SC Magdeburg is a handball club from

Magdeburg Magdeburg (; nds, label= Low Saxon, Meideborg ) is the capital and second-largest city of the German state Saxony-Anhalt. The city is situated at the Elbe river. Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the Archdiocese of Mag ...

, Germany, and is competing in the

Handball-Bundesliga The Handball-Bundesliga (HBL) is the top German professional handball league. From 2007 onwards, the league was sponsored by Toyota and has officially been called the ''Toyota Handball-Bundesliga''. This lasted until 2012 when the Deutsche K ...

History

During the time in the

GDR East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

, the club won 10 national championships (1970, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1991) and won the

Cup four times. In 1991, SC Magdeburg won the last

championship before being promoted to the

. The team won the

twice (2001, 2022), the

DHB-Pokal The DHB-Pokal (English: German Handball Federation Cup) is an elimination handball tournament held annually in Germany. It is the second most important handball national title in the country after the Handball-Bundesliga The Handball-Bunde ...

twice (1996, 2016) and the DHB-Supercup twice (1996, 2001). His international achievements: he won the

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 ...

3 times (1978, 1981, 2002), the EHF European League four times (1999, 2001, 2007, 2021), the EHF Super Cup three times (1981, 2001, 2002) and the IHF Super Globe twice (2021, 2022).

Crest, colours, supporters

Naming history

Kit manufacturers

Kits

Sports Hall information

*Name: – GETEC Arena *City: –

*Capacity: – 6600 *Address: – Berliner Chaussee 32, 39114

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...

Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2022–23 season'' ;Goalkeepers *1

Mike Jensen Mike Lindemann Jensen (; born 19 February 1988) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Danish 1st Division club HB Køge. He has also been capped by Denmark. Jensen joined the Brøndby youth academy at age 13, and m ...

* 80 Nikola Portner ;Left Wingers *6 Matthias Musche * 22 Lukas Mertens ;Right Wingers * 11

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* 17

Tim Hornke Tim Hornke (born 4 August 1990) is a German handball player who plays for SC Magdeburg and the German national team German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of Germa ...

;Line Players *2 Lucas Meister * 23

Magnus Saugstrup Magnus Saugstrup Jensen (born 12 July 1996) is a Danish handball player for SC Magdeburg and the Danish national team. Honours *EHF Champions League ** : 2023 ** : 2021 * EHF European League: ** : 2022 * IHF Super Globe: ** : 2021, 2022 *Hand ...

* 95 Moritz Preuss ;Left Backs *3 Piotr Chrapkowski * 20 Philipp Weber * 34 Michael Damgaard ;Centre Backs * 10

Gísli Þorgeir Kristjánsson Gísli Þorgeir Kristjánsson (born 30 July 1999) is an Icelandic handball player who plays for SC Magdeburg and the Iceland men's national handball team, Icelandic national team. Club career Gísli Þorgeir Kristjánsson made his debut for hi ...

* 24

Christian O'Sullivan Christian O'Sullivan (born 22 August 1991) is a Norwegian handball player, and team captain for both SC Magdeburg and the Norwegian national team. He participated at the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship. Career O'Sullivan began his car ...

* 25

Marko Bezjak Marko Bezjak (born 26 June 1986) is a Slovenian professional handball player who plays for RK Nexe Našice Rukometni klub Nexe Našice ( en, Nexe Našice Handball Club), commonly referred to as RK Nexe Našice or simply Nexe, is a handball club ...

;Right Backs * 14

Ómar Ingi Magnússon Ómar Ingi Magnússon (born 12 March 1997) is an Icelandic handball player for SC Magdeburg and the Iceland men's national handball team, Icelandic national handball team. In both 2021 and 2022, he was named the Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year ...

* 31 Kay Smits

Technical staff

* Head Coach: Bennet Wiegert * Assistant Coach: Yves Grafenhorst * Athletic Trainer: Daniel Müller

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2023–24 season'' ;Joining *

Sergey Hernández Sergey Hernandez (born 17 June 1995) is a Russian-born Spanish handball player for SC Magdeburg and the Spanish national team. He won a bronze medal with Spain at the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship and silver at the 2022 European Men's ...

(GK) ''(from S.L. Benfica)'' ? *

Felix Claar Felix Claar (born 5 January 1997) is a Swedish handball player for Aalborg Håndbold and the Swedish national team. He made international debut on the Swedish national team in June 2017, against Poland. Achievements *Danish Handball League: **' ...

