Английская Википедия:Granitas Kaunas
Granitas Kaunas is a professional team handball club from Kaunas, Lithuania. The men`s team won 17 league titles after Lithuania independence between 1990 and 2009. Granitas is the only men handball team to win European Cup with a win in EHF Cup 1987. Currently, Granitas Kaunas competes in the Lithuanian First League of Handball, also in Baltic Handball League. Kaunas Granitas is the most successful team in Lithuania Handball history.
Well-known personalities
Шаблон:Unreferenced section The 1987 IHF Cup was won by the two coaches Antanas Skarbalius and Modestas Prakapas and the players Valdemaras Novickis, Raimondas Valuckas, Gediminas Mikulėnas, Stasys Vasiliauskas, Romas Dumbliauskas, Algis Mockeliūnas, Eugeninus Miknius, Valius Babarskas, Vytautas Milašiūnas, Jonas Kaučikas, Remigijus Cikanauskas, Pranas Vaitonis, Tautrimas Tautkevičius, Laisvydas Jankevičius, Arnoldas Čepulis, Michailas Juska, Algis Mikučionis, Kastytis Čebatorius and Robertas Narkus.
The best-known former Granitas player is 1982 World Champion and 1988 Olympic Champion Valdemaras Novickis, who was also the team's coach from 1993 to 2019. Other former players include Aidenas Malašinskas, Vytautas Žiūra, Gintaras Savukynas, Gerdas Babarskas, Povilas Babarskas, Almantas Savonis, Robertas Paužuolis, Gintautas Vilaniškis, Andrius Račkauskas, Arūnas Vaškevičius, Vigindas Petkevičius, Romas Magelinskas and Andrius Stelmokas.
Accomplishments
- EHF Cup: 1st
- 1987
- 1988 (finalist)
- 2002-2003 (Quarterfinal)
- LHL: 1st (17)
- Champion: 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009
- Runner-s up (2): 2012, 2022
- Lithuanian Handball Cup: 1st (11)
- Champion: 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2016, 2018
- Baltic Handball League: 1st (5)
- 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996
- EHF Champions League: Group Stage (4)
- EHF Champions League: Round 16 (3)
Team
2022-2023 season:[1] Шаблон:Col-begin Шаблон:Col-2
- Goalkeepers
- 12 Шаблон:Flagicon Berkantas Drungilas
- 16 Шаблон:Flagicon Tomas Švelpa
- 20 Шаблон:Flagicon Karolis Videika
- Left Wingers
- Шаблон:04 Шаблон:Flagicon Martynas Giedraitis
- Шаблон:07 Шаблон:Flagicon Lukas Kraulaidys
- Шаблон:09 Шаблон:Flagicon Klaudijus Pauša
- Right Wingers
- 14 Шаблон:Flagicon Marius Kairys
- Pivot Players
- Шаблон:05 Шаблон:Flagicon Paulius Zėringis
- 13 Шаблон:Flagicon Vladas Tomkevičius
- 24 Шаблон:Flagicon Andrius Montvilas
- Left Backs
- 11 Шаблон:Flagicon Paulius Šarkauskas
- 22 Шаблон:Flagicon Eitvydas Balkus
- 28 Шаблон:Flagicon Modestas Štarolis
- 29 Шаблон:Flagicon Karolis Rameikis
- 33 Шаблон:Flagicon Pijus Eiva
- Central Backs
- Шаблон:08 Шаблон:Flagicon Gustas Rinkevičius
- 66 Шаблон:Flagicon Lukas Feoktistovas
- 77 Шаблон:Flagicon Manvydas Lazauskas
- Right Backs
- 10 Шаблон:Flagicon Nedas Buronko
- 17 Шаблон:Flagicon Matas Jurkevičius
- 21 Шаблон:Flagicon Karolis Grigas
Head Coaches
| No. | Nationality | Head coach | from | until | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Шаблон:Flagicon | Шаблон:Sort | 1981 | 1993 | |
| 2 | Шаблон:Flagicon | Шаблон:Sort | 1993 | 2019 | |
| 3 | Шаблон:Flagicon | Шаблон:Sort | 2019 |
Famous players
Official Sponsors
- Шаблон:Flagicon Hummel International
- Шаблон:Flagicon Gijos Klinikos
- Шаблон:Flagicon Kaunas Auga
- Шаблон:Flagicon Sportpoint
- Шаблон:Flagicon Kautra
- Шаблон:Flagicon Baldų taškas
- Шаблон:Flagicon SRS grupė
References
External links
- Шаблон:Official website
- Team page at eurohandball.com
Шаблон:Handball-team-stub
Шаблон:Lithuania-sport-stub
