Turn- und Polizeisportgemeinschaft Frisch Auf Göppingen e.V. is a sports club from

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

, located in

Göppingen Göppingen ( Swabian: ''Geppenge'' or ''Gebbenga'') is a town in southern Germany, part of the Stuttgart Region of Baden-Württemberg. It is the capital of the district Göppingen. Göppingen is home to the toy company Märklin, and it is the b ...

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

. The club's men's handball team plays under the name FRISCH AUF! Göppingen in

Handball-Bundesliga The Handball-Bundesliga (HBL) is the top German professional handball league. From 2007 onwards, the league was sponsored by Toyota and has officially been called the ''Toyota Handball-Bundesliga''. This lasted until 2012 when the Deutsche K ...

. Nine-time champions of Germany, Göppingen were at their most successful during the early 1960s. The club's women's handball team Frisch Auf Frauen also plays in

Men's handball team

History

TPSG Frisch Auf Göppingen was founded in 1896 as the Göppingen Gymnastics Club. In October 1920, the club established its own handball division. In 1971, the Frisch Auf Göppingen Gymnastics Club merged with the Göppingen Police Sports Association to form the Turn- und Polizeisportgemeinschaft Frisch Auf Göppingen. The club won nine championships between 1954 and 1972. He spent the 1990s in the

2. Handball-Bundesliga The 2. Handball-Bundesliga is the second tier of professional handball in Germany. Season It is directly linked to the Handball-Bundesliga, the country's highest tier, by a promotion and relegation system. Before the 2011–12 season, the lea ...

. In 2001, however, they were promoted to the

again. In the 2010s, the club won four EHF Cups (2011, 2012, 2016 and 2017). The "Frisch Auf" part of the club's name is an old German salutation amongst gymnasts.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kit manufacturers

Kits

Accomplishments

: ** : 1954, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1970, 1972 *

: ** : 2001 *

EHF Champions League The Men's EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the me ...

: ** :

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...

** :

1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...

EHF Cup The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previ ...

: ** :

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

** : 2006

Sports Hall information

*Name: –

EWS Arena EWS Arena (formerly Hohenstaufenhalle) is an indoor sporting arena located in Göppingen, Germany. The capacity of the arena is 5,600 people. It hosts the home matches of women's and men's Handball Bundesliga handball teams of Frisch Auf Göp ...

*City: –

*Capacity: – 5600 *Address: – Nördliche Ringstraße 87, 73033

Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2022–23 season''

Technical staff

* Head Coach:

Markus Baur Markus Baur (born 22 January 1971) is a former German handball player now turned trainer. He is considered one of the world's best players on his position. Born in Meersburg, he is a member of the German national handball team since 1994, makin ...

* Goalkeeping Coach:

Alexander Vorontsov Count Alexander Romanovich Vorontsov (russian: Алекса́ндр Рома́нович Воронцо́в) (4 February 17412 December 1805) was the Chancellor of the Russian Empire during the early years of Alexander I's reign. He began his ca ...

* Physiotherapist: Thomas Hummel * Physiotherapist: Sebastian Daebel * Club Doctor: Dr. Christian Grill

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2022–23 season'' ;Joining * Erik Persson (RB) (from

Eskilstuna Guif Eskilstuna Guif is a handball club based in Eskilstuna, Sweden, which currently competes in Handbollsligan, the top domestic handball league. The club was founded in 1896 as Godtemplarnas Ungdoms- och Idrottsförening (The Good Templars' Youth and ...

) * Andreas Flodman (RW) (from

Aalborg Håndbold Aalborg Handball ( da, Aalborg Håndbold) is a handball club from Aalborg, Denmark that competes in the Danish Handball League. Aalborg Håndbold play their home games in the Gigantium arena in Aalborg – known as Jutlander Bank Arena for sponsor ...

) ;Leaving * Blaž Blagotinšek (LP) (to

SG Flensburg-Handewitt SG Flensburg-Handewitt is a professional handball club from Flensburg and Handewitt in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Currently, they compete in the Handball-Bundesliga and EHF European League. They play home matches at Flens-Arena. Since formin ...

) * Daniel Rebmann (GK) (to

VfL Gummersbach VfL Gummersbach is a handball club from the Germany, German city of Gummersbach. Currently, VfL Gummersbach competes in the Handball-Bundesliga and the DHB-Pokal. Gummersbach is one of the most successful team-handball clubs ever. Crest, colo ...

