Rukometni klub Metković – Mehanika is a men's professional handball club from Metković, Croatia. It is the only club to win a domestic title and the Croatian Cup, except RK Zagreb. Due to economic difficulties the club has not competed in Croatian Handball Premier League between 2010 and 2022.
The first club was founded on 26 September 1963 under the name Mehanika. RK Metković has changed its name several times since his foundation, so it played under the names of Razvitak, Metković Jambo, and another team Metković 1963 until reunification.
Today, this club has men's and women's section.
Accomplishments
In 2000–01 season of the Croatian League, Metković and RK Zagreb tied for first place but RK Zagreb had home advantage in the finals which were not completed. Metković finished first in 2001–02 season of the Croatian League but because of a player whose transfer from RK Zagreb to Metković was not completed (it was still a case in arbitration; he played for them in a friendly match under a different name) they were moved to second place.
Croatian League: Runners-up (7): 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01,* 2001–02,* 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05 Croatian Cup: Winners (2): 2000–01, 2001–02 EHF Cup: Winners (1): 1999–2000 Runners-up (1): 2000–01
* – controversial championship
Notable former players
Patrik Ćavar
Blaženko Lacković
Petar Metličić
Ivano Balić
Nikša Kaleb
Davor Dominiković
Rolando Pušnik
Valter Matošević
Nenad Kljaić
Mario Kelentrić
Vladimir Jelčić
Marko Kopljar
Igor Karačić
Željko Babić
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Ivan Čupić
Renato Sulić
Ivica Obrvan
Goran Jerković
Mario Bjeliš
Gyorgy Zsigmund
Dragan Jerković
Dario Jagić
Zdravko Medić
Siniša Markota
Mario Perčin
Renato Sršen
Ivan Markovski
Ivan Vukas
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Mate Šunjić
Luka Raković
Sandro Uvodić
Zvonimir Kapular
Stanko Sabljić
Nikola Govorko
Ljubomir Rezić
Slobodan Batinović
Vlaho Lovrić
Tomislav Dragun
Branko Milivojević
Luka Veraja
Pero Veraja
Tomislav Veraja
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Jurica Volarević
Zdravko Vučićević
Tomo Dragović
Ivica Zubac
Joško Jukić
/ Mate Volarević
Famous coaches
Slavko Goluža
Zvonimir Serdarušić
Ilija Puljević
Ivica Obrvan
Mojmir Majić
Jerko Alujević
Željko Babić
Emir Junuzović
References
External links
Official website of RK Metković (archived)