HC Linz AG

HC Linz AG is a handball club from Linz, Austria. They currently compete in the Handball Liga Austria.

History
The club was founded in 1972. It was promoted to the top division in 1974 and has been in the top division continuously since then. They became Austrian champions seven times (1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1994, 1995 and 1996) and won the Austrian Cup four times (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997). In the 1993/94 season, the club reached the final of the EHF Cup.

Current squad

 * Squad for the 2023–24 season

Technical staff

 * Head coach: Milan Vunjak
 * Assistant coach: 🇦🇹 Manuel Gierlinger
 * Fitness coach: 🇦🇹 Matthias Papke
 * Physiotherapist: 🇦🇹 Franz Kainz
 * Physiotherapist: 🇦🇹 Christoph Eisner
 * Club doctor: 🇦🇹 Dr. Franz Gaderer

Transfers

 * Transfers for the 2023–24 season


 * Joining [[Image:Arrow-up.png]]
 * 🇦🇹 Florian Kaiper (GK) from 🇦🇹 SG Handball West Wien
 * 🇦🇹 Nicolas Paulnsteiner (RB) from 🇦🇹 SG Handball West Wien
 * 🇦🇹 Elias Derdak (LW) from 🇦🇹 SG Handball West Wien
 * Jadranko Stojanović (LP) from 🇦🇹 Alpla HC Hard
 * 🇧🇦 Mislav Grgić (LB) from 🇩🇪 TSV Bayer Dormagen
 * 🇧🇦 Arnad Hamzić (LB) from 🇲🇰 GRK Tikveš
 * 🇧🇦 Dejan Golubović (LP) from 🇦🇹 SK Keplinger-Traun


 * Leaving [[Image:Arrow-down.gif]]
 * 🇦🇹 Alexander Hermann (LB) (retires)
 * 🇦🇹 Maximilian Hermann (RB) (retires)
 * 🇦🇹 Markus Bokesch (GK) (retires)
 * 🇷🇸 Dejan Babić (LP) to 🇦🇹 Alpla HC Hard
 * Tine Gartner (RW) to 🇦🇹 Union Handballklub Krems
 * Tobias Cvetko (LB) to 🇹🇷 Beşiktaş JK

Titles

 * Handball Liga Austria
 * Winner (7) : 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1994, 1995, 1996
 * Austrian Cup
 * Winner (4) : 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
 * EHF Cup
 * Finalist: 1994

Notable former players

 * 🇦🇹 Dominik Ascherbauer (2008–2021)
 * 🇦🇹 Damir Djukic (2004–2005)
 * 🇦🇹 Sebastian Feichtinger (1997–2008)
 * 🇦🇹 Patrick Fölser (1998–2000)
 * 🇦🇹 Manuel Gierlinger (1991–2003)
 * 🇦🇹 Alexander Hermann (2008–2012, 2022–2023)
 * 🇦🇹 Maximilian Hermann (2008–2011, 2020–2023)
 * 🇦🇹 Ewald Humenberger (1986–1996, 2000–2008)
 * 🇦🇹 Antonio Juric (2015–2020)
 * 🇦🇹 Florian Kaiper (2023–)
 * 🇦🇹 Klemens Kainmüller (1990–2005, 2013–2018, 2019)
 * 🇦🇹 Werner Lint (2001–2007)
 * 🇦🇹 Manuel Papsch (2002–2016)
 * 🇧🇦 Srđan Predragović (2017–2018, 2019)
 * 🇭🇺 Zsolt Kontra (1986–1990)
 * 🇵🇱 Zygfryd Kuchta (1976–1979)
 * 🇵🇱 Andrzej Szymczak (1976–1980)
 * Saša Barišić-Jaman (2012–2013)