HC Linz AG

HC Linz AG
HC Linz AG
Full name	Handball Club Linz AG
Short name	Linz
Founded	1972; 52 years ago
Arena	Sporthauptschule Linz Kleinmünchen
Capacity	1,200
League	Handball Liga Austria
Club colours
	Website ; Official site

HC Linz AG is a handball club from Linz, Austria. They currently compete in the Handball Liga Austria.

Linz

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Location of HC Linz AG

History

The club was founded in 1972. It was promoted to the top division in 1974 and has been in the top division continuously since then. They became Austrian champions seven times (1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1994, 1995 and 1996) and won the Austrian Cup four times (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997). In the 1993/94 season, the club reached the final of the EHF Cup.^[1]

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023–24 season^[2]

HC Linz AG

Goalkeepers

16 David Zwicklhuber
61 Florian Kaiper

Left Wingers

Right Wingers

23 Silas Wiesinger

Line Players

Left Backs

Central Backs

Right Backs

34 Nicolas Paulnsteiner

Technical staff

Head coach: Milan Vunjak
Assistant coach: Manuel Gierlinger
Fitness coach: Matthias Papke
Physiotherapist: Franz Kainz
Physiotherapist: Christoph Eisner
Club doctor: Dr. Franz Gaderer

Transfers

Transfers for the 2023–24 season

Joining

Florian Kaiper (GK) from SG Handball West Wien^[3]
Nicolas Paulnsteiner (RB) from SG Handball West Wien
Elias Derdak (LW) from SG Handball West Wien
Jadranko Stojanović (LP) from Alpla HC Hard
Mislav Grgić (LB) from TSV Bayer Dormagen
Arnad Hamzić (LB) from GRK Tikveš
Dejan Golubović (LP) from SK Keplinger-Traun

Leaving

Alexander Hermann (LB) (retires)^[4]
Maximilian Hermann (RB) (retires)^[5]
Markus Bokesch (GK) (retires)
Dejan Babić (LP) to Alpla HC Hard
Tine Gartner (RW) to Union Handballklub Krems
Tobias Cvetko (LB) to Beşiktaş JK

Titles

Handball Liga Austria
- Winner (7) : 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1994, 1995, 1996
Austrian Cup
- Winner (4) : 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
EHF Cup
- Finalist: 1994

European record

EHF Cup and EHF European League

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1993–94 Finalist	1/16	Beşiktaş JK	24–9	32–21	56–30
	1/8	AEL Limassol	wo.
	1/4	Budapesti Elektromos SE	24–19	22–23	46–42
	1/2	Steaua București	21–21	38–23	59–44
	Finals	CB Alzira Avidesa	22–21	19–23	41–44