RK Metalurg Skopje
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Full name | Rakometen klub Metalurg Skopje | ||
Founded | 1971 | ||
Arena | Avtokomanda Boris Trajkovski | ||
Capacity | 2,000 7,000 | ||
President | Zorica Molkoska Blazhevska | ||
Head coach | Igor Kotevski | ||
League | Macedonian Handball Super League | ||
2021–22 | Macedonian Handball Super League, 12th of 12 (relegated) | ||
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Website Official site |
RK Metalurg Skopje (Macedonian: РК Металург Скопје) is a Macedonian handball club based in Skopje. They compete in the domestic Macedonian Handball Super League and EHF European League.[1]
History
[edit]The club was founded in 1971 under patronage of the Skopje steel industry. There, an idea was born to form a team composed of employees that worked in the nearby steel mill. Nikola Bogdanovski accepted the idea after it was reviewed by the board of directors. Thus, RK Metalurg was created. The same concept realized by Bogdanovski continues to live today. At the time, the club didn't even think of playing in any of the European competitions, because they played their best not to be relegated from the first league. It's well worth mentioning that Metalurg in its first official match won against the team of RK Pirin with a score of 22–14. In 1974 the club created a youth team, led by Kreshnik Pustina. In the following two decades, this youth team would constitute the core of the club. The first European debut for Metalurg was in 1993, when they played in the EHF City Cup, where their opponent was Belgian HC Herstal Liège. Currently, Metalurg is the best handball club in the country, and in the last five years, they've won the first league championship three times, as well as becoming national cup winners. The team regularly participates in the best European handball competitions and is currently considered as a club - national team. Macedonian national team.[2]
Golden Years
[edit]- Lino Cervar era are the golden years of Metalurg.Winning championships and cup trophies. Best season in Europe and Champions league happened under Lino Cervars management of the team from Avtokomanda.
Lino Cerva Metalurgs Legendary Menager
In the 2011–12 season, Metalurg made it to the Last 16 of the EHF Champions League where they lost to Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb.[3] The following season they made history, becoming the first Macedonian men's handball club to reach the EHF Champions League quarterfinals. In the 2013–14 season, they repeated their success by reaching the EHF Champions League quarterfinals for the second time in a row.
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In the 2014–2015 season there were misunderstandings in the club and financial problems. At the beginning of November there were misunderstandings between the coach Lino Červar and the players, so they didn't want to play under his command. Because of that they were suspended by the management of the club. They came back so they wouldn't be eliminated from the EHF Champions League.
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But in the time of the crisis 7 players left the club: Stanić, Kocić, Marsenić, Borozan, Cindrić, Atman, Lipovina. As the crisis continued in 2015, 9 more players left the club: Mojsovski, Jonovski, V.Markoski, N.Markoski, Vugrinec, Mirkulovski, Dimovski, Manaskov, Georgievski. The management of the club decided to temporarily pull the shirt number 13, which in the previous 12 years wore Mirkulovski. In continuation of the season, "Metalurg" continued to play with reserve, mostly made up of young players.
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Season 2018-2019 was marked as an Extraordinary . Metulurgs Squad played on 4 fronts with combined team and many new young players . Again Metalurgs youngsters from the youth team of previous seasons proved to be great investment of the club. Although they've finished third in the League and didn't make for the SEHA playoffs, they had a great season in the Macedonian Handball Cup 2019 . They've riched all the way to the final 4. In the semis they beat the tough team of HC Butel and they had to face the European Champions Vardar and their Superstars. The final was fantastic, and Metalurgs players, played their best game of the season. The thriller match ended with tie 29–29 in a very tight game from begging till the end. It came to the Penalties in the end. Metalurgs goal keeper was fantastic and he saved the crucial PK for a victory 4-3 for his team. Bringing back another CUP title in Metalurgs collection .[4]
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Arena
[edit]RK Metalurg Skopje has its own home arena in Avtokomanda with a capacity of 1,200 seats, that is where they play their domestic matches. Before the construction of its sports center, RK Metalurg played their European Cup matches at SRC Kale. In the 2008–09 season, Metalurg started playing the EHF Champions League matches at the Boris Trajkovski arena, where the average attendance was about 5,000 people.
