# Union Handballklub Krems

Förthof UHK Krems is a professional handball club from Krems an der Donau, Austria. They currently compete in the Handball Liga Austria.

## History

In 1947 the UHK Krems was founded as the handball section of Union Krems. It has always been in the Austrian First Division since the 2002/2003 season. They won the championship 5 times (1973, 1975, 1977, 2019, 2022), they were cup winners 5 times (1973, 1975, 1978, 2010, 2019).

## Crest, colours, supporters
### Club crest

* Old Logo (-2021)

### Kit manufacturers

| Period | Kit manufacturer |
| – 2014 | Puma |
| 2014 – 2021 | Hummel |
| 2021 – present | Puma |

### Kits

HOME :
| 2010–14 | 2014-17 | 2018-20 | 2020-21 | 2021–23 |
AWAY :
| 2010–14 | 2015-16 | 2018-20 | 2020-21 | 2021–23 |
THIRD :
* 2011–14

## Sports Hall information

* Arena: – Sporthalle Krems
* City: – Krems an der Donau
* Capacity: – 1500
* Address: – Strandbadstraße 3, 3500 Krems an der Donau, Austria

## Management

| Position | Name |
| President | Bernhard Lackner |
| Vice-president | Josef Nussbaum |
| Honorary President | Hans Penz |
| Member Of The Board | Alois Autherith |
| Member Of The Board | Christoph Hofbauer |
| Member Of The Board | Gudrun Kanzler |

## Team
### Current squad

    Squad for the 2022–23 season
Förthof UHK Krems :
Goalkeepers
22 Lukas Domevscek
36 Samuel Fabry
40 Thomas Eichberger
Left Wingers
06 Jonathan Provin
10 Tobias Auss
12 Fabian Hellerschmid
29 Julian Pratschner
Right Wingers
11 Matthias Führer
14 Benedikt Rudischer
17 Stephan Wiesbauer
26 Jakob Schwanzer
Line Players
02 Yannick Beron
15 Kenan Hasecic
20 Sinan Alkic
Central Backs
07 Moritz Schobert
08 Marko Simek
23 Mario Lippitsch
Left Backs
04 Lukas Nikolic
05 Romas Kirveliavičius
21 Gábor Hajdú
24 Daniel Dicker
28 Sebastian Feichtinger
32 Paul Hofmann
Right Backs
09 Rudolf Bobaš :

### Technical staff

* Head coach: Ibish Thaqi
* Assistant coach: Jörg Merten
* Physiotherapist: Claudia Nachtnebel

