Pfadi Winterthur is a team handball club from

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. Currently, Pfadi Winterthur competes in the

Swiss First League of Handball The Swiss Handball League (SHL) is the name of the professional handball league of Switzerland. It is divided into two divisions: * Nationalliga A * Nationalliga B Current season Teams for season 2020–21 *Pfadi Winterthur * Kadetten Schaf ...

. The club developed out of an informal handball team which won the competitions during the national

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of the Schweizer Pfadfinderbund in 1938. The prefix ''Pfadi'' (Scout) commemorates the club's roots in the

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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 Field handball (also known as outdoor handball or grass handball) was a form of what is now handball and was played at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics ( German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Ga ...

-Cup winner: 1958, 1998, 2001. *

EHF Challenge Cup The Men's EHF European Cup is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the third-tier competition of European club handball, after the EHF Champions League and the EHF European Leagu ...

finalist: 2001. *

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 ...

semifinalist: 1982. *Euro City Cup semifinalist: 2000 (successor after 2000: EHF Challenge Cup) *

EHF Champions League The Men's 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 me ...

quarterfinalist: 1997, 1998, 2003.

Sports Hall information

*Arena: -

Winterthur Central Sports Hall Winterthur Central Sports Hall (german: Hallensport-Zentrum Winterthur), known AXA-Arena for sponsorship reasons, is an indoor sports arena, home to handball club Pfadi Winterthur and floorball Floorball is a type of floor hockey with five ...

*City: -

Winterthur , neighboring_municipalities = Brütten, Dinhard, Elsau, Hettlingen, Illnau-Effretikon, Kyburg, Lindau, Neftenbach, Oberembrach, Pfungen, Rickenbach, Schlatt, Seuzach, Wiesendangen, Zell , twintowns = Hall in Tirol (Austri ...

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

European record

EHF European League

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2021–22 season'' ;Goalkeepers *1 Yahav Shamir * 16

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;Left wingers *8

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* 21 Joël Bräm * 35

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;Right wingers *4

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*6 Cédrie Tynowski * 11

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;Line players *2

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* 15

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* 26

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;Left backs *5 Henrik Schönfeldt * 11 Roman Sidorowicz ;Central backs *3 Yannick Ott * 20 Kevin Jud * 33 Moustafa Sadok ;Right backs * 22 Stefan Freivogel * 23 Giorgi Tskhovrebadze

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2022-23 season'' ;Joining *

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(GK) ''(from Wisła Płock)'' * Viran Morros (LB) ''(from Füchse Berlin)'' ;Leaving * Yahav Shamir (GK) (to ?) * Roman Sidorowicz (LB) (retires)

Notable former players

Paek Won-chul Paek Won-chul (born 10 January 1977) is a Korean handball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the ...

Cho Chi-hyo Cho Chi-hyo (; born December 6, 1970, in Incheon, South Korea) is a South Korean former handball player. Cho was a runner-up for top goal scorer (45 goals in 6 games) at the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Spain, where the South Korea ...

Kang Jae-won Kang Jae-Won (born 30 November 1965) is a South Korean retired handball player and current coach for the South Korean women's national team.

Erik Veje Rasmussen Erik Veje Rasmussen (born April 9, 1959) is a former Danish handball player and handball coach who competed in the 1982 World Men's Handball Championship and 1984 Summer Olympics. In addition to Handball he is also an author and inventor of sports ...

Marc Baumgartner Marc Baumgartner (born 1971) is a Swiss team handball player. He was top scorer at the 1993 World Men's Handball Championship, where the Switzerland men's national handball team, Swiss team placed fourth. He scored 41 goals at the tournament, the ...

* Matías Schulz *

Morten Schønfeldt Morten Schønfeldt (born 18 November 1967) is a Norwegian handball player. He played for the clubs Bækkelagets SK, SK Wing, Sandefjord HK, Fredensborg/Ski and Pfadi Winterthur. He made his debut on the Norwegian national team in 1988, and ...

Markus Baur Markus Baur (born 22 January 1971) is a former German handball player now turned trainer. He is considered one of the world's best players on his position. Born in Meersburg, he is a member of the German national handball team since 1994, ma ...

* Goran Cvetković

External links

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