THW Kiel

German handball club

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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.^[1]

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.^[2]^[3]

They have a rivalry with fellow Schleswig-Holstein team SG Flensburg-Handewitt.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

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2010–12	2013–14	2018–19	2019–20

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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
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

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club
2023–24	EHF Champions League	Group Matches (Group A)	Kolstad Håndball
			Aalborg Håndbold
			RK Eurofarm Pelister
			OTP Bank - Pick Szeged
			RK Zagreb
			Paris Saint-Germain Handball
			Barlinek Industria Kielce

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023–24 season

Goalkeepers

12 Magnus Bierfreund
16 Tomáš Mrkva
34 Samir Bellahcene

Left wingers

07 Magnus Landin
23 Rune Dahmke

Right wingers

03 Sven Ehrig
18 Niclas Ekberg
20 Jarnes Faust

Line players

Left backs

21 Eric Johansson
31 Luca Schwormstede
49 Karl Wallinius
53 Nikola Bilyk

Central backs

04 Domagoj Duvnjak (c)
71 Elias Ellefsen á Skipagøtu

Right backs

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Joining

Emil Wernsdorf Madsen (RB) (from GOG Håndbold)
Lukas Zerbe (RW) (from TBV Lemgo Lippe)
Bence Imre (RW) (from Ferencvárosi TC)

Leaving

Eduardo Gurbindo (RB) (to Beşiktaş)
Niclas Ekberg (RW) (to Ystads IF)
Jarnes Faust (RW) (to TBV Lemgo Lippe)
Sven Ehrig (RW) (to ?)

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Joining

Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas (GK) (from FC Barcelona)

Leaving

Staff

Staff for the 2022–23 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)

References

^ NDR. "Handball-Saison abgebrochen – THW Kiel ist Meister". ndr.de (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2021.
^ "THW Kiel beat Barcelona to clinch Champions League glory". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
^ "So reagieren die THW-Fans auf die Meisterschaft". KN – Kieler Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2021.

External links

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Official website

THW Kiel

History / statistics

History
Seasons
Players
Head coaches
European statistics

Home facilities

Wunderino Arena

Rivalries

Flensburg rivalry (Nordderby)
HSV Hamburg rivary

Seasons

2019–20
2020–21
2021–22
2022–23

Website: thw-handball.de

v t e Handball-Bundesliga
2023–24 teams	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten Bergischer HC Füchse Berlin ThSV Eisenach HC Erlangen Frisch Auf Göppingen VfL Gummersbach HSV Hamburg SG Flensburg-Handewitt TSV Hannover-Burgdorf THW Kiel SC DHfK Leipzig TBV Lemgo SC Magdeburg MT Melsungen TVB Stuttgart Rhein-Neckar Löwen HSG Wetzlar
Seasons	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e European Cup and EHF Champions League winners
European Cup	1956–57: Dukla Prague 1958–59: Redbergslids IK 1959–60: Frisch Auf Göppingen 1961–62: Frisch Auf Göppingen 1962–63: Dukla Prague 1964–65: Dinamo București 1965–66: DHfK Leipzig 1966–67: VfL Gummersbach 1967–68: Steaua București 1969–70: VfL Gummersbach 1970–71: VfL Gummersbach 1971–72: Partizan Bjelovar 1972–73: MAI Moscow 1973–74: VfL Gummersbach 1974–75: ASK Frankfurt/Oder 1975–76: Borac Banja Luka 1976–77: Steaua București 1977–78: Magdeburg 1978–79: TV Großwallstadt 1979–80: TV Großwallstadt 1980–81: Magdeburg 1981–82: Budapest Honvéd 1982–83: VfL Gummersbach 1983–84: Dukla Prague 1984–85: Metaloplastika 1985–86: Metaloplastika 1986–87: SKA Minsk 1987–88: CSKA Moscow 1988–89: SKA Minsk 1989–90: SKA Minsk 1990–91: Barcelona 1991–92: Zagreb 1992–93: Zagreb
EHF Champions League	1993–94: TEKA Santander 1994–95: Bidasoa Irún 1995–96: Barcelona 1996–97: Barcelona 1997–98: Barcelona 1998–99: Barcelona 1999–2000: Barcelona 2000–01: Portland San Antonio 2001–02: Magdeburg 2002–03: Montpellier 2003–04: Celje 2004–05: Barcelona 2005–06: Ciudad Real 2006–07: THW Kiel 2007–08: Ciudad Real 2008–09: Ciudad Real 2009–10: THW Kiel 2010–11: Barcelona 2011–12: THW Kiel 2012–13: HSV Hamburg 2013–14: Flensburg-Handewitt 2014–15: Barcelona 2015–16: Kielce 2016–17: Vardar 2017–18: Montpellier 2018–19: Vardar 2019–20: THW Kiel 2020–21: Barcelona 2021–22: Barcelona 2022–23: Magdeburg

European Cup and EHF Champions League winners

European Cup

1956–57: Dukla Prague
1958–59: Redbergslids IK
1959–60: Frisch Auf Göppingen
1961–62: Frisch Auf Göppingen
1962–63: Dukla Prague
1964–65: Dinamo București
1965–66: DHfK Leipzig
1966–67: VfL Gummersbach
1967–68: Steaua București
1969–70: VfL Gummersbach
1970–71: VfL Gummersbach
1971–72: Partizan Bjelovar
1972–73: MAI Moscow
1973–74: VfL Gummersbach
1974–75: ASK Frankfurt/Oder
1975–76: Borac Banja Luka
1976–77: Steaua București
1977–78: Magdeburg
1978–79: TV Großwallstadt
1979–80: TV Großwallstadt
1980–81: Magdeburg
1981–82: Budapest Honvéd
1982–83: VfL Gummersbach
1983–84: Dukla Prague
1984–85: Metaloplastika
1985–86: Metaloplastika
1986–87: SKA Minsk
1987–88: CSKA Moscow
1988–89: SKA Minsk
1989–90: SKA Minsk
1990–91: Barcelona
1991–92: Zagreb
1992–93: Zagreb

EHF Champions League

v t e EHF Cup and EHF European League winners
IHF Cup	1981–82: VfL Gummersbach 1982–83: ZTR Zaporizhzhia 1983–84: TV Großwallstadt 1984–85: Minaur Baia Mare 1985–86: Győri ETO 1986–87: Granitas Kaunas 1987–88: Minaur Baia Mare 1988–89: TuRU Düsseldorf 1989–90: SKIF Krasnodar 1990–91: Borac Banja Luka 1991–92: Wallau-Massenheim 1992–93: TEKA Santander
EHF Cup	1993–94: Alzira Avidesa 1994–95: Granollers 1995–96: Granollers 1996–97: Flensburg 1997–98: THW Kiel 1998–99: Magdeburg 1999–2000: Metković 2000–01: Magdeburg 2001–02: THW Kiel 2002–03: Barcelona 2003–04: THW Kiel 2004–05: TUSEM Essen 2005–06: TBV Lemgo 2006–07: Magdeburg 2007–08: HSG Nordhorn 2008–09: VfL Gummersbach 2009–10: TBV Lemgo 2010–11: Frisch Auf Göppingen 2011–12: Frisch Auf Göppingen 2012–13: Rhein-Neckar Löwen 2013–14: Pick Szeged 2014–15: Füchse Berlin 2015–16: Frisch Auf Göppingen 2016–17: Frisch Auf Göppingen 2017–18: Füchse Berlin 2018–19: THW Kiel 2019–20: (cancelled)
EHF European League	2020–21: SC Magdeburg 2021–22: S.L. Benfica 2022–23: Füchse Berlin