HC Rabotnichki

Last updated
HC Rabotnichki
HC Rabotnichki Logo.jpg
Founded1948;76 years ago (1948)
Arena Jane Sandanski Arena
Capacity7.500
President Flag of North Macedonia.svg Vlatko Nedelkovski & Aleksandar Miloshevski
Head coach Flag of North Macedonia.svg Nikola Dimovski & Risto Trpchevski
League VIP Super Liga
2019/202010th
Club colours  
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body whiteleftsideshoulder.png
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts.svg
Home
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body redleftsideshoulder.png
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts.svg
Away
Website
Official site
Active departments of Sports Club Rabotnichki
Football pictogram.svg Basketball pictogram.svg Handball pictogram.svg
Football Basketball Handball

Handball Club Rabotnichki is a handball club from Skopje. [1] It was established in 1948 as a section of the Sports Association Rabotnichki. [2] HC Rabotnichki is a member of VIP Super Liga, the top Mens handball competition organized by the Handball Federation. [3]

Contents

History

Rabotnichki together with the team of HC Vardar these are the oldest handball clubs in Macedonia. On 1 July 1945 in the "Working Hall" in Skopje, a Sports Department Rabotnichki has been founded, with Aleksandar Canko Hristov as president. Afterwards, many sports sections fused with Rabotnichki. [4] Besides football, Rabotnichki sports department also organized the first volleyball match in after the war, as well as founding ski club and athletic club. Few months later, the basketball club Rabotnichki was also founded. The Handball Club was established in 1948. It became one of the best teams in Skopje. They won the league several times in the 50s. [5] First one in 1950, and last 4th in 1958. The club repeated its success in 1963 winning the 5th title. HC Rabotnichki won the Cup two times, first in 1960 and then again in 1977. In the mid and late 70s Rabotnichki is experiencing a crisis and was no longer the strong first league team from the past.

In August 2013, on the occasion of the club's 65th anniversary, beach handball tournament was held in Skopje as part of the celebration ceremony. In July 2015, for the new season, in that time the new president of the club - Risto Cokrev announced bigger reinforcements so the club would be a bigger competitor in the Super League. Shortly afterwards, new reinforcements arrived, including several members of the national team. That 2015/16 season, Rabotnichki reached the playoffs and finished in the sixth place. [6] HC Rabotnichki received serious reinforcement in players and coaching staff. [7] According to the mutual agreement, next season Rabotnichki team players will play in a VIP Super Liga. [8] Coach Stojan Petrushevski and the assistant Pepi Manaskov are part of Rabotnichki now and beside them, a dozen handball players joined the team, and participate in the strongest competition. [9] The team is moving to a new Arena and now is a host at SC "Jane Sandanski". [10] On 9 January 2021 HC Rabotnichki made history and played its first international match against one national team of Chile. The match played at Jane Sandanski Arena Skopje finished  HC Rabotnichki vs  Chile 29:29.

Honors

Winners (7):1950, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1963,1984
Winners (2): 1960, 1977.

Venue

Sandanski Arena Hotel and Spa Sportski tsentar ,,Jane Sandanski".jpg
Sandanski Arena Hotel and Spa

HC Rabotnichki plays its League Matches at Jane Sandanski Arena. Jane Sandanski Arena is an indoor sports arena located in the Aerodrom Municipality of Skopje. The arena has a capacity of 7,500. It is named after the revolutionary Jane Sandanski. The sports complex includes a 5-star hotel with a spa center, swimming pool and a sky bar. Tennis courts, fitness center and clubs headquarters are within the sports complex. Sports Centre Jane Sandanski also has an aerobics center, tennis and table tennis courts, playground for children and exclusive HUMMEL sports store and fan shop.[ citation needed ]

Team

Squad for the 2022–23 season
HC Rabotnichki

Former club members

Notable former players

Notable former coaches

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">FK Rabotnički</span> Football club

FK Rabotnichki or more commonly Rabotnički and Rabotnicki is a football club that plays at the Toshe Proeski Arena in Skopje, North Macedonia. They currently compete in the Macedonian First League.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">RK Vardar</span> Macedonian handball team based in Skopje

RK Vardar 1961 is a professional handball club from Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. Vardar is the most successful handball team in the country, having won fifteen national League titles and sixteen Cup titles. Also, Vardar is the most successful team in the regional SEHA League, having won five titles. The team has also won two EHF Champions League titles.

As the capital of North Macedonia, Skopje is home to several sports teams and venues. FK Vardar and FK Rabotnički are the two strongest and most popular football teams, whilst RK Kometal Gjorče Petrov is the most popular handball team, being a European Women's EHF Champions League champion for 2002.While WHC Vardar are five-time medalists with three bronze and two silver medals at Women's EHF Champions League F4. RK Vardar and RK Metalurg are two main male handball teams. RK Vardar are the Men's EHF Champions League 2017 Champions, and MZT Skopje and Rabotnički are best in basketball.

