HC Vardar PRO - Skopje
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| Full Name | RK Vardar PRO Skopje |
| Founded | 1961 |
| Arena | SRC Kale SRC Kale SRC Kale is a multi-functional indoor sports arena. SRC Кале is located near the Central Park in Skopje.Hall is also known as “Macedonian handball fortress”.... , Skopje Skopje Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre... |
| Capacity | 2.500 |
| Chairman |  Mihajlo MihajlovskiMihajlo Mihajlovski Mihajlo Mihajlovski is the current chairman of RK Vardar Pro and MRK Vardar team handball clubs. In 2008, he was reelected as the commissioner of the Macedonian handball federation.-References:... |
| Manager |  Veselin VujovicVeselin Vujovic Veselin Vujović is a former Yugoslav handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. During his career he played for RK Metaloplastika Šabac, Barcelona and Granollers... |
| League | VIP Super League Macedonian First League of Handball The Macedonian First League of Handball , is the top-tier team handball competition in the Republic of Macedonia. It is currently sponsored by VIP... |
| Position 2009/10 | 2nd (of 8 Teams) |
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Rakometniot Klub Vardar (Handball Club Vardar) is a 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 Skopje
Skopje
Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre...
, Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
. It has been one of the three dominating Macedonian handball clubs since the independence of the country in 1992 and regularly represents the country on the international level in the European cup competitions. RK Vardar have been participating the EHF Champions League
EHF Champions League
The EHF Champions League is the most important professional club handball competition in Europe . The competition was started in the 1956–57 season, and is administered by the European Handball Federation.The most successful teams are from Germany and Spain...
five times and made it to the semifinals of the Cup Winner's Cup
EHF Cup Winner's Cup
The EHF Cup Winners' Cup is the official competition for men's and women's clubs of Europe that won their national cup, and takes place every year. From 2012/13 the men's competition will be merged with EHF Cup to EHF European Cup. -Winners:-By Country:...
twice, in 1999 and 2005. Except for 2005, when they came in 4th, the club has achieved either Championship or the Second rank in the Macedonian Super League during the past decade since 1999. Currently, RK Vardar has two teams playing in the Macedonian Super T-Mobile League, the professional team RK Vardar PRO and the development team MRK Vardar
MRK Vardar
Rakometniot Klub MRK Vardar is a team handball club from Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. Currently, MRK Vardar competes in the Macedonian First League of Handball.-External links:**...
who joined the league with the beginning of the 2008/09 season. Unlike the usual situation in handball of clubs renting halls from municipalities or private owners, RK Vardar itself is the owner of the SRC Kale Sports Hall they play all their home matches in. The capacity of the Arena was expanded to 2.500 seats in 2008.
History
RK Vardar was founded in 1961, as part of the Vardar Sports Club in Skopje, which had been founded in 1947. The handballteam had no role in YugoslaviaYugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
, but rose to power in the late 90's becoming one of three clubs ( RK Metalurg
RK Metalurg Skopje
Rakometniot Klub Metalurg is a team handball club from Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. Currently, RK Metalurg competes in the Macedonian First League of Handball.- Home arena :...
and RK Pelister
RK Pelister
RK Pelister is a team handball club from Bitola, Republic of Macedonia. It was the most successful Macedonian club in the 90's when it won five domestic championship titles and qualified regularly for European competition. Pelister has participated in the EHF Champions League and EHF Cup Winners'...
being the others) to dominate the Macedonian handball scene after the independence of the country. They achieved record winner of the Macedonian handball championship by winning their sixth title in 2007 and are the recent record cup winner.
Trophies
- 7 times Macedonian Champion (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009)
- 7 times Macedonian Cup Winner (1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008)
RK Vardar Squad 2011/2012
Ristovski Borko (Goalkeeper) Abagic Vladimir (Goalkeeper) Canevski Gradimir (Goalkeeper) Ojleski Goce Markoski Nikola Stoilov Stole Nikolic Ratko Janev Darko Simovic Marko Doder Tihomir Vujovic Stevan Kukoski Milorad Sobol Jan Jovcevski Vlatko Markovic Dobrivoje Lazarov Filip Ordev Mile Petric Vladimir Gjeorgievski Darko Abutovic Ilija Angjelovski Aleksandar Kukoski MiloradFormer notable players
Ljubomir SavevskiLjubomir Savevski
Ljubomir Savevski in Skopje is a Macedonian former handball player and a current coach. He has coached Kometal Gjorče Petrov Skopje and the Macedonian national women's and men's teams.-Achievements:*Kometal Gjorce Petrov...
Stojan Petruševski Pepi Manaskov
Pepi Manaskov
Pepi Manaskov is a Macedonian former professional player and current coach.He is currently the head coach of the RK Metalurg Skopje.-Clubs:*Borec Mladost*RK Pelister...
Zoran Petkovski Ivan Markovski Stevče Aluševski Aleksandar Jović Igor Kotevski Vančo Dimovski Danilo Brestovac Marjan Kolev
Petar Misovski Lazo Majnov Branislav Angelovski Radoslav Stojanović Petar Angelov Naumče Mojsoski Zlatko Mojsoski Golub Doknić Mladen Rakčević Aleksandar Stojanović Nemanja Pribak
Tihomir Doder Ognjen Kajganić Obrad Radulović Borko Đorđević Vladan Krasavac Krešimir Maraković Oleg Maltsev Sergei Stetsuk Andriy Vasiuk Victor Kovalenko Tite Kalandadze Slaviša Dimitrijeski