HT Tatran Prešov

Tatran Presov
Tatran Presov
Full name	Tatran Presov Handball Team
Short name	Tatran
Founded	1952
Arena	Tatran Handball Arena
Capacity	4,870 seats
President	Miloslav Chmeliar
Head coach	Radoslav Antl
League	Niké Handball Extraliga, EHF European League
2023–24	1st
Club colours
Home	Away
	Website ; Official site

HT Tatran Prešov is a handball club from Prešov, Slovakia, that plays in the Niké Handball Extraliga and EHF European League.

Prešov

Location of HT Tatran Prešov

History

The official establishment of the club begins in 1952 under the name Slavia CSSA. In 1954, Tatran successfully qualified for the championship of Czechoslovakia, where they won their first historic bronze medal. In 1967, the national team of Czechoslovakia became world champion in Sweden. Four Tatran Presov players were in the national team at that time: Anton Frolo, Martin Gregor, Vladimir Seruga and Rudolf Horváth. In the 1968/1969 season, Tatran won its first Czechoslovak league title. The second golden record was brought immediately by the 1970/71 season. In the 1971/72 season, Tatran achieved its greatest international success, where it only reached the semi-finals of the European Champions Cup, where VfL Gummersbach defeated it in the fight to advance to the finals. After the independence of Slovakia, from the 1993/94 season, various lobby groups took turns in the management of the club. The most difficult period of men's handball in Eperjes has come, there were frequent personnel changes in the club management, financial conditions brought the club to the brink of collapse. Miloslav Chmeliar took over the club from the summer of 2001. From then on, the team became stronger financially and personally, and could finally operate under decent conditions. In recent years, Tatran has developed into the most successful and strongest club in Slovakia. In the last decade, the club has grown into a serial champion of its country.^[1]

Kits

HOME
2016–17

AWAY
2016–17

Management

Position	Name
Club Owner And Company Manager	Miloslav Chmeliar
Manager	Pavol Kožlej
Sports Director	Jozef Gaľan
Marketing Manager	Marián Eštočko

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2025–26 season^[2]

HT Tatran Prešov

Goalkeepers

16 Danilo Mihaljević
86 Matúš Mitošinka

Left Wingers

3 Damián Mitaľ
28 Marco Antl

Right Wingers

11 Erik Fenár
18 Josef Hozman

Line Players

5 Filip Jurkovič
33 Aliaksei Ushal
44 Lucas Barros Araxá
55 Peter Kimák-Fejko

Left Backs

2 Jakub Valent
17 Jakub Kravčák
24 Dávid Turek
66 Pavel Caballero Hernandez

Central Backs

4 Igor Karlov
10 Andrej Dobrković
47 Lukáš Urban

Right Backs

8 Tim Jenko Bogdanić
19 Daniel Polanský
98 Savo Slavuljica

Technical staff

Head Coach: Radoslav Antl
Assistent: Marek Gernát
Goalkeeper Coach: Maroš Kolpak
Physiotherapist: Marián Dittrich
Masseur: Tomáš Foriš

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Joining

Aliaksei Ushal (LP) from CSM Bacău^[3]
Danilo Mihaljević (GK) from CSM Vaslui^[4]
Tim Jenko Bogdanić (RB) from Carbonex-Komló
Jakub Valent (LB) (from HK Topolčany)
Andrej Dobrkovic (RB) (from Dabasi KC VSE)
Filip Jurkovič (P) (from HO Slovan Modra)

Leaving

Tomáš Fech (RW) (to HK Lovci Lovosice)
Igor Chupryna (G) (end of career)
Yosdani Rios Ballard (LB) (to ?)
Maroš Varga (P) (to ŠK Zemplín Trebišov/ŠKP Bratislava) ?
Patrik Hruščák (RB) (to HK Košice) ?
Daniil Radcenko (CB) (end of career)
Ján Kristián Krok (CB) (to MŠK Považská Bystrica)
Gašper Horvat (LB) (to ASV Hamm - Westfalen)
Nikola Malivojevic (P) (to ?)

Accomplishments

National Championship of Slovakia: (19)
- 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025
National Cup of Slovakia: (25)
- 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1982, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024
EHF Champions League
- 1/8 Final (1): 2004/05
- Group Stage (8): 2005/06, 2007/08, 2008/09, 2010/11, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2018/19, 2019/20
EHF European League
- 1/4 Final: (1): 2011/12
- 1/8 Final (1): 2009/10
- Group Phase: (6): 2012/13, 2013/14, 2017/18, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23
- Qualification Round 3: (1): 2014/2015
EHF European Cup
- 1/4 Final (1): 2023/24
EHF Cup Winners' Cup
- 1/4 Final (1): 2005/06
- 1/8 Final (3): 2002/03, 2007/08, 2008/09

EHF ranking

As of 17/10/2024^[5]

Rank	Team	Points
42	Górnik Zabrze	112
43	Frisch Auf Göppingen	108
44	HCB Karviná	107
45	Tatran Prešov	107
46	Beşiktaş JK	100
47	Tatabánya KC	98
48	Ystads IF	97

