RK Vardar
РК Вардар HC Vardar | |||
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Full name |
Ракометен клуб Вардар Скопје (Handball Club Vardar Skopje) | ||
Founded | 1961 | ||
Arena | Jane Sandanski Arena | ||
Capacity | 6.500 | ||
President | Sergey Samsonenko | ||
Head coach | Roberto García Parrondo | ||
League | VIP Super League | ||
2017/2018 | 1st | ||
Colours | |||
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Website Official site |
RK Vardar (HC Vardar) (Macedonian: РК Вардар) is a handball club from Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. The team is current regional SEHA League title holder and also competes in the EHF Champions League. Vardar is the most successful team in the country having won twelve Macedonian League titles and thirteen Macedonian Cups.
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 rose to power in the late 1990s becoming one of the two clubs (RK Pelister being the other) to dominate the Macedonian handball scene after the independence of the country.
They have participated in the EHF Champions League eleven 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 twelfth title in 2018 and are the recent record cup winner with thirteen. On 15 April 2012, Vardar defeated Metalurg at the Zagreb Arena to become the first SEHA League champion.[1][2] Since then, the team has four titles in the SEHA League.
The season 2016–17 was the most successful for the team because they managed to win the EHF Champions League and the regional SEHA League including the two main domestic championships, the Macedonian Handball Super League and the Macedonian Handball Cup. Two days after winning the EHF Champions League the team arrived in Macedonia and celebrated the victory with approximately 150,000 people with central ceremony on the Macedonia Square in Skopje. Because of the huge success, the President of the Republic of Macedonia, Gjorgje Ivanov, awarded the members of the handball club Vardar with a Medal of Merit for the results they achieved, especially for winning the Champions League title. The club was awarded with the Charter of the Republic of Macedonia.
Accomplishments
Domestic competitions
Winner (12): 1998–99, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
Winner (13): 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
- Macedonian Handball Super Cup
Winner (2): 2017, 2018
European competitions
Winner: 2016–17
Third placed (2): 1998–99, 2004-2005
Other competitions
Third placed: 2017
Arena
RK Vardar itself is the owner of the Jane Sandanski Arena where they play all their home matches in the EHF Champions League, the regional SEHA League and in the domestic competitions. It's a modern complex with a sports hall of 6.500 seats. It has its own hotel, spa center, hospital and swimming pool.
Team
Current squad
- Squad for the 2018–19 season[3]
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Transfers
- Transfers for the 2019–20 season
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Staff
Professional staff
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Management
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Former club members
Notable former players
Notable former coaches
Ljubomir Savevski Andon Boškovski Zoran Kastratović Veselin Vujović Goran Simić Josif Petković Dragan Đukić Raúl González Gutiérrez David Davis
Notable former presidents
Kit manufacturers
European competitions record
EHF Champions League
Season | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate: | |
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1999–00 | 1/16 | 33–37 | 26–30 | 59–67 | ||
2001–02 | R 2 | 37–31 | 27–28 | 64–59 | ||
GM (Group D) |
24–27 | 22–27 | 3rd | |||
27–27 | 19–33 | |||||
32–30 | 28–31 | |||||
2002–03 | QR 1 | 32–24 | 31–28 | 63–52 | ||
QR 2 | 29–23 | 26–26 | 55–49 | |||
GM (Group D) |
