KS Vive Handball Kielce SA, officially known for sponsorship reasons as Łomża Industria Kielce, is a professional men's handball club based in Kielce 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 Men's EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the men ...

. 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 fo ...

). 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 Wrocławski Klub Sportowy Śląsk Wrocław Spółka Akcyjna, commonly known as WKS Śląsk Wrocław, Śląsk Wrocław () or simply Śląsk, is a Polish football club based in Wrocław that plays in Ekstraklasa, the highest level of the Polish f ...

. 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 2016.

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 The Polish Cup in football ( pl, Puchar Polski w piłce nożnej ) is an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs, held continuously from 1950, and is the second most important national title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa title. ...

: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

:Winners (1): 2015–16 :Silver (1): 2021–22 :Final four (3): 2012–13, 2014–15, 2018–19 *

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:Bronze (2): 2016, 2022

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 eve ...

* 33 Andreas Wolff ;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 The 2017 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 25th ...

;Line players * 11 Nicolas Tournat * 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 * 30 Elliot Stenmalm * 48

Tomasz Gębala Tomasz Gębala (born 23 November 1995) is a Polish handball player for Barlinek Industria Kielce. He participated at the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship. Private life His older brother Maciej Gębala Maciej Gębala (born 10 January 19 ...

;Centre backs *5 Michał Olejniczak * 18

Igor Karačić Igor Karačić (born 2 November 1988) is a Croatian handball player for Barlinek Industria Kielce and the Croatia national team. His older brother Ivan Karačić plays for Bosnia and Herzegovina while his younger brother Goran Karačić is a ...

* 24 Daniel Dujshebaev * 25 Haukur Þrastarson Injury icon 2

;Right backs * 10 Alex Dujshebaev * 29 Nedim Remili * 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

Zamalek SC Zamalek Sporting Club ( ar, نادي الزمالك للألعاب الرياضية), commonly referred to as Zamalek, is an Egyptian sports club based in Giza. It is one of the most successful football clubs in Africa and the Middle East, an ...

)'' * 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� ...

)'' * Yoav Lumbroso (CB) ''(from Limoges Handball)'' ; Eo circle red arrow-down

Leaving *

(P) ''(to

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)'' ?

References

External links

Official website

Official website
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