HERA Project
A European project on rugby for children's health, led by HARK Mladost together with Rugby klub Ljubljana from 2022 to 2024 under the Erasmus+ programme. Today's work with the youth age groups is built on its results.
HARK Mladost / Zagreb / since 1954
Your club. Your team.
The oldest rugby club in Croatia. We play and train at Krtičnjak, in the Mladost Sports Park.
Next match
Mladost v Zagreb
Saturday, 24 October 2026 · Zagreb, Krtičnjak · kick-off time to follow
2. kolo, Prvenstvo Hrvatske, 1. liga
in 6 days
The club film
A Mole with character
Follow Mladost
Match announcements, results and photos from Krtičnjak are published on Instagram and Facebook, and match recordings on the club's YouTube channel.
The club's story
HARK Mladost was founded on 17 January 1954 and has been part of university sport at the University of Zagreb ever since. Seniors, under-18s, under-16s and children from the rugby school train at Krtičnjak, alongside the parents, veterans and supporters who hold the club together.
Work. Believe. Achieve.
- 1954. year founded, the oldest rugby club in Croatia
- 4 national championship titles, senior rugby union 1958, 2019, 2024, 2026
- 3 Croatian championship titles, senior rugby sevens 2012, 2016, 2019
- 7 Cup wins, senior rugby union 1959, 1961, 1962, 1967, 2015, 2018, 2020
HERA Project
A European project on rugby as health-enhancing physical activity for children: HARK Mladost and Rugby klub Ljubljana, Erasmus+ Sport, 2022 to 2024. Three international camps, 180 participants, and the HERA Programme and Action Plan that any club can adopt. The project website and film are available in six languages.
Fixtures and results
Upcoming senior matches
- 24. 10. 2026. Saturday Round 2 · Croatian Championship, 1st DivisionMladost v ZagrebZagreb, Krtičnjak Home
- 31. 10. 2026. Saturday Round 3 · Croatian Championship, 1st DivisionSinj v MladostSinj Away
- 14. 11. 2026. Saturday Round 4 · Croatian Championship, 1st DivisionMladost v NadaZagreb, Krtičnjak Home
- 21. 11. 2026. Saturday Round 5 · Croatian Championship, 1st DivisionMakarska v MladostMakarska Away
Dates according to the Croatian Rugby Federation competition calendar for autumn 2026. Kick-off times are published as soon as the federation sets them, usually a week before the round.
Latest senior results
- 19. 9. 2026. Seniors · rugby union (15s) Croatian Championship, 1st Division, 1. kolo Mladost v Ljubljana 81:12 W win source: rugby.hr (1st Division)
- 23. 5. 2026. Seniors · rugby sevens PH u ragbiju 7 za seniore, II. turnir Nada v Mladost 12:22 W win decision 30/2026
- 23. 5. 2026. Seniors · rugby sevens PH u ragbiju 7 za seniore, II. turnir Šibenik v Mladost 0:59 W win decision 30/2026
- 23. 5. 2026. Seniors · rugby sevens PH u ragbiju 7 za seniore, II. turnir Mladost v Sinj 28:28 D draw decision 30/2026
- 23. 5. 2026. Seniors · rugby sevens PH u ragbiju 7 za seniore, II. turnir Mladost v Zagreb 21:19 W win decision 30/2026
Table: Croatian Championship 2026/27, 1st Division
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | Points | +/- | Bonus | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | RK Nada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42:17 | +25 | 1 | 5 |
| 2. | RK Makarska rivijera | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28:26 | +2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3. | RK Zagreb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26:28 | -2 | 1 | 1 |
| 4. | HARK Mladost | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5. | RK Sinj | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:42 | -25 | 0 | 0 |
The table is calculated from the matches between Croatian clubs according to the Regulations of the Croatian Senior Championship (4 points for a win, 2 for a draw, 0 for a loss; a bonus point for scoring three or more tries more than the opponent and for losing by seven points or fewer). RK Ljubljana plays in the league as an associate member, so matches against Ljubljana are not scored and are not included in the table. As of 18 October 2026,source: rugby.hr.
Video
Full recording of the final of 28 March 2026 at Krtičnjak, in which Mladost won its fourth championship title (HARK Mladost channel).
Recording from the HARK Mladost club channel, April 2018 (in Croatian).
At Mladost since 1999, when he came to his first training session aged 11; long-serving captain of the Croatian national team. Tribina show (in Croatian).
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Find your team
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SeniorsCroatian Championship (1st Division) and Cup in rugby union, championship in rugby sevens.
- U18Under-18s, born in 2009 and 2010.
- U16Under-16s, born in 2011 and 2012.
- U14 and youngerUnder-14s (born in 2013 and 2014), U12, U10 and the rugby school.
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Touch and social rugbyNon-contact rugby for everyone who wants to train and socialise.
How to find the club
The club's home is in the Mladost Sports Park, Jarunska ulica 5, Zagreb. The changing rooms, the clubhouse and the small pitch (minipitch) are in the south-eastern part of the park, by the Sava embankment and Obala Marka Veselice. The main pitch, Krtičnjak, where we play our matches, is a little further on, along the eastern side of the Faculty of Kinesiology.
The park entrance and the car park are on Jarunska ulica; by tram, travel along Horvaćanska cesta to Jarun, then walk down Jarunska ulica.
Club office: Nikole Tesle 10/III, 10000 Zagreb
Rugby school
Girls and boys train in age groups, from the rugby school to the under-18s. The youth programme is based on the HERA project: health, nutrition and injury prevention.
Students and adult beginners are welcome in the senior team and at touch rugby.
Club projects
Krtica Tournament
An international youth rugby tournament organised by the club at Krtičnjak, held fourteen times so far; the most recent, the 14th Krtica Tournament, was played in 2023. The fourth edition for under-16s took place in 2012, in 2016 eight teams from Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Serbia and Croatia took part, the eighth edition in 2017 brought together teams from Trieste, Split and Zagreb, and in 2020 and 2021 the tournament was held as Mala Krtica (Little Mole), a coaching and playing camp and tournament for U14, U16 and U18.
Support the club
Mladost is an amateur club with a limited budget. Support from sponsors and donors helps us pay for coaches, equipment, matches, tournaments and our teams' travel.