RK Podravka Koprivnica

RK Podravka Koprivnica
RK Podravka Koprivnica
Full name	RK Podravka Koprivnica
Short name	Podravka
Founded	1955
Arena	"'Fran Galović'"
Capacity	2,500
Head coach	Zlatko Saračević
League	Croatian League
2018–2019	1st
Home	Away
	Website ; Official site

Rukometni Klub Podravka Koprivnica is a Croatian women's handball club from Koprivnica. It is the most successful club in Croatian women's handball since formation of the league in 1992. The team currently competes in the Croatia women's first handball league. They have a fan club called Red Roosters formed in 2002.

History

The club was established in 1955 under the name Ivo Marinković and played its first friendly match in December against Grafičar Bjelovar. First official game was played in April 1956 against Slavija Čakovec. In 1956 team was renamed to RK Partizan. In seasons 1960/1961 and 1962/1963 Partizan became amateur champion of SR Croatia. In 1964 club changed the name to RK Podravka since it was sponsored by the factory who had the same name. The club also qualified in the first league the same year. In 1966 RK Podravka won its first national title and kept it for two years in a row. In 1972 the team was degraded in the second league but they managed to return in the first league in 1975. However, they returned in the second league in 1976 and remained there until 1980 and then again fell in the second league in 1982. In 1990 they again entered the first league and remained there until its dissolution in 1991 when Croatia gained independence. Since 1993 they were not Croatian champions only in season 2003/2004, however their biggest success was in 1996 when the team won Women's EHF Champions League.

Honours

Championship of Yugoslavia

Winners (2): 1966, 1967

Championship of Croatia

Winners (25): 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

Croatian Cup

Winners (21): 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017

Women's EHF Champions League

Winners (1): 1996

EHF Women's Champions Trophy

Winners (1): 1996

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg

2020–21	Champions League	Group stage (Group B)	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea
			Győri Audi ETO KC	28–43
			ŽRK Budućnost	29–26
			Borussia Dortmund	25–26
			Brest Bretagne	29–33	25–32
			CSKA Moscow
			Odense Håndbold	17–33