HSG Wetzlar is a professional handball club from Wetzlar, Germany. It competes in the top-tier Handball-Bundesliga and in the German Handball Cup. They have played in the Bundesliga since 1998 without relegation.
History The modern club was founded in 1992 by a fusion of TSV Dutenhofen and Münchholzhausen, which were founded in 1904 and 1909 respectively. From 1992 to 1999 they were known as Handballspielgemeinschaft Dutenhofen/Münchholzhausen and from 1999 to 2004 they were known as HSG D/M Wetzlar. They have had their modern name, HSG Wetzlar, since then.
In 1997 they managed a bit of a sensation, when they reached the final of the DHB-Pokal as a second division team, which qualified them for the EHF Cup the following season. Here they once again surprised, when they reached the final.
In the 2016-17 season they reached their best league position ever - a 6th place in the Bundesliga with over 40 points. During this season Philipp Weber was the league top scorer with 224 goals in 34 games and their coach Kai Wandschneider was selected as coach of the season.
Crest, colours, supporters Kits HOME
AWAY
THIRD
Accomplishments DHB-Pokal final: 1997, 2001 EHF Cup Winner's Cup final: 1998
Rivalry HSG Wetzlar's arch-rival is the neighbouring club TV Hüttenberg and games between the clubs are considered as the "Mittelhessenderby".
Team Current squad Squad for the 2024–25 season
Goalkeepers 1 Marius Göbner 11 Till Klimpke 12 Anadin Suljaković Left Wingers 18 Lukas Becher 50 Lion Zacharias Right Wingers 10 Zsolt Krakovszki 24 Tizian Weimer 75 Domen Novak Line players 5 Rasmus Meyer Ejlersen 14 Vladimir Vranješ 27 Nikita Pliuto 33 Georg Löwen
Left Backs 9 Ole Klimpke 19 Philipp Ahouansou Central Backs 7 Dominik Mappes 22 Jona Schoch 25 Justin Müller Right Backs 17 Noel Hoepfner 42 Nemanja Zelenović 77 Stefan Čavor
Technical staff Head coach: Frank Carstens Assistant coach: Filip Mirkulovski
Transfers Transfers for the 2026–27 season
Joining Petter Øverby (LP) from THW Kiel László Bartucz (GK) from MT Melsungen Nikolaj Læsø (LB) from Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Håndbold Tomáš Piroch (RB) from SC DHfK Leipzig Doruk Pehlivan (LB) from HC Elbflorenz Dresden Martí Soler (LW) from MT Melsungen Paul Kompenhans (CB) from TV Hüttenberg
Leaving Andreas Palicka (GK) to Füchse Berlin Stefan Čavor (RB) to RD Slovan Anadin Suljaković (GK) to SC DHfK Leipzig Filip Vistorop (CB) to AEK Athens Philipp Ahouansou (LB) to TVB Stuttgart Lion Zacharias (LW) to HBW Balingen-Weilstetten Justin Müller (CB) to HC Kriens-Luzern Julius Gümbel (LP) to TV Hüttenberg Phil Spandau (LW) to TV Hüttenberg Georg Löwen (LP) on loan at TV Hüttenberg
Transfer History
Transfers for the 2025–26 seasonJoining Bart Ravensbergen (GK) from Frisch Auf Göppingen Nikola Grahovac (LP) from ONE Veszprém Filip Vistorop (CB) from ThSV Eisenach Josip Šimić (LP) from 1. VfL Potsdam Ahmed Seesa (LW) from RK Vojvodina Karim Handawy (GK) from Al-Safa Club David Cyrill Akakpo (RW) from 1. VfL Potsdam Niklas Theiss (RB) from TV Hüttenberg Tristan Kirschner (RW) from TV Hüttenberg Andreas Palicka (GK) from Kolstad Håndball
Leaving Domen Novak (RW) to SG Flensburg-Handewitt Vladimir Vranješ (LP) to Csurgói KK Zsolt Krakovszki (RW) to Győri ETO-UNI FKC Rasmus Meyer Ejlersen (LP) to Ribe-Esbjerg HH Viktor Petersen Norberg (RB) to HC Elbflorenz Till Klimpke (GK) to HØJ Elite
Transfers for the 2024–25 seasonJoining Marius Göbner (GK) (from own youth) Lion Zacharias (LW) (from Rhein-Neckar Löwen) Philipp Ahouansou (LB) (from Rhein-Neckar Löwen) Jona Schoch (CB) (from HBW Balingen-Weilstetten) Dominik Mappes (CB) (from VfL Gummersbach) Justin Müller (CB) (from Nordsjælland Håndbold) Noel Hoepfner (RB) (from own youth) Zsolt Krakovszki (RW) (from NEKA) Tizian Weimer (RW) (from own youth) Georg Löwen (P) (from SC Magdeburg)
Leaving Leonard Grazioli (GK) (to Pfadi Winterthur) Emil Mellegård (LW) (to HØJ Elite) Hendrik Wagner (LB) (to TBV Lemgo) Lenny Rubin (LB) (to TVB Stuttgart) Magnus Fredriksen (CB) (to SønderjyskE Herrehåndbold) Mathias Pedersen (CB) (to Amo Handboll) Julian Fuchs (RW) (end of loan MT Melsungen, joins Bergischer HC) Erik Schmidt (P) (to AEK Athens)
Notable former players Michael Allendorf Markus Baur Sven-Sören Christophersen Lars Kaufmann Jannik Kohlbacher Andreas Wolff Tobias Reichmann Steffen Fäth Ivano Balić Ola Lindgren Kent Robin Tønnesen Avishay Smoler
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