THW Kiel is a

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the ...

club from

Kiel Kiel () is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 246,243 (2021). Kiel lies approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the southeast of the Jutland ...

, Germany. Currently, they compete in the Handball-Bundesliga and are the record champion with 22 titles. 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. They have a rivalry with fellow

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sc ...

team SG Flensburg-Handewitt.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

Accomplishments

* Handball-Bundesliga: 22 **: 1957, 1962, 1963, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,

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* DHB-Pokal: 12 **: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013,

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, 2022 *

DHB-Supercup The DHB-Supercup (English: German Handball Supercup) is an handball tournament held annually between the Handball-Bundesliga champions and the DHB-Pokal The DHB-Pokal (English: German Handball Federation Cup) is an elimination handball tournamen ...

: 12 **: 1995, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021, 2022 * EHF Champions League: **:

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**: 2022 *

EHF Cup The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previ ...

: **: 1998, 2002, 2004,

EHF Men's Champions Trophy The EHF Champions Trophy (named IHF Supercup between 1979 and 1983, named EHF Supercup between 1996 and 2007) was an official annual club competition of the European Handball Federation, that was contested until 2008. History Regarded as one of t ...

: **: 2007 **: 2004 *

IHF Super Globe The Men's Super Globe is a handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands ...

: **:

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*German Championship: 2 (Field handball) **: 1948, 1950 **: 1951, 1953 *

Double A double is a look-alike or doppelgänger; one person or being that resembles another. Double, The Double or Dubble may also refer to: Film and television * Double (filmmaking), someone who substitutes for the credited actor of a character * ...

: **1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2012–13 * Triple Crown: **2006–07, 2011–12

European record

Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2022–23 season'' ;Goalkeepers *1

Niklas Landin Jacobsen Niklas Landin Jacobsen (born 19 December 1988) is a Danish handballer for THW Kiel and the Denmark national team. He has previously played for Rhein-Neckar Löwen. He is European Champion with the Danish national team, after winning the 2012 ...

* 12 Philip Saggau * 16 Tomáš Mrkva ;Left wingers *7 Magnus Landin Jacobsen * 23 Rune Dahmke * 27 Malte Voigt ;Right wingers *3

Sven Ehrig Sven (in Danish and Norwegian, also Svend and also in Norwegian most commonly Svein) is a Scandinavian first name which is also used in the Low Countries and German-speaking countries. The name itself is Old Norse for "young man" or "young warr ...

* 18

Niclas Ekberg Niclas Ekberg (born 23 December 1988) is a Swedish handballer for THW Kiel and the Swedish national team. He was part of the Swedish team that won silver at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the ...

* 20 Yannick Fraatz ;Line players * 11 Petter Øverby * 17 Patrick Wiencek * 61 Hendrik Pekeler ;Left backs *8 Ben Battermann * 21 Eric Johansson Injury icon 2

* 53 Nikola Bilyk * 31 Luca Schwormstede * 49 Karl Wallinius ;Central backs *4

Domagoj Duvnjak Domagoj Duvnjak (born 1 June 1988) is a Croatian professional handball player for THW Kiel and the Croatia national team. Duvnjak is regarded as one of the best handball players of all time alongside fellow Croatian Ivano Balić. He became a me ...

( c) *5

Sander Sagosen Sander Sagosen (born 14 September 1995) is a Norwegian handball player for THW Kiel and the Norwegian national team. He has previously played for Kolstad IF, Haslum HK, Aalborg Håndbold and Paris Saint-Germain. Honours * German Championship: ...

* 24 Miha Zarabec ;Right backs *6 Harald Reinkind * 13 Steffen Weinhold Injury icon 2

* 19 Henri Pabst

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2023–24 season'' ; Joining * Vincent Gérard (GK) ''(from Saint-Raphaël Var Handball)'' * Elias Ellefsen á Skipagøtu (CB) ''(from IK Sävehof)'' ; Leaving *

(GK) ''(to Aalborg Håndbold)'' *

(CB) ''(to Kolstad Håndball)'' * Miha Zarabec (CB) ''(to Orlen Wisła Płock)'' * Yannick Fraatz (RW) ''(end of loan from Bergischer HC)'' :''Transfers for the 2024–25 season'' ; Joining * Lukas Zerbe (RW) ''(from

TBV Lemgo TBV Lemgo is a handball club from Lemgo, Germany, and is competing in the Handball-Bundesliga. History The ascent to one of the best German handball clubs was slow but steady. In the year the Bundesliga was founded, the club was still in the O ...

)'' ; Leaving

Staff

:''Staff for the 2022–23 season''

Notable former players

* Heinrich Dahlinger (1936–1966) * Michael Krieter (1983–1998) * Wolfgang Schwenke (1996–2001) *

Uwe Schwenker Uwe Schenker (born 24 March 1959 in Bremen) is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an in ...

(1980–1992) *

Henning Fritz Henning Fritz (born 21 September 1974) is a German retired handball goalkeeper, current entrepreneur, book author and TV expert. In 2004, he was the first goalkeeper to be named World Player of the Year. Sports career At , Fritz is a relativ ...

(2001–2007) * Dominik Klein (2006–2016) * Thomas Knorr (1992–1998) * Tobias Reichmann (2009–2012) *

Christian Sprenger Christian David Sprenger (born 19 December 1985) is an Australian former breaststroke swimmer. He trains at the Commercial Swimming Club under Simon Cusack. Swimming career At the 2008 Australian Swimming Championships he qualified in the 10 ...

(2009–2017) * Christian Zeitz (2003–2014, 2016–2018) * Andreas Wolff (2016–2019) *

Christian Dissinger Christian Dissinger (born 15 November 1991) is a German handball player who plays for Tatabánya KC. Club career Dissinger started his career at the German club TSG Friesenheim and played there until June 2011. After TSG Friesenheim was relegate ...

(2015–2018) * Patrick Wiencek (2012– ) * Steffen Weinhold (2014– ) * Hendrik Pekeler (2018– ) * Dario Quenstedt (2019–2022) * Rune Dahmke (2012– ) * Stefan Lövgren (1999–2009) * Staffan Olsson (1996–2003) *

Magnus Wislander Hans Einar Magnus Wislander (born 22 February 1964) is a Swedish former handball player, who has been voted ''Handball Player of the Century''. Since his debut in the national team in 1985 he has played over 380 games and scored over 1,000 goals ...

(1990–2002) * Johan Petersson (2001–2005) * Kim Andersson (2005–2012) *

Marcus Ahlm Marcus Ahlm (born 7 July 1978) is a Swedish handballer. He retired from handball in 2013 after playing for German Handball-Bundesliga team THW Kiel. Career In his youth, Marcus Ahlm played for the IFK Kristianstad Handball team and then later ...

(2003–2013) *

Peter Gentzel Hans Peter Ludvig Gentzel (born 12 October 1968) is a Swedish former handball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. He was born in Gothenburg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Swede ...

(2009–2010) * Henrik Lundström (2004–2012) * Martin Boquist (2003–2005) * Mattias Andersson (2001–2008) * Pelle Linders (2005–2007) * Andreas Palicka (2008–2015) * Lukas Nilsson (2016–2020) *

(2012– ) * Nikolaj Jacobsen (1998–2004) *

Rasmus Lauge Schmidt Rasmus Lauge Schmidt (born 20 June 1991) is a Danish handball player for Telekom Veszprém and the Danish national team. He made his debut for Denmark's handball team in 2010, and with them has won World and European Championships. He has prev ...

(2013–2015) * René Toft Hansen (2012–2018) * Lars Krogh Jeppesen (2006–2007) * Morten Bjerre (2000–2003) *

(2015–2023) * Magnus Landin Jacobsen (2018– ) * Nikola Karabatić (2005–2009) *

Daniel Narcisse Daniel Narcisse (born 16 December 1979) is a retired French handball player and French international from 2000 to 2017. He is a double Olympic champion, quadruple World champion and triple European champion, one of the most awarded French tea ...

(2009–2013) *

Thierry Omeyer Thierry Omeyer (born 2 November 1976) is a retired French handball goalkeeper. A member of the French national team since 1999, he has won all major titles with the team: world champion (five times), European champion (three times) and Olympic ch ...

