Pallamano Trieste 1970

Pallamano Trieste 1970 is an Italian handball club from Trieste, that plays in the Serie A Gold. It is the most titled team in the history of Italian handball, with 17 "Scudetti", 6 Italian cups and 1 league cup.

Pallamano Trieste 1970
Short name	Trieste
Founded	1970 (1970)
Arena	PalaChiarbola
Capacity	1.100
President	Federico Lanza
Head coach	Andrea Carpanese
League	Serie A Gold
2024-25	1st, promoted
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

History

The club was founded in 1970 and after six years won his first championship. From 1993 to 1997 won five consecutive championships, a record that is still unbeaten in Italy.

It participated in sixteen editions of the EHF Champions League and reached the semifinals of the EHF Challenge Cup in 2004, when it was eliminated by the Swedish team IFK Skövde.

In 2024 relegated for the first time in its history to the second league, but the following season it won the championship and was immediately promoted to the first division.

Naming conventions

• 1970-1973 US Acli Trieste
• 1973-1977 Duina Trieste
• 1977-1991 Cividin Trieste
• 1991-1992 Pallamano Trieste
• 1992-1997 Principe Trieste
• 1997-2000 Genertel Trieste
• 2000-2004 Coop Essepiù Trieste
• 2004-2016 Pallamano Trieste
• 2016-2018 Principe Trieste
• 2018-2024 Pallamano Trieste
• 2024- Pallamano Trieste 1970

Titles

• Serie A Gold
  • Winner (17) : 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002
• Italian Cup
  • Winner (6) : 1987, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2002
• League Cup
  • Winner (1) : 2005

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2025–26 season

Pallamano Trieste 1970

Goalkeepers 1 Facundo García 16 Thomas Postogna 21 Orfeo Giorgi Left Wingers 10 Federico Urbaz 14 Davide Parisato Right Wingers 7 Gabriel Mazzarol 15 Pietro Lo Duca 18 Juan Pauloni Line Players 6 Pietro Del Frari 9 Alex Pernic (c) 17 Leo Andreotta 25 Sofiane Bendjilali Left Backs 4 Fernando Bono 8 Samuele Antonutti 97 Clément Esparon Central Backs 5 Lorenzo Ganz 11 Jaume Pujol 22 Federico Vanoli 23 Lucas Hubert Right Backs 19 Richard Lindström 33 Luca Sandrin

Technical staff

• Head coach: Andrea Carpanese
• Assistant coach: Piero Sivini
• Fitness coach: Francesco Tremul

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Joining

• Clément Esparon (LB) from Sarrebourg Moselle-Sud HB

Leaving

Notable european games

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
1997–98	Champions League	GS	Badel 1862 Zagreb	27–25
2000–01	Champions League	GS	THW Kiel	28-28
2002–03	Champions League	GS	KIF Kolding	32–31
2003–04	Challenge Cup	1/32	Desp. Francisco de Holanda	33–21	23–28	56-49
		1/16	A.S.E. Doukas	26–24	32–26	58-50
		1/8	RK Crvena zvezda	29–26	38–30	67-56
		1/4	AG København	29–21	28–33	57-54
		1/2	IFK Skövde	33–30	27–37	60-67

Notable former players

• Zdravko Miljak
• Branko Štrbac
• Silvio Ivandija
• Vladimir Jelčić
• Slobodan Kuzmanovski
• Dalibor Anušić
• Goran Đukanović
• Rok Ivančič
• Božidar Leković
• Diego Modrušan
• Tin Tokić
• Michele Skatar
• Marco Bozzola
• Piero Sivini
• Claudio Schina
• Giorgio Oveglia
• Alessandro Tarafino