(CB) ''(from Aalborg Håndbold)'' *

Albin Lagergren Albin Lagergren (born 11 September 1992) is a Swedish handball player for SC Magdeburg and the Swedish national team. He participated at the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship The 2017 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 25th ev ...

(RB) ''(from Rhein-Neckar Löwen)'' ; Leaving * Mike Jensen (GK) ''(to ?)'' * Piotr Chrapkowski (LB) ''(to ?)'' * Kay Smits (RB) ''(to

SG Flensburg-Handewitt SG Flensburg-Handewitt is a professional handball club from Flensburg and Handewitt in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Currently, they compete in the Handball-Bundesliga and EHF European League. They play home matches at Flens-Arena. Since formi ...

)'' * Moritz Preuss (P) ''(to ?)''

Previous squads

Retired numbers

Accomplishments

Domestic

: ** : 2001,

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: ** : 1996, 2016 ** : 2002,

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April ...

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

* DHB-Supercup: ** : 1996, 2001 ** : 2022 *Oberliga: 10 ** : 1970, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1991 ** : 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1989 *FDGB-Pokal: ** : 1977, 1978, 1984, 1990

International

: ** :

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government). * January 6 – ...

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major off ...

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains independence from Indonesia and ...

EHF Cup Winners' Cup The EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for men's and women's handball clubs of Europe that won their national cup, and took place every year. From the 2012–13 season, the men's competition was merged with the EHF Cup. Winners ...

: ** : 1977, 1979 * EHF Cup / EHF European League: ** : 1999, 2001, 2007,

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** : 2005,

* EHF Super Cup: ** : 1981, 2001, 2002 ** : 1999, 2005 * IHF Super Globe: ** :

** :

European record

European Cup and Champions League

EHF Cup and EHF European League

EHF ranking

Former club members

Notable former players

* Johannes Bitter (2003–2007) * Fabian Böhm (2006–2010) *

Henning Fritz Henning Fritz (born 21 September 1974) is a German retired handball goalkeeper, current entrepreneur, book author and TV expert. In 2004, he was the first goalkeeper to be named World Player of the Year. Sports career At , Fritz is a relati ...

(1988–2001) * Erik Göthel (1994–2001, 2006–2007) * Yves Grafenhorst (1997–2017) *

Michael Haaß Michael Haaß (born 12 December 1983 in Essen) is a former German handball player, currently he is a head coach of TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke in Handball-Bundesliga. He competed at the World Cup 2007, 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where the ...

(2013–2016) * Silvio Heinevetter (2005–2009) *

(2010–2014, 2019–) *

Maximilian Janke Maximilian Janke (born 28 February 1993) 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 ...

(2008–2015) * Stephan Just (2003–2005) * Stefan Kneer (2012–2014) * Thomas Knorr (2013–2014) *

Stefan Kretzschmar Stefan Kretzschmar (; born 17 February 1973, in Leipzig) is a retired professional German handball player. The son of Peter Kretzschmar, a legendary handball player and coach in the former GDR (East Germany) and Waltraud Kretzschmar, a former ...

(1996–2007) * Jens Kürbis (1991–1995) * Sven Lakenmacher (1987–1990) * Wolfgang Lakenmacher (1967–1977) *

Finn Lemke Finn Lemke (born 30 April 1992) is a German handball player for MT Melsungen and the German national team. Achievements *Summer Olympics: **: 2016 * European Championship: **: 2016 *DHB-Pokal: **: 2016 Personal life His younger brother Jari pl ...

(2015–2017) *

Maik Machulla Maik Machulla (born 9 January 1977) is a German retired handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) ...

(1991–2001) * Lukas Mertens (2017–) * Matthias Musche (2011–) *

Jürgen Müller Jürgen Leo Müller (born 5 May 1963 in Würzburg) is a German medical specialist for neurology and psychiatry. He is a professor for forensic psychiatry and psychotherapy at the University of Göttingen as well as chief physician for foren ...

(2008–2010) * Moritz Preuss (2019–) * Peter Pysall (1974–1990, 1992–1993) *

Dario Quenstedt Dario Quenstedt (born 22 September 1989) is a German handball player who plays for TSV Hannover-Burgdorf TSV Hannover-Burgdorf is a handball club from Hannover, Germany, and is competing in the Handball-Bundesliga. History The team is kno ...

(2000–2011) *

Tobias Reichmann Tobias Reichmann (born 27 May 1988) is a German handball player for TV Emsdetten and the German national team. Achievements *Summer Olympics: **: 2016 * European Championship: **: 2016 * EHF Champions League: **: 2010, 2012, 2016 * IHF Super Glo ...

