# Riihimäki Cocks

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.

## 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 2024–25 season
Riihimäki Cocks :
Goalkeepers
33 Eetu Nokkala
55 Gergő Miklós
87 Vitalii Shitsko
Left Wingers
09 Niko Hållman
15 Teemu Tamminen (c)
26 Julius Kemppainen
32 Joona Tamminen
Right Wingers
03 Nuno Miguel Santos
19 Roni Syrjälä
Line Players
17 Yury Lukyanchuk
18 Elias Hartikainen
25 Santeri Vainionpää
44 Davor Basarić
Left Backs
08 Dániel Fekete
84 Miika Kaukoranta
Central Backs
21 Albin Järlstam
34 Kemal Hamzić
51 Roope Ahlgren
Right Backs
24 Urho Viita
57 Lazar Petrovic
99 Pavel Duda :

### Technical staff

* Head coach: Bojan Županjac
* Coach: Kai Elomaa
* Physiotherapist: Pasi Hellberg
* Masseur: Tero Masalin

### Transfers

    Transfers for the 2024–25 season

## 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 35) | 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 35) | 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 43) | 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 33) | Left Winger |
| 4 | Finland | Antti Valo | (1983-12-28) 28 December 1983 (age 41) | Right Winger |
| 5 | Russia | Kiril Morozov | (1988-03-11) 11 March 1988 (age 37) | 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 39) | 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 35) | Line Player |
| 18 | Finland | Andreas Rönnberg | (1983-12-27) 27 December 1983 (age 41) | 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 43) | 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
| 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 |
| 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 |