GRK Ohrid

GRK Ohrid
Full name	Gradski Rakometen klub Ohrid
Nickname	Gladiators
Founded	1972 (1972)
Arena	Sportska Sala Biljanini Izvori, Ohrid
Capacity	2,400
President	Risto Kitevski
Head coach	Boris Rojević
League	Macedonian Super League
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

GRK Ohrid (Macedonian: ГРК Охрид) is a handball club from Ohrid, North Macedonia. They compete in the domestic Macedonian Handball Super League.

Ohrid

Location of GRK Ohrid

History

Elektromontazha shortly EMO Ohrid was established in 1972 and for the last 30 years has been a leading Macedonian manufacturer and supplier of electro-mechanical components and systems, with design, manufacturing and installation capability.

The company had established its own Handball Club Elektromontazha Ohrid. It was one of the top clubs in the 70s and early 80s. They had won three championships back in 1977, 1978 and 1983. The club had decreased in the 90s due to the companies financial crises. It stopped working in the early 2000s. GRK Ohrid was founded in 2011 in Ohrid as a successor of HC Elektromontazha by local handball players, coaches and sports professionals with the aim of reviving handball in the city of Ohrid.^[1] In the first two seasons, they competed in the First Macedonian Handball League. The club first played in the Macedonian Handball Super League in the 2013/14 season as RK Ohrid 2013, and in its first season, finished seventh in the regular season and second in the playoffs. In the 2016/17 season, the club won first place in the regular season of the Macedonian Handball Super League, and in the playoffs they finished third behind Vardar and Metalurg, thus securing their first participation in a European Cup. In the 2017/18 season, RK Ohrid 2013 participated in the EHF Cup for the first time. Since 2018, the club's name has been GRK Ohrid.

Supporters

GRK Ohrid supporters are called Ribari, which means Fishermen.

Accomplishments

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

HOME
2022–23

AWAY
2022–23	2023-24

Home Ground

The Biljanini Izvori Sports Arena is a multi-functional indoor sports arena. It is located in Ohrid, North Macedonia. The sports hall was inaugurated in August 1998 and has a capacity of 2,400 seats for handball and 4,500 for basketball. It is used by several handball and basketball teams from Ohrid. It was one of two venues of the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship .

• Name: – Sportska Sala Biljanini Izvori
• City: – Ohrid
• Capacity: – 2,400
• Address: – 6000, Bull Tourist bb.

European record

In the first two seasons, they competed in the First Macedonian Handball League. The 2013–14 season was their first season in Macedonian Handball Super League, when they finished in eighth position. Their first qualification in Play-off phase was season 2015–16, when they finished second in Regular season and fifth in play-off. Season after that they were placed third at the end, so they qualified for the 2017–18 EHF Cup qualification. After the end of the 2023/24 season, GRK Ohrid again qualified to play for the next season in one of the European Cups, by finishing fourth. In the 2024/25 season, it started from the second round of the EHF European Cup, where the opponent was the team of Potaisa Turda from Romania.

EHF Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2017-18	R1	KRAS/Volendam	24–24	24–23	48–47
	R2	FC Porto	20–37	26–44	44–81

European Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2024-25	R2	AHC Potaissa Turda	31–25	29–39	60–64
2025–26 Winners	R2	HC Baku	44–11	38–21	82–32
	R3	RK Sloga Doboj	37–19	42–18	79–37
	Last 16	HC Dukla Prague	30–21	30–24	60–45
	1/4	Olympiacos SFP	25–24	31–26	56–50
	Semi Final	RK Celje	29-27	26-27	55-54
	Final	MOL Tatabánya KC	31-25	29-28	60-53

Team

Transfers

Transfers for the 2026–27 season

Joining Dino Slavić (GK) (from Limoges Handball) Adama Keïta (LW) (free agent) Nikola Zečević (LB) (from RK Partizan) Martin Karapalevski (CB) (from BM Atlético Valladolid) Dominik Máthé (RB) (from Elverum Håndball) Nikola Šipinkoski (RB) (back from loan RK Prilep 2010) Shuichi Yoshida (P) (from HBC Nantes)

Leaving Kristian Pilipović (GK) (to HC Kriens-Luzern) Vuko Borozan (LB) (to RK Alkaloid) ? Dejan Kukulovski (LB) (to RK Metaloplastika) Kosuke Yasuhira (CB) (end of loan Burgan SC) Nikola Šipinkoski (RB) (to RK Prilep 2010) Vladimir Bojanić (P) (to RK Mladost 1977)

Transfer History

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Joining Nikolaos Liapis (LP) from Olympiacos[2] Predrag Vejin (RB) from Olympiacos[3] Darko Đukić (RW) from Dinamo București[4] Alen Kjosevski (RW) from RK Vardar Stefan Petrić (LB) from RK Vardar[5] Ante Ivanković (LB) from TVB Stuttgart[6] Tilen Strmljan (CB) from TSV Hannover-Burgdorf[6] Oriol Rey Morales (LP) from BM Granollers David Savrevski (RB) from RK Alkaloid[7] Bojan Blažeski (GK) from HC Butel Skopje Nikola Šipinkoski (RB) return from a loan at RK Prilep 2010 Kristian Pilipović (GK) from Kadetten Schaffhausen[8] Gianfranco Pribetić (LP) from TVB Stuttgart[9] Mladen Krsmančić (CB) from RK Vardar Vuko Borozan (LB) from RK Vardar Kosuke Yasuhira (CB) (on loan from Burgan SC) Leaving Nikola Jukić (RB) to Mudhar Club Naum Kostov (RW) to RK Struga Rudolf Šafranko (LB) to UHC Hollabrunn Gal Cirar (RW) to UHC Hollabrunn Boban Ristevski (GK) to ? Gradimir Chanevski (GK) to HC Butel Skopje Krste Andonoski (LW) (retires) Milorad Kukoski (LB) (retires) Teimuraz Orjonikidze (LB) (free agent) ? Hiroki Matsuoka (CB) to ? Goran Krstevski (CB) to Ness Ziona Handball Mladen Krsmančić (CB) to RK Vojvodina Caio Vinícius de Souza Morais (RB) to Handball Club Holon Predrag Vejin (RB) (free agent) ? Nikola Šipinkoski (RB) on loan at RK Prilep 2010 Živan Pešić (P) to RK Nexe Našice

Retired numbers

GRK Ohrid retired numbers
N°	Nationality	Player	Position	Tenure
97		Nikola Danilovski	Goalkeeper	2019–2021

Former club members

Notable former coaches

• Goran Andonovski
• Radoslav Stojanović
• Stevče Aluševski

References

External links

• Official website
• GRK Ohrid on Facebook
• GRK Ohrid on Instagram
• GRK Ohrid at Handball Base