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.
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.
Kits
| HOME | |||||
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           2021- | |||||
| AWAY | |||||
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    2014–17 |
    2018–21 |
  2021- | |||
| THIRD | |||||
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   2021- | |||||
Honours
- Championship of Yugoslavia
- 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
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Aggregate |
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| 2021–22 | Champions League | Group stage (Group A) |
 ŽRK Budućnost
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29–22 | 21–27 | |
 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria
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27–33 | 29–33 | ||||
 CSM București
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31–36 | 21–29 | ||||
 Brest Bretagne
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22–35 | 28–39 | ||||
 Team Esbjerg
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26–27 | 17–30 | ||||
 Borussia Dortmund
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14–38 | 24–32 | ||||
 Rostov-Don
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22–23 | 23–34 | ||||
Team
Current squad
- Squad for the 2024–25 season[1]
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Transfers
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Technical staff
- Head coach:
Ivica Obrvan - Assistant coach: Marko Brezić
- Goalkeeper coach: Mario Posarić
- Physiotherapist: Bojan Savić i Asja Cestar
- Fitness coach:
Jovan Novaković
Notable players
- Snježana Petika
- Dora Krsnik
- Vlatka Mihoci
- Irina Maljko
- Samira Hasagić
- Željana Štević
- Andreja Hrg
- Renata Pavlačić
- Svitlana Pasičnik
- Miranda Tatari
- Andrea Penezić
- Anita Gaće
- Božica Gregurić
- Dijana Ivandija
- Ljerka Krajnović
- Maja Zebić
- Sanela Knezović
- Nikica Pušić-Koroljević
- Dijana Jovetić
- Andrea Čović
- Žana Čović
- Kristina Jambrović
- Tatjana Jukić
- Maja Kožnjak
- Dina Havić
- Ivana Kapitanović
- Barbara Stančin
- Aneta Benko
- Vesna Milanović-Litre
- Ana Debelić
- Dragica Džono
- Ekatarina Nemaškalo
- Larissa Kalaus
- Ivana Jelčić
- Dejana Milosavljević
- Selena Milošević
- Ljerka Vresk
- Ivanka Hrgović
- Ivana Dežić
- Marijeta Vidak
- Antonela Pensa
- Ana Turk
- Valentina Cozma
- Mariana Tîrcă
- Ionela Stanca
- Paula Ungureanu
- Iulia Dumanska
- Gabriela Tănase
- Andreea Ianasi
- Cristina Dogaru
- Sanja Damnjanović
- Jovana Risović
- Jelena Živković
- Jelena Trifunović
Tjaša Stanko- Sergeja Stefanišin
- Mojca Dercar
- Maja Son
- Aneja Beganovic
- Ágnes Farkas
- Helga Németh
- Anita Bulath
- Cecília Őri
- Ana Đokić
- Sandra Nikčević
- Marta Batinović
- Mirjana Milenković
- Dijana Mugoša
Andrijana Budimir- Natalia Todorovska
- Elena Gjeorgjievska
- Marina Lambevska
- Natalia Chigirinova
- Alena Ikhneva
Lamprini Tsàkalou
Azenaide Carlos
Natalia Petrakova- Karyna Yezhykava
Larysa Kharlanyuk- Iryna Stelmakh
- Svitlana Morozova
Maria Holesová
Moniky Bancilon
Ana Pandza
Notable former coaches
- Josip Samaržija-Bepo
- Josip Šojat (1994–1996; 2004–2007)[6]
- Zdravko Zovko (2007–2010)
Vinko Kandija
Senad Jagodic- Goran Mrđen (2003–2004; 2013–2017; 2021–2022)[7][8]
- Snježana Petika (2017–2018)
- Zlatko Saračević (2018–2021)
- Antonio Pranjić (interim) (Feb 2021–Jun 2021; Oct 2021)
- Neven Hrupec (2021)
- Željko Babić (2022–2023)
- Ivica Obrvan (2023–)
References
- ^ "Aktualni sastav". rk-podravka.hr. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ romanam (2024-03-02). "KRUŽNA NAPADAČICA MIA BRKIĆ SLJEDEĆE DVIJE SEZONE U DRESU PODRAVKE VEGETE". RK Podravka Vegeta (in Croatian). Retrieved 2024-03-02.
- ^ romanam (2024-03-01). "VELIKO POJAČANJE U REDOVIMA PODRAVKA VEGETE//Stiže talentirana crnogorska reprezentativka Matea Pletikosić". RK Podravka Vegeta (in Croatian). Retrieved 2024-03-02.
{{cite web}}: External link in|title= - ^ romanam (2024-02-29). "TEREZIJA ĆURIĆ JE NOVA IGRAČICA U REDOVIMA PODRAVKA VEGETE". RK Podravka Vegeta (in Croatian). Retrieved 2024-03-02.
- ^ romanam (2024-03-03). "SLJEDEĆE DVIJE SEZONE U DRESU PODRAVKA VEGETE I REPREZENTATIVKA KLARA BIRTIĆ". RK Podravka Vegeta (in Croatian). Retrieved 2024-03-03.
- ^ "Jutarnji list - Podravka: Šojat podnio ostavku". www.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). 2007-04-03. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
- ^ "Goran Mrđen na klupi Podravke". Balkan-Handball.com (in Serbian). 2013-06-22. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
- ^ 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.