(2008–2009) * Markus Richwien (2005–2006) *

Oliver Roggisch Oliver Roggisch (born 25 August 1978 in Villingen-Schwenningen) is a retired German team handball player who played for Rhein-Neckar Löwen. He is the sporting director for the Löwen and the German national team. Roggisch is a World champi ...

(2005–2007) * Jürgen Rohde (1967–1973) * Andreas Rojewski (2001–2016) * Moritz Schäpsmeier (2012–2013) * Gunar Schimrock (1977–1997) * Erik Schmidt (2019–2020) * Christian Schöne (1996–2005) *

Jens Schöngarth Jens Schöngarth (born 7 December 1988) is a German handball player for Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal, founded Sporting Club de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP, often known abroad as Sporting Lisbon , is a Portugues ...

(2016) * Christian Sprenger (1998–2009) * Christoph Steinert (2007–2010, 2019–2021) * Steffen Stiebler (1989–2009) * Christoph Theuerkauf (2003–2010) * Philipp Weber (2003–2013, 2021–) * Bennet Wiegert (1989–2004, 2007–2013) * Martin Ziemer (2000–2004) * Robert Weber (2009–2019) *

Damir Doborac Damir is a common male given name in South Slavic languages. It also occasionally appears in Central Asia and Turkic regions of Russia. It is of Slavic origin, with ''da'' meaning "give"/"take", and ''mir'', meaning "peace". It can also be a va ...

(2010–2012) * Marco Oneto (2013–2014) *

Željko Musa Željko Musa (born 8 January 1986) is a Croatian handball player for HC Kriens-Luzern and the Croatian national team. Honours Gorenje Velenje *Slovenian First League The Slovenian PrvaLiga ( sl, Prva slovenska nogometna liga, ), currently n ...

(2015–2021) *

Sune Agerschou Sune Agerschou (born 10 March 1974) is a Danish handballer, currently playing for Danish Handball League side Skjern Håndbold. He has previously played for GOG Svendborg Gog may refer to: Religion * Gog and Magog, entities from various reli ...

(2001–2002) *

Kristian Asmussen Kristian Asmussen (born 16 April 1971) is a Danish handballer, currently the goalkeeper of Danish Handball League side KIF Kolding København. He has previously played for the Spanish club BM Altea Balonmano Altea was a handball team based in ...

(2012–2013) *

Jacob Bagersted Jacob Bagersted (born March 25, 1987) is a Danish handballer, currently playing for German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native spe ...

(2014–2017) *

Mads Christiansen Mads Christiansen (born 3 May 1986) is a Danish handballer, currently playing for Fredericia HK. He has previously played for the Danish league clubs Aalborg Håndbold, Bjerringbro-Silkeborg, GOG and Team Tvis Holstebro, and for the German ...

(2016–2019) * Michael Damgaard (2015–) *

Jannick Green Jannick Green Krejberg (born 29 September 1988) is a Danish handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeepe ...

(2014–2022) *

(2021–) * Damien Kabengele (2007–2010) *

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 ...

(1997–2007) * Christian Gaudin (1999–2003) *

Guéric Kervadec Guéric Kervadec (born 9 January 1972) is a former French team handball player for US Créteil Handball. Kervadec was born in the commune of La Garenne-Colombes in north-west Paris. He is perhaps best known for having competed in the 1996 Summer ...

(1997–2002) *

Alexandros Vasilakis Alexandros Vasilakis ( el, Αλέξανδρος Βασιλάκης; born 8 August 1979) is a retired Greek handball player. He was a member of the Greece men's national handball team, playing as a right back. He was a part of the team at the 2004 ...

(2007–2009) *

Zsolt Balogh Zsolt Balogh (born 29 March 1989) is a Hungarian handball player for Ferencvárosi TC and the Hungarian national team. He represented Hungary at the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship. Career He began his career in his hometown, Orosház ...

(2010–2011) *

Arnór Atlason Arnór Atlason (born 23 July 1984) is an Icelandic retired handball player and the current assistant coach of Aalborg Håndbold. Career Arnór proved to be one of the best players in his position during the 2008 Olympics, scoring 4 goals agains ...

(2004–2006) * Björgvin Páll Gústavsson (2011–2013) * Einar Hólmgeirsson (2012) *

(2020–) *

(2020–) * Sigfús Sigurðsson (2002–2006) * Ólafur Stefánsson (1998–2003) * Almantas Savonis (1998–1999) *

Valdas Novickis Valdas is a Lithuanian masculine given name. It is the shortened form of Valdemaras and other Lithuanian names containing the Germanic or Baltic element "wald" ("rule"). Individuals with the name Valdas include: * Valdas Adamkus (born 1926), Lit ...

