SC DHfK Leipzig Handball is a German handball team from

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, Germany, that plays in the

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. It was one of the strongest

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clubs in late 1950s and 1960s.

History

The

SC DHfK Leipzig SC DHfK Leipzig e. V. ''(Sportclub Deutsche Hochschule für Körperkultur Leipzig e. V.)'' is a sports club in Leipzig, Germany. Until the closure of the sports university DHfK, the club was part of the DHfK. Established was the club in 1954 as ...

was founded in 1954 as a sports club of the ''Deutsche Hochschule für Körperkultur'' (German University for Physical Culture). During the time in the

, the club's handball section won six national championships (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966) and won the

Cup twice. In addition, it won the

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in the 1965/1966 season and defeated Budapest Honvéd in the final on 22 April 1966 (16:14). In 1975, the authorities decided to dissolve the handball section and transfer all the players to another club in the city, SC Leipzig. On 30 June 1993, the handball department was re-established at SC DHfK. In June 1995, due to financial problems, the handball division was disbanded again. Finally, in 2007, the DHfK handball section was revived for the third time at the lowest level of German handball. It returned to the

in the 2015–2016 season.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kit manufacturers

Kits

Sports hall information

*Name: –

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*City: –

*Capacity: – 8000 *Address: – Am Sportforum 2 04105

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Accomplishments

: ** :

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is ...

Championship (Oberliga): 6 ** : 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1976, 1979 ** : 1969 *

Cup (FDGB-Pokal): 2 ** Simple gold cup

Gold: 1971, 1972, 1982 * 2. Handball-Bundesliga: 1 **: 2015

Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2022–23 season''

Technical staff

* Head Coach:

André Haber André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew, and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-speaking countries. It is a varia ...

* Assistant Coach:

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* Athletic Trainer: Hagen Pietrek * Physiotherapist:

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* Club Doctor: Dr. Pierre Hepp

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2023–24 season'' ;Joining * Moritz Strosack (RW) (from

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) * Domenico Ebner (GK) (from

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) ;Leaving * Patrick Wiesmach (RW) (to

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) * Mohamed El-Tayar (GK) (to ?)

Previous squads

EHF ranking

Former club members

Notable former players

* Joel Birlehm (2019–2022) * Simon Ernst (2021–) * Rico Göde (2012–2014) * Benjamin Herth (2016) * Klaus Franke (1959–1971) * Maximilian Janke (2015–2021) * Yves Kunkel (2017–2018) * Philipp Müller (2019–2021) * Niclas Pieczkowski (2016–2021) * Andreas Rojewski (2016–2019) *

Bastian Roscheck Bastian Roscheck (born 24 February 1991) is a German handball player for SC DHfK Leipzig and the German national team. He participated at the 2018 European Men's Handball Championship The 2018 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was ...

(2013–2021) *

Franz Semper Franz Semper (born 5 July 1997) is a German handball player for SC DHfK Leipzig and the German national team. He participated at the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship The 2019 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 26th event hoste ...

(2013–2020) * Christoph Steinert (2015–2017) * Hans-Joachim Ursinus (1963–1974) * Jens Vortmann (2016–2020) * Luca Witzke (2019–) * Philipp Weber (2013–2016, 2017–2021) *

Juan Pablo Fernández Juan Pablo Fernández (born 30 September 1988) is an Argentine handball player for San Fernando Handball and the Argentina men's national handball team. He defended Argentina at the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship in Qatar. His brother, ...

(2009–2010) *

Raul Santos Raul Santos (born 1 June 1992) is an Austrian handball player for SC DHfK Leipzig SC DHfK Leipzig e. V. ''(Sportclub Deutsche Hochschule für Körperkultur Leipzig e. V.)'' is a sports club in Leipzig, Germany. Until the closure of the sports ...

(2018–2020) *

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(2021–) * Lovro Jotić (2021–) * Marko Mamić (2019–) * Marino Marić (2022–) * Pavel Prokopec (2012–2014) * René Villadsen (2018–2019) * Patrick Wiesmach (2018–) * Mohamed El-Tayar (2022–) *

Joël Abati Joël Marc Abati (born 25 April 1970) is a French handball player who has played ten years for SC Magdeburg in Germany until 2007. After returning to France and playing two years for Montpellier HB he ended his professional career in 200 ...

(2011) *

Viggó Kristjánsson Viggó Kristjánsson (born 9 December 1993) is an Icelandic handball player for TV Bittenfeld and the Iceland men's national handball team, Icelandic national team. He represented Iceland at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship, 2021 ...

(2019, 2022–) * Aivis Jurdžs (2015–2019) * Kristian Sæverås (2020–) *

Henrik Ruud Tovås Henrik Ruud Tovås (born 5 March 1987) is a Norwegian handball player. He hails from Langhus and played as a goalkeeper for Langhus IL in his youth, later SK Njård, Fet HK, Haslum HK (several periods), Haugaland HK, HC Leipzig, Elbflorenz D ...

(2013–2015) *

Maciej Gębala Maciej Gębala (born 10 January 1994) is a Polish handball player for SC DHfK Leipzig and the Polish national team. He competed at the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship and at the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship. Private life Hi ...

(2018–) * Igor Lyovshin (2013) * Goran Stojanović (2011) * Alen Milosevic (2013–2022) *

(2015–2019) * Tobias Rivesjö (2016–2018) * Oskar Sunnefeldt (2021–)

Former coaches

Notes

:a. SC Leipzig

References

External links

Official website
German handball clubs Sport in Leipzig Handball clubs established in 1954 1954 establishments in Germany Handball-Bundesliga {{Handball-club-stub