THW Kiel

THW Kiel is a professional handball club from Kiel, Germany. The club competes in the Handball-Bundesliga and is the record champion with 23 titles. 2007 and 2012 were the most successful years in the club's history, as THW completed the treble, winning the domestic league, the domestic cup, and the EHF Champions League. In 2012, the team won every league game, a first in any top-flight German team sports. They ended the 2019–20 season as winners of the EHF Champions League and champions of the Handball-Bundesliga. Since then, they have secured additional league titles in 2021 and 2023, along with the DHB-Pokal in 2025. They have the nickname 'the zebras' and have a rivalry with fellow Schleswig-Holstein team SG Flensburg-Handewitt.

History

The club was founded on 4 February 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 Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas
• 12 Leon Nowottny
• 33 Andreas Wolff

Left wingers

• 7 Magnus Landin
• 23 Rune Dahmke

Right wingers

• 24 Lukas Zerbe
• 91 Bence Imre

Line players

• 11 Petter Øverby
• 20 Lukas Laube
• 61 Hendrik Pekeler
• 93 Veron Načinović

Left backs

• 21 Eric Johansson
• 53 Nikola Bilyk

Central backs

• 4 Domagoj Duvnjak (c)
• 22 Rasmus Ankermann
• 71 Elias Ellefsen á Skipagøtu

Right backs

• 6 Harald Reinkind
• 15 Jesse Dahmke
• 45 Emil Madsen
• 48 Mohab Abdelhak

Transfers

Transfers for the 2026–27 season

Joining

• Tobias Dengler (GK) (from youth team)
• Vincent Büchner (LW) (from ThSV Eisenach)
• Julian Köster (LB) (from VfL Gummersbach)
• Johan Rohwer (LB) (from youth team)
• Domen Makuc (CB) (from FC Barcelona)
• Jarnes Faust (RW) (from TBV Lemgo Lippe)

Leaving

• Leon Nowottny (GK) (to HSV Hamburg)
• Magnus Landin Jacobsen (LW) (to Aalborg HÃ¥ndbold)
• Nikola Bilyk (LB) (to HC Kriens-Luzern)
• Johan Rohwer (LB) (second game right for TV Großwallstadt)
• Bence Imre (RW) (to ONE Veszprém)
• Petter Øverby (P) (to ?)

Transfers for the 2026–27 season

Joining

• Justus Fischer (P) (from TSV Hannover-Burgdorf)

Leaving

Transfer History

Staff

Staff for the 2023–24 season

Notable former players

• Heinrich Dahlinger (1936–1966)
• Michael Krieter (1983–1998)
• Wolfgang Schwenke (1996–2001)
• Uwe Schwenker (1980–1992)
• Henning Fritz (2001–2007)
• Dominik Klein (2006–2016)
• Thomas Knorr (1992–1998)
• Tobias Reichmann (2009–2012)
• Christian Sprenger (2009–2017)
• Christian Zeitz (2003–2014, 2016–2018)
• Andreas Wolff (2016–2019)
• Christian Dissinger (2015–2018)
• Dario Quenstedt (2019–2022)
• Stefan Lövgren (1999–2009)
• Staffan Olsson (1996–2003)
• Magnus Wislander (1990–2002)
• Johan Petersson (2001–2005)
• Kim Andersson (2005–2012)
• Marcus Ahlm (2003–2013)
• Peter Gentzel (2009–2010)
• (2004–2012)
• Martin Boquist (2003–2005)
• Mattias Andersson (2001–2008)
• Pelle Linders (2005–2007)
• Andreas Palicka (2008–2015)
• Lukas Nilsson (2016–2020)
• Nikolaj Jacobsen (1998–2004)
• Rasmus Lauge (2013–2015)
• René Toft Hansen (2012–2018)
• Lars Krogh Jeppesen (2006–2007)
• Morten Bjerre (2000–2003)
• Niklas Landin Jacobsen (2015–2023)
• Nikola Karabatić (2005–2009)
• Daniel Narcisse (2009–2013)
• Thierry Omeyer (2006–2013)
• Jérôme Fernandez (2010–2011)
• Igor Anić (2015–2016)
• Vincent Gérard (2023–2024)
• Børge Lund (2007–2010)
• Frode Hagen (2004–2006)
• Steinar Ege (1999–2002, 2015)
• Sander Sagosen (2020–2023)
• Goran Stojanović (1996–1999)
• (2003)
• Momir Ilić (2009–2013)
• Marko Vujin (2012–2019)
• Davor Dominiković (2002–2003)
• Ilija Brozović (2016–2017)
• Blaženko Lacković (2016–2017)
• Marek Panas (1982–1989)
• Daniel Waszkiewicz (1987–1990)
• Piotr Przybecki (2001–2004)
• Predrag Timko (1977–1980)
• Nenad Peruničić (1997–2001)
• Goran Stojanović (1996–1999)
• Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (2012–2014)
• Aron Pálmarsson (2009–2015)
• Filip Jícha (2007–2015)
• Pavel Horák (2019–2022)
• Vid Kavtičnik (2005–2009)
• Miha Zarabec (2017–2023)
• Demetrio Lozano (2001–2004)
• Joan Cañellas (2014–2016)
• Wael Jallouz (2013–2014)
• Zvonimir SerdaruÅ¡ić (1980–1981)
• Andrei Xepkin (2007)
• Julio Fis (2001–2002)

Notable former coaches

• (1930–1958)
• Heinrich Dahlinger (1958–1972)
• , , (1972–1973)
• (1973–1975)
• (1975)
• (1975–1977)
• (1977–1978)
• (1978–1979)
• (1979–1980)
• Marinko Andrić (1980–1981)
• (1981–1982)
• (1983–1986)
• (1987–1989)
• (1989)
• (1989–1992)
• Uwe Schwenker (1993)
• Zvonimir SerdaruÅ¡ić (1993–2008)
• Alfreð Gíslason (2008–2019)

References

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