Handball Club Leipzig
German handball club
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Handball-Club Leipzig e. V., normally called HC Leipzig or just HCL, is a women's handball club based in Leipzig, Germany. They currently play in the 2nd Bundesliga, but have historically been considered one of the best German women's handball clubs with many domestic and international titles.
as SC Lokomotive Leipzig
1999
as HC Leipzig
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| Full name | Handball-Club Leipzig e. V. | ||
| Short name | HCL | ||
| Founded | 1893 as SC Lokomotive Leipzig 1999 as HC Leipzig | ||
| Arena | Arena Leipzig | ||
| Capacity | 7,000[1] | ||
| President | Torsten Brunnquell | ||
| Head coach | Fabian Kunze | ||
| League | 2. Handball-Bundesliga | ||
| 2024–25 | 2. Handball-Bundesliga, 3rd | ||
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| Website Official site | |||
History
The roots to HC leipzig goes a long way back. In 1963 the handball sections of SC Lokomotive Leipzig and BSG Rotation Leipzig-Mitte fused to become SC Leipzig. Prior to the formation, both clubs had each won the East German Championship once. After the formation they won 13 East German Championships as well as the European Cup in 1966 and 1974.[2][3]
SC Leipzig was dissolved in 1993, and various sections of the clubs joined different clubs from Leipzig. The women's handball section joined VfB Leipzig. However, VfB Leipzig ran into to economical difficulty in the late 1990s, and to preserve the handball team, the independent club HC Leipzig was formed.[4][3] In their first season under the new name, the club won the DHB Pokal.
In the second half of the 2016-17 season it was revealed that HCL had accumulated a debt of €1.3 million, and therefore had to file for insolvency, for which they were deducted four points.[5] The following summer the team lost their Bundesliga license due to the debt, and was thus relegated to the 3. Liga.[6] The decision was appealed by the club, but later rejected by the Bundesliga.[7] The case was then taken to the board of the German Handball Association, which ruled that HCL could keep their license, subject to the condition that an irrevocable payment of an equity increase of €600,000 be made by July 14, 2017, and that all outstanding wages be paid up to and including June 2017.[8][9][10] Despite the favourable ruling, the club could not pay the amount in time, and the club subsequently filed for insolvency, and had to restart in the 3. Liga on the license of their former second team.[11]
In 2019 the club was promoted to the 2. Bundesliga.[12]
Kits
| HOME | |||||
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       2013-14 |
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    2016-17 | |||
| AWAY | |||||
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   2013-14 |
    2016-17 | ||||
Honours
Domestic competitions
- Handball-Bundesliga Frauen:
Champions (6): 1998, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2010
- German Cup:
- Winners (7): 1996, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2016
- German Supercup:
- Winners (1): 2008
- DDR-Oberliga:
- Champions (15): 1953, 1957, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1984, 1988, 1991
- FDGB-Pokal:
- Winners (3): 1971, 1983, 1987
European competitions
EHF Women's Champions League:
- Winners (2): 1966, 1974
Runners-Up (4): 1967, 1970, 1972, 1977
- EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup:
- Runners-Up (2): 1978, 1997
- Women's EHF Cup:
- Winners (2): 1986, 1992
- Runners-Up (1): 2009
European record
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Aggregate |
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| 2016–17 | EHF Champions League | Q1 |  HC Gomel |
29–18 | 1st place | |
 Hypo Niederösterreich |
32–30 | |||||
| Group B |  Vardar |
22–45 | 24–41 | 4th place | ||
 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria |
17–30 | 22–26 | ||||
 HC Astrakhanochka |
30–27 | 24–27 | ||||
| EHF Cup | Group B | HC Kuban Krasnodar |
27–33 | 24–32 | 4th place | |
 Brest Bretagne Handball |
15–34 | 20–23 | ||||
| Alba Fehérvár KC |
21–34 | 27–29 | ||||
Team
Current squad
- Squad for the 2021–22 season[13]
Goalkeeper
- 16 Anna Kröber
- 26 Annabell Krüeger
Fields
- 2 Pauline Uhlmann
- 3 Lara Seidel
- 7 Julia Weise
- 10 Emely Theilig
- 14 Hanna Ferber-Rahnhöfer
- 20 Sharleen Greschner
- 22 Emily Glimm
- 23 Tyra Bessert
- 24 Lotta Röpcke
- 25 Lilli Röpcke
- 33 Christin Conrad
- 36 Stefanie Hummel
- 35 Jacqueline Hummel
- 41 Wiebke Meyer
- 99 Nina Reißberg
Technical Staff
- Club Manager: Torsten Brunnquell
- Head Coach: Fabian Kunze
- Assistant Coach: Philip Brommann
- Goalkeeping Coach: Wieland Schmidt
- Physiotherapist: Sophie Höpfner
Squad for the 2017–18 season
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Technical staff
- Club Manager: Kay-Sven Hähner
- Head Coach: Norman Rentsch
- Assistant Coach: Max Berthold
- Goalkeeping Coach: Wieland Schmidt
- Fitness and Athletics Coach: Isabelle Kellmann
- Physiotherapist: Christian Markus
- Physiotherapist: Danilo Menge
- Team Doctor: Dr. Gotthard Knoll
Notable former players
Natalie Augsburg- Nora Reiche
- Ulrike Stange
- Katja Schülke
- Luisa Schulze
- Susann Müller
- Anne Müller
- Katja Langkeit
- Nina Müller
- Grit Jurack
- Anne Hubinger
- Saskia Lang
- Franziska Mietzner
- Shenia Minevskaja
Sara Eriksson- Sara Holmgren
Karolina Kudlacz- Karolina Szwed
Debbie Bont- Maura Visser
- Jessy Kramer
Rikke Nielsen- Louise Lyksborg
Chana Masson- Idalina Borges Mesquita
Else Marthe Sörlie Lybekk- Renate Urne
Ionica Munteanu
