KS Iskra Kielce

KS Iskra Kielce SA, officially known for sponsorship reasons as Industria Kielce, and previously named Vive Kielce between 2002 and 2022, 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).

History

The club was founded in 1965. It was promoted to the top division for he first time in 1975. They won their first title in 1985, the Polish Handball Cup.

Since 1984, the club has been playing at the highest level league of Polish handball, winning its first league 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.

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. In the 2021-22 Champions League they reached the final again, this time losing to FC Barcelona.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

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, , 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23

• Polish Cup

Winners (18): 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, 2024–25

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

European record

EHF Champions League

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2025–26 season

Goalkeepers

• 1 Adam Morawski
• 16 Bekir Čordalija
• 22 Klemen Ferlin

Left wingers

• 98 Piotr Jarosiewicz
• 99 Dylan Nahi

Right wingers

• 11 Benoît Kounkoud
• 23 Arkadiusz Moryto

Line players

• 50 Artsem Karalek
• 93 Łukasz Rogulski
• 97 Théo Monar

Left backs

• 9 Szymon Sićko
• 24 Daniel Dujshebaev

Centre backs

• 4 Piotr Jędraszczyk
• 5 Michał Olejniczak
• 88 Aleks Vlah

Right backs

• 10 Alex Dujshebaev
• 15 Jorge Maqueda

Transfers

Transfers for the 2026–27 season

Joining

• Dejan Milosavljev (GK) (from Füchse Berlin)
• Kirill Rabchinski (LB) (from SKA Minsk)
• Faruk Yusuf (RB) (back from loan at Limoges Handball)
• Julien Bos (RB) (from HBC Nantes)
• Luka Lovre Klarica (RB) (from RK Zagreb)

Leaving

• Daniel Dujshebaev (LB) (to MT Melsungen)
• Alex Dujshebaev (RB) (to VfL Gummersbach)

Transfer history

Naming conventions

• 1965–1973: Iskra Kielce
• 1973–1991: Korona Kielce
• 1991–1994: Iskra Kielce
• 1994–1996: Iskra/Ceresit Kielce
• 1996–1998: Iskra Kielce
• 1998–1999: Iskra Lider Market Kielce
• 2000–2000: Strzelec/Lider Market Kielce
• 2001–2002: Kolporter/Lider Market Kielce
• 2002–2002: Kolporter Kielce
• 2002–2009: Vive Kielce
• 2009–2014: Vive Targi Kielce
• 2014–2017: Vive Tauron Kielce
• 2017–2020: PGE Vive Kielce
• 2020–2022: Łomża Vive Kielce
• 2022–2022: Łomża Industria Kielce
• 2023–2023: Industria Kielce
• 2023–2023: Barlinek Industria Kielce
• 2023–: Industria Kielce

See also

References

External links

• Official website
• Official website