) * Kevin Gulliksen (RW) (to

TTH Holstebro TTH Holstebro is a men's handball club from Holstebro, Denmark. The team is playing in the Danish Primo Tours Ligaen and play their home matches in Gråkjær Arena. History The club was founded in May 2000, when Holstebro Håndbold 90 an ...

) * Jon Lindenchrone Andersen (RB) (to

Rhein-Neckar Löwen Rhein-Neckar Löwen is a professional handball club founded in 2002, based in Mannheim, Germany. The club competes in the German Handball-Bundesliga and continentally in EHF European League. Rhein-Neckar Löwen play their home games in SAP Aren ...

)

Previous squads

European competition

EHF Cup Winners' Cup The EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for men's and women's handball clubs of Europe that won their national cup, and took place every year. From the 2012–13 season, the men's competition was merged with the EHF Cup. Winners ...

: from the 2012–13 season, the men's competition was merged with the

: It was formerly known as the IHF Cup until 1993. Also, starting from the 2012–13 season the competition has been merged with the

. The competition will be known as the

EHF European League The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previ ...

from the 2020–21 season.

EHF ranking

Former club members

Notable former players

* Udo Böbel (1976–1978) * Peter Bucher (1961–1976, 1984–1985) * Ulrich Derad (1986–1989) * Axel Geerken (2008) * Fabian Gutbrod (2007–2011) * Michael Haaß (2009–2013) * Kai Häfner (2007–2011) * Sebastian Heymann (2016–) * Markus Hochhaus (1996–1998) * Peter Jaschke (1976–1980) *

Lars Kaufmann Lars Kaufmann (born February 25, 1982) is a German team handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkee ...

(2009–2011, 2015–2017) * Tim Kneule (2006–) *

Michael Kraus Michael Kraus may refer to: * Michael Kraus (soccer) (born 1984), American soccer player * Michael Kraus (field hockey) (born 1958), American Olympic hockey player * Michael Kraus (handballer) (born 1983), German handball player * Michael Kraus (m ...

(2002–2007, 2013–2016) * Volker Michel (2004–2007) * Marc Nagel (1999–2004) * Evgeni Pevnov (2013–2015) * Adrian Pfahl (2015–2018) *

Uwe Rathjen Uwe Rathjen (28 June 1943 – 14 November 2019) was a West German former handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 197 ...

(1968–1973) * Daniel Rebmann (2017–) * Oliver Roggisch (2000–2002) * Marcel Schiller (2013–) * Jörn Schläger (2001–2003) * David Schmidt (2022–) * Christian Schöne (2005–2015) * Jens Schöngarth (2016–2019) *

Martin Schwalb Martin Schwalb (born 4 May 1963) is a former West German handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics. He currently coaches Rhein-Neckar Löwen. In 2013 he led his team to its first win of the EHF Cham ...

(1982–1984) *

Manuel Späth Manuel Späth (born 16 October 1985) is a German handballer who plays as a pivot for HSV Hamburg Handball Sport Verein Hamburg is a handball club from Germany, located in Hamburg. Currently, Handball Hamburg competes in the Handball-Bundesliga. ...

(2006–2017) * Nicolai Theilinger (2019–2021) * Willi Weiss (1976–1987) * Hajo Wulff (2000–2003) * Nikola Marinovic (2013–2015) * David Szlezak (2001–2004) * Dalibor Anušić (2007–2009, 2010–2012) *

Josip Perić Josip Perić (born 5 June 1992) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian professional handball player for Tatabánya KC MOL-Tatabánya Kézilabda Club is a Hungarian team handball club from Tatabánya, that plays in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I. History In ...

(2018–2020) *

Srđan Predragović Srđan Predragović (born 4 July 1995) is a Bosnian handball player for Alpla HC Hard and the Bosnian national team. He represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship The 2020 EHF European Men's Handball ...

(2018-2019) * Enid Tahirović (2008–2013) * Bruno Souza (1999–2006) *

Krešimir Kozina Krešimir Kozina (born 25 June 1990) is a Croatian handball player for Frisch Auf Göppingen and the Croatian national team. Club career Kozina started his youth career in RK Matulji before establishing himself in Zamet the premier handball cl ...

(2017–) * Kristijan Ljubanović (2009) * Josip Šarac (2021–) * Marin Šego (2022–) *

Ivan Slišković Ivan Slišković (born 23 October 1991) is a Croatian handball player who plays for Olympiacos. He participated at the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship The 2019 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 26th event hosted by the Inter ...

