Pallamano Trieste 1970

Pallamano Trieste 1970
Short name	Trieste
Founded	1970;55 years ago (1970)
Arena	PalaChiarbola
Capacity	1.100
President	Federico Lanza
Head coach	Andrea Carpanese
League	Serie A Gold
2024-25	1st, promoted
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

Pallamano Trieste 1970 is an Italian handball club from Trieste, that plays in the Serie A Gold. It is the most titled team in the history of Italian handball, with 17 "Scudetti", 6 Italian cups and 1 league cup.

History

The club was founded in 1970 and after six years won his first championship. From 1993 to 1997 won five consecutive championships, a record that is still unbeaten in Italy.

It participated in sixteen editions of the EHF Champions League ^[1] and reached the semifinals of the EHF Challenge Cup in 2004, when it was eliminated by the Swedish team Skövde.

In 2024 relegated for the first time in its history to the second league.

Naming conventions

• 1970-1973 US Acli Trieste
• 1973-1977 Duina Trieste
• 1977-1991 Cividin Trieste
• 1991-1992 Pallamano Trieste
• 1992-1997 Principe Trieste
• 1997-2000 Genertel Trieste
• 2000-2004 Coop Essepiù Trieste
• 2004-2016 Pallamano Trieste
• 2016-2018 Principe Trieste
• 2018-2024 Pallamano Trieste
• 2024- Pallamano Trieste 1970

Titles

• Serie A Gold
  • Winner (17) : 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002
• Italian Cup
  • Winner (6) : 1987, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2002
• League Cup
  • Winner (1) : 2005

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season

Pallamano Trieste 1970
Goalkeepers 1 Facundo García 16 Thomas Postogna Left Wingers 10 Federico Urbaz 14 Davide Parisato Right Wingers 7 Gabriel Mazzarol 11 Germán Alberino Line Players 6 Pietro Del Frari 9 Alex Pernic 17 Leo Andreotta Left Backs 38 Raúl Jover Muñoz 47 Joël Huesmann Central Backs 5 Lorenzo Ganz 22 Federico Vanoli Right Backs 33 Luca Sandrin 77 Riccardo Ganz

Technical staff

• Head coach: Andrea Carpanese
• Assistant coach: Piero Sivini
• Fitness coach: Francesco Tremul

Notable european games

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
1997–98	Champions League	GS	Badel 1862 Zagreb	27–25
2000–01	Champions League	GS	THW Kiel	28-28
2002–03	Champions League	GS	KIF Kolding	32–31
2003–04	Challenge Cup	1/32	Desp. Francisco de Holanda	33–21	23–28	56-49
		1/16	A.S.E. Doukas	26–24	32–26	58-50
		1/8	RK Crvena zvezda	29–26	38–30	67-56
		1/4	AG København	29–21	28–33	57-54
		1/2	IFK Skövde	33–30	27–37	60-67

Notable former players

• Zdravko Miljak
• Branko Štrbac
• Silvio Ivandija
• Vladimir Jelčić
• Slobodan Kuzmanovski
• Dalibor Anušić
• Goran Đukanović
• Rok Ivančič
• Božidar Leković
• Diego Modrušan
• Tin Tokić
• Michele Skatar
• Marco Bozzola
• Piero Sivini
• Claudio Schina
• Giorgio Oveglia
• Alessandro Tarafino

References

1. "Pallamano Trieste - Players, Team & Season Info". www.eurohandball.com.