# 2023–24 Handball-Bundesliga

The 2023–24 Handball-Bundesliga was the 59th season of the Handball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier handball league and the 47th season consisting of only one league. It ran from 24 August 2023 to 2 June 2024.
SC Magdeburg won their third title.

## Teams
### Team changes

| Promoted from 2022–23 2. Handball-Bundesliga | Relegated from 2022–23 Handball-Bundesliga |
| HBW Balingen-Weilstetten ThSV Eisenach | ASV Hamm-Westfalen GWD Minden |

### Venues

| Team | Location | Arena | Capacity |
| HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | Balingen | Sparkassen-Arena Porsche-Arena | 2,320 6,181 |
| Bergischer HC | Wuppertal Solingen Düsseldorf | Uni-Halle Klingenhalle Mitsubishi Electric Halle ISS Dome | 3,200 2,800 4,500 12,500 |
| Füchse Berlin | Berlin | Max-Schmeling-Halle | 9,000 |
| TV Bittenfeld | Stuttgart | Porsche-Arena | 6,211 |
| ThSV Eisenach | Eisenach | Werner-Aßmann-Halle | 3,100 |
| HC Erlangen | Nuremberg | Arena Nürnberger Versicherung | 8,308 |
| SG Flensburg-Handewitt | Flensburg | Flens-Arena | 6,300 |
| VfL Gummersbach | Gummersbach | Schwalbe-Arena | 4,132 |
| Frisch Auf Göppingen | Göppingen | EWS Arena | 5,600 |
| HSV Hamburg | Hamburg | Alsterdorfer Sporthalle | 7,000 |
| TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | Hanover | ZAG-Arena Swiss Life Hall | 9,850 4,460 |
| THW Kiel | Kiel | Wunderino Arena | 10,285 |
| SC DHfK Leipzig | Leipzig | Arena Leipzig | 6,327 |
| TBV Lemgo | Lemgo | Lipperlandhalle | 4,790 |
| SC Magdeburg | Magdeburg | GETEC Arena | 6,600 |
| MT Melsungen | Melsungen | Rothenbach-Halle | 4,500 |
| Rhein-Neckar Löwen | Mannheim | SAP Arena | 13,200 |
| HSG Wetzlar | Wetzlar | Buderus Arena Wetzlar | 4,421 |

