RK Gorenje Velenje
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| Full name | Rokometni Klub Gorenje Velenje |
| Nickname(s) | Ose (The Wasps) |
| Founded | 1958 |
| Arena | Red Hall |
| Capacity | 2,500 |
| President | Milan Meža |
| Head coach | Borut Plaskan |
| League | Slovenian First League |
| 2015–16 | 2nd |
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Rokometni Klub Gorenje Velenje (English: Gorenje Velenje Handball Club), commonly referred to as RK Gorenje or simply Gorenje, is a Slovenian handball club from Velenje. They play their games at the Red Hall (Rdeča dvorana). The club has many selections ranging from junior to professional teams. The club's greatest achievements were four republic championship titles (1972–73, 1980–81, 1984–85 and 1988–89) in the former Yugoslavia. Since the Slovenian independence, the club has won three league titles (2008–09, 2011–12, and 2012–13), and one Slovenian handball cup title (2002–03). The club also participated in the EHF competitions for many seasons, including the EHF Cup, the EHF Cup Winners' Cup, and the EHF Champions League. Currently, Gorenje competes in the Slovenian First League. Together with Celje, they are the only club that have participated in every season of the Slovenian First League since its formation in 1991.
The club was known as RK Šoštanj and ŠRK Velenje in the past.
In 1958, when section of handball was established at TVD Partizan, organized handball started to develop in the town of Šoštanj. Handball was pioneered by young men in local schools with the help of some basketball players. The first pioneers were Miligoj Jarnovič, Pavle Bukovac, and Jože Pukmajster. In the beginning, the club participated in the Celje regional league. In 1964–65, they qualified to the Styrian regional league and a year later, Šoštanj achieved its biggest success and qualified to the Yugoslavian republic league and were never relegated. In the 1970s, team handball developed and was top event in the region, on average match there were about 1,000 spectators.
15 years after the club was established it became Republic Champions, after finishing first in Slovenian republic league of Yugoslavia in the 1972–73 season.
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