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Slovakian handball club From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HK Košice is a handball club from Košice, Slovakia, that plays in the Niké Handball Extraliga.
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HK Košice | |||
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Full name | Hádzanársky klub Košice | ||
Short name | HK | ||
Founded | 1967 | ||
Arena | Handball aréna Bernolákova, Košice | ||
Capacity | 500 | ||
President | Ondrej Melich | ||
Head coach | Martin Lipták | ||
League | Niké Handball Extraliga | ||
Club colours | |||
Website Official site |
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.
Name | Period |
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TJ VSŽ Košice | 1967−1998 |
HK TJ VSŽ Košice | 1998–1999 |
HK VSŽ Košice | 1999–2006 |
1.MHK Košice | 2006–2015 |
HŠK ŠG Košice | 2015–2020 |
HK Košice | 2020–present |
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