### Transfers

    Transfers for the 2022–23 season

## Previous Squads

2021–2022 Team :
| Shirt No | Nationality | Player | Birth Date | Position |
| 3 | Austria | Jakob Jochmann | (1993-10-02) 2 October 1993 (age 31) | Central Back |
| 4 | Austria | Lukas Nikolic | (2001-04-09) 9 April 2001 (age 23) | Left Back |
| 5 | Austria Lithuania | Romas Kirveliavičius | (1988-03-05) 5 March 1988 (age 36) | Left Back |
| 8 | Austria | Marko Simek | (1995-06-30) 30 June 1995 (age 29) | Central Back |
| 9 | Croatia | Rudolf Bobaš | (2002-09-01) 1 September 2002 (age 22) | Right Back |
| 10 | Austria | Tobias Auss | (2000-02-26) 26 February 2000 (age 24) | Left Winger |
| 11 | Austria | Matthias Führer | (1994-03-19) 19 March 1994 (age 30) | Right Winger |
| 14 | Austria | Fabian Posch | (1988-01-05) 5 January 1988 (age 36) | Line Player |
| 15 | Austria | Kenan Hasecic | (1996-05-15) 15 May 1996 (age 28) | Line Player |
| 17 | Austria | Stephan Wiesbauer | (2000-04-17) 17 April 2000 (age 24) | Right Winger |
| 20 | Austria | Igor Vuckovic | (1998-04-20) 20 April 1998 (age 26) | Left Back |
| 21 | Hungary | Gábor Hajdú | (1989-10-20) 20 October 1989 (age 34) | Left Back |
| 22 | Austria | Lukas Domevscek | (1999-06-10) 10 June 1999 (age 25) | Goalkeeper |
| 23 | Austria | Mario Lippitsch | (2002-07-02) 2 July 2002 (age 22) | Central Back |
| 24 | Austria | Benedikt Rudischer | (2003-07-21) 21 July 2003 (age 21) | Right Winger |
| 26 | Austria | Jakob Schwanzer | (2005-07-26) 26 July 2005 (age 19) | Right Winger |
| 28 | Austria | Sebastian Feichtinger | (1992-06-05) 5 June 1992 (age 32) | Left Back |
| 36 | Slovakia | Samuel Fabry | (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 23) | Goalkeeper |
| 77 | Slovenia | Gašper Hrastnik | (1992-11-13) 13 November 1992 (age 31) | Right Back |
2008–2009 Team :
| Shirt No | Nationality | Player | Birth Date | Position |
| 5 | Austria | Bernhard Grabner | (1985-08-10) 10 August 1985 (age 39) | Line Player |
| 6 | Austria Croatia | Ivica Belas | (1977-03-22) 22 March 1977 (age 47) | Central Back |
| 7 | Austria | Mario Osimitz | (1988-07-17) 17 July 1988 (age 36) | Right Winger |
| 8 | Czech Republic | Pavel Hrachovec | (1974-03-24) 24 March 1974 (age 50) | Left Winger |
| 11 | Austria | Gerald Zeiner | (1988-06-28) 28 June 1988 (age 36) | Left Winger |
| 15 | Austria | Kristof Vizvary | (1983-08-21) 21 August 1983 (age 41) | Left Back |
| 16 | Austria | Bernhard Binder | (1977-10-27) 27 October 1977 (age 46) | Goalkeeper |
| 17 | Austria | Tobias Schopf | (1985-12-15) 15 December 1985 (age 38) | Left Winger |
| 18 | Austria | Ibish Thaqi | (1980-03-21) 21 March 1980 (age 44) | Central Back |
| 19 | Austria | Patrik Lachmann | (1977-09-12) 12 September 1977 (age 47) | Right Winger |
| 20 | Austria | Christoph Svoboda | (1990-04-16) 16 April 1990 (age 34) | Right Back |
| 21 | Austria | Daniel Kottan | (1989-06-19) 19 June 1989 (age 35) | Left Back |
| 22 | Austria | Georg Chalupa | (1984-11-01) 1 November 1984 (age 39) | Left Back |
| 23 | Austria | Peter Marek | (1989-02-17) 17 February 1989 (age 35) | Right Back |
| 25 | Serbia | Rados Pesic | (1980-12-03) 3 December 1980 (age 43) | Right Back |
| 30 | Austria | Werner Lint | (1978-12-04) 4 December 1978 (age 45) | Line Player |
| 61 | Austria | Wolfgang Filzwieser | (1984-09-30) 30 September 1984 (age 40) | Goalkeeper |

## Titles

* Handball Liga Austria
** Winner (5) : 1973, 1975, 1977, 2019, 2022
* Austrian Cup
** Winner (5) : 1979, 1980, 1984, 2010, 2019
In the 1978/79, 1979/80 and 1983/84 seasons, the UHK Krems was automatically Austrian Cup winner as runner-up in the championship and qualified for the international cup winner competition.

## EHF ranking

    As of 1/12/2022
| Rank | Team | Points |
| 124 | HC Tallinn | 41 |
| 125 | HC Visé BM | 41 |
| 126 | Dragūnas Klaipėda | 41 |
| 127 | Union Handballklub Krems | 40 |
| 128 | Red Boys Differdange | 39 |
| 129 | CSA Steaua București | 37 |
| 130 | Gyöngyösi KK | 25 |

## Former club members
### Notable former players

* Ivica Belas (2008–2016)
* Daniel Dicker (2022–)
* Thomas Eichberger (2022–)
* Sebastian Feichtinger (2021–)
* Wolfgang Filzwieser (2008–2013)
* Jakob Jochmann (2017–2022)
* Thomas Kandolf (2018–2020)
* Romas Kirveliavičius (2021–)
* Werner Lint (2008–2014)
* Christoph Neuhold (2013–2016)
* Fabian Posch (2016–2022)
* Julian Pratschner (2022–)
* Tobias Schopf (2005–2018)
* Ibish Thaqi (2005–2006, 2007-2009)
* Kristof Vizvary (2008–2013, 2014-2016)
* Gerald Zeiner (2005–2009)
* Ivan Vukas (2009–2011)
* Gábor Hajdú (2018–)
* Norbert Visy (2009–2018)
* Gerdas Babarskas (2012–2015)
* Petar Angelov (2018)
* Vlatko Mitkov (2012–2018)
* Aleksandar Glendža (2020)
* Michal Shejbal (2012–2016, 2018-2020)

### Former coaches

| Seasons | Coach |
| 2006–2007 | István Gulyás |
| 2007–2013 | István Szilágyi |
| 2013–2016 | Ivica Belas |
| 2016– | Ibish Thaqi |