The first president believes in the revival of European Celje (photo)
Fresh wind in Zlatorog. After the father of European Celje, This year’s deceased Tonet Turnšek, and Boško Šrot, Dušan Zork, Bojan Cize, Jerne’s sense and Gregor Planteu is Alenka Potočnik Anžič seventh president Celje Handball Club Pivovarna Laško In an independent Slovenia and the first woman in this position in the history of a very successful sports collective, which has existed since 1946 and won the European Championship title in 2004. Her term will take four years.
Potočnik Anžičevo, director of marketing at Hisense Europe, supported unanimously at an extraordinary meeting of the club’s assembly and replaced Planteu, who is going into the leadership of the European Club Handball forum and would be incompatible with the previous one.
The team was photographed with a new president. Photo: RK CPL
The sixteenth president of the CPL, the first woman at the helm of such a big sports collective in Slovenia, has drawn up a strong board of directors in which former President Zorko (Honorary President) and Smisl (Pristop) and Smisl (Pristop) and Smisl (approach Mitja Gobec (Mercator; Short Time Secretary General of the RZS), Alenka Gorenc Hocevar (Pivovarna Laško Union), Matija Kovač (Mayor of MO Celje), Grega Kovač (Notar Kovac), Philip Kozelnik (Cinkarna), Naja Pliberšek (Mik Celje) and John Skoberne (VOC). The Supervisory Board will be in addition to the former director The hand of plank (Savinjsko-Šaleška Chamber of Commerce) also the most well-known Slovenian sports marketing expert Tomaž Ambrožič (Sport Media Focus). Director remains Miroslav Benickywhich has a contract by 2026.
The new board of directors has great ambitions. Photo: RK CPL
Potočnik Anziceva, a former Slovenian basketball team, is also strongly associated with handball, and her husband is a goalkeeper coach at the club Aleš Anžič, their 17-year-old son Aljuš Anzic But the most promising Slovenian handball player he already has on the radar is the famous Barcelona.
The board of directors will also include the Mayor of Celje, Matija Kovač. Photo: Slavko Kolar
Alenka Potočnik Anžič: “I am entering the role of the president with a great deal of responsibility, respect and pride, and especially with the sincere ambition to do something good for the Celje handball in the coming term in the coming term. RK Celje Pivovarna Laško is undoubtedly one of the most trophy Slovenian clubs. On the foundations of nearly 80 years of tradition and a handball school, considered one of the best in Europe, we want to systematically upgrade the reputation of Celje handball. We have a promising young membership team, an excellent professional staff and a numerous and quality youth in all younger selections. All this represents a positive prospect for the future and supports the sustainable model of the sustainable development of the club. We want to improve the current situation gradually, not only in the sports field, but also in business management, cooperation with the local community and key stakeholders, and in the development of the club, with a more professional and innovative approach to sponsorship rights. The club will by no means be a revolution with the new leadership. The new team will strive for gradual progress in all areas of activity – day by day. We believe that, even with a little needed happiness, during our term of term, Celje handball can be reinforced as one of the central points of the European handball map. «
Celje PL Disciplinary Board make up Gregor Kovač, Klemen Luzar and Allen.
According to Planteu, who arrived in the club in 2022, Celje has a PL 1.6 million euros in budget. They will end this season with 60,000 euros of plus, but they still have some debts back. « We no longer bleed, but we would need an infusion, » said the former handball player, who is proud to have 390 promising handball players in the Celje Academy, as well as that the number of sponsors has increased to 72 and there is no longer so much dependence on the Laško brewery, which is just like Gorenje (Hisense). It was encouraging that quite a few leading people were present from the Pivovarna Laško Union Group.
Gregor Planteu received a memorial jersey from Captain Žiga Mlakar and director Miroslav Benick. Photo: RK CPL
The Celje, 26 times the national champions, had a very bad season, but they are better off and are favored in addition to Slavic favorites to win the national championship. At the end of the week, they will perform in Ljubljana at the final tournament of the Slovenian Cup. The ambition of the new leadership is to bring the club back to the EHF Champions League or at least a group part of the European League. At the meeting of the General Meeting at VIP premises of the Zlatorog Hall, the entire Celje team led by a coach was present Paul Pereiro.
