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

In 1963 the club won the Soviet championship.

In 1987 the club won the IHF Cup. The trophy 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.

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023–24 season

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Goalkeepers 12 Template:Flagicon Berkantas Drungilas 20 Template:Flagicon Karolis Videika Left Wingers 04 Template:Flagicon Martynas Gidraitis 09 Template:Flagicon Klaudijus Pausa 37 Template:Flagicon Deividas Jovaišas Right Wingers 14 Template:Flagicon Marius Kairys 19 Template:Flagicon Karolis Piragis Line Players 11 Template:Flagicon Benas Barsenas 24 Template:Flagicon Andrius Montvilas Central Backs 08 Template:Flagicon Gustas Rinkevičius 23 Template:Flagicon Titas Janušonis 77 Template:Flagicon Manvydas Lazauskas Left Backs 28 Template:Flagicon Modestas Štarolis 29 Template:Flagicon Karolis Remeikis Right Backs 10 Template:Flagicon Nedas Buronko 17 Template:Flagicon Matas Jurkevičius

Technical staff

• Head Coach: Template:Flagicon Vaidotas Grosas
• Assistant Coach: Template:Flagicon Vladas Tomkevičius
• Physiotherapist: Template:Flagicon Arminas Petrauskas
• Masseur: Template:Flagicon Audrius Bitkauskas

Transfers

Transfers for the 2023–24 season

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• Template:Flagicon Tomas Švlepa (GK)
• Template:Flagicon Lukas Kraulaidys (LW)
• Template:Flagicon Paulius Zeringis (LP)
• Template:Flagicon Vladas Tomkevičius (LP)
• Template:Flagicon Paulius Šarkauskas (LB)
• Template:Flagicon Pijus Eiva (LB)
• Template:Flagicon Eitvydas Balkus (LB)
• Template:Flagicon Lukas Feoktistovas (CB)
• Template:Flagicon Karolis Grigas (RB)

Accomplishments

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

Former club members

Notable former players

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

Former coaches

Seasons	Coach	Country
1981–1993	Antanas Skarbalius	Template:Flagicon
1993–2019	Voldemaras Novickis	Template:Flagicon
2019–	Vaidotas Grosas	Template:Flagicon

External links

• Template:Facebook
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• Granitas Kaunas at Handball Base