Spono Eagles is a
Swiss
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* the adjectival form of Switzerland
* Swiss people
Places
* Swiss, Missouri
* Swiss, North Carolina
*Swiss, West Virginia
* Swiss, Wisconsin
Other uses
*Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports
*Swiss Internation ...
women's
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) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...
club from
Nottwil
Nottwil is a municipality in the district of Sursee in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
History
Nottwil is first mentioned around 1217-22 as ''Nottewile''. In 1275 it was mentioned as ''Otewile''.
Nottwil is also the location where the ...
founded in 1971.
Reaching the
Swiss Premium League in 1988, it has been a regular in
EHF competitions since the 1990s, and it won three national championships between 2000 and 2006. Spono's best international results to date were reaching the Round of 16 of the
EHF Cup and the
Challenge Cup
The Challenge Cup is a knockout rugby league cup competition organised by the Rugby Football League, held annually since 1896, with the exception of 1915–1919 and 1939–1940, due to World War I and World War II respectively. It involves am ...
. In its three appearances in the
Champions League it was defeated in the first qualifying round.
2015 they changed the name from Spono Nottwil to Spono Eagles.
Titles
*
Swiss Premium League
** 2000, 2001, 2006, 2018, 2022
*
Swiss Cups
** 2001, 2011, 2013, 2018, 2019
European record
Team
Current squad
:''Squad for the 2022–23 season''
;Goalkeepers
* 1 Soraya Schaller
* 12 Marion Ort
* 26 Aline Strebel
;Wingers
;RW:
* 4 Samira Schardt
* 5 Carmen Jund
* 8
Mia Emmenegger
Mia Emmenegger (born 17 January 2005) is a Swiss female handballer for Spono Eagles in the Spar Premium League and the Swiss national team.
Emmenegger made her official debut on the Swiss national team on 6 October 2021, against Russia. She re ...
;LW:
* 19 Sabrina Amrein
* 22 Marina Decurtins
;Line players
* 18 Livia Amrein
* 20 Thilde Harbo Boesen
;Back players
;LB:
* 9 Alina Stähelin
* 11 Mareike Müller
* 23 Lisa Maria Schenk
;CB:
* 3 Ana Emmenegger
* 10 Kira Zumstein
* 27 Catherina Csebits
;RB:
* 13
Xenia Hodel
Xenia Hodel (born 27 November 1998) is a Swiss female handballer for Spono Eagles in the Spar Premium League and the Swiss national team.
She made her official debut on the Swiss national team on 7 October 2015, against Germany. She represente ...
References
External links
*
Profilein EHF's website
*
Handball clubs in Switzerland
Handball clubs established in 1971
1971 establishments in Switzerland
Canton of Lucerne
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