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | SC Magdeburg (C) | 34 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 1135 | 927 | +208 | 62 | Champions League |
| 2 | Füchse Berlin | 34 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 1107 | 996 | +111 | 56 | Champions League |
| 3 | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 34 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 1107 | 981 | +126 | 50 | EHF European League |
| 4 | THW Kiel | 34 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 1089 | 987 | +102 | 47 | EHF European League |
| 5 | MT Melsungen | 34 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 973 | 935 | +38 | 44 | EHF European League |
| 6 | VfL Gummersbach | 34 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 1060 | 1020 | +40 | 43 | EHF European League |
| 7 | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 1000 | 994 | +6 | 39 | |
| 8 | SC DHfK Leipzig | 34 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 995 | 978 | +17 | 33 | |
| 9 | HSV Hamburg | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 1013 | 1077 | −64 | 30 | |
| 10 | TBV Lemgo | 34 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 978 | 978 | 0 | 28 | |
| 11 | TV Bittenfeld | 34 | 12 | 2 | 20 | 996 | 1048 | −52 | 26 | |
| 12 | Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 34 | 12 | 2 | 20 | 961 | 1022 | −61 | 26 | |
| 13 | HSG Wetzlar | 34 | 12 | 2 | 20 | 924 | 999 | −75 | 26 | |
| 14 | ThSV Eisenach | 34 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 951 | 1012 | −61 | 24 | |
| 15 | Frisch Auf Göppingen | 34 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 965 | 1019 | −54 | 23 | |
| 16 | HC Erlangen | 34 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 901 | 972 | −71 | 22 | |
| 17 | Bergischer HC (R) | 34 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 965 | 1047 | −82 | 20 | Relegated to 2. Handball-Bundesliga |
| 18 | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten (R) | 34 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 903 | 1031 | −128 | 13 | Relegated to 2. Handball-Bundesliga |
* ↑ On 3 May 2024, it was announced that HSV Hamburg did not get the license for the next season, which would see them relegated. This was appealed by Hamburg. Hamburg was given the licence on 31 May with a specific condition.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BAL | BRG | BER | BIT | EIS | ERL | FLE | GÖP | GUM | HAM | HAN | KIE | LEI | LEM | MAG | MEL | RNL | WET |
| HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | — | 21–25 | 26–37 | 29–28 | 21–34 | 25–27 | 32–34 | 30–29 | 31–34 | 37–30 | 25–29 | 25–36 | 17–25 | 26–30 | 28–34 | 22–25 | 31–33 | 27–30 |
| Bergischer HC | 27–28 | — | 30–34 | 33–28 | 27–30 | 28–25 | 30–40 | 33–30 | 24–31 | 29–28 | 26–29 | 25–29 | 31–31 | 31–31 | 27–30 | 32–31 | 29–31 | 23–28 |
| Füchse Berlin | 35–34 | 29–30 | — | 32–27 | 37–29 | 39–32 | 32–31 | 29–29 | 29–26 | 37–31 | 34–33 | 32–32 | 37–28 | 30–28 | 31–26 | 37–31 | 38–32 | 32–30 |
| TV Bittenfeld | 30–27 | 27–26 | 29–30 | — | 28–22 | 29–30 | 34–31 | 31–29 | 29–31 | 35–26 | 32–28 | 31–36 | 25–27 | 29–27 | 25–31 | 33–31 | 32–31 | 30–25 |
| ThSV Eisenach | 28–28 | 31–30 | 27–31 | 33–28 | — | 28–26 | 28–27 | 27–24 | 24–26 | 28–32 | 31–31 | 32–40 | 25–24 | 25–30 | 25–35 | 24–27 | 29–26 | 23–27 |
| HC Erlangen | 22–22 | 28–27 | 27–35 | 26–23 | 28–23 | — | 22–27 | 28–26 | 31–34 | 30–28 | 25–27 | 27–31 | 26–29 | 26–25 | 31–31 | 27–32 | 28–23 | 26–27 |
| SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 32–28 | 33–28 | 31–31 | 39–31 | 35–28 | 32–25 | — | 35–30 | 28–34 | 37–32 | 31–28 | 28–27 | 34–24 | 34–29 | 29–32 | 34–24 | 33–25 | 33–26 |
| Frisch Auf Göppingen | 32–28 | 31–28 | 27–32 | 25–25 | 35–31 | 32–29 | 32–31 | — | 32–29 | 27–32 | 32–25 | 27–34 | 27–30 | 26–32 | 26–27 | 22–32 | 27–27 | 32–27 |
| VfL Gummersbach | 33–25 | 27–33 | 30–30 | 35–27 | 37–31 | 33–28 | 32–42 | 33–32 | — | 24–23 | 33–33 | 40–29 | 30–29 | 30–27 | 30–38 | 37–31 | 31–26 | 35–28 |
| HSV Hamburg | 28–28 | 32–30 | 30–32 | 31–36 | 23–29 | 31–23 | 30–41 | 33–31 | 33–33 | — | 28–30 | 28–28 | 35–34 | 37–33 | 28–43 | 29–22 | 32–36 | 30–25 |
| TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 35–26 | 37–28 | 25–28 | 33–20 | 31–30 | 27–23 | 26–26 | 33–26 | 32–29 | 25–26 | — | 36–33 | 25–25 | 34–32 | 28–27 | 30–34 | 34–29 | 30–33 |
| THW Kiel | 36–29 | 39–30 | 30–26 | 39–36 | 31–27 | 31–27 | 26–33 | 32–27 | 41–30 | 34–23 | 34–20 | — | 37–28 | 33–29 | 26–33 | 30–35 | 26–30 | 33–22 |
| SC DHfK Leipzig | 26–25 | 33–22 | 29–31 | 36–30 | 29–31 | 20–19 | 32–35 | 33–35 | 32–35 | 39–27 | 26–27 | 35–34 | — | 29–28 | 27–27 | 32–27 | 29–24 | 36–30 |
| TBV Lemgo | 37–27 | 31–28 | 29–32 | 31–25 | 26–24 | 28–27 | 31–31 | 21–26 | 23–26 | 34–34 | 28–23 | 27–28 | 22–28 | — | 28–34 | 25–28 | 33–25 | 31–23 |
| SC Magdeburg | 43–29 | 40–28 | 31–28 | 40–31 | 38–31 | 27–22 | 31–29 | 31–27 | 32–30 | 35–24 | 31–29 | 34–31 | 30–28 | 35–28 | — | 39–24 | 38–24 | 37–34 |
| MT Melsungen | 26–24 | 31–26 | 30–28 | 35–27 | 27–26 | 32–25 | 25–25 | 29–19 | 26–25 | 33–26 | 34–26 | 23–23 | 28–27 | 26–25 | 29–29 | — | 30–23 | 21–23 |
| Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 25–21 | 35–29 | 28–36 | 32–24 | 26–27 | 34–24 | 26–35 | 33–29 | 28–26 | 34–36 | 27–29 | 25–31 | 32–28 | 34–34 | 21–34 | 23–28 | — | 26–21 |
| HSG Wetzlar | 16–21 | 28–32 | 30–36 | 31–31 | 31–30 | 26–31 | 30–31 | 29–24 | 33–31 | 25–27 | 32–32 | 27–29 | 30–27 | 24–27 | 15–31 | 28–27 | 30–27 | — |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | Shots | % |
| 1 | Manuel Zehnder | ThSV Eisenach | 277 | 462 | 60 |
| 2 | Mathias Gidsel | Füchse Berlin | 263 | 362 | 73 |
| 3 | Ómar Ingi Magnússon | SC Magdeburg | 239 | 342 | 70 |
| 4 | Lasse Andersson | Füchse Berlin | 209 | 372 | 56 |
| 5 | Casper Ulrich Mortensen | HSV Hamburg | 203 | 299 | 68 |
| 6 | Viggó Kristjánsson | SC DHfK Leipzig | 200 | 301 | 66 |
| 7 | Hans Lindberg | Füchse Berlin | 198 | 243 | 81 |
| 8 | Emil Jakobsen | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 197 | 272 | 72 |
| 9 | Domen Novak | HSG Wetzlar | 183 | 248 | 74 |
| 10 | Kai Häfner | TV Bittenfeld | 179 | 332 | 54 |

