Rhein-Neckar Löwen

Full name

Rhein-Neckar Löwen

Founded

2002

Arena

SAP Arena, Mannheim

Capacity

14,500^[1]

League

Handball-Bundesliga

2014–15

2nd

Colours

Club colours

Home

Away

Rhein-Neckar Löwen is a handball club from Mannheim, Germany. The club was founded in 2002 as a merger of TSG Kronau and TSG Baden Östringen, competing initially under the name SG Kronau/Östringen. Currently, Rhein-Neckar Löwen competes in the First Division of the German Handball Bundesliga.

Rhein-Neckar Löwen

Location of Rhein-Neckar Löwen

Accomplishments

Semi-finalist EHF Champions League 2009
Finalist EHF Cup Winners' Cup 2008
German A Youth Champions 2008
Finalist German Cup 2006, 2007, 2010
Semi-finalist German Cup 2008, 2009
Last 16 of EHF Cup 2007
Promotion to the Bundesliga First Division 2003, 2005

The most popular players of the Rhein-Neckar Löwen are Uwe Gensheimer, Oliver Roggisch, Karol Bielecki, Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson, Ólafur Stefánsson, Børge Lund, Michael Müller, Sergei Schelmenko and Ivan Čupić.

Accomplishments prior to the merger

1982, 1989: Promoted to the Regionalliga South (Östringen)
1993, 1999: Promoted to the Regionalliga South (Kronau)
1995: Promoted to the Bundesliga Second Division (Östringen)
1996: German B Youth Champions (Kronau)
2000: Promoted to the Bundesliga Second Division (Kronau)
2002: Runners-up in the Bundesliga Second Division (Östringen)
2013: Win EHF Cup

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2015–16 season^[2]

Goalkeepers

01 Mikael Appelgren
12 Borko Ristovski
83 Marco Bitz

Wingers

03 Uwe Gensheimer
11 Stefán Rafn Sigurmannsson
19 Marius Steinhauser
24 Patrick Groetzki
42 Marvin Gerdon

Line players

14 Max Haider
16 Rafael Baena Gonzalez
23 Hendrik Pekeler
26 Michal Abt
30 Gedeón Guardiola

Back players

02 André Schmid
04 Stefan Kneer
22 Mads Mensah Larsen
27 Harald Reinkind
32 Alexander Petersson
60 Kim Ekdahl Du Rietz
97 Rico Keller

Technical staff

Head Coach: Nikolaj Jacobsen
Assistant Coach: Klaus Gärtner
Assistant Coach: Oliver Roggisch
Team Doctor: Andreas Klonz, MD

Transfers

Transfers for the 2016-17 season

Joining

Leaving

Retired numbers

No.	Player	Position	Tenure	Ceremony Date
Rhein-Neckar Löwen
18	Bjarte Myrhol	Pivot	2009–2015	04/06/2015

References

↑ "Technische Daten" [Technical Data] (in German). SAP Arena official website. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
↑ "Team" (in German). Rhein-Neckar Löwen official website. Retrieved 6 July 2015.

External links

Official website

DKB Handball-Bundesliga

2015–16 Teams	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten Bergischer HC Füchse Berlin TV Bittenfeld ThSV Eisenach SG Flensburg-Handewitt Frisch Auf Göppingen VfL Gummersbach HSV Hamburg TSV Hannover-Burgdorf THW Kiel SC DHfK Leipzig TBV Lemgo SC Magdeburg MT Melsungen TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke Rhein-Neckar Löwen HSG Wetzlar

Seasons	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

EHF Cup winners

IHF Cup	1981–82: VfL Gummersbach 1982–83: ZTR Zaporizhia 1983–84: TV Großwallstadt 1984–85: Minaur Baia Mare 1985–86: Győri ETO 1986–87: Granitas Kaunas 1987–88: Minaur Baia Mare 1988–89: TuRU Düsseldorf 1989–90: SKIF Krasnodar 1990–91: Borac Banja Luka 1991–92: Wallau-Massenheim 1992–93: TEKA Santander

EHF Cup	1993–94: Alzira Avidesa 1994–95: Granollers 1995–96: Granollers 1996–97: Flensburg 1997–98: THW Kiel 1998–99: Magdeburg 1999–2000: Metković 2000–01: Magdeburg 2001–02: THW Kiel 2002–03: Barcelona 2003–04: THW Kiel 2004–05: TUSEM Essen 2005–06: TBV Lemgo 2006–07: Magdeburg 2007–08: HSG Nordhorn 2008–09: VfL Gummersbach 2009–10: TBV Lemgo 2010–11: Frisch Auf Göppingen 2011–12: Frisch Auf Göppingen 2012–13: Rhein-Neckar Löwen 2013–14: Pick Szeged 2014–15:

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