HC Leipzig is a women's

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor 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 thr ...

club based in

Leipzig Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, eighth-largest city in Ge ...

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. They play in Handball-Bundesliga Frauen and are often competing in the

EHF Women's Champions League The EHF Women's Champions League is the competition for the top women's team handball, handball clubs in Europe, organised annually by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the most prestigious tournament for clubs, with the champions of ...

, the now defunct

EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup The Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for women's handball clubs of Europe that won their national cup, and took place every year from 1976 to 2016 (until 1993 organized by IHF instead of EHF). From the 2016–17 season, t ...

, which merged with the

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and are internationally regarded as one of the best German women's handball clubs.

Kits

Honours

Domestic competitions

* Handball-Bundesliga Frauen: ** Gold medal with cup

Champions (6): 1998, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2010 *

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Winners (7): 1996, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2016 *German Supercup: ** Gold medal with cup

Winners (1): 2008 *

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Champions (15): 1953, 1957, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1984, 1988, 1991 *FDGB-Pokal: ** Gold medal with cup

Winners (3): 1971, 1983, 1987

European competitions

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Winners (2): 1966, 1974 ** Silver medal with cup

''Runners-Up (4):'' 1967, 1970, 1972, 1977 * Shield of the European Union

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''Runners-Up (2):'' 1978, 1997 * Shield of the European Union

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Winners (2): 1986, 1992 ** Silver medal with cup

''Runners-Up (1):'' 2009

European record

Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2021–22 season''

Goalkeeper

* 16 Anna Kröber * 26 Annabell Krüeger

Fields

* 2 Pauline Uhlmann * 3 Lara Seidel * 7 Julia Weise * 10 Emely Theilig * 14 Hanna Ferber-Rahnhöfer * 20 Sharleen Greschner * 22 Emily Glimm * 23 Tyra Bessert * 24 Lotta Röpcke * 25 Lilli Röpcke * 33 Christin Conrad * 36 Stefanie Hummel * 35 Jacqueline Hummel * 41 Wiebke Meyer * 99 Nina Reißberg

Technical Staff

* Club Manager: Torsten Brunnquell * Head Coach: Fabian Kunze * Assistant Coach: Philip Brommann * Goalkeeping Coach: Wieland Schmidt * Physiotherapist: Sophie Höpfner ''Squad for the 2017–18 season'' ;Goalkeeper * 12 Helen Keller * 16 Anna Kröber * 28 Anja Kreitzick ;Fields * 2 Pauline Uhrmann * 3 Anna Ansorge * 5 Isabell Hurst * 6 Celina Matthey * 7 Julia Weise * 8 Beatrix Kerestely * 9 Antonia Herzig * 10 Emely Thellig * 13 Anna Lena Plate * 15 Johanna Schierbok * 17 Lea Guderian * 20 Sharleen Greschner * 22 Lucie-Marie Kretzschmar * 23 Francisca Buth * 25 Lilli Röpcke * 27 Leonie Rauschenbach

Technical staff

* Club Manager: Kay-Sven Hähner * Head Coach: Norman Rentsch * Assistant Coach: Max Berthold * Goalkeeping Coach: Wieland Schmidt * Fitness and Athletics Coach: Isabelle Kellmann * Physiotherapist: Christian Markus * Physiotherapist: Danilo Menge * Team Doctor: Dr. Gotthard Knoll

Notable former players

* Natalie Augsburg * Nora Reiche * Ulrike Stange * Katja Schülke * Luisa Schulze * Susann Müller * Anne Müller * Katja Langkeit * Nina Müller * Grit Jurack * Anne Hubinger * Saskia Lang * Franziska Mietzner * Shenia Minevskaja * Sara Eriksson * Sara Holmgren * Karolina Kudlacz * Karolina Szwed * Debbie Bont * Maura Visser * Jessy Kramer * Rikke Nielsen * Louise Lyksborg * Chana Masson * Idalina Borges Mesquita * Else Marthe Sörlie Lybekk * Renate Urne * Ionica Munteanu

References

External links

* Women's handball clubs in Germany Sport in Leipzig Handball clubs established in 1893 Women's handball in Germany 1893 establishments in Germany SC Leipzig {{handball-team-stub