HCB Karviná

Handball Club Baník Karviná or HCB Karviná is a Czech professional handball club based in Karviná, Czech Republic. Baník Karviná is one of the most successful handball clubs in the country, having won the Chance Extraliga thirteen times.

Karviná

Location of HCB Karviná

HCB Karviná
Full name	Handball Club Baník Karviná, z.s.
Founded	1955; 70 years ago (1955)
Arena	Házenkářská hala, Karviná
Capacity	2,200
President	Michal Brůna
Head coach	Michal Brůna
League	Chance Extraliga
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

History

The club was founded in 1952. HCB Karviná win the first title in 1968 in Czechoslovak second league and 1972 win in Czechoslovak first league. Club played in EHF Champions League in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and EHF Cup in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2010, 2019 and 2020. The club has won the Czech Handball Extraliga twelve times, of which the last time was in 2022. The club competed in EHF Champions League and EHF Cup on several occasions.

Crest, colours, supporters

Club crest

Kit manufacturers

Period	Kit manufacturer
– 2013	Kempa
2013 – 2016	Umbro
2016 – 2022	Kempa
2022 – present	Puma

Kits

HOME
2013–14	2014–15	2015–16	2016–20	2020–22	2022-23

AWAY
2014–16	2017-18	2020-22	2022-23

Management

Position	Name
President	Michal Brůna
General Manager	Marek Michalisko
PR and Marketing Manager	Věra Murínová
Marketing Manager	Michal Králiček
Youth manager	Zdeněk Jelínek

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season^[1]

HCB Karviná

Goalkeepers 01 Petr Mokroš 22 Vojtěch Košťálek 66 Ondřej Mira Left Wingers 31 Ondřej Skalický 33 Petr Široký Right Wingers 27 Denis Harabiš (vrchní lízač prdelí) 74 Pavel Bajer Line Players 23 Jan Užek 38 Matěj Nantl 96 Václav Franc Central Backs 13 Vojtěch Prašivka 19 Jonáš Patzel 21 Patrik Fulnek Left Backs 10 Václav Košťálek 15 Vojtěch Patzel 30 Dominik Solák 34 Daniel Křístek Right Backs 07 Illia Blyzniuk

Technical staff

• Head coach: Michal Brůna
• Fitness coach: Boris Aspridis
• Physiotherapist: Daniel Jaroš
• Masseur: David Hála
• Club doctor: Dr. Ľubomír Pacanovský

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Joining Illia Blyzniuk (RB) from HC Motor Zaporizhzhia[2] Maksymilian Surdyk (RB) from Górnik Zabrze[3] Vojtěch Patzel (LB) from VfL Lübeck-Schwartau Daniel Křístek (LB) from HC Dukla Prague Pavel Bajer (RW) from HC Zubří

Leaving Dušan Živanov (RB) to RK Konjuh Jan Plaček (RW) to MHK Karviná Adam Ptáčník (LB) to SKKP Handball Brno David Růža (CB) to SHC Maloměřice Brno Ondřej Pavlík (LP) Matěj Brychlec (GK) on loan at KH Kopřivnice Maksymilian Surdyk (RB) on loan at SKP Frýdek-Místek

Transfer History

Transfers for the 2023–24 season
Joining Dušan Živanov (RB) from SKKP Handball Brno Václav Košťálek (LB) from SKH Polanka Ondřej Pavlík (LP) from SKH Polanka Leaving Michal Folwarczný (LW) to TJ Cement Hranice Šimon Klus (CB) to TJ Cement Hranice Matěj Pelák (LB) to TJ Cement Hranice Zdenek Čadra (RB) to KH Kopřivnice Šimon Siročák (CB) to SKH Polanka

Transfers for the 2022–23 season

Joining Martin Galia (GK) from Górnik Zabrze Adam Ptáčník (LB) from TJ Sokol Nové Veselí Jonáš Patzel (CB) from HSG Nordhorn-Lingen Zdenek Čadra (RB) from KH Kopřivnice Jan Plaček (RW) from TJ Cement Hranice Leaving Jan Sobol (RW) (retires) Nemanja Marjanović (GK) to RK Dinamo Pančevo Jiří Tabara (GK) to MHK Karviná Vojtěch Patzel (CB) to VfL Lübeck-Schwartau Slavomír Mlotek (CB) to SKP Frýdek-Místek Kristián Galia (LP) to HC ROBE Zubří Artur Urbański (RB)

