RK Krim

RK Krim
Full name	Rokometni klub Krim
Nickname(s)	Tigrice (The Tigresses)
Founded	1984; 40 years ago (1984)[1]
Arena	Ogrevalna dvorana Stožice Arena Stožice
President	Iztok Verdnik
Head coach	Dragan Adžić
League	Slovenian First League
2023–24	Slovenian First League, 1st of 8 (champions)
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

Rokometni klub Krim (English: Krim Handball Club), commonly referred to as RK Krim or simply Krim, currently named Krim Mercator due to sponsorship reasons, is a professional women's handball club from Ljubljana, Slovenia. Krim was founded in 1984 and has won the Slovenian Championship a record 29 times. The club has also won the EHF Champions League twice, in 2001 and 2003.^[2]

• Slovenian Championship

Winners (29): 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

• Slovenian Cup

Winners (28): 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023

• Slovenian Supercup

Winners (8): 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023

• EHF Champions League

Winners (2): 2001, 2003

Runners-up (3): 1999, 2004, 2006

• EHF Champions Trophy

Winners (2): 2003, 2004

Runners-up (1): 2006

RK Krim play their home league games at Ogrevalna dvorana Stožice with a seating capacity for 700 spectators.^[3] For the Women's EHF Champions League matches, they use Arena Stožice.^[4]

RK Krim supporters are called Krimovci.^[5]

Squad for the 2024–25 season^[6]

• Head coach: Dragan Adžić
• Assistant coach: Žiga Novak
• Goalkeeping coach: Aljaž Pavlič
• Fitness coach: Marko Felja
• Physiotherapist: Aldin Muharemović
• Medical team: Miha Krevs, Živa Otoničar
• Video analyst: Tom Legen
• Team leader: Jaka Kravanja
• Team doctor: Klemen Stražar

Source:^[6]

All results (home and away) list Krim's goal tally first.^[7]

