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RK Zamet (Rukometni Klub Zamet) is a handball club from Rijeka, Croatia, formed in 1957. The club currently competes in the Croatian Premier Handball League and the Croatian Handball Cup. Although the club has not won any mayor trophies, it has produced four Olympic gold medalists: Valter MatoÅ¡ević, Alvaro NaÄinović, Valner Franković and Mirza Džomba. Four additional Olympic gold medalists played for the club, including Irfan Smajlagić, Vladimir Å ujster, Zlatko SaraÄević and Božidar Jović, and Jakov Gojun, who has a bronze medal.
Until 1972, the club played in the Regional League of Primorje and Istra ( Primorska regionalna liga), in which they won the championship title in 1966, 1970, and 1972, along with three runner-up titles. In 1972, they started competing in the Third Yugoslav League. In 1977, they were promoted to the Second Yugoslav League and, the following year, Zamet gained promotion to the First Yugoslav League. This decade saw players such as Marijan SeÄ‘ak, Williams ÄŒerneka, Valter Marković, Željko Milanović, Darko SrdoÄ, Damir ÄŒavlović, Boris Komucki, Renato SoÅ¡ić and Jurica Lakić who left their marks in Zamet and handball in general. Unfortunately they were relegated after one season in the first league, finishing 14th.
For two seasons the club was renamed Partizan Rijeka from 1977 to 1979, when it was changed to Zamet.
In 1981, Zamet beat long time city rivals RK Kvarner and became Rijeka's top handball club. During the early 1980s, Zamet played in the second division. In 1982 the administration of MRK Zamet (men's team) and ŽRK Zamet (women's team) split up and went their separate ways.
The 1980s saw one of the best generation of players come through the club, such as Darko Dunato, Boris DragiÄević, Marin MiÅ¡ković, TonÄi Peribonio, Valter PeriÅ¡a, Vlado Vukoje, Alvaro NaÄinović, Valner Franković, Mladen Prskalo, Valter MatoÅ¡ević and Drago Žiljak.
In 1987, they once again earned promotion to the first division, where they stayed until the breakup of Yugoslavian league in 1991. Their best position in the league was in 1987–88 when they were 8th.
The second place in the league earned Zamet a chance to qualify for their first European competition, in this case the European Champions Cup. Unfortunately Zamet lost in the first round to RK Celje on aggregate due to one goal, winning the first match and losing the second.
With high expectations from the previous season, the 1992–93 season brought a big shock. Zamet finished 8th with coach Žiljak being replaced mid-season with Darko Dunato, who had retired as a player the previous season. Zamet were also eliminated from the Croatian Cup by Coning MedveÅ¡Äak Zagreb. The next season Žiljak returned as head coach but brought the same results as the season before. Zamet finished 8th.
In the 1994–95 season Zamet were relegated to the First B League, finishing 9th in the league with newly appointed coach Ivan Munitić. Zamet bounced back the next season, finishing first and gaining swift promotion back to the First A League. In this season a new generation of players emerged such as Mirza Džomba, Nikola BlažiÄko, Renato Sulić, Mile Uzelac, and Igor SarÅ¡on. The 1996–97 season saw Zamet in 5th place, a disappointing result due to the fact that they had players such as Valter MatoÅ¡ević and Irfan Smajlagić.
From 1997 to 2000 Zamet changed their name to Zamet Autotrans, due to a sponsorship deal. During this period, Zamet regularly finished near the top of the table. Ivan Munitić also took Zamet to the quarter-final of EHF City Cup and Round 16 of the EHF Cup Winners' Cup.
In 2000, Zamet signed a new sponsorship deal with Teri-Crotek, changing the club's name to Zamet Crotek for four years. They made it to the Croatian Handball Cup final, where they finished as runners-up in 2000 and 2001. With Damir Čavlović as head coach Zamet played Europe, each season making some of the best results the club saw.
After a successful period, poor results ensued, and during the late 2000s the club often finished in the middle or bottom half of the table. The club was also in financial trouble and often couldn't pay the players their salaries.
In 2011–12 Zamet got to the finals of the Croatian Cup where they lost to RK Zagreb. That same season through league results they qualified for the EHF Cup for the first time in ten years. They lost to HK ASA Meso Lovoseice in their first round on aggregate 59–56.
Zamet played their 2014–15 season by finishing in 5th place 6 points down from entering the Championship play-offs. During the mid-table play-offs they secured their 7th place. Lovro Jotić was the club's top goal scorer with 147 goals.
On 24 May 2015 it was announced that Mateo Hrvatin would be returning to the club.
