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{{Infobox ice hockey team
| team = HC Košice
| colour = background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#000000 5px solid; border-bottom:#F67F25 5px solid;
| colour text = #000000
| logo = HC Košice logo.svg
| logosize = 175px
| nickname = Oceliari 
| league = [[Tipos Extraliga (hockey)|Slovak Extraliga]]
| conference = 
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| founded = {{start date and age|1920}}
| operated =
| arena = [[Steel Arena (arena)|Steel Arena]]<br />(capacity: 8,378)
| colours = Black, white, orange<br />{{Color box|#000000}} {{color box|FFFFFF}} {{Color box|#F67F25}}
| owner =
| gm =
| coach = [[Dan Ceman]]
| captain = [[Michal Chovan]]
| president = [[Juraj Mondík]]
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| website = [http://www.hckosice.sk/ hckosice.sk]
}}

'''Hockey Club Košice''' is a Slovak professional [[ice hockey]] club based in [[Košice]] that competes in the [[Tipos Extraliga (hockey)|Slovak Extraliga]], the top tier of Slovak ice hockey. It is the most successful hockey club in Slovakia and the former [[Czechoslovakia]], having won the Tipos Extraliga ten times, the [[Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League]] twice, the [[1st. Slovak National Hockey League]] once, the [[IIHF Continental Cup]] once, the [[Tatra Cup]] 11 times, and the [[Rona Cup]] four times. The club is nicknamed "Oceliari" ("Steelers" in English). The team plays at the [[Steel Arena (arena)|Steel Arena]] in Košice.

==History==
[[File:HCKosice.png|thumb|180px|left|Logo of HC Košice from 1962 to 1998]]
[[File:HC Košice.png|thumb|180px|right|The previous HC Košice logo]]
The club was established in [[Košice]] in 1962 as an army hockey club called TJ Dukla Košice. At that time, there were two weak regional ice hockey clubs in the city. The new club was much stronger and joined the [[Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League|Czechoslovak Hockey League]] within two years. In 1966, Dukla changed its name to TJ VSŽ Košice. In 1986, the club became the Ice Hockey Champions of Czechoslovakia for the first time, beating [[HC Dukla Jihlava]] in the finals. It won again in 1988, beating [[HC Sparta Prague]]. At that time, the club was the second-best ice hockey club in Europe after [[HC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]. After Czechoslovakia split into the [[Czech Republic]] and [[Slovakia]] in 1993, VSŽ Košice became a member of the [[Slovak Extraliga]], which it soon went on to win three times. In 1998, the club changed its name to HC Košice.

On 24 February 2006, Košice left Lokomotíva Košice Stadium and moved to the newly constructed [[Steel Aréna]]. The arena is named in honour of the club's sponsor, [[U. S. Steel Košice]], and is also known as L. Troják Stadium after [[Ladislav Troják|one of the club's most popular players]]. Košice won the league for the fourth time by defeating [[HK 36 Skalica]] to end the [[2008–09 Slovak Extraliga season|2008–09 season]]. A victory over [[HC Slovan Bratislava]] at the end of the [[2009–10 Slovak Extraliga season|2009–10 season]] saw the club win the league for the second year in a row and the fifth time in total, which it followed up by beating [[HK Poprad]] in the finals of the [[2010–11 Slovak Extraliga season|2010–11 season]] to secure the league for the third year in a row (the first "hat trick" in the league's history) and the sixth time in total. Košice qualified for the finals for the sixth time in a row at the [[2012–13 Slovak Extraliga season|2012–13 season]], but suffered a loss to [[HKm Zvolen]]. A victory over [[HK Nitra]] in the finals of the [[2013–14 Slovak Extraliga season|2013–14 season]] led Košice to its seventh league victory. The club won its eighth and most recent league during the [[2014–15 Slovak Extraliga season|2014–15 season]], defeating [[HC '05 Banská Bystrica]] in the finals.

==Honours==

===Domestic===
'''[[Tipos Extraliga (hockey)|Slovak Extraliga]]'''

* {{gold1}} Winners (10): [[1994–95 Slovak Extraliga season|1994–95]], [[1995–96 Slovak Extraliga season|1995–96]], [[1998–99 Slovak Extraliga season|1998–99]], [[2008–09 Slovak Extraliga season|2008–09]], [[2009–10 Slovak Extraliga season|2009–10]], [[2010–11 Slovak Extraliga season|2010–11]], [[2013–14 Slovak Extraliga season|2013–14]], [[2014–15 Slovak Extraliga season|2014–15]], [[2022–23 Slovak Extraliga season|2022–23]], [[2024–25 Slovak Extraliga season|2024–25]]
* {{silver2}} Runners-up (7): [[1993–94 Slovak Extraliga season|1993–94]], [[1996–97 Slovak Extraliga season|1996–97]], [[1997–98 Slovak Extraliga season|1997–98]], [[2002–03 Slovak Extraliga season|2002–03]], [[2007–08 Slovak Extraliga season|2007–08]], [[2011–12 Slovak Extraliga season|2011–12]], [[2012–13 Slovak Extraliga season|2012–13]]
* {{bronze3}} 3rd place (3): [[2001–02 Slovak Extraliga season|2001–02]], [[2006–07 Slovak Extraliga season|2006–07]], [[2015–16 Slovak Extraliga season|2015–16]]

