Handball Sport Verein Hamburg

Handball Hamburg
Full nameHandball Sport Verein Hamburg e.V.
Short nameHSV Hamburg
Founded1999 (1999)
ArenaSporthalle Hamburg
Barclays Arena
Capacity4,144
13,000
PresidentMarc Dieter Evermann
Head coachTorsten Jansen
LeagueHandball-Bundesliga
2024–2510th of 18
Club colours   
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Handball Sport Verein Hamburg is a professional handball club from Germany, located in Hamburg. Currently, Handball Hamburg competes in the Handball-Bundesliga. The full name in German is Handball Sport Verein Hamburg e.V. but the club has traditionally been called HSV Handball, HSV Hamburg or simply HSV. Their main rivals are THW Kiel and SG Flensburg-Handewitt.

Hamburg
Location of Handball Sport Verein Hamburg

History

Handball Sport Verein Hamburg is a merger of the former handball clubs VfL Bad Schwartau and HSV Lübeck, which joined forces in 1999. In 2002, they were moved to Hamburg for growth and renamed. Although locally known as HSV Hamburg, the club is not part of the Hamburger Sportverein and does not have the right to use their logo and abbreviation for promotional purposes. The club notably won a EHF Champions League in 2013 and a Handball-Bundesliga in 2011. On 20 January 2016, their license was revoked due to irregularities and, as a result, Handball Hamburg was not authorized to participate in either the first or second handball Bundesliga in the 2016/17 season.[1] As a result, the club was relaunched with a new coat of arms, colors and a new image, from HSV Hamburg to Handball Sport Verein Hamburg; although the official name remained unchanged. The club returned to the Handball-Bundesliga in the 2021–22 season.

Crest, colours, supporters

Naming history

Name Period
HSV Lübeck 1999–2002
HSV Handball 2002–2016
Handball Sport Verein Hamburg 2016–present

Club crest

Kits

Accomplishments

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season[2]
HSV Hamburg

Technical staff

  • Head coach: Torsten Jansen
  • Assistant coach: Blaženko Lacković
  • Athletic Trainer: Philipp Winterhoff
  • Physiotherapist: Christina Dressel
  • Club doctor: Dr. Daniel Briem

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Previous squads

EHF ranking

As of 31 March 2022[3]
Rank Team Points
159 HSG Wetzlar 27
160 RD Koper 2013 26
161 ABC Braga 25
162 HSV Hamburg 25
163 Sport36-Komló 24
164 OCI-Lions 24
165 BM Huesca 23

Former club members

Notable former players

Former coaches

Seasons Coach Country
2002–2005 Bob Hanning
2005 Christian Fitzek
2005–2011 Martin Schwalb
2011 Per Carlén
2011–2012 Jens Häusler
2012–2014 Martin Schwalb
2014 Christian Gaudin
2014–2015 Jens Häusler
2015–2016 Michael Biegler
2016–2017 Jens Häusler
2017– Torsten Jansen

References

  1. ^ "Lizenzentzug für HSV Handball | LIQUI MOLY HBL".
  2. ^ "Kader".
  3. ^ "Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball".