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HK Košice

Full name

Hádzanársky klub Košice

Short name

Founded

1967; 57 years ago (1967)

Arena

Handball aréna Bernolákova, Košice

Capacity

500

President

Ondrej Melich

Head coach

Martin Lipták

League

Niké Handball Extraliga

Club colours

Home

Away

Website
Official site

HK Košice is a handball club from Košice, Slovakia, that plays in the Niké Handball Extraliga.

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History

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.

Naming history

Name	Period
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