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away
1993–94	Cup Winners' Cup	Round of 32	ATV Basel	24–15	24–15
		Round of 16	Jomsa Rimini	29–19	26–21
		Quarter-final	TUS Walle Bremen	21–22	14–26
1994–95	Cup Winners' Cup	Round of 32	Vardar Skopje	29–20	26–24
		Round of 16	Chimistul Râmnicu Vâlcea	32–22	24–32
		Quarter-final	Borussia Dortmund	20–28	24–24
1995–96	Champions League	Round of 32	Khalita Baku	w/o
		Round of 16	Viborg	25–18	15–22
1996–97	Champions League	Round of 32	Volan Sofia	25–16	31–14
		Group stage (Group D)	GAS Anagenisi Artas	36–12	33–19
			TUS Walle Bremen	21–20	19–20
			Ferencvárosi	22–20	24–27
		Quarter-final	Hypo Niederösterreich	21–26	21–34
1997–98	Champions League	Round of 32	YKM Istanbul	33–27	34–25
		Group stage (Group B)	ASPTT Metz	31–25	26–30
			Ferencvárosi	32–24	25–23
			Mar El Osito L'Eliana	30–33	18–35
		Quarter-final	Podravka Koprivnica	28–23	20–25
1998–99	Champions League	Round of 32	Politechnik Minsk	39–29	30–22
		Group stage (Group A)	E.S.B.F. Besançon	19–15	25–20
			Podravka Koprivnica	26–27	20–21
			Kometal Gjorče Petrov Skopje	31–27	17–23
		Quarter-final	Milar l Eliana Valencia	23–25	29–21
		Semi-final	Budućnost	26–29	32–29
		Final	Dunaferr	26–26	23–25
	Champions Trophy	Semi-final	Bækkelagets	24–27
		Third place	Viborg	34–27
1999–2000	Champions League	Round of 32	Anadolu Uni Eskisehir	33–15	26–17
		Group stage (Group B)	Hypo Niederösterreich	27–28	24–24
			Motor Zaporoshje	33–18	21–22
			Bækkelagets	25–22	23–32
2000–01	Champions League	Group stage (Group D)	Milar L'Eliana Valencia	30–19	21–30
			Spartak Kyiv	28–22	26–21
			Győri	27–27	21–21
		Quarter-final	Larvik	29–17	20–24
		Semi-final	Budućnost	28–21	25–27
		Final	Viborg	25–19	22–22
	Champions Trophy	Semi-final	Motor Zaporoshje	22–26
		Third place	Nordstrand 2000	34–21
2001–02	Champions League	Group stage (Group D)	MKS Montex Lublin	26–32	24–27
			Dinamo Volgograd	22–21	24–22
			Kometal Gjorče Petrov Skopje	26–22	27–26
2002–03	Champions League	Group stage (Group D)	Budućnost	32–29	27–19
			Ferrobus KU Mislata	31–27	28–26
			Metz Handball	34–22	31–25
		Quarter-final	Larvik	33–28	21–22
		Semi-final	Midtjylland Håndbold	28–21	27–21
		Final	Milar L'Eliana Valencia	36–28	27–30
	Champions Trophy	Semi-final	E.S.B.F. Besançon	32–26
		Final	Slagelse	33–28
2003–04	Champions League	Group stage (Group D)	Budućnost	35–25	24–26
			HC "Motor" Zaporozhye	34–22	33–26
			Midtjylland Håndbold	24–27	24–28
		Quarter-final	Lada Togliatti	29–25	21–24
		Semi-final	Larvik	27–19	33–30
		Final	Slagelse	32–36	24–25
	Champions Trophy	Group stage (Group B)	Viborg	33–28
			Kometal Gjorče Petrov Skopje	34–32
		Final	Hypo Niederösterreich	34–25
2004–05	Champions League	Group stage (Group D)	Niš	40–30	23–24
			Tertnes Bergen	32–18	24–22
			Orsan Elda Prestigio	28–22	30–25
		Quarter-final	Kometal Gjorče Petrov Skopje	23–21	21–24
2005–06	Champions League	Group stage (Group A)	Viborg	26–21	34–28
			Orsan Elda Prestigio	29–26	25–17
			Larvik	24–19	23–29
		Quarter-final	Lada Togliatti	25–18	29–36
		Semi-final	Aalborg	30–31	24–16
		Final	Viborg	22–24	21–20
	Champions Trophy	Semi-final	FTC Budapest	34–25
		Final	Viborg	26–31
2006–07	Champions League	Group stage (Group A)	Cem. la Union-Ribarroja	34–28	33–31
			Aalborg	30–26	24–26
			Dinamo Volgograd	41–33	34–29
		Quarter-final	Slagelse DT	26–28	23–30
2007–08	Champions League	Group stage (Group B)	1. FC Nürnberg	30–31	24–26
			Sävehof	24–24	31–30
			Zvezda Zvenigorod	35–33	31–36
	Cup Winners' Cup	1/8 Final	Lokomotiva Zagreb	31–25	25–30
		Quarter-final	Rulmentul-Urban Braşov	27–29	25–27
2008–09	Champions League	Group stage (Group D)	1. FC Nürnberg	33–25	29–25
			Viborg	38–34	28–38
			Metz Handball	26–31	33–29
		Main round (Group 2)	Budućnost	35–28	32–37
			Györi Audi ETO KC	31–35	33–34
			Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	35–34	30–36
2009–10	Champions League	Group stage (Group B)	Hypo Niederösterreich	35–24	26–28
			Aalborg	30–23	38–32
			Metz Handball	35–31	37–30
		Main round (Group 1)	Győri Audi ETO KC	24–24	23–25
			Leipzig	32–26	31–27
			Larvik	30–34	23–30
2010–11	Champions League	Group stage (Group 4)	Győri Audi ETO KC	30–34	21–26
			Podravka Vegeta	26–22	35–30
			Zvezda Zvenigorod	37–32	32–28
		Main round (Group 1)	Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	37–30	27–31
			Itxako Reyno De Navarra	30–26	24–25
			Budućnost	36–40	29–32
