| RK Zamet |
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| Full name |
Rukometni klub Zamet |
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| Founded |
1957 |
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| Arena |
Centar Zamet |
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| Capacity |
2,350 |
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| President |
Vedran Devčić |
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| Head coach |
Marin Mišković |
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| League |
Dukat Premijer Liga |
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| 2014–15 |
7th |
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| Colours |
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Website
Official site |
RK Zamet (Rukometni Klub Zamet) is a handball club from Rijeka, Croatia, formed in 1957. The club currently competes in the Croatian Premier Handball League and the Croatian Handball Cup. Although the club did not win any mayor trophies, it has produced four Olympic gold medalists: Valter Matošević, Alvaro Načinović, Valner Franković and Mirza Džomba. Four additional Olympic gold medalists played for the club, including Irfan Smajlagić, Vladimir Šujster, Zlatko Saračević and Božidar Jović, and Jakov Gojun who has a bronze medal.
History
The club was founded in September 1957,[1] as RK Partizan Zamet by prof. Stanko Jerger, Josip Šarić and Vittorio Drog. Until 1972, the club played in the Primorska regionalna liga (Croatian Coastal League) in which they won the championship title in 1966, 1970, 1972, along with three runner-up titles. In 1972, they started competing in the Third Yugoslav League. In 1977, they were promoted to the Second Yugoslav League and, the following year, Zamet gained promotion to the First Yugoslav League, where they played for only one season, when they were relegated. In 1981, Zamet beat long time city rivals RK Kvarner and became Rijeka's top handball club. During the early 1980s, Zamet played in the second division. In 1987, they once again earned promotion to the first division, where they stayed until the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991. Following the independence of Croatia, from 1992, Zamet competed in the Croatian First League, with the exception of 1995–96, when they played in the second division. From 1997 to 2000 Zamet changed their name to Zamet Autotrans,[2] due to sponsorship deal. During this period, Zamet regularly finished near the top of the table. In 2000, Zamet signed a new sponsorship deal with Teri-Crotek, changing the club's name to Zamet Crotek for four years. They made it to the Croatian Handball Cup final, where they finished as runners-up in 2000[3] and 2001.[4] After the successful period, poor results ensued, and until 2016 Zamet often finished in the middle or bottom half of the table. The only notable success during this period was the Cup final in 2012.
Venue
Since the foundation of the club matches was played on the playground Zamet. From 1973 until 2009, played in Dvorana Mladosti located in the suburb of Trsat. As of 2009 the club has been playing in Dvorana Zamet. The capacity of the venue is 3,960 spectators.
Seasons
Since the beginning of Croatian handball in 1992 Zamet has competed at the highest level in the First A League later renamed: First League and now Premier League. They spent one season in the Second League in 1995-96.
Team
Current squad
- Squad for the 2015-16 season
Out on loan
Korado Juričić (at Mladi Rudar)
Injured
- Dario Černeka
Technical staff
- President: Vedran Devčić
- Sports director: Vedran Babić
- Head Coach: Marin Mišković
- Assistant Coach: Valter Matošević
- Goalkeeper Coach: Valter Matošević
- Fitness Coach: Dragan Marijanović
- Tehniko: Williams Černeka
Notable former players
Coaches
Presidents
Honours
Yugoslavia
- Runner-up (2): 1980, 1984
- Runner-up (2): 1965, 1968, 1972
Croatia
- Runner-up (1): 1992
- Third (2): 1998, 1999
- Runner-up (3): 2000, 2001, 2012
Minor tournaments
- Memorial Jurica Lakić (1): 1985
- City of Rijeka tournament (1): 1991
- Edi Berbonić tournament (1): 1991
- Hera Gold Cup (1): 1992
- Memorial Dean Ožbolt (1): 2006
- West region cup (1): 2010
- Memorial Robert Barbić (2): 2014, 2015
- PGŽ Cup (3): 2012, 2014, 2015
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Other
Youth
- Runner-up (1): 2008
- Third (1): 1994
- Friendly tournaments
- Memorial Zvonimir Škerl (3): 1993, 1994, 2002
- Memorial Marijan Karlović (2): 2004, 2008
- Mediterranean Cup (1): 2011
- 93rd Labin republic tournament (1): 2013
Veterans
- Memorial Zvonimir Škerl (4): 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000
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Played against foreign clubs
This list does not include former Yugoslavia clubs from before 1992.
External links
References
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