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 (21).
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.
In April 2026, legendary coach Talant Dujshebaev left the team after 12 years at the helm.
Crest, colours, supporters
Kits
HOME
AWAY
Honours Domestic Polish Superliga Winners (21): 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, 2025–26
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
SeasonTierLeaguePos. 1984–851 Superliga4 1985–861 Superliga5 1986–871 Superliga9 1987–881 Superliga7 1988–891 Superliga8 1989–901 Superliga4 1990–911 Superliga4 1991–921 Superliga12 1992–931 Superliga1 1993–941 Superliga1 1994–951 Superliga2 1995–961 Superliga1 1996–971 Superliga3 1997–981 Superliga1 1998–991 Superliga1 1999–001 Superliga4 2000–011 Superliga3 2001–021 Superliga5 2002–031 Superliga1 2003–041 Superliga2 2004–051 Superliga3
SeasonTierLeaguePos. 2005–061 Superliga4 2006–071 Superliga3 2007–081 Superliga3 2008–091 Superliga1 2009–101 Superliga1 2010–111 Superliga2 2011–121 Superliga1 2012–131 Superliga1 2013–141 Superliga1 2014–151 Superliga1 2015–161 Superliga1 2016–171 Superliga1 2017–181 Superliga1 2018–191 Superliga1 2019–201 Superliga1 2020–211 Superliga1 2021–221 Superliga1 2022–231 Superliga1 2023–241 Superliga2 2024–251 Superliga2 2025–261 Superliga1
European record EHF Champions League Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate 2025–26Group stage (Group A) Kolstad Håndball 38–2727–263rd place Sporting CP 39–3336–41 Füchse Berlin 32–3733–31 Veszprém36–3533–35 HBC Nantes 27–3533–29 Dinamo București 34–3228–24 Aalborg Håndbold 32–3227–34Playoffs Szeged32–3223–2655–58 2022–23Group stage (Group B) HBC Nantes 40–3333–302nd place Barça 31–3228–32 Aalborg Håndbold 33–2830–28 THW Kiel40–3729–32 RK Celje36–2833–30 Pick Szeged37–3031–28 Elverum Håndball 37–3327–261/4 Veszprém31–2729–2960–561/2 PSG25–24Final SC Magdeburg29–30 2021–22Group stage (Group B) Dinamo București 34–2929–321st place Veszprém32–2933–35 Motor33–2726–25 Flensburg 37–2933–25 FC Porto39–3327–29 PSG38–3327–32 Barça29–2732–301/4 Montpellier Handball30–2231–2861–501/2 Veszprém37–35Final Barça35–37 2020–21Group stage (Group A) Flensburg 28–3130–313rd place MOL-Pick Szeged26–2330–26 Elverum Håndball39–2931–22 Meshkov Brest 34–2730–35 PSG35–3326–37 FC Porto32–3032–32 Vardar 196136–2933–29Playoffs HBC Nantes31–3425–2456–58 2015–16Group stage (Group B) Pick Szeged27–2630–312nd place Montpellier Handball30–2332–27 RNL28–2732–32 IFK Kristianstad35–2735–35 Barça30–3033–31 RK Vardar23–2024–34 KIF Kolding33–3133–251/8 Meshkov Brest33–3032–2865–581/4 Flensburg29–2828–2857–561/2 PSG28–26Final Veszprém39–38
Team Current squad Squad for the 2026–27 season
Goalkeepers 1 Adam Morawski 12 Kacper Kaleta 96 Dejan Milosavljev Left wingers 44 Marcel Latosiński 98 Piotr Jarosiewicz 99 Dylan Nahi Right wingers 11 Benoît Kounkoud 23 Arkadiusz Moryto Line players 50 Artsem Karalek 97 Théo Monar
Left backs 9 Szymon Sićko 37 Milorad Bakić 71 Kirill Rabchinski Centre backs 4 Piotr Jędraszczyk 5 Michał Olejniczak 88 Aleks Vlah Right backs 2 Yusuf Faruk 10 Luka Lovre Klarica 13 Julien Bos
Transfers Transfers for the 2027–28 season
Joining
Leaving
Transfer history
Transfers for the 2026–27 seasonJoining Dejan Milosavljev (GK) from Füchse Berlin Julien Bos (RB) from HBC Nanteshttps://www.handball-world.news/artikel/ab-2026-kielce-holt-franzoesischen-nationalspieler-1134220 Luka Lovre Klarica (RB) from RK Zagrebhttps://www.handball-world.news/artikel/industria-kielce-praesentiert-nachfolger-von-alex-dujshebaev-1140862 Milorad Bakić (LB) from Eskilstuna Guifhttps://www.kielcehandball.pl/w/transfer.-milard-bakić-zawodnikiem-industrii-kielce Kirill Rabchinski (LB) from SKA Minskhttps://www.instagram.com/p/DS4_uYviN0Y/ Kacper Kaleta (GK) (on loan from KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski) Yusuf Faruk (RB) (back from loan at Limoges Handball)
Leaving Alex Dujshebaev (RB) to VfL Gummersbachhttps://www.handball-world.news/artikel/naechster-top-transfer-perfekt-gummersbach-holt-dujshebaev-1192039 Daniel Dujshebaev (LB) to MT Melsungenhttps://www.handball-world.news/artikel/naechster-dujshebaev-in-der-hbl-melsungen-transfer-fix-1202728 Jorge Maqueda (RB) to CB Caserío Ciudad Realhttps://www.handball-world.news/artikel/zurueck-in-die-heimat-neuer-klub-fuer-maqueda-1224942 Klemen Ferlin (GK) to RD Slovanhttps://www.sport-tv.si/prestopna-bomba-na-kodeljevem-klemen-ferlin-kielce-zamenjal-za-slovan/ Bekir Čordalija (GK) to RK Partizanhttps://www.balkan-handball.com/balkan/bekir-cordalija-u-partizanu/ Łukasz Rogulski (LP) to SCM Politehnica Timișoarahttps://www.instagram.com/scmpolitehnica.handbal/p/DZ2auXSNdhJ/
Transfers for the 2025–26 seasonJoining Aleks Vlah (CB) from Aalborg Håndbold Nikodem Błażejewski (GK) back from loan at Stal Mielec Sandro Meštrić (GK) back from loan at Rebud KPR Ostrovia Adam Morawski (GK) from MT Melsungen Piotr Jarosiewicz (LW) from Azoty Puławy Halil Jaganjac (LB) back from loan at Rhein-Neckar Löwen Piotr Jędraszczyk (CB) back from loan at Corotop Gwardia Opole
Leaving Igor Karačić CB) to RK Zagreb Sandro Meštrić (GK) to HC Meshkov Brest Tomasz Gębala (LB) to Kuwait SC Miłosz Wałach (GK) to RK Vardar 1961 Szymon Wiaderny (LW) to Zepter KPR Legionowo Cezary Surgiel (LW) to Olympiacos Halil Jaganjac (LB) to Rhein-Neckar Löwen Nikodem Błażejewski (GK) to ?
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