SC DHfK Leipzig Handball

SC DHfK Leipzig Handball is a German handball team from Leipzig, Germany, that plays in the Handball-Bundesliga. It was one of the strongest GDR clubs in late 1950s and 1960s.

History
The SC DHfK Leipzig was founded in 1954 as a sports club of the Deutsche Hochschule für Körperkultur (German University for Physical Culture). During the time in the GDR, the club's handball section won six national championships (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966) and won the GDR Cup twice. In addition, it won the EHF Champions League in the 1965/1966 season and defeated Budapest Honvéd in the final on 22 April 1966 (16:14). In 1975, the authorities decided to dissolve the handball section and transfer all the players to another club in the city, SC Leipzig. On 30 June 1993, the handball department was re-established at SC DHfK. In June 1995, due to financial problems, the handball division was disbanded again. Finally, in 2007, the DHfK handball section was revived for the third time at the lowest level of German handball. It returned to the Handball-Bundesliga in the 2015–2016 season.

Sports hall information



 * Name: – Arena Leipzig
 * City: – Leipzig
 * Capacity: – 8000
 * Address: – Am Sportforum 2 04105 Leipzig, Germany

Accomplishments

 * EHF Champions League:
 * : 1966
 * GDR Championship (Oberliga):
 * : 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1976, 1979
 * : 1969
 * GDR Cup (FDGB-Pokal):
 * Simple gold cup.svg Gold: 1971, 1972, 1982
 * 2. Handball-Bundesliga:
 * 2015

Current squad

 * Squad for the 2023–24 season

Technical staff

 * Head coach: 🇩🇪 André Haber
 * Assistant coach: 🇸🇰 Miloš Putera
 * Athletic Trainer: 🇩🇪 Hagen Pietrek
 * Physiotherapist: 🇩🇪 Leon Brettschneider
 * Club doctor: 🇩🇪 Dr. Pierre Hepp

Transfers

 * Transfers for the 2024–25 season


 * Joining [[Image:Arrow-up.png]]
 * 🇩🇪 Nils Greilich (LW) (return from loan 🇩🇪 HC Elbflorenz)
 * 🇩🇪 Julius Meyer-Siebert (LB) (return from loan 🇩🇪 Eulen Ludwigshafen)
 * 🇩🇪 Friedrich Schmitt (LB) (from own youth)
 * 🇷🇸 Luka Rogan (P) (from 🇷🇸 RK Vojvodina)


 * Leaving [[Image:Arrow-down.gif]]
 * 🇩🇪 Pascal Bochmann (GK) (to 🇩🇪 VfL Eintracht Hagen)
 * 🇩🇪 Tim Matthes (LW) (to 🇩🇪 HBW Balingen-Weilstetten)
 * 🇩🇪 Moritz Strosack (RW) (to 🇩🇪 SG BBM Bietigheim)
 * 🇸🇪 Oskar Sunnefeldt (LB) (to 🇩🇪 Frisch Auf Göppingen)
 * 🇩🇪 Julius Meyer-Siebert (LB) (on loan to 🇩🇪 ASV Hamm-Westfalen)
 * 🇩🇪 Mika Laurin Sajenev (P) (to 🇩🇪 HSG Nordhorn-Lingen)
 * 🇵🇱 Maciej Gębala (P) (to 🇩🇪 HC Erlangen)


 * Transfers for the 2025–26 season


 * Joining [[Image:Arrow-up.png]]


 * Leaving [[Image:Arrow-down.gif]]
 * 🇩🇪 Luca Witzke (CB) (to 🇩🇪 Rhein-Neckar Löwen) ?

Notable former players

 * 🇩🇪 Joel Birlehm (2019–2022)
 * 🇩🇪 Simon Ernst (2021–)
 * 🇩🇪 Rico Göde (2012–2014)
 * 🇩🇪 Benjamin Herth (2016)
 * 🇩🇪 Klaus Franke (1959–1971)
 * 🇩🇪 Maximilian Janke (2015–2021)
 * 🇩🇪 Yves Kunkel (2017–2018)
 * 🇩🇪 Philipp Müller (2019–2021)
 * 🇩🇪 Niclas Pieczkowski (2016–2021)
 * 🇩🇪🇵🇱 Andreas Rojewski (2016–2019)
 * 🇩🇪 Bastian Roscheck (2013–2021)
 * 🇩🇪 Franz Semper (2013–2020)
 * 🇩🇪 Christoph Steinert (2015–2017)
 * 🇩🇪 Hans-Joachim Ursinus (1963–1974)
 * 🇩🇪 Jens Vortmann (2016–2020)
 * 🇩🇪 Luca Witzke (2019–)
 * 🇩🇪 Philipp Weber (2013–2016, 2017–2021)
 * 🇦🇷 Juan Pablo Fernández (2009–2010)
 * 🇦🇹 Raul Santos (2018–2020)
 * Šime Ivić (2021–)
 * Lovro Jotić (2021–)
 * Marko Mamić (2019–)
 * Marino Marić (2022–)
 * 🇨🇿 Pavel Prokopec (2012–2014)
 * René Villadsen (2018–2019)
 * Patrick Wiesmach (2018–)
 * 🇪🇬 Mohamed El-Tayar (2022–)
 * 🇫🇷 Joël Abati (2011)
 * 🇮🇸 Viggó Kristjánsson (2019, 2022–)
 * Aivis Jurdžs (2015–2019)
 * 🇳🇴 Kristian Sæverås (2020–)
 * 🇳🇴 Henrik Ruud Tovås (2013–2015)
 * 🇵🇱 Maciej Gębala (2018–)
 * 🇷🇺 Igor Lyovshin (2013)
 * 🇷🇸 Goran Stojanović (2011)
 * Alen Milosevic (2013–2022)
 * 🇸🇰 Miloš Putera (2015–2019)
 * 🇸🇪 Tobias Rivesjö (2016–2018)
 * 🇸🇪 Oskar Sunnefeldt (2021–)