THW Kiel

The club was founded on 4 February 1904, as a gymnastics association. From the beginning it was only a men's club, but from 1907 women were included too. The handball department was founded in summer 1923, initially focusing on field handball before transitioning to indoor handball. ==Crest, colours, supporters==

Kits Rivalries The main rival of THW Kiel is SG Flensburg-Handewitt. The derby between them is called the "Nordderby" and have regularly and closely fought for national championships and in finals of the DHB-Pokal. As of March 2025, 114 matches have been contested between the two sides, with THW winning 67 and SG with 42 victories. ==Accomplishments==

• Handball-Bundesliga: 23 • : 1957, 1962, 1963, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021, 2023 • : 1953, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1983, 1985, 1989, 2004, 2011, 2019, 2022 • DHB-Pokal: 13 • : 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2025 • : 1979, 1990, 2005 • DHB-Supercup: 13 • : 1995, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 • : 1994, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2025 • EHF Champions League: 4 • : 2007, 2010, 2012, 2020 • : 2000, 2008, 2009, 2014 • : 2022, 2024 • EHF Cup / EHF European League: 4 • : 1998, 2002, 2004, 2019 • : 2025 • '''EHF Men's Champions Trophy: 1''' • : 2007 • : 2004 • : 2001, 2008 • '''IHF Men's Super Globe: 1''' • : 2011 • : 2012, 2019 • German Championship: 2 (Field handball) • : 1948, 1950 • : 1951, 1953 • Double: 8 • 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2012–13 • Triple Crown: 2 • 2006–07, 2011–12 ==Team==

Current squad :Squad for the 2025–26 season ;Goalkeepers • 1 Gonzalo Pérez de Vargas • 12 Leon Nowottny • 33 Andreas Wolff ;Left wingers • 7 Magnus Landin • 23 Rune Dahmke ;Right wingers • 24 Lukas Zerbe • 91 Bence Imre ;Line players • 11 Petter Øverby • 20 Lukas Laube • 61 Hendrik Pekeler • 93 Veron Načinović ;Left backs • 21 Eric Johansson • 53 Nikola Bilyk ;Central backs • 4 Domagoj Duvnjak (c) • 22 Rasmus Ankermann • 71 Elias Ellefsen á Skipagøtu ;Right backs • 6 Harald Reinkind • 15 Jesse Dahmke • 45 Emil Madsen • 48 Mohab Abdelhak Transfers :Transfers for the 2026–27 season ;Joining • Leon Nowottny (GK) back from loan at TV Großwallstadt • Tobias Dengler (GK) (from youth team) • Vincent Büchner (LW) from ThSV Eisenach • Julian Köster (LB) from VfL Gummersbach • Johan Rohwer (LB) (from youth team) • Domen Makuc (CB) from FC Barcelona • Jarnes Faust (RW) from TBV Lemgo Lippe ;Leaving • Magnus Landin Jacobsen (LW) to Aalborg Håndbold • Nikola Bilyk (LB) to HC Kriens-Luzern • Bence Imre (RW) to ONE Veszprém • Mohab Abdelhak (RB) to RK Vardar • Leon Nowottny (GK) to HSV Hamburg • Johan Rohwer (LB) on loan at TV Großwallstadt • Petter Øverby (P) (to ?) :Transfers for the 2027–28 season ;Joining • Justus Fischer (P) (from TSV Hannover-Burgdorf) ;Leaving Transfer History Staff :Staff for the 2023–24 season Notable former players • Heinrich Dahlinger (1936–1966) • Michael Krieter (1983–1998) • Wolfgang Schwenke (1996–2001) • Uwe Schwenker (1980–1992) • Henning Fritz (2001–2007) • Dominik Klein (2006–2016) • Thomas Knorr (1992–1998) • Tobias Reichmann (2009–2012) • Christian Sprenger (2009–2017) • Christian Zeitz (2003–2014, 2016–2018) • Andreas Wolff (2016–2019) • Christian Dissinger (2015–2018) • Dario Quenstedt (2019–2022) • Stefan Lövgren (1999–2009) • Staffan Olsson (1996–2003) • Magnus Wislander (1990–2002) • Johan Petersson (2001–2005) • Kim Andersson (2005–2012) • Marcus Ahlm (2003–2013) • Peter Gentzel (2009–2010) • Henrik Lundström (2004–2012) • Martin Boquist (2003–2005) • Mattias Andersson (2001–2008) • Pelle Linders (2005–2007) • Andreas Palicka (2008–2015) • Lukas Nilsson (2016–2020) • Nikolaj Jacobsen (1998–2004) • Rasmus Lauge (2013–2015) • René Toft Hansen (2012–2018) • Lars Krogh Jeppesen (2006–2007) • Morten Bjerre (2000–2003) • Niklas Landin Jacobsen (2015–2023) • Nikola Karabatić (2005–2009) • Daniel Narcisse (2009–2013) • Thierry Omeyer (2006–2013) • Jérôme Fernandez (2010–2011) • Igor Anić (2015–2016) • Vincent Gérard (2023–2024) • Børge Lund (2007–2010) • Frode Hagen (2004–2006) • Steinar Ege (1999–2002, 2015) • Sander Sagosen (2020–2023) • Goran Stojanović (1996–1999) • Ljubomir Pavlović (2003) • Momir Ilić (2009–2013) • Marko Vujin (2012–2019) • Davor Dominiković (2002–2003) • Ilija Brozović (2016–2017) • Blaženko Lacković (2016–2017) • Marek Panas (1982–1989) • Daniel Waszkiewicz (1987–1990) • Piotr Przybecki (2001–2004) • Predrag Timko (1977–1980) • Nenad Peruničić (1997–2001) • Goran Stojanović (1996–1999) • Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson (2012–2014) • Aron Pálmarsson (2009–2015) • Filip Jícha (2007–2015) • Pavel Horák (2019–2022) • Vid Kavtičnik (2005–2009) • Miha Zarabec (2017–2023) • Demetrio Lozano (2001–2004) • Joan Cañellas (2014–2016) • Wael Jallouz (2013–2014) • Zvonimir Serdarušić (1980–1981) • Andrei Xepkin (2007) • Julio Fis (2001–2002) Notable former coaches • Fritz Westheider (1930–1958) • Heinrich Dahlinger (1958–1972) • Kurt Bartels, Rolf Krabbenhöft, Bernd Struck (1972–1973) • Adolf Gabriel (1973–1975) • Werner Kirst (1975) • Gerd Welz (1975–1977) • Željko Seleš (1977–1978) • Werner Kirst (1978–1979) • Gerd Welz (1979–1980) • Marinko Andrić (1980–1981) • Herward Wieck (1981–1982) • Jóhann Ingi Gunnarsson (1983–1986) • Marek Panas (1987–1989) • Josip Milković (1989) • Holger Oertel (1989–1992) • Uwe Schwenker (1993) • Zvonimir Serdarušić (1993–2008) • Alfreð Gíslason (2008–2019) ==References==