HSG Wetzlar

HSG Wetzlar is a professional handball club from Wetzlar, Germany. It competes in the top-tier Handball-Bundesliga and in the German Handball Cup.



Accomplishments

 * DHB-Pokal final:
 * 1997, 2001
 * EHF Cup Winner's Cup final:
 * 1998

Rivalry
HSG Wetzlar's arch-rival is the neighbouring club TV Hüttenberg and games between the clubs are considered as the "Mittelhessenderby".

Current squad

 * Squad for the 2024–25 season


 * Goalkeepers
 * 11 🇩🇪 Till Klimpke
 * 12 🇶🇦 Anadin Suljaković
 * 🇩🇪 Marius Göbner
 * Left Wingers
 * 18 🇩🇪 Lukas Becher
 * 🇩🇪 Lion Zacharias
 * Right Wingers
 * 75 Domen Novak
 * 🇭🇺 Zsolt Krakovszki
 * 🇩🇪 Tizian Weimer
 * Line players
 * 5 Rasmus Meyer Ejlersen
 * 14 🇧🇦 Vladimir Vranješ
 * 27 🇧🇾 Nikita Pliuto
 * 🇩🇪 Georg Löwen


 * Left Backs
 * 9 🇩🇪 Ole Klimpke
 * 🇩🇪 Philipp Ahouansou
 * Central Backs
 * 🇩🇪 Jona Schoch
 * 🇩🇪 Dominik Mappes
 * 🇩🇪 Justin Müller
 * Right Backs
 * 42 🇷🇸 Nemanja Zelenović
 * 77 🇲🇪 Stefan Čavor
 * 🇩🇪 Noel Hoepfner

Transfers

 * Transfers for the 2024–25 season


 * Joining [[File:Arrow-up.png]]
 * 🇩🇪 Marius Göbner (GK) (from own youth)
 * 🇩🇪 Lion Zacharias (LW) (from 🇩🇪 Rhein-Neckar Löwen)
 * 🇩🇪 Philipp Ahouansou (LB) (from 🇩🇪 Rhein-Neckar Löwen)
 * 🇩🇪 Jona Schoch (CB) (from 🇩🇪 HBW Balingen-Weilstetten)
 * 🇩🇪 Dominik Mappes (CB) (from 🇩🇪 VfL Gummersbach)
 * 🇩🇪 Justin Müller (CB) (from Nordsjælland Håndbold)
 * 🇩🇪 Noel Hoepfner (RB) (from own youth)
 * 🇭🇺 Zsolt Krakovszki (RW) (from 🇭🇺 NEKA)
 * 🇩🇪 Tizian Weimer (RW) (from own youth)
 * 🇩🇪 Georg Löwen (P) (from 🇩🇪 SC Magdeburg)


 * Leaving [[File:Arrow-down.gif]]
 * 🇨🇭 Leonard Grazioli (GK) (to 🇨🇭 Pfadi Winterthur)
 * 🇸🇪 Emil Mellegård (LW) (to HØJ Elite)
 * 🇩🇪 Hendrik Wagner (LB) (to 🇩🇪 TBV Lemgo)
 * 🇨🇭 Lenny Rubin (LB) (to 🇩🇪 TVB Stuttgart)
 * 🇳🇴 Magnus Fredriksen (CB) (to SønderjyskE Herrehåndbold)
 * Mathias Pedersen (CB) (to 🇸🇪 Amo Handboll)
 * 🇩🇪 Julian Fuchs (RW) (end of loan 🇩🇪 MT Melsungen, joins 🇩🇪 Bergischer HC)
 * 🇩🇪 Erik Schmidt (P) (to ?)

Technical staff

 * Head coach: 🇩🇪 Frank Carstens
 * Assistant coach:🇲🇰 Filip Mirkulovski

Notable former players

 * 🇩🇪 Michael Allendorf
 * 🇩🇪 Markus Baur
 * 🇩🇪 Sven-Sören Christophersen
 * 🇩🇪 Lars Kaufmann
 * 🇩🇪 Jannik Kohlbacher
 * 🇩🇪 Andreas Wolff
 * 🇩🇪 Tobias Reichmann
 * 🇩🇪 Steffen Fäth
 * Ivano Balić
 * 🇸🇪 Ola Lindgren
 * 🇳🇴 Kent Robin Tønnesen
 * 🇮🇱 Avishay Smoler