THW Kiel

THW Kiel
THW Kiel
Full name	Turnverein Hassee-Winterbek Kiel
Founded	1904; 120 years ago
Arena	Sparkassen-Arena
Capacity	10,250
President	Olaf Berner
Head coach	Filip Jicha
League	Handball-Bundesliga
2022–23	1st of 18 (champions)
Club colours
Home	Away
	Website ; Official site

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[edit]

Kits[edit]

HOME
2010–12	2013–14	2018–19	2019–20

AWAY
2018–19	2020–21

Accomplishments[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Current squad[edit]

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[edit]

Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Joining

Leon Nowottny (GK) (from own youth)
Emil Wernsdorf Madsen (RB) (from GOG Håndbold)
Lukas Zerbe (RW) (from TBV Lemgo Lippe)
Bence Imre (RW) (from Ferencvárosi TC)

Leaving

Magnus Bierfreund (GK) (to HBW Balingen-Weilstetten II)
Eduardo Gurbindo (RB) (to Beşiktaş)
Niclas Ekberg (RW) (to Ystads IF)
Jarnes Faust (RW) (to TBV Lemgo Lippe)
Sven Ehrig (RW) (to ?)

Transfers[edit]

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Joining

Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas (GK) (from FC Barcelona)
Nedim Remili (CB) (from Veszprém KC)?

Leaving

Staff[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

^ 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[edit]

Official website

[1] NDR. "Handball-Saison abgebrochen – THW Kiel ist Meister". ndr.de (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2021.

[2] "THW Kiel beat Barcelona to clinch Champions League glory". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 17 March 2021.

[3] "So reagieren die THW-Fans auf die Meisterschaft". KN – Kieler Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2021.

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v t e 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 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

Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	Germany