MKS Kalisz is a men's handball club from Kalisz, Poland, that plays in the Superliga.
The current name of the club is Energa MKS Kalisz due to sponsorship reasons.
History
The club was founded in 2007 and was able to start in the second league. The Polish Handball Association expanded the first league on May 31, 2012, so the team started playing in the first league in the 2012/2013 season. In 2016, Bartłomiej Jaszka became the team's player coach. In the 2016/2017 season, the team won 21, drew one and lost four, finishing first in Division 1 Group B with 43 points. After winning the first league, the club management requested and received a license to play in the Superliga. MKS Kalisz debuted in the highest Polish league on September 2, 2017, losing at home to Vive Kielce (20:36). He achieved his first victory on September 17, 2017, defeating Stal Mielec at home (30:27). The team ended up in 7th place in the Superliga. The team's best result is 6th place, which it achieved several times.
Crest, colours, supporters
Naming history
NamePeriodKPR Szczypiorno Kalisz2007–2015MKS Kalisz 2015–2018Energa MKS Kalisz2018–present
Sports Hall information
Arena: - Arena Kalisz City: - Kalisz Capacity: - 3164 Address: - Prymasa Stefana Wyszyńskiego 22-24, 62-800 Kalisz, Poland.
Team Current squad Squad for the 2025–26 season
Goalkeepers 12 Krzysztof Szczecina Maciej Burzawa Piotr Wyszomirski Left wingers 26 Dawid Molski 35 Miłosz Bekisz Right wingers 88 Dawid Fedeńczak Mateusz Nodzak Line players 14 Łukasz Kucharzyk Jan Klimków
Left backs 5 Matija Starčević 72 Joel Ribeiro Tomasz Kołodziejczyk Centre backs 8 Jakub Moryń Rostyslav Polishchuk Right backs 19 Gracjan Wróbel Mikołaj Białowąs
Transfers Transfers for the 2025–26 season
Joining Piotr Wyszomirski (GK) from Górnik Zabrze Jan Klimków (LP) from RK Nexe Našice Maciej Burzawa (GK) (from Acana Moto-Jelcz Oława) Tomasz Kołodziejczyk (LB) (from Śląsk Wrocław) Rostyslav Polishchuk (CB) (from OHV Aurich) Mikołaj Białowąs (RB) (from Acana Moto-Jelcz Oława) Mateusz Nodzak (RW) (from KS Warszawianka)
Leaving Jan Hrdlička (GK) to SG BBM Bietigheimhttps://sgbbm.de/bl-maenner/news/aktuelles/sg-verpflichtet-tschechischen-nationaltorhueter.html Vladyslav Dontsov (RB) to Carbonex-Komló Bartosz Kowalczyk (LB) to Gwardia Opolehttps://wkaliszu.pl/2025/06/04/pilka-reczna-z-mks-u-do-opola/ Jacek Fajfer (CB) (on loan to ENEA WKS Grunwald Poznań) Michał Drej (RW) (retires) Mateusz Kus (P) (retires)
Honours
Individual awards
Domestic Polish Superliga Top Scorer SeasonNameGoals 2021–22 Kacper Adamski 162
EHF ranking
Rank Team Points216 RK Radnički Kragujevac8217 RK Dubrava8218 IFK Skövde8219 MKS Kalisz8220 HC Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa7221 APOEL Nicosia HC7222 Unia Tarnów7
Former club members
Notable former players The list includes players who have played at least once for their national team or spent at least 10 years with the team.
Goalkeepers Krzysztof Szczecina (2022–) Łukasz Zakreta (2017–2022) Edin Tatar (2017–2018) Artsem Padasinau (2018–2019) Jan Hrdlička (2022–)
Right wingers Dawid Fedeńczak (2024–) Krzysztof Komarzewski (2023–2024)
Left wingers Bartłomiej Tomczak (2021–2022)
Line players Mateusz Kus (2020–) Zbigniew Kwiatkowski (2017–2020) Dzianis Krytski (2017–2020)
Left backs Kacper Adamski (2020–2022) Kiryl Kniazeu (2017–2020)
Central backs Bartłomiej Jaszka (2016–2017) Bartosz Kowalczyk (2023–) Stanisław Makowiejew (2020–2022) Jakub Moryń (2024–) Maciej Pilitowski (2018–2024)
Right backs Piotr Adamczak (2018–2019) Marek Szpera (2018–2022) Vladyslav Dontsov (2024–)
Former coaches Seasons Coach Country 2016–2017 Bartłomiej Jaszka 2017–2018 Paweł Rusek 2019–2020 Patrik Liljestrand 2020–2021 Tomasz Strząbała 2021–2023 Paweł Noch 2023– Rafał Kuptel
References
External links
MKS Kalisz at Handball Base