HK Košice is a handball club from Košice, Slovakia, that plays in the Niké Handball Extraliga.
History
The handball club was founded in 1967 under the name TJ VSŽ Košice. After the 1971/72 season, when they won the Czechoslovak 2nd League, the handball players from Košice were promoted to the Czechoslovak I.Liga, in which they played without a break until the classification of Czechoslovakia in 1993. In the 1977/1978 season, the club won its first Czechoslovakia league title. After that, he won the Czechoslovakia championship twice more: in the 1980/81 and 1988/1989 seasons. In 1980, they won the Czechoslovakia Cup. After the independence of Slovakia, they won the National Championship of Slovakia twice: in 1997 and 1999. They won the National Cup of Slovakia 9 times: in 1979, 1980, 1983, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2003.
Naming history
| Name
|
Period
|
| TJ VSŽ Košice
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1967−1998
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| HK TJ VSŽ Košice
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1998–1999
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| HK VSŽ Košice
|
1999–2006
|
| 1.MHK Košice
|
2006–2015
|
| HŠK ŠG Košice
|
2015–2020
|
| HK Košice
|
2020–present
|
Club crest
- Name: – Handball aréna Bernolákova
- City: – Košice
- Capacity: – 500
- Address: – Handball aréna, ZŠ Bernolákova 16, Košice, Slovakia
Management
| Position
|
Name
|
| President
|
Ondrej Melich
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| Vice President
|
Dušan Timko
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Team
Current squad
- Squad for the 2022–23 season[1]
| HK Košice
|
- Goalkeepers
- Left Wingers
- Right Wingers
- 04 Adam Takáč
- 28 Filip Jászai
- Line Players
- 27 Erik Ľoch
- 33 Marián Maguška
- 69 Michal Capík
|
- Central Backs
- Left Backs
- 08 Matúš Hriňák
- 11 Ondrej Melich
- 19 Peter Tumidalský
- Right Backs
|
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Technical staff
Transfers
- Transfers for the 2022–23 season
Accomplishments
- National Championship of Slovakia: 2
- National Cup of Slovakia: 9
- 1979, 1980, 1983, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2003
- Czechoslovakia Handball League: 3
- National Cup of Czechoslovakia: 1
References
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