VfL Gummersbach

VfL Gummersbach is a professional handball club from the German city of Gummersbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. Currently, VfL Gummersbach competes in the Handball-Bundesliga and the DHB-Pokal. The club has seen great success, especially from the late 1960s until the early 1990s.

Gummi – the official mascot of VfL Gummersbach.

VfL Gummersbach
Founded	1861; 164 years ago (1861)
Arena	Schwalbe-Arena
Capacity	4,132
Head coach	Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson
League	Handball-Bundesliga
2023–24	6th of 18
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

History

The club was founded as a multisports club on March 3rd 1861 as Gummersbacher Turnverein(GTV). The youth department was founded in 1884, and in 1906 women were included as members.

The handball department was founded in 1925.^[1] While field handball was the most popular variant in Germany at the time, Gummersbach focused on indoor handball.

In 1966 the club won the German Championship for the first time.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

HOME
Select 2014–16

AWAY
Select 2014–16

Accomplishments

• 1. Handball-Bundesliga: 12
  •  Gold: 1966, 1967, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1991
• 2. Handball-Bundesliga:
  •  Gold: 2022
• DHB-Pokal:
  •  Gold: 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1985
• EHF Champions League:
  •  Gold: 1967, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1983
• EHF Champions League Finalists:
  •  Silver: 1972
• EHF Cup Winner's Cup:
  •  Gold: 1978, 1979, 2010, 2011
• EHF Cup:
  •  Gold: 1982, 2009
• European Club Championship:
  •  Gold: 1979, 1983
• European Club Championship Finalists:
  •  Silver: 2006
• Double

Winners: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season

GK 01 Dominik Kuzmanović 16 Bertram Obling LW 05 Tilen Kodrin 06 Miloš Vujović RW 08 Lukas Blohme 11 Mathis Häseler LP 04 Elliði Snær Viðarsson 27 Kristjan Horžen 66 Štěpán Zeman

LB 07 Julian Köster 15 Miro Schluroff 30 Tom Kiesler CB 22 Kentin Mahé 23 Ole Pregler RB 14 Teitur Örn Einarsson 19 Giorgi Tskhovrebadze

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Joining Bertram Obling (GK) (from HC Erlangen) Dominik Kuzmanović (GK) (from RK Nexe Našice) Kentin Mahé (CB) (from Telekom Veszprém) Teitur Einarsson (RB) (from SG Flensburg-Handewitt)

Leaving Tibor Ivanišević (GK) (to Frisch Auf Göppingen) Daniel Rebmann (GK) (to SG BBM Bietigheim) Keno Danzenbächer (GK) (to GWD Minden) Dominik Mappes (CB) (to HSG Wetzlar) Moritz Köster (LB) (to TSV Bayer Dormagen) Arnór Snær Óskarsson (RB) (back from loan to Rhein-Neckar Löwen) Finn Schroven (RB) (to TSV Bayer Dormagen) Tom Jansen (RB) (to ASV Hamm-Westfalen)

Notable players

• Heiner Brand
• Stefan Kretzschmar
• Erhard Wunderlich
• Andreas Dörhöfer
• Mark Dragunski
• Frank von Behren
• Patrick Wiencek
• Christian Ramota
• Adrian Pfahl
• Klaus-Dieter Petersen
• Jochen Brand
• Klaus Brand
• Frank Dammann
• Joachim Deckarm
• Jochen Feldhoff
• Frank Dammann
• Claus Fey
• Rudi Rauer
• Henning Wiechers
• Klaus Westebbe
• Andreas Thiel
• Dirk Rauin
• Gerd Rosendahl
• Franz-Josef Salewski
• Klaus Schlagheck
• Hansi Schmidt
• Christian Fitzek
• Stefan Hecker
• Holger Löhr
• Thomas Krokowski
• Helmut Kosmehl
• Rüdiger Neitzel
• Gunnar Jaeger
• Rolf Jaeger
• Klaus Kater
• Daniel Narcisse
• Igor Anić
• Kentin Mahé
• François-Xavier Houlet
• Vladan Krasavac
• Aleksandar Stanojević
• Momir Ilić
• Vjenceslav Somić
• Drago Vuković
• Kristján Arason
• Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson
• Kyung-Shin Yoon
• Goran Stojanović
• Borko Ristovski
• Aljoša Rezar
• Rune Erland
• Nándor Fazekas
• Viktor Szilágyi

Coaching history

• Petre Ivănescu
• Velimir Kljaić
• Sead Hasanefendić
• Horst Dreischang (1959–1971)^[2]

References

1. "Die Geschichte des VfL muss umgeschrieben werden". Oberberg Aktuell (in German). Retrieved 10 August 2022.
2. "Leseprobe – VFL Gummersbach. Die Chronik by Verlag die Werkstatt – Issuu". 19 November 2015.

External links

• Official website