HB Ludwigsburg

HB Ludwigsburg is a German professional handball club from Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg. Its women's team is playing in the Handball-Bundesliga Frauen,^[1] and internationally in the EHF Champions League. The men's team plays in the Handball-Bundesliga.^[2]

HB Ludwigsburg
Full name	Handball Ludwigsburg
Short name	HB Ludwigsburg
Founded	1997; 28 years ago (1997)
Arena	MHPArena, Ludwigsburg
Capacity	3,800
President	Steffen Merkle
Head coach	Jakob Vestergaard from 07/2025 Tomas Hlavaty
League	HBL
2023–24	Champions
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

SG BBM Bietigheim

Location of SG BBM Bietigheim

For the 2024/25 season, the women's team moved its official location from Bietigheim to Ludwigsburg and changed the official club name to 'HB Ludwigsburg'.^[3]

Team

Kits

HOME
2014–15	2022–23

AWAY
2014–15	2018-19	2019-20

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Handball-Bundesliga Frauen:
  • Champions (5): 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024
  • Runners-Up (2): 2018, 2021
• 2. Handball-Bundesliga
  • Champions: 2013
• German Cup:
  • Winners (2): 2021, 2022
• German Supercup:
  • Winners (4): 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022

European competitions

• Women's EHF Champions League:
  • Runners-Up: 2024

• Women's EHF European League:
  • Winners: 2022
  • Runners-Up: 2017

Team

Bietigheim wins 2021 DHB-Pokal

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season^[4]

Goalkeepers 01 Johanna Bundsen 16 Nicole Roth Wingers LW 05 Antje Döll 67 Veronika Malá RW 30 Jenny Behrend 48 Dorottya Faluvégi Line players 04 Kaba Gassama 13 Valentina Klemenčič 20 Sofia Hvenfelt

Back players LB 22 Xenia Smits 33 Guro Nestaker 44 Julia Niewiadomska CB 02 Mareike Thomaier 14 Karolina Kudłacz-Gloc (pregnant) 42 Jenny Carlson RB 07 Viola Leuchter 19 Anne With Johansen

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Joining Tomáš Hlavatý (Head Coach) (free agent)

Leaving Jakob Vestergaard (Head Coach) (to Odense Håndbold)

Top scorers in the EHF Champions League

(All-Time) – Last updated on 24 February 2025^[5]

Rank	Name	Seasons played	Goals
1	Antje Döll	7	229
2	Xenia Smits	4	218
3	Kim Naidzinavicius	5	210
4	Karolina Kudłacz-Gloc	6	205
5	Kelly Dulfer	2	119
6	Julia Maidhof	2	115
7	Veronika Malá	3	109
8	Kaba Gassama	2	105
9	Dorottya Faluvégi	2	77
10	Luisa Schulze	4	75

Notable former players

• Kim Naidzinavicius (2016–2023)
• Anna Loerper (2018–2021)
• Luisa Schulze (2016–2022)
• Dinah Eckerle (2018–2020)
• Julia Behnke (2011–2014)
• Nina Müller (2015–2018)
• Susann Müller (2015–2018)
• Julia Maidhof (2020–2023)
• Amelie Berger (2019–2021)
• Ann-Cathrin Giegerich (2011–2017)
• Jenny Karolius (2009–2011)
• Tess Wester (2015–2018)
• Maura Visser (2015–2020)
• Angela Malestein (2014–2020)
• Laura van der Heijden (2018–2020)
• Danick Snelder (2020–2024)
• Martine Smeets (2015–2018)
• Kelly Dulfer (2021–2024)
• Inger Smits (2021–2024)
• Isabelle Jongenelen (2014–2015)
• Charris Rozemalen (2017–2019)
• Trine Østergaard (2020–2023)
• Fie Woller (2016–2020)
• Stine Jørgensen (2020–2022)
• Mille Hundahl (2015–2018)
• Mia Biltoft (2016–2018)
• Emily Stang Sando (2020–2021)
• Hanna Yttereng (2014–2017)
• Maren Nyland Aardahl (2019–2020)
• Gabriela Moreschi (2021–2024)
• Fernanda da Silva (2016–2017)
• Fabiana Diniz (2015–2016)
• Melinda Szikora (2021–2024)
• Annamária Ilyés (2013–2016)
• Barbara Bagócsi (2011–2014)
• Anna Wysokińska (2013–2015)
• Klaudia Pielesz (2014–2015)
• Žana Čović (2013–2015)
• Beate Scheffknecht (2009–2011)
• Paule Baudouin (2015–2016)
• Daniela Gustin (2018–2019)
• Valentyna Salamakha (2016–2021)

