THW Kiel

History

The club was founded on February 4, 1904, as a gymnastics association. From the beginning it was only a men's club, but from 1907 women were included too. The handball department was founded in summer 1923, initially focusing on field handball before transitioning to indoor handball. The opening of the Ostseehalle in Kiel in 1951 provided a key venue for indoor handball, boosting the sport's popularity locally. THW Kiel achieved its first national indoor handball championship in 1957. In 1992, the professional handball team became an independent entity as THW Kiel Handball-Bundesliga GmbH & Co. KG.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

Accomplishments

• Handball-Bundesliga: 23
  • : 1957, 1962, 1963, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021, 2023
  • : 1953, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1983, 1985, 1989, 2004, 2011, 2019, 2022
• DHB-Pokal: 13
  • : 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2025
  • : 1979, 1990, 2005
• DHB-Supercup: 13
  • : 1995, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • : 1994, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2025
• EHF Champions League: 4
  • : 2007, 2010, 2012, 2020
  • : 2000, 2008, 2009, 2014
  • : 2022, 2024
• EHF Cup / EHF European League: 4
  • : 1998, 2002, 2004, 2019
  • : 2025
• EHF Men's Champions Trophy: 1
  • : 2007
  • : 2004
  • : 2001, 2008
• IHF Men's Super Globe: 1
  • : 2011
  • : 2012, 2019
• German Championship: 2 (Field handball)
  • : 1948, 1950
  • : 1951, 1953
• Double: 8
  • 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2012–13
• Triple Crown: 2
  • 2006–07, 2011–12

Team

Current squad

:Squad for the 2025–26 season

;Goalkeepers

• 1 ESP Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas
• 12 GER Leon Nowottny
• 33 GER Andreas Wolff ;Left wingers
• 7 DEN Magnus Landin
• 23 GER Rune Dahmke ;Right wingers
• 24 GER Lukas Zerbe
• 91 HUN Bence Imre ;Line players
• 11 NOR Petter Øverby
• 20 SUI Lukas Laube
• 61 GER Hendrik Pekeler
• 93 CRO Veron Načinović ;Left backs
• 21 SWE Eric Johansson
• 53 AUT Nikola Bilyk ;Central backs
• 4 CRO Domagoj Duvnjak (c)
• 22 GER Rasmus Ankermann
• 71 FAR Elias Ellefsen á Skipagøtu ;Right backs
• 6 NOR Harald Reinkind
• 15 GER Jesse Dahmke
• 45 DEN Emil Madsen [[File:Injury icon 2.svg|14px]]
• 48 EGY Mohab Abdelhak

Transfers

:Transfers for the 2026–27 season ;Joining [[Image:Arrow-up.png]]

• GER Jarnes Faust (RW) (from GER TBV Lemgo Lippe)
• GER Julian Köster (LB) (from GER VfL Gummersbach)
• SLO Domen Makuc (CB) (from ESP FC Barcelona)

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• AUT Nikola Bilyk (LB) (to SUI HC Kriens-Luzern)
• HUN Bence Imre (RW) (to HUN ONE Veszprém)

