RK Krim

RK Krim
Full name	Rokometni Klub Krim Mercator
Nickname(s)	Tigrice (The Tigresses)
Short name	Krim
Founded	1984
Arena	Krim Sports Hall (League) Arena Stožice (EHF)
President	Goran Bojović
Head coach	Uroš Bregar
League	Slovenian First League
2014–15	1st
Colours
Club colours
Website Official site

Rokometni Klub Krim (English: Krim Handball Club), commonly referred to as RK Krim or simply Krim, currently named Krim Mercator due to sponsorship reasons, is a women's handball club from Ljubljana, Slovenia. The club was founded in 1984.^[1] Krim has won Slovenian First League 21 times in 25 seasons between 1992 and 2016. Their international success includes winning the EHF Women's Champions Trophy and the Champions League.^[2]

Honours

• Slovenian Championship
  • Winners: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

• Slovenian Cup
  • Winners: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

• Slovenian Supercup

Winners: 2014, 2015

• EHF Champions League
  • Winners: 2001, 2003
  • Runners-up: 1999, 2004, 2006

• EHF Champions Trophy
  • Winners: 2003, 2004
  • Runners-up: 2006
  • Semifinalists: 1999, 2001

Other tournaments

• Baia Mare Champions Trophy:
  • Fifth place: 2014

Arena

RK Krim plays the Slovenian Championship and Slovenian Cup matches at Krim Sports Hall. For Champions League matches, they use Arena Stožice.^[3]

Name: Krim Sports Hall City: Ljubljana Capacity: 600 spectators Address: Ob Dolenjski Železnici 50, 1000 Ljubljana

Name: Arena Stožice City: Ljubljana Capacity: 12,480 spectators Address: Vojkova Cesta 100, 1000 Ljubljana

Supporters

RK Krim supporters are called Krimovci.^[4]

European matches

Results list Krim's goal tally first.

