RK Vardar Skopje

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RK Vardar Skopje
Full name Rakometniot Club Vardar Skopje
Founded 1961
Club colors Red Black
Hall SC Jane Sandanski
Places 6500
president RussiaRussia Sergei Samsonenko
executive Director North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia Before that, Stojanoski
Trainer North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia Stevce Alusevski
league VIP Super League
SEHA League
2018/19
rank 1st place
Nat. Cup finalist
International Winner EHF Champions League
Website rkvardar.com.mk
home
Away
Greatest successes
National Macedonian champion
1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Macedonian cup winner
1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 , 2017,

2018

International EHF Champions League winners
2017 , 2019
SEHA League champions
2012, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019

Rakometniot Klub Vardar (РК Вардар) is a handball club from the north Macedonian city ​​of Skopje . The club is the country's most successful in men's handball and, alongside RK Pelister Bitola and local rival RK Metalurg Skopje, one of the three top clubs. Since the 2011/12 season, Vardar has been participating in the newly founded SEHA league and only joins the domestic league in the play-off phase.

history

RK Vardar was founded in 1961 as the handball department of the parent club, which has existed since 1947. After a few seasons in the top Yugoslav division, the club gained importance after Macedonia's independence. Vardar is the country's record champions with nine titles. Internationally, the club reached the semi-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup three times . In the EHF Champions League 2013/14 , Vardar eliminated the defending champion HSV Hamburg in the round of 16 , but then failed in the quarter-finals due to the away goals rule at SG Flensburg-Handewitt . In the EHF Champions League 2014/15 Vardar failed again in the quarterfinals, this time at the top Polish club KS Vive Targi Kielce . In the 2016/17 season, Vardar sensationally won the Champions League in the final against Paris Saint-Germain . A year later they reached the Final Four again , in which they finished fourth after two narrow defeats. In the 2018/19 season they won the Champions League again, this time in the final against the favorite KC Veszprém from Hungary. The Russian oligarch Sergej Samsonenko had previously announced his withdrawal from the club and the handball department due to political pressure over the dispute over the name of Macedonia . After the final, however, he announced that he would continue to invest in the club. Since a large part of the top players had already signed contracts with other clubs after his announced resignation, a change is imminent for Vardar Skopje in the coming years.

Squad for the 2019/20 season

Squad

No. Surname nation size Weight position Date of birth
22nd Khalifa Ghedbane AlgeriaAlgeria 200 98 TW 11/26/1996
99 Vasil Gogov North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia 190 100 TW 03/11/2000
98 Marko Kizic North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia 190 89 TW 01/22/2001
92 Arturs Kugis LatviaLatvia 194 110 TW 07/17/1992
7th Dejan Kukulovski North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia 194 97 RL 08/17/1998
15th Christian Dissinger GermanyGermany 202 102 RL 11/15/1991
32 Sergei Gorbok RussiaRussia 196 98 RL December 04, 1982
11 Martin Karapalevski North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia 178 82 RM 03/11/2000
19th Pavel Atman RussiaRussia 190 94 RM 05/25/1987
20th Staš Skube SloveniaSlovenia 179 85 RM 11/15/1989
10 Dainis Krištopāns LatviaLatvia 215 135 RR 09/27/1990
29 José Guilherme de Toledo BrazilBrazil 193 100 RR 01/11/1994
8th Dimitar Dimitrioski North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia 183 83 LA 02/16/1998
31 Timur Dibirov RussiaRussia 180 74 LA 07/30/1983
5 Stojanče Stoilov North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia 191 110 KR 04/30/1987
9 David Gashoski North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia 197 127 KR 09/02/1996
14th Domen Sikošek Pelko SloveniaSlovenia 203 120 KR 08/18/1997
21st Gleb Kalarash RussiaRussia 205 95 KR 11/29/1990
55 Stefan Atanasovski North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia 207 113 KR 09/08/1999
87 Sergei Gorpischin RussiaRussia 200 106 KR 08/31/1997
27 Ivan Čupić CroatiaCroatia 178 78 RA 03/27/1986
33 Daniil Shishkarev RussiaRussia 190 85 RA 07/06/1988
77 Alen Kjosevski North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia 187 75 RA 06/07/2001

Supervisory staff

Surname position
Stevce Alusevski Trainer
Dejan Peric Goalkeeping coach
Danijel Jurišić Fitness trainer
Rubincho Srbinoski Physiotherapist
Dimitar Manevski Physiotherapist

European Cup balance sheet

season European Cup reached round
1994/95 EHF Cup 1 round
1995/96 EHF Cup 1 round
1997/98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1 round
1998/99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Semifinals
1999/00 EHF Champions League last 32 (qualification for group stage 16)
2001/02 EHF Champions League last 16 (group stage)
2002/03 EHF Champions League last 16 (group stage)
2003/04 Champions League last 32 (group stage)
2004/05 Champions League last 32 (group stage)
2004/05 EC of the cup winners Semifinals
2005/06 EHF Challenge Cup Quarter finals
2006/07 EC of the cup winners Quarter finals
2007/08 Champions League last 32 (group stage)
2008/09 EC of the cup winners 3rd round
2009/10 Champions League last 24 (group stage)
2010/11 EC of the cup winners Semifinals
2011/12 EHF Cup 2nd round
2012/13 EHF European Cup 3rd round
2013/14 Champions League Quarter finals
2014/15 Champions League Quarter finals
2015/16 Champions League Quarter finals
2016/17 Champions League winner
2017/18 Champions League Final Four
2018/19 Champions League winner

Well-known former players

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Samsonenko says Vardar will go for a third title. In: Republika English. June 3, 2019, Retrieved June 12, 2019 (American English).