VfL Gummersbach
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| Founded | 1861 | ||
| Arena | Schwalbe-Arena | ||
| Capacity | 4,132 | ||
| President | Dieter Brüning | ||
| Head coach | Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson | ||
| League | Handball-Bundesliga | ||
| 2024–25 | 7th of 18 | ||
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| Website Official site | |||
VfL Gummersbach is a professional handball club from the German city of Gummersbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. Currently, VfL Gummersbach competes in the Handball-Bundesliga and the DHB-Pokal. The club has seen great success, especially from the late 1960s until the early 1990s.
History
The club was founded as a multisports club on March 3rd 1861 as Gummersbacher Turnverein(GTV). The youth department was founded in 1884, and in 1906 women were included as members.
The handball department was founded in 1925.[1] While field handball was the most popular variant in Germany at the time, Gummersbach focused on indoor handball.
In 1966 the club won the German Championship for the first time. In 1970 the club won the European Cup, beating SC Dynamo Berlin in the final.[2] During the 1970's the club won four more German championships, as well as 2 German cups and five European Cups.
During the 1980's Gummersbach remained one of the strongest teams in West Germany behind TUSEM Essen and TV Großwallstadt. They also won the first edition of the IHF Cup in 1982.[3]
Crest, colours, supporters
Kits
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Accomplishments
- 1. Handball-Bundesliga: 12
Gold: 1966, 1967, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1991
- 2. Handball-Bundesliga:
- Gold: 2022
- DHB-Pokal:
- Gold: 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1985
- EHF Champions League:
- Gold: 1967, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1983
Silver: 1972
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
- Gold: 1978, 1979, 2010, 2011
- EHF Cup:
- Gold: 1982, 2009
- European Club Championship:
- Gold: 1979, 1983
- Silver: 2006
- Double
- Winners: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85
Team
Current squad
- Squad for the 2024–25 season
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Transfers
- Transfers for the 2025–26 season
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Notable players
Heiner Brand- Stefan Kretzschmar
- Erhard Wunderlich
- Andreas Dörhöfer
- Mark Dragunski
- Frank von Behren
- Patrick Wiencek
- Christian Ramota
- Adrian Pfahl
- Klaus-Dieter Petersen
- Jochen Brand
- Klaus Brand
- Frank Dammann
- Joachim Deckarm
- Jochen Feldhoff
- Frank Dammann
- Claus Fey
- Rudi Rauer
- Henning Wiechers
- Klaus Westebbe
- Andreas Thiel
- Dirk Rauin
- Gerd Rosendahl
- Franz-Josef Salewski
- Klaus Schlagheck
- Hansi Schmidt
- Christian Fitzek
- Stefan Hecker
- Holger Löhr
- Thomas Krokowski
- Helmut Kosmehl
- Rüdiger Neitzel
- Gunnar Jaeger
- Rolf Jaeger
- Klaus Kater
Daniel Narcisse- Igor Anić
- Kentin Mahé
- François-Xavier Houlet
Vladan Krasavac- Aleksandar Stanojević
- Momir Ilić
Vjenceslav Somić- Drago Vuković
Kristján Arason- Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson
Kyung-Shin Yoon
Goran Stojanović
Borko Ristovski
Aljoša Rezar
Rune Erland
Nándor Fazekas
Viktor Szilágyi
Coaching history
Petre Ivănescu- Velimir Kljaić
Sead Hasanefendić- Horst Dreischang (1959–1971)[4]
References
- ^ "Die Geschichte des VfL muss umgeschrieben werden". Oberberg Aktuell (in German). Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ European Cup 1970 edition - Todor66
- ^ 1982 IHF Cup - Todor66
- ^ "Leseprobe – VFL Gummersbach. Die Chronik by Verlag die Werkstatt – Issuu". 19 November 2015.
External links
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