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away
1993–94	Cup Winners' Cup	Round of 32	ATV Basel	24–15	24–15
		Round of 16	Jomsa Rimini	29–19	26–21
		Quarterfinals	TUS Walle Bremen	21–22	14–26
1994–95	Cup Winners' Cup	Round of 32	Vardar Skopje	29–20	26–24
		Round of 16	Chimistul Vilcea	32–22	24–32
		Quarterfinals	Borussia Dortmund	20–28	24–24
1995–96	Champions League	Round of 32	"Khalita" Baku	??–??	??–??
		Round of 16	Viborg	25–18	15–22
1996–97	Champions League	Round of 32	Volan Sofia	25–16	31–14
		Group Stage (Group D)	GAS Anagenisi Artas	36–12	33–19
			TUS Walle Bremen	21–20	19–20
			Ferencvárosi	22–20	24–27
		Quarterfinals	Hypo Niederösterreich	21–26	21–34
1997–98	Champions League	Round of 32	YKM Istanbul	33–27	34–25
		Group Stage (Group B)	ASPTT Metz	31–25	26–30
			Ferencvárosi	32–24	25–23
			Mar El Osito L'Eliana	30–33	18–35
		Quarterfinals	Podravka Koprivnica	28–23	20–25
1998–99	Champions League	Round of 32	Politechnik Minsk	39–29	30–22
		Group Stage (Group A)	E.S.B.F. Besançon	19–15	25–20
			Podravka Koprivnica	26–27	20–21
			Kometal Gjorče Petrov Skopje	31–27	17–23
		Quarterfinals	Milar l Eliana Valencia	23–25	29–21
		Semifinals	Budućnost	26–29	32–29
		Finals	Dunaferr	26–26	23–25
1998–99	Champions Trophy	Semifinals	Bækkelagets		24–27
		3rd place	Viborg		34–27
1999–00	Champions League	Round of 32	Anadolu Uni Eskisehir	33–15	26–17
		Group Stage (Group B)	Hypo Niederösterreich	27–28	24–24
			Motor Zaporoshje	33–18	21–22
			Bækkelagets	25–22	23–32
2000–01	Champions League	Group Stage (Group D)	Milar L'Eliana Valencia	29–19	21–30
			Spartak Kiev	28–22	26–21
			Győri	27–27	21–21
		Quarterfinals	Larvik	29–17	20–24
		Semifinals	Budućnost	28–21	25–27
		Final	Viborg	25–19	22–22
2000–01	Champions Trophy	Semifinals	Motor Zaporoshje		22–26
		3rd place	Nordstrand 2000		34–21
2001–02	Champions League	Group Stage (Group D)	MKS Montex Lublin	26–32	24–27
			Dinamo Volgograd	22–21	24–22
			Kometal Gjorče Petrov Skopje	26–22	27–26
2002–03	Champions League	Group Stage (Group D)	Budućnost	32–29	27–19
			Ferrobus KU Mislata	31–27	28–26
			Metz Handball	34–22	31–25
		Quarterfinals	Larvik	33–28	21–22
		Semifinals	Midtjylland Håndbold	28–21	27–21
		Final	Milar L'Eliana Valencia	36–28	27–30
2002–03	Champions Trophy	Semifinals	E.S.B.F. Besançon		32–26
		Final	Slagelse		33–28
2003–04	Champions League	Group Stage (Group D)	Budućnost	35–25	24–26
			HC "Motor" Zaporozhye	34–22	33–26
			Midtjylland Håndbold	24–27	24–28
		Quarterfinals	Lada Togliatti	29–25	21–24
		Semifinals	Larvik	27–19	33–30
		Final	Slagelse	32–36	24–25
2003–04	Champions Trophy	Group Stage (Group B)	Viborg		33–28
			Kometal Gjorče Petrov Skopje		34–20
		Final	Hypo Niederösterreich		34–25
2004–05	Champions League	Group Stage (Group D)	Niš	40–30	23–24
			Tertnes Bergen	32–18	24–22
			Orsan Elda Prestigio	28–22	30–25
		Quarterfinals	Kometal Gjorče Petrov Skopje	23–21	21–24
2005–06	Champions League	Group Stage (Group A)	Viborg	26–21	34–28
			Orsan Elda Prestigio	29–26	25–17
			Larvik	24–19	23–29
		Quarterfinals	Lada Togliatti	25–18	29–36
		Semifinals	Aalborg	30–31	24–16
		Final	Viborg	22–24	21–20
2006–07	Champions League	Group Stage (Group A)	Cem. la Union-Ribarroja	34–28	33–31
			Aalborg	30–26	24–26
			Dinamo Volgograd	41–33	34–29
		Quarterfinals	Slagelse DT	26–28	23–30
2007–08	Champions League	Group Stage (Group B)	1. FC Nürnberg	30–31	24–26
			Sävehof	24–24	31–30
			Zvezda Zvenigorod	35–33	36–31
2007–08	Cup Winners' Cup	1/8 Final	Lokomotiva Zagreb	31–25	25–30
		Quarterfinals	Rulmentul-Urban Braşov	27–29	25–27
2008–09	Champions League	Group Stage (Group D)	1. FC Nürnberg	33–25	29–25
			Viborg	38–34	28–38
			Metz Handball	26–31	33–29
		Main Round (Group 2)	Budućnost	35–28	32–37
			Győri	31–35	33–34
			Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	35–34	30–36
2009–10	Champions League	Group Stage (Group B)	Hypo Niederösterreich	35–24	26–28
			Aalborg	30–23	38–32
			Metz Handball	35–31	37–30
		Main Round (Group 1)	Larvik	30–34	23–30
			Győri	24–24	23–25
			Leipzig	32–26	31–27
2010–11	Champions League	Group Stage (Group D)	Győri	30–34	21–26
			Podravka Vegeta	26–22	35–30
			Zvezda Zvenigorod	37–32	32–28
		Main Round (Group 1)	Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	37–30	27–31
			Itxako Reyno De Navarra	30–26	24–25
			Budućnost	36–40	29–32
2011–12	Champions League	Group Stage (Group B)	Larvik	19–22	19–32
			Podravka Vegeta	22–22	24–23
			Viborg	31–25	28–28
		Main Round (Group 2)	Metz Handball	28–24	21–20
			Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	25–31	26–30
			Budućnost	26–27	21–29
2012–13	Champions League	Group Stage (Group B)	Universitatea Cluj	28–27	31–23
			Podravka Vegeta	28–22	22–25
			Győri	20–31	22–29
		Main Round (Group 2)	Zvezda Zvenigorod	27–23	29–24
			Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	28–24	20–23
			Ferencvárosi	31–25	26–30
		Semifinals	Larvik	19–27	24–22
2013–14	Champions League	Group Stage (Group C)	Sävehof	36–28	25–25
			Leipzig	32–20	27–23
			Metz Handball	27–21	20–21
		Main Round (Group 2)	Larvik	24–18	22–28
			Budućnost	26–30	15–30
			Győri	22–24	24–27
2014–15	Champions League	Group Stage (Group A)	Hypo Niederösterreich	32–20	25–29
			Leipzig	31–35	24–30
			Dinamo Volgograd	24–26	26–25
		Main Round (Group 1)	Thüringer	23–26	21–33
			Vardar	29–47	30–41
			Budućnost	20–23	20–39
2015–16	Champions League	Group Stage (Group A)	Baia Mare	27–33	28–35
			Rostov-Don	31–36	25–35
			Larvik	21–37	28–32
	EHF Cup Winners' Cup	Round of 16	Municipal Craiova	27–23	29–30
		Quarterfinals	Vipers Kristiansand	30–20	27–29
		Semifinals	Lada Togliatti	22–27	24–28

Team

Current squad

As of 4 May 2016.^[5]

Goalkeepers 12 Sergeja Stefanišin 16 Miša Marinček 21 Amra Pandžić Wingers  5 Maja Luković 20 Alja Koren 23 Polona Barič 71 Ines Amon Line players  3 Manca Jurič  7 Vesna Milanović-Litre 14 Aneja Beganović 45 Laura Kamdop

Back players  2 Ana Abina  9 Nina Jeriček 10 Lara Hrnčič 11 Neža Avbelj 13 Mirjeta Bajramoska 17 Elizabeth Omoregie 18 Nina Zulić 77 Ana Zrimšek

Staff members

• Head coach: Uroš Bregar
• Assistant coach: Jure Šterbucl
• Fitness coach: Alen Jankovič
• Psychotherapist: Andrej Potrata
• Team leader: Jaka Kravanja
• Manager: Žiga Novak

References

1. "Zgodovina kluba" [Club's history] (in Slovenian). RK Krim official website. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
2. "RK Krim Mercator Ljubljana" – 2007/2008 EHF Women's Champions League (Retrieved on 18 April 2008)
3. "Dvorane" [Arenas] (in Slovenian). RK Krim official website. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
4. "Navijaška skupina Krimovci" [Krimovci fan group] (in Slovenian). RK Krim official website. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
5. "RK Krim Squad" (in Slovenian). RK Krim official website. Retrieved 28 May 2015.

External links

• Official website (Slovene)