RK Cimos Koper is a team 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 Koper, Slovenia

Slovenia

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. Currently, RK Cimos Koper competes in the Slovenian First League of Handball

Slovenian First League of Handball

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Club history

Handball was first played in Koper sometime in the 1950s. At first under TVd Partizan and later on under RK Koper, for a while there were even two handball clubs in the town.

The club ceased operations many times and was brought back to life again, most recently in 1992.

In 1994/95 the club organised its structure of sections and in 1999/00 the club qualified to 1.B handball league.

After qualifications to 1.B league club received support form local company Cimos d.d. and in just two seasons, by 2001/02 RK Cimos koper qualified to 1. A league, Slovenian First League of Handball

Slovenian First League of Handball

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Ever since Rk Cimos Koper developed rapidly and qualified to European Handball Federation

European Handball Federation

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 competitions in 2004/05, to EHF Cup

EHF Cup

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. In Slovenian first league of handball club finished 3rd in 2006/07, season after they finished 2nd and qualified to EHF Champions League

EHF Champions League

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The greatest accomplishment of the club came in 2007/08 when they won the Slovenian Cup.

Team

2011/12
Goalkeepers1   Dušan Podpečan

• 12   Gorazd Škof
• 16   Jure Vran

Wingers4   Jure Dobelšek

Jure Dobelšek

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7   Matjaž Brumen

• 19   Robi Konečnik
• 21   Uroš Rapotec
• 37   Zoran Jovičič
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Line players2 Bojan Skoko

• 17   Matjaž Mlakar
  Matjaž Mlakar
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• 35   Uroš Budalo

Back players8   Matevž Čemaš9   Dean Bombač

• 10   Tine Poklar
• 11   Nikola Džono
• 13   Milorad Krivokapić
• 14   Sebastian Skube
• 88   Vladimir Osmajić

Honours

Total titles: 6

League

• Slovenian Championships
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Winners (1): 2010/11

Runners-up (2): 2007/08, 2008/09

Cup

• Slovenian Cup
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Winners (3): 2007/08, 2008/09, 2010/11

• Slovenian Supercup:

Winners (1): 2008

International

• EHF Challenge Cup
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Winners (1): 2010/11

• EHF Cup
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Semi Final (1): 2007/08