Croatian Handball Premier League

The Croatian Handball Premier League (Croatian: Hrvatska rukometna premijer liga) is the highest men's handball league in Croatia. It is organized by the Croatian Handball Federation (Hrvatski rukometni savez). The league comprises 16 teams.

Paket24 Premijer Liga
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023–24 Croatian Handball Premier League
SportHandball
Founded1991; 33 years ago (1991)
No. of teams16
CountryCroatia
ConfederationEHF
Most recent
champion(s)
RK Zagreb (2022–23)
International cup(s)EHF Champions League
EHF European League
EHF European Cup
SEHA League
Official websitewww.hrs.hr

The league was formed in 1991 with the dissolution of the Yugoslav leagues.

Format edit

In the first phase, eight teams from two groups compete in a home-and-away round-robin series. All teams advance from the regular season to one of two postseason stages, depending on their league position. The top four teams from the regular season play in the Championship Round, while the bottom four teams play in the Relegation Round. At the end of the season, the bottom finisher is automatically relegated to the second league.

Current teams edit

Teams for season 2022–23 edit

Team City
RK Zagreb Zagreb
RK Nexe Našice Našice
MRK Sesvete Sesvete
HRK Gorica Velika Gorica
RK Poreč Poreč
RK Dubrava Zagreb Zagreb
RK Metković-Mehanika Metković
RK Rudar Rude Rude
GRK Varaždin Varaždin
RK Ribola Kaštela Kaštel Gomilica
RK Zamet Rijeka
RK KTC Križevci Križevci
MRK Trogir Trogir
RK Osijek Osijek
RK Bjelovar Bjelovar
RK Moslavina Kutina

Past champions edit

  • 1992 : Zagreb Loto
  • 1993 : Badel 1862 Zagreb (2)
  • 1994 : Badel 1862 Zagreb (3)
  • 1995 : Badel 1862 Zagreb (4)
  • 1996 : Croatia banka Zagreb (5)
  • 1997 : Badel 1862 Zagreb (6)
  • 1998 : Badel 1862 Zagreb (7)
  • 1999 : Badel 1862 Zagreb (8)
  • 2000 : Badel 1862 Zagreb (9)
  • 2001 : RK Zagreb (10)
  • 2002 : RK Zagreb (11)
  • 2003 : RK Zagreb (12)
  • 2004 : RK Zagreb (13)
  • 2005 : RK Zagreb (14)
  • 2006 : RK Zagreb (15)
  • 2007 : RK CO Zagreb (16)
  • 2008 : RK CO Zagreb (17)
  • 2009 : RK CO Zagreb (18)
  • 2010 : RK CO Zagreb (19)
  • 2011 : RK CO Zagreb (20)
  • 2012: RK CO Zagreb (21)
  • 2013 : RK Zagreb (22)
  • 2014 : RK Zagreb (23)
  • 2015 : RK PPD Zagreb (24)
  • 2016 : RK PPD Zagreb (25)
  • 2017: RK PPD Zagreb (26)
  • 2018 : RK PPD Zagreb (27)
  • 2019 : RK PPD Zagreb (28)
  • 2020 : Voided due to the coronavirus pandemic
  • 2021 : RK PPD Zagreb (29)
  • 2022 : RK PPD Zagreb (30)
  • 2023 : RK PPD Zagreb (31)
Club Titles Year
1. RK Zagreb 31 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002*, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • won by the green table

EHF coefficients edit

The following data indicates Croatian coefficient rankings between European handball leagues.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2018/19 season ranking" (PDF). European Handball Federation. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Club coefficients". eurotopteam.com. Retrieved 3 March 2019.

External links edit