(2006–2007) * Vigindas Petkevičius (1991–1999) *

Gerrie Eijlers Gerrie Eijlers (born 9 May 1980) is a Dutch retired handball player. He represented the Netherlands at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship The 2020 EHF European Men's Handball Championship was the 14th edition of the tournament and t ...

(2009–2014) * Kay Smits (2020, 2021–) *

Fabian van Olphen Fabian van Olphen (born 30 March 1981) is a Dutch retired handball player who last played for TBV Lemgo TBV Lemgo is a handball club from Lemgo, Germany, and is competing in the Handball-Bundesliga. History The ascent to one of the best G ...

(2006–2017) * Magnus Gullerud (2020–2022) *

Espen Lie Hansen Espen Lie Hansen (born 1 March 1989) is a Norwegian handball player who last played for Drammen HK and formerly the Norwegian national team. He competed at the 2016 European Men's Handball Championship The 2016 EHF European Men's Handball Cha ...

(2014–2015) * Nicolay Hauge (2008–2011) * Ole Erevik (2007–2008) *

(2016–) * Stian Tønnesen (2007–2013) * Karol Bielecki (2004–2007) * Piotr Chrapkowski (2017–) * Maciej Dmytruszyński (2005–2006) * Maciej Gębala (2013–2016) * Tomasz Gębala (2013–2016) *

Bartosz Jurecki Bartosz Jurecki (born 31 January 1979) is a former Polish handball player who is currently the manager of Piotrkowianin Piotrków Trybunalski. Career He won silver in the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship and bronze in 2009. He was also a m ...

(2006–2015) * Tomasz Lebiedzinski (1995–1999) *

Grzegorz Tkaczyk Grzegorz Tkaczyk (born 22 December 1980 in Warsaw) is a retired Polish handball player - member of Poland men's national handball team, participant of 2007 World Men's Handball Championship The 2007 World Men's Handball Championship took plac ...

(2002–2007) * Rareș Jurcă (2002–2003) * Robert Licu (1993–1998, 2003–2004) *

Vyacheslav Atavin Vyacheslav Vladimirovich Atavin (russian: Вячеслав Владимирович Атавин, born February 4, 1967, in Krasnodar) is a former Soviet and Russian handball player. During the Soviet period of his career Atavin t ...

(1997–2000) *

Gleb Kalarash Gleb Kalarash (russian: Глеб Владиславович Калараш; born 29 November 1990) is a Russian handball player for MT Melsungen and the Russian national team. Achievements European competitions RK Vardar: * EHF Champions ...

(2017–2018) *

Vassili Koudinov Vasily Kudinov (17 February 1969 – 11 February 2017) was a Russian handball player, born in Ilyinka, Astrakhan Oblast, Russian SFSR. He participated in three Olympics, winning two gold medals and one bronze medal. At the 1992 Summer Olympics h ...

(2000–2001) *

Oleg Kuleshov Oleg Mikhaylovich Kuleshov (russian: Олег Михайлович Кулешов, born 15 April 1974) is a former Russian handball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics. Currently he is the head coach o ...

(1999–2007) * Stanislav Kulinchenko (2001) * Yuri Nesterov (2005) *

(2013–) * Jure Natek (2010–2016) *

Aleš Pajovič Aleš Pajovič (born 6 January 1979) is a Slovenian retired handball player and current coach of the Austrian national team. He is best known for poking Petar Metličić in the eye at the 2004 European Men's Handball Championship semifinal matc ...

(2011–2013) * Renato Vugrinec (2004–2006) * Carlos Molina (2017–2019) * Ignacio Plaza Jiménez (2018–2019) * Nenad Peruničić (2001–2004) *

Nemanja Zelenović Nemanja Zelenović (; born 27 February 1990) is a Serbian handball player for VfL Gummersbach and the Serbia national team. Club career After coming through the youth categories of Crvena zvezda, Zelenović made his senior debut in the 2007– ...

(2015–2018) * Nikola Portner (2022–) * Lucas Meister (2022–) *

(2018–2020) *

(2016–) *

Tobias Thulin Tobias Thulin (born 5 July 1995) is a Swedish handball player who plays for GOG Håndbold and the Swedish national team. Achievements * EHF European League 2021 with SC Magdeburg * Danish League 2023 with GOG Håndbold * Danish Cup The ...

(2018–2021)

Former coaches

References

External links

Official website
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