Over the summer president DevÄić gave out statements that most of the club's debts had been paid, starting the season of on a positive note. Zamet started their season with a six-game winning streak.
On 3 October the club opened up the RK Zamet Hall of Fame, putting up the national team jerseys of Alvaro NaÄinović, Valter MatoÅ¡ević, Mirza Džomba, Renato Sulić, Nikola BlažiÄko and Mateo Hrvatin, who were introduced into the Hall of Fame.
Zamet finished their regular season in third place, qualifying for the Championship play-offs for the first time in ten years. Zamet finished in fourth place in the Championship play-offs, qualifying for the EHF Cup.
During the summer of 2016 Zamet lost key players Dario ÄŒerneka, Dino Slavić, Luka KovaÄević, Petar JeluÅ¡ić and Bojan LonÄarić, beginning their season fairly weaker. On 19 May it was announced that Marin Kružić would be returning to Zamet, and they also signed newcomer Tin LuÄin.
Zamet started their 2016–17 season with a win against France team Créteil in their first EHF Cup. The second match was played in Rijeka, where Zamet, as media outlets said, had "the sweetest loss in history", as they lost 24:27. However, due to the goals scored in the first match, they passed to the next round on aggregate (56:56). Zamet's domestic season didn't start that well, losing their first match to rivals RK PoreÄ, conceding a draw in their second to RK Dubrava and losing their third to RK Metalac. The first two European matches took a toll on the team. They lost the first match of the second qualifiers to CSM BucureÈ™ti in BucureÈ™ti. They equalized in the second match at home and passed through to the third and final stage of the EHF Cup qualification stage. It was revealed on 17 October that Zamet would play their last qualifier against MT Melsungen.
Two days later, on the 19th, Zamet faced Ribola Kaštela at home and entered their first win in the Premier League with a score of 35:28. Their next match was on 22 October where they played against RK Rudar away in Samobor, where they won a tight match (25:28).
As of 2009 the club has been playing in Centar Zamet. The capacity of the venue is 2,350 spectators.
| { class="wikitable" !Season !Tier !Division !Pos. | |||
| 1991–92 | 1 | First A League | 2nd |
| 1992–93 | 1 | First A League | 6th |
| 1993–94 | 1 | First A League | 8th |
| 1994–95 | 1 | First A League | 9th |
| 1995–96 | 2 | First B League | 1st |
| 1996–97 | 1 | First A League | 5th |
| 1997–98 | 1 | First A League | 3rd |
| 1998–99 | 1 | First A League | 3rd |
| 1999–00 | 1 | First A League | 7th |
| 2000–01 | 1 | First A League | 4th |
| 2001–02 | 1 | First League | 4th |
| 2002–03 | 1 | First League | 5th |
| 2003–04 | 1 | First League | 4th |
| 2004–05 | 1 | First League | 14th |
| 2005–06 | 1 | First League | 6th |
| 2006–07 | 1 | First League | 10th |
| 2007–08 | 1 | First League | 8th |
| 2008–09 | 1 | Premier League | 14th |
| 2009–10 | 1 | Premier League | 12th |
| 2010–11 | 1 | Premier League | 9th |
| 2011–12 | 1 | Premier League | 7th |
| 2012–13 | 1 | Premier League | 7th |
| 2013–14 | 1 | Premier League | 8th |
| 2014–15 | 1 | Premier League | 7th |
| 2015–16 | 1 | Premier League | 4th |
| 2016–17 | 1 | Premier League | 9th |
| 2017–18 | 1 | Premier League | 7th |
| 2018–19 | 1 | Premier League | 8th |
| 2019–20 | 1 | Premier League | N/A1 |
Croatia
Yugoslavia
Unofficial tournaments
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Other
Zamet II
Youth
Veterans
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| European Champions Cup EHF Champions League | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 36 | 1992–1993 |
| EHF Cup | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 319 | 356 | 2016–17 |
| EHF Cup Winners' Cup | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 231 | 246 | 2001–02 |
| EHF City Cup EHF Challenge Cup | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 85 | 1998–99 |
| Total | 30 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 679 | 723 |
| Home | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 349 | 347 | +2 |
| Away | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 330 | 371 | −41 |
| Total | 30 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 679 | 718 | −39 |
| 23 September 1992 |
| 10 October 1998 |
| 14 November 1998 |
| 9 October 1999 |
| 12 November 2000 |
| 17 December 2000 |
| 11 November 2001 |
| 16 December 2001 |
| 13 October 2002 |
| 16 November 2002 |
| 14 December 2002 |
| 15 September 2012 |
| 10 September 2016 |
| 15 October 2016 |
| 26 November 2016 |
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| 45 |
| 44 |
| 44 |
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