# BSV Bern

BSV Bern is a Swiss professional handball team located in Bern, that plays in the Quickline Handball League.

## History

The club was founded in 1951. The club was founded by Emil Horle. The team was promoted to the first division in the 1959/60 season. The following year, the team became champions. In the 1979/80 season, the team won the Swiss championship title undefeated. No other team has managed to achieve this so far. BSV became champion again in the 1984/85 season. At the end of the 1998/99 season, the team was relegated from the first division after 39 years. In 2003, they reached the top flight again and have been playing there ever since. In 2002, BSV merged with Handball Muri Bern and continued under the name BSV Bern Muri. In 2018, they decided to go under the name BSV Bern again.

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

* Old Logo (-2018)
* New Logo (2018–present)

### Kits

HOME :
| 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2020–21 |
AWAY :
* 2018–19

## Sports Hall information

* Arena: - Mobiliar Arena
* City: - Gümligen
* Capacity: - 2350
* Address: - Rohrmattstrasse 12, 3073 Gümligen, Switzerland

## Management

| Position | Name |
| President | Anton Gäumann |
| Sport Director | Guido Frei |
| Club manager | Pascale Tiefenbach |

## Team
### Current squad

    Squad for the 2023–24 season
BSV Bern :
Goalkeepers
01 Fabio Brändle
12 Dario Ferrante
16 Mathieu Seravalli
30 Aurel Bringolf (c)
Left Wingers
03 Daniel Weingartner
04 Nik Jauer
19 Marco Strahm
Right Wingers
09 Simon Getzmann
18 Levin Wanner
26 Jan Allemann
Line Players
20 Hannes Nyström
22 Matthias Widmer
23 Kaspar Arn
77 Mats Hirt
Left Backs
06 Dominik Weiss
15 Samuel Weingartner
21 Lucas Rohr
25 Ivan Corluka
34 Ardin Berisha
96 Gabriel Ottrubay
Central Backs
02 Nico Eggimann
05 Timo Lüthi
08 Tobias Spring
11 Felix Aellen
Right Backs
13 Michael Kusio
24 Destiny Oyamendan
28 Claudio Vögtli
52 Sandro Gantner :

### Technical staff

* Head coach: Martin Rubin
* Assistant coach: David Staudenmann
* Goalkeeping coach: Antoine Ebinger
* Fitness coach: Matthias Heger
* Physiotherapist: Jonas Engel

### Transfers

    Transfers for the 2023–24 season

## Titles

* Quickline Handball League
** Winner (3) : 1961, 1980, 1985

## EHF ranking

    As of 26/10/2023
| Rank | Team | Points |
| 118 | Beykoz BLD SK | 39 |
| 119 | HC Linz | 38 |
| 120 | HV Hurry-Up | 37 |
| 121 | BSV Bern | 37 |
| 122 | Dragūnas Klaipėda | 37 |
| 123 | Handball Sassari | 37 |
| 124 | Belenenses | 36 |

## Former club members
### Notable former players

* Marc Baumgartner (1987–1994, 2005–2006)
* Aurel Bringolf (2022–)
* Antoine Ebinger (2007–2019)
* Martin Friedli (2006–2007)
* Thomas Furer (1999–2003, 2011–2012)
* Thomas Gautschi (1996–1997)
* Alen Milosevic (2007–2013)
* Nikola Portner (2010–2014)
* Severin Ramseier (2012–2014)
* Samuel Röthlisberger (2011–2017)
* Levin Wanner (2023–)
* Mario Cvitković (2020–2022)
* Ante Kaleb (2019–2023)
* Nikola Kedžo (2016–2017)
* Václav Lanča (2002)
* Martin Prachař (2011–2015)
* Jakub Szymanski (2016–2019)
* Dominik Weiss (2023–)
* Han Kyung-tai (2003–2007)
* Pedro Spínola (2017–2020)
* Dragan Marjanac (2011–2018)
* Uroš Mitrović (2013–2019)
* Zlatko Portner (1994–1997, 1999–2002)
* Daniel Valo (2003–2005)
* Pontus Zetterman (2021–2023)

### Former coaches

| Seasons | Coach | Country |
| 2017–2021 | Aleksandar Stevic | |
| 2021– | Martin Rubin | |