Riihimäki Cocks

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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 2023–24 season^[1]

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 72 Vili Mattila Line Players 17 Yury Lukyanchuk 25 Santeri Vainionpää 44 Davor Basarić Left Backs 06 Jaka Špiljak 08 Dániel Fekete 84 Miika Kaukoranta Central Backs 21 Albin Järlstam 34 Kemal Hamzić 51 Roope Ahlgren Right Backs 23 Vitalie Nenita 24 Urho Viita 99 Pavel Duda

Technical staff

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

Transfers

Transfers for the 2023–24 season

Previous squads

2018–2019 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
2	Belarus	Viktar Zaitsau	(1992-08-27) 27 August 1992 (age 31)	Left Back
8	Finland	André Udd	(1996-06-05) 5 June 1996 (age 27)	Left Back
9	Ukraine	Oleksandr Kyrylenko	(1986-06-21) 21 June 1986 (age 37)	Central Back
15	Finland	Teemu Tamminen	(1987-08-27) 27 August 1987 (age 36)	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 40)	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 37)	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 36)	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 28)	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 36)	Goalkeeper
33	Finland	Theo Westerlund	(1996-07-30) 30 July 1996 (age 27)	Right Back
44	Serbia	Davor Basarić	(1990-11-03) 3 November 1990 (age 33)	Line Player
55	Belarus	Aliaksandr Tsitou	(1986-10-28) 28 October 1986 (age 37)	Line Player
87	Russia	Vitalii Shitsko	(1987-09-09) 9 September 1987 (age 36)	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 35)	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 36)	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 37)	Right Winger
21	Finland	Robin Sjöman	(1992-08-25) 25 August 1992 (age 31)	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 36)	Right Back
30	Finland	Kalle Alander	(1995-06-13) 13 June 1995 (age 28)	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 30)	Left Back
85	Finland	Niko Leikama	(1985-09-24) 24 September 1985 (age 38)	Left Winger
87	Russia	Vitalii Shitsko	(1987-09-09) 9 September 1987 (age 36)	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

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

External links

• Official website
• Riihimäki Cocks on Facebook