Handball Club Leipzig

German handball club

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.

Kits

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Handball-Bundesliga Frauen:
  • Champions (6): 1998, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2010
• German Cup:
  • Winners (7): 1996, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2016
• German Supercup:
  • Winners (1): 2008
• DDR-Oberliga:
  • Champions (15): 1953, 1957, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1984, 1988, 1991
• FDGB-Pokal:
  • Winners (3): 1971, 1983, 1987

European competitions

• 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

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2021–22 season^[2]

Goalkeeper

• 16 Anna Kröber
• 26 Annabell Krüeger

Fields

• 2 Pauline Uhlmann
• 3 Lara Seidel
• 7 Julia Weise
• 10 Emely Theilig
• 14 Hanna Ferber-Rahnhöfer
• 20 Sharleen Greschner
• 22 Emily Glimm
• 23 Tyra Bessert
• 24 Lotta Röpcke
• 25 Lilli Röpcke
• 33 Christin Conrad
• 36 Stefanie Hummel
• 35 Jacqueline Hummel
• 41 Wiebke Meyer
• 99 Nina Reißberg

Technical Staff

• Club Manager: Torsten Brunnquell
• Head Coach: Fabian Kunze
• Assistant Coach: Philip Brommann
• Goalkeeping Coach: Wieland Schmidt
• Physiotherapist: Sophie Höpfner

Squad for the 2017–18 season

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

• Natalie Augsburg
• Nora Reiche
• Ulrike Stange
• Katja Schülke
• Luisa Schulze
• Susann Müller
• Anne Müller
• Katja Langkeit
• Nina Müller
• Grit Jurack
• Anne Hubinger
• Saskia Lang
• Franziska Mietzner
• Shenia Minevskaja
• Sara Eriksson
• Sara Holmgren
• Karolina Kudlacz
• Karolina Szwed
• Debbie Bont
• Maura Visser
• Jessy Kramer
• Rikke Nielsen
• Louise Lyksborg
• Chana Masson
• Idalina Borges Mesquita
• Else Marthe Sörlie Lybekk
• Renate Urne
• Ionica Munteanu

References

1. "Handball Arenen Deutschland" (in German). Stadionwelt. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
2. "Kaderlist 2014/2015" [Squadlist for the 2014/2015 season] (in German). HC Leipzig official website. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2014.

External links

• Official website