HC Leipzig
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| Full name | Handball Club Leipzig eV | ||
| Abbreviation (s) | HCL | ||
| Founded |
1999 (previously SC Lok Leipzig, SC Leipzig , VfB Leipzig ) |
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| Club colors | blue yellow | ||
| Hall | Brothersstrasse sports hall | ||
| Places | 980 seats | ||
| president | Thomas Conrad | ||
| Trainer | Fabian Kunze | ||
| league | 2nd Bundesliga | ||
| 2018/19 | |||
| rank | 1st place ( 3rd division ) | ||
| Website | www.hc-leipzig.de | ||
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| Greatest successes | |||
| National | 21 × German champion 10 × cup winners |
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| International | 2 × European Cup winners of the national champions 2 × EHF Cup winners |
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The Handball Club Leipzig eV ( HCL ) is a successful German women's handball club from Leipzig and is one of the most traditional women's handball clubs in Germany. HC Leipzig played in the German women's Bundesliga until 2017 . In 2010 the team won the all-German championship for the sixth time in the club's history. The home venue was the Arena Leipzig with a capacity of 7,600 spectators, since the bankruptcy and the associated relegation it has been the Leipziger Sporthalle Brüderstraße with a capacity of 980 spectators.
Club data
The HCL is a purely women's handball club and played with the first team in the 1st Bundesliga until it was forced to relegate to insolvency after the 2016/2017 season . Then the team was active in the 3rd league (East relay) . In 2019 the club was promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga .
The association is known nationwide for its very good work with young talent and relies on continuous training in all age groups.
From 2002 to 2004, between Christmas and New Year's Eve, the HCL hosted one of the best-attended women's handball tournaments in the world, the Handball Masters. In 2004 the tournament received an upgrade from the European Handball Federation (EHF) and became the venue for the first ever “Club Teams EM” - with the award of the official European championship title for club teams.
history
The handball club Leipzig was founded in November 1999, but the sporting origins of the club go back much further. In 1963, the two clubs SC Lokomotive Leipzig and BSG Rotation Leipzig-Mitte , each of which won the GDR championship once, merged to form SC Leipzig . Here the predecessor celebrated the greatest successes in the club's history until 1992 with 13 GDR championship titles, two cup wins and four European Cup wins.
After the dissolution of SC Leipzig, the women's handball department moved to the re-established VfB Leipzig . However, at the end of the 90s, the latter ran into ever greater financial problems. So that the handball department of the club, the only sporting and financially successful division of VfB, could not be affected by the impending insolvency, it was decided at the end of 1999 to separate from VfB Leipzig and founded their own club, the HCL.
In 2005 a cooperation agreement was signed with the second division club SV Union Halle-Neustadt . The cooperation extends above all to the training and education methodology as well as regular joint training units in the women's and junior areas.
In the 2009/10 season, HC Leipzig celebrated the sixth all-German championship against Bayer 04 Leverkusen , which again qualified them for participation in the EHF Champions League . In the DHB Cup they reached the quarter-finals, where they were eliminated against the eventual winner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. In the Champions League they came in second in the group stage, behind Viborg HK and thus reached the main round, where they took last place in the table and were eliminated against Larvik HK , Győri ETO KC and Rokometni Klub Krim . The junior team finished the Regionalliga Süd with a fifth place. Which qualified you for the newly created 3rd division next season. After six years, the A-youth of the club was able to secure the South German championship once again and in the final, for the German championship, they failed against the A-youth of SG Oeversee. At the end of the season, Susann Müller , Sara Holmgren and Lisa Wirén left the club.
