GRK Ohrid

GRK Ohrid
GRK Ohrid
Full name	Gradski Rakometen klub Ohrid
Nickname	Gladiators
Founded	1972; 54 years ago
Arena	Sportska Sala Biljanini Izvori, Ohrid
Capacity	2,400
President	Risto Kitevski
Head coach	Boris Rojević
League	Macedonian Super League; Regional League
2025–26	Macedonian Super League, 3rd
Club colours
Home	Away
	Website ; Official site

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

Ohrid

Location of GRK Ohrid

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. GRK Ohrid was founded in 2011 in Ohrid as a successor of HC Elektromontazha by local handball players, coaches and sports professionals with the aim of reviving handball in the city of Ohrid. In the first two seasons, they competed in the First Macedonian Handball League. The club first played in the Macedonian Handball Super League in the 2013/14 season as RK Ohrid 2013, and in its first season, finished seventh in the regular season and second in the playoffs. In the 2016/17 season, the club won first place in the regular season of the Macedonian Handball Super League, and in the playoffs they finished third behind Vardar and Metalurg, thus securing their first participation in a European Cup. In the 2017/18 season, RK Ohrid 2013 participated in the EHF Cup for the first time. Since 2018, the club's name has been GRK Ohrid.

Supporters

GRK Ohrid supporters are called Ribari, which means Fishermen.

Accomplishments

Macedonian Handball Super League

Macedonian Champions

:1977, 1978,1983

European Competitions

EHF European Cup

Winner (1): 2025-26

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

HOME
2022–23

AWAY
2022–23	2023-24

Home Ground

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 2,400 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 .

Name: – Sportska Sala Biljanini Izvori
City: – Ohrid
Capacity: – 2,400
Address: – 6000, Bull Tourist bb.

European record

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.

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

European Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2024-25	R2	AHC Potaissa Turda	31–25	29–39	60–64
2025–26 Winners	R2	HC Baku	44–11	38–21	82–32
	R3	RK Sloga Doboj	37–19	42–18	79–37
	Last 16	HC Dukla Prague	30–21	30–24	60–45
	1/4	Olympiacos SFP	25–24	31–26	56–50
	Semi Final	RK Celje	29-27	26-27	55-54
	Final	MOL Tatabánya KC	31-25	29-28	60-53