Transfers for the 2021–22 season
Joining Jan Sobol (RW) from Dijon Métropole Handball Patrik Fulnek (CB) from KH Kopřivnice Denis Harabiš (RW) from HC Dukla Prague Leaving Jakub Flajsar (CB) to TJ Sokol Nové Veselí Miroslav Nedoma (RW) to Mecklenburger Stiere Schwerin Jan Plaček (RW) to TJ Cement Hranice Yury Gromyko (LP)

Transfers for the 2020–21 season
Joining Vojtěch Patzel (CB) from HC Dukla Prague Slavomír Mlotek (CB) from Dessau-Roßlauer HV Jakub Flajsar (CB) from TJ Sokol Nové Veselí Leaving Roman Chosik (LB) (retires) Marek Monczka (LB) to Stal Mielec Jan Zbránek (LW) to TJ Cement Hranice Radim Chudoba (LB) to SKP Frýdek-Místek

Transfers for the 2019–20 season
Joining Artur Urbański (RB) from Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski Yury Gromyko (LP) from Górnik Zabrze Ondřej Skalický (LW) from TJ Sokol Nové Veselí Václav Franc (LP) from HK Lovosice Leaving Tymoteusz Piątek (LP) to HS Biel Jan Mucha (LB) to TJ Cement Hranice

Transfers for the 2018–19 season
Joining Radim Chudoba (LB) from MŠK Považská Bystrica Ivan Stojanovič (LB) from RK Vogošća Leaving Tomáš Mlotek (LB) to TJ Cement Hranice Slavomír Mlotek (CB) to Dessau-Roßlauer HV

Transfers for the 2017–18 season
Joining Nemanja Marjanović (GK) from Sarrebourg Moselle-Sud Handball Michal Brůna (LB) from Pogoń Szczecin Tymoteusz Piątek (LP) from Górnik Zabrze Matěj Nantl (LB) from Tatran Litovel Jan Zbránek (LW) from Tatran Litovel Leaving Lukáš Frančík (LW) to Górnik Zabrze Przemysław Witkowski (GK) to Górnik Zabrze Libor Hanisch (LP) to Dessau-Roßlauer HV

Previous squads

2021–2022 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Czech Republic	Petr Mokroš	(1997-08-08) 8 August 1997 (age 27)	Goalkeeper
6	Czech Republic	Miroslav Halama	(2001-04-05) 5 April 2001 (age 24)	Right Winger
7	Poland	Artur Urbański	(1998-06-28) 28 June 1998 (age 27)	Right Back
11	Czech Republic	Nicolas Noworyta	(2000-10-21) 21 October 2000 (age 24)	Line Player
15	Czech Republic	Vojtěch Patzel	(1998-09-23) 23 September 1998 (age 26)	Central Back
16	Serbia	Nemanja Marjanović	(1984-01-08) 8 January 1984 (age 41)	Goalkeeper
20	Czech Republic	Slavomír Mlotek	(1992-06-19) 19 June 1992 (age 33)	Central Back
21	Czech Republic	Patrik Fulnek	(1995-05-23) 23 May 1995 (age 30)	Central Back
23	Czech Republic	Jan Užek	(1993-10-11) 11 October 1993 (age 31)	Line Player
24	Czech Republic	Matěj Pelák	(2003-02-05) 5 February 2003 (age 22)	Left Back
26	Czech Republic	Jiří Tabara	(1993-11-10) 10 November 1993 (age 31)	Goalkeeper
27	Czech Republic	Denis Harabiš	(1999-05-26) 26 May 1999 (age 26)	Right Winger
30	Czech Republic	Dominik Solák	(1997-08-17) 17 August 1997 (age 27)	Left Back
31	Czech Republic	Ondřej Skalický	(1998-11-19) 19 November 1998 (age 26)	Left Winger
32	Serbia	Kosta Petrović	(1995-03-06) 6 March 1995 (age 30)	Line Player
33	Czech Republic	Petr Široký	(2002-12-08) 8 December 2002 (age 22)	Left Winger
38	Czech Republic	Matěj Nantl	(1998-07-15) 15 July 1998 (age 27)	Left Back
44	Czech Republic	Jan Sobol	(1984-05-22) 22 May 1984 (age 41)	Right Winger
69	Czech Republic	Kristián Galia	(2003-01-10) 10 January 2003 (age 22)	Line Player
77	Czech Republic	David Růža	(2000-05-02) 2 May 2000 (age 25)	Central Back
96	Czech Republic	Václav Franc	(1996-08-10) 10 August 1996 (age 28)	Line Player

