HSV Hamburg
HSV Hamburg | |||
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Full name | Handball Sport Verein Hamburg e.V. | ||
Short name | HSV | ||
Founded | 1999 | ||
Arena |
O² World Sporthalle Hamburg | ||
Capacity |
13,800 (O² World) 3,926 (Sporthalle) | ||
President | Karl Gladeck | ||
Head coach | Michael Biegler | ||
League | Handball-Bundesliga | ||
2014–15 | 9th | ||
Colours | |||
Club colours | |||
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Website Official site |
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HSV Hamburg is a handball club from Germany, located in Hamburg. Currently, HSV Hamburg competes in the 3. Liga Nord. The full name in German is Handball Sport Verein Hamburg e.V. but the club is usually called HSV Handball, HSV Hamburg or just HSV.
HSV Hamburg is the former handball category of VfL Bad Schwartau and the HSV Lübeck, connected in 1999. In 2002 they were relocated to Hamburg in order to grow and renamed. After the relocation they had financial troubles and almost lost licence for the German First League of Handball.[1] With the investment of the new president Andreas Rudolph in 2005, the club was able to focus again on the gaming operation.
The HSV Hamburg is not a division of Hamburger Sportverein, they only have the rights to use their logo and their abbreviation for publicity purposes. From 2008 on their junior and minor teams are playing under the name of SG HSV Handball.
On 20 January 2016, their license was removed due to violations, and as a result HSV Handball are not allowed submitting licence application to participate in games in either First or Second Handball Bundesliga during 2016/17 season.[2]
Team
Staff
- Staff for the 2015-16 season
Pos. | Name |
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Head Coach | Michael Biegler |
Current squad
- Squad for the 2015-16 season[3]
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Notable former players
Ion Belaustegui
Dan Beutler
Morten Bjerre
Oscar Carlén
Bertrand Gille
Guillaume Gille
Torsten Jansen
Branko Kokir
Alexandru Șimicu
Michael Kraus
Krzysztof Lijewski
Tomas Svensson
Dmitri Torgovanov
Oleg Velyky
Yoon Kyung-shin
Roman Pungartnik
Per Sandström
Enid Tahirović
Iwan Ursic
Igor Vori
Renato Vugrinec
Blaženko Lacković
Stefan Terzić
Joan Cañellas
Domagoj Duvnjak
Goran Stojanović
Andreas Nilsson
Accomplishments
- Handball-Bundesliga:
- 2011
- National Cup of Germany:
- 2006, 2010
- EHF Champions League:
Gold: 2013
- EHF Cup Winner's Cup:
- 2007
- National Supercup of Germany:
- 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010
References
- ↑ welt.de: HSV Handball: Strenge Auflagen dämpfen Freude, 27. May 2004 German
- ↑ "Lizenzentzug für HSV Handball". dkb-handball-bundesliga.de. 20 January 2016.
- ↑ "The team 2015/2016" (in German). THW Kiel official website. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
External links
- HSV Hamburg Official Website (English)
- HSV Hamburg Official Website (German)
- Official Website of the HSV Hamburg Supporters (German)