BK-46 (men's handball)

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Bollklubben-46
Full nameBollklubben-46 Karis
Short nameBK-46
Founded1949;76 years ago (1949)
Arena Karis Idrottshall, Karis
President Björn Siggberg
Head coach Andreas Rönnberg
League SM-liiga
Club colours  
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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.

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Karis
Location of BK-46

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. [1] The club defended its championship title in 2023. [2] So far, the club is a total of 22 champions and 14 cup winners.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

Management

PositionName
President Flag of Finland.svg Björn Siggberg
Vice President Flag of Finland.svg Kim Ahtola
Member Of The Board Flag of Finland.svg Niklas Berglund
Member Of The Board Flag of Finland.svg Mats Fagerström
Member Of The Board Flag of Finland.svg Marika Kullberg

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023–24 season [3]
BK-46

Technical staff

Transfers

Transfers for the 2023–24 season

Retired numbers

BK-46 retired numbers
NationalityPlayerPositionTenure
2 Flag of Finland.svg Jan Rönnberg Left Back1975–1980, 1982–1987, 1993–1998
3 Flag of Finland.svg Mikael Källman Central Back1980–1987, 1997–1998, 2000–2003

Titles

EHF ranking

As of 6/12/2023 [5]
RankTeamPoints
107 Flag of Russia.svg HBC CSKA Moscow 46
108 Flag of Slovenia.svg MRK Krka 45
109 Flag of Luxembourg.svg Red Boys Differdange 45
110 Flag of Finland.svg BK-4644
111 Flag of Belarus.svg SKA Minsk 44
112 Flag of Germany.svg MT Melsungen 44
113 Flag of Israel.svg Maccabi Rishon LeZion 43

Former club members

Notable former players

References

  1. "16 års guldtorka slut – BK-46 är finska mästare efter överlägsen seger i Britas".
  2. "Guldfesten kan starta i Karis – BK-46 sitter kvar på handbollstronen efter urstark sista final: "Ett lag fyllt av vinnare"".
  3. https://bk-46.fi/herrar/herrar-fm/
  4. "BK-46 vinner handsbollscupen för tredje året på raken – Cocks föll med sex måls marginal i finalen".
  5. "Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball".