GWD Minden

Grün-Weiß Dankersen-Minden, commonly known as GWD Minden, is a handball club from Minden, Germany, and is competing in the 2. Handball-Bundesliga.

History

The club was founded on May 31, 1924 in Dankersen, a town of circa 5000 inhabitants. The team started in the 1928-29 season in the local league.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

Accomplishments

* National Championship of Germany:
** : 1971, 1977
**: 1965, 1975, 1976
* 2. Handball-Bundesliga:
** : 1982, 1995, 2012
**: 2016
* National Cup of Germany:
** : 1975, 1976, 1979
*EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
**: 1976
*German Championship: ''( Field handball)''
**: 1967, 1970, 1971
**: 1962, 1964, 1965, 1969
*IHF European Cup: ''( Field handball)''
**: 1968, 1969, 1970

Team

Staff

:''Staff for the 2022–23 season''

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2022–23 season''

;Goalkeeper
* 1 Malte Semisch
* 55 Yahav Shamir
;Wingers
;LW
* 5 Florian Kranzmann
* 11 Mats Korte
;RW
* 27 Max Staar
* 50 Tomáš Urban
;Pivots
* 3 Besard Hakaj
* 6 Justus Nicolas Richtzenhain
* 15 Sveinn Jóhannsson
* 39 Carles Asensio Cambra

;Back players
;LB
* 19 Philipp Ahouansou
* 23 Doruk Pehlivan
* 31 Marko Vignjević
* 77 Fynn Hermeling
;CB
* 4 Maximilian Janke
* 14 Niclas Pieczkowski
* 24 Magnus Holpert
* 71 Mohamed Darmoul
;RB
* 9 Ole Günther
* 40 Luka Šebetić
* Szymon Działakiewicz

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2023–24 season''

; Joining
* Adalsteinn Eyjolfsson (head coach) ''(from Kadetten Schaffhausen)''
* Benedek Éles (LB) ''(from Fejér B.Á.L. Veszprém)''
* Bjarni Valdimarsson (LB) ''(from IFK Skövde)''
* Lasse Franz (LB) ''(from own youth)''
* Theodor Teuteberg (RW) ''(from own youth)''

; Leaving
* Frank Carstens (head coach)
* Marko Vignjević (LB) ''(to ?)''
* Philipp Ahouansou (LB) ''(end of loan from Rhein-Neckar Löwen)''
* Magnus Holpert (CB) ''(to SønderjyskE Herrehåndbold)''
* Maximilian Janke (CB) ''(to HC Elbflorenz Dresden)''
* Niclas Pieczkowski (CB) ''(to ?)''
* Ole Günther (RB) ''(to TuS N-Lübbecke)''

Notable former players

* Michael Haaß 2007-2009
* Juri Knorr (2019–2021)
* Klaus-Dieter Petersen (1986–1988)
* Andreas Cederholm (2017–2019)
* Martin Frändesjö (1998–2000)
* Magnus Jernemyr (2014-2017)
* Johan Petersson (1996-1997)
*/ Talant Dujshebaev (1998-2001)
* Magnus Gullerud (2016–2020)
* Kevin Gulliksen (2018-2021)
* Sigurður Bjarnason (1996-1997)
* Stéphane Stoecklin (1996-1998)
* Luka Žvižej (2017-2019)

Coaching History

* Walter Hein (1947–1953)
* Erich Klose (1953–1959, 1961–4/1966)
* Karl-Heinz Nickel † (1959–1961)
* Gerd Enders † (4/1966–12/1968)
* Arnhold Kresse † (1/1969–4/1970)
* Gerhard Steinhöfer (4/1970–1970)
* Friedrich Spannuth (1970–1975, 1977–5/1978, 1987–5/1988)
* Hans-Jürgen Sulk † (1975–1976)
* Vitomir Arsenijević (1976–1977, 1982–1985)
* Vinko Dekaris (8/1978–4/1979)
* Horst Bredemeier (4/1979–1982)
* Milorad Reljić (1985–10/1985)
* Günter Meyer (10/1985–1987)
* Heinz Brockmeier (5/1988–10/1989)
* Wolfgang Böhme (10/1989–3/1991)
* Günter Gieseking (3/1991–1991, 1/1999–2/1999)
* Dietmar Molthahn (1991–4/1992, 2/1995–5/1995, 3/1997–5/1997)
* Milomir Mijatović † (6/1992–3/1995)
* Jürgen Kloth (6/1995–1996)
* Zenon Łakomy † (5/1996–2/1997)
* Michael Biegler (5/1997–1/1999)
* Alexander Rymanov (2/1999–3/2003)
* Rainer Niemeyer † (3/2003–10/2004)
* Velimir Kljaić † (10/2004–2005)
* Richard Ratka (2005–2/2010)
* Frank von Behren (2/2010) für ein Spiel
* Ulf Schefvert (2/2010–3/2013)
* Sead Hasanefendić (3/2013–2013)
* Goran Perkovac (2013–2/2015)
* Frank Carstens (2/2015–6/2023)
* Aðalsteinn Eyjólfsson (7/2023–1/2024)
* Aaron Ziercke (1/2024-)

Club Captain history

* Arnhold Kresse † (–1964)
* Friedrich Spannuth (1964–1966)
* Herbert Lübking (1966–1970)
* Manfred Horstkötter (1970–1972)
* Wilfried Drögemeier (1972–1975)
* Hans Kramer † (1975–1979)
* Rainer Niemeyer † (1979–1984)
* Wilhelm Südmeier (1984–5/1986)
* Fido Gast (5/1986–1988)
* Detlef Meyer (1988–1990)
* Gerd Amann (1990–1991)
* Rüdiger Borchardt (1991–10/1991)
* Herbert Pohl (10/1991–1992)
* Frank Schoppe (1992–1994)
* Walter Schubert (1994–1995)
* Robert Hedin (1995–1998)
* Frank Löhr (1998–2000)
* Jörg-Uwe Lütt (2000–11/2000)
* Frank von Behren (11/2000–2003)
* Aaron Ziercke (2003–2004)
* Patrekur Jóhannesson (2004–2005)
* Arne Niemeyer (2005–2008)
* Jan-Fiete Buschmann (2008–2009)
* Moritz Schäpsmeier (2009–2010, 2015–2017)
* Aljoscha Schmidt (2010–2011)
* Evars Klešniks (2011–2013)
* Anders Oechsler (2013–2014)
* Jens Vortmann (2014–2015)
* Dalibor Doder (2017–2019)
* Marian Michalczik (2019–2020) 3* Miljan Pušica (2020–2021)
* Niclas Pieczkowski (2021–2023)
* Malte Semisch (2023-)

References

External links

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Handball clubs in Germany
Handball-Bundesliga
Minden
Handball clubs established in 1924
1924 establishments in Germany
Sport in North Rhine-Westphalia

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