Dragūnas Klaipėda

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

Dragūnas Klaipėda
Full name	Rankinio Klubas Dragūnas Klaipėda
Short name	Dragūnas
Founded	1999; 25 years ago (1999)
Head coach	Gintaras Cibulskis
League	Lietuvos Rankinio Lyga (LRL)
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

Klaipėda

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Location of Dragūnas Klaipėda

Crest, colours, supporters

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   Maksim Lobchuk 22   Benediktas Pakalniškis Left Wingers 04   Laurynas Simonavičius 21   Paulius Čėsna Right Wingers 10   Mykolas Lapiniauskas 13   Titas Paulikas Line Players 02   Vladyslav Korzhuk 05   Arvydas Bučius 23   Vaidotas Slinksis 38   Giedrius Budginas Central Backs 19   Tomas Draksas Left Backs 03   Igor Odinokov 33   Daniil Plakhotin 37   Matas Kairys 55   Karolis Stropus Right Backs 25   Gytis Šmantauskas

Technical staff

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

Transfers

Transfers for the 2023–24 season

Joining

Leaving     Sayed Navid Naghavialhosseini (RB) to   Pallamano Secchia Rubiera   Paulius Čėsna (LP) to   Vilniaus HC Amber   Ramojus Mažrimas (LW) to   Vilniaus HC Amber   Orestas Biknius (RW)   Rokas Palskys (LB)   Edvinas Bruckus (CB)   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	HV Hurry-Up	37
125	HC Linz AG	37
126	Raimond Handball Sassari	37
127	Dragūnas Klaipėda	37
128	A.C. PAOK	36
129	BSV Bern	36
130	GC Amicitia Zürich	36

Former club members

Notable former players

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

References

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

External links

• Official website  
• Dragūnas Klaipėda on Facebook  
• Dragūnas Klaipėda on Twitter  
• Dragūnas Klaipėda on Instagram  
• Dragūnas Klaipėda on TikTok  
• Dragūnas Klaipėda at Handball Base