Handball Club Leipzig

Handball Club Leipzig
Full name	Handball Club Leipzig
Short name	HCL
Founded	1893
Arena	Arena Leipzig
Capacity	7,000[1]
President	Andreas Erzkamp
Head coach	Norman Rentsch
League	HBL Frauen
2013–2014	HBL Frauen, 2nd
Home Away
Website Official site

HC Leipzig is a women's handball club based in Leipzig, Germany. They play in Handball-Bundesliga Frauen and are often competing in the EHF Women's Champions League, the now defunct EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup, which merged with the Women's EHF Cup and are internationally regarded as one of the best German women's handball clubs.

Honours

• Handball-Bundesliga Frauen:
  • Winners (21)

• German Cup:
  • Winners (7)

• German Supercup:
  • Winners (1)

• 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

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2015–16 season^[2]

Goalkeeper 12 Katja Schülke-Kramarczyk 21 Nele Kurzke 22 Nicole Roth Wingers 05 Alexandra Mazzucco 09 Helena Hertlein 19 Kaya Diehl 34 Joanna Rode Line players 13 Luisa Schulze 24 Luisa Sturm

Back players 06 Franziska Mietzner 07 Þorgerður Anna Atladóttir 08 Franziska Peter 14 Karolina Kudłacz-Gloc 17 Anne Hubinger 18 Saskia Lang 20 Nele Reimer 23 Ewgenija Minevskaja 26 Michelle Urbicht

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

References

1. "Handball Arenen Deutschland" (in German). Stadionwelt. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
2. "Kaderlist 2014/2015" [Squadlist for the 2014/2015 season] (in German). HC Leipzig official website. Retrieved 18 October 2014.

External links

• Official website