Former club members

Notable former players

Radoslav Antl (2004–2005, 2009–2016)
Maroš Čorej (2004–2007)
Vlastimil Fuňák (2004–2009)
Vladimír Guzy (2011–2014)
Patrik Hruščák (2013–2014, 2025)
Marián Huňady (2001–2010)
Maroš Kolpak (1989–1993, 2014-2015)
Michal Kopčo (2011–2012, 2014–2016)
Radoslav Kozlov (2005–2009)
Róbert Kravčák (2002–2008)
Dominik Krok (2010–2023)
Peter Kukučka (2003–2005)
Tomáš Mažár (2002–2013)
Adam Mazúr (2005–2011)
Radovan Pekár (1998–2018)
Andrej Petro (2012–2016)
Oliver Rábek (2012–2023)
Tomáš Rečičár (2016–2024)
Richard Štochl (1994–1998)
Martin Straňovský (2018–2020)
Rastislav Tabačko (2002-2005)
Lukáš Urban (2012–2020, 2022–)
Michal Urban (2004–2014)
Tomáš Urban (2012–2015)
Marcos Vinicios Colodeti (2020-2023)
Guilherme Linhares de Souza (2020-2022)
Pedro Souza Pacheco (2020-2023)
Stefan Janković (2016–2018)
Ante Kukrika (2011-2012)
Marko Davidović (2021-2024)
Ante Babić (2017–2019)
Vladimir Božić (2015–2016)
Bruno Butorac (2017–2019)
Mario Cvitković (2017–2020, 2023-2024)
Leon Vučko (2016–2020)
Tomáš Číp (2011–2019)
Jakub Hrstka (2011–2019)
Michal Kasal (2017–2019)
Jakub Krupa (2008–2015)
Alexander Radčenko (2007–2016, 2018-2022)
Jan Sobol (2010–2011, 2012–2013)
Ognjen Djeric (2019–2020)
Titouan Afanou Gatine (2018–2020)
Adam Adama Sako (2023–2025)
Sergo Datukashvili (2011)
Dainis Krištopāns (2009–2015)
Nikola Kosteski (2019)
Žarko Pejović (2011–2014)
Łukasz Gogola (2023)
Damian Krzysztofik (2014)
Nuno Santos (2020-2022)
Jorge Silva (2024-2025)
Rares Marian Fodorean (2019-2020)
Viacheslav Kasatkin (2021-2024)
Alexey Peskov (2015-2018)
Roman Tsarapkin (2016-2023)
Vasja Furlan (2014–2016)
Nino Grzentić (2019–2021)
Januš Lapajne (2017–2020)
Tilen Leben (2021–2023)
Matjaž Mlakar (2013–2014)
Sergio López García (2021-2023)
Javier Muñoz (2019)
Đorđe Golubović (2022)
Nikola Ivanović (2022-2023)
Vojin Menković (2010–2011)
Svetislav Verkić (2011–2015)
Anouar Ben Abdallah (2020–2021)
Jihed Jaballah (2020–2021)
Vadym Brazhnyk (2003–2006, 2016-2018)
Danylo Khaian (2022–2024)
Mykola Kovalenko (2005–2006)
Ruslan Pokotylo (2004–2007)
Viacheslav Sadovyi (2013–2017)
Igor Chupryna (2015–2025)

Former coaches

Seasons	Coach	Country
-2003	Martin Lipták
2003–2004	Peter Hatalčík
2004–2005	Yuri Zhuravlyov
2005–2006	František Šulc
2006–2007	Roman Lamač
2007–2008	Martin Lipták
2008–2011	Rastislav Trtík
2011–2012	Đorđe Rašić
2013	Roman Lamač
2013–2014	Peter Hatalčík
2014–2015	Peter Dávid
2015–2017	Rastislav Trtík
2017–2021	Slavko Goluža
2021–2022	Radoslav Antl
2022–2023	Marek Gernát
2023–2024	Pavol Jano
2024-2025	Ratko Đurković

References

^ "História klubu TATRAN Prešov | Handball Team Tatran Prešov". tatranpresov.sk. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
^ "TATRAN PREŠOV A-TEAM | Handball Team Tatran Prešov".
^ https://tatranpresov.sk/clanok/do-tatrana-prichadza-skuseny-pivot-alexej-usal
^ https://cetinjskilist.com/danilo-mihaljevic-na-golu-tatran-presova/
^ "Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball".

External links

[1] "História klubu TATRAN Prešov | Handball Team Tatran Prešov". tatranpresov.sk. Retrieved 23 July 2025.

[2] "TATRAN PREŠOV A-TEAM | Handball Team Tatran Prešov".

[3] ttps://tatranpresov.sk/clanok/do-tatrana-prichadza-skuseny-pivot-alexej-usal

[4] ttps://cetinjskilist.com/danilo-mihaljevic-na-golu-tatran-presova/

[5] "Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball".

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