Pfadi Winterthur is a

team 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 Handball goalkeeper, goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands ...

club from

Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...

. Currently, Pfadi Winterthur competes in the Swiss First League of Handball. The club developed out of an informal handball team which won the competitions during the national jamboree of the Schweizer Pfadfinderbund in 1938. The prefix ''Pfadi'' (Scout) commemorates the club's roots in the

Scout Movement Scouting or the Scout Movement is a youth movement which became popularly established in the first decade of the twentieth century. It follows the Scout method of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activities, including ...

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

Honours

* Swiss champion: 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2021. *Swiss-Cup (SHV-Cup) winner: 1998, 2003, 2010, 2015, 2018. *Swiss SuperCup winner: 2004, 2018, 2021. *Swiss field handball-Cup winner: 1958, 1998, 2001. * EHF Challenge Cup finalist: 2001. * EHF Cup semifinalist: 1982. *Euro City Cup semifinalist: 2000 (successor after 2000: EHF Challenge Cup) *

EHF Champions League The EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the men's com ...

quarterfinalist: 1997, 1998, 2003.

Sports Hall information

*Arena: – Winterthur Central Sports Hall *City: –

Winterthur Winterthur (; ) is a city in the canton of Zurich in northern Switzerland. With over 120,000 residents, it is the country's List of cities in Switzerland, sixth-largest city by population, as well as its ninth-largest agglomeration with about 14 ...

*Capacity: – 2000 *Address: – Grüzefeldstrasse 32, 8400

European record

EHF European League

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2022–23 season'' ;Goalkeepers * 12 Dennis Wipf * 16 Admir Ahmetasevic ;Left wingers * 21 Joël Bräm * 35 Noam Leopold ;Right wingers *4 Lukas Osterwalder *6 Cédrie Tynowski ;Line players * 26 Otto Lagerquist * 31 Henri Dörflinger * 55 Eduardo Mendonca ;Left backs *5 Henrik Schönfeldt * 17 Lukas Heer * 24 Viran Morros * 33 Moustafa Sadok ;Central backs * 11 Gian-Luca Bühlmann * 20 Kevin Jud * 41 Alessio Lioi ;Right backs * 19 Aleksandr Radovanovic * 22 Stefan Freivogel * 34 Dominik Ruh

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2023-24 season'' ;Joining ;Leaving

Notable former players

* Paek Won-chul * Cho Chi-hyo * Kang Jae-won * Erik Veje Rasmussen * Hans Hattesen * Marc Baumgartner * Matías Schulz * Morten Schønfeldt * Markus Baur * Goran Cvetković

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pfadi Winterthur Handball clubs in Switzerland Sport in Winterthur Scouting-related associations Scouting and Guiding in Switzerland Handball clubs established in 1938 1938 establishments in Switzerland