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.

Leipzig

Location of SC DHfK Leipzig Handball

SC DHfK Leipzig Handball
Full name	Sportclub Deutsche Hochschule für Körperkultur Leipzig
Founded	1954; 71 years ago (1954)
Arena	Arena Leipzig
Capacity	8,000
President	Bernd Merbitz
Head coach	André Haber
League	Handball-Bundesliga
2023–24	8th of 18
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

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)^[1] and won the GDR Cup twice.^[2] 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

Period	Kit manufacturer
0000–2017	Hummel
2017–2020	Puma
2020–present	Craft

Kits

HOME
2014–16	2016–17	2018–20	Craft 2020–21	Craft 2021–22

AWAY
2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	Craft 2020–21	Craft 2021–22

THIRD
2016–17

Sports hall information

Home hall: Arena Leipzig

• Name: – Arena Leipzig
• City: – Leipzig
• Capacity: – 8000
• Address: – Am Sportforum 2 04105 Leipzig, Germany

Accomplishments

• EHF Champions League:
  •  Gold: 1966
• GDR Championship (Oberliga):
  •  Gold: 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1976^a, 1979^a
  •  Silver: 1969^a
• GDR Cup (FDGB-Pokal):
  • Gold: 1971, 1972, 1982^a
• 2. Handball-Bundesliga:
  •  Gold: 2015

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season^[3]

SC DHfK Leipzig Handball
Goalkeepers 01 Domenico Ebner 12 Kristian Sæverås Left wingers 11 Lukas Binder 00 Nils Greilich Right wingers 08 Lukas Krzikalla Line players 24 Moritz Preuss 00 Luka Rogan Left backs 13 Matěj Klíma 14 Marko Mamić 00 Friedrich Schmitt Centre Backs 04 Andri Rúnarsson 05 Simon Ernst 07 Luca Witzke Right backs 32 Franz Semper 73 Viggó Kristjánsson

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 2025–26 season

Joining

Leaving Kristian Sæverås (GK) (to Frisch Auf Göppingen)

Previous squads

2012–2013 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Czech Republic	Michael Galia	(1972-10-02) 2 October 1972 (age 52)	Goalkeeper
2	Germany	Martin Müller	(1990-05-09) 9 May 1990 (age 34)	Left Back
3	Germany	Ole Dietzmann	(1989-03-20) 20 March 1989 (age 35)	Right Back
4	Germany	Max Emanuel	(1994-08-26) 26 August 1994 (age 30)	Right Back
6	Germany	Ulrich Streitenberger	(1982-04-06) 6 April 1982 (age 42)	Left Winger
8	Germany	Lucas Krzikalla	(1994-01-14) 14 January 1994 (age 31)	Right Winger
9	Germany	Steve Baumgärtel	(1984-02-25) 25 February 1984 (age 41)	Right Back
10	Germany	Thomas Oehlrich	(1984-08-05) 5 August 1984 (age 40)	Line Player
11	Germany	Lukas Binder	(1992-06-30) 30 June 1992 (age 32)	Left Winger
17	Germany	René Boese	(1984-02-28) 28 February 1984 (age 41)	Right Winger
18	Germany	Eric Jacob	(1987-04-05) 5 April 1987 (age 37)	Left Back
21	Germany	Till Riehn	(1986-07-01) 1 July 1986 (age 38)	Central Back
22	Hungary	Gabor Pulay	(1970-06-15) 15 June 1970 (age 54)	Goalkeeper
24	Germany	Oliver Krechel	(1990-11-24) 24 November 1990 (age 34)	Goalkeeper
29	Czech Republic	Pavel Prokopec	(1980-01-10) 10 January 1980 (age 45)	Left Back
30	Romania	Cristian Telehuz	(1979-09-29) 29 September 1979 (age 45)	Line Player
43	Germany	Alexander Feld	(1993-06-15) 15 June 1993 (age 31)	Central Back
55	Germany	Rico Göde	(1982-04-13) 13 April 1982 (age 42)	Line Player

EHF ranking

As of 8 April 2022^[4]

Rank	Team	Points
135	RK Partizan	35
136	US Dunkerque HB	35
137	IK Dicken	35
138	SC DHfK Leipzig Handball	35
139	Mors-Thy Håndbold	35
140	Olympiacos	34
141	A.C. PAOK	34

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 (2020–2025)
• 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

Seasons	Coach	Country
2010–2013	Uwe Jungandreas
2013	Michael Biegler
2013	André Haber
2013–2017	Christian Prokop
2017	André Haber
2018	Michael Biegler
2018–	André Haber

Notes

a.^ ^ ^ ^ SC Leipzig