2017–2018 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Czech Republic	Petr Mokroš	(1997-08-08) 8 August 1997 (age 27)	Goalkeeper
2	Czech Republic	Michal Vaněk	(1999-04-09) 9 April 1999 (age 26)	Right Winger
3	Czech Republic	Michal Brůna	(1978-01-28) 28 January 1978 (age 47)	Central Back
4	Czech Republic	Jaroslav Fulneček	(1998-09-14) 14 September 1998 (age 26)	Line Player
5	Czech Republic	Marek Monczka	(1990-03-16) 16 March 1990 (age 35)	Left Back
7	Czech Republic	Jan Pindej	(1991-08-06) 6 August 1991 (age 33)	Line Player
8	Czech Republic	Jakub Kraina	(1999-03-27) 27 March 1999 (age 26)	Left Winger
10	Poland	Tymoteusz Piątek	(1994-04-12) 12 April 1994 (age 31)	Line Player
12	Czech Republic	Jan Juráš	(1998-07-06) 6 July 1998 (age 27)	Goalkeeper
13	Czech Republic	Jan Plaček	(1997-08-04) 4 August 1997 (age 27)	Right Winger
16	Serbia	Nemanja Marjanović	(1984-01-08) 8 January 1984 (age 41)	Goalkeeper
18	Czech Republic	Marek Drzyzga	(1996-01-03) 3 January 1996 (age 29)	Left Winger
19	Czech Republic	Adam Wozniak	(1997-02-01) 1 February 1997 (age 28)	Line Player
20	Czech Republic	Slavomír Mlotek	(1992-06-19) 19 June 1992 (age 33)	Central Back
23	Czech Republic	Jan Užek	(1993-10-11) 11 October 1993 (age 31)	Line Player
24	Czech Republic	Dominik Solák	(1997-08-17) 17 August 1997 (age 27)	Left Back
26	Czech Republic	Jiří Tabara	(1993-11-10) 10 November 1993 (age 31)	Goalkeeper
31	Czech Republic	Tomáš Mlotek	(1994-03-07) 7 March 1994 (age 31)	Left Back
38	Czech Republic	Matěj Nantl	(1998-07-15) 15 July 1998 (age 27)	Left Back
62	Czech Republic	Jan Zbránek	(1990-11-13) 13 November 1990 (age 34)	Left Winger
66	Czech Republic	Miroslav Nedoma	(1993-11-10) 10 November 1993 (age 31)	Right Winger
88	Czech Republic	Jiří Užek	(1994-12-09) 9 December 1994 (age 30)	Left Back

2006–2007 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Czech Republic	Tomáš Mrkva	(1989-01-20) 20 January 1989 (age 36)	Goalkeeper
2	Czech Republic	Tomas Bednarik	(1982-09-23) 23 September 1982 (age 42)	Line Player
3	Czech Republic	Robert Plšek	(1984-03-23) 23 March 1984 (age 41)	Left Back
5	Czech Republic	Kamil Heinz	(1975-04-18) 18 April 1975 (age 50)	Right Back
11	Ukraine	Andriy Kuzo	(1979-03-21) 21 March 1979 (age 46)	Right Back
14	Czech Republic	Tomáš Heinz	(1977-03-19) 19 March 1977 (age 48)	Left Winger
16	Serbia	Nemanja Marjanović	(1984-01-08) 8 January 1984 (age 41)	Goalkeeper
17	Serbia	Veljko Inđić	(1984-04-06) 6 April 1984 (age 41)	Line Player
18	Czech Republic	Ondřej Zdráhala	(1983-07-10) 10 July 1983 (age 42)	Central Back
19	Czech Republic	Jan Sobol	(1984-05-22) 22 May 1984 (age 41)	Right Winger
20	Czech Republic	Ondřej Šulc	(1983-11-21) 21 November 1983 (age 41)	Right Back
22	Czech Republic	Rostislav Brůna	(1984-03-27) 27 March 1984 (age 41)	Left Back
23	Czech Republic	Michal Mrozek	(1984-03-26) 26 March 1984 (age 41)	Left Winger
24	Czech Republic	Radek Kružík	(1988-01-19) 19 January 1988 (age 37)	Left Back
25	Czech Republic	Radek Bajgar	(1986-01-26) 26 January 1986 (age 39)	Central Back
27	Czech Republic	Jan Szymon	(1984-08-14) 14 August 1984 (age 40)	Left Winger
28	Czech Republic	Josef Pour	(1985-03-07) 7 March 1985 (age 40)	Goalkeeper
29	Czech Republic	Jiří Kubis	(1985-04-20) 20 April 1985 (age 40)	Right Winger
30	Czech Republic	Jaroslav Dyba	(1987-01-05) 5 January 1987 (age 38)	Left Back
32	Czech Republic	Roman Požárek	(1985-09-23) 23 September 1985 (age 39)	Line Player
33	Czech Republic	Rostislav Baďura	(1975-03-03) 3 March 1975 (age 50)	Goalkeeper
69	Slovakia	Julius Kornan	(1979-09-05) 5 September 1979 (age 45)	Central Back
86	Czech Republic	Miroslav Rachač	(1986-08-07) 7 August 1986 (age 38)	Left Back

