RK Eurofarm Pelister 2
РК Еурофарм Пелистер 2 RK Eurofarm Pelister II | |||
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Full name | Rakometen klub Eurofarm Pelister II | ||
Founded | 1955 | as Pelister||
Arena | Macedonian Super League | ||
2021–22 | Macedonian Super League, 5th of 12 | ||
Club colours | |||
Website Official site |
Active departments of Pelister | ||
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FK Pelister | RK Eurofarm Pelister | KK Pelister |
RK Eurofarm Pelister II (HC Eurofarm Pelister II) (
History
The original team was the first handball club in Macedonia, formed in 1946 under the name
The club's most successful European run was made during the 2001/02 season when they played in the EHF Challenge Cup. First, they started by beating Zilant Kazan in the 3rd round and advanced to round 4, where they went on to defeat Paris Saint-Germain. In the quarterfinal they got past GAS Kilkis 52-51, setting up a semifinal match-up with Frederiksberg IF. Pelister would go on to win that tie in dramatic fashion in Bitola, when Naumče Mojsovski scored a goal in the final seconds of the game to even the score on aggregate, going through on a penalty shootout by the final score of 61-60. In the final, Pelister lost to Skjern Håndbold, but even in that match-up they still ended up winning the home game by 7 goals. Proving yet again that it was no easy task for any road team to win in Bitola.
In 2005, Trifun Kostovski with Kometal became sponsor of the club bringing back the glory days, winning another double crown and capturing its sixth domestic league title, which was a record at the time. However, the success was short lived as Kometal left following that season. Afterwards, Pelister was marred by financial problems and struggled to achieve the same level of success.
On 29 November 2019, a joint ownership was signed by the owners of RK Eurofarm Rabotnik (which as formed in 2011 and owned by Eurofarm) and RK Pelister (owned by Bitola Municipality). According to the platform, RK Eurofarm Rabotnik would change the name to RK Eurofarm Pelister, and the original RK Pelister would change its name to RK Eurofarm Pelister 2. Eurofarm Pelister will be the leading club with high European ambitions, while Eurofarm Pelister 2 will be a developmental club filled with young handball players from Bitola and all of Macedonia. [1] The combination of a strong sponsor and a sports brand known throughout the former Yugoslavia took final shape through an agreement with the city administration in 2020. Eurofarm Pelister has already surpassed the domestic framework, played in the EHF Champions League and set the contours of a team that could return trophies back to "Boro Čurlevski" arena. [2]
Crest, colours, supporters
Kits
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Accomplishments
Domestic
- Cup Winners
International
European
- EHF Cup
- Quarter-finalist (1): 1988-89
- 1995-96
- EHF Challenge Cup
- 2nd:: 2001–02
Arena
Sports hall "Mladost" (Macedonian: Спортска сала „Младост“) is a multi-purpose sports arena located in Bitola, North Macedonia. It was built in 1975 by the citizens of Bitola and is mainly used for handball by RK Pelister and RK Bitola, and for basketball by KK Pelister. There is also room for bowling and table tennis plus it has been used for concerts. The Arena hosted the 2007 Macedonian Basketball Cup. This sports hall was the largest on the territory of North Macedonia before the construction of the Boris Trajkovski Sports Center in Skopje.
On 21 July 2009, the arena is undergoing renovation. A new parquet floor will be installed along with new seats. The locker rooms will also be updated to meet EHF standards. Total cost of the project is about €30,000.
In January 2017, renovation of interior of the hall started. The renovation covered the floor, the stands, a new score board and a new heating system. The first match in the renovated arena was played on April 6, 2017, with the match between RK Pelister and RK Metalurg in the second round of the handball Super League play-off.
At the end of July 2018, the name of the hall was changed to "Boro Churlevski", in honor of the late Boro Churlevski, a former handball player from Bitola.Churlevski Arena has a capacity of 4000 seats.
Supporters
Abdomens (
Current squad
- Squad for the 2023–24 season
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Technical staff
- Head Coach: Mihail Petrovski
- Assistant coach: Vasko Dimitrovski
- Goalkeeping coach: Zoran Atanasovski
- Physiotherapist: Ivan Todorovski
Notable former players as Pelister
- Vasko Dimitrovski
- Pepi Manaskov
- Kiril Lazarov
- Filip Lazarov
- Vlatko Mitkov
- Stevče Aluševski
- Zlatko Mojsovski
- Petar Angelov
- Naumče Mojsovski
- Vančo Dimovski
- Aco Jonovski
- Vladimir Temelkov
- Rade Stojanović
- Branislav Angelovski
- Zvonko Šundovski
- Stefan Drogrishki
- Filip Kuzmanovski
- Zoran Petkovski
- Ivan Markovski
- Nikola Mitrevski
- Vasil Mitevski
- Boris Churlevski
- Igor Nikolovski
- Kire Popovski
- Kire Mitrevski
- Igor Trajkovski
- Goce Makalovski
- Tome Petrevski
- Aleksandar Zarkov
- Lazar Spirovski
- Zlatko Dimitrovski
- Igor Toskovski
- Stevce Stefanovski
- Abdula Jusifovski
- Dušan Novokmet
- Šandor Hodik
- Dejan Peric
- Aleksandar Stanojević
- Bilal Šuman
Notable former players as Eurofarm Pelister 2
- Stefan Drogrishki
- Jovan Talevski
- Blagojče Trajkovski
- Dimitar Dimitrioski
- Vasko Dimitrovski
- Dejan Kukulovski
- Filip Arsenovski
- Bojan Madzovski
- Milan Đukić
- Pavle Petrović
- Meris Bošnjak
Notable former coaches as Pelister
- Ante Kostelić
- Kasim Kamenica
- Nikola "Gužva" Jevremović
- Zoran Zečević
- Joško Petkovič
- Ratko Đurković
- Bogdan Macovei
- Stevče Stefanovski
- Zvonko Šundovski
- Borče Markovski
- Tome Petreski
- Aleksandar Zarkov
Notable former coaches as Eurofarm Pelister 2
References
- ^ "ПОТПИШАНА "ПЛАТФОРМАТА ЗА РАКОМЕТНА БИТОЛА"". rkeurofarmrabotnik.com. 29 November 2019.
- ^ "Predsednik RK Eurofarm Pelister Dr Zoran Sterjev: Pet godina da se vratimo na staze „stare slave"". rkeurofarmrabotnik.com. 14 August 2020.
External links
- Official Website (in Macedonian)
- Facebook fan page (in Macedonian)
- RFM Profile (in Macedonian)
- EHF Profile (in English)