HŽRK Grude
# HŽRK Grude

Hrvatski ženski rukometni klub Grude (transl. Croat Female Handball Club Grude), commonly referred to as HŽRK Grude or simply Grude, is a women's handball club from Grude, Bosnia and Herzegovina. HŽRK Grude competes in the Handball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

## History

HŽRK Grude was founded in August 2009. The team played its first senior league game on 09.10.2010. in the First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Second tier). In the 2013–14 season it was promoted to the top division.

## Arena

The team plays its home games in Bili Brig Arena which has the capacity of around 2,000.

## Honours

### Domestic competitions

**League**

* Handball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina:
   * Winners (6): 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
* First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina:
   * Winners (1): 2013

**Cups**

* Handball Cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina:
   * Winners (4): : 2015, 2016, 2019, 2022

## European record

| Season | Competition | Round | Club | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Aggregate |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2020–21 | EHF Cup | Last 16 | Rocasa Gran Canaria | 22–29 | 18–43 | 40–72 |
| 2020–21 | EHF Cup | R3 | ORK Rudar | 29–29 | 30–22 | 59–51 |
| 2018–19 | EHF Cup | R1 | TuS Metzingen | 24–43 | 17–47 | 41–90 |
| 2017–18 | EHF Cup | R1 | CSM Roman | 15–40 | 19–42 | 34–82 |
| 2016–17 | EHF Cup | R1 | ASC Corona 2010 Brasov | 16–43 | 17–40 | 33–83 |
| 2015–16 | EHF Cup | R1 | Fram | 22–38 | 27–28 | 49–66 |

## Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:

| Season | Division | Tier | Position |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2014–15 | Premier League | I | 1st |
| 2015–16 | Premier League | I | 1st |
| 2016–17 | Premier League | I | 1st |
| 2017–18 | Premier League | I | 1st |
| 2018–19 | Premier League | I | 1st |
| 2019–20 | Premier League | I | 1st |
| 2020–21 | Premier League | I | 3rd |

## Club ranking

### EHF coefficient

EHF Club Ranking as of 13 July 2021:

* 85 (78) TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen (44)
* 86 (79) HC Gomel (45)
* 87 (92) HŽRK Grude (41)
* 88 (81) OGC Nice Handball (43)

## Team

### Current squad

    Squad for the 2016–17 season
