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 2014–15 season^[2]

2015-2016 transfers

• Ewgenija Minevskaja (RB)
• Franziska Mietzner (LB)
• Nele Kurzke (GK)
• Luisa Sturm (PV)

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

External links

• Official website