Transfer History

Staff

:Staff for the 2023–24 season

Notable former players

• GER Heinrich Dahlinger (1936–1966)
• GER Michael Krieter (1983–1998)
• GER Wolfgang Schwenke (1996–2001)
• GER Uwe Schwenker (1980–1992)
• GER Henning Fritz (2001–2007)
• GER Dominik Klein (2006–2016)
• GER Thomas Knorr (1992–1998)
• GER Tobias Reichmann (2009–2012)
• GER Christian Sprenger (2009–2017)
• GER Christian Zeitz (2003–2014, 2016–2018)
• GER Andreas Wolff (2016–2019)
• GER Christian Dissinger (2015–2018)
• GER Dario Quenstedt (2019–2022)
• SWE Stefan Lövgren (1999–2009)
• SWE Staffan Olsson (1996–2003)
• SWE Magnus Wislander (1990–2002)
• SWE Johan Petersson (2001–2005)
• SWE Kim Andersson (2005–2012)
• SWE Marcus Ahlm (2003–2013)
• SWE Peter Gentzel (2009–2010)
• SWE Henrik Lundström (2004–2012)
• SWE Martin Boquist (2003–2005)
• SWE Mattias Andersson (2001–2008)
• SWE Pelle Linders (2005–2007)
• SWE Andreas Palicka (2008–2015)
• SWE Lukas Nilsson (2016–2020)
• DEN Nikolaj Jacobsen (1998–2004)
• DEN Rasmus Lauge (2013–2015)
• DEN René Toft Hansen (2012–2018)
• DEN Lars Krogh Jeppesen (2006–2007)
• DEN Morten Bjerre (2000–2003)
• DEN Niklas Landin Jacobsen (2015–2023)
• FRA Nikola Karabatić (2005–2009)
• FRA Daniel Narcisse (2009–2013)
• FRA Thierry Omeyer (2006–2013)
• FRA Jérôme Fernandez (2010–2011)
• FRA Igor Anić (2015–2016)
• FRA Vincent Gérard (2023–2024)
• NOR Børge Lund (2007–2010)
• NOR Frode Hagen (2004–2006)
• NOR Steinar Ege (1999–2002, 2015)
• NOR Sander Sagosen (2020–2023)
• SRB Goran Stojanović (1996–1999)
• SRB Ljubomir Pavlović (2003)
• SRB Momir Ilić (2009–2013)
• SRB Marko Vujin (2012–2019)
• CRO Davor Dominiković (2002–2003)
• CRO Ilija Brozović (2016–2017)
• CRO Blaženko Lacković (2016–2017)
• POL Marek Panas (1982–1989)
• POL Daniel Waszkiewicz (1987–1990)
• POL Piotr Przybecki (2001–2004)
• YUG Predrag Timko (1977–1980)
• YUG Nenad Peruničić (1997–2001)
• YUG Goran Stojanović (1996–1999)
• ISL Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (2012–2014)
• ISL Aron Pálmarsson (2009–2015)
• CZE Filip Jícha (2007–2015)
• CZE Pavel Horák (2019–2022)
• SLO Vid Kavtičnik (2005–2009)
• SLO Miha Zarabec (2017–2023)
• ESP Demetrio Lozano (2001–2004)
• ESP Joan Cañellas (2014–2016)
• TUN Wael Jallouz (2013–2014)
• GERCRO Zvonimir Serdarušić (1980–1981)
• UKRESP Andrei Xepkin (2007)
• CUBESP Julio Fis (2001–2002)

Notable former coaches

• GER Fritz Westheider (1930–1958)
• GER Heinrich Dahlinger (1958–1972)
• GER Kurt Bartels, GER Rolf Krabbenhöft, GER Bernd Struck (1972–1973)
• GER Adolf Gabriel (1973–1975)
• GER Werner Kirst (1975)
• GER Gerd Welz (1975–1977)
• YUG Željko Seleš (1977–1978)
• GER Werner Kirst (1978–1979)
• GER Gerd Welz (1979–1980)
• YUG Marinko Andrić (1980–1981)
• GER Herward Wieck (1981–1982)
• ISL Jóhann Ingi Gunnarsson (1983–1986)
• POL Marek Panas (1987–1989)
• CRO Josip Milković (1989)
• GER Holger Oertel (1989–1992)
• GER Uwe Schwenker (1993)
• GER CRO Zvonimir Serdarušić (1993–2008)
• ISL Alfreð Gíslason (2008–2019)

References

References

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3. "So reagieren die THW-Fans auf die Meisterschaft".
4. "THW Kiel win DHB Cup 2025".
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6. (2004-02-04). "Gestreift! 100 Jahre THW".
7. (8 August 2023). "Der THW Kiel holt Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas 2025 in die stärkste Liga der Welt".
8. (18 July 2025). "Der erste Schweizer beim THW Kiel: Nationalspieler Lukas Laube wird ein Zebra".
9. (5 November 2024). "Tomas Mrkva setzt seine Karriere ab nächster Saison in Leipzig fort".
10. (13 March 2025). "THW-Kapitän Patrick Wiencek beendet im Sommer seine erfolgreiche Karriere".