The 2007–08 Macedonian First League was the 16th season of the Macedonian First Football League, the highest football league of Macedonia. The first matches of the season were played on 5 August 2007. Pobeda were the defending champions, having won their second title. The 2007-08 champions were Rabotnichki who won their third title.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">RK Metalurg Skopje</span> Macedonian handball club

RK Metalurg Skopje is a Macedonian handball club based in Skopje. They compete in the domestic Macedonian Handball Super League and EHF European League.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">RK Eurofarm Pelister 2</span> Macedonian handball team

RK Eurofarm Pelister II is a team handball club from Bitola, North Macedonia. It serves as the second team for RK Eurofarm Pelister.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">KK MZT Skopje</span> Basketball team in Skopje, North Macedonia

MZT Skopje Aerodrom is a basketball club based in Skopje, North Macedonia. The club competes in the Macedonian League and ABA League. The club's home ground is Jane Sandanski Arena, but due to small capacity, the matches in the ABA League and EuroCup between 2012 and 2014 were played in Boris Trajkovski Arena. Since the 2014–15 season, all matches are held in the renovated Jane Sandanski Arena.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">RK Tineks Prolet</span> Macedonian handball club

RK Tineks Prolet is a team handball club from Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia. Currently, they compete in the Macedonian Handball Super League. The added name Tineks name comes from the Tinex supermarket which supports the team, while their original name Prolet is after the Skopje settlement of Prolet.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Borko Ristovski</span> Macedonian handball player

Borko Ristovski is a retired Macedonian handball player.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pepi Manaskov</span> Macedonian handball player

Pepi Manaskov is a former Macedonian handball player and current coach of Vardar Junior.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dejan Manaskov</span> Macedonian handball player

Dejan Manaskov is a Macedonian handball player for RK Vardar 1961 and the Macedonian national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jane Sandanski Arena</span>

Jane Sandanski Arena is an indoor sports arena located in the Aerodrom Municipality of Skopje, North Macedonia. It has a capacity of 6,000. It is named after revolutionary Jane Sandanski.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">ŽRK Vardar</span>

ŽRK Vardar is a Macedonian women's handball club from Skopje, North Macedonia. The team currently competes in the Macedonian women's First League of Handball, Women's Regional Handball League and used to be a top competitor in the Women's EHF Champions League.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">RK Strumica</span>

RK Astraion Strumica is a team handball club from Strumica, North Macedonia.

The 2014–15 Macedonian Handball Super League is the 23rd season of the Super League, Macedonia's premier Handball league.

The 2016–17 Macedonian Handball Super League was the 25th season of the Super League, Macedonia's premier Handball league.

The 2017–18 SEHA League season was the seventh season of the SEHA League and fourth under the sponsorship of the Russian oil and gas company Gazprom. Ten teams from six countries participated in this year's competition.

The 2018–19 Macedonian Football Cup was the 27th season of North Macedonia's football knockout competition. Shkëndija were the defending champions, having won their second title in the previous year.

RK Eurofarm Pelister is a handball club from Bitola, North Macedonia. They currently compete in the Macedonian Handball Super League and EHF Champions League.

The 2019–20 Macedonian Handball Super League was the 28th season of the Super League, Macedonia's premier Handball league. The league was stopped in March after 17 rounds and was expanded to 16 teams for the next season.

References

  1. ↑ Работнички (Ракомет) [Rabotnichki (Handball)]. Gol.mk (in Macedonian). February 13, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Handball - RK Rabotnicki Skopje (North Macedonia) : palmares, results and name". the-sports.org.
  3. ↑ "HC Rabotnichki | Superliga Team Statistics - Handball Database Wettpoint". handball.wettpoint.com.
  4. ↑ Sedma Pateka 23 09 1968g. 2020-11-20 – via YouTube.
  5. ↑ "Rakometen Klub Rabotnicki - Handball :: Statistics :: Titles :: Titles (in-depth) :: History (Timeline) :: Goals Scored :: Fixtures :: Results :: News & Features :: Videos :: Photos :: Squad". playmakerstats.com.
  6. ↑ "Rabotnicki | HC Vardar". rkvardar.mk.
  7. ↑ "RK Vardar with 21 players into season 2020/2021". August 4, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Handbal - RK Rabotnicki Skopje".
  9. ↑ "PHOTO GALLERY FROM THE MATCH HC METALURG 2 – RK RABOTNICKI".
  10. ↑ HC RABOTNICKI - CHILE (NATIONAL TEAM). 2021-01-09 – via YouTube.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.