2011–12	Champions League	Group stage (Group B)	Larvik	19–22	19–31
			Podravka Vegeta	22–22	24–23
			Viborg	31–25	28–28
		Main round (Group 2)	Metz Handball	28–24	21–20
			Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	25–31	26–30
			Budućnost	26–27	21–29
2012–13	Champions League	Group stage (Group B)	Universitatea Cluj	28–27	31–23
			Podravka Vegeta	28–22	22–25
			Győri Audi ETO KC	20–31	22–29
		Main round (Group 2)	Zvezda Zvenigorod	27–23	29–24
			Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea	28–24	20–23
			FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	31–25	26–30
		Semi-final	Larvik	19–27	24–22
2013–14	Champions League	Group stage (Group C)	Sävehof	36–28	25–25
			Leipzig	32–20	27–23
			Metz Handball	27–21	20–21
		Main round (Group 2)	Larvik	24–18	22–28
			Budućnost	26–30	15–30
			Győri Audi ETO KC	22–24	24–27
2014–15	Champions League	Group stage (Group A)	Hypo Niederösterreich	32–20	25–29
			Leipzig	31–35	24–30
			Dinamo Volgograd	24–26	26–25
		Main round (Group 1)	Thüringer	23–26	21–33
			Vardar	29–47	30–41
			Budućnost	20–23	20–39
2015–16	Champions League	Group stage (Group A)	Baia Mare	27–33	28–35
			Rostov-Don	31–36	25–35
			Larvik	21–37	28–32
	Cup Winners' Cup	Round of 16	SCM Craiova	27–23	29–30
		Quarter-final	Vipers Kristiansand	30–20	27–29
		Semi-final	Lada Togliatti	22–27	24–28
2016–17	Champions League	Qualifying (Group 3)	IUVENTA Michalovce	28–22	—
			Indeco Conversano	37–16	—
		Group stage (Group D)	Larvik	24–22	36–31
			Team Esbjerg	27–22	25–35
			IK Sävehof	32–29	24–26
		Main round (Group 2)	Győri Audi ETO KC	17–34	22–39
			CSM București	21–24	26–28
			Midtjylland Håndbold	21–27	19–28
2017–18	Champions League	Group stage (Group A)	CSM București	30–33	18–30
			Nykøbing Falster	27–26	26–28
			Vistal Gdynia	29–22	29–19
		Main round (Group 1)	Midtjylland Håndbold	24–23	24–24
			Rostov-Don	26–35	22–29
			Győri Audi ETO KC	21–32	25–34
2018–19	Champions League	Group stage (Group C)	Győri Audi ETO KC	23–32	23–39
			Thüringer HC	27–20	26–26
			Podravka Koprivnica	27–20	27–27
		Main round (Group 2)	Vipers Kristiansand	24–25	21–29
			CSM București	23–22	26–32
			FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	23–25	27–31
2019–20	Champions League	Group stage (Group D)	DHK Baník Most	29–31	31–26
			IK Sävehof	26–28	25–21
			Győri Audi ETO KC	21–33	26–31
		Main round (Group 2)	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	28–28	16–31
			Brest Bretagne Handball	25–29	26–37
			Budućnost	29–23	28–30
2020–21	Champions League	Group stage (Group A)	Vipers Kristiansand	26–27	30–37
			Rostov-Don	28–27	23–23
			Team Esbjerg	0–10	23–33
			Metz Handball	22–26	27–33
			SG BBM Bietigheim	28–26	22–22
			FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	26–32	25–32
			CSM București	23–25	22–22
		Round of 16	CSKA Moscow	25–20	21–27
2021–22	Champions League	Group stage (Group B)	IK Sävehof	32–18	28–29
			Győri Audi ETO KC	26–31	27–40
			Kastamonu Bld. GSK	36–28	24–23
			Metz Handball	28–29	27–27
			Odense Håndbold	19–24	24–26
			Vipers Kristiansand	26–27	20–37
			CSKA Moscow	24–21	21–21
		Playoffs	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	33–26	22–26
		Quarter-final	Vipers Kristiansand	25–32	24–33
2022–23	Champions League	Group stage (Group A)	CSM București	28–26	28–30
			Vipers Kristiansand	21–27	31–36
			DHK Baník Most	42–31	42–29
			FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	30–32	26–37
			SG BBM Bietigheim	35–28	23–30
			Brest Bretagne Handball	24–22	24–22
			Odense Håndbold	23–29	22–26
		Playoffs	CS Rapid București	29–24	24–30
2023–24	Champions League	Group stage (Group B)	MKS Zagłębie Lubin	32–19	36–18
			Team Esbjerg	33–27	21–29
			FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	32–26	28–26
			Ikast Håndbold	28–34	32–33
			Vipers Kristiansand	24–24	23–29
			CS Rapid București	25–24	22–27
			Metz Handball	22–28	31–40
		Playoffs	CSM București	24–30	24–30

• Cveta Benet (1985–1991)^[8]
• Marta Bon (1991–1994)^[9]
• Andrej Kavčič (1994–1995)^[10]
• Jiří Zerzáň (1995–1996)^[11]
• Vinko Kandija (1996–2000)^[12]
• Tone Tiselj (2000–2006)^[12][13]
• Robert Beguš (2006–2007)^[14]
• Bojan Čotar (2007–2008)^[15][16]
• Marta Bon (2008–2011)^[17]
• Tone Tiselj (2011–2014)^[18][19]
• Marta Bon (2014–2016)^[20]
• Uroš Bregar (2016–2021)^[21]
• Nataliya Derepasko (2021–2022)^[22]
• Dragan Adžić (2022–present)^[23]

• Official website (in Slovene)