| season | level | space | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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| 2005/06 | I. | 4th | 678: 525 | +153 | 33:11 |
| 2006/07 | I. | 2. | 726: 615 | +111 | 39: 5 |
| 2007/08 | I. | 2. | 787: 645 | +142 | 36: 8 |
| 2008/09 | I. | 2. | 641: 584 | + 57 | 28:16 |
| 2009/10 | I. | 1. | 706: 582 | +124 | 39: 5 |
| 2010/11 | I. | 2. | 658: 558 | +100 | 35: 9 |
| 2011/12 | I. | 4th | 417: 381 | + 36 | 22:10 |
| 2012/13 | I. | 2. | 641: 514 | +127 | 36: 8 |
| 2013/14 | I. | 2. | 644: 548 | + 96 | 37: 7 |
| 2014/15 | I. | 5. | 752: 690 | + 62 | 34:18 |
| 2015/16 | I. | 3. | 780: 675 | +105 | 41:11 |
| 2016/17 | I. | 7th | 751: 715 | + 36 | 26:22 |
| 2017/18 | III | 7th | 592: 536 | + 56 | 26:18 |
| 2018/19 | III | 1. | 673: 441 | +232 | 41: 1 |
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Gold highlighted: Winning the German championship in the championship play-offs Red highlighted: forced relegation due to bankruptcy |
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At the beginning of the 2010/11 season, three new players were signed: Anne Müller , Rannveig Haugen and Louise Lyksborg. But the season was less successful than the year before. You could in the quarterfinals of the German Cup while the VfL Sindelfingen defeat in two games. But then failed in the semifinals at Buxtehuder SV . It was the first final in three years that was held without Leipzig participation. In the Champions League it was the same as a year before. In the group phase you could win all three away games, against Itxako Reyno De Navarra, Hypo Niederösterreich and DVSC-Korvex, and thus moved into the main round. But you were eliminated there again without having won a point. The top scorer that year was Karolina Kudłacz with 79 goals in 12 games. The last chance was in the DHB Cup . There they met the Thuringian HC in the semifinals on May 21 and lost with 22:26. In the small final, they defeated the then second division HSG Bensheim / Auerbach just under 23:22. This meant that HC Leipzig was only qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup next season . The junior team reached third place in the newly created 3rd division . The A-youth of the HCL also celebrated winning the South German Championship for the second time in a row. On 11/12 June they won the German A-youth championship in Blomberg . They prevailed against TSG Ketsch with 29:28 in the final of the Final Fours. At the end of the season, Heine Jensen left the club to work as the German national coach. For this, Stefan Madsen was announced as the successor for the new season. At the end of the season Maike Daniels , Sara Eriksson , Renate Urne , Mette Ommundsen and Maria Kiedrowski also left the club.
Saskia Lang , Maura Visser , Anne Hubinger and Alexandra Mazzucco were brought in for the 2011/12 season . Some of the players were initially used in the junior team. Mette Ommundsen also returned to the squad after injuring many players during the season. The Leipzig women reached the semi-finals in the European Cup Winners' Cup and third place in the DHB Cup. At the end of the season there was a fourth place in the Bundesliga.
In the 2012/13 season they strengthened themselves with Debbie Bont , Nora Reiche and Jessy Kramer . Nora Reiche and Jessy Kramer left the club again during the season. Anne Ulbricht and Marlene Windisch changed during the season break. In terms of sport, things went better for the HCL than in the previous season. In the championship they achieved a second place and only had to admit defeat to the Thuringian HC in the play-off final. They also achieved second place in the DHB Cup. Here, too, there was a 22:30 final defeat against the THC. In the EHF Cup you got to the quarter finals, where you had to admit defeat to the Russian team from Rostov-Don.
After the 2013/14 season, Debbie Bont, Natalie Augsburg, Susann Müller, Julia Plöger and Karolina Szwed-Ørneborg left the club, before the start of the season, Thomas Szwed-Ørneborg was signed as the new coach, but he had to vacate his position again during the season . His wife Karolina Szwed came to Leipzig with Ørneborg, as did Melanie Herrmann and Susann Müller. Michelle Urbicht and Isa-Sophia Rösicke moved from their own offspring to the professional team. In the handball Bundesliga, the HCL was able to secure the runner-up title. The preliminary round of the EHF Champions League ended in fourth place. It went better in the DHB Cup. The Final4 tournament was held for the first time in the ARENA Leipzig. In the final, the Leipzig women were able to secure the title with a 36:26 victory over HSG Blomberg-Lippe.
For the 2014/15 season, Norman Rentsch was hired as head coach. Kaya Diehl, Helena Hertlein, Þorgerður Anna Atladóttir, Nele Reimer and Luisa Sturm also joined the HCL. In the preparatory phase, they reacted to the persistent bad luck with injuries by signing Roxana Alina Ioneac. After the season Anne Müller, Isa-Sophia Rösicke and Roxana Alina Ioneac left the club, Maura Visser moved to Viborg during the season. After a successful qualification, the HCL played their way up to the main round in the Champions League and celebrated the highest international victory in the club's history in the preliminary round match against Hypo Niederösterreich with a 42:22 success. In the Bundesliga, the team came in 5th, in the DHB Cup they were eliminated in the quarter-finals against VfL Oldenburg.
The 2015/16 season started with a squad that was broad in size. Shenia Minevskaja, Franziska Mietzner and Nele Kurzke moved to Leipzig, newcomer Franziska Peter left the club again during the season. In addition, Joanna Rode joined the professionals from the club's own offspring. In the middle of the season, Ann-Cathrin Kamann was reacted to the persistent bad luck with injuries in the district position. In the championship, HC Leipzig took 3rd place and in the EHF Cup, the Leipzig women were eliminated in the quarter-finals against TuS Metzingen. In the championship, HC Leipzig fought for the title until the last match day, but then had to admit defeat against the Thuringian HC on the last match day. Only six days later things went better in the DHB Cup. In front of their home crowd, the Leipzig women were able to defeat Thuringian HC in the semi-finals and secure the title on the following day with a 29:28 win over Borussia Dortmund.
