Rukometni klub Zagreb is a men's professional handball club from Zagreb, Croatia. It competes in the Croatian Premier League and the EHF Champions League.
Rukometni klub Metković – Zalmo is a men's professional handball club from Metković, Croatia. It is the only club to win a domestic title and the Croatian Cup, except RK Zagreb. Mostly due to financial difficulties, the club has not competed in the Croatian Handball Premier League between 2010 and 2022.
Slavko Goluža is a retired Croatian handball player and most recently coach of RK Zagreb.
Valter Matošević is a former Croatian team handball player who was at the goalkeeper position. He played for professional teams in Croatia, Germany, Spain, Denmark and Italy. He is current handball coach.
Zdravko Zovko is a retired Croatian handball player.
Mirko Bašić is a Croatian former handball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. He has also played six EHF Champions League finals winning two in 1984–85 and 1985–86 as part of the famous RK Metaloplastika which dominated European handball in the 1980s.
Alvaro Načinović is a former Croatian handball player who competed for Yugoslavia and Croatia respectively.
Zlatan "Zlatko" Saračević was a Croatian professional handball player and coach who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia and in the 1996 Summer Olympics for Croatia.
Petar Metličić is a Croatian former handball player. He was captain of the Croatian national team from 2006 to 2009, after the departure of Slavko Goluža. He won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens as well as at the 2003 World Championship in Portugal.
Patrik Ćavar is a retired Croatian handball player. The legendary left wing played in Croatia for Mehanika Metković, Badel 1862 Zagreb and Agram Medveščak, in Bosnia and Herzegovina for Borac Banja Luka, in Spain for FC Barcelona, BM Granollers, and in France for Saint-Marcel Vernon.
Vladimir Jelčić is a retired Croatian handball player. He is ex-assistant coach of RK Zagreb.
Nenad Kljaić is a Croatian former handball player and current coach of Greek club Serbia.
Iztok Puc was a Croatian-Slovenian handball player, who was one of the world's top players of the 1980s and 1990s. During his career he played professionally for Borac Banja Luka, Zagreb, Celje and Prule 67. He won a total of 18 domestic trophies. He has won the elite EHF Champions League in 1992 and 1993, both times with Zagreb. He is one of very few handball players who represented three different countries at the Summer Olympics, winning bronze with Yugoslavia in 1988 and gold with Croatia in 1996. In 2009, he was named the best overall player in the history of Slovenian handball. After his death an award named in his honour was introduced and is awarded annually to the most promising young handball players in Slovenia and Croatia, given alternately one year to Slovenian and another year to Croatian player.
Rolando Pušnik is a Slovenian former handball player.
Željko Babić is a Croatian retired handball player and current coach of Olympiacos.
Tonči Peribonio is a Croatian former handball goalkeeper. He is currently a goalkeeper coach at TSG Ketsch.
Ivica Rimanić is a former Croatian handball player.
Damir Čavlović is a former Croatian handball player.
Mario Kelentrić is a Croatian former handball player who played as a goalkeeper, and is currently the goalkeeping coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.
Zvonimir Bilić is a former Croatian handball player and coach.
