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	Ivica Obrvan
League	Croatian Premier League
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 (29): 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, 2020–21 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–)

Kits[]

HOME
2018–

AWAY
2018–

Current squad[]

Squad for the 2021–22 season

Transfers[]

Transfers for the 2022–23 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[]

External links[]

• Official website