(2018–2020) * Jalesky Garcia Padron (2003–2009) * Luděk Drobek (2007) *

Martin Galia Martin Galia (born 12 April 1979) is a Czech handball player for HC Baník Karviná and the Czech national team. He participated at the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship The 2015 World Men's Handball Championship was the 24th staging o ...

(2004–2008) * Pavel Horák (2007–2013) * Tomáš Mrkva (2012–2013) * Jacob Bagersted (2017–2022) *

Allan Damgaard Allan may refer to: People * Allan (name), a given name and surname, including list of people and characters with this name * Allan (footballer, born 1984) (Allan Barreto da Silva), Brazilian football striker * Allan (footballer, born 1989) (Al ...

(2017–2019) * Alix Nyokas (2014–2016) *

Gergely Harsányi Gergely János Harsányi (born 3 May 1981) is a Hungarian handballer, who retired from professional handball in 2018 and currently plays for Tatai AC in the Hungarian second division. Career Harsányi started his professional career at his h ...

(2007–2008) * Péter Tatai (2016) * Pouya Norouzi Nezhad (2020) * Gunnar Steinn Jónsson (2021) *

Janus Daði Smárason Janus Daði Smárason (born 1 January 1995) is an Icelandic handball player for Kolstad Håndball and the Icelandic national handball team. He participated at the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship The 2017 IHF World Men's Handball Champ ...

(2020–2022) *

Idan Maimon Idan Maimon (born 27 November 1974) is an Israeli former handball player, and currently the head coach of Hapoel Rishon Lezion. Maimon was the captain of the Israeli national handball team, and the all-time top goalscorer of the Israeli handbal ...

(2000–2001) * Andrius Stelmokas (2004–2006) * Žarko Marković (2012–2013) *

Draško Mrvaljević Draško Mrvaljević (born 17 November 1979) is a Montenegrin former handball player. Career Over the course of his career that spanned more than two decades, Mrvaljević played for Lovćen (1997–2000), Sintelon (2000–2002), Teucro (2003–2 ...

(2009–2012) * Patrick Kersten (2001–2002) * Kevin Gulliksen (2021–) *

Thomas Kristensen Thomas Fauerskov Kristensen (born 17 April 1983) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently working as a transition coach at Lyngby BK and as an assistant coach for the Danish U-18 national team. Kri ...

(2015–2016) * Maciej Dmytruszyński (2006–2007) *

Jerzy Klempel Jerzy Klempel (23 April 1953 – 28 May 2004) was a Polish former handball player and coach who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. In 1976 he won the bronze medal with the Polish team. He played all five ma ...

(1982–1991) * Adam Weiner (2008–2011) * Silviu Băiceanu (2006–2008) * Rareș Jurcă (2008–2010) * Dragoș Oprea (2002–2015) *

Urh Kastelic Urh Kastelic (born 27 February 1996) is a Slovenian handball goalkeeper who plays for TBV Lemgo Lippe and the Slovenian national team. He participated at the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship. In 2014 he won gold medal at Youth Olympic Game ...

(2019–2022) *

Miladin Kozlina Miladin Kozlina (born 11 February 1983) is a Slovenian handball player who plays for Wilhelmshavener HV Wilhelmshavener HV is a handball club from Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Currently, they compete in the 3. Liga. The club has oscillated between ...

(2011) * Jaka Malus (2022–) * Vid Poteko (2022–) * Primož Prošt (2013–2019) *

Jure Vran Jure may refer to: * De jure, Latin legal phrase * Jure (given name) Jure is a South Slavs, South Slavic masculine given name found in Slovenia and Croatia. It is cognate to the names Juraj and Jurij, in turn cognate to ''George (given name), Geor ...

(2010–2011) * Marc Amargant (2003-2005) * Jaume Fort (2001–2004) * Bojan Beljanski (2012–2015) *

Aleksandar Knežević Aleksandar Knežević (; born 26 December 1968) is a Serbian former handball player and current coach. Club career Over the course of his career that spanned more than two decades, Knežević played for Borac Banja Luka, Crvena zvezda (1992–199 ...

(1999–2007) *

Nikola Manojlović Nikola Manojlović may refer to: * Nikola Manojlović (handballer) * Nikola Manojlović (basketball) {{hndis, Manojlovic, Nikola ...

(2005–2009) *

Mitar Markez Mitar Markez (; born 25 October 1990) is a Serbian handball player for Hungarian club Gyöngyösi KK and the Serbia national team. Club career After starting out at Crvenka, Markez moved abroad to France and signed with Montpellier in 2010. He h ...

