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.
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.List of East German Champions in ddr-handball.de
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 economic difficulty in the late 1990s, and to preserve the handball team, the independent club HC Leipzig was formed. 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. The following summer the team lost their Bundesliga license due to the debt, and was thus relegated to the 3. Liga. The decision was appealed by the club, but later rejected by the Bundesliga. 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. 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.
In 2019 the club was promoted to the 2. Bundesliga.
Kits
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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 2016–17 EHF Champions LeagueQ1 HC Gomel 29–18 1st place Hypo Niederösterreich 32–30Group B Vardar 22–45 24–41 4th place FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 17–30 22–26 HC Astrakhanochka 30–27 24–27 EHF CupGroup 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
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
Goalkeeper 12 Helen Keller 16 Anna Kröber 28 Anja Kreitzick Fields 2 Pauline Uhrmann 3 Anna Ansorge 5 Isabell Hurst 6 Celina Matthey 7 Julia Weise 8 Beatrix Kerestely
9 Antonia Herzig 10 Emely Thellig 13 Anna Lena Plate 15 Johanna Schierbok 17 Lea Guderian 20 Sharleen Greschner 22 Lucie-Marie Kretzschmar 23 Francisca Buth 25 Lilli Röpcke 27 Leonie Rauschenbach
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
See also SC Lokomotive Leipzig
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