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{{Infobox hockey team
| team = HK Nitra
| colour = #00adef
| colour text = white
| logo = HC Nitra logo.png
| logosize = 270px
| nickname = 
| city = [[Nitra]], [[Slovakia]]
| league = [[Slovak Extraliga]]
| conference = 
| division = 
| founded = {{Start date|1931}}
| operated = 
| arena = [[Nitra Aréna]]<br /> (capacity 3,600)
| colours = blue, white<br />{{colorbox|#00adef}}  {{colorbox|white}} 
| affiliates = 
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| farmclub = 
| website = [http://hknitra.tipsportextraliga.sk/ www.hknitra.sk]
}}
[[File:Hk nitra.jpg|thumb|200px]]
'''Hokejový Klub Nitra''' is a professional [[ice hockey]] club based in [[Nitra]], [[Slovakia]]. The club is a member of the [[Slovak Extraliga]] since the [[2003–04 Slovak Extraliga|2003–04 season]].

==History==
The club was founded in 1931 under name AC. Their first trophy which they won was Tatra Cup in 1934. The club was renamed several times, since 1945 to 1976 they was named as ''Sokol, Komunálny podnik, Spojené závody, Slavoj, Slovan'' and ''Štart''. In 1976 the club was renamed to Plastika Nitra. They won the 1. SNHL (1.st Slovak National Hockey League), second level of Czechoslovak hockey, in the 1983–84 season and clinched participation in the preliminary round for the [[Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League|Czechoslovak Extraliga]]. There they earned 2 points in 4 games against [[HC Plzeň 1929|Škoda Plzeň]] and [[HC Kladno|Poldi Kladno]] and did not qualified to the Extraliga. Nitra won the 1. SNHL in the 1986–87 season but in the preliminary round they lost against [[HC Kladno|Poldi Kladno]]. In the next season they triumphed at the 1. SNHL again but in the preliminary round they were defeated by [[HC Vítkovice Steel|TJ Vítkovice]]. Nitra's first promotion to the [[Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League|Czechoslovak Extraliga]] came in the 1989–90 season when they finished 4th in the qualification group and clinched participation at the Extraliga for the next season. Nitra finished 13th in their [[1990–91 Czechoslovak Extraliga season|first Extraliga season]], earning 39 points in 53 games and were relegated to the 1. SNHL. They won the next season of the 1. SNHL but were defeated by [[HK Poprad|ŠKP Poprad]] in the preliminary round. In the next season they won 1. SNHL again but preliminary round was not played due to dissolution of [[Czechoslovakia]].

Nitra won its first Slovak Extraliga title in the 2015–16 season. In the quarterfinal against MsHK Žilina, Nitra swept the series 4-0. In the semifinal they played seven games to beat HKm Zvolen. The final opponent was HC '05 Banská Bystrica, whom Nitra defeated 4–2 in the series to win the league title. 

==Team Photos==
<gallery>
Nitra 1937.png|The club in 1937.
AC Nitra 1941.png|Nitra in 1941.
</gallery>

==Honours==
===Domestic===

'''[[Slovak Extraliga]]'''
* {{gold1}} Winners (2): [[2015–16 Slovak Extraliga season|2015–16]], [[2023–24 Slovak Extraliga season|2023–24]]
* {{silver2}} Runners-up (4): [[2013–14 Slovak Extraliga season|2013–14]], [[2016–17 Slovak Extraliga season|2016–17]], [[2018–19 Slovak Extraliga season|2018–19]], [[2021–22 Slovak Extraliga season|2021–22]]
* {{bronze3}} 3rd place (4): [[2005–06 Slovak Extraliga season|2005–06]], [[2012–13 Slovak Extraliga season|2012–13]], [[2014–15 Slovak Extraliga season|2014–15]], [[2017–18 Slovak Extraliga season|2017–18]]

'''[[Slovak 1.Liga]]'''
* {{gold1}} Winners (1): [[2002–03 Slovak 1. Liga season|2002–03]]
* {{silver2}} Runners-up (1): [[2000–01 Slovak 1. Liga season|2000–01]]

'''[[1. Slovenská národná hokejová liga]]'''
* {{gold1}} Winners (5): [[1983–84 1. Slovenská národná hokejová liga season|1983–84]], [[1986–87 1. Slovenská národná hokejová liga season|1986–87]], [[1987–88 1. Slovenská národná hokejová liga season|1987–88]], [[1991–92 1. Slovenská národná hokejová liga season|1991–92]], [[1992–93 1. Slovenská národná hokejová liga season|1992–93]]
* {{silver2}} Runners-up (4): [[1978–79 1. Slovenská národná hokejová liga season|1978–79]], [[1982–83 1. Slovenská národná hokejová liga season|1982–83]], [[1988–89 1. Slovenská národná hokejová liga season|1988–89]], [[1989–90 1. Slovenská národná hokejová liga season|1989–90]]
* {{bronze3}} 3rd place (2): [[1979–80 1. Slovenská národná hokejová liga season|1979–80]], [[1980–81 1. Slovenská národná hokejová liga season|1980–81]]

===International===
'''[[IIHF Continental Cup]]'''
* {{gold1}} Winners (1): [[IIHF Continental Cup 2023|2022–23]]

===Pre-season===
'''[[Tatra Cup]]'''
* {{gold1}} Winners (1): 1933/1934

'''[[Rona Cup]]'''
* {{gold1}} Winners (1): 2010

==External links==
* [http://hknitra.tipsportextraliga.sk/ Official club website] 

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