ŽRK Velenje is women 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 Velenje

Velenje

Velenje is a town and municipality in northern Slovenia. The municipality has 33.331 inhabitants. Staro Velenje is first mentioned in written doucments dating to 1264 and 1374 as small market town and was a center of handicraft and trade...

, Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

. ŽRK Velenje is only women team in Velenje, it was founded in 1969 under the name ŽRK Gorenje Velenje .Currently ŽRK Velenje plays in Slovenian First League of Handball

Slovenian First League of Handball

The Slovenian First League of Men's Handball is the top men's team handball league in Slovenia. It is organized by the Handball Federation of Slovenia. The league comprises twelve teams.-History:...

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Club history

Club was founded in 1969 in Velenje. Their first match in slovenian republic league was played on 7th of september 1969.

Team

• Biljana LAKIĆ
• Tanja VAJDL
• Mirzeta MURATOVIĆ
• Snežana MITROVIĆ
• Majda MUSIĆ
• Nives FATKIĆ
• Iris GUBERINIĆ
• Urška GORIŠEK
• Katja SIVKA
• Jasna IBRALIĆ

Arena

Women play in the same arena as their more famous male counterpart RK Gorenje

RK Gorenje

RK Gorenje is a team handball club from Velenje, Slovenia. Club honours 50 years of handball tradition in the region. Handball was first played in nearby town of Sostanj, but later moved to Velenje because majority of players were from Velenje and new arena called Red Hall was located there as...

, at Rdeča Dvorana

Rdeča dvorana

Red Hall is a sports facility arena in Velenje, Slovenia. It is a home arena of handball club RK Gorenje. Its capacities are between 1500 - 2500 seats.-History:...

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