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If we had to choose a team whose roster went through the most changes this off-season it would surely be Celje. Great games attracted best clubs to shop in Zlatorog and the result is Blaz Janc in Kielce, Vid Poteko in Brest, Miha Zarabec in Kiel as well as departure of some experienced players like Gajic or even captain Luka Zvizej along with defensively important Babarskas, Zabic, Brasilian international Patrianova... However, Celje has its recognizable...

Biggest change for Gorenje Velenje will actually be the one off the court with former Croatian national team coach Zeljko Babic replacing Borut Plaskan on their bench. This will be his second SEHA club after Meshkov Brest. His job will not be easy as he has agreed to take over a team which has a lot of potential but lost Luka Mitrovic whose experienced meant a lot to them last season. Team has three reinforcements for the season, on all three back-court positions which clearly...

PPD Zagreb have proved themselves as SEHA League constant throughout all six seasons so far. Always a part of TOP 4, always on Final Four, always among main title favorites with highest ambitions never leaving Croatian capital. Coaching change occurred at the end of the last season with Kamenica succeeding Ivandija and Goluza. Compared to last season, Zagreb have decided to let SEHA League's best goalkeeper Ivan Stevanovic leave as well as Vujic, Cingesar, Sprem, Jotic and Markoski. Refreshments and...

Coaching change in which Hrvoje Horvat replaced Zdenko Kordi in the second part of the last season was just an announcement of upcoming changes in Nasice. Team which has SEHA constant and which is looking in PPD Zagreb' back for a long time in Croatia is finally looking to make a step forward. Nine players have during the summer left the club - Lorger, Spiler, Vegar, Herceg, Nenadic, Nuic, Sakic, Halikovic and Bozic-Pavletic. Departures are however always followed by arrivals and the impression is that Horvat will this season...

Five SEHA seasons, five years of exponential quality rise. Last season was their best so far. They've managed to catch a place on SEHA F4 at home and by that it was their first season among Europe's best teams in CL. This year they are even stronger which brings them next to Vardar on SEHA title favorites list. Sergey Bebeshko has managed to refresh his team for the new season letting Atman, Jamali, Kristopans, Babichev and Ostroushko leave and bringing new forces like Russian Alex...

Experience of playing all six SEHA seasons so far is behind them. One of five irreplaceable teams back from League's very beginning. Last year was probably the hardest one so far. They've finished the season on ninth position and the result was departure of coach Rastislav Trtik and signing of experienced Croatian both player and coach - Slavko Goluza. He has managed to win everything as a player and as Croatian national team coach he has three bronze medals - from WCh, EC and OG. Knowing his...

It is always harder to defend the throne and Raul Gonzales, as both SEHA and CL best coach for the past season, is surely well aware of that. Vardar are now three-time SEHA champions and are entering the season as European champions as well. Considering the fact that they did not change their roster much we can surely once again put them high on title favorite list. It is however clear Raul Gonzales will have to change a few things in order for Vardar to stun everyone like they did last season playing the best handball...

Slovenian derby is scheduled for 30th of August when Celje PL will travel to Velenje aiming to secure their first points. SEHA media team talked to Borut Mackovsek who shared his thoughts ahead of Slovenian 'El clasico...

Nexe's ace and former Croatian national team player, Vedran Zrnic, talks about the team roster ahead of the new season...

It is always good to work on preserving tradition and with that thought on our minds we've decided to once again give 10 SEHA - Gazprom League coaches a chance to pick their own 'Best 7', defensive specialist and coach after the regular part of the season. Voting system was 3-2-1 points on each position with an addition of choosing MVP giving him 5 points instaed of 3. Blaz...