Frisch Auf Göppingen

TPSG Frisch Auf Göppingen
Full name Turn- und Polizeisportgemeinschaft Frisch Auf Göppingen e.V.
Short name FAG
Founded 1896
Arena EWS Arena
Capacity 5,600
President Thomas Lander
Head coach Hartmut Mayerhoffer
League Handball-Bundesliga
2017–18 10th
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Turn- und Polizeisportgemeinschaft Frisch Auf Göppingen e.V. is a sports club from Göppingen, Germany. The club's men's handball team plays under the name FRISCH AUF! Göppingen (organised from FRISCH AUF! Göppingen Management & Marketing GmbH since 1993) in Handball-Bundesliga. Manager of FRISCH AUF! Göppingen Management & Marketing GmbH is Gerd Hofele. The clubs women's handball team Frisch Auf Frauen also plays in 1st German league.

The club came to fame when Bernhard Kempa and his brothers moved from Silesia to Göppingen in 1948 and started playing for the club. First as a player and later as coach, he led the club to most of its titles.[1] Since 1972 - one year after Kempa left the club - Göppingen has not won the Championship again and spent the 1990s in the 2nd division. However in 2001, they were promoted to the Handball Bundesliga again.[2]

Men's handball team

Men's team of Frisch Auf Göppingen after Bundesliga match against TV Großwallstadt in F.a.n. Frankenstolz Arena on 22 December 2010

Accomplishments

1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1970, 1972

European record

Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate
2016–17 EHF Cup R3 Switzerland Pfadi Winterthur 33–30 37–32 70–62
Group Stage Spain Fraikin Granollers 29–28 35–27 1st place
Portugal FC Porto 30–28 31–27
Denmark HC Midtjylland 31–23 25–22

Notable players

  • Martin Galia
  • Enid Tahirović
  • Michael Kraus
  • Oliver Roggisch
  • Momir Rnić
  • Aleksandar Knežević
  • Michael Schweikardt
  • Rareș Jurcă
  • Nikola Manojlović
  • Andrius Stelmokas
  • Žarko Marković
  • Michal Shejbal
  • Bojan Beljanski
  • Bruno Bezerra de Menezes Souza
  • Damjan Blečić
  • Dragoş Oprea
  • Lars Kaufmann
  • Božidar Markićević
  • Volker Michel
  • Vukašin Rajković
  • Simon Baumgarten
  • Dalibor Anušić

Women's handball team

Frisch Auf Frauen
Full name Thop.iwent-Frisch Auf Göppingen-Sport-Dienstleistungs GmbH
Short name FAG, FA Frauen
Arena EWS Arena
Capacity 5,600
Head coach Aleksandar Knežević
League Handball-Bundesliga Frauen
2017/18 7th
Colours
Home
Away
Website
Official site
Team Bus with logo of women's team

The women's team of Frisch Auf Göppingen, also called Frisch Auf Frauen, play same as men's team, in the first league. The team played 2006-07 in Handball-Bundesliga Frauen the first time and currently again since 2008.
Coach of the team is Aleksandar Knežević, who formerly played for the men's team.
The arena ground of women's team is also same as of the men's team, EWS Arena.
In 2009-10 the team played international in Women's EHF Cup.

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2018–19 season

Transfers

Transfers for the 2018–19 season

References

  1. ↑ http://www.kempa-handball.de/scripts/about.asp?lang=en&keyname=story
  2. ↑ German version of this page
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