RK Poreč

RK Poreč
Full name	Rukometni Klub Poreč
Short name	Poreč
Founded	1968 (1968)
Arena	SRC Veli Jože, Poreč
Capacity	1000
Head coach	Ilija Lovrinovic
League	Croatian Premier League
Club colours
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Website Official site

RK Poreč is a Croatian team handball club from Poreč, Croatia. The team plays in the Croatian Premier League.

Location of RK Poreč

Poreč

Poreč

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Location of RK Poreč

History

The club was founded on June 20, 1968. The club played in the regional leagues for a long time and only reached the first level, the Croatian Premier League, in the 2003/2004 season. For the first time in the club's history, he was able to compete in a European cup in the 2006/2007 EHF Challenge Cup. In 2011, the club reached the final of the Croatian Handball Cup for the first time, where they failed to thwart the hegemony of RK Zagreb.

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season

RK Poreč

Goalkeepers 01 Ves Aleksić 16 David Vladić 22 Bruno Čopić Left Wingers 20 Matija Radakovic 37 Marko Bajan Right Wingers 10 Leon Rušnjak 77 Diego Jelić Line Players 18 Luka Malinarich 46 Andy Zikovic 81 Teo Čorić 88 Antonio Ljubić Left Backs 13 Mirko Petrov 14 Rejan Sulejmani 19 Teo Popović 23 Lovro Jaman Central Backs 07 Karlo Varljen 15 Martin Sebastiano Boka 34 Nikola Ivanković 44 Tin Božić Right Backs 17 Petar Krupić 32 Arman Ikanović

Technical staff

• Head coach: Ilija Lovrinovic
• Goalkeeping coach: Želimir Popovic
• Physiotherapist: Josip Žarković
• Coach: Vedran Mataija

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–25 season

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• Lovro Jaman (LB) from RK Dubovac-Gaza
• Tin Božić (CB) from RK Mornar-Crikvenica

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• Vedran Mataija (LW) (retires)
• Matija Car (RW) to HC Linz AG
• Lucijan Krajcar (LB) to RK Nexe Našice

Accomplishments

• Croatian Premier Handball League:
  • File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze: 2022, 2023
• Croatian Handball Cup:
  • File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver: 2011, 2013

EHF ranking

As of 29/6/2024

Rank	Team	Points
163	HC Donbas Donetsk Oblast	20
164	TTH Holstebro	20
165	Bianco Monte Drama 1986	19
166	RK Poreč	19
167	Kür Mingachevir	19
168	Raasiku/Mistra	19
169	SG Handball West Wien	18

Former club members

Notable former players

Goalkeepers

• Moreno Car (2015–2018)
• Goran Čarapina (2008–2010, 2012–2017)
• Mario Cvitković (2012–2014)
• Valter Matošević (2005–2006)
• Ivan Stevanović (2007–2009)
• Željko Hornjak

Right wingers

• Filip Glavaš (2020–2021)

Left wingers

• Vedran Mataija (2006–2011, 2013–2024)

Line players

• Teo Čorić (2011–2013, 2023–)
• Tomislav Huljina
• Tomislav Kušan (2016–2017)
• Gianfranco Pribetić (2017–2019)
• Vladislav Veselinov (2006–2007)
• Petar Topic (2013–2015)

Left backs

• David Miličević
• Dean Turković (2006–2010)

Central backs

• Krešimir Maraković (2008–2009)
• Stefan Vujić (2009-2012)

Right backs

• Marko Buvinić (2012–2015)

External links

• Official website
• RK Poreč on Facebook
• RK Poreč on Instagram
• RK Poreč at Handball Base