National players Luisa Schulze and Katja Kramarczyk left the club during the current 2016/17 season. In the second half of the season it became known that the HCL was in debt with 1.3 million euros and therefore had to file for bankruptcy. As a result, four points were deducted from the team for this license violation. In June 2017, HC Leipzig was refused the first division license for the 2017/18 season, which formally means a relegation to the third division. The association appealed against the non-grant of the license. On June 9, the board of the women's handball league announced that the objection had been rejected. The HC Leipzig therefore moved to the arbitration court of the German Handball Federation . On July 7, 2017, the arbitral tribunal granted HC Leipzig its license for the 2017/18 Bundesliga on the condition that it had to make an irrevocable payment of an equity increase of € 600,000 by July 14, 2017, as well as all outstanding wages up to and including June To be paid in 2017. But the deadline passed without success. The manager of HC Leipzig, Kay-Sven Hähner, then filed for bankruptcy. Since the conditions were not met and an application for bankruptcy was filed, Leipzig finally did not receive a license for the 1st Bundesliga and started with the playing rights of the former 2nd team (as B-Youth German Champion 2017) in the 3rd division. In 2019 the HCL rose to the 2nd Bundesliga.
successes
HC Leipzig, including the titles of SC Leipzig and VfB Leipzig, is by far the most successful German club in women's handball. The women of the HCL won 4 European Cups (German record European cup winners), 23 championships (German record champions including the GDR championship titles) and 10 national cups (record cup winners). The club also won the DHB Supercup once. Thus, HC Leipzig and its predecessor clubs won 38 national and international titles.
International
- European Champion Clubs' Cup : 1966, 1974
- EHF Cup : 1986, 1992
National
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- GDR champions (indoor handball) : 1953, 1957, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1984, 1988, 1991
- GDR champions (field handball) : 1956, 1967
- German champion : 1998 , 1999 , 2002 , 2006 , 2009 , 2010
- Cup winners
- DHB Supercup : 2008
Well-known players
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Trainer
Current coaching staff
- Trainer : Fabian Kunze
- Co-trainer : Steffen Obst
- TW trainer : Wieland Schmidt
- Team doctor : Prof. Dr. Knoll
Previous trainers
- Norman Rentsch (2014 to 2017)
- Wieland Schmidt and Max Berthold (January to June 2014)
- Thomas Ørneborg (2013 to January 2014)
- Stefan Madsen (2011 to 2013)
- Heine Jensen (2008 to 2011)
- Morten Arvidsson (2006 to 2008)
- Martin Albertsen (2004 to 2006)
- Maik Nowak (1995 to 2004)
Fans
The club enjoys broad support from regional fans and had the highest average number of spectators in Germany (2009/2010: 2,675 spectators | 2013/2014: ~ 2,300) in women's handball. Since the so-called new beginning, the team has had an above-average number of spectators in the Brüderstraße sports hall.
HC Leipzig II
The second team, called the junior team , plays in the newly founded League 3 for the 2010/11 season . In the 2002/03 season you could win the championship of the now defunct Regionalliga Mitte.
Successes youth / young talent
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Dane Stefan Madsen is the new head coach of the HCL from April 19, 2011, accessed on May 23, 2016
- ↑ New entry from Leipzig for HC Rödertal
- ↑ mdr.de: Point deduction at HC Leipzig - club must meet condition ( memento from September 11, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on June 4, 2017
- ↑ handball-world.news: Quo vadis HC Leipzig? Fresh start or crash into insignificance , Retrieved June 4, 2017
- ↑ handball-world.news: HBF board rejects HC Leipzig's complaint , accessed on June 9, 2017
- ↑ http://www.lvz.de: License refusal: HC Leipzig moves to arbitration . Retrieved June 12, 2017 .
- ↑ http://www.handball-world.news HC Leipzig files for arbitration . Retrieved June 16, 2017 .
- ↑ Press release of the Handball Bundesliga Women from July 7th 2017. Accessed July 7th 2017 .
- ^ Leipziger Volkszeitung: HC Leipzig has to file for bankruptcy . Retrieved July 15, 2017 .
- ↑ HC Leipzig is promoted to the second Bundesliga. Retrieved September 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Club data of the HC-Leipzig - website . HCL-Leipzig.de. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
- ↑ Final table of the 2002/03 regional league season
- ↑ HCL-A-Jugend German runner-up 2010
- ↑ A-youth defends the South German championship
- ↑ HCL-A-Youth German Champion 2011
Web links
- Handball Club Leipzig
- HC Leipzig Handball current news overview of the Leipziger Volkszeitung