(2006–2013) * Jérôme Fernandez (2010–2011) * Igor Anić (2015–2016) * Børge Lund (2007–2010) * Frode Hagen (2004–2006) * Steinar Ege (1999–2002, 2015) *

(2020–2023) * Harald Reinkind (2018– ) * Goran Stojanović (1996–1999) * Ljubomir Pavlović (2003) *

Momir Ilić Momir Ilić (; born 22 December 1981) is a Serbian former handball player. He became the first player in the history of the EHF Champions League to score over 100 goals in three consecutive seasons. Currently he is the head coach of Telekom Ves ...

(2009–2013) *

Marko Vujin Marko Vujin ( Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Вујин, born 7 December 1984) is a Serbian handball player who plays for SC Pick Szeged and the Serbian national team. Career Vujin started his professional career in his hometown club RK Sintelo ...

(2012–2019) * Davor Dominiković (2002–2003) * Ilija Brozović (2016–2017) *

Blaženko Lacković Blaženko Lacković (born 25 December 1980) is a retired Croatian handball player. He is World champion from 2003,

(2016–2017) *

(2014– ) *

Marek Panas Marek Andrzej Panas (born 7 November 1951 in Elbląg) is a former Polish handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics. In 1980 he was part of the Polish team which finished seventh in the Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games ( ...

(1982–1989) * Daniel Waszkiewicz (1987–1990) * Piotr Przybecki (2001–2004) * Predrag Timko (1977–1980) * Nenad Peruničić (1997–2001) * Goran Stojanović (1996–1999) *

Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (born 8 August 1979) is an Icelandic retired handball player and current coach of VfL Gummersbach. A captain of the Iceland men's national handball team, Guðjón Valur broke the world record for most goals scored in ...

(2012–2014) *

Aron Pálmarsson Aron Pálmarsson (born 19 July 1990) is an Icelandic handball player for FH and the Icelandic national handball team. Career Aron played his first game for FH only aged 15 years old against ÍBV in March 2006. FH won the game 30–28 and the ...

(2009–2015) *

Filip Jícha Filip Jícha (born 19 April 1982) is a former Czech handballer. He most recently played for Spanish handball team FC Barcelona. He also played for the Czech national team. Currently he is the head coach of his former club, German handball team T ...

(2007–2015) * Pavel Horák (2019–2022) * Vid Kavtičnik (2005–2009) * Miha Zarabec (2017– ) * Demetrio Lozano (2001–2004) *

Joan Cañellas Joan Cañellas Reixach (born 30 September 1986) is a Spanish handball player for Kadetten Schaffhausen and the Spain men's national handball team, Spain national team. Cañellas scored 50 goals for Spain at the European Men's Handball Championsh ...

(2014–2016) * Nikola Bilyk (2016– ) *

Wael Jallouz Wael Jallouz (born 3 May 1991) is a retired Tunisian handball player. Club career Jallouz participated on the AS Hammamet team that won the Tunisian National Cup in 2012 after defeating in the final ES Sahel HC, the recent winner of the 2012 ...

(2013–2014) *

Zvonimir Serdarušić Zvonimir Serdarušić (; born 2 September 1950) is a Croatian former professional handball coach and player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia. In May 1998, he also acquired German citizenship. Career Yugoslavia Serdaruši� ...

(1980–1981) * Andrei Xepkin (2007) * Julio Fis (2001–2002)

Notable former coaches

* Fritz Westheider (1930–1958) * Heinrich Dahlinger (1958–1972) * Kurt Bartels, Rolf Krabbenhöft, Bernd Struck (1972–1973) * Adolf Gabriel (1973–1975) * Werner Kirst (1975) * Gerd Welz (1975–1977) * Željko Seleš (1977–1978) * Werner Kirst (1978–1979) * Gerd Welz (1979–1980) * Marinko Andrić (1980–1981) * Herward Wieck (1981–1982) * Jóhann Ingi Gunnarsson (1983–1986) *

(1987–1989) * Josip Milković (1989) * Holger Oertel (1989–1992) *

(1993) *

(1993–2008) * Alfreð Gíslason (2008–2019)

References

External links

Official website
{{Authority control German handball clubs Handball-Bundesliga Sport in Kiel Handball clubs established in 1904 1904 establishments in Germany