2001–2002 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Czech Republic	Benjamin Liszok	(1980-04-15) 15 April 1980 (age 45)	Goalkeeper
2	Czech Republic	Tomas Bednarik	(1982-09-23) 23 September 1982 (age 42)	Line Player
3	Czech Republic	Michal Brůna	(1978-01-28) 28 January 1978 (age 47)	Central Back
4	Czech Republic	Roman Konečný	(1974-01-18) 18 January 1974 (age 51)	Left Winger
5	Czech Republic	Kamil Heinz	(1975-04-18) 18 April 1975 (age 50)	Right Back
6	Czech Republic	Pavel Prokopec	(1980-01-10) 10 January 1980 (age 45)	Left Back
7	Czech Republic	Andrej Titkov	(1969-03-15) 15 March 1969 (age 56)	Line Player
8	Czech Republic	Pavel Horák	(1982-11-28) 28 November 1982 (age 42)	Left Back
9	Czech Republic	Tomáš Laclavik	(1980-04-01) 1 April 1980 (age 45)	Left Winger
10	Czech Republic	Roman Farář	(1973-10-28) 28 October 1973 (age 51)	Line Player
11	Czech Republic	Luděk Drobek	(1975-12-23) 23 December 1975 (age 49)	Right Back
12	Czech Republic	Miloš Slabý	(1972-03-01) 1 March 1972 (age 53)	Goalkeeper
13	Czech Republic	René Vasek	(1970-01-30) 30 January 1970 (age 55)	Right Winger
14	Czech Republic	Tomáš Heinz	(1977-03-19) 19 March 1977 (age 48)	Left Winger
15	Czech Republic	Alexander Radčenko	(1973-07-05) 5 July 1973 (age 52)	Central Back
16	Czech Republic	Martin Galia	(1979-04-12) 12 April 1979 (age 46)	Goalkeeper
17	Czech Republic	David Juříček	(1974-08-08) 8 August 1974 (age 50)	Line Player
18	Czech Republic	Martin Toms	(1980-05-04) 4 May 1980 (age 45)	Right Winger
19	Czech Republic	Jan Sobol	(1984-05-22) 22 May 1984 (age 41)	Right Winger
20	Czech Republic	Jakub Szymanski	(1983-02-09) 9 February 1983 (age 42)	Central Back
21	Czech Republic	Radek Krzyzecki	(1982-12-04) 4 December 1982 (age 42)	Goalkeeper

Accomplishments

• Czech Handball Extraliga:
  •  Gold (13): 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2018, 2022, 2024
  •  Silver (4): 1997, 1998, 2019, 2023
  •  Bronze (3): 1994, 1996, 2012
• Czechoslovakia Handball League:
  •  Gold (2): 1968, 1972,
  •  Silver (4): 1967, 1987, 1990, 1992,
  •  Bronze (5): 1969, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1991,

