# MKS Kalisz

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

| Name | Period |
| KPR Szczypiorno Kalisz | 2007–2015 |
| MKS Kalisz | 2015–2018 |
| Energa MKS Kalisz | 2018–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 2024–25 season
Energa MKS Kalisz :
Goalkeepers
01 Kacper Sobczak
12 Krzysztof Szczecina
96 Jan Hrdlička
Left Wingers
26 Dawid Molski
35 Miłosz Bekisz
Right Wingers
13 Michał Drej
88 Dawid Fedeńczak
Line Players
11 Mateusz Kus
14 Łukasz Kucharzyk
Left Backs
05 Matija Starčević
37 Jacek Fajfer
72 Joel Ribeiro
Central Backs
08 Jakub Moryń
10 Bartosz Kowalczyk
Right Backs
19 Gracjan Wróbel
22 Vladyslav Dontsov :

### Technical staff

* Head coach: Rafał Kuptel

### Transfers

    Transfers for the 2025–26 season

### Transfer History

Transfers for the 2024–25 season :
Joining
Vladyslav Dontsov (RB) from Póvoa Andebol Clube
Joel Ribeiro (LB) from TV 1878 Homburg
Jakub Moryń (CB) from Zagłębie Lubin
Dawid Fedeńczak (RW) from KS Azoty-Puławy
Łukasz Kucharzyk (LP) from Unia Tarnów
Filip Michałowicz (RW) from Wisła Płock
Dawid Molski (LW) from Górnik Zabrze
Leaving
Maciej Pilitowski (CB) to MMTS Kwidzyn
Konrad Pilitowski (CB) to MMTS Kwidzyn
Krzysztof Komarzewski (RW) to Górnik Zabrze
Mateusz Góralski (RW) to Wybrzeże Gdańsk :

## Honours
### Individual awards
#### Domestic

Polish Superliga Top Scorer
| Season | Name | Goals |
| 2021–22 | Kacper Adamski | 162 |

## EHF ranking

    As of 5/12/2024
| Rank | Team | Points |
| 216 | RK Radnički Kragujevac | 8 |
| 217 | RK Dubrava | 8 |
| 218 | IFK Skövde | 8 |
| 219 | MKS Kalisz | 8 |
| 220 | HC Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa | 7 |
| 221 | APOEL Nicosia HC | 7 |
| 222 | Unia Tarnów | 7 |

## 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 |
| 2016–2017 | Bartłomiej Jaszka |
| 2017–2018 | Paweł Rusek |
| 2019–2020 | Patrik Liljestrand |
| 2020–2021 | Tomasz Strząbała |
| 2021–2023 | Paweł Noch |
| 2023– | Rafał Kuptel |