THW Kiel

THW Kiel
Full name	Turnverein Hassee-Winterbek Kiel
Founded	1904 (1904)
Arena	Sparkassen-Arena
Capacity	10,250
President	Olaf Berner
Head coach	Filip Jicha
League	Handball-Bundesliga
2023–24	4th of 18
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

THW Kiel is a professional handball club from Kiel, Germany. Currently, they compete in the Handball-Bundesliga and are the record champion with 23 titles.

2007 and 2012 were the most successful years in the club's history, as THW completed the treble, winning the domestic league, the domestic cup, and the EHF Champions League. In 2012, the team won every league game, a first in any top-flight German team sports.

They ended the 2019–20 season as winners of the EHF Champions League and champions of the Handball-Bundesliga.

They have a rivalry with fellow Schleswig-Holstein team SG Flensburg-Handewitt.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

HOME
2010–12	2013–14	2018–19	2019–20	2024-

AWAY
2018–19	2020–21	2024-

Accomplishments

• Handball-Bundesliga: 23
  •  Gold: 1957, 1962, 1963, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021, 2023
• DHB-Pokal: 12
  •  Gold: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2022
• DHB-Supercup: 13
  •  Gold: 1995, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
• EHF Champions League:
  •  Gold: 2007, 2010, 2012, 2020
  •  Silver: 2000, 2008, 2009, 2014
  •  Bronze: 2022, 2024
• EHF Cup:
  •  Gold: 1998, 2002, 2004, 2019
• EHF Men's Champions Trophy:
  •  Gold: 2007
  •  Silver: 2004
• IHF Super Globe:
  •  Gold: 2011
  •  Silver: 2012, 2019
• German Championship: 2 (Field handball)
  •  Gold: 1948, 1950
  •  Silver: 1951, 1953
• Double:
  • 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2012–13
• Triple Crown:
  • 2006–07, 2011–12

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season

Goalkeepers

• 16 Tomáš Mrkva
• 33 Andreas Wolff
• 34 Samir Bellahcene

Left wingers

• 07 Magnus Landin
• 23 Rune Dahmke

Right wingers

• 24 Lukas Zerbe
• 91 Bence Imre

Line players

• 11 Petter Øverby
• 17 Patrick Wiencek
• 61 Hendrik Pekeler

Left backs

• 21 Eric Johansson
• 49 Karl Wallinius
• 53 Nikola Bilyk

Central backs

• 04 Domagoj Duvnjak (c)
• 25 Linus Kutz
• 71 Elias Ellefsen á Skipagøtu

Right backs

• 06 Harald Reinkind
• 19 Henri Pabst
• 45 Emil Wernsdorf Madsen

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Joining

• Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas (GK) (from FC Barcelona)
• Veron Načinović (P) (from Montpellier Handball)

Leaving

• Tomáš Mrkva (GK) (to SC DHfK Leipzig)
• Samir Bellahcene (GK) (to ?)

Staff

Staff for the 2023–24 season

Pos.	Name
Managing director	Viktor Szilágyi
Head coach	Filip Jícha
Assistant coach	Christian Sprenger
Goalkeeping coach	Mattias Andersson
Team physician	Dr. Detlev Brandecker
Team physician	Dr. Frank Pries
Team leader	Michael Menzel
Physiotherapist	Maik Bolte
Physiotherapist	Stephan Lienau
Physiotherapist	Jan Bock

Notable former players

• Heinrich Dahlinger (1936–1966)
• Michael Krieter (1983–1998)
• Wolfgang Schwenke (1996–2001)
• Uwe Schwenker (1980–1992)
• Henning Fritz (2001–2007)
• Dominik Klein (2006–2016)
• Thomas Knorr (1992–1998)
• Tobias Reichmann (2009–2012)
• Christian Sprenger (2009–2017)
• Christian Zeitz (2003–2014, 2016–2018)
• Andreas Wolff (2016–2019)
• Christian Dissinger (2015–2018)
• Dario Quenstedt (2019–2022)
• Stefan Lövgren (1999–2009)
• Staffan Olsson (1996–2003)
• Magnus Wislander (1990–2002)
• Johan Petersson (2001–2005)
• Kim Andersson (2005–2012)
• Marcus Ahlm (2003–2013)
• Peter Gentzel (2009–2010)
• Henrik Lundström (2004–2012)
• Martin Boquist (2003–2005)
• Mattias Andersson (2001–2008)
• Pelle Linders (2005–2007)
• Andreas Palicka (2008–2015)
• Lukas Nilsson (2016–2020)
• Nikolaj Jacobsen (1998–2004)
• Rasmus Lauge Schmidt (2013–2015)
• René Toft Hansen (2012–2018)
• Lars Krogh Jeppesen (2006–2007)
• Morten Bjerre (2000–2003)
• Niklas Landin Jacobsen (2015–2023)
• Nikola Karabatić (2005–2009)
• Daniel Narcisse (2009–2013)
• Thierry Omeyer (2006–2013)
• Jérôme Fernandez (2010–2011)
• Igor Anić (2015–2016)
• Vincent Gérard (2023–2024)
• Børge Lund (2007–2010)
• Frode Hagen (2004–2006)
• Steinar Ege (1999–2002, 2015)
• Sander Sagosen (2020–2023)
• Goran Stojanović (1996–1999)
• Ljubomir Pavlović (2003)
• Momir Ilić (2009–2013)
• Marko Vujin (2012–2019)
• Davor Dominiković (2002–2003)
• Ilija Brozović (2016–2017)
• Blaženko Lacković (2016–2017)
• Marek Panas (1982–1989)
• Daniel Waszkiewicz (1987–1990)
• Piotr Przybecki (2001–2004)
• Predrag Timko (1977–1980)
• Nenad Peruničić (1997–2001)
• Goran Stojanović (1996–1999)
• Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (2012–2014)
• Aron Pálmarsson (2009–2015)
• Filip Jícha (2007–2015)
• Pavel Horák (2019–2022)
• Vid Kavtičnik (2005–2009)
• Miha Zarabec (2017–2023)
• Demetrio Lozano (2001–2004)
• Joan Cañellas (2014–2016)
• Wael Jallouz (2013–2014)
• Zvonimir Serdarušić (1980–1981)
• Andrei Xepkin (2007)
• Julio Fis (2001–2002)

Notable former coaches

• Fritz Westheider (1930–1958)
• Heinrich Dahlinger (1958–1972)
• Kurt Bartels, Rolf Krabbenhöft, Bernd Struck (1972–1973)
• Adolf Gabriel (1973–1975)
• Werner Kirst (1975)
• Gerd Welz (1975–1977)
• Željko Seleš (1977–1978)
• Werner Kirst (1978–1979)
• Gerd Welz (1979–1980)
• Marinko Andrić (1980–1981)
• Herward Wieck (1981–1982)
• Jóhann Ingi Gunnarsson (1983–1986)
• Marek Panas (1987–1989)
• Josip Milković (1989)
• Holger Oertel (1989–1992)
• Uwe Schwenker (1993)
• Zvonimir Serdarušić (1993–2008)
• Alfreð Gíslason (2008–2019)

External links

• Official website