RK Cimos Koper

	RK Cimos Koper
Founded	1950
Arena	Dvorana Bonifika
Capacity	3,200
President
Head coach
League	Slovenian First League
Colours
Club colours
Home	Away
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RK Cimos Koper is a team handball club from Koper, Slovenia. Currently, RK Cimos Koper competes in the Slovenian First League of Handball.

[edit] Club history

Handball was first played in Koper sometime in the 1950s. At first under TVd Partizan and later on under RK Koper, for a while there were even two handball clubs in the town.

The club ceased operations many times and was brought back to life again, most recently in 1992.

In 1994/95 the club organised its structure of sections and in 1999/00 the club qualified to 1.B handball league.

After qualifications to 1.B league club received support form local company Cimos d.d. and in just two seasons, by 2001/02 RK Cimos koper qualified to 1. A league, Slovenian First League of Handball.

Ever since Rk Cimos Koper developed rapidly and qualified to European Handball Federation competitions in 2004/05, to EHF Cup. In Slovenian first league of handball club finished 3rd in 2006/07, season after they finished 2nd and qualified to EHF Champions League.

The greatest accomplishment of the club came in 2007/08 when they won the Slovenian Cup.