Rukometni Klub Podravka Koprivnica is a Croatian women's handball club from Koprivnica. It is the most successful club in Croatian women's handball since formation of the league in 1992. The team currently competes in the Croatia women's first handball league. They have a fan club called Red Roosters formed in 2002.
History
The club was established in 1955 under the name Ivo MarinkoviÃÂ and played its first friendly match in December against GrafiÃÂar Bjelovar. First official game was played in April 1956 against Slavija ÃÂakovec. In 1956 team was renamed to RK Partizan. In seasons 1960/1961 and 1962/1963 Partizan became amateur champion of SR Croatia. In 1964 club changed the name to RK Podravka since it was sponsored by the factory who had the same name. The club also qualified in the first league the same year. In 1966 RK Podravka won its first national title and kept it for two years in a row. In 1972 the team was degraded in the second league but they managed to return in the first league in 1975. However, they returned in the second league in 1976 and remained there until 1980 and then again fell in the second league in 1982. In 1990 they again entered the first league and remained there until its dissolution in 1991 when Croatia gained independence. Since 1993 they were not Croatian champions only in the seasons 2003/2004, 2013/2014 and 2021/2022, however their biggest success was in 1996 when the team won Women's EHF Champions League.
Kits
Honours
- Championship of Yugoslavia
Winners (2): 1966, 1967
Winners (28): 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2024, 2025
Winners (27): 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Winners (1): 1996
Winners (1): 1996
European record
Team
Current squad
Squad for the 2025âÂÂ26 season
Goalkeepers
Wingers
LW
RW
Line players
Back players
LB
CB
RB
Transfers
Transfers for the 2026âÂÂ27 season
Joining
Leaving
Technical staff
- Head coach: Ivica Obrvan
- Assistant coach: Marko BreziÃÂ
- Goalkeeper coach: Mario PosariÃÂ
- Physiotherapist: Bojan SaviÃÂ i Asja Cestar
- Fitness coach: Jovan NovakoviÃÂ
Notable players
Notable former coaches
- Josip SamarÃ
¾ija-Bepo
- Josip Ã
 ojat <small>(1994âÂÂ1996; 2004âÂÂ2007)</small>
- Zdravko Zovko <small>(2007âÂÂ2010)</small>
- Vinko Kandija
- Senad Jagodic
- Goran MrÃÂen <small>(2003âÂÂ2004; 2013âÂÂ2017; 2021âÂÂ2022)</small>
- SnjeÃ
¾ana Petika <small>(2017âÂÂ2018)</small>
- Zlatko SaraÃÂevià<small>(2018âÂÂ2021)</small>
- Antonio Pranjià<small>(interim)</small> <small>(Feb 2021âÂÂJun 2021; Oct 2021)</small>
- Neven Hrupec <small>(2021)</small>
- Ã
½eljko Babià<small>(2022âÂÂ2023)</small>
- Ivica Obrvan <small>(2023âÂÂ)</small>
References
External links