'''[[Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League|Czechoslovak Extraliga]]'''
* {{gold1}} Winners (2): [[1985–86 Czechoslovak Extraliga season|1985–86]], [[1987–88 Czechoslovak Extraliga season|1987–88]]
* {{silver2}} Runners-up (1): [[1984–85 Czechoslovak Extraliga season|1984–85]]
* {{bronze3}} 3rd place (1): [[1988–89 Czechoslovak Extraliga season|1988–89]]

'''[[1st. Slovak National Hockey League]]'''
* {{gold1}} Winners (1): 1963–64

===International===
'''[[IIHF European Cup]]'''
* {{silver2}} Runners-up (2): [[1986–87 IIHF European Cup|1986–87]], [[1988–89 IIHF European Cup|1988–89]]

'''[[IIHF Continental Cup]]'''
* {{gold1}} Winners (1): [[1997–98 IIHF Continental Cup|1997–98]]
* {{silver2}} Runners-up (1): [[1998–99 IIHF Continental Cup|1998–99]]

'''[[IIHF Super Cup]]'''
* {{silver2}} Runners-up (1): [[1998 IIHF Super Cup|1998]]

===Pre-season===
'''[[Tatra Cup]]'''
* {{gold1}} Winners (11): 1978, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 2008, 2017, 2024

'''[[Rona Cup]]'''
* {{gold1}} Winners (4): 1995, 1996, 2009, 2013

==Players==

===Current roster===
{{HC Košice roster}}

==Notable players==
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* [[Ladislav Troják]]
* [[Jiří Holeček]]
* [[Bedřich Brunclík]]
* [[Vincent Lukáč]]
* [[Igor Liba]]
* [[Jaromír Dragan]]
* [[Jiří Bicek]]
* [[Ľubomír Vaic]]
* [[Marek Svatoš]]
* [[Juraj Faith]]
* [[Rudolf Huna]]
* [[Peter Bartoš]]
* [[Martin Štrbák]]
* [[Miroslav Zálešák]]
* [[Rastislav Staňa]]
* [[Ladislav Nagy]]
* [[Peter Bondra]]
* [[Peter Ihnačák]]
* [[Miroslav Ihnačák]]
* [[Ján Lašák]]
* [[Arne Kroták]]
* [[Ivan Droppa]]
* [[Jerguš Bača]]
* [[Stanislav Gron]]
* [[Martin Marinčin]]
* [[Tomáš Jurčo]]
* [[Ján Laco]]
* [[Erik Černák]]
{{div col end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.hckosice.sk Official club website]
* [http://www.steelarena.sk Steel Arena website]
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{{Succession box| before = [[HC Dukla Jihlava]] | title = [[Czechoslovak Extraliga]]<br />Champions | years = [[1985–86 Czechoslovak Extraliga season|1985–86]] | after = [[HC Dynamo Pardubice|Tesla Pardubice]]}}
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{{Succession box| before = [[HK Dukla Trenčín]] | title = [[Slovak Extraliga]]<br />Champions | years = [[1994–95 Slovak Extraliga season|1994–95]] | after = HC Košice}}
{{Succession box| before = HC Košice | title = [[Slovak Extraliga]]<br />Champions | years = [[1995–96 Slovak Extraliga season|1995–96]] | after = [[HK Dukla Trenčín]]}}
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{{Succession box| before = HC Košice | title = [[Slovak Extraliga]]<br />Champions | years = [[2010–11 Slovak Extraliga season|2010–11]] | after = [[HC Slovan Bratislava]]}}
{{Succession box| before = [[HKM Zvolen]] | title = [[Slovak Extraliga]]<br />Champions | years = [[2013–14 Slovak Extraliga season|2013–14]] | after = HC Košice}}
{{Succession box| before = HC Košice | title = [[Slovak Extraliga]]<br />Champions | years = [[2014–15 Slovak Extraliga season|2014–15]] | after = [[HK Nitra]]}}
{{Succession box| before = [[HC Slovan Bratislava]] | title = [[Slovak Extraliga]]<br />Champions | years = [[2022–23 Slovak Extraliga season|2022–23]] | after = [[HK Nitra]]}}
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