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1972–73	EHF Champions League	R1	Sporting Lisbon	24–11	16–15	40–26
	EHF Champions League	R2	and now Partizan Bjelovar	16–10	13–22	29–32
1996–97	EHF Cup	1/16	HC Nes Ziona	31–19	26–20	57–39
	EHF Cup	1/8	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	21–21	18–26	39–47
1997–98	EHF Cup	1/16	A.C Xini Athens	33–19	31–24	64–43
	EHF Cup	1/8	Sandefjord TIF	24–19	21–26	45–45
	EHF Cup	1/4	CSKA Moscow	29–23	20–30	49–53
1998–99	EHF Cup	1/16	HB Dudelange	32–18	22–15	54–33
	EHF Cup	1/8	Schachtroj Donestk	26–24	21–21	47–45
	EHF Cup	1/4	CBM de Valladolid	24–34	37–34	61–68
2000–01	EHF Champions League	R2	Steaua Bucuresti	29–18	34–29	63–47
2000–01	EHF Champions League	Group D	Portland San Antonio	30–33	25–35	4rd
	EHF Champions League	Group D	IL Runar Sandefjord	34–26	25–27
	EHF Champions League	Group D	and now Lovcen Centinje	29–29	27–31
2001–02	EHF Champions League	R1	Granitas Kaunas	32–20	23–20	55–40
	EHF Champions League	R2	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	38–27	36–25	74–52
	EHF Champions League	Group C	C.BM. Ademar Leon	29–27	25–31	3rd
	EHF Champions League	Group C	Celje Pivovarna Lasko	31–32	21–31
	EHF Champions League	Group C	CSKA Moscow	33–25	31–32
2002–03	EHF Champions League	R2	MSK Povazská Bystrica	31–25	36–22	67–47
	EHF Champions League	Group C	Prule 67 Ljubljana	29–36	34–27	4rd
	EHF Champions League	Group C	Montpellier HB	23–26	30–32
	EHF Champions League	Group C	Chehovski Medvedi	35–27	23–40
2003–04	EHF Champions League	Group H	RK Metkovic	38–27	25–28	3rd
	EHF Champions League	Group H	Chambery Savoie HB	28–36	26–34
	EHF Champions League	Group H	Pfadi Winterthur	34–31	29–38
2004–05	EHF Champions League	Group H	RK Metkovic	30–25	24–24	3rd
	EHF Champions League	Group H	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	27–39	24–32
	EHF Champions League	Group H	Tatran Prešov	29–32	25–22
2005–06	EHF Champions League	Group H	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	22–28	28–35	3rd
	EHF Champions League	Group H	Paris Handball	26–26	18–21
	EHF Champions League	Group H	HC Granitas Kaunas	31–26	35–28
2006–07	EHF Champions League	Group E	CS HCM Constanta	31–34	29–29	4rd
	EHF Champions League	Group E	THW Kiel	26–50	25–44
	EHF Champions League	Group E	GOG Svenborg TGI Gudme	32–37	32–45
2007–08	EHF Champions League	Group A	FC Barcelona	20–35	25–43	4rd
	EHF Champions League	Group A	US Ivry Handball	26–27	22–32
	EHF Champions League	Group A	Zarja Kaspija Astrakhan	22–22	25–32
2009–10	EHF Cup	R1	HB Dudelange	32–21	27–24	59–45
	EHF Cup	R2	UCM Sport Resita	29–28	32–40	61–68
2018–19	EHF Cup	R2	HC Prolet 62	26–22	32–25	58–47
	EHF Cup	R3	Balatonfüredi KSE	33–34	29–32	62–66

EHF ranking

As of 26/9/2024^[4]

Rank	Team	Points
41	HC Motor Zaporizhzhia	109
42	HT Tatran Prešov	108
43	Frisch Auf Göppingen	108
44	HCB Karviná	108
45	Beşiktaş JK	97
46	Ystads IF	97
47	MOL Tatabánya KC	91

Former club members

Notable former players

Goalkeepers

• Rostislav Baďura (1991–1992, 2004–2006)
• Martin Galia (1997–2003, 2022–2024)
• Tomáš Mrkva (2006–2010)
• Miloš Slabý (2000–2004)
• Nemanja Marjanović (2005–2008, 2017–2022)
• Miloš Putera (2004–2006)

Right wingers

• Denis Harabiš (2021–)
• Jan Sobol (2001–2007, 2021–2022)
• Jan Faith (2007–2011)

Left wingers

• Tomáš Heinz (1994–2012)
• Tomáš Laclavik (1997–2005)
• Marek Vančo (2009–2016)

Line players

• Roman Farár (1991–2003, 2008–2011)
• Václav Franc (2019–)
• David Juříček (1992–2003)
• Arnošt Klimčík (1964–1977)
• Martin Prachař (1997–2006)
• Pavel Stefan (1991–1998)
• Jan Užek (2011–)
• Yuri Gromyko (2019–2021)
• Veljko Inđić (2006–2008)

Left backs

• Michal Brůna (2000–2002, 2003–2004, 2017–2020)
• Pavel Horák (1996–2006)
• Václav Lanča (1984–1991, 1997–1999)
• Vojtěch Patzel (2020–2022, 2024–)
• Pavel Prokopec (2000–2004)
• Dominik Solák (2015–)
• Martin Farkasovský (2007–2008)

Central backs

• Richard Hladký (1994–1996)
• Alexander Radčenko (1999–2003)
• Jakub Szymanski (2001–2006)
• Ondřej Zdráhala (2002–2007)
• Krzysztof Łyżwa (2009–2011)

Right backs

• František Brůna (1961–1976)
• Luděk Drobek (1993–2004)
• Kamil Heinz (1994–2006)
• Ondřej Šulc (2006–2010)
• Pavol Polakovic (2000–2002)