RK Vardar
| РК Вардар RK Vardar |
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| Full name | Rakometen klub Vardar Skopje |
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| Founded | 1961 | ||
| Arena | Jane Sandanski Arena | ||
| Capacity | 6,000 | ||
| Head coach | Raúl González | ||
| League | VIP Super League | ||
| 2014/2015 | 1st | ||
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| Website Official site |
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RK Vardar (HC Vardar) (Macedonian: РК Вардар) is a handball club from Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. The team currently competes in the EHF Champions League and in the regional SEHA League. Vardar is the most successful team in the country having won nine Macedonian League titles and ten Macedonian Cups.
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History
RK Vardar was founded in 1961, as part of the Vardar Sports Club in Skopje, which had been founded in 1947. The handball team did not have much of a role in the former Yugoslavia, but rose to power in the late 1990s becoming one of three clubs (RK Metalurg and RK Pelister being the others) to dominate the Macedonian handball scene after the independence of the country. They have participated in the EHF Champions League five times and made it to the semifinals of the Cup Winner's Cup three times. Except for 2005, when they came in 4th place, the club has achieved either championship or runner-up in the Macedonian Super League during the past decade since 1999. They achieved a record winner of the Macedonian handball championship by winning their seventh title in 2009 and are the recent record cup winner also with seven. On 15 April 2012, Vardar defeated Metalurg at the Zagreb Arena to become the first SEHA League champion.[1][2]
Accomplishments
- Winners (9): 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2012–13,2014-15
- Winners (10): 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008 ,2012, 2014 and 2015
- Semi-Finalist (3): 1998–99, 2004–05 and 2010–11
Arena information
Unlike the usual situation in handball of clubs renting halls from municipalities or private owners, RK Vardar itself is the owner of the Jane Sandanski Arena where they play all their home matches in the EHF Velux Champions League matches in Skopje.
Current squad
- Squad for the 2015–16 season
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Transfers
- Transfers for the 2016-17 season
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Technical staff
President: Sergei Samsonenko
Head Coach: Raúl González- Assistant Coach: David Davis
Assistant Coach: Stojan Petruševski- Doctor: Dejan Zdravkovski
Former notable players
Former coaches RK Vardar
Former President clubs RK Vardar
References
External links
- Official website (Macedonian)
- RFM Profile (Macedonian)
- EHF Profile (English)
