RK Jugović

RK Jugović
RK Jugović
Full name	Rukometni Klub Jugović
Nickname	Kaćki tići (The Kać's Fledglings)
Founded	1956
Arena	Hram Sport Hall, Kać
Capacity	2,000
Head coach	Predrag Topić
League	Arkus Liga
Club colours
Home	Away
	Website ; Official site

RK Jugović (Serbian Cyrillic: РК Југовић) is a Serbian handball club based in Kać, Novi Sad. They compete in the top tier Serbian handball league, the Arkus league.

Kać

Location of RK Jugović

History

Founded as RK Mladost in 1956, the club changed its name to RK Jugović in 1960. They made their Yugoslav Handball Championship debut in 1984. The club achieved its greatest success by winning the EHF Challenge Cup in the 2000–01 season.^[1] After spending more than 30 consecutive seasons in the top flight, they suffered relegation from the Serbian Handball Super League in 2018.

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2022–23 season^[2]

RK Jugović

Goalkeepers

1 Nikola Skuban
12 Milan Kosanović
96 Vladimir Abadžić
97 Zoran Andrić

Left Wingers

3 Zoran Kukić
43 Rajko Simić
77 Milan Bošković
99 Đorđe Petljanski

Right Wingers

18 Ognjen Regodić
20 Nikola Bilić
33 Saša Terzić

Line Players

9 Nikola Vidojević
22 Radivoj Ninkov
88 Petar Petrović

Central Backs

17 Ivan Radojčić
23 Mladen Đukić
24 Marko Knežević

Left Backs

4 Nikola Kovačević
7 Zdravko Dragoljević
10 Strahinja Travar
19 Ivan Bursać
44 Marko Dražić

Right Backs

6 Nemanja Momčilović

Technical staff

Head Coach: Predrag Topić
Physiotherapist: Radovan Kovačev

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Joining

Luka Arsenić (GK) from RK Partizan
Marko Drasko (GK) from RK Vojvodina
Aleksa Skuban (LW) from RK Crvena zvezda

Leaving

Kosta Dizdar (GK) to RK Vojvodina
Nikola Vidojević (LP) to RK Crvena zvezda
Lazar Barbatesković (RW) to RK Dubočica 54

Transfer History

Transfers for the 2022–23 season

Joining

Milan Kosanović (GK)
Nikola Kovačević (LB) from RK Vojvodina
Strahinja Travar (LB) from RK Mokra Gora
Milan Bošković (LW) from RK Dinamo Pančevo
Saša Terzić (RW) from RK Metaloplastika
Marko Knežević (CB) from RK Crvena zvezda

Leaving

Borislav Milovanović (GK) to RK Rudar Kostolac
Zlatko Rakić (CB) to RK Kikinda Grindex
Danijel Radisavljević (RW) to RK Dubočica 54

Previous squads

2000–2001 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Serbia	Svetislav Verkić	(1981-06-11) 11 June 1981	Goalkeeper
3	Montenegro	Dragan Gvozdenović	(1970-07-17) 17 July 1970	Line Player
5	Serbia	Nikola Marković	(1971-07-01) 1 July 1971	Line Player
6	Montenegro	Momčilo Božović	(1979-04-11) 11 April 1979	Left Back
7	Serbia	Goran Arsenić	(1966-05-17) 17 May 1966	Right Winger
9	Serbia	Nebojša Jokić	(1968-07-29) 29 July 1968	Left Winger
10	Serbia	Nenad Savić	(1981-06-28) 28 June 1981	Line Player
11	Serbia	Dusan Todorović	(1980-02-03) 3 February 1980	Central Back
12	Serbia Spain	Árpád Sterbik	(1979-11-20) 20 November 1979	Goalkeeper
13	Serbia Hungary	Milorad Krivokapić	(1980-07-30) 30 July 1980	Right Back
14	Serbia	Tihomir Doder	(1979-08-08) 8 August 1979	Central Back
15	Serbia	Milan Mirković	(1974-08-16) 16 August 1974	Left Back
17	Montenegro	Milorad Despotović	(1973-05-14) 14 May 1973	Left Back
18	Serbia	Aleksa Radukin	(1977-03-30) 30 March 1977	Right Back
19	Serbia	Božo Rudić	(1971-09-14) 14 September 1971	Right Back
31	Serbia	Božidar Nadoveza	(1981-05-16) 16 May 1981	Left Back

Accomplishments

EHF Challenge Cup
- Gold: 2001

Serbian Cup
- Silver: 2007

European record

EHF Challenge Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2000–01 Winners	Round 4	HB Dudelange	27–15	34–21	61–36
	Quarter-finals	US Ivry Handball	33–25	16–23	49–48
	Semi-finals	SSV Brixen Handball	27–19	23–27	50–46
	Finals	Pfadi Winterthur	26–22	27–27	53–49

Former club members

Notable former players

Nikola Crnoglavac (2010–2015)
Tihomir Doder (1997–2003, 2020–2021)
Šandor Hodik (1989–1993, 2002–2004)
Branko Kankaraš (2006–2013)
Milan Kosanović (2022–)
Marko Krsmančić (2007–2010)
Marko Krivokapić (1992–1998)
Milorad Krivokapić (1996–2002)
Dobrivoje Marković (2001–2008, 2020)
Dejan Milosavljev (2011–2016)
Nenad Peruničić (1990–1993, 2007–2008, 2015)
Rajko Prodanović (2002–2008)
Árpád Sterbik (1996–2001)
Dragan Sudžum (2012–2013)
Milan Torbica (2001–2002)
Svetislav Verkić (1998–2003)
Žarko Marković (2003–2006)
Mirko Milašević (2003–2004, 2020–2021)

Former coaches

Seasons	Coach	Country
2019-2020	Boris Žarković
2020	Goran Kurteš
2020–2022	Božo Rudić
2022–	Predrag Topić

References

^ "JUGOVIĆ - Fadi Vintertur 26:22" (in Serbian). srbija.gov.rs. 29 April 2001. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
^ "Jugović".

External links

[1] "JUGOVIĆ - Fadi Vintertur 26:22" (in Serbian). srbija.gov.rs. 29 April 2001. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

[2] "Jugović".

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Serbian Handball Super League
2025–26 teams	Crvena zvezda Dinamo Pančevo Dubočica 54 Jugović Kikinda Metaloplastika Partizan Proleter Radnički Šamot 65 Vojvodina Vranje
Former teams	BSK Heba Crvenka Kolubara Mačva Bogatić Mladost Bački Jarak Mladost Radnički Mokra Gora Morava Velika Plana Napredak Kruševac ORK Niš Novi Pazar Obilić Planinka PKB Požarevac Priboj Rudar Sintelon Sivac 69 Sloga Smederevo Spartak Vojput Ub Vrbas Zaječar Železničar 1949 Železničar Niš Župa
Seasons	2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26