ŽRK Lokomotiva Zagreb
| Full name | Ženski rukometni klub Lokomotiva Zagreb |
| Founded | February 1, 1949 |
| Club colors | blue / dark blue |
| Hall | Dvorana 2 Dom Sportova |
| Places | 3200 |
| Website | [1] |
| Greatest successes | |
| National | 10 times champions Yugoslavia 3 times champions Croatia 8 times cup winners Yugoslavia 4 times cup winners Croatia |
| International | 1-time EHF-Cup, 1-time EHF Challenge Cup |
ŽRK Lokomotiva Zagreb ( Ženski rukometni klub Lokomotiva Zagreb ) is a Croatian women's handball club from Zagreb .
history
The ŽRK Lokomotiva Zagreb was founded on February 1st, 1949. Lokomotiva was the dominant team in the beginning of the Yugoslav Championship, eventually winning 8 championships between 1956 and 1970. In 1975 they reached the final of the national champions for the first time after celebrating their 9th title in their own country. However, the next 15 years were unsuccessful. It wasn't until 1991 that the championship was won again, which was also the last in former Yugoslavia. This year was particularly successful because you could win the EHF Cup. After the breakup of Yugoslavia, they won the first Croatian championship and the cup in 1992. Here, too, there was a lean period in which ŽRK Podravka Koprivnica dominated. Two more titles could only be won in 2004 and 2014.
It was no different in the cup either. After 1971 only one title was won in 1988 in the former Yugoslavia. Things looked slightly better in the Croatian Cup, after 1992 they won the title in 2005, 2007, 2014 and 2018.
Between 1994 and 2000 a name sponsor tried to financially close to Podravka Koprivnica and to be competitive again, but this did not succeed.
The club's greatest success after winning the EHF Cup in 1991 was achieved in 2017 by winning the EHF Challenge Cup.
successes
- Yugoslav Championship: 1956, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1991
- Croatian championship: 1992, 2004, 2014
- Yugoslav Cup: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1971, 1988
- Croatian Cup: 1992, 2005, 2007, 2014, 2018
- EHF Cup: 1991
- EHF Challenge Cup: 2017
Name rights sponsor
- 1949–1994 ŽRK Lokomotiva Zagreb
- 1994–2000 ŽRK Kraš Zagreb
- 2001 – today ŽRK Lokomotiva Zagreb
Well-known players
Nada Vučković , Božena Vrbanc Goleš , Mara Torti , Ines Dogan , Klaudija Klikovac , Nataša Kolega , Koraljka Milić , Maja Mitrović , Elena Nemaškalo , Renata Pavlačić , Adriana Prosenjak , Jasna Ptujec , Danijela Tuđa , Ana Titlić
Well-known trainers
Josip Šojat , Velimir Kljaić , Irfan Smajlagić , Prof. Krešo Pavlin