(2011–2014) * Božidar Markićević (2012) * Vukašin Rajković (2005–2008) * Momir Rnić (2011–2014) *

Žarko Šešum Žarko Šešum (; born 16 June 1986) is a retired Serbian handball player. Club career Born in Bačka Palanka, Šešum started out at his hometown club Sintelon. He was promoted to the senior squad in the 2002–03 season, at age 16. In early ...

(2014–2018) * Nemanja Zelenović (2018–2022) * Michal Shejbal (2004–2008) * Tomáš Urban (2017–2018) * Niclas Barud (2015–2017) * Andreas Berg (2015–2017) * Anton Halén (2014–2018)

Former coaches

Women's handball team

History

TPSG Frisch Auf Göppingen was founded in 1896 as the Göppingen Gymnastics Club. In October 1920, the club established its own handball division. The women's section was established in 1923. The team played for the first time in 2006 in the

. The club made it to the finals of the Challenge Cup in 2010.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kit manufacturers

Kits

Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2021–22 season''

Technical staff

* Head Coach: Nico Kiener

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2022–23 season'' ;Joining * Selina Kalmbach (LW) ''(from

Neckarsulmer SU Neckarsulmer SU is a German sports club from the town of Neckarsulm, Baden-Württemberg. The football club's greatest success has been promotion to the tier five Oberliga Baden-Württemberg in 2016 and participation in the first round of the 20 ...

)'' * Leonie Patorra (CB) ''(from

HSG Bad Wildungen HSG Bad Wildungen is a German women's handball club from Bad Wildungen Bad Wildungen is a state-run spa and a small town in Waldeck-Frankenberg district in Hesse, Germany. It is located on the German Timber-Frame Road. Geography Location Ba ...

)'' ;Leaving * Sina Ehmann (LB) ''(to HSV Solingen-Gräfrath)'' * Lotta Woch (LB) ''(to SV Union Halle-Neustadt)''

EHF ranking

Former club members

Notable former players

* Melanie Herrmann (2014–2015) * Selina Kalmbach (2022–) *

Jenny Karolius Jenny Karolius (born 24 May 1986) is a retired German handball player who most recently played for Bayer Leverkusen and the German national team. She was part of the team at the 2016 European Women's Handball Championship The 2016 European Wo ...

(2011–2014) * Maria Kiedrowski (2011–2014) * Alexandra Meisl (2007–2010) * Ania Rösler (2014–2015) * Maike Weiss (2000–2005) * Beate Scheffknecht (2011–2015) * Johanna Schindler (2016–2020) * Klara Schlegel (2021–) * Petra Adámková (2016–2020) * Šárka Frančíková (2020–) * Michaela Hrbková (2016–2021) * Alena Unger (2006–2014) * Edit Lengyel (2015–2022) * Birutė Stellbrink (2009–2014) * Tina Welter (2019–2021) *

Jasmina Janković Jasmina Jankovic (born 6 December 1986) is a Dutch handball player of Bosnian origin, who played for the Dutch national team. She represented the Netherlands at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship in Serbia. In 2016 she represented th ...

(2011–2014, 2019–2021) * Wendy Smits (2008–2009) * Maxime Struijs (2015–2018) * Anouk van de Wiel (2014–2015) * Marieke van der Wal (2010) * Lina Krhlikar (2015–) *

Branka Zec Branka Zec (born 31 October 1986) is a Slovenian female handball player for VfL Waiblingen and the Slovenian national team. She participated at the 2018 European Women's Handball Championship The 2018 European Women's Handball Championship was ...

(2018–2020) * Maja Zrnec (2015–2016) * Nicole Dinkel (2009–2015) *

Lisa Frey Lisa Frey (born 16 February 1995) is a Swiss female handballer for HSG Blomberg-Lippe in the Frauen Handball-Bundesliga and the Swiss national team. Frey made her official debut on the Swiss national team on 4 October 2012, against Austria. She ...

(2020–) * Seline Ineichen (2014–2015) * Romy Morf-Bachmann (2019–2021) * Karin Weigelt (2010–2014, 2017–2018) * Pascale Wyder (2020–)

Former coaches

References

External links

* (men's) * (women's) {{DEFAULTSORT:Frisch Auf Goppingen 22 Handball-Bundesliga Handball clubs established in 1896 1896 establishments in Germany Sport in Baden-Württemberg