SC DHfK Leipzig Handball

SC DHfK Leipzig Handball
SC DHfK Leipzig Handball
Full name	Sportclub Deutsche Hochschule für Körperkultur Leipzig
Founded	1954; 70 years ago
Arena	Arena Leipzig
Capacity	8,000
President	Bernd Merbitz
Head coach	André Haber
League	Handball-Bundesliga
2023–24	8th of 18
Club colours
Home	Away
	Website ; Official site

SC DHfK Leipzig Handball is a German handball team from Leipzig, Germany, that plays in the Handball-Bundesliga. It was one of the strongest GDR clubs in late 1950s and 1960s.

Leipzig

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Location of SC DHfK Leipzig Handball

History

The SC DHfK Leipzig was founded in 1954 as a sports club of the Deutsche Hochschule für Körperkultur (German University for Physical Culture). During the time in the GDR, the club's handball section won six national championships (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966) and won the GDR Cup twice. In addition, it won the EHF Champions League 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 Handball-Bundesliga in the 2015–2016 season.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kit manufacturers

Period	Kit manufacturer
0000–2017	Hummel
2017–2020	Puma
2020–present	Craft

Kits

HOME
2014–16	2016–17	2018–20	Craft 2020–21	Craft 2021–22

AWAY
2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	Craft 2020–21	Craft 2021–22

THIRD
2016–17

Sports hall information

Home hall: Arena Leipzig

Name: – Arena Leipzig
City: – Leipzig
Capacity: – 8000
Address: – Am Sportforum 2 04105 Leipzig, Germany

Accomplishments

EHF Champions League:
- Gold: 1966
GDR Championship (Oberliga):
- Gold: 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1976^a, 1979^a
- Silver: 1969^a
GDR Cup (FDGB-Pokal):
- Gold: 1971, 1972, 1982^a
2. Handball-Bundesliga:
- Gold: 2015

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season^[1]

SC DHfK Leipzig Handball

Goalkeepers

01 Domenico Ebner
12 Kristian Sæverås

Left wingers

11 Lukas Binder
00 Nils Greilich

Right wingers

08 Lukas Krzikalla

Line players

24 Moritz Preuss
00 Luka Rogan

Left backs

Centre Backs

Right backs

32 Franz Semper
73 Viggó Kristjánsson

Technical staff

Head coach: André Haber
Assistant coach: Miloš Putera
Athletic Trainer: Hagen Pietrek
Physiotherapist: Leon Brettschneider
Club doctor: Dr. Pierre Hepp

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Joining

Nils Greilich (LW) (return from loan HC Elbflorenz)
Julius Meyer-Siebert (LB) (return from loan Eulen Ludwigshafen)
Friedrich Schmitt (LB) (from own youth)
Luka Rogan (P) (from RK Vojvodina)

Leaving

Pascal Bochmann (GK) (to VfL Eintracht Hagen)
Tim Matthes (LW) (to HBW Balingen-Weilstetten)
Moritz Strosack (RW) (to SG BBM Bietigheim)
Oskar Sunnefeldt (LB) (to Frisch Auf Göppingen)
Julius Meyer-Siebert (LB) (on loan to ASV Hamm-Westfalen)
Mika Laurin Sajenev (P) (to HSG Nordhorn-Lingen)
Maciej Gębala (P) (to HC Erlangen)

Previous squads

2012–2013 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Czech Republic	Michael Galia	(1972-10-02) 2 October 1972 (age 52)	Goalkeeper
2	Germany	Martin Müller	(1990-05-09) 9 May 1990 (age 34)	Left Back
3	Germany	Ole Dietzmann	(1989-03-20) 20 March 1989 (age 35)	Right Back
4	Germany	Max Emanuel	(1994-08-26) 26 August 1994 (age 30)	Right Back
6	Germany	Ulrich Streitenberger	(1982-04-06) 6 April 1982 (age 42)	Left Winger
8	Germany	Lucas Krzikalla	(1994-01-14) 14 January 1994 (age 30)	Right Winger
9	Germany	Steve Baumgärtel	(1984-02-25) 25 February 1984 (age 40)	Right Back
10	Germany	Thomas Oehlrich	(1984-08-05) 5 August 1984 (age 40)	Line Player
11	Germany	Lukas Binder	(1992-06-30) 30 June 1992 (age 32)	Left Winger
17	Germany	René Boese	(1984-02-28) 28 February 1984 (age 40)	Right Winger
18	Germany	Eric Jacob	(1987-04-05) 5 April 1987 (age 37)	Left Back
21	Germany	Till Riehn	(1986-07-01) 1 July 1986 (age 38)	Central Back
22	Hungary	Gabor Pulay	(1970-06-15) 15 June 1970 (age 54)	Goalkeeper
24	Germany	Oliver Krechel	(1990-11-24) 24 November 1990 (age 33)	Goalkeeper
29	Czech Republic	Pavel Prokopec	(1980-01-10) 10 January 1980 (age 44)	Left Back
30	Romania	Cristian Telehuz	(1979-09-29) 29 September 1979 (age 45)	Line Player
43	Germany	Alexander Feld	(1993-06-15) 15 June 1993 (age 31)	Central Back
55	Germany	Rico Göde	(1982-04-13) 13 April 1982 (age 42)	Line Player