GRK Ohrid

GRK Ohrid
Full name	Gradski Rakometen klub Ohrid
Founded	2011 (2011)
Arena	Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Capacity	3,500
President	Risto Kitevski
Head coach	Stevče Aluševski
League	Macedonian Super League
2021–22	Macedonian Super League, 6th of 12
Club colours
Home Away

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

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

HOME
2022–23

AWAY
2022–23	2023-24

History

GRK Ohrid was founded in 2011 in Ohrid.

In the first 2 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 on 8th position.

Their first qualification in Play-off phase was season 2015-16, when they finished second in Regular season and 5th in play-off. Season after that they were placed 3rd at the end, so they qualified for 2017–18 EHF Cup qualification.

Ohrid Arena

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 4,000 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 used during the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship.

European record

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

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023–24 season

Goalkeepers

• 01 Berin Brkić
• 16 Boban Ristevski
• 93 Daniel Gjorgjeski

Left Wingers

• 03 Goce Ojleski
• 04 Krste Andonoski (c)
• 17 Nikola Risteski

Right Wingers

• 09 Nikola Stoilevski
• 44 Gal Cirar

Line players

• 02 Naum Rechkoski
• 11 Admir Pelidija
• 19 Ivan Taseski
• 32 Vladimir Bojanić

Left Backs

• 10 Stefan Drogrishki
• 24 Milorad Kukoski
• 29 Teimuraz Orjonikidze

Central Backs

• 05 Hiroki Matsuoka
• 22 Rudolf Zvonimir Šafranko
• 25 Goran Krstevski

Right Backs

• 07 Nikola Jukić
• 13 Nikola Shipinkoski
• 26 Dejan Šešić

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Joining

• Gradimir Čanevski (GK) (from Maccabi Rishon LeZion) ?
• Stipe Mandalinić (LB) (from AEK Athens) ?
• Živan Pešić (P) (from RK Vojvodina)

Leaving

• Dejan Šešić (RB) (to KS Azoty-Puławy)

Staff

Professional staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Stevče Aluševski
Assistant coaches	Naum Babachev
Goalkeeping coach	Zoran Georgieski
Physiotherapist	Mario Jovanoski
Youth categories coaches	Naum Babachev Aleksandra Dzhamtoska
Youth categories coordinator	Mitko Murdzhoski

Management

Position	Name
President	Risto Kitevski
Sporting director	Slavcho Risteski

Retired numbers

No.	Nat.	Player	Position	Tenure	Ref.
97		Nikola Danilovski	Goalkeeper	2019–2021

Notable former players

• Blagojče Trajkovski
• Kiril Kolev
• Milan Levov
• Toše Ončev
• Nikola Danilovski
• Mihajlo Mladenovikj
• Martin Manaskov
• Igor Čagalj
• Darko Pavlović
• Eldin Vražalica
• Lazar Adamović
• Lazar Petrović
• Aleksa Milošević
• Stefan Dodić
• Filip Grubor
• Aleksandar Milenković
• Denis Tot
• Josip Kežić
• Marko Kobetić
• Tomislav Kljaić
• Jagoš Braunović
• Filip Krivokapić
• Balša Čejović
• Derviš Birdahić
• Lekso Tsitelishvili
• Zurab Tsintsadze
• Xazein Rustamov
• Jalil Machou
• Abderrahim Boudrali
• Halil Öztürk
• Eray Karakoç
• Malik Hoggas

Notable former coaches

• Goran Andonovski
• Radoslav Stojanović