# BK-46 (men's handball)

BK-46 is a Finnish professional handball club from Karis. The club is playing in the Finnish Handball League (SM-liiga), and play their home matches in Karis Idrottshall.

## History

The club was founded in 1946. The handball department was founded in the club in 1949. The club was promoted to the first division in 1957. In 1966, the association won its first medal, a bronze, and in 1968 it won the Finnish championship for the first time. Due to conflicts within the association, which were rooted in the expensive trips of the handball team, the association stopped handball activities in 1974. Thanks to the active handball activists and the goodwill of the member associations of the handball association, BK-46 was able to restart the Finnish series, thus returning to the championship series in the 1976–1977 season. The team returned to the Finnish top in record time and won their second gold medal in 1979. The 1979 gold was the start of a rarely seen dominance as the club won 16 golds and three silvers in 20 seasons from 1979 to 1998. In his ranks with players such as Mikael Källman and Jan Rönnberg. The generation change in 1999 resulted in a silver medal, and in 2000 the club only finished fourth. He came second in 2001, but then won gold in 2002 and 2003, but lost the final in 2004. In 2006, however, the team became champion again. In 2007, the team won a bronze medal, but after that they were not even on the podium for many, many years. The team only became champions again in 2022. The club defended its championship title in 2023. So far, the club is a total of 22 champions and 14 cup winners.

## Crest, colours, supporters
### Kits

HOME :
| 2012–13 | 2021-23 | 2023-24 |
AWAY :
* 2021-23

## Management

| Position | Name |
| President | Björn Siggberg |
| Vice President | Kim Ahtola |
| Member Of The Board | Niklas Berglund |
| Member Of The Board | Mats Fagerström |
| Member Of The Board | Marika Kullberg |

## Team
### Current squad

    Squad for the 2023–24 season
BK-46 :
Goalkeepers
01 Mikael Heinonen
12 Fredrik Holmberg
16 Niclas Zweigberg
Left Wingers
07 Janne Korpimäki
13 Alfons Lindqvist
11 Jonathan Roos
17 Ivan Roos
Right Wingers
22 Sebastian Säkkinen
Line Players
04 Ihor Skyba
05 Robin Sjöman
08 Roy Lindqvist
Left Backs
09 Albert Löfgren
18 Miska Henriksson
20 Nico Rönnberg
23 Liam Pråhl
Central Backs
10 Jac Karlsson
15 Linus Lundqvist
24 Oliver Nordlund
Right Backs
14 Jonathan Ekman
19 Alex Lignell :

### Technical staff

* Head coach: Andreas Rönnberg
* Coach: Timo Oksanen
* Masseur: Lina Koskinen-Holmqvist

### Transfers

    Transfers for the 2023–24 season

## Retired numbers

BK-46 retired numbers :
| N° | Nationality | Player | Position | Tenure |
| 2 | | Jan Rönnberg | Left Back | 1975–1980, 1982–1987, 1993–1998 |
| 3 | | Mikael Källman | Central Back | 1980–1987, 1997–1998, 2000–2003 |

## Titles

* SM-liiga
** Winner (22) : 1968, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2022, 2023
* Finnish Cup
** Winner (14) : 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2006, 2020, 2021, 2022

## EHF ranking

    As of 6/12/2023
| Rank | Team | Points |
| 107 | HBC CSKA Moscow | 46 |
| 108 | MRK Krka | 45 |
| 109 | Red Boys Differdange | 45 |
| 110 | BK-46 | 44 |
| 111 | SKA Minsk | 44 |
| 112 | MT Melsungen | 44 |
| 113 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | 43 |

## Former club members
### Notable former players

* Benjamin Helander (2017–2018)
* Mikael Källman (1980–1987, 1997–1998, 2000–2003)
* Jac Karlsson (2003–2008, 2019–)
* Jan Rönnberg (1975–1980, 1982–1987, 1993–1998)
* Nico Rönnberg (2020–)