THW Kiel

THW Kiel
Full nameTurnverein Hassee-Winterbek Kiel
Founded1904 (1904)
ArenaWunderino Arena
Capacity10,250
PresidentOlaf Berner
Head coachFilip Jícha
LeagueHandball-Bundesliga
2024–254th of 18
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THW Kiel is a professional handball club from Kiel, Germany. Currently, they compete in the Handball-Bundesliga and are the record champion with 23 titles.[1]

2007 and 2012 were the most successful years in the club's history, as THW completed the treble, winning the domestic league, the domestic cup, and the EHF Champions League. In 2012, the team won every league game, a first in any top-flight German team sports.

They ended the 2019–20 season as winners of the EHF Champions League and champions of the Handball-Bundesliga.[2][3]

They have a rivalry with fellow Schleswig-Holstein team SG Flensburg-Handewitt.

History

The club was founded on February 4th 1904 as a Gymnastics association. From the beginning it was only a men's club, but from 1907 women were included too.

The handball department was founded in 1926, first as field handball and later as indoor handball.

In 1959, two years after the first German indoor Championship, the club was a pioneer, when it decided to distinguish between the indoor handball team and the field handball team, and put an emphasis on achieving indoor success.[4]

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

Accomplishments

  • Handball-Bundesliga: 23
    •  Gold: 1957, 1962, 1963, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021, 2023
    •  Silver: 1953, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1983, 1985, 1989, 2004, 2011, 2019, 2022
  • DHB-Pokal: 13
    •  Gold: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2025
    •  Silver: 1979, 1990, 2005
  • DHB-Supercup: 13
    •  Gold: 1995, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
    •  Silver: 1994, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2017, 2019
  • EHF Champions League: 4
    •  Gold: 2007, 2010, 2012, 2020
    •  Silver: 2000, 2008, 2009, 2014
    •  Bronze: 2022, 2024
  • EHF Cup / EHF European League: 4
    •  Gold: 1998, 2002, 2004, 2019
    •  Bronze: 2025
  • EHF Men's Champions Trophy: 1
    •  Gold: 2007
    •  Silver: 2004
    •  Bronze: 2001, 2008
  • IHF Men's Super Globe: 1
    •  Gold: 2011
    •  Silver: 2012, 2019
  • German Championship: 2 (Field handball)
    •  Gold: 1948, 1950
    •  Silver: 1951, 1953
  • Double: 8
    • 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2012–13
  • Triple Crown: 2
    • 2006–07, 2011–12

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2025–26 season

Transfers

Transfers for the 2026–27 season

Staff

Staff for the 2023–24 season
Pos. Name
Managing director Austria Viktor Szilágyi
Head coach Czech Republic Filip Jícha
Assistant coach Germany Christian Sprenger
Goalkeeping coach Sweden Mattias Andersson
Team physician Dr. Detlev Brandecker
Team physician Dr. Frank Pries
Team leader Michael Menzel
Physiotherapist Maik Bolte
Physiotherapist Stephan Lienau
Physiotherapist Jan Bock

Notable former players

  • Germany Heinrich Dahlinger (1936–1966)
  • Germany Michael Krieter (1983–1998)
  • Germany Wolfgang Schwenke (1996–2001)
  • Germany Uwe Schwenker (1980–1992)
  • Germany Henning Fritz (2001–2007)
  • Germany Dominik Klein (2006–2016)
  • Germany Thomas Knorr (1992–1998)
  • Germany Tobias Reichmann (2009–2012)
  • Germany Christian Sprenger (2009–2017)
  • Germany Christian Zeitz (2003–2014, 2016–2018)
  • Germany Andreas Wolff (2016–2019)
  • Germany Christian Dissinger (2015–2018)
  • Germany Dario Quenstedt (2019–2022)
  • Sweden Stefan Lövgren (1999–2009)
  • Sweden Staffan Olsson (1996–2003)
  • Sweden Magnus Wislander (1990–2002)
  • Sweden Johan Petersson (2001–2005)
  • Sweden Kim Andersson (2005–2012)
  • Sweden Marcus Ahlm (2003–2013)
  • Sweden Peter Gentzel (2009–2010)
  • Sweden Henrik Lundström (2004–2012)
  • Sweden Martin Boquist (2003–2005)
  • Sweden Mattias Andersson (2001–2008)
  • Sweden Pelle Linders (2005–2007)
  • Sweden Andreas Palicka (2008–2015)
  • Sweden Lukas Nilsson (2016–2020)
  • Denmark Nikolaj Jacobsen (1998–2004)
  • Denmark Rasmus Lauge (2013–2015)
  • Denmark René Toft Hansen (2012–2018)
  • Denmark Lars Krogh Jeppesen (2006–2007)
  • Denmark Morten Bjerre (2000–2003)
  • Denmark Niklas Landin Jacobsen (2015–2023)
  • France Nikola Karabatić (2005–2009)
  • France Daniel Narcisse (2009–2013)
  • France Thierry Omeyer (2006–2013)
  • France Jérôme Fernandez (2010–2011)
  • France Igor Anić (2015–2016)
  • France Vincent Gérard (2023–2024)
  • Norway Børge Lund (2007–2010)
  • Norway Frode Hagen (2004–2006)
  • Norway Steinar Ege (1999–2002, 2015)
  • Norway Sander Sagosen (2020–2023)
  • Serbia Goran Stojanović (1996–1999)
  • Serbia Ljubomir Pavlović (2003)
  • Serbia Momir Ilić (2009–2013)
  • Serbia Marko Vujin (2012–2019)
  • Croatia Davor Dominiković (2002–2003)
  • Croatia Ilija Brozović (2016–2017)
  • Croatia Blaženko Lacković (2016–2017)
  • Poland Marek Panas (1982–1989)
  • Poland Daniel Waszkiewicz (1987–1990)
  • Poland Piotr Przybecki (2001–2004)
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Predrag Timko (1977–1980)
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nenad Peruničić (1997–2001)
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Goran Stojanović (1996–1999)
  • Iceland Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (2012–2014)
  • Iceland Aron Pálmarsson (2009–2015)
  • Czech Republic Filip Jícha (2007–2015)
  • Czech Republic Pavel Horák (2019–2022)
  • Slovenia Vid Kavtičnik (2005–2009)
  • Slovenia Miha Zarabec (2017–2023)
  • Spain Demetrio Lozano (2001–2004)
  • Spain Joan Cañellas (2014–2016)
  • Tunisia Wael Jallouz (2013–2014)
  • GermanyCroatia Zvonimir Serdarušić (1980–1981)
  • UkraineSpain Andrei Xepkin (2007)
  • CubaSpain Julio Fis (2001–2002)

Notable former coaches

References

  1. ^ NDR. "Handball-Saison abgebrochen – THW Kiel ist Meister". ndr.de (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  2. ^ "THW Kiel beat Barcelona to clinch Champions League glory". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  3. ^ "So reagieren die THW-Fans auf die Meisterschaft". KN – Kieler Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  4. ^ Erik Eggers, Handball, Göttingen 2004, S. 281, ISBN 3-89533-465-0