Kits
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Trophies
[edit]- Winners
Gold (10):1980, 1986, 1992, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014,2020
- Winners
Gold (6): 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2019
- Finalist
Silver : 2012
- 3rd
Bronze : 2013
- Winners (3): 2005–06, 2009–10, 2010–11
European record
[edit]- 2003–04 Round 3
- 2004–05 Round 3
- 2007–08 Quarter-finals best 8
- 2010–11 Eight-Finals best 16
- 2019–20 play-off
- 2020–21 Group Stage
- 2006–07 group stage
- 2008–09 group stage
- 2011–12 Eight-Finals best 16
- 2012–13 Quarter-finals best 8
- 2013–14 Quarter-finals best 8
- 2014–15 group stage
- 2015–16 group stage
- 2016-17 group stage
- 2017–18 Group stage
- 2018–19 Group stage
Team
[edit]Current squad
[edit]- Squad for the 2023–24 season
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Transfers
[edit]- Transfers for the 2023–24 season
Staff
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Professional staff[edit]
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Management[edit]
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Former club members
[edit]Notable former players
[edit]Filip Taleski
Martin Manaskov
Dejan Manaskov
Borjan Madzovski
Petar Misovski
Nikola Mitrevski
Goce Ojleski
Milorad Kukoski
Renato Vugrinec
Filip Mirkulovski
Goran Krstevski
Goran Kuzmanoski
Lazo Majnov
Marko Neloski
Kostadin Petrov
Darko Dimitrievski
Filip Kuzmanovski
Dimitar Dimitrioski
Bojan Madzovski
Martin Velkovski
Mario Tankoski
Filip Arsenovski
Mice Šilegov
Daniel Gjorgjeski
Martin Serafimov
Stojanče Stoilov
Velko Markoski
Nikola Markoski
Borko Ristovski
Goce Georgievski
Filip Lazarov
Aco Jonovski
Kiril Kolev
Stevče Aluševski
Vančo Dimovski
Goran Gjorgonoski
Petar Angelov
Naumče Mojsovski
Branislav Angelovski
Zlatko Mojsovski
Nikola Kosteski
Stefan Drogrishki
Žarko Peševski
Davor Palevski
Martin Tomovski
Nikola Danilovski
Tomislav Jagurinovski
Dejan Pecakovski
Mihajlo Mladenovikj
Milan Lazarevski
Daniel Dupjačanec
Aleksandar Stojanović (handballer)
Darko Stanić
Darko Arsić
Đorđe Golubović
Janja Vojvodić
Miloš Dragaš
Darko Đukić
Vojislav Brajović
Nemanja Obradović
Nemanja Mladenović
Predrag Vejin
Vanja Ilić
Aleksandar Gugleta
Luka Stojanović
Nikola Potić
Momir Rnić
Stefan Dodić
Luka Mrakovčić
Marko Buvinić
Luka Cindrić
Marko Matić
Martin Marčec
Halil Jaganjac
Adrian Miličević
Ante Tokić
Marijan Marić
Zlatko Horvat
Mladen Rakčević
Stevan Vujović
Rade Mijatović
Vuko Borozan
Božo Anđelić
Luka Vujović
Branko Kankaraš
Milan Popović
Vasilije Kaluđerović
Januš Lapajne
David Špiler
Miladin Kozlina
Aleksander Špende
Miha Pučnik
Damir Efendić
Kemal Fazlić
Dragan Vrgoč
Marko Tarabochia
Milan Šajin
Žarko Marković
Janko Božović
Pavel Atman
Amin Yusefinezhad
Revaz Chanturia
Irakli Kbilashvili
Gonçalo Ribeiro
Ulisses Ribeiro
Abdoulah Mané
Halil Öztürk
Notable former coaches
[edit]Statistics
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All–time Top 10 Scorers in the EHF Champions League[edit]
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Most appearances in the EHF Champions League[edit]
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References
[edit]- ^ "SEHA: Vardar-Metalurg in the Final". Borjan Zafirovski. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
- ^ "ИСТОРИЈАТ НА РК МЕТАЛУРГ". Official Website. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- ^ "Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb 26:21 RK Metalurg Skopje". EHF. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
- ^ "Металург е новиот освојувач на Купот на Македонија | Официјална страница на РК Металург". rkmetalurg.mk. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Macedonian)
- RFM Profile (in Macedonian)
- EHF Profile (in English)