GWD Minden

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. ==Crest, colours, supporters==

• National Championship of Germany: • : 1971, 1977 • : 1965, 1975, 1976 • 2. Handball-Bundesliga: • : 1982, 1995, 2012 • : 2016 • National Cup of Germany: • : 1975, 1976, 1979 • '''EHF Cup Winners' Cup:''' • : 1976 • German Championship: (Field handball) • : 1967, 1970, 1971 • : 1962, 1964, 1965, 1969 • IHF European Cup: (Field handball) • : 1968, 1969, 1970 ==Team==

Staff :Staff for the 2022–23 season Current squad :Squad for the 2022–23 season ;Goalkeeper • 1 Malte Semisch • 55 Yahav Shamir ;Wingers ;LW • 5 Florian Kranzmann • 11 Mats Korte ;RW • 27 Max Staar • 50 Tomáš Urban ;Pivots • 3 Besard Hakaj • 6 Justus Nicolas Richtzenhain • 15 Sveinn Jóhannsson • 39 Carles Asensio Cambra ;Back players ;LB • 19 Philipp Ahouansou • 23 Doruk Pehlivan • 31 Marko Vignjević • 77 Fynn Hermeling ;CB • 4 Maximilian Janke • 14 Niclas Pieczkowski • 24 Magnus Holpert • 71 Mohamed Darmoul ;RB • 9 Ole Günther • 40 Luka Šebetić • Szymon Działakiewicz Transfers :Transfers for the 2025–26 season ;Joining • Tibor Ivanišević (GK) from Frisch Auf Göppingen • Jakub Štěrba (RW) from ASV Hamm-Westfalen • Karolis Antanavičius (LB) from Alpla HC Hard • Morten Hempel Jensen (LB) from Skanderborg AGF Håndbold • Daniel Astrup Pedersen (LP) from OV Helsingborg HK • Malte Donker (RB) from ThSV Eisenach ;Leaving • Danilo Radović (LB) to US Créteil Handball • Adam Nyfjäll (LP) to TBV Lemgo Transfer History ==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) • / 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-) ==References==