VfL Gummersbach
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| VfL Gummersbach | |||
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| Founded | 1861 | ||
| Arena | Schwalbe-Arena | ||
| Capacity | 4,132 | ||
| Head coach | Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson | ||
| League | Handball-Bundesliga | ||
| 2023–24 | 6th of 18 | ||
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| Website Official site | |||
VfL Gummersbach is a professional handball club from the German city of Gummersbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. Currently, VfL Gummersbach competes in the Handball-Bundesliga and the DHB-Pokal. The club has seen great success, especially from the late 1960s until the early 1990s.
History
[edit]The club was founded as a multisports club on March 3rd 1861 as Gummersbacher Turnverein(GTV). The youth department was founded in 1884, and in 1906 women were included as members.
The handball department was founded in 1925.[1] While field handball was the most popular variant in Germany at the time, Gummersbach focused on indoor handball.
In 1966 the club won the German Championship for the first time.
Crest, colours, supporters
[edit]Kits
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Accomplishments
[edit]- 1. Handball-Bundesliga: 12
Gold: 1966, 1967, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1991
- 2. Handball-Bundesliga:
- Gold: 2022
- DHB-Pokal:
- Gold: 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1985
- EHF Champions League:
- Gold: 1967, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1983
- EHF Champions League Finalists:
Silver: 1972
- EHF Cup Winner's Cup:
- Gold: 1978, 1979, 2010, 2011
- EHF Cup:
- Gold: 1982, 2009
- European Club Championship:
- Gold: 1979, 1983
- European Club Championship Finalists:
- Silver: 2006
- Double
- Winners: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85
Team
[edit]Current squad
[edit]- Squad for the 2024–25 season
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Transfers
[edit]- Transfers for the 2024–25 season
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Notable players
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Heiner Brand- Stefan Kretzschmar
- Erhard Wunderlich
- Andreas Dörhöfer
- Mark Dragunski
- Frank von Behren
- Patrick Wiencek
- Christian Ramota
- Adrian Pfahl
- Klaus-Dieter Petersen
- Jochen Brand
- Klaus Brand
- Frank Dammann
- Joachim Deckarm
- Jochen Feldhoff
- Frank Dammann
- Claus Fey
- Rudi Rauer
- Henning Wiechers
- Klaus Westebbe
- Andreas Thiel
- Dirk Rauin
- Gerd Rosendahl
- Franz-Josef Salewski
- Klaus Schlagheck
- Hansi Schmidt
- Christian Fitzek
- Stefan Hecker
- Holger Löhr
- Thomas Krokowski
- Helmut Kosmehl
- Rüdiger Neitzel
- Gunnar Jaeger
- Rolf Jaeger
- Klaus Kater
Daniel Narcisse- Igor Anić
- Kentin Mahé
- François-Xavier Houlet
Vladan Krasavac- Aleksandar Stanojević
- Momir Ilić
Vjenceslav Somić- Drago Vuković
Kristján Arason- Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson
Kyung-Shin Yoon
Goran Stojanović
Borko Ristovski
Aljoša Rezar
Rune Erland
Nándor Fazekas
Viktor Szilágyi
Coaching history
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References
[edit]- ^ "Die Geschichte des VfL muss umgeschrieben werden". Oberberg Aktuell (in German). Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "Leseprobe – VFL Gummersbach. Die Chronik by Verlag die Werkstatt – Issuu". 19 November 2015.
External links
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