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
2016–17	EHF Cup Finalist	R1	ŽRK Naisa Niš	34–15	37–19	71–34
		R2	ASC Corona 2010 Brasov	37–24	23–19	60–43
		R3	RK Podravka Koprivnica	23–16	24–20	47–36
		Group C	Rostov-Don	20–23	24–34	2nd place
			Érd NK	28–25	27–35
			Byåsen HE	39–33	28–23
		1/4	HC Kuban Krasnodar	33–26	26–31	59–57
		1/2	Nykøbing Falster HK	38–27	28–32	66–59
		Final	Rostov-Don	25–28	21–25	46–53
2017–18	Champions League	Group D	ŽRK Budućnost	27–21	24–32	3rd place
			Metz Handball	26–30	21–27
			Vipers Kristiansand	25–24	29–24
		Main Round Group 2	HC Vardar	26–38	22–30	5th place
			Ferencvárosi TC	27–23	22–31
			Thüringer HC	21–34	26–28
2018–19	Champions League	Qualification /SF	BM Bera Bera	33–27
		Qualification /F	MKS Lublin	34–19
		Group D	CSM București	30–28	24–32	4th place
			Vipers Kristiansand	27–27	26–34
			Ferencvárosi TC	25–28	30–33
	EHF Cup	Group A	Team Esbjerg	27–32	27–28	3rd place
			Storhamar Håndball Elite	28–25	28–29
			Măgura Cisnădie	29–17	34–20
2019–20	Champions League	Group C	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	31–28	27–34	4th place
			Budućnost	20–21	28–34
			Brest Bretagne HB	32–35	30–36
	EHF Cup	Group D	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	26–26	25–38	4th place
			HC Lada	31–29	25–30
			Storhamar HE	32–33	28–27
2020–21	Champions League	Group A	Metz Handball	25–33	27–36	8th place
			Rostov-Don	31–32	21–27
			Vipers Kristiansand	29–33	0–10
			Team Esbjerg	26–33	29–37
			Ferencvárosi TC	25–29	35–24
			CSM București	22–32	0–10
			RK Krim	22–22	26–28
		Round of 16	Győri Audi ETO KC	20–37	28–32	48–69
2021–22	European League Winner	Qual. Round 3	Tertnes HE	39–18	21–20	60–38
		Group B	Neptunes de Nantes	32–29	27–25	1st place
			Minaur Baia Mare	39–20	28–20
			MKS Lublin	29–19	33–21
		Quarterfinals	ESBF Besançon	30–20	29–23	59–43
		Semi-final	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	34–33
		Final	Viborg HK	31–20
2022–23	EHF Champions League	Group A	Odense Håndbold	24–31	24–27	7th place
			RK Krim Mercator	30–23	28–35
			Vipers Kristiansand	32–30	32–34
			Brest Bretagne Handball	25–25	28–32
			FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	40–20	23–28
			DHK Baník Most	46–23	47–25
			CSM București	28–28	25–27
2023–24	EHF Champions League Finalist	Group A	CSM București	26–24	28–31	6th place
			Győri Audi ETO KC	26–34	29–31
			IK Sävehof	30–21	33–29
			Odense Håndbold	29–42	25–28
			Brest Bretagne Handball	34–30	30–37
			ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica	27–22	34–16
			DVSC Schaeffler	36–26	27–31
		Playoffs	Ikast Håndbold	29–27	31–31	60–58
		Quarterfinals	Odense Håndbold	30–26	30–32	60–58
		Semi-final	Metz Handball	36–29
		Final	Győri Audi ETO KC	24–30
2024–25	EHF Champions League	Group B	Team Esbjerg	31–36	30–30	5th place
			ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica	26–18	36–25
			Győri Audi ETO KC	26–31	19–32
			Vipers Kristiansand	33–29	23–30
			Brest Bretagne Handball	26–33	28–26
			CS Rapid București	30–24	37–29
			Odense Håndbold	24–40	22–28
		Playoffs	RK Krim Mercator

Stadium

MHPArena

• Name: MHPArena
• City: Ludwigsburg
• Capacity: 3,800
• Address: Schwieberdinger Str. 30 71636
• Played in the arena since: 2009-

Kit manufacturers

• Hummel

Coaching history

^[6]

• Severin Engelmann (2010–2011)
• Dago Leukefeld (2013–2014)^[7]
• Martin Albertsen (2014–2020)
• Markus Gaugisch (2020–2023)
• Jakob Vestergaard (2023–recent)

Men's handball team

Main article: SG BBM Bietigheim (men's handball)

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

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