Rukometni Klub Podravka Koprivnica is a Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

n women's handball

Team handball

Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

 club from Koprivnica

Koprivnica

Koprivnica is a city in northern Croatia. It is the capital of the Koprivnica-Križevci county. In 2011 the city administrative area had a total population of 30,872, with 23,896 in the city itself.-Population:...

. 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 Marinković and played its first friendly match in December against Grafičar Bjelovar. First official game was played in April 1956 against Slavija Čakovec. In 1956 team was renamed in RK Partizan. In seasons 1960/1961 and 1962/1963 Partizan became amateur champion of SR Croatia. In 1964 club changed the name in 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

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

 gained independence. Since 1993 they were not Croatian champions only in season 2003/2004, however their biggest success was in 1996 when the team won Women's EHF Champions League

Women's EHF Champions League

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Honours

• Championship of Yugoslavia

Winners (2): 1966, 1967

• Championship of Croatia

Winners (18): 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

• Croatian Cup

Winners (16): 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010

• Women's EHF Champions League
  Women's EHF Champions League
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Winners (1): 1996

• EHF Women's Champions Trophy

Winners (1): 1996

Current squad

Squad for the 2011-12 season

Goalkeeper1   Marta Žderić

• 16   Ivana Jelčić
• 22   Ivana Kapitanović

Wingers5   Iva Pongrac9   Ines Gvoić

• 10   Anita Gaće
  Anita Gaće
  Anita Gaće is a Croatian handballer playing on right wing position for RK Podravka and the Croatian national team....
  
  
• 28   Nikica Pušić

Line players2   Andrea Čović6   Sara Šenvald8   Andrea Božić

• 13   Vesna Milanović-Litre
  Vesna Milanović-Litre
  Vesna Milanović-Litre is a Croatian handballer who plays for RK Podravka in line player position. She is also member of the Croatian national team....
  
  

Back players4   Maja Kožnjak7   Ivana Petković

• 11   Sanja Damnjanović
  Sanja Damnjanović
  Sanja Damnjanović is a Serbian handballer who plays for the Croatian club RK Podravka Koprivnica and the Serbian national team.-Achievements:*Slovenian Championship:**Winner: 2009*Slovenian Cup:...
  
  
• 15   Marijeta Vidak
• 14   Ivana Dragišić
• 18   Dina Havić
• 20   Miranda Tatari
• 23   Lidija Horvat
  Lidija Horvat
  Lidija Horvat is a Croatian handball player, who currently plays for the Croat club Podravka Koprivnica and for the Croatia women's national handball team....
  
  

Technical staff

• Head Coach: Neven Hrupec
• Assistant Coach: Bojan Golub
• Physiotherapist: Bojan Savić

Notable players

Snježana Petika Vlatka Mihoci Irina Maljko Samira Hasagić Željana Štević Andreja Hrg Renata Pavlačića Svitlana Pasičnik Miranda Tatari Andrea Penezić

Andrea Penezic

Andrea Penezić is a Croatian handball player. She plays for the club Krim Ljubljana and for the Croatia women's national handball team. She represented Croatia at the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship, where Croatia finished 6th, and Penezić was among the top-ten goalscorers.-References:...

 Ágnes Farkas

Ágnes Farkas

Ágnes Farkas is a retired Hungarian team handball player. She has been a European champion, and Olympic Games and World Championship silver medalist.-Club:...

 Valentina Cozma

Valentina Cozma

Valentina Cozma is a retired Romanian handball player. She is considered one of the best pivots from the history of the Romanian handball.-Achievements:* Women's EHF Champions League: Winner 1996...

 Mariana Tîrcă

Mariana Tîrcă

Mariana Tîrcă is a retired Romanian handball player. She is considered a living legend of the Romanian and international handball, being voted top 5 women handball players of the 20th century...

 Paula Ungureanu

Paula Ungureanu

Paula Claudia Ungureanu is a Romanian team handball goalkeeper. From 2009 Ungureanu is playing for the Romanian club CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea and became also the main goalkeeper of the Romania women's national handball team....