RK Metaloplastika
Full nameRukometni klub Metaloplastika
Nickname(s)Plavi (The Blues)
Founded1958 (1958)
ArenaGimnazija Sport Hall, Šabac
Capacity1,500
Head coachVladan Matić
LeagueArkus Liga
Club colours   
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Home
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Website
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RK Metaloplastika (Serbian Cyrillic: РК Металопластика) is a Serbian handball club based in Šabac. They compete in the Serbian Handball Super League.

Location of RK Metaloplastika
Šabac
Šabac
Location of RK Metaloplastika

History

The club itself dates back to 1958.[1] They initially competed under the name Partizan. In 1970, the club changed its name to Metaloplastika after being taken over by the industrial company of the same name. They earned promotion to the Yugoslav Championship in 1974. The club won its first trophy, the Yugoslav Cup, in the 1979–80 season, securing a spot in European competitions for the first time ever. They subsequently reached the Cup Winners' Cup semi-finals in their debut international appearance. The 1980s saw the club became champions of Yugoslavia a record seven times in a row, commencing from the 1981–82 season. They also established themselves as a dominant force in European club handball, making three straight European Cup finals appearances. After losing the 1984 final, the club won back-to-back titles in 1985 and 1986 the squad was nicknamed "the Šabac Aliens" by the media. In the 2013–14 season, the club reached the EHF Challenge Cup final. They played just one tie due to the severe flooding in Serbia, losing away to IK Sävehof in Sweden.[2] In the 2015–16 season, the club won the Serbian Cup, ending a run of 28 years without a trophy.[3] In the 2021–2022 season, the club won the Serbian Cup again.

Crest, colours, supporters

Naming history

Name Period
Partizan Šabac 1958−1968
Mačva Šabac 1968–1970
Metaloplastika Šabac 1970–present

Club crest

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2022–23 season[4]
RK Metaloplastika

Technical staff

Transfers

Transfers for the 2022–23 season

Previous squads

Honours

Domestic

  • Yugoslav League
    • 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88
  • Yugoslav Cup / Serbian Cup
    • 1979–80, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1985–86 / 2015–16, 2021–22

European

Individual club awards

  • Double
    • 1982–83, 1983–84, 1985–86
  • Triple
    • 1985–86

European record

European Cup and Champions League

Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1984–85
Winners		 Round 2 Czech Republic TJ Škoda Plzeň 36–18 28–26 64–44
Quarter-finals Romania Steaua București 24–19 20–18 44–37
Semi-finals Iceland FH 32–17 30–21 62–38
Finals Spain Atlético Madrid 19–12 30–20 49–32
1985–86
Winners		 Round 2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Borac Banja Luka 26–18 22–26 48–44
Quarter-finals East Germany SC Magdeburg 38–26 25–23 63–49
Semi-finals Romania Steaua București 23–17 22–24 45–41
Finals Poland Wybrzeże Gdańsk 30–23 24–29 54–52

EHF ranking

As of 3/3/2023[5]
RankTeamPoints
170Poland Gwardia Opole22
171Italy SSV Brixen22
172Faroe Islands H71 Tórshavn22
173Serbia RK Metaloplastika21
174Serbia RK Železničar 194921
175Belgium HC Achilles Bocholt21
176Estonia Viljandi HC20

Former club members

Notable former players

Former coaches

SeasonsCoachCountry
–2015 Slavko Novaković Serbia
2015–2016 Veselin Vuković Serbia
2016-2017 Nedeljko Matić Serbia
2017-2018 Vladan Jordović Serbia
2018-2019 Djordje Teodorovic Serbia
2019–2021 Veselin Vuković Serbia
2021–2022 Miodrag Kažić Serbia
2022– Vladan Matić SerbiaHungary

References

  1. ↑ "Istorija kluba" (in Serbian). rkmetaloplastika.com. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "RUKOMET: Metaloplastika bez evro-trofeja" (in Serbian). mondo.rs. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Metaloplastika – trofej posle 28 godina" (in Serbian). b92.net. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  4. ↑ RK Metaloplastika Elixir – TIM 2022/2023
  5. ↑ "Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball".
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