GWD Minden
German handball club
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Grün-Weiß Dankersen-Minden, commonly known as GWD Minden, is a handball club from Minden, Germany, and is competing in the Handball-Bundesliga.[1]
FullnameTurn- und Sportverein Grün-Weiß Dankersen-Minden e. V.
Founded31 May 1924
ArenaKampa-Halle
Capacity4,059
| GWD Minden | |||
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| Full name | Turn- und Sportverein Grün-Weiß Dankersen-Minden e. V. | ||
| Founded | 31 May 1924 | ||
| Arena | Kampa-Halle | ||
| Capacity | 4,059 | ||
| Head coach | Aaron Ziercke | ||
| League | Handball-Bundesliga | ||
| 2025–26 | 17th of 18 (relegated) | ||
| Club colours | |||
| Website Official site | |||

History
The club was founded on 31 May 1924 in Dankersen, a town of circa 5000 inhabitants. The team started in the 1928-29 season in the local league.[2]
Crest, colours, supporters
Accomplishments
- National Championship of Germany:
Gold: 1971, 1977
Silver: 1965, 1975, 1976
- 2. Handball-Bundesliga:
Gold: 1982, 1995, 2012
Silver: 2016
- National Cup of Germany:
Gold: 1975, 1976, 1979
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
Silver: 1976
- German Championship: (Field handball)
Gold: 1967, 1970, 1971
Silver: 1962, 1964, 1965, 1969
- IHF European Cup: (Field handball)
Gold: 1968, 1969, 1970
Team
Staff
- Staff for the 2022–23 season
Current squad
- Squad for the 2022–23 season
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Transfers
- Transfers for the 2025–26 season
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Transfer History
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Notable former players
Michael Haaß 2007-2009
Juri Knorr (2019–2021)
Klaus-Dieter Petersen (1986–1988)
Herbert Lübking (1949-1970)
Andreas Cederholm (2017–2019)
Martin Frändesjö (1998–2000)
Magnus Jernemyr (2014-2017)
Johan Petersson (1996-1997)
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Talant Dujshebaev (1998-2001)
Magnus Gullerud (2016–2020)
Kevin Gulliksen (2018-2021)
Sigurður Bjarnason (1996-1997)
Stéphane Stoecklin (1996-1998)
Luka Žvižej (2017-2019)
Coaching History
Walter Hein (1947–1953)
Erich Klose (1953–1959, 1961–4/1966)
Karl-Heinz Nickel † (1959–1961)
Gerd Enders † (4/1966–12/1968)
Arnhold Kresse † (1/1969–4/1970)
Gerhard Steinhöfer (4/1970–1970)
Friedrich Spannuth (1970–1975, 1977–5/1978, 1987–5/1988)
Hans-Jürgen Sulk † (1975–1976)
Vitomir Arsenijević (1976–1977, 1982–1985)
Vinko Dekaris (8/1978–4/1979)
Horst Bredemeier (4/1979–1982)
Milorad Reljić (1985–10/1985)
Günter Meyer (10/1985–1987)
Heinz Brockmeier (5/1988–10/1989)
Wolfgang Böhme (10/1989–3/1991)
Günter Gieseking (3/1991–1991, 1/1999–2/1999)
Dietmar Molthahn (1991–4/1992, 2/1995–5/1995, 3/1997–5/1997)
Milomir Mijatović † (6/1992–3/1995)
Jürgen Kloth (6/1995–1996)
Zenon Łakomy † (5/1996–2/1997)
Michael Biegler (5/1997–1/1999)
Aleksandr Rymanov (2/1999–3/2003)
Rainer Niemeyer † (3/2003–10/2004)
Velimir Kljaić † (10/2004–2005)
Richard Ratka (2005–2/2010)
Frank von Behren (2/2010) (one game)
Ulf Schefvert (2/2010–3/2013)
Sead Hasanefendić (3/2013–2013)
Goran Perkovac (2013–2/2015)
Frank Carstens (2/2015–6/2023)
Aðalsteinn Eyjólfsson (7/2023–1/2024)
Aaron Ziercke (1/2024-)
Club Captain history
Arnhold Kresse † (–1964)
Friedrich Spannuth (1964–1966)
Herbert Lübking (1966–1970)
Manfred Horstkötter (1970–1972)
Wilfried Drögemeier (1972–1975)
Hans Kramer † (1975–1979)
Rainer Niemeyer † (1979–1984)
Wilhelm Südmeier (1984–5/1986)
Fido Gast (5/1986–1988)
Detlef Meyer (1988–1990)
Gerd Amann (1990–1991)
Rüdiger Borchardt (1991–10/1991)
Herbert Pohl (10/1991–1992)
Frank Schoppe (1992–1994)
Walter Schubert (1994–1995)
Robert Hedin (1995–1998)
Frank Löhr (1998–2000)
Jörg-Uwe Lütt (2000–11/2000)
Frank von Behren (11/2000–2003)
Aaron Ziercke (2003–2004)
Patrekur Jóhannesson (2004–2005)
Arne Niemeyer (2005–2008)
Jan-Fiete Buschmann (2008–2009)
Moritz Schäpsmeier (2009–2010, 2015–2017)
Aljoscha Schmidt (2010–2011)
Evars Klešniks (2011–2013)
Anders Oechsler (2013–2014)
Jens Vortmann (2014–2015)
Dalibor Doder (2017–2019)
Marian Michalczik (2019–2020)
Miljan Pušica (2020–2021)
Niclas Pieczkowski (2021–2023)
Malte Semisch (2023-)