HC Butel Handball is a handball club based in Skopje, Macedonia. It competes in the Macedonian top flight Super League.
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History The club is established in August 2017. In their debut they've won the league 1 which is second rank division and they qualified for the Super league competition. In the season 2018/19 they've finished 4th and managed to qualify for the EHF Cup competition for the first time. HC Butel Skopje reached the round 2 in the debut for EHF competition .
European record In the season 2018/19 they've finished 4th and managed to qualify for the EHF Cup competition for the first time. HC Butel Skopje reached the round 2 in the debut for EHF competition.There they faced Ukrainian Side ZTR Zaporizhzhia in a two legged qualification round, where the first leg was a draw while the second leg HC Butel Skopje fell short and lost on aggregate do to away goals.In the season 2019-20 Butel again had a good season in the Macedonian Handball Super League finishing in the fourth (4th) position and qualifying for the qualification round of the 2020-21 EHF European League where they faced Hungarian side Gyöngyösi in a two legged qualification round. Butel lost the first leg by a rough 34-21,in the second leg they fought a tough battle where they got the win 25-24 but it wasn't enough to go to the next round losing 46–58 on aggregate.In the 2021–22 season Butel finished in again the fourth (4th) position again qualifying for the qualification round of the EHF European League.This time their opponent was Austrian side Alpla Hard,sadly Butel fell short in both legs losing 55–56 on aggregate,the first leg being 21–25 at home,while the second leg 26–21 in the second leg away.In the 2024–25 season saw Butel finish in the sixth (6th) position in the Macedonian Handball Super League which means they qualified for the first of the 2025-26 where they faced Luxembourg side HB Dudelange. Butel won the first leg 27-31 a good win for the side looking to qualify to the next round for the first time,sadly in the second leg Butel had control of the game and score until the final minutes where HB Dudelange found a way back to win by a score of 24–29 completing the comeback of -4 goals to eliminate Butel EHF Cup Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate2019-20 R2 ZTR Zaporizhzhia18–1429–2443-42 EHF European League Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate 2020–21 Qualification round Gyöngyösi25–2434–2146–58 2022–23 Qualification round 2 Alpla Hard21–2526–2142–51
EHF European Cup Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate 2025-26 Round 1 HB Dudelange24–2927–3155–56
Team Current squad Squad for the 2026–2027 season
Goalkeepers 1 Marko Bogdanovski 12 Atanasij Trsunov 32 Gradimir Chanevski Left Wingers 3 Damjan Subashevski 26 Marko Kaevski David Avramovski Toma Simonovski Right Wingers 17 Bojan Spasovski 18 Luka Jovikj 69 Stefan Zengovski Line players 6 Matej Markovski 42 Dejan Mihajlovikj 9 Gjorgji Leshnikovski
Left Backs 7 Andrej Gjorgjeski 71 Petar Nikoloski 77 Teodor Todeski Central Backs 4 Luka Langoski 8 Dimitar Gjorgievski 11 David Janevski 13 Trajce Kostov 45 Arhangel Trsunov Right Backs 10 Kristijan Stamenkovikj 14 Martin Petrovski Todor Aksentiev Dimitar Simovski
Transfers Transfers for the 2026–27 season
Joining Gradimir Chanevski (GK) (free agent) Marko Bogdanovski (GK) (from RK Vardar 1961) Toma Simonovski (LW) (from RK Multi Essence) David Avramovski (LW) (from RK Aerodrom) Andrej Gjorgjeski (LB) (from RK Alkaloid) Trajce Kostov (CB) (from RK Prolet 62) Todor Aksentiev (RB) (from RK Multi Essence) Kristijan Stamenkovikj (RB) (from RK Vardar 1961) Dimitar Simovski (RB) (from RK Multi Essence) Luka Jovikj (RW) (from RK Prolet 62) Gjorgji Leshnikovski (P) (from RK Alkaloid)
Leaving Aleksandar Stojanoski (GK) (to HSV Apolda) Blagojche Trajkovski (GK) (to RK Prilep 2010) Dario Vasileski (GK) (to ?) Todor Uzunchev (LB) (to RK Mladost 1977) Hristijan Gjurmeshevikj (LB) (to RK Multi Essence) Leonid Kiselovski (CB) (to ?) Mice Šilegov (RW) (to RK Struga) Matej Novakovski (P) (to MRK Kumanovo) Dimitar Uzunchev (RB) loan back to RK Alkaloid
Transfer History
Transfers for the 2025–26 seasonJoining Blagojče Trajkovski (GK) from RK Alkaloidhttps://www.slobodenpecat.mk/en/butel-se-zasili-so-iskusen-golman-od-alkaloid/ Dimitar Uzunchev (RB) on loan from RK Alkaloid
Leaving Bojan Blažeski (GK) to GRK Ohrid
Technical staff Head coach: Stojanče Stoilov
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РК Бутел Скопје на службеното мрежно место на Ракометната Федерација на Македонија РК Бутел Скопје на службеното мрежно место на Европската Ракометна Федерација