Handball Club Leipzig

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HC Leipzig is a women's handball club based in Leipzig, Germany. They play in Handball-Bundesliga Frauen and are often competing in the EHF Women's Champions League, the now defunct EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup, which merged with the Women's EHF Cup and are internationally regarded as one of the best German women's handball clubs.

Handball Club Leipzig
Full nameHandball Club Leipzig
Short nameHCL
Founded1893
ArenaArena Leipzig
Capacity7,000[1]
PresidentTorsten Brunnquell
Head coachFabian Kunze
League2. Handball-Bundesliga
2021–20222. Handball-Bundesliga, 12th
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Website
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Kits

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Honours

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Domestic competitions

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  • Handball-Bundesliga Frauen:
    •   Champions (6): 1998, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2010
  • German Cup:
    •   Winners (7): 1996, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2016
  • German Supercup:
    •   Winners (1): 2008
  • DDR-Oberliga:
    •   Champions (15): 1953, 1957, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1984, 1988, 1991
  • FDGB-Pokal:
    •   Winners (3): 1971, 1983, 1987

European competitions

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European record

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Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate
2016–17 EHF Champions League Q1   HC Gomel 29–18 1st place
  Hypo Niederösterreich 32–30
Group B   Vardar 22–45 24–41 4th place
  FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 17–30 22–26
  HC Astrakhanochka 30–27 24–27
EHF Cup Group B   HC Kuban Krasnodar 27–33 24–32 4th place
  Brest Bretagne Handball 15–34 20–23
  Alba Fehérvár KC 21–34 27–29

Team

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Current squad

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Squad for the 2021–22 season[2]

Goalkeeper

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  • 16 Anna Kröber
  • 26 Annabell Krüeger

Fields

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  • 2 Pauline Uhlmann
  • 3 Lara Seidel
  • 7 Julia Weise
  • 10 Emely Theilig
  • 14 Hanna Ferber-Rahnhöfer
  • 20 Sharleen Greschner
  • 22 Emily Glimm
  • 23 Tyra Bessert
  • 24 Lotta Röpcke
  • 25 Lilli Röpcke
  • 33 Christin Conrad
  • 36 Stefanie Hummel
  • 35 Jacqueline Hummel
  • 41 Wiebke Meyer
  • 99 Nina Reißberg

Technical Staff

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  • Club Manager: Torsten Brunnquell
  • Head Coach: Fabian Kunze
  • Assistant Coach: Philip Brommann
  • Goalkeeping Coach: Wieland Schmidt
  • Physiotherapist: Sophie Höpfner


Squad for the 2017–18 season

Technical staff

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  • Club Manager: Kay-Sven Hähner
  • Head Coach: Norman Rentsch
  • Assistant Coach: Max Berthold
  • Goalkeeping Coach: Wieland Schmidt
  • Fitness and Athletics Coach: Isabelle Kellmann
  • Physiotherapist: Christian Markus
  • Physiotherapist: Danilo Menge
  • Team Doctor: Dr. Gotthard Knoll

Notable former players

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References

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  1. ^ "Handball Arenen Deutschland" (in German). Stadionwelt. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Kaderlist 2014/2015" [Squadlist for the 2014/2015 season] (in German). HC Leipzig official website. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
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