RK Krim

RK Krim
Full name	Rokometni klub Krim Mercator
Nickname(s)	Tigrice (The Tigresses)
Short name	Krim
Founded	1984
Arena	Ogrevalna dvorana Stožice; Kodeljevo Hall
President	Iztok Verdnik
Head coach	Uroš Bregar
League	Slovenian First League
2018–19	Slovenian First League, 1st (champions)
Club colours
Home	Away
	Website ; Official site

Rokometni klub Krim (English: Krim Handball Club), commonly referred to as RK Krim or simply Krim, currently named Krim Mercator due to sponsorship reasons, is a women's handball club from Ljubljana, Slovenia. The club was founded in 1984.[1] Krim has won the Slovenian First League 24 times in 28 seasons between 1992 and 2019. Their international success includes winning the EHF Champions League and EHF Women's Champions Trophy.[2]

Honours

Domestic

Slovenian Championship

Winners (24): 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019

Slovenian Cup

Winners (26): 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

Slovenian Supercup

Winners (5): 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

International

EHF Champions League

Winners (2): 2001, 2003

Runners-up (3): 1999, 2004, 2006

EHF Champions Trophy

Winners (2): 2003, 2004

Runners-up (1): 2006

Arena

RK Krim play their home league games at Ogrevalna dvorana Stožice with a seating capacity for 700 spectators.[3][4] For the Women's EHF Champions League matches, they use Kodeljevo Hall.

Name: Ogrevalna dvorana Stožice
City: Ljubljana
Capacity: 700 spectators
Address: Vojkova cesta 100, 1000 Ljubljana

Name: Kodeljevo Hall
City: Ljubljana
Capacity: 1,540 spectators
Address: Gortanova 21, 1000 Ljubljana

Supporters

RK Krim supporters are called Krimovci.[5]

European matches

All results (home and away) list Krim's goal tally first.

