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. In 1966, Zamet eliminated ŽRK Rudar Labin in the qualifications for entering the first league. 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 third 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.

The club's best successes were the two cup finals (in 2014 and 2016) and the second place in the league in 2015, in the season in which they fought for the title with Podravka, with a generation which they led by Ćamila Mičijević and Dejana Milosavljević, which they later made the respectable career and won the bronze medal at the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship with national team.

Venue

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

Since the beginning of Croatian handball in 1992, Zamet has competed at the highest level except for four seasons when they were in the second tier.

SeasonTierDivisionPos.
Season Tier Division Pos. 1991–92 2 First B League 1st ↑ 1992–93 1 First A League 3rd 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 6thSeason 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 2017–18 1 First League 7th 2018–19 1 First League 13th ↓Season Tier Division Pos. 2019–20 2 Second League N/A1 2020–21 2 Second League 2nd 2021–22 2 Second League 1st ↑ 2022–23 1 First League 12th 2023–24 1 First League 10th
1991–922First B League1st ↑
1992–931First A League3rd
1993–941First A League3rd
1994–951First A League7th
1995–961First A League12th ↓
1996–972First B League1st ↑
1997–981First A League7th
1998–991First A League5th
1999–001First A League9th
2000–011First A League7th
2001–021First League8th
2002–031First League8th
2003–041First League8th
2004–051First League6th
SeasonTierDivisionPos.
2005–061First League5th
2006–071First League10th
2007–081First League8th
2008–091First League7th
2009–101First League5th
2010–111First League5th
2011–121First League7th
2012–131First League7th
2013–141First League6th
2014–151First League2nd
2015–161First League4th
2016–171First League4th
2017–181First League7th
2018–191First League13th ↓
SeasonTierDivisionPos.
2019–202Second LeagueN/A1
2020–212Second League2nd
2021–222Second League1st ↑
2022–231First League12th
2023–241First League10th

1 The season was voided due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2020-21 season

* Blažić Irina * Đuzel Allsu * Hodžić Adela * Hren Patricia * Krivičić Tea * Mikolić Katja * Milošević Laura * Mršić Elena * Nikolić Noel * Perčić Bahtiri Nayana * Pleša Nikolina * Pleše Nika* Polić Lea * Ramić Mihaela * Rončević Iva * Sabalić Veronika * Skokandić Katia * Stanić Iva * Tabar Iva * Toskić Ella * Troskot Stefanie * Visković Maja

Technical staff

  • President: Croatia Iva Lesjak
  • Head coach: Croatia Josip Štokić
  • Assistant, GK Coach: Croatia Željko Vujmilović, Željko Radanović
  • Sport director: Croatia Goran Stašek,
  • Second Team Coach: Croatia Filip Grbčić
  • Youth Academy Coaches: Croatia Luka Pejatović, Croatia Đoni Skokandić, Croatia Kristina Plahinek, Croatia Stefanie Troskot, Croatia Marijana Kovačević,

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Notable former players

Coaches

Presidents

Honours

Croatia

Yugoslavia

European record

SeasonCompetitionRoundClub1st leg2nd legAggregate
1993–94EHF City Cup1/8Belgium Fémina Visé28–2018–1146–36
QFHungary Szegedi ESK24–2018–2242–42
2015–16EHF CupR2Luxembourg HB Dudelange39–1635–1874–34
R3Denmark Odense Håndbold23–2821–3044–58

Rankings

EHF club coefficient ranking

(As of 24 September 2020), source:

RankTeamPoints
224Turkey Polatli Belediyespor7
225Romania CSM Slatina7
226Croatia ZAMET RIJEKA7
227Bosnia and Herzegovina ZRK Zrinjski Mostar7
228Spain BM Mar Sagunto6

Related clubs

Sources

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

External links