25–28 | 25–30 | 4th | |||
27–26 | 23–34 | |||||
26–25 | 26–38 | |||||
2003–04 | ||||||
GM (Group B) |
28–30 | 24–38 | 4th | |||
27–35 | 19–41 | |||||
26–32 | 33–34 | |||||
2004–05 | ||||||
GM (Group A) |
12–26 | 22–31 | 3rd | |||
24–24 | 18–25 | |||||
22–22 | 26–25 | |||||
2007–08 | QR 1 | 37–22 | 30–30 | 67–52 | ||
GM (Group C) |
27–26 | 30–36 | 4th | |||
26–34 | 28–28 | |||||
29–28 | 21–28 | |||||
2009–10 | Q (Group 1) |
33–30 | 1st | |||
35–28 | ||||||
34–24 | ||||||
GP (Group D) |
25–32 | 21–28 | 5th | |||
24–31 | 28–37 | |||||
23–33 | 23–39 | |||||
22–22 | 31–24 | |||||
28–35 | 28–35 | |||||
2013–14 | GP (Group C) |
29–29 | 23–30 | 4th | ||
30–22 | 24–26 | |||||
24–24 | 25–35 | |||||
32–25 | 37–24 | |||||
18–26 | 27–22 | |||||
L16 | 28–28 | 30–29 | 58–57 | |||
QF | 27–25 | 22–24 | 49–49 | |||
2014–15 | GP (Group C) |
34–32 | 27–26 | 2nd | ||
39–28 | 39–34 | |||||
28–25 | 35–28 | |||||
30–26 | 34–34 | |||||
23–24 | 24–32 | |||||
L16 | 31–20 | 26–32 | 57–52 | |||
QF | 20–22 | 31–33 | 51–55 | |||
2015–16 | GP (Group B) |
34–26 | 30–25 | 3rd | ||
27–23 | 31–29 | |||||
38–36 | 30–25 | |||||
25–19 | 27–28 | |||||
34–24 | 31–33 | |||||
34–24 | 20–23 | |||||
25–27 | 30–31 | |||||
L16 | 25–24 | 30–30 | 55–54 | |||
QF | 26–29 | 30–30 | 56–59 | |||
2016–17 | GP (Group B) |
32–29 | 28–23 | 1st | ||
31–27 | 26–30 | |||||
35–30 | 32–26 | |||||
30–27 | 23–21 | |||||
25–20 | 27–28 | |||||
40–34 | 24–27 | |||||
26–29 | 33–27 | |||||
QF | 35–27 | 26–24 | 61–51 | |||
SF (F4) | 26–25 | |||||
F (F4) | 24–23 | |||||
2017–18 | GP (Group A) |
31–31 | 26–22 | 1st | ||
27–23 | 26–27 | |||||
28–21 | 29–23 | |||||
34–30 | 26–26 | |||||
27–24 | 28–29 | |||||
31–15 | 26–23 | |||||
30–26 | 21–21 | |||||
QF | 27–28 | 29–28 | 56–56 | |||
SF (F4) | 27–28 | |||||
3rd (F4) | 28–29 | |||||
2018–19 | GP (Group A) |
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33–25 | – | |||||
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29–27 | – | |||||
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EHF Cup
Season | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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1994–95 | 1/16 | 35–31 | 23–34 | 58–65 | |
1995–96 | ER | 29–24 | 30–26 | 59–50 | |
1/16 | 31–31 | 24–33 | 55–64 | ||
2011–12 | R2 | 27–25 | 26–29 | 53–54 | |
2012–13 | R2 | 36–19 | 24–25 | 60–44 | |
R3 | 28–26 | 27–30 | 55–56 |
EHF Cup Winners' Cup
Season | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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1997–98 | 1/16 | 29–28 | 25–28 | 54–56 | |
1998–99 | 1/16 | 10–0 | 22–23 | 32–23 | |
1/8 | 29–23 | 24–28 | 53–51 | ||
1/4 | 26–19 | 24–27 | 50–46 | ||
1/2 | 27–29 | 20–35 | 47–64 | ||
2004–05 | 1/8 | 27–23 | 29–28 | 56–51 | |
1/4 | 36–20 | 31–26 | 67–46 | ||
1/2 | 23–21 | 26–34 | 49–55 |
Statistics
All–time Top 10 Scorers in the EHF Champions League
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Most appearances in the EHF Champions League
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Individual awards in the EHF Champions League
Season | Player | Award |
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2013–14 | All–Star Team (Best Left Wing) | |
2014–15 | Best Young Player | |
2016–17 | All–Star Team (Best Right Back) | |
Best Coach | ||
Final Four MVP | ||
2017–18 | All–Star Team (Best Goalkeeper) |
References
- ↑ "Vardar is the SEHA League champion!". Borjan Zafirovski. Archived from the original on 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ↑ "Вардар ПРО победник СЕХА лигата". МИА. Retrieved 2012-04-16.
- ↑ "РК Вардар - Ekипа" (in Macedonian). RK Vardar Official Website. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
External links
- Official website (in Macedonian)
- RK Vardar on Facebook
- RFM Profile (in Macedonian)
- EHF Profile (in English)
- (in Macedonian)
- http://www.seha-liga.com/klub/11/vardar-skopje