# RK Jugović

RK Jugović (Serbian Cyrillic: РК Југовић) is a Serbian handball club based in Kać, Novi Sad. They compete in the top tier Serbian handball league, the Arkus league.

## History

Founded as RK Mladost in 1956, the club changed its name to RK Jugović in 1960. They made their Yugoslav Handball Championship debut in 1984. The club achieved its greatest success by winning the EHF Challenge Cup in the 2000–01 season. After spending more than 30 consecutive seasons in the top flight, they suffered relegation from the Serbian Handball Super League in 2018.

## Team
### Current squad

    Squad for the 2022–23 season
RK Jugović :
Goalkeepers
01 Nikola Skuban
12 Milan Kosanović
96 Vladimir Abadžić
97 Zoran Andrić
Left Wingers
03 Zoran Kukić
43 Rajko Simić
77 Milan Bošković
99 Đorđe Petljanski
Right Wingers
18 Ognjen Regodić
20 Nikola Bilić
33 Saša Terzić
Line Players
09 Nikola Vidojević
22 Radivoj Ninkov
88 Petar Petrović
Central Backs
17 Ivan Radojčić
23 Mladen Đukić
24 Marko Knežević
Left Backs
04 Nikola Kovačević
07 Zdravko Dragoljević
10 Strahinja Travar
19 Ivan Bursać
44 Marko Dražić
Right Backs
06 Nemanja Momčilović :

### Technical staff

* Head Coach: Predrag Topić
* Physiotherapist: Radovan Kovačev

### Transfers

    Transfers for the 2022–23 season

## Previous squads

2000–2001 Team :
| Shirt No | Nationality | Player | Birth Date | Position |
| 1 | Serbia | Svetislav Verkić | (1981-06-11) 11 June 1981 (age 43) | Goalkeeper |
| 3 | Montenegro | Dragan Gvozdenović | (1970-07-17) 17 July 1970 (age 54) | Line Player |
| 5 | Serbia | Nikola Marković | (1971-07-01) 1 July 1971 (age 53) | Line Player |
| 6 | Montenegro | Momčilo Božović | (1979-04-11) 11 April 1979 (age 45) | Left Back |
| 7 | Serbia | Goran Arsenić | (1966-05-17) 17 May 1966 (age 58) | Right Winger |
| 9 | Serbia | Nebojša Jokić | (1968-07-29) 29 July 1968 (age 56) | Left Winger |
| 10 | Serbia | Nenad Savić | (1981-06-28) 28 June 1981 (age 43) | Line Player |
| 11 | Serbia | Dusan Todorović | (1980-02-03) 3 February 1980 (age 44) | Central Back |
| 12 | Serbia Spain | Árpád Sterbik | (1979-11-20) 20 November 1979 (age 44) | Goalkeeper |
| 13 | Serbia Hungary | Milorad Krivokapić | (1980-07-30) 30 July 1980 (age 44) | Right Back |
| 14 | Serbia | Tihomir Doder | (1979-08-08) 8 August 1979 (age 45) | Central Back |
| 15 | Serbia | Milan Mirković | (1974-08-16) 16 August 1974 (age 50) | Left Back |
| 17 | Montenegro | Milorad Despotović | (1973-05-14) 14 May 1973 (age 51) | Left Back |
| 18 | Serbia | Aleksa Radukin | (1977-03-30) 30 March 1977 (age 47) | Right Back |
| 19 | Serbia | Božo Rudić | (1971-09-14) 14 September 1971 (age 53) | Right Back |
| 31 | Serbia | Božidar Nadoveza | (1981-05-16) 16 May 1981 (age 43) | Left Back |

## Accomplishments

* EHF Challenge Cup
** Gold: 2001
* Serbian Cup
** Silver: 2007

## European record
### EHF Challenge Cup

| Season | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 2000–01 Winners | Round 4 | HB Dudelange | 27–15 | 34–21 | 61–36 |
| 2000–01 Winners | Quarter-finals | US Ivry Handball | 33–25 | 16–23 | 49–48 |
| 2000–01 Winners | Semi-finals | SSV Brixen Handball | 27–19 | 23–27 | 50–46 |
| 2000–01 Winners | Finals | Pfadi Winterthur | 26–22 | 27–27 | 53–49 |

## Former club members
### Notable former players

* Nikola Crnoglavac (2010–2015)
* Tihomir Doder (1997–2003, 2020–2021)
* Šandor Hodik (1989–1993, 2002–2004)
* Branko Kankaraš (2006–2013)
* Milan Kosanović (2022–)
* Marko Krsmančić (2007–2010)
* Marko Krivokapić (1992–1998)
* Milorad Krivokapić (1996–2002)
* Dobrivoje Marković (2001–2008, 2020)
* Dejan Milosavljev (2011–2016)
* Nenad Peruničić (1990–1993, 2007–2008, 2015)
* Rajko Prodanović (2002–2008)
* Árpád Sterbik (1996–2001)
* Dragan Sudžum (2012–2013)
* Milan Torbica (2001–2002)
* Svetislav Verkić (1998–2003)
* Žarko Marković (2003–2006)
* Mirko Milašević (2003–2004, 2020–2021)

### Former coaches

| Seasons | Coach |
| 2019-2020 | Boris Žarković |
| 2020 | Goran Kurteš |
| 2020–2022 | Božo Rudić |
| 2022– | Predrag Topić |