Talent Plzeň

Talent Plzeň
Full name	SSK Talent M.A.T. Plzeň
Founded	1953
Arena	Městská sportovní hala Plzeň
Capacity	1,350
League	Czech Handball Extraliga
Website Official site

SSK Talent M.A.T Plzeň or Talent Plzeň is a Czech handball club based in the Plzeň, Czech Republic. Talent Plzeň is one of the most successful handball club in the country, having won the Czech Handball Extraliga six times.

History

The club was founded in 1953. Talent Plzeň win the first title in 1973 in Czechoslovak Handball League. The club was doing well in the 1998 and 1999, when won Czech Handball Extraliga.TJ Lokomotiva Plzeň and SSK Talent Plzeň affiliated in 2010. The club has been doing well in recent season, because the club won Czech Handball Extraliga 3 times and finished 2x second.

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2019-20 season

Management

• Coach Michal Tonar

Goalkeepers

• 01 Richard Křesťan
• 16 Filip Herajt
• 61 Karel Šmíd

Wingers

• 11 Ondřej Šafránek
• 21 Petr Vinkelhofer
• 25 Jan Kačín
• 27 Jan Chmelík
• 95 Eduard Wildt

Line players

• 07 Šimon Macháč
• 68 Jakub Šindelář
• 77 Daniel Řeznický

Backs

• 03 Jakub Douda
• 09 Tomáš Nejdl
• 15 Milan Ivancev
• 18 Tim Jenko Bogdanic
• 19 Jakub Tonar
• 23 Jakub Stehlík

Accompliishments

• Czech Handball Extraliga:
  •  Gold: 1998, 1999, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019
  •  Silver: 2017, 2018
  •  Bronze: 2000,

• Czechoslovakia Handball League:
  •  Gold: 1974
  •  Silver: 1955, 1956, 1958, 1963, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1984,
  •  Bronze: 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966,

Europan Records

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate:
1974-75	EHF Champions League	R2	Refstad IL Oslo	21-16	20-16	41-32
	EHF Champions League	Quarterfinals	Steua Bucuresti	16-16	7-20	23-36
1984-85	EHF Champions League	R1	Initia Hasselt	16-13	12-14	28-27
	EHF Champions League	R2	and now RK Metaloplastika	26-28	18-36	44-64
1998-99	EHF Champions League	1/16	RK Pelister Bitola	30-22	27-30	57-52
	EHF Champions League	Group D	Celje Pivovarna Lasko	21-27	22-38	4rd
	EHF Champions League	Group D	Portland San Antonio	26-32	22-28
	EHF Champions League	Group D	Redbergslids Göteborg	18-25	20-29
2014-15	EHF Cup	R1	SSV Bozen Loacker	26-26	24-17	50-43
	EHF Cup	R2	Permskie medvedi	23-25	25-30	48-55
2015-16	EHF Cup	R2	RK Porec	27-24	27-25	54-49
	EHF Cup	R3	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg	28-31	23-35	51-66
2016-17	EHF Cup	R2	KIF Kolding Kobenhavn	20-31	23-38	43-69
2017-18	EHF Cup	R1	Olympiacos S.F.P.	21-21	29-18	50-39
	EHF Cup	R2	Helvetia Anaitasuna	23-30	26-40	49-70
2018-19	EHF Cup	R1	Glasgow HC	39-12	30-12	69-24
	EHF Cup	R2	HC Dobrogea Sud Constanta	23-29	21-28	44-57
2019-20	EHF Cup	R1	Haukar Handball	26-25	25-20	51-45
	EHF Cup	R2	Hapoel Ashdod	32-23	26-21	58-44
	EHF Cup	R3	TTH Holstebro	25-30	21-37	46-67