Vive Targi Kielce
| KS Vive Tauron Kielce | |
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| Full name | Klub Sportowy Vive Tauron Kielce |
| Nickname(s) | Iskra |
| Short name | VT Kielce |
| Founded | 1965 |
| Arena | Hala Legionów, Kielce, Poland |
| Capacity | 4,200 |
| Head coach |
Talant Duyshebaev (since 8 January 2014) |
| League | Polish Ekstraklasa |
| 2015/16 | Polish Ekstraklasa, 1st |
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Website Official site |
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KS Vive Tauron Kielce , also known by its historical name Iskra Kielce is a Polish professional handball team based in Kielce. The club was founded in 1965 as Iskra Kielce, now is playing in Men's PGNiG Superliga.
December 1965 is considered as the date of establishment of the handball club in Kielce. To know better real club history it is necessary to recall the times before Second World War. In the 1935 at the arms factory Granat in Kielce was established the Sports-Educational Society Granat. After the Second World War the arms factory Granat changed name to Metal Factory Kielce (ZMK), and it was established the sports club Stal ZMK. In the 1957 sports club Stal ZMK changed the name to sports club Iskra the same as the name of precise factory, which was established instead of former metal factory Kielce. Precise factory Iskra belonged to sports federation Stal, banding together the metal and metallurgic works.
In December 1965 many-section Sports Club „Iskra” took over the players from the team TKKF, active at the Metal Works KZWM SHL and established the handball team. After 5 years of competition “the seven” of Iskra was promoted to III Central League, and a year later to II League. At the end of first season in II League Iskra came third. In the season 1972/73 it came fifth. In spring 1973 the two Kielce sports clubs: “SHL” and “Iskra” declared ready to join in order to establish one powerful sports club. On 10 July 1973 they united. The new club was named Korona Kielce and was registered as Kielce Sports Association „Korona”. The mother works of two former clubs: FŁT “Iskra” and “Polmo SHL” became its patrons. The new club began its activity in four sections: football, handball, bicycle and motorcycle. The direct patron of handball section, consisting of the former players of Sports Club “Iskra” became metal factory FŁT “Iskra”.
On 16. 03. 1975 the handball team from Kielce, already called MKS „Korona” promoted for the first time to the major league. Unfortunately making their debut they fall a class below. In 1978 the club promoted again to the major league, and after the season it came eighth. In 1979 Korona achieved its first success. It got the bronze medal in the Championship of Poland. Afterwards the Kielce players fell down to the lower league, but in 1984 they promoted again to the group of the best teams in the country. In 1985 Korona was awarded with the Cup of Poland, which was the greatest success since the beginning of its activity. (The final competition took place in Płock). Since 1985 the club has their own sports hall for 1600 spectators in Krakowska Street. Since the second half of 1989 the club Korona suffered serious organizational and financial problems. The subsidies from patron works FŁT “Iskra” and “Polmo - SHL” got lower each year.
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