KS Vive Handball Kielce SA, officially known for sponsorship reasons as Łomża Industria Kielce, is a professional men's

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

Kielce Kielce (, yi, קעלץ, Keltz) is a city in southern Poland, and the capital of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. In 2021, it had 192,468 inhabitants. The city is in the middle of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Holy Cross Mountains), on the bank ...

in southeastern

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

, founded in 1965 under the name Iskra Kielce. The club plays in the

Polish Superliga The Polish Superliga, also known as the PGNiG Superliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top men's handball league in Poland. The current champion is Vive Kielce, the most titled Polish handball club, maintaining its position at the top of the tab ...

and is a regular competitor of the EHF Champions League. The most successful Polish handball club based on the number of the league titles (19). 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 Wisła Płock Spółka Akcyjna (''Wisła Płock S.A.''), commonly referred to as Wisła Płock (), is a Polish professional football club, based in Płock, Masovian Voivodeship, which plays in the Ekstraklasa, the top tier of the national foot ...

). 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. In 2022, the team changed its name to Łomża Industria Kielce. 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

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Honours

Domestic

:Winners (19): 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, , 2018–19, 2019–20,

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, 2021–22 * 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, , 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21

International

* EHF Champions League :Winners (1): 2015–16 :Silver (1): 2021–22 :Final four (3):

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, 2014–15, 2018–19 * IHF Super Globe :Bronze (2):

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Season by season

European record

EHF Champions League

Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2022–23 season'' ;Goalkeepers *1

Mateusz Kornecki Mateusz Kornecki (born 5 June 1994) is a Polish handball player for Industria Kielce and the Polish national team. He participated at the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship The 2017 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 25th event ...

* 33

Andreas Wolff Andreas Wolff (born 3 March 1991) is a German handball player for THW Kiel and the German national team. Career Wolff played until the age of 15 at SG Ollheim/Straßfeld, before switching to HSG Rheinbach-Wormersdorf. His senior breakthorugh c ...

;Left wingers *4

Miguel Sánchez-Migallón Miguel Sánchez-Migallón Naranjo (born 8 February 1995) is a Spanish handball player for Industria Kielce and the Spanish national team. References External links * 1995 births Living people People from Ciudad Real Spanish male hand ...

*6 Szymon Wiaderny * 27 Cezary Surgiel * 99 Dylan Nahi ;Right wingers *7 Benoît Kounkoud * 23

Arkadiusz Moryto Arkadiusz Moryto (born 31 August 1997) is a Polish handball player for Industria Kielce and the Polish national team. He participated at the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship, as well as in the 2020 and 2022 European Men's Handball Champi ...

;Line players * 11

Nicolas Tournat Nicolas Tournat (born 5 April 1994) is a French handball player for Vive Kielce, Barlinek Industria Kielce and the France men's national handball team, French national team. He was part of the French team that won the bronze medal at the 2018 Eu ...

* 41 Damian Domagała * 50

Artsem Karalek Artsem Karalek ( be, Арцём Каралёк; born 20 February 1996) is a Belarusian handball player for Industria Kielce and the Belarusian national team. He competed both at the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship and the 2020 Europe ...

;Left backs *9

Szymon Sićko Szymon Sićko (born 20 August 1997) is a Polish handball player for Industria Kielce and the Polish national team. Career He made his debut for the national team on 8 June 2017, in a friendly match against Sweden (27:33). He threw his first goa ...

* 30

Elliot Stenmalm Elliot Stenmalm (born 4 May 2002) is a Swedish handball player for Industria Kielce and the Swedish national team. He is the younger brother of fellow handball player Philip Stenmalm. He participated at the 2021 European Men's U-19 Handball C ...

* 48 Tomasz Gębala ;Centre backs *5

Michał Olejniczak Michał Olejniczak (born 31 January 2001) is a Polish handball player for Industria Kielce and the Polish national team. He represented Poland at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship The 2020 EHF European Men's Handball Championship ...

* 18 Igor Karačić * 24 Daniel Dujshebaev * 25

Haukur Þrastarson Haukur Þrastarson (born 14 April 2001) is an Icelandic handball player for Barlinek Industria Kielce and the Icelandic national team. He participated at the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship. Club career Haukur Þrastarson made his deb ...

;Right backs * 10

Alex Dujshebaev Alex Dujshebaev Dobichebaeva ( ky, Алекс Талантович Дүйшөбаев; latin: Alex Talantovič Dujshebaev; born 17 December 1992) is a Spanish handball player for Barlinek Industria Kielce and the Spanish national team. His mot ...

* 29

Nedim Remili Nedim Remili (born 18 July 1995) is a French handball player for Telekom Veszprém and the France national team. Biography Remili was born in Créteil, a commune in southeastern suburbs of Paris. His father, Kamel Remili, played his entire ca ...

* 34 Paweł Paczkowski

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2023–24 season'' ; Eo circle green arrow-up

Joining * Sandro Meštrić (GK) ''(from RD Riko Ribnica)'' * Hassan Kaddah (LB) ''(from

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)'' * Doruk Pehlivan (LB) ''(back from loan at

GWD Minden Grün-Weiß Dankersen-Minden, commonly known as GWD Minden, is a handball club from Minden, Germany, and is competing in the German Handball-Bundesliga. Crest, colours, supporters Kits Accomplishments * National Championship of Germany: 2 ...

)'' * Piotr Jędraszczyk (CB) ''(from

Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski is a men's handball club from Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland, that plays in the Superliga. History Historical names: *Concordia Piotrków Trybunalski (1997–2004) *Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski (2004� ...

)'' *

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(CB) ''(from

Limoges Handball Limoges Handball is a French handball team based in Limoges, that plays in the LNH Division 1. Crest, colours, supporters Naming history Kits Sports Hall information *Name: – Palais des Sports de Beaublanc *City: – Limoges *Cap ...

)'' ;

Leaving *

(P) ''(to

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References

External links

Official website

Official website
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