Pavlović
• Eldin Vražalica
• Lazar Adamović
• Lazar Petrović
• Aleksa Milošević
• Stefan Dodić
• Filip Grubor
• Aleksandar Milenković
• Živan Pešić
• Denis Tot
• Josip Kežić
• Marko Kobetić
• Tomislav Kljaić
• Lucijan Bura
• Rudolf Zvonimir Šafranko
• Berin Brkić
• Dejan Šešić
• Jagoš Braunović
• Filip Krivokapić
• Balša Čejović
• Admir Pelidija
• Derviš Birdahić
• Lekso Tsitelishvili
• Zurab Tsintsadze
• Xazein Rustamov
• Jalil Machou
• Abderrahim Boudrali
• Halil Öztürk
• Eray Karakoç
• Malik Hoggas

Notable former coaches

• Goran Andonovski
• Radoslav Stojanović