Riihimäki 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
PeriodKit manufacturer - 2011 Puma 2011 - 2017 Adidas 2017 - 2018 Hummel 2018 - present Macron
Kits
HOME
Sports Hall information
Arena: - Cocks Areena City: - Riihimäki Capacity: - 2500 Address: - Hj. Elomaan katu 4, 11130 Riihimäki, Finland
Team
Current squad
Squad for the 2025–26 season
Riihimäki CocksGoalkeepers 33 Eetu Nokkala 35 Eemeli Laitaharju 87 Vitalii Shitsko / Benjamin Pedersen Left Wingers 9 Niko Hållman 15 Teemu Tamminen 32 Joona Tamminen Right Wingers 11 Daniel Tulander 19 Roni Syrjälä 31 Tuomas Rantanen Line Players 17 Yury Lukyanchuk 25 Santeri Vainionpää (c) 48 Vertti Salminen
Left Backs 22 Juuso Kangasniemi 36 Aaro Koskimies 84 Miika Kaukoranta Central Backs 51 Roope Ahlgren 55 Calle Almander 91 Jiri Rasehorn Right Backs 18 Elias Hartikainen 24 Urho Viita
Technical staff Head coach: Bojan Županjac Physiotherapist: Matias Savinainen Physiotherapist: Pasi Hellberg Team Manager: Petteri Kiviaho President: Jari Viita
Transfers Transfers for the 2026–27 season
Joining
Leaving Santeri Vainionpää (LP) to US Dunkerque HB
Transfer History
Transfers for the 2025–26 seasonJoining Calle Almander (CB) from HK Drott Soma Lukacs (LB) from HC Burgenland / Benjamin Pedersen (GK) from SZESE Győr
Leaving Lazar Petrović (RB) to Al Naser Gergő Miklós (GK) to QHB-Eger Dániel Fekete (LB) to AD Ciudad de Guadalajara Albin Järlstam (CB) to Handball Sassari Davor Basaric (LP) to Grankulla IFK Julius Kemppainen (LW) to SIF Nuno Santos (RW) to Albatro Siracusa Kemal Hamzić (CB) to RK Konjuh Zivinice Pavel Duda (RB) to HC Masheka Soma Lukacs (LB) to EIF
Previous squads 2018–2019 Team Shirt NoNationalityPlayerBirth DatePosition 2 Viktar Zaitsau Left Back 8 André Udd Left Back 9 Oleksandr Kyrylenko Central Back 15 Teemu Tamminen Left Winger 17 Yury Lukyanchuk Line Player 18 Bojan Županjac Left Winger 19 Roni Syrjälä Right Winger 20 Andrei Novoselov Right Winger 22 Nico Rönnberg Left Back 23 Vitalie Nenita Right Back 29 Saša Puljizević Central Back 30 Kalle Alander Goalkeeper 31 Victor Kovalenko Central Back 32 Giedrius Morkunas Goalkeeper 33 Theo Westerlund Right Back 44 Davor Basarić Line Player 55 Aliaksandr Tsitou Line Player 87 Vitalii Shitsko Goalkeeper
2015–2016 Team Shirt NoNationalityPlayerBirth DatePosition 3 Jani Tuominen Left Winger 4 Antti Valo Right Winger 5 Kiril Morozov Goalkeeper 7 Mirza Mimič Right Back 9 Kristian Jansson Central Back 11 Gheorghe Safronii Left Back 15 Teemu Tamminen Left Winger 17 Yury Lukyanchuk Line Player 18 Andreas Rönnberg Central Back 19 Roni Syrjälä Right Winger 20 Andrei Novoselov Right Winger 21 Robin Sjöman Line Player 22 Nico Rönnberg Left Back 23 Vitalie Nenita Right Back 30 Kalle Alander Goalkeeper 31 Victor Kovalenko Central Back 47 Andrei Kaliarovich Left Back 85 Niko Leikama Left Winger 87 Vitalii Shitsko Goalkeeper
Retired numbers Riihimäki Cocks retired numbers N°NationalityPlayerPositionTenure 4 Antti Valo Right Winger 2002–2017 10 Markku Tuomi Centre 1990-2002 13 Jarmo Lepola 14 Pekka Lehtinen
Honours
Finnish Handball League: 13 : 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2025 : 1978, 1979, 2005, 2011, 2023 : 1998, 2000, 2006, 2012, 2022, 2026
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
EHF ranking
Rank Team Points172 CSA Steaua București15173 HIFK15174 IBV Vestmannaeyjar14175 Riihimäki Cocks14176 PLER KC Budapest14177 SG Westwien13178 Depsaş Enerji SK13
Former club members
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)
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