 | This articleneeds additional citations forverification. Please helpimprove this article byadding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "RK Kvarner" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(June 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
| RK Kvarner Kostrena | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Full name | Rukometni klub Kvarner Kostrena | ||
| Founded | 1963 (as RK Kvarner); 2003 (as RK Kvarner Kostrena) | ||
| Dissolved | 2003; February 2013 | ||
| Arena | SD Kostrena | ||
| Capacity | 1,260 | ||
| President | Marko Kosanović | ||
| Head coach | Ivan Munitić | ||
| League | 2. HRL | ||
| 2011–12 | 12th | ||
| Club colours | |||
| |||
RK Kvarner Rijeka (Rukometni Klub Kvarner Rijeka) was ahandball club fromRijeka,Croatia, formed in 1963. It was later incorporated intoKvarner Kostrena.
The club was founded 27 February 1963,[1] asRK Kvarner. The first ever players of Kvarner were: Simeon Kosanović, Zvonko Ugrin, Slobodan Petković, Vladimir Babić, Josip Božić, Jerolim Ostojić, Marijan Lučić, Davor Amančić, Marijan Glavan, Perica Vukičević and Ivan Munitić alongside coach Eduard Domazet. The initiators where: Đuro Blim, Nikola Mikuličić, Eduard Domazet, Mladen Kopajtić, Ivo Kreculj, Branko Komljenović, Petar Grabovac, Petar Orgulić and Rajko Plivečić.[2]
During the first ten year of the club moved up the ranks from Regional leagues to theYugoslav First League. During their time in the First league Kvarner's coach wasVlado Stenzel who was at the time also theYugoslavian national team coach. Stenzel's presence saw players likeZdenko Hibšer,Vlado Vukoje, Roberto Sošić andZdravko Rađenović playing for Kvarner.These years where the highlight of Kvarner's history as they played in theYugoslav first league. Kvarner was the first handball club inRijeka to enter the first league. In 1969 and 1970 Kvarner was the champion ofCroatia.
In 1973 Kvarner was relegated to the Second league with most of its players transferring to other clubs. The club bounced back to the First league the following season with mostly young player in the squad. These players where: Ivica Rimanić, Boris Komucki, Jurica Lakić,...
Kvarner dominated Zamet until 1977 when Zamet started to rise thru the ranks ofYugoslav handball.
During the 1960s a city rivalry came between RK Kvarner andRK Zamet the city's best handball clubs. Due to a lot of players moving throughout both clubs the rivalry became more serious. After nearly five years of intense matches finally in 1981 Kvarner signed defeat and gaveZamet the title of the besthandball club inRijeka. Kvarner also gave Zamet three of their best players: Boris Škara, Damir Čavlović and Drago Žiljak.
In later years Kvarner was no match forZamet and they mostly played friendly matches since they weren't in the same league.
During the 1980s Kvarner struggled eventually being relegated to regional leagues. In 1982 Kvarner was supposed to fuse with clubKozala forming RK Rijeka, but the fusing never happened. This later proved to be a big mistake. At the end of the decade Kvarner lost their dressing room to thebasketball team ofKvarner. Not being able to live up to their previous results Kvarner stayed a low level club until the end of theYugoslavian league.
With little progress made in theCroatian league in 1996 former players of the club came out of retirement, started playing for the club and eventually made it to the second division the1.B HRL.
In 2001 Marko Kosanović took over as president of the club who reinstated the club in the3. HRL – West after nearly three years of absence. After entering2. HRL – West the club move toKostrena where they played in a newly built venueSD Kostrena and changed the club's name toKvarner Kostrena. With many former players managing the club it survived for ten years playing in the third tier ofCroatian handball. In 2011 due to financial problems Kvarner Kostrena dismantled their senior team wanting to focus more on their youth academy.[3]
Two years later in February 2013 Kvarner Kostrena announced the club would be closing
From the 1960s during the end of the 1980s Kvarner played on the court of Economics high school. For about a decade they used venues aroundRijeka such asDvorana Mladosti andDvorana Kozala.
In 2003 they moved toKostrena in newly built venue SD Kostrena (Sportska Dvorana Kostrena).
|
Yugoslavia[edit]
Croatia[edit]
Friendly tournaments[edit]
| Youth[edit]
Veterans[edit]
|
*Marijan Glavan
Simeon KosanovićŽeljko KosanovićPerica VukičevićIvan MunitićBožidar PeterZdenko HibšerRoberto SošićVlado Vukoje Darko DrobinaZdravko Rađenović Ratko GoboBoris KomuckiJurica Lakić Boris MilevojFranko Mileta Vjekoslav MitrovićIvica PezeljMarijan Seđak Goran TurkaljIvica Rimanić Stipe CrnkovićDrago Žiljak Tomislav KruljacMarko KosanovićDamir Čavlović Tomislav Čavlović Dragan Straga Dubravko Konjuh Darko Srdoč Branko Crnković Stipe Crnković Mićo Bjelovuk
Alfred Franković Branko Milošević Duško Milošević Robert ŽivkovićMilan Uzelac Adnan Kamberović Dalibor Prokopić Nikola KosanovićJosip Crnić Filip BriškiAntonio Pribanić| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Districts | |
| History | |
| Places of worship | |
| Landmarks | |
| Culture and music | |
| Events | |
| Local media | |
| Sports venues | |
| Sports clubs |
|
| Sport events | |
| Education | |
| Transportation | |
| Industry | |
| People | |
