# THW Kiel

THW Kiel is a professional handball club from Kiel, Germany. Currently, they compete in the Handball-Bundesliga and are the record champion with 23 titles.
2007 and 2012 were the most successful years in the club's history, as THW completed the treble, winning the domestic league, the domestic cup, and the EHF Champions League. In 2012, the team won every league game, a first in any top-flight German team sports.
They ended the 2019–20 season as winners of the EHF Champions League and champions of the Handball-Bundesliga.
They have a rivalry with fellow Schleswig-Holstein team SG Flensburg-Handewitt.

## History

The club was founded on February 4th 1904 as a Gymnastics association. From the beginning it was only a men's club, but from 1907 women were included too.
The handball department was founded in 1926, first as field handball and later as indoor handball.
In 1959, two years after the first German indoor Championship, the club was a pioneer, when it decided to distinguish between the indoor handball team and the field handball team, and put an emphasis on achieving indoor success.

## Crest, colours, supporters
### Kits

HOME :
| 2010–12 | 2013–14 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2024- |
AWAY :
| 2018–19 | 2020–21 | 2024- |

## Accomplishments

* Handball-Bundesliga: 23
** Gold: 1957, 1962, 1963, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021, 2023
* DHB-Pokal: 12
** Gold: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2022
* DHB-Supercup: 13
** Gold: 1995, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
* EHF Champions League:
** Gold: 2007, 2010, 2012, 2020
** Silver: 2000, 2008, 2009, 2014
** Bronze: 2022, 2024
* EHF Cup:
** Gold: 1998, 2002, 2004, 2019
* EHF Men's Champions Trophy:
** Gold: 2007
** Silver: 2004
* IHF Super Globe:
** Gold: 2011
** Silver: 2012, 2019
* German Championship: 2 (Field handball)
** Gold: 1948, 1950
** Silver: 1951, 1953
* Double:
** 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2012–13
* Triple Crown:
** 2006–07, 2011–12

## Team
### Current squad

    Squad for the 2024–25 season

### Transfers

    Transfers for the 2025–26 season

### Staff

    Staff for the 2023–24 season
| Pos. | Name |
| Managing director | Viktor Szilágyi |
| Head coach | Filip Jícha |
| Assistant coach | Christian Sprenger |
| Goalkeeping coach | Mattias Andersson |
| Team physician | Dr. Detlev Brandecker |
| Team physician | Dr. Frank Pries |
| Team leader | Michael Menzel |
| Physiotherapist | Maik Bolte |
| Physiotherapist | Stephan Lienau |
| Physiotherapist | Jan Bock |

### Notable former players

* Heinrich Dahlinger (1936–1966)
* Michael Krieter (1983–1998)
* Wolfgang Schwenke (1996–2001)
* Uwe Schwenker (1980–1992)
* Henning Fritz (2001–2007)
* Dominik Klein (2006–2016)
* Thomas Knorr (1992–1998)
* Tobias Reichmann (2009–2012)
* Christian Sprenger (2009–2017)
* Christian Zeitz (2003–2014, 2016–2018)
* Andreas Wolff (2016–2019)
* Christian Dissinger (2015–2018)
* Dario Quenstedt (2019–2022)
* Stefan Lövgren (1999–2009)
* Staffan Olsson (1996–2003)
* Magnus Wislander (1990–2002)
* Johan Petersson (2001–2005)
* Kim Andersson (2005–2012)
* Marcus Ahlm (2003–2013)
* Peter Gentzel (2009–2010)
* Henrik Lundström (2004–2012)
* Martin Boquist (2003–2005)
* Mattias Andersson (2001–2008)
* Pelle Linders (2005–2007)
* Andreas Palicka (2008–2015)
* Lukas Nilsson (2016–2020)
* Nikolaj Jacobsen (1998–2004)
* Rasmus Lauge Schmidt (2013–2015)
* René Toft Hansen (2012–2018)
* Lars Krogh Jeppesen (2006–2007)
* Morten Bjerre (2000–2003)
* Niklas Landin Jacobsen (2015–2023)
* Nikola Karabatić (2005–2009)
* Daniel Narcisse (2009–2013)
* Thierry Omeyer (2006–2013)
* Jérôme Fernandez (2010–2011)
* Igor Anić (2015–2016)
* Vincent Gérard (2023–2024)
* Børge Lund (2007–2010)
* Frode Hagen (2004–2006)
* Steinar Ege (1999–2002, 2015)
* Sander Sagosen (2020–2023)
* Goran Stojanović (1996–1999)
* Ljubomir Pavlović (2003)
* Momir Ilić (2009–2013)
* Marko Vujin (2012–2019)
* Davor Dominiković (2002–2003)
* Ilija Brozović (2016–2017)
* Blaženko Lacković (2016–2017)
* Marek Panas (1982–1989)
* Daniel Waszkiewicz (1987–1990)
* Piotr Przybecki (2001–2004)
* Predrag Timko (1977–1980)
* Nenad Peruničić (1997–2001)
* Goran Stojanović (1996–1999)
* Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (2012–2014)
* Aron Pálmarsson (2009–2015)
* Filip Jícha (2007–2015)
* Pavel Horák (2019–2022)
* Vid Kavtičnik (2005–2009)
* Miha Zarabec (2017–2023)
* Demetrio Lozano (2001–2004)
* Joan Cañellas (2014–2016)
* Wael Jallouz (2013–2014)
* Zvonimir Serdarušić (1980–1981)
* Andrei Xepkin (2007)
* Julio Fis (2001–2002)

### Notable former coaches

* Fritz Westheider (1930–1958)
* Heinrich Dahlinger (1958–1972)
* Kurt Bartels, Rolf Krabbenhöft, Bernd Struck (1972–1973)
* Adolf Gabriel (1973–1975)
* Werner Kirst (1975)
* Gerd Welz (1975–1977)
* Željko Seleš (1977–1978)
* Werner Kirst (1978–1979)
* Gerd Welz (1979–1980)
* Marinko Andrić (1980–1981)
* Herward Wieck (1981–1982)
* Jóhann Ingi Gunnarsson (1983–1986)
* Marek Panas (1987–1989)
* Josip Milković (1989)
* Holger Oertel (1989–1992)
* Uwe Schwenker (1993)
* Zvonimir Serdarušić (1993–2008)
* Alfreð Gíslason (2008–2019)