Handball Club Baník Karviná or HCB Karviná is a Czech

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

club based in

Karviná Karviná (; pl, Karwina, , german: Karwin) is a city in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 50,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Olza River in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. Karviná is known as an industri ...

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. Baník Karviná is one of the most successful handball clubs in the country, having won the Chance Extraliga twelve times.

History

The club was founded in 1952. HCB Karviná win the first title in 1968 in

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second league and 1972 win in

first league. Club played in

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in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and

EHF Cup The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previ ...

in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2010, 2019 and 2020. The club has won the

Czech Handball Extraliga The Czech Extraliga is the name of the professional handball league of Czech Republic. Competition Format The season begins with a regular season between the twelve teams. The first eight teams qualifies for the play-offs, while the last four ...

twelve times, of which the last time was in 2022. The club competed in

and

on several occasions.

Crest, colours, supporters

Club crest

File:HCB_Karvina1.jpg, (-2013) File:HCB_Karvina2.jpg, (2013-2018) File:HCB_Karvina3.jpg, (2018–present)

Kits

Management

Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2022–23 season''

Technical staff

* Head Coach: Michal Brůna * Fitness Coach: Dominik Lukács * Physiotherapist: Daniel Jaroš * Masseur: David Hála * Club Doctor: Dr. Ľubomír Pacanovský

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2022–23 season'' ;Joining *

Martin Galia Martin Galia (born 12 April 1979) is a Czech handball player for HC Baník Karviná and the Czech national team. He participated at the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship The 2015 World Men's Handball Championship was the 24th staging o ...

(GK) from

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* Adam Ptáčník (LB) from TJ Sokol Nové Veselí * Jonáš Patzel (CB) from

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* Zdenek Čadra (RB) from KH Kopřivnice * Jan Plaček (RW) from TJ Cement Hranice ;Leaving *

Jan Sobol Jan Sobol (born 22 May 1984) is a Czech handball player, currently playing for Dijon Bourgogne HB and the Czech national handball team. References External links EHF Profile 1984 births Living people Czech male handball players Spo ...

(RW) ''(retires)'' * Nemanja Marjanović (GK) to RK Dinamo Pančevo * Jiří Tabara (GK) to MHK Karviná * Vojtěch Patzel (CB) to

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* Slavomír Mlotek (CB) to SKP Frýdek-Místek * Kristián Galia (LP) to HC ROBE Zubří * Artur Urbański (RB)

Accomplishments

: ** : 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2018, 2022 ** : 1997, 1998, 2019, ** : 1994, 1996, 2012 * Czechoslovakia Handball League: ** : 1968, 1972, ** : 1967, 1987, 1990, 1992, ** : 1969, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1991,

European record

EHF ranking

Former club members

Notable former players

* František Brůna (1961–1976) * Michal Brůna (2000–2002, 2003–2004, 2017–2020) * Luděk Drobek (1993–2004) *

(1997–2003, 2022–) * Pavel Horák (1996–2006) * David Juříček (1992–2003) *

Arnošt Klimčík Arnošt Klimčík (24 July 1945 in Karviná - 21 March 2015) was a Czechoslovak handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as ...

(1964–1977) * Tomáš Mrkva (2006–2010) * Vojtěch Patzel (2020–2022) * Martin Prachař (1997–2006) * Pavel Prokopec (2000–2004) *

Alexander Radčenko Alexander Radčenko (born 5 July 1973) is a Czech handball player, currently playing for HT Tatran Prešov in the Slovak Extraliga. He also plays for the Czech national handball team. He also played in SKIF Krasnodar, Istochnik Rostov-on-Don, ...

(1999–2003) * Miloš Slabý (2000–2004) *

(2001–2007, 2021–2022) * Ondřej Šulc (2006–2010) * Jakub Szymanski (2001–2006) *

Marek Vančo Marek Vančo (born 12 July 1989) is a Czech handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball u ...

(2009–2016) *

Ondřej Zdráhala Ondřej Zdráhala (born 10 July 1983) is a Czech handball player for Wisła Płock and the Czech national team. He participated at the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship in Qatar. He was the top goalscorer at the 2018 European Men's Handball ...

(2002–2007) * Krzysztof Łyżwa (2009–2011) *

Przemysław Witkowski Przemysław () is a Polish Slavic given name, meaning someone who is clever or ingenious. It is derived from another Polish name Przemysł. Its diminutive forms include Przemek (the most popular one), Przemuś (hypocorism), Przemo, Przemko, Prze ...

(2016–2017) * Veljko Inđić (2006–2008) * Nemanja Marjanović (2005–2008, 2017–2022) * Miloš Putera (2004–2006)

References

External links

* * {{facebook, HcbKarvina Czech handball clubs Handball clubs established in 1955 1955 establishments in Czechoslovakia Karviná