Top level organization, packed Zlatorog Arena, great results

For the past 70 years, handball has been played in Celje. During that period, RK Pivovarna Laško have been the Slovenian champions 20 times and for the 22nd time, the 2004 winners are once again a part of the EHF Champions League.

To celebrate their accomplishments, RK have produced an new club anthem.

Celje aims high in all competitions they play. The main goals of Branko Tamše team are to defend their domestic titles (league and cup) and to proceed to the Last 16 of the VELUX EHF Champions League.

One key player left (Blaž Blagotinšek to Telekom Veszprem), one retired (Luka Dobelšek) and one returned back to the club where he started (Borut Mačkovšek). With this nearly equal squad, Celje will additionally begin in the multi-national SEHA Liga for the first time.

With that, the Slovenian record champions want to use this international experience to accomplish a mission they did not fulfil in the 2015/16 season. “We missed the Last 16 by an inch in the last round; now, we want to fight until the end this season and be successful,” says manager Gregor Planteu.

But, it is not only the sportive results which count for Planteu and his club. “We want to improve in terms of business, too – that means having an organization at the top level and a packed Zlatorog Arena with an average of 4,000 spectators per game, which is impressive for the size of the city of Celje. We need to have great results. Of course, every fan expects more than a game; they want to have a top event and we are going to …

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