Handball Club Leipzig

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.

Handball Club Leipzig
Full nameHandball Club Leipzig
Short nameHCL
Founded1893
ArenaArena Leipzig
Capacity7,000[1]
PresidentAndreas Erzkamp
Head coachNorman Rentsch
LeagueHBL Frauen
2017–2018HBL Frauen, 6th
Home
Away
Website
Official site

Honours

  • Handball-Bundesliga Frauen:
    • Winners (21)
  • German Cup:
    • Winners (7)
  • German Supercup:
    • Winners (1)
  • EHF Women's Champions League:
    • Winners (2): 1966, 1974
    • Runners-Up (4): 1967, 1970, 1972, 1977
  • EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup:
    • Runners-Up (2): 1978, 1997
  • Women's EHF Cup:
    • Winners (2): 1986, 1992
    • Runners-Up (1): 2009

European record

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