Sport Club Meran Handball

Handball Meran Alperia Black Devils is an Italian handball club from Merano, that plays in the Serie A Gold.

Handball Meran
Full name	Handball Meran Alperia Black Devils
Nickname(s)	Black Devils
Short name	SCM
Founded	1973 (1973)
Arena	Black Devils Arena
Capacity	900
Head coach	Jürgen Prantner
League	Serie A Gold
Club colours
Website Official site

Merano

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Location of Handball Meran

History

The club was founded in 1973. Its seat is located in the city of Merano, in the province of Bolzano. He currently plays in Serie A Gold, the top Italian national men's handball league. During its history, it won 1 national championship (in 2005), 1 Italian Cup (in 2004) and 1 Italian Super Cup (in 2005).

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023–24 season

Handball Meran

Goalkeepers 12 Riccardo Fasanelli 16 Andrea Colleluori 22 Selmi Haj Frej Left Wingers 09 Luca Visentin 14 Tobías Wolf 19 Paul Raffeiner Right Wingers 23 Santiago Núñez Line Players 07 Tommaso Romei 11 Andreas Stricker 21 Oliver Martini Left Backs 27 Danilo Milović 30 Dragan Glišić 46 Luca Sperandio Central Backs 03 Nicola Fadanelli 10 Samuel Gerstgrasser 18 Paul Wierer Right Backs 44 Juan Pablo Cuello

Technical staff

• Head coach: Jürgen Prantner
• Assistant coach: Eduard von Grebmer
• Fitness coach: Riccardo Carbonaro
• Goalkeeping coach: Luigi Malavasi
• Physiotherapist: Lorenzo Donati

Transfers

Transfers for the 2023–24 season

Joining

• Selmi Haj Frej (GK) from Pallamano Carpi

Leaving

• Bogdan Petričević (CB) to RK Lovćen
• Max Prantner (CB) to Pfadi Winterthur

Titles

• Serie A Gold
  • Winner (1) : 2005
• Italian Cup
  • Winner (1) : 2004
• Italian Super Cup
  • Winner (1) : 2005

EHF ranking

As of 12/10/2023

Rank	Team	Points
192	RK Jeruzalem Ormož	14
193	Unia Tarnów	14
194	KA Handball	13
195	Handball Meran	13
196	HC ZTR Zaporizhzhia	13
197	Madeira Andebol SAD	13
198	HC Amber	13

Former club members

Notable former players

• Andrea Bašić (2016-2017)
• Bruno Brzić (2006-2008)
• Andrea Colleluori (2022-)
• Michael Niederwieser (2002-2006)
• Jürgen Prantner (1988-1992, 1993-1997, 1999-2003)
• Leo Prantner (2017-2018, 2019-2021)
• Max Prantner (2018-2023)
• Jan Radojkovič (2017-2018)
• Fernando Gabriel García (2006-2008)
• Leonardo Facundo Querín (2006-2008)
• Yuri Karpuk (1998-1999)
• Bernard Latchimy (2002-2003)
• Maik Makowka (2005-2006)
• Krisztián Szép Kis (2003-2004)
• Bogdan Petričević (2019-2023)
• Valery Gopin (1994-1996, 2001-2003)
• Jovan Kovačević (2003-2007)

External links

• Official website
• Sport Club Meran Handball on Facebook