Riihimäki Cocks

Riihimäen Cocks
Riihimäen Cocks
Full name	Käsipalloseura Riihimäen Cocks
Short name	Cocks
Founded	1973; 51 years ago
Arena	Cocks Areena, Riihimäki
Capacity	2,500
President	Jari Viita
Head coach	Bojan Županjac
League	SM-liiga
Club colours
	Website ; Official site

Riihimäki Cocks (Finnish: Riihimäen Cocks) is a Finnish professional handball club from Riihimäki. The club is playing in the Finnish Handball League (SM-liiga), and play their home matches in Cocks Areena.

Riihimäki

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Location of Riihimäki Cocks

History

Riihimäki Cocks were founded in 1973 when the club decided to separate from RiPS. The newly founded team gained promotion to Finnish Handball League during the following season. The team won their first Championship medals in 1978, when the team finished second in the championship. Riihimäki Cocks got their first Finnish handball championships in 2007 and repeated the success in 2008. Cocks also won the Finnish Cup in 2007 and 2008, winning the double two times consecutively. So far, the club is a total of 12 champions and 11 cup winners.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kit manufacturers

Period	Kit manufacturer
- 2011	Puma
2011 - 2017	Adidas
2017 - 2018	Hummel
2018 - present	Macron

Kits

HOME
2010–11	2011–13	2013–14	2017–18

Sports Hall information

Arena: - Cocks Areena
City: - Riihimäki
Capacity: - 2500
Address: - Hj. Elomaan katu 4, 11130 Riihimäki, Finland

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023–24 season^[1]

Riihimäki Cocks

Goalkeepers

Left Wingers

Right Wingers

03 Nuno Miguel Santos
72 Vili Mattila

Line Players

Left Backs

Central Backs

Right Backs

Technical staff

Head coach: Bojan Županjac
Coach: Kai Elomaa
Physiotherapist: Timo Heino
Masseur: Tero Masalin

Transfers

Transfers for the 2023–24 season

Joining

Kemal Hamzić (CB) from ADC Guadalajara
Gergő Miklós (GK) from Fejér B.Á.L. Veszprém^[2]
Dániel Fekete (LB) from NEKA^[3]
Jaka Špiljak (LB) from Anorthosis Famagusta H.C.
Albin Järlstam (CB) from Junior Fasano

Leaving

Igor Mandić (LB) to Sélestat Alsace Handball
Oreste Vescovo (RW) to Sélestat Alsace Handball
Edson Imare (LB) to Villeurbanne Handball
Nicolas Gauthier (GK) to JS Cherbourg
Luka Brkljačić (CB) to Grand Besançon Handball
Dmitrii Kholmov (GK) to Grand Besançon Handball
Teimuraz Orjonikidze (LB) to GRK Ohrid
Piotr Rybski (CB)

Previous squads

2018–2019 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
2	Belarus	Viktar Zaitsau	(1992-08-27) 27 August 1992 (age 32)	Left Back
8	Finland	André Udd	(1996-06-05) 5 June 1996 (age 28)	Left Back
9	Ukraine	Oleksandr Kyrylenko	(1986-06-21) 21 June 1986 (age 38)	Central Back
15	Finland	Teemu Tamminen	(1987-08-27) 27 August 1987 (age 37)	Left Winger
17	Belarus	Yury Lukyanchuk	(1990-01-05) 5 January 1990 (age 34)	Line Player
18	Serbia	Bojan Županjac	(1983-10-16) 16 October 1983 (age 41)	Left Winger
19	Finland	Roni Syrjälä	(1995-03-28) 28 March 1995 (age 29)	Right Winger
20	Russia	Andrei Novoselov	(1986-08-25) 25 August 1986 (age 38)	Right Winger
22	Finland	Nico Rönnberg	(1992-04-14) 14 April 1992 (age 32)	Left Back
23	Moldova	Vitalie Nenita	(1987-06-04) 4 June 1987 (age 37)	Right Back
29	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Saša Puljizević	(1989-12-22) 22 December 1989 (age 34)	Central Back
30	Finland	Kalle Alander	(1995-06-13) 13 June 1995 (age 29)	Goalkeeper
31	Russia	Victor Kovalenko	(1982-01-13) 13 January 1982 (age 42)	Central Back
32	Lithuania	Giedrius Morkunas	(1987-11-07) 7 November 1987 (age 37)	Goalkeeper
33	Finland	Theo Westerlund	(1996-07-30) 30 July 1996 (age 28)	Right Back
44	Serbia	Davor Basarić	(1990-11-03) 3 November 1990 (age 34)	Line Player
55	Belarus	Aliaksandr Tsitou	(1986-10-28) 28 October 1986 (age 38)	Line Player
87	Russia	Vitalii Shitsko	(1987-09-09) 9 September 1987 (age 37)	Goalkeeper

