HK Košice

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City: – Košice
Capacity: – 500
Address: – Handball aréna, ZŠ Bernolákova 16, Košice , Slovakia

HK Košice
HK Košice
Full name	Hádzanársky klub Košice
Short name	HK
Founded	1967; 57 years ago
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.

Košice

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Location of HK Košice

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