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away
1993–94	Cup Winners' Cup	Round of 32	ATV Basel	24–15	24–15
		Round of 16	Jomsa Rimini	29–19	26–21
		Quarterfinals	TUS Walle Bremen	21–22	14–26
1994–95	Cup Winners' Cup	Round of 32	Vardar Skopje	29–20	26–24
		Round of 16	Chimistul Vilcea	32–22	24–32
		Quarterfinals	Borussia Dortmund	20–28	24–24
1995–96	Champions League	Round of 32	Khalita Baku	w/o
1995–96	Champions League	Round of 16	Viborg	25–18	15–22
1996–97	Champions League	Round of 32	Volan Sofia	25–16	31–14
		Group stage (Group D)	GAS Anagenisi Artas	36–12	33–19
			TUS Walle Bremen	21–20	19–20
			Ferencvárosi	22–20	24–27
		Quarterfinals	Hypo Niederösterreich	21–26	21–34
1997–98	Champions League	Round of 32	YKM Istanbul	33–27	34–25
		Group stage (Group B)	ASPTT Metz	31–25	26–30
			Ferencvárosi	32–24	25–23
			Mar El Osito L'Eliana	30–33	18–35
		Quarterfinals	Podravka Koprivnica	28–23	20–25
1998–99	Champions League	Round of 32	Politechnik Minsk	39–29	30–22
		Group stage (Group A)	E.S.B.F. Besançon	19–15	25–20
			Podravka Koprivnica	26–27	20–21
			Kometal Gjorče Petrov Skopje	31–27	17–23
		Quarterfinals	Milar l Eliana Valencia	23–25	29–21
		Semifinals	Budućnost	26–29	32–29
		Finals	Dunaferr	26–26	23–25
	Champions Trophy	Semifinals	Bækkelagets		24–27
	Champions Trophy	3rd place	Viborg		34–27
1999–2000	Champions League	Round of 32	Anadolu Uni Eskisehir	33–15	26–17
		Group stage (Group B)	Hypo Niederösterreich	27–28	24–24
			Motor Zaporoshje	33–18	21–22
			Bækkelagets	25–22	23–32
2000–01	Champions League	Group stage (Group D)	Milar L'Eliana Valencia	29–19	21–30
			Spartak Kiev	28–22	26–21
			Győri	27–27	21–21
		Quarterfinals	Larvik	29–17	20–24
		Semifinals	Budućnost	28–21	25–27
		Final	Viborg	25–19	22–22
	Champions Trophy	Semifinals	Motor Zaporoshje		22–26
	Champions Trophy	3rd place	Nordstrand 2000		34–21
2001–02	Champions League	Group stage (Group D)	MKS Montex Lublin	26–32	24–27
			Dinamo Volgograd	22–21	24–22
			Kometal Gjorče Petrov Skopje	26–22	27–26
2002–03	Champions League	Group stage (Group D)	Budućnost	32–29	27–19
			Ferrobus KU Mislata	31–27	28–26
			Metz Handball	34–22	31–25
		Quarterfinals	Larvik	33–28	21–22
		Semifinals	Midtjylland Håndbold	28–21	27–21
		Final	Milar L'Eliana Valencia	36–28	27–30
	Champions Trophy	Semifinals	E.S.B.F. Besançon		32–26
	Champions Trophy	Final	Slagelse		33–28
2003–04	Champions League	Group stage (Group D)	Budućnost	35–25	24–26
			HC "Motor" Zaporozhye	34–22	33–26
			Midtjylland Håndbold	24–27	24–28
		Quarterfinals	Lada Togliatti	29–25	21–24
		Semifinals	Larvik	27–19	33–30
		Final	Slagelse	32–36	24–25
	Champions Trophy	Group stage (Group B)	Viborg		33–28
		Group stage (Group B)	Kometal Gjorče Petrov Skopje		34–20
		Final	Hypo Niederösterreich		34–25
2004–05	Champions League	Group stage (Group D)	Niš	40–30	23–24
			Tertnes Bergen	32–18	24–22
			Orsan Elda Prestigio	28–22	30–25
		Quarterfinals	Kometal Gjorče Petrov Skopje	23–21	21–24
2005–06	Champions League	Group stage (Group A)	Viborg	26–21	34–28
			Orsan Elda Prestigio	29–26	25–17
			Larvik	24–19	23–29
		Quarterfinals	Lada Togliatti	25–18	29–36
		Semifinals	Aalborg	30–31	24–16
		Final	Viborg	22–24	21–20
2006–07	Champions League	Group stage (Group A)	Cem. la Union-Ribarroja	34–28	33–31
			Aalborg	30–26	24–26
			Dinamo Volgograd	41–33	34–29
		Quarterfinals	Slagelse DT	26–28	23–30
2007–08	Champions League	Group stage (Group B)	1. FC Nürnberg	30–31	24–26
			Sävehof	24–24	31–30
			Zvezda Zvenigorod	35–33	31–36
	Cup Winners' Cup	1/8 Final	Lokomotiva Zagreb	31–25	25–30
	Cup Winners' Cup	Quarterfinals	Rulmentul-Urban Braşov	27–29	25–27
2008–09	Champions League	Group stage (Group D)	1. FC Nürnberg	33–25	29–25
			Viborg	38–34	28–38
			Metz Handball	26–31	33–29
		Main round (Group 2)	Budućnost	35–28	32–37
			Györi Audi ETO KC	31–35	33–34
			Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	35–34	30–36
2009–10	Champions League	Group stage (Group B)	Hypo Niederösterreich	35–24	26–28
			Aalborg	30–23	38–32
			Metz Handball	35–31	37–30
		Main round (Group 1)	Győri ETO KC	24–24	23–25
			Leipzig	32–26	31–27
			Larvik	30–34	23–30
2010–11	Champions League	Group stage (Group 4)	Győri ETO KC	30–34	21–26
			Podravka Vegeta	26–22	35–30
			Zvezda Zvenigorod	37–32	32–28
		Main round (Group 1)	Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	37–30	27–31
			Itxako Reyno De Navarra	30–26	24–25
			Budućnost	36–40	29–32
2011–12	Champions League	Group stage (Group B)	Larvik	19–22	19–32
			Podravka Vegeta	22–22	24–23
			Viborg	31–25	28–28
		Main round (Group 2)	Metz Handball	28–24	21–20
			Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	25–31	26–30
			Budućnost	26–27	21–29
2012–13	Champions League	Group stage (Group B)	Universitatea Cluj	28–27	31–23
			Podravka Vegeta	28–22	22–25
			Győri ETO KC	20–31	22–29
		Main round (Group 2)	Zvezda Zvenigorod	27–23	29–24
			Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	28–24	20–23
			Ferencvárosi	31–25	26–30
		Semifinals	Larvik	19–27	24–22
2013–14	Champions League	Group stage (Group C)	Sävehof	36–28	25–25
			Leipzig	32–20	27–23
			Metz Handball	27–21	20–21
		Main round (Group 2)	Larvik	24–18	22–28
			Budućnost	26–30	15–30
			Győri ETO KC	22–24	24–27
2014–15	Champions League	Group stage (Group A)	Hypo Niederösterreich	32–20	25–29
			Leipzig	31–35	24–30
			Dinamo Volgograd	24–26	26–25
		Main round (Group 1)	Thüringer	23–26	21–33
			Vardar	29–47	30–41
			Budućnost	20–23	20–39
2015–16	Champions League	Group stage (Group A)	Baia Mare	27–33	28–35
			Rostov-Don	31–36	25–35
			Larvik	21–37	28–32
	Cup Winners' Cup	Round of 16	Municipal Craiova	27–23	29–30
		Quarterfinals	Vipers Kristiansand	30–20	27–29
		Semifinals	Lada Togliatti	22–27	24–28
2016–17	Champions League	Qualifying (Group 3)	IUVENTA Michalovce	28–22	—
		Qualifying (Group 3)	Indeco Conversano	37–16	—
		Group stage (Group D)	Larvik	24–22	36–31
			Team Esbjerg	27–22	25–35
			Sävehof	32–29	24–26
		Main round	Győri ETO KC	17–34	22–39
			CSM București	21–24	26–28
			Midtjylland Håndbold	21–27	19–28
2017–18	Champions League	Group stage (Group A)	CSM București	30–33	18–30
			Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub	27–26	26–28
			Vistal Gdynia	29–22	29–19
		Main round (Group 1)	Midtjylland Håndbold	24–23	24–24
			Rostov-Don	26–35	22–29
			Győri ETO KC	21–32	25–34
2018–19	Champions League	Group stage (Group C)	Győri ETO KC	23–32	23–39
			Thüringer HC	27–20	26–26
			Podravka Koprivnica	27–20	27–27
		Main round (Group 2)	Vipers Kristiansand	24–25	21–29
			CSM Bucureşti	23–22	26–32
			FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	23–25	27–31
2019–20	Champions League	Group stage (Group D)	DHK Baník Most	29–31	31–26
			IK Sävehof	26–28	25–21
			Győri Audi ETO KC	21–33	26–31
		Main round (Group 2)	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	28–28	16–31
			Brest Bretagne Handball	25–29
			Budućnost		28–30

