KS Iskra Kielce

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. In April 2026, legendary coach Talant Dujshebaev left the team after 12 years at the helm. ==Crest, colours, supporters==

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==

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 • Klemen Ferlin (GK) (to Slovan Ljubljana) ? • Daniel Dujshebaev (LB) (to MT Melsungen) • Alex Dujshebaev (RB) (to VfL Gummersbach) • Jorge Maqueda (RB) (to BM Caserío Ciudad Real) ? 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==