ŽRK Zamet

ŽRK Zamet
Full name	Ženski rukometni klub Zamet
Founded	1957
Arena	Centar Zamet
Capacity	2,350
President	Luka Denona
Head coach	Adriana Prosenjak
League	First League
2015–16	4th
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ŽRK Zamet (Ženski rukometni Klub Zamet) is a women's handball club from Rijeka, Croatia, formed in 1957. The club currently competes in the Croatian First League and the Croatian Handball Cup.

History

The club was founded in September 1957 as RK Partizan Zamet by Prof. Stanko Jerger, Josip Šarić and Vittorio Drog. On the initiative of Stanko Jerger, the women's team was made later. Until January 1985, the club was combined with RK Zamet.

In 1962, the players of Partizan Zamet went to the quarter finals of the Yugoslav Cup where they lost 6:5 to Zagreb. The next year, they finished second in the Croatian championship and failed to qualify for the First League, being one point behind Partizan Bjelovar. They failed to qualify for the next three seasons. From 1971 to 1974, the club played in the Yugoslav First League. After 1974, the club played in the second tier of the Yugoslav Women's Handball Championship until the collapse of the Yugoslav league.

In the first season of the Croatian league, Zamet played in the 1.B HRL, won the league, and got promoted to the 1.A HRL the same season. In their first season in the 1.A HRL, the club finished in second place and qualified for the EHF City Cup, which was their first appearance in a European competition. The club was then led by Slavko Bralić.

From 2002 to 2004, the club was called Croatia Osiguranje Zamet due to sponsorship.

Venue

Further information: Centar Zamet

Since the foundation of the club, matches were played on the playground Zamet when field handball was played.

As of 2009, the club has been playing in Centar Zamet. The capacity of the venue is 2,350 spectators.

Seasons

Further information: List of RK Zamet seasons

Since the beginning of Croatian handball in 1992, Zamet has competed at the highest level.

Season Tier Division Pos. 1991-92 2 First B League 1st 1992-93 1 First A League 2nd 1993-94 1 First A League 3rd 1994-95 1 First A League 7th 1995-96 1 First A League 12th 1996-97 2 First B League 1st 1997-98 1 First A League 7th 1998-99 1 First A League 5th 1999-00 1 First A League 9th 2000-01 1 First A League 7th 2001-02 1 First League 8th 2002-03 1 First League 8th 2003-04 1 First League 8th 2004-05 1 First League 6th

Season Tier Division Pos. 2005-06 1 First League 5th 2006-07 1 First League 10th 2007-08 1 First League 8th 2008-09 1 First League 7th 2009-10 1 First League 5th 2010-11 1 First League 5th 2011-12 1 First League 7th 2012-13 1 First League 7th 2013-14 1 First League 6th 2014-15 1 First League 2nd 2015-16 1 First League 4th 2016-17 1 First League 4th

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2016-17 season

Goalkeeper

• 12 Nikolina Strukar
• 16 Helena Šegota

Wingers

RW

• 02 Ana Paurević
• 08 Nataša Miočinović

LW

• 04 Kristina Plahinek (vice-captain)
• 14 Rea Jelenović

Line players

• Marta Jurčić
• Antonela Kalčić
• Katarina Lopac-Škrinjar
• Maja Visković
• 15 Ella Bukvić (captain)

Back players

LB

• Anna Dobrić
• 11 Mila Toto

CB

• 07 Lara Židek
• 09 Iva Tabar
• Emanuela Martinović

RB

• 10 Dejana Milosavljević
• 13 Ella Toskić

Technical staff

• President: Iva Lesjak
• Head Coach: Igor Marijanović
• Fitness Coach: Dragan Marijanović

Source: zamet.hrSource: rukometstat.hr

Notable former players

• Marija Malik
• Ida Crljenica
• Zlata Fazlić
• Željka Maras
• Tea Morsi
• Nada Rukavina
• Gordana Čorak
• Branka Zuber
• Jadranka Mijolović
• Branka Strišković
• Suzana Gustin

• Ljerka Krajnović
• Rada Ciganović
• Gordana Možnik
• Jasenka Pilepić
• Višnja Hrmić
• Sanja Bobanović
• Irena Pahor
• Sandra Stojković
• Ćamila Mičijević
• Ana Debelić
• Anamarija Gugić

Coaches

• Stanko Jerger (1957-1968)
• Stanko Jerger & Simeon Kosanović (1968-1969)
• Simeon Kosanović (1969-1975)
• Branimir Čutić (1975-1981)
• Andrija Barin (1981)
• Josip Božić (1982)
• Marijan Seđak (1982-1985)
• Sandro Bogojević (1985-1986)
• Edo Šmit (1986-1988)
• Vjekoslav Sardelić (1988-1990)
• Damir Čavlović (1991)

• Zdravko Štingl (1991-1992)
• Slavko Bralić (1992-1994)
• Edo Šmit (1994)
• Mladenko Mišković (1995)
• Edo Šmit (1995-1999)
• Branimir Čutić (1999-2001)
• Darko Dunato (2001-2002)
• Boris Dragičević (2002-2005)
• Damir Čavlović (2005-2007)
• Rada Ciganović (2007-2008)
• Edo Šmit (2008-2011)
• Drago Žiljak (2011-2012)
• Željko Čagalj (2012-2013)
• Adriana Prosenjak (2013–present)

• Igor Marijanović ( 2019 - present )

Presidents

• 1957–1968 - Vittorio Drog☨
• 1968–1977 - Stanko Jerger
• 1977–1979 - Ivan Brnabić
• 1979–1980 - Fedor Pirović
• 1980–1983 - Drago Crnčević
• 1983–1985 - Petar Čarić
• 1985–1991 - Ranko Dujmović
• 1991-1994 - Srđan Čevizović
• 1994-1999 - Ranko Dujmović
• 1999–present - Luka Denona
• 2019 - present - Iva Lesjak

Honours

Croatia

• 1.HRL
  • Runner-up (2): 1992-93, 2014–15
• 1.B HRL
  • Winners (2): 1991-92, 1996–97
• Croatian Cup
  • Finalist (2): 2014, 2016

Yugoslavia

• Yugoslav Second League (North)
  • Winners (1): 1977-78
• Regional league of Primorje and Istra
  • Winners (3): 1967-68, 1968–69, 1969–70
• Rijeka League
  • Winners (4): 1957-58, 1958–59, 1961–62, 1963-64

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Date of game	Club	First game	Combined score	Second game	Club	Date of game
1993-1994	EHF City Cup	R of 16	30 October 1993	Fémina Visé	25-17	28-20	11 - 18	Zamet	31 October 1993
1993-1994	EHF City Cup	Quarterfinals	22 January 1994	Szegedi ESK	24-20	42-42	22 - 18	Zamet	29 January 1994
2015-16	EHF Cup	R 2	24 October 2015	HB Dudelange	16-39	34-74	18 - 35	Zamet	25 October 2015
2015-16	EHF Cup	R 3	21 November 2015	Odense Håndbold	58-44	34-74	30 - 21	Zamet	22 November 2015

Rankings

EHF club coefficient ranking

(As of 2 February 2017), source: Eurotopteams website

Rank	Team	Points
131	HŽRK Zrinjski Mostar	62
132	WHC Danilovgrad	60
133	ŽRK ZAMET	59
134	HC Holon	57
141	Dnipryanka Kherson	57

Sister clubs

• RK Zamet

Sources

• Petar Orgulić - 50 godina rukometa u Rijeci (2005), Adria public

External links

• WHC Zamet europe
• ŽRK Zamet europe
• Premier league and cup stats 2009-present
• News from 2011-present
• Competition