Vive Kielce
| Full name | KS PGE Vive Kielce SA | ||
| Nickname (s) | Iskra | ||
| Founded | 1965 | ||
| Club colors | yellow / white / blue | ||
| Hall | Hala Legionów, Kielce | ||
| Places | 4200 | ||
| president | Bertus Servaas ( 2002 ) | ||
| executive Director | Bogdan Wenta | ||
| Trainer | Talant Dujshebaev | ||
| league | Ekstraklasa | ||
| 2018/19 | |||
| rank | 1st place | ||
| Nat. Cup | winner | ||
| International | 4th place in the Champions League | ||
| Website | kielcehandball.pl | ||
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| Greatest successes | |||
| International | Champions League 2015/16 winner | ||
KS PGE Vive Kielce is a Polish handball club from Kielce , which plays in the Superliga , the highest Polish league.
history
The club was founded in 1965. The first promotion to the highest Polish league, the Ekstraklasa, succeeded in 1975 under the name "MKS Korona". In the absence of an own hall, Mielec played . The lack of home advantage was one of the reasons for relegation a year later.
Between 1978 and 1983 the club played in the Ekstraklasa for five years and was able to record third place in the 1979/80 season as its greatest success. After a year-long interlude in the second division, in 1984 they were immediately promoted again. Since then, the club has played continuously in the top division. In 1985 Kielce won the Polish Cup for the first time, which was the greatest success in the club's history.
In 1991 the existing club split into Korona Kielce ( football ) and Iskra Kielce ( handball ). The 90s of the twentieth century were to be the most successful of the club. On May 1, 1993, two game days before the end of the season, Kielce won the Polish championship for the first time in front of Wisła Płock and Warsaw. A year later the title went back to Kielce, followed by another in 1996. The 1996/97 season ended in third place, with which one qualified for the EHF Cup . There they caused a surprise in the 1997/98 season when they defeated THW Kiel in their own hall with 28:27 in the quarter finals . The second leg, however, decided the Kieler with 31:26 and subsequently won the EHF Cup. The championship titles four and five followed in 1998 and 1999, before winning the Polish Cup for the second time in 2000. The 2001/02 season brought a setback with fifth place, which meant that they only qualified for the insignificant Challenge Cup internationally .
In 2002 the club was taken over by the Dutch entrepreneur Bertus Servaas, owner of VIVE Textile Recycling. Since then, the club has had the addition "Vive" in the club name. In 2002/03 the first double in the club's history was achieved, winning the championship and the cup. Since Bertus Servaas took over the club, attempts have been made to connect with the top European clubs by signing up for top Polish and foreign players. From 2008 the team was trained by Bogdan Wenta . Until April 2012, Wenta was also the coach of the Polish national team , which was runner-up in 2007 and third in the 2009 World Cup. 2009, the two were by then in the German Handball Bundesliga active Mariusz Jurasik ( Rhein-Neckar Löwen ) and Rastko Stojković ( HSG Nordhorn-Lingen ) obliged with which one the qualifying tournament from 4 to 6 September 2009 in its own hall the jump made it into the Champions League , where they were eliminated in the round of 16 against HSV Hamburg . In the two following years, the leap into the last eight did not succeed. In the 2012/13 Champions League season , the club failed only in the semi-finals at FC Barcelona, but then prevailed in the game for third place with 31:30 against the German champions THW Kiel . In January 2014, Talant Dujshebaev , who was last without a club after the bankruptcy of BM Atlético de Madrid , succeeded Wenta, who switched to the management of the club.
KS Vive Kielce since 1993/94
| season | Polish championship | European Cup | reached round |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993/94 | 1st place | Champions League | Round of 16 |
| 1994/95 | 2nd place | Champions League | Round of 16 |
| 1995/96 | 1st place | EC of the cup winners | last 32 |
| 1996/97 | 3rd place | Champions League | last 32 (qualification for group stage 16) |
| 1997/98 | 1st place | EHF Cup | Quarter finals |
| 1998/99 | 1st place | Champions League | last 32 (qualification for group stage 16) |
| 1999/00 | 4th Place | Champions League | last 32 (qualification for group stage 16) |
| 2000/01 | 3rd place | EC of the cup winners | Round of 16 |
| 2001/02 | 5th place | EHF Cup | 2nd round |
| 2002/03 | 1st place | Challenge Cup | 4th round |
| 2003/04 | 2nd place | Champions League | last 32 (group stage) |
| 2004/05 | 3rd place | EC of the cup winners | 2nd round |
| 2005/06 | 4th Place | EHF Cup | Quarter finals |
| 2006/07 | 3rd place | EC of the cup winners | 2nd round |
| 2007/08 | 3rd place | EHF Cup | Round of 16 |
| 2008/09 | 1st place | EC of the cup winners | 2nd round |
| 2009/10 | 1st place | Champions League | Round of 16 |
| 2010/11 | 2nd place | Champions League | last 24 (group stage) |
| 2011/12 | 1st place | Champions League | Round of 16 |
| 2012/13 | 1st place | Champions League | Final Four, 3rd place |
| 2013/14 | 1st place | Champions League | Round of 16 |
| 2014/15 | 1st place | Champions League | Final Four, 3rd place |
| 2015/16 | 1st place | Champions League | winner |
| 2016/17 | 1st place | Champions League | Round of 16 |
| 2017/18 | 1st place | Champions League | Quarter finals |
| 2018/19 | 1st place | Champions League | Final Four, 4th place |
successes
- Polish champion : 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012-2019
- Polish Cup Winner: 1985, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009-2020
- 1st place in the Champions League : 2016
- 3rd place in the Champions League : 2013 , 2015
- Quarter-finalist in the EHF Cup : 1998 , 2006
Hall
From 1986 to 2006 the place for home games was a hall with a capacity of around 1,600 seats.
Since 2006 the club has had a modern multi-purpose sports hall, the Hala Legionów, with 3030 permanent seats. For other events, the capacity can be expanded to 4,200 seats at any time by placing chairs in the interior.
Squad for the 2019/20 season
Web links
- Internet presence of KS PGE Vive Kielce (Polish)
- EHF Champions League 2009/10 (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ handball-world.com: A bang in Kielce: Dujshebaev and Wenta now together at the helm on January 8, 2014, accessed on January 8, 2014