Handball Club Leipzig

Handball Club Leipzig
Full name Handball Club Leipzig
Short name HCL
Founded 1893
Arena Arena Leipzig
Capacity 7,000[1]
President Andreas Erzkamp
Head coach Norman Rentsch
League HBL Frauen
2017–2018 HBL Frauen, 6th
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HC Leipzig is a women's handball club based in Leipzig, Germany. They play in Handball-Bundesliga Frauen and are often competing in the EHF Women's Champions League, the now defunct EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup, which merged with the Women's EHF Cup and are internationally regarded as one of the best German women's handball clubs.

Honours

European record

Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate
2016–17 EHF Champions League Q1 Belarus HC Gomel 29–18 1st place
Austria Hypo Niederösterreich 32–30
Group B Republic of Macedonia Vardar 22–45 24–41 4th place
Hungary FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 17–30 22–26
Russia HC Astrakhanochka 30–27 24–27
EHF Cup Group B Russia HC Kuban Krasnodar 27–33 24–32 4th place
France Brest Bretagne Handball 15–34 20–23
Hungary Alba Fehérvár KC 21–34 27–29

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2017–18 season[2]

Technical staff

  • Club Manager: Kay-Sven Hähner
  • Head Coach: Norman Rentsch
  • Assistant Coach: Max Berthold
  • Goalkeeping Coach: Wieland Schmidt
  • Fitness and Athletics Coach: Isabelle Kellmann
  • Physiotherapist: Christian Markus
  • Physiotherapist: Danilo Menge
  • Team Doctor: Dr. Gotthard Knoll

Notable former players

References

  1. "Handball Arenen Deutschland" (in German). Stadionwelt. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
  2. "Kaderlist 2014/2015" [Squadlist for the 2014/2015 season] (in German). HC Leipzig official website. Retrieved 18 October 2014.


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