SC DHfK Leipzig Handball

SC DHfK Leipzig Handball is a German handball team from Leipzig, Germany, that plays in the Handball-Bundesliga. It was one of the strongest GDR clubs in late 1950s and 1960s.
History
The SC DHfK Leipzig was founded in 1954 as a sports club of the Deutsche Hochschule für Körperkultur (German University for Physical Culture). During the time in the GDR, the club's handball section won six national championships (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966) and won the GDR Cup twice. In addition, it won the EHF Champions League in the 1965/1966 season and defeated Budapest Honvéd in the final on 22 April 1966 (16:14). In 1975, the authorities decided to dissolve the handball section and transfer all the players to another club in the city, SC Leipzig. On 30 June 1993, the handball department was re-established at SC DHfK. In June 1995, due to financial problems, the handball division was disbanded again. Finally, in 2007, the DHfK handball section was revived for the third time at the lowest level of German handball. It returned to the Handball-Bundesliga in the 2015–2016 season.
Crest, colours, supporters
Kit manufacturers
Kits
Sports hall information
Name: – Arena Leipzig
City: – Leipzig
Capacity: – 8000
Address: – Am Sportforum 2 04105 Leipzig, Germany
Accomplishments
EHF Champions League:
: 1966
GDR Championship (Oberliga):
: 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1976, 1979
: 1969
GDR Cup (FDGB-Pokal):
Gold: 1971, 1972, 1982
2. Handball-Bundesliga:
: 2015
Team
Current squad
Squad for the 2023–24 season
Technical staff
Head coach: André Haber
Assistant coach: Miloš Putera
Athletic Trainer: Hagen Pietrek
Physiotherapist: Leon Brettschneider
Club doctor: Dr. Pierre Hepp
Transfers
Transfers for the 2023–24 season
Joining
Domenico Ebner (GK) (from TSV Hannover-Burgdorf)
Franz Semper (RB) (from SG Flensburg-Handewitt)
Moritz Strosack (RW) (from HBW Balingen-Weilstetten)
Leaving
Mohamed El-Tayar (GK) (to ?)
Patrick Wiesmach (RW) (to Aalborg Håndbold)
Šime Ivić (RB) (to PAUC)
Lovro Jotić (CB) (to RK Nexe Našice)
Previous squads
EHF ranking
Former club members
Notable former players
Joel Birlehm (2019–2022)
Simon Ernst (2021–)
Rico Göde (2012–2014)
Benjamin Herth (2016)
Klaus Franke (1959–1971)
Maximilian Janke (2015–2021)
Yves Kunkel (2017–2018)
Philipp Müller (2019–2021)
Niclas Pieczkowski (2016–2021)
Andreas Rojewski (2016–2019)
Bastian Roscheck (2013–2021)
Franz Semper (2013–2020)
Christoph Steinert (2015–2017)
Hans-Joachim Ursinus (1963–1974)
Jens Vortmann (2016–2020)
Luca Witzke (2019–)
Philipp Weber (2013–2016, 2017–2021)
Juan Pablo Fernández (2009–2010)
Raul Santos (2018–2020)
Šime Ivić (2021–)
Lovro Jotić (2021–)
Marko Mamić (2019–)
Marino Marić (2022–)
Pavel Prokopec (2012–2014)
René Villadsen (2018–2019)
Patrick Wiesmach (2018–)
Mohamed El-Tayar (2022–)
Joël Abati (2011)
Viggó Kristjánsson (2019, 2022–)
Aivis Jurdžs (2015–2019)
Kristian Sæverås (2020–)
Henrik Ruud Tovås (2013–2015)
Maciej Gębala (2018–)
Igor Lyovshin (2013)
Goran Stojanović (2011)
Alen Milosevic (2013–2022)
Miloš Putera (2015–2019)
Tobias Rivesjö (2016–2018)
Oskar Sunnefeldt (2021–)
Former coaches
Notes
a. SC Leipzig
References
External links
Handball clubs in Germany
Sport in Leipzig
Handball clubs established in 1954
1954 establishments in East Germany
Handball-Bundesliga