## Awards

| Award | Player | Club |
| Most valuable player | Magnus Saugstrup | SC Magdeburg |
| Coach of the season | Bennet Wiegert | SC Magdeburg |
| Young player of the season | Nils Lichtlein | Füchse Berlin |

## Attendances

Ajax drew the highest average home attendance in the 2023-24 edition of the Eredivisie.
| # | Football club | Home games | Total attendance | Average attendance |
| 1 | THW Kiel | 17 | 172,714 | 10,160 |
| 2 | Füchse Berlin | 17 | 142,298 | 8,370 |
| 3 | Rhein-Neckar Löwen | 17 | 134,953 | 7,938 |
| 4 | TSV Hannover-Burgdorf | 17 | 115,062 | 6,768 |
| 5 | SC Magdeburg | 17 | 111,722 | 6,572 |
| 6 | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 17 | 105,116 | 6,183 |
| 7 | HC Erlangen | 17 | 102,282 | 6,017 |
| 8 | TVB Stuttgart | 17 | 80,332 | 4,725 |
| 9 | SC DHfK Leipzig | 17 | 78,735 | 4,631 |
| 10 | Frisch Auf! Göppingen | 17 | 76,000 | 4,471 |
| 11 | Handball Sport Verein Hamburg | 17 | 75,339 | 4,432 |
| 12 | VfL Gummersbach | 17 | 67,788 | 3,988 |
| 13 | MT Melsungen | 17 | 67,447 | 3,967 |
| 14 | TBV Lemgo | 17 | 66,106 | 3,889 |
| 15 | HSG Wetzlar | 17 | 59,703 | 3,512 |
| 16 | Bergischer HC | 17 | 49,248 | 2,897 |
| 17 | ThSV Eisenach | 17 | 49,003 | 2,883 |
| 18 | HBW Balingen-Weilstetten | 17 | 39,226 | 2,307 |