Riihimäki Cocks

Riihimäki Cocks (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.

Sports Hall information



 * Arena: - Cocks Areena
 * City: - Riihimäki
 * Capacity: - 2500
 * Address: - Hj. Elomaan katu 4, 11130 Riihimäki, Finland

Current squad

 * Squad for the 2023–24 season

Technical staff

 * Head coach: 🇷🇸 Bojan Županjac
 * Coach: 🇫🇮 Kai Elomaa
 * Physiotherapist: 🇫🇮 Timo Heino
 * Masseur: 🇫🇮 Tero Masalin

Transfers

 * Transfers for the 2023–24 season


 * Joining [[Image:Arrow-up.png]]
 * 🇧🇦 Kemal Hamzić (CB) from 🇪🇸 ADC Guadalajara
 * 🇭🇺 Gergő Miklós (GK) from 🇭🇺 Fejér B.Á.L. Veszprém
 * 🇭🇺🇷🇴 Dániel Fekete (LB) from 🇭🇺 NEKA
 * Jaka Špiljak (LB) from 🇨🇾 Anorthosis Famagusta H.C.
 * 🇸🇪 Albin Järlstam (CB) from 🇮🇹 Junior Fasano


 * Leaving [[Image:Arrow-down.gif]]
 * 🇧🇦 Igor Mandić (LB) to 🇫🇷 Sélestat Alsace Handball
 * 🇫🇷 Oreste Vescovo (RW) to 🇫🇷 Sélestat Alsace Handball
 * 🇫🇷 Edson Imare (LB) to 🇫🇷 Villeurbanne Handball
 * 🇫🇷 Nicolas Gauthier (GK) to 🇫🇷 JS Cherbourg
 * 🇫🇷 Luka Brkljačić (CB) to 🇫🇷 Grand Besançon Handball
 * 🇷🇺 Dmitrii Kholmov (GK) to 🇫🇷 Grand Besançon Handball
 * Teimuraz Orjonikidze (LB) to 🇲🇰 GRK Ohrid
 * 🇵🇱 Piotr Rybski (CB)

Honours

 * Finnish Handball League: 12
 * 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
 * 1978, 1979, 2005, 2011, 2023
 * 1998, 2000, 2006, 2012, 2022


 * Finnish Cup of Handball: 11
 * 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023


 * Baltic Handball League : 4
 * 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
 * 2010, 2013, 2015
 * 2014

Notable former players

 * 🇫🇮 Nico Rönnberg (2013–2020)
 * 🇫🇮 Roni Syrjälä (2012–2022)
 * 🇫🇮 Teemu Tamminen (2004–)
 * 🇫🇮 Antti Valo (2002–2017)
 * 🇧🇦 Igor Mandić (2022–2023)
 * 🇧🇾 Aliaksandr Bachko (2016–2018)
 * 🇧🇾 Yury Lukyanchuk (2015–)
 * 🇧🇾 Aliaksandr Patsykailik (2018)
 * 🇧🇾 Evgeny Semenov (2019–2021)
 * 🇧🇾 Aliaksandr Tsitou (2016–2021)
 * 🇧🇾 Viktar Zaitsau (2017–2019)
 * Nikola Kedžo (2021–2022)
 * 🇪🇪 Marius Aleksejev (2013–2015)
 * 🇮🇹 Stefano Arcieri (2020-2021)
 * Nils Kreicbergs (2019–2020)
 * 🇵🇱 Ignacy Bąk (2020–2021)
 * 🇵🇱 Piotr Rybski (2022–2023)
 * 🇷🇴 Mircea Muraru (2007–2009)
 * 🇷🇸 Aleksandar Gugleta (2019–2020)
 * 🇷🇸 Ivan Mošić (2020–2021)
 * 🇺🇦 Mykhaylo Krivchikov (2014–2015)