RK Zagreb

RK PPD Zagreb
Full name	Rukometni klub; Prvo plinarsko društvo Zagreb
Founded	1922; 99 years ago
Arena	Arena Zagreb; (Capacity: 15,200); Dom Sportova; (Capacity: 3,500);
President	Zoran Gobac
Head coach	Vlado Šola
League	Croatian Premier League
2018/2019	1st
Club colours
Home	Away
	Website ; Official site

Rukometni klub Zagreb (English: Zagreb Handball Club, pronounced [zǎːɡrɛb]), currently known as Prvo plinarsko društvo Zagreb or simply PPD Zagreb for sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional handball club from Zagreb, Croatia. It competes in the Croatian Premier League, SEHA League, and the EHF Champions League.

The team was formerly known as Badel 1862 Zagreb, Banka Croatia Zagreb and Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb for sponsorship reasons. Nowadays, it is called Prvo plinarsko društvo Zagreb or simply PPD Zagreb.

Zagreb was 33 times national champion and won national cup 27 times. The club was also European champion twice and played another four times in the finals, and is among top eight most successful handball clubs in the EHF Champions League's history.

Accomplishments

Croatia

Croatian Premier Handball League

Champions (28): 1992, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19

Croatian Handball Cup

Champions (26): 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19

Yugoslavia

Yugoslav Handball Championship

Champions (6): 1956–57, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1988–89, 1990–91

Yugoslav Handball Cup

Champions (2): 1962, 1991

Europe

EHF Champions League

Champions (2): 1991–92, 1992–93

SEHA League

Champions (1): 2012–13

Club names

Zagreb-Viadukt (1982–1983)
Zagreb-Chromos (1983–1991)
Zagreb Loto (1991–1992)
Badel 1862 Zagreb (1992–1995)
Banka Croatia Zagreb (1995–1996)
Badel 1862 Zagreb (1996–2002)
Rukometni klub Zagreb (2002–2006)
Croatia Osiguranje Zagreb (2006–2014)
Prvo plinarsko društvo Zagreb (2014–)

Current squad

Squad for the 2020–21 season

Transfers

Transfers for the 2021-22 season

Technical staff

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RK Zagreb in European handball

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate

2018–19	EHF Champions League	Group Stage	Paris Saint-Germain	21–32	28–33	6th place
			Pick Szeged	23–24	26–26
			Flensburg-Handewitt	21–22	31–29
			Skjern Håndbold	32–29	31–31
			HC Motor Zaporizhzhia	27–25	27–35
			RK Celje	24–22	21–30
			HBC Nantes	27–27	20–23
		Round of 16	RK Vardar	18–27	30–32	Eliminated
2019–20	EHF Champions League	Group Stage Group A	FC Barcelona	19–36	23–32	7th place
			Paris Saint-Germain	29–37	26–37
			Pick Szeged	21–26	23–33
			Aalborg	31–30	20–30
			Flensburg-Handewitt	25–26	17–20
			RK Celje	27–31	22–24
			Elverum	30–27	30–30
2020–21	EHF Champions League	Group Stage Group B	FC Barcelona		27–45
			Telekom Veszprém		25–37
			Aalborg	26–27
			THW Kiel	21–31
			HC Motor Zaporizhzhia	23–24
			HBC Nantes
			RK Celje	22–30

As of 18 November 2018

At least 10 games played
Club	GP	W	D	L
Barcelona Handbol	18	1	1	16
Borac Banja Luka	10	10	0	0
Celje	22	11	1	10
Rhein-Neckar Löwen	10	2	3	5
Tatran Prešov	15	8	1	6
Vardar	17	7	1	9
Veszprém KC	17	3	1	13

Notable former players

Head coaches

References

^ "Stručni stožer RK PPD Zagreb". rk-zagreb.hr. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

External links

Official website

[1] "Stručni stožer RK PPD Zagreb". rk-zagreb.hr. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

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