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.
Crest, colours, supporters
Kits
Accomplishments
Handball-Bundesliga: 23
: 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
: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2022
DHB-Supercup: 13
: 1995, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
EHF Champions League:
: 2007, 2010, 2012, 2020
: 2000, 2008, 2009, 2014
: 2022
EHF Cup:
: 1998, 2002, 2004, 2019
EHF Men's Champions Trophy:
: 2007
: 2004
IHF Super Globe:
: 2011
: 2012, 2019
German Championship: 2 (Field handball)
: 1948, 1950
: 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
European record
Team
Current squad
Squad for the 2023–24 season
Goalkeepers
12 Magnus Bierfreund
16 Tomáš Mrkva
34 Samir Bellahcene
57 Vincent Gérard
Left wingers
7 Magnus Landin
23 Rune Dahmke
Right wingers
3 Sven Ehrig
18 Niclas Ekberg
20 Jarnes Faust
Line players
11 Petter Øverby
17 Patrick Wiencek
61 Hendrik Pekeler
Left backs
8 Ben Connar Battermann
21 Eric Johansson
31 Luca Schwormstede
49 Karl Wallinius
53 Nikola Bilyk
Central backs
4 Domagoj Duvnjak (c)
71 Elias Ellefsen á Skipagøtu
Right backs
6 Harald Reinkind
13 Steffen Weinhold
19 Henri Pabst
28 Eduardo Gurbindo
Transfers
Transfers for the 2024–25 season
Joining
Emil Wernsdorf Madsen (RB) (from GOG Håndbold)
Lukas Zerbe (RW) (from TBV Lemgo)
Leaving
Transfers
Transfers for the 2025–26 season
Joining
Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas (GK) (from FC Barcelona)
Leaving
Staff
Staff for the 2022–23 season
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)
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)
References
External links
Handball clubs in Germany
Handball-Bundesliga
Sport in Kiel
Handball clubs established in 1904
1904 establishments in Germany