2015–2016 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
3	Finland	Jani Tuominen	(1992-01-30) 30 January 1992 (age 32)	Left Winger
4	Finland	Antti Valo	(1983-12-28) 28 December 1983 (age 40)	Right Winger
5	Russia	Kiril Morozov	(1988-03-11) 11 March 1988 (age 36)	Goalkeeper
7	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Mirza Mimič	(1988-06-11) 11 June 1988 (age 36)	Right Back
9	Finland	Kristian Jansson	(1986-04-14) 14 April 1986 (age 38)	Central Back
11	Moldova	Gheorghe Safronii	(1986-01-21) 21 January 1986 (age 38)	Left Back
15	Finland	Teemu Tamminen	(1987-08-27) 27 August 1987 (age 37)	Left Winger
17	Belarus	Yury Lukyanchuk	(1990-01-05) 5 January 1990 (age 34)	Line Player
18	Finland	Andreas Rönnberg	(1983-12-27) 27 December 1983 (age 40)	Central Back
19	Finland	Roni Syrjälä	(1995-03-28) 28 March 1995 (age 29)	Right Winger
20	Russia	Andrei Novoselov	(1986-08-25) 25 August 1986 (age 38)	Right Winger
21	Finland	Robin Sjöman	(1992-08-25) 25 August 1992 (age 32)	Line Player
22	Finland	Nico Rönnberg	(1992-04-14) 14 April 1992 (age 32)	Left Back
23	Moldova	Vitalie Nenita	(1987-06-04) 4 June 1987 (age 37)	Right Back
30	Finland	Kalle Alander	(1995-06-13) 13 June 1995 (age 29)	Goalkeeper
31	Russia	Victor Kovalenko	(1982-01-13) 13 January 1982 (age 42)	Central Back
47	Belarus	Andrei Kaliarovich	(1993-08-18) 18 August 1993 (age 31)	Left Back
85	Finland	Niko Leikama	(1985-09-24) 24 September 1985 (age 39)	Left Winger
87	Russia	Vitalii Shitsko	(1987-09-09) 9 September 1987 (age 37)	Goalkeeper

Retired numbers

BK-46 retired numbers
N°	Nationality	Player	Position	Tenure
4		Antti Valo	Right Winger	2002–2017

Honours

Finnish Handball League: 12
- Gold: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
- Silver: 1978, 1979, 2005, 2011, 2023
- Bronze: 1998, 2000, 2006, 2012, 2022

Finnish Cup of Handball: 11
- Gold: 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023

Baltic Handball League : 4
- Gold: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
- Silver: 2010, 2013, 2015
- Bronze: 2014

EHF ranking

As of 6/12/2023^[4]

Rank	Team	Points
82	HC Zubří	69
83	Põlva Serviti	69
84	Chekhovskiye Medvedi	64
85	Riihimäki Cocks	63
86	CB Ademar León	63
87	CSM Constanta	62
88	Drammen HK	61

Former club members

Notable former players

Nico Rönnberg (2013–2020)
Roni Syrjälä (2012–2022)
Teemu Tamminen (2004–)
Antti Valo (2002–2017)
Igor Mandić (2022–2023)
Aliaksandr Bachko (2016–2018)
Yury Lukyanchuk (2015–)
Aliaksandr Patsykailik (2018)
Evgeny Semenov (2019–2021)
Aliaksandr Tsitou (2016–2021)
Viktar Zaitsau (2017–2019)
Nikola Kedžo (2021–2022)
Marius Aleksejev (2013–2015)
Stefano Arcieri (2020-2021)
Nils Kreicbergs (2019–2020)
Ignacy Bąk (2020–2021)
Piotr Rybski (2022–2023)
Mircea Muraru (2007–2009)
Aleksandar Gugleta (2019–2020)
Ivan Mošić (2020–2021)
Mykhaylo Krivchikov (2014–2015)

Former coaches

Seasons	Coach	Country
2001–2003	Jan Rönnberg
2003–2004	Pekka Peper
2004–2006	Markku Tuomi
2006–2011	Raivo Laast
2011–2012	Toni Kallio
2012–2016	Kaj Kekki
2016–2020	Gintaras Savukynas
2020	Kaj Kekki
2020	Boris Dvoršek
2021	Kaj Kekki
2022	Lasse Boesen
2022–2023	Christophe Viennet
2023–	Bojan Županjac

References

^ "HC Cocks - Players, Team & Season Info | EHF".
^ "Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball".

External links

[1] "HC Cocks - Players, Team & Season Info | EHF".

[2] "Zavarba ejtÅ' nevÅ± csapathoz igazol a magyar kÃ©zis". 9 May 2023.

[3] "Fekete DÃ¡niel a finn Ã©lvonalban folytatja". 10 May 2023.

[4] "Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball".

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