Granitas Kaunas

Granitas-Karys is a team handball club from Kaunas, Lithuania. They compete in Lietuvos Rankinio Lyga (LRL) and Baltic Handball League. Granitas-Karys is the most successful team in Lithuania Handball history.

History
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.

Current squad

 * Squad for the 2023–24 season

Technical staff

 * Head Coach: 🇱🇹 Vaidotas Grosas
 * Assistant Coach: 🇱🇹 Vladas Tomkevičius
 * Physiotherapist: 🇱🇹 Arminas Petrauskas
 * Masseur: 🇱🇹 Audrius Bitkauskas

Transfers

 * Transfers for the 2023–24 season


 * Joining [[File:Arrow-up.png]]


 * Leaving [[File:Arrow-down.gif]]
 * 🇱🇹 Tomas Švlepa (GK)
 * 🇱🇹 Lukas Kraulaidys (LW)
 * 🇱🇹 Paulius Zeringis (LP)
 * 🇱🇹 Vladas Tomkevičius (LP)
 * 🇱🇹 Paulius Šarkauskas (LB)
 * 🇱🇹 Pijus Eiva (LB)
 * 🇱🇹 Eitvydas Balkus (LB)
 * 🇱🇹 Lukas Feoktistovas (CB)
 * 🇱🇹 Karolis Grigas (RB)

Accomplishments

 * EHF Cup:
 * (1): 1987
 * (1): 1988
 * Lietuvos Rankinio Lyga (LRL):
 * (17): 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009
 * (2): 2012, 2022
 * (6): 2007, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023
 * Lithuanian Handball Cup:
 * (11): 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2016, 2018
 * Baltic Handball League:
 * (2): 2004, 2005
 * Soviet Men's Handball Championship
 * (1): 1963
 * (2): 1981, 1985
 * (3): 1962, 1979, 1986
 * EHF Champions League:
 * Group Stage (4): 1996-1997, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2008-2009

Notable former players

 * 🇱🇹 Gerdas Babarskas (2010–2012)
 * 🇱🇹 Povilas Babarskas (2006–2010)
 * 🇱🇹 Tomas Eitutis (1992–1999)
 * 🇱🇹 Rolandas Bernatonis (2005–2009)
 * 🇱🇹 Aidenas Malašinskas (2007–2010)
 * 🇱🇹 Valdas Novickis (2004–2006)
 * 🇱🇹 Voldemaras Novickis (1982–1988, 1990–1993)
 * 🇱🇹 Robertas Paužuolis (1995–1997)
 * 🇱🇹 Vigindas Petkevičius (1989–1991)
 * 🇱🇹 Andrius Račkauskas (2001–2003)
 * 🇱🇹 Dalius Rasikevičius (1994–1999)
 * 🇱🇹 Almantas Savonis (1988–1995)
 * 🇱🇹 Gintaras Savukynas (1989-1996, 1997–1998)
 * 🇱🇹 Andrius Stelmokas (1991–1999)
 * 🇱🇹 Arūnas Vaškevičius (1991–1999)
 * 🇱🇹 Gintautas Vilaniškis (1990–1996)
 * 🇦🇹🇱🇹 Vytautas Žiūra (1999–2000)