VfL Gummersbach

German handball club

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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.

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Accomplishments

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

Current squad

Squad for the 2023–24 season

GK

12 Daniel Rebmann
16 Tibor Ivanišević

LW

05 Tilen Kodrin
28 Hákon Daði Styrmisson
06 Miloš Vujović

RW

08 Lukas Blohme
11 Mathis Häseler

LP

LB

07 Julian Köster
15 Miro Schluroff

CB

21 Dominik Mappes
30 Tom Kiesler

RB

09 Arnór Snær Óskarsson
10 Finn Schroven
19 Giorgi Tskhovrebadze
44 Tom Jansen

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Joining

Bertram Obling (GK) (from HC Erlangen)
Kentin Mahé (CB) (from Telekom Veszprém)
Teitur Einarsson (RB) (from SG Flensburg-Handewitt)

Leaving

Tibor Ivanišević (GK) (to Frisch Auf Göppingen)
Keno Danzenbächer (GK) (to GWD Minden)
Dominik Mappes (CB) (to HSG Wetzlar)
Moritz Köster (LB) (to TSV Bayer Dormagen)
Arnór Snær Óskarsson (RB) (back from loan to Rhein-Neckar Löwen)
Finn Schroven (RB) (to TSV Bayer Dormagen)
Tom Jansen (RB) (to ASV Hamm-Westfalen)

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Joining

Dominik Kuzmanović (GK) (from RK Nexe Našice) ?

Leaving

Daniel Rebmann (GK) (to ?)

Notable players

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

Petre Ivănescu
Velimir Kljaić
Sead Hasanefendić
Horst Dreischang (1959–1971)^[1]

References

^ "Leseprobe – VFL Gummersbach. Die Chronik by Verlag die Werkstatt – Issuu". 19 November 2015.

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Official website

Handball-Bundesliga

2023–24 teams

Seasons

2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16
2016–17
2017–18
2018–19
2019–20
2020–21
2021–22
2022–23
2023–24
2024–25

v t e European Cup and EHF Champions League winners
European Cup	1956–57: Dukla Prague 1958–59: Redbergslids IK 1959–60: Frisch Auf Göppingen 1961–62: Frisch Auf Göppingen 1962–63: Dukla Prague 1964–65: Dinamo București 1965–66: DHfK Leipzig 1966–67: VfL Gummersbach 1967–68: Steaua București 1969–70: VfL Gummersbach 1970–71: VfL Gummersbach 1971–72: Partizan Bjelovar 1972–73: MAI Moscow 1973–74: VfL Gummersbach 1974–75: ASK Frankfurt/Oder 1975–76: Borac Banja Luka 1976–77: Steaua București 1977–78: Magdeburg 1978–79: TV Großwallstadt 1979–80: TV Großwallstadt 1980–81: Magdeburg 1981–82: Budapest Honvéd 1982–83: VfL Gummersbach 1983–84: Dukla Prague 1984–85: Metaloplastika 1985–86: Metaloplastika 1986–87: SKA Minsk 1987–88: CSKA Moscow 1988–89: SKA Minsk 1989–90: SKA Minsk 1990–91: Barcelona 1991–92: Zagreb 1992–93: Zagreb
EHF Champions League	1993–94: TEKA Santander 1994–95: Bidasoa Irún 1995–96: Barcelona 1996–97: Barcelona 1997–98: Barcelona 1998–99: Barcelona 1999–2000: Barcelona 2000–01: Portland San Antonio 2001–02: Magdeburg 2002–03: Montpellier 2003–04: Celje 2004–05: Barcelona 2005–06: Ciudad Real 2006–07: THW Kiel 2007–08: Ciudad Real 2008–09: Ciudad Real 2009–10: THW Kiel 2010–11: Barcelona 2011–12: THW Kiel 2012–13: HSV Hamburg 2013–14: Flensburg-Handewitt 2014–15: Barcelona 2015–16: Kielce 2016–17: Vardar 2017–18: Montpellier 2018–19: Vardar 2019–20: THW Kiel 2020–21: Barcelona 2021–22: Barcelona 2022–23: Magdeburg

European Cup and EHF Champions League winners

European Cup

1956–57: Dukla Prague
1958–59: Redbergslids IK
1959–60: Frisch Auf Göppingen
1961–62: Frisch Auf Göppingen
1962–63: Dukla Prague
1964–65: Dinamo București
1965–66: DHfK Leipzig
1966–67: VfL Gummersbach
1967–68: Steaua București
1969–70: VfL Gummersbach
1970–71: VfL Gummersbach
1971–72: Partizan Bjelovar
1972–73: MAI Moscow
1973–74: VfL Gummersbach
1974–75: ASK Frankfurt/Oder
1975–76: Borac Banja Luka
1976–77: Steaua București
1977–78: Magdeburg
1978–79: TV Großwallstadt
1979–80: TV Großwallstadt
1980–81: Magdeburg
1981–82: Budapest Honvéd
1982–83: VfL Gummersbach
1983–84: Dukla Prague
1984–85: Metaloplastika
1985–86: Metaloplastika
1986–87: SKA Minsk
1987–88: CSKA Moscow
1988–89: SKA Minsk
1989–90: SKA Minsk
1990–91: Barcelona
1991–92: Zagreb
1992–93: Zagreb

EHF Champions League

v t e EHF Cup and EHF European League winners
IHF Cup	1981–82: VfL Gummersbach 1982–83: ZTR Zaporizhzhia 1983–84: TV Großwallstadt 1984–85: Minaur Baia Mare 1985–86: Győri ETO 1986–87: Granitas Kaunas 1987–88: Minaur Baia Mare 1988–89: TuRU Düsseldorf 1989–90: SKIF Krasnodar 1990–91: Borac Banja Luka 1991–92: Wallau-Massenheim 1992–93: TEKA Santander
EHF Cup	1993–94: Alzira Avidesa 1994–95: Granollers 1995–96: Granollers 1996–97: Flensburg 1997–98: THW Kiel 1998–99: Magdeburg 1999–2000: Metković 2000–01: Magdeburg 2001–02: THW Kiel 2002–03: Barcelona 2003–04: THW Kiel 2004–05: TUSEM Essen 2005–06: TBV Lemgo 2006–07: Magdeburg 2007–08: HSG Nordhorn 2008–09: VfL Gummersbach 2009–10: TBV Lemgo 2010–11: Frisch Auf Göppingen 2011–12: Frisch Auf Göppingen 2012–13: Rhein-Neckar Löwen 2013–14: Pick Szeged 2014–15: Füchse Berlin 2015–16: Frisch Auf Göppingen 2016–17: Frisch Auf Göppingen 2017–18: Füchse Berlin 2018–19: THW Kiel 2019–20: (cancelled)
EHF European League	2020–21: SC Magdeburg 2021–22: S.L. Benfica 2022–23: Füchse Berlin