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2019–20 season[6]

Goalkeepers

12 Hana Gjerek
16 Maja Vojnović
21 Antonija Mamić

Wingers
Left wingers

06 Iza Bon Brzin
13 Polona Barič
88 Tamara Mavsar

Right wingers

02 Ana Kojić
26 Tija Gomilar Zickero

Line players

03 Manca Jurič
15 Valentina Klemenčič
19 Nataša Ljepoja

Back players
Left backs

10 Marianna Rebičová
14 Laura Cerovak
17 Tjaša Polajnar Vešligaj
23 Hana Vučko

Central backs

08 Ema Abina
09 Nina Žabjek
11 Harma van Kreij
18 Nina Zulić

Right backs

07 Nives Klobučar
20 Alja Varagić
25 Yuliya Snopova

Staff members

Head coach: Uroš Bregar
Team leader: Jaka Kravanja
Goalkeeping coach: Branka Jovanović
Fitness coach: Rok Svetko
Psychotherapist: Danila Tominc
Psychotherapist: Aldin Muharemović

Source:[7]

Transfers

Transfers for the 2020-21 season

Joining

Océane Sercien-Ugolin (RB) (from Paris 92)[8]
Samara Vieira (LB) (from SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea)
Jovana Risović (GK) (from RK Podravka Koprivnica)
Maja Svetik (LW) (from ŽRK Mlinotest Ajdovščina)
Matea Pletikosić (CB) (from ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica)

Leaving

Nina Zulić (CB) (to Kastamonu Bld. GSK)

References

"Zgodovina kluba" [Club's history] (in Slovenian). RK Krim. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
"RK Krim Mercator Ljubljana" – 2007–08 EHF Women's Champions League (Retrieved on 18 April 2008)
"Ogrevalna dvorana Stožice" (in Slovenian). sport-ljubljana.si. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
"Dvorane" [Arenas] (in Slovenian). RK Krim. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
"Navijaška skupina Krimovci" [Krimovci fan group] (in Slovenian). RK Krim. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
"RK Krim Mercator". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
"Strokovno vodstvo" [Staff] (in Slovenian). RK Krim. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
"Prihaja francoska reprezentantka Océane Sercien-Ugolin" (in Slovenian). RK Krim. Retrieved 3 February 2020.

External links

Official website (in Slovene)

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[1] "Zgodovina kluba" [Club's history] (in Slovenian). RK Krim. Retrieved 2 April 2016.

[ehfcl-2] "RK Krim Mercator Ljubljana" – 2007–08 EHF Women's Champions League (Retrieved on 18 April 2008)

[3] "Ogrevalna dvorana Stožice" (in Slovenian). sport-ljubljana.si. Retrieved 29 October 2016.

[4] "Dvorane" [Arenas] (in Slovenian). RK Krim. Retrieved 2 April 2016.

[supporters-5] "Navijaška skupina Krimovci" [Krimovci fan group] (in Slovenian). RK Krim. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[6] "RK Krim Mercator". ehfcl.com. Retrieved 13 October 2019.

[7] "Strokovno vodstvo" [Staff] (in Slovenian). RK Krim. Retrieved 15 July 2019.

[8] "Prihaja francoska reprezentantka Océane Sercien-Ugolin" (in Slovenian). RK Krim. Retrieved 3 February 2020.