# ŽRK Zamet

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.
| 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 | 6th |
| Season | 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/A$^1$ |
| 2020–21 | 2 | Second League | 2nd |
| 2021–22 | 2 | Second League | 1st ↑ |
| 2022–23 | 1 | First League | 12th |
| 2023–24 | 1 | First League | 10th |
    $^1$ The season was voided due to COVID-19 pandemic.

## Team
### Current squad

    Squad for the 2020-21 season

### Technical staff

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

* Marija Malik
* Ida Crljenica
* Zlata Fazlić
* Željka Maras
* Tea Morsi
* Nada Rukavina
* Gordana Čorak
* Branka Zuber
* Jadranka Mijolović
* Branka Strišković
* Suzana Gustin
* Ljerka Krajnović
* Rada Ciganović
* Gordana Možnik
* Jasenka Pilepić
* Višnja Hrmić
* Sanja Bobanović
* Irena Pahor
* Sandra Stojković
* Ella Bukvić
* Anamarija Gugić
* Tea Bunić
* Dina Havić
* Katarina Ježić
* Ćamila Mičijević
* Ana Debelić
* Kristina Plahinek
* Selena Milošević
* Dejana Milosavljević

## Coaches

* Stanko Jerger (1957-1968)
* Stanko Jerger & Simeon Kosanović (1968-1969)
* Simeon Kosanović (1969-1975)
* Branimir Čutić (1975-1981)
* Andrija Barin (1981)
* Josip Božić (1982)
* Marijan Seđak (1982-1985)
* Sandro Bogojević (1985-1986)
* Edo Šmit (1986-1988)
* Vjekoslav Sardelić (1988-1990)
* Damir Čavlović (1991)
* Zdravko Štingl (1991-1992)
* Slavko Bralić (1992-1994)
* Edo Šmit (1994)
* Mladenko Mišković (1995)
* Edo Šmit (1995-1999)
* Branimir Čutić (1999-2001)
* Darko Dunato (2001-2002)
* Boris Dragičević (2002-2005)
* Damir Čavlović (2005-2007)
* Rada Ciganović (2007-2008)
* Edo Šmit (2008-2011)
* Drago Žiljak (17 July 2011- 28 August 2012)
* Željko Čagalj (28 August 2012 - 28 April 2013)
* Adriana Prosenjak (13 May 2013 – 13 March 2019)
* Igor Marijanović (15 April 2019 - 28 August 2020 )
* Drago Žiljak (1 September 2020 - 19 january 2023)
* Josip Štokić (20 january 2023 - present)

## Presidents

* 1957–1968 - Vittorio Drog☨
* 1968–1977 - Stanko Jerger
* 1977–1979 - Ivan Brnabić
* 1979–1980 - Fedor Pirović
* 1980–1983 - Drago Crnčević
* 1983–1985 - Petar Čarić
* 1985–1991 - Ranko Dujmović
* 1991-1994 - Srđan Čevizović
* 1994-1999 - Ranko Dujmović
* 1999–2019 - Luka Denona
* 2019 - present - Iva Lesjak

## Honours
### Croatia

* 1. HRL
** Runner-up (1): 2014–15
* 1.B HRL
** Winners (2): 1991–92, 1996–97
* 2. HRL
** Winners (1): 2021–22
* Croatian Cup
** Finalist (2): 2014, 2016

### Yugoslavia

* Yugoslav Second League (North)
** Winners (1): 1977–78
* Regional league of Primorje and Istra
** Winners (3): 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70
* Rijeka League
** Winners (4): 1957–58, 1958–59, 1961–62, 1963–64

## European record

| Season | Competition | Round | Club | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Aggregate |
| 1993–94 | EHF City Cup | 1/8 | Fémina Visé | 28–20 | 18–11 | 46–36 |
| 1993–94 | EHF City Cup | QF | Szegedi ESK | 24–20 | 18–22 | 42–42 |
| 2015–16 | EHF Cup | R2 | HB Dudelange | 39–16 | 35–18 | 74–34 |
| 2015–16 | EHF Cup | R3 | Odense Håndbold | 23–28 | 21–30 | 44–58 |

## Rankings
### EHF club coefficient ranking

(As of 24 September 2020), source: Eurotopteam website
| Rank | Team | Points |
| 224 | Polatli Belediyespor | 7 |
| 225 | CSM Slatina | 7 |
| 226 | ZAMET RIJEKA | 7 |
| 227 | ZRK Zrinjski Mostar | 7 |
| 228 | BM Mar Sagunto | 6 |

## Related clubs

* RK Zamet

## Sources

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