KS Kielce

KS Iskra Kielce SA, officially known for sponsorship reasons as Industria Kielce, is a professional men's handball club based in Kielce in southeastern Poland. The club plays in the Polish Superliga and is a regular competitor of the EHF Champions League. It is the most successful Polish handball club based on the number of the league titles (20).^[1][2]

Industria Kielce
Full name	Klub Sportowy Iskra Kielce Spółka Akcyjna
Short name	Iskra Kielce
Founded	1965; 59 years ago (1965)
Arena	Hala Legionów
Capacity	4,200
President	Magdalena Szczukiewicz
Head coach	Talant Dujshebaev
Captain	Alex Dujshebaev
League	Polish Superliga
2023–24	2nd place
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

Since 1984, the club has been playing at the highest level league of Polish handball, winning its first title in 1993 (they finished the season with 44 points, 5 points more than one of their greatest contestants – Wisła Płock).

In 2019, it has become the most successful handball club in Poland, winning its 16th title and therefore beating the previous record holder, Śląsk Wrocław.^[3]

Throughout the years of its functioning, the club has managed to reach the final four of the Champions League five times, eventually winning the most prestigious handball competition in Europe in 2016.^[4]

Honours

Domestic

• Polish Superliga

Winners (20): 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23

• Polish Cup

Winners (17): 1984–85, 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21

International

• EHF Champions League

Winners: 2015–16

Silver: 2021–22, 2022–23

Bronze: 2012–13, 2014–15

Final four: 2018–19

• IHF Super Globe

Bronze: 2016, 2022

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. 1984–85 1 Superliga 4 1985–86 1 Superliga 5 1986–87 1 Superliga 9 1987–88 1 Superliga 7 1988–89 1 Superliga 8 1989–90 1 Superliga 4 1990–91 1 Superliga 4 1991–92 1 Superliga 12 1992–93 1 Superliga 1 1993–94 1 Superliga 1 1994–95 1 Superliga 2 1995–96 1 Superliga 1 1996–97 1 Superliga 3 1997–98 1 Superliga 1 1998–99 1 Superliga 1 1999–00 1 Superliga 4 2000–01 1 Superliga 3 2001–02 1 Superliga 5 2002–03 1 Superliga 1 2003–04 1 Superliga 2

Season Tier League Pos. 2004–05 1 Superliga 3 2005–06 1 Superliga 4 2006–07 1 Superliga 3 2007–08 1 Superliga 3 2008–09 1 Superliga 1 2009–10 1 Superliga 1 2010–11 1 Superliga 2 2011–12 1 Superliga 1 2012–13 1 Superliga 1 2013–14 1 Superliga 1 2014–15 1 Superliga 1 2015–16 1 Superliga 1 2016–17 1 Superliga 1 2017–18 1 Superliga 1 2018–19 1 Superliga 1 2019–20 1 Superliga 1 2020–21 1 Superliga 1 2021–22 1 Superliga 1 2022–23 1 Superliga 1 2023–24 1 Superliga 2

European record

EHF Champions League

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2024–25	Group stage (Group B)	RK Zagreb	30–23	–
		HBC Nantes	–	20–23
		Barça	28–32	–
		SC Magdeburg	–	27–26
		Kolstad Håndball	31–30	33–32
		Aalborg Håndbold	28–35	26–34
		Pick Szeged	31–35	27–28
2022–23	Group stage (Group B)	HBC Nantes	40–33	33–30	2nd place
		Barça	31–32	28–32
		Aalborg Håndbold	33–28	30–28
		THW Kiel	40–37	29–32
		RK Celje	36–28	33–30
		Pick Szeged	37–30	31–28
		Elverum Håndball	37–33	27–26
	1/4	Veszprém	31–27	29–29	60–56
	1/2	Paris Saint-Germain	25–24
	Final	SC Magdeburg	29–30
2021–22	Group stage (Group B)	Dinamo București	34–29	29–32	1st place
		Veszprém	32–29	33–35
		Motor	33–27	26–25
		Flensburg-Handewitt	37–29	33–25
		FC Porto	39–33	27–29
		Paris Saint-Germain	38–33	27–32
		Barça	29–27	32–30
	1/4	Montpellier Handball	30–22	31–28	61–50
	1/2	Veszprém	37–35
	Final	Barça	35–37
2015–16	Group stage (Group B)	Pick Szeged	27–26	30–31	2nd place
		Montpellier Handball	30–23	32–27
		Rhein-Neckar Löwen	28–27	32–32
		IFK Kristianstad	35–27	35–35
		Barça	30–30	33–31
		RK Vardar	23–20	24–34
		KIF Kolding	33–31	33–25
	1/8	Meshkov Brest	33–30	32–28	65–58
	1/4	Flensburg-Handewitt	29–28	28–28	57–56
	1/2	Paris Saint-Germain	28–26
	Final	Veszprém	39–38

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season

Goalkeepers 01 Miłosz Wałach 16 Bekir Čordalija 22 Klemen Ferlin 32 Sandro Meštrić Left wingers 06 Szymon Wiaderny 27 Cezary Surgiel 99 Dylan Nahi Right wingers 07 Benoît Kounkoud 23 Arkadiusz Moryto Line players 50 Artsem Karalek 93 Łukasz Rogulski 97 Théo Monar

Left backs 09 Szymon Sićko 42 Hassan Kaddah 48 Tomasz Gębala Centre backs 05 Michał Olejniczak 18 Igor Karačić 24 Daniel Dujshebaev Right backs 10 Alex Dujshebaev 15 Jorge Maqueda

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Joining Nikodem Błażejewski (GK) (back from loan at Stal Mielec) Halil Jaganjac (LB) (back from loan at Rhein-Neckar Löwen) Piotr Jędraszczyk (CB) (back from loan at Gwardia Opole) Yusuf Faruk (RB) (back from loan at Limoges Handball)

Leaving

See also

• Vive Kielce players

References

1. "Osiągnięcia". kielcehandball.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 29 August 2020.
2. "To były wspaniałe lata pełne sukcesów i emocji. VIVE Group podsumowuje 18 lat wsparcia dla KS VIVE Kielce Handball S.A." odpowiedzialnybiznes.pl (in Polish). 25 June 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
3. "VIVE Kielce mistrzem Polski! Historyczne zwycięstwo". sport.pl (in Polish). 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
4. "Mają to! Szczypiorniści Vive Tauronu Kielce pokonali Veszprem i wygrali Ligę Mistrzów!". przegladsportowy.pl (in Polish). 29 May 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2021.

External links

• Official website
• Official website (in Polish)