Dragūnas Klaipėda

Lithuanian handball club
   
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Dragūnas Klaipėda is a team handball club from Klaipėda, Lithuania. They compete in Lietuvos Rankinio Lyga (LRL) and Baltic Handball League.

Location of Dragūnas Klaipėda
Klaipėda
Klaipėda
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Location of Dragūnas Klaipėda

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Kits

HOME

2016–17

2017–18

2018–19

2019–21
AWAY

2016–17

2017–18

2018–19

2019–21

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023–24 season[1]
Dragūnas Klaipėda
Goalkeepers
  • 12 Ukraine Maksim Lobchuk
  • 22 Lithuania Benediktas Pakalniškis
Left Wingers
  • 04 Lithuania Laurynas Simonavičius
  • 21 Lithuania Paulius Čėsna
Right Wingers
  • 10 Lithuania Mykolas Lapiniauskas
  • 13 Lithuania Titas Paulikas
Line Players
  • 02 Ukraine Vladyslav Korzhuk
  • 05 Lithuania Arvydas Bučius
  • 23 Lithuania Vaidotas Slinksis
  • 38 Lithuania Giedrius Budginas
Central Backs
  • 19 Lithuania Tomas Draksas
Left Backs
  • 03 Ukraine Igor Odinokov
  • 33 Ukraine Daniil Plakhotin
  • 37 Lithuania Matas Kairys
  • 55 Lithuania Karolis Stropus
Right Backs
  • 25 Lithuania Gytis Šmantauskas

Technical staff

  • Head Coach: Lithuania Gintaras Cibulskis
  • Coach: Lithuania Arturas Juskenas
  • Coach: Lithuania Rasa Juškėnienė
  • Coach: Lithuania Roberta Strope
  • Coach: Lithuania Karolis Stropus
  • Physiotherapist: Lithuania Sarunas Jurksys

Transfers

Transfers for the 2023–24 season
Joining


Leaving
  • Ukraine Sayed Navid Naghavialhosseini (RB) to Italy Pallamano Secchia Rubiera
  • Lithuania Justas Čėsna (LP) to Lithuania Vilniaus HC Amber
  • Lithuania Ramojus Mažrimas (LW) to Lithuania Vilniaus HC Amber
  • Lithuania Orestas Biknius (RW)
  • Lithuania Rokas Palskys (LB)
  • Lithuania Edvinas Bruckus (CB)
  • Lithuania Ignas Savičius (RB)

Accomplishments

  • Baltic Handball League:
    •  Gold (1): 2021
    •  Bronze (1): 2012
  • Lietuvos Rankinio Lyga (LRL):
    •  Gold (9): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
    •  Silver (3): 1992, 2016, 2023
    •  Bronze (5): 1993, 1994, 1998, 2021, 2022

EHF ranking

As of 29/3/2024[2]
Rank Team Points
124 Netherlands HV Hurry-Up 37
125 Austria HC Linz AG 37
126 Italy Raimond Handball Sassari 37
127 Lithuania Dragūnas Klaipėda 37
128 Greece A.C. PAOK 36
129 Switzerland BSV Bern 36
130 Switzerland GC Amicitia Zürich 36

Former club members

Notable former players

  • Lithuania Gintaras Cibulskis (2016–2022)
  • Lithuania Mindaugas Dumčius (2011–2016)
  • Lithuania Tomas Eitutis (2011)
  • Lithuania Marius Kasmauskas (-2001)
  • Lithuania Benas Petreikis (2008-2014)
  • Lithuania Lukas Simėnas (2015-2020)
  • Lithuania Jonas Truchanovičius (2010–2015)
  • Lithuania Žanas Virbauskas (2017-2021)

References

  1. ^ https://rkdragunas.lt/dragunas/
  2. ^ "Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball".

External links

  • Official website Edit this at Wikidata
  • Dragūnas Klaipėda on Facebook Edit this at Wikidata
  • Dragūnas Klaipėda on X Edit this at Wikidata
  • Dragūnas Klaipėda on Instagram Edit this at Wikidata
  • Dragūnas Klaipėda on TikTok Edit this at Wikidata
  • Dragūnas Klaipėda at Handball Base