GRK Ohrid

GRK Ohrid
GRK Ohrid
Full name	Gradski Rakometen klub ; Ohrid
Founded	2011; 13 years ago
Arena	Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall, Ohrid
Capacity	3,500
President	Risto Kitevski
Head coach	Stevče Aluševski
League	Macedonian Super League
2023–24	Macedonian Super League,; 4th of 16
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

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 winning the fourth place. In the 2024/25 season, it starts from the second round of the EHF European Cup, where the opponent is 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 used during the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship.

Accomplishment

Macedonian Champions

:1977, 1978, 1983

European record

EHF Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2017-18	R1	KRAS/Volendam	24–24	24–23	48–47
2017-18	R2	FC Porto	20–37	26–44	44–81

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season

Goalkeepers

Left Wingers

Right Wingers

08 Naum Kostov
44 Gal Cirar

Line players

Left Backs

Central Backs

Right Backs

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Joining

Leaving

Staff

Professional staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Stevče Aluševski
Assistant coaches	Naum Babachev
Goalkeeping coach	Zoran Georgieski
Physiotherapist	Ljupcho Atanasov
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