GRK Ohrid

Elektromontazha shortly EMO Ohrid was established in 1972 and for the last 30 years has been a leading Macedonian manufacturer and supplier of electro-mechanical components and systems, with design, manufacturing and installation capability. The company had established its own Handball Club Elektromontazha Ohrid. It was one of the top clubs in the 70s and early 80s. They had won three championships back in 1977, 1978 and 1983. The club had decreased in the 90s due to the companies financial crises. It stopped working in the early 2000s. After the sports center Biljanini izvori was built, the city of Ohrid started working on re-establishing the handball club. GRK Ohrid was founded in 2011 in Ohrid as a successor of HC Elektromontazha. In the first two 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 in eighth position. Their first qualification in Play-off phase was season 2015–16, when they finished second in Regular season and fifth in play-off. Season after that they were placed third at the end, so they qualified for the 2017–18 EHF Cup qualification. After the end of the 2023/24 season, GRK Ohrid again qualified to play for the next season in one of the European Cups, by finishing fourth. In the 2024/25 season, it started from the second round of the EHF European Cup, where the opponent was the team of Potaisa Turda from Romania. ==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 of the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship . ==Accomplishment ==

:: Macedonian Champions : :1977, 1978, 1983 ==European record ==

Current squad :Squad for the 2025–26 season ;Goalkeepers • 30 Bojan Blazheski • 56 Kristian Pilipović • 93 Daniel Gjorgjeski ;Left Wingers • 3 Goce Ojleski • 17 Nikola Risteski ;Right Wingers • 45 Darko Đukić • 77 Alen Kjosevski ;Line players • 19 Ivan Taseski • 20 Oriol Rey Morales • 22 Nikolaos Liapis • 32 Vladimir Bojanić • 87 Gianfranco Pribetić ;Left Backs • 1 Vuko Borozan • 6 Ante Ivanković • 14 Ilija Trajcheski • 27 Dejan Kukulovski • 33 Stefan Petrić ;Central Backs • 2 Tilen Strmljan • 13 Kosuke Yasuhira • 23 Lovro Jotić ;Right Backs • 4 Tomislav Jagurinovski • 21 David Savrevski Transfers :Transfers for the 2026–27 season ;Joining • Dino Slavić (GK) (from Limoges Handball) • Nikola Zečević (LB) (from RK Partizan) ? • Martin Karapalevski (CB) (from Recoletas Atlético Valladolid) • Dominik Máthé (RB) (from Elverum Håndball) ;Leaving • Kristian Pilipović (GK) (to HC Kriens-Luzern) • Vuko Borozan (LB) (to RK Alkaloid) ? • Kosuke Yasuhira (CB) (end of loan Burgan SC) Transfer History ==Staff==

Professional staff Management Retired numbers ==Notable former players==

• Blagojče Trajkovski • Kiril Kolev • Milan Levov • Toše Ončev • Nikola Danilovski • Mihajlo Mladenovikj • Martin Manaskov • Krste Andonoski • Milorad Kukoski • Goran Krstevski • Gradimir Chanevski • Igor Čagalj • Darko Pavlović • Eldin Vražalica • Lazar Adamović • Lazar Petrović • Aleksa Milošević • Stefan Dodić • Filip Grubor • Aleksandar Milenković • Živan Pešić • Predrag Vejin • Mladen Krsmančić • Denis Tot • Josip Kežić • Marko Kobetić • Tomislav Kljaić • Lucijan Bura • Rudolf Zvonimir Šafranko • Berin Brkić • Dean Šešić • Jagoš Braunović • Filip Krivokapić • Balša Čejović • Admir Pelidija • Gal Cirar • Derviš Birdahić • Lekso Tsitelishvili • Zurab Tsintsadze • Xazein Rustamov • Teimuraz Orjonikidze • Jalil Machou • Abderrahim Boudrali • Halil Öztürk • Eray Karakoç • Malik Hoggas ==Notable former coaches==

• Goran Andonovski • Radoslav Stojanović • Stevče Aluševski ==References==