BSV Sachsen Zwickau

Ballsportverein Sachsen Zwickau e. V. is a German women's handball team from Zwickau, Saxony. It plays in the Bundesliga.

History

The club was founded as a continuation of the DDR club BSG Aktivist Karl Marx Zwickau after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The progenitor club goes back to 1949. In the DDR-Oberliga the team was a regular missing only 2 seasons in the top division. The newly refounded club started in 1990-91 in the Bundesliga, but were relegated in their first season, after finishing 9th out of 12. In 1995 they were promoted to the Bundesliga by winning the 2nd Bundesliga.

The team was promoted to the Bundesliga once again in 2021 by winning another 2nd Bundesliga title. In their first season they survived by finishing 13th out of 14th and thus qualifying for the relegation play-off, which they won against Frisch Auf Göppingen. In the 2023–24 season they achieved their best result ever, when they finished 11th.

Current squad

Squad for the 2025–26 season

Goalkeepers

• 11 Lilly Janßen
• 16 Thara Sieg
• 56 Barbara Győri

Wingers

LW

• 25 Lea–Sophie Walkowiak

RW

• 99 Romé Steverink
• 95 Neele Reuter

Line players

• 6 Laura Szabó
• 31 Victoria Hasselbusch
• 73 Zoe Stens

Back players

LB

• 17 Charlotte Kähr
• 44 Julia Niewiadomska

CB

• 13 Jasmina Gierga
• 23 Silje Brøns Petersen
• 37 Laura Pénzes

RB

• 59 Kaho Nakayama

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–26 season:

Joining

• Silje Brøns Petersen (CB) (from EH Aalborg)
• Zoe Stens (LP) (from HSV Solingen-Gräfrath)
• Charlotte Kähr (LB) (from Buxtehuder SV)
• Julia Niewiadomska (LB) (from HB Ludwigsburg)
• Neele Reuter (RW) (from own youth)
• Romé Steverink (RW) (from Molde Elite)
• Laura Pénzes (CB) (from SV Union Halle-Neustadt)
• Thara Sieg (GK) (from SV Union Halle-Neustadt)
• Lilly Janßen (GK) (on loan from VfL Oldenburg)

Leaving

• Rita Lakatos (CB) (retires)
• Simona Madjovska (LB) (retires)
• Marloes Hoitzing (RB) (retires)
• Tereza Eksteinová (RW) (retires)
• Emma Montag (RW) (retires)
• Arwen Gorb (CB) (retires)
• Déborah Kpodar (LB) (to Stella Saint-Maur Handball)
• NataÅ¡a Ćorović (CB) (to DHK Baník Most)
• Jovana Kadović (GK) (to HK Slovan Duslo Å aľa)
• Anna Franková (RW) (from HC Rödertal)
• Dana Gruner (LW) (from Bayer 04 Leverkusen)
• Juliane Peter (RB) (from HC Leipzig)

Staff

Coaching history

• Rolf Steudemann (1982 to August 1992)
• Csaba Arva (August 1992 to April 1996)
• Bernd Groh (April 1996 to November 1996)
• Rolf Steudemann (November 1996 to March 1999)
• Andreas Bolomsky (March 1999 to May 1999)
• Antanas Taraskevicius (July 1999 to May 2001)
• Steffen Lederer (July 2001 to October 2004)
• Isabella Glaser (October 2004 to November 2005)
• Harry Olzmann (November 2005 to January 2006)
• Csaba Arva (January 2006 to November 2007)
• Steffen Wohlrab (November 2007 to December 2011)
• Norman Rentsch (December 2011 to June 2014)
• Jiri TancoÅ¡ (July 2014 to January 2015)
• Daniela Filip (January 2015 to June 2015)
• Karsten Knöfler (July 2015 to February 2016)
• Andy Palm (March 2016 to February 2017)
• Corina Cupcea (Interim / March 2017 to May 2017)
• Marko Brezić (July 2017 to 17. November 2017)
• Corina Cupcea (Interim / 17. November 2017 to 30. June 2018)
• Rüdiger Bones (1. July 2018 to 19. December 2018)
• Norman Rentsch (From 8. January 2019)

References