RK Podravka Koprivnica

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RK Podravka Koprivnica
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Full nameRK Podravka Koprivnica
Short namePodravka
Founded1955
Arena"'Josip Samaržija-Bepo'"
Capacity2,500
Head coach Ivica Obrvan
LeagueCroatian League
2023–20241st
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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.

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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 the seasons 2003/2004, 2013/2014 and 2021/2022, however their biggest success was in 1996 when the team won Women's EHF Champions League.

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Honours

Winners (2): 1966, 1967
Winners (27): 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, 2021, 2024
Winners (26): 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024
Winners (1): 1996
Winners (1): 1996

European record

SeasonCompetitionRoundClub1st leg2nd legAggregate
2025–26 EHF Champions League Group B Flag of Romania.svg CSM București
Flag of Denmark.svg Odense Håndbold
Flag of France.svg Brest Bretagne Handball
Flag of Hungary.svg Ferencvárosi TC
Flag of Slovenia.svg RK Krim Mercator
Flag of Germany.svg HB Ludwigsburg
Flag of Denmark.svg Ikast Håndbold

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2025–26 season [1]

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Technical staff

Notable players

Notable former coaches

References

  1. ↑ "Aktualni sastav". rk-podravka.hr. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Jutarnji list - Podravka: Šojat podnio ostavku". www.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). 2007-04-03. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  3. ↑ "Goran Mrđen na klupi Podravke". Balkan-Handball.com (in Serbian). 2013-06-22. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  4. ↑ Šarlija, Luka (2017-06-07). "RK PODRAVKA VEGETA Mrđen više nije trener, nekoliko kandidata za preuzimanje klupe, uskoro sastanak vlasnika i glavnog sponzora". Drava.info (in Croatian). Retrieved 2021-05-12.
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