HC Leipzig is a women's handball club based in

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. They play in

Handball-Bundesliga Frauen Handball-Bundesliga, is the top women's professional handball league in Germany. 2022-23 season teams *Thüringer HC *SG BBM Bietigheim * TuS Metzingen * Borussia Dortmund Handball * Buxtehuder SV * VfL Oldenburg *HSG Blomberg-Lippe *Bad Wildun ...

and are often competing in the

EHF Women's Champions League The Women's EHF Champions League is the competition for the top women's handball clubs in Europe, organised annually by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the most prestigious tournament for clubs, with the champions of Europe's top n ...

, the now defunct

EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup The Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for women's handball clubs of Europe that won their national cup, and took place every year from 1976 to 2016 (until 1993 organized by IHF instead of EHF). From the 2016–17 season, th ...

, which merged with the

Women's EHF Cup The Women's EHF European League is an annual competition for women's handball clubs of Europe. It is organized by the EHF. It is currently the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previo ...

and are internationally regarded as one of the best

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women's handball clubs.

Kits

Honours

Domestic competitions

: **

Champions (6): 1998, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2010 *German Cup: ** Gold medal with cup

Winners (7): 1996, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2016 *German Supercup: ** Gold medal with cup

Winners (1): 2008 * DDR-Oberliga: ** Gold medal with cup

Champions (15): 1953, 1957, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1984, 1988, 1991 *FDGB-Pokal: ** Gold medal with cup

Winners (3): 1971, 1983, 1987

European competitions

: **

Winners (2): 1966, 1974 ** Silver medal with cup

''Runners-Up (4):'' 1967, 1970, 1972, 1977 * Shield of the European Union

: **

''Runners-Up (2):'' 1978, 1997 * Shield of the European Union

: **

Winners (2): 1986, 1992 ** Silver medal with cup

''Runners-Up (1):'' 2009

European record

Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2021–22 season''

Goalkeeper

* 16 Anna Kröber * 26 Annabell Krüeger

Fields

* 2 Pauline Uhlmann * 3 Lara Seidel * 7 Julia Weise * 10 Emely Theilig * 14 Hanna Ferber-Rahnhöfer * 20 Sharleen Greschner * 22 Emily Glimm * 23 Tyra Bessert * 24 Lotta Röpcke * 25 Lilli Röpcke * 33 Christin Conrad * 36 Stefanie Hummel * 35 Jacqueline Hummel * 41 Wiebke Meyer * 99 Nina Reißberg

Technical Staff

* Club Manager: Torsten Brunnquell * Head Coach: Fabian Kunze * Assistant Coach: Philip Brommann * Goalkeeping Coach: Wieland Schmidt * Physiotherapist: Sophie Höpfner ''Squad for the 2017–18 season'' ;Goalkeeper * 12 Helen Keller * 16 Anna Kröber * 28 Anja Kreitzick ;Fields * 2 Pauline Uhrmann * 3 Anna Ansorge * 5 Isabell Hurst * 6 Celina Matthey * 7 Julia Weise * 8 Beatrix Kerestely * 9 Antonia Herzig * 10 Emely Thellig * 13 Anna Lena Plate * 15 Johanna Schierbok * 17 Lea Guderian * 20 Sharleen Greschner * 22 Lucie-Marie Kretzschmar * 23 Francisca Buth * 25 Lilli Röpcke * 27 Leonie Rauschenbach

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 Ulrike Mertesacker ( Stange; born 25 April 1984) is a German former professional handball player. She played for several top-flight handball clubs and the Germany national team in her seven years as a professional. Since 2011 she has lived in ...

* Katja Schülke * Luisa Schulze *

Susann Müller Susann Müller (born 26 May 1988) is a Retired German handball player and coach and trains the women's team of Füchse Berlin. On club level, Müller played for a number of top teams across Europe, winning league titles in Denmark, Germany and ...

* Anne Müller *

Katja Langkeit Katja Langkeit (born 1983) 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 goalkeeper) pass a ball ...

* Nina Müller *

Grit Jurack Grit Jurack (born 22 October 1977) is a former German handball player, who played on the German women's national handball team. She was Top Scorer in the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship and included on the All-Star Team.,

* Anne Hubinger * Saskia Lang *

Franziska Mietzner Franziska Mietzner (born 20 December 1988) is a German handballer who plays for Bayer Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH, also known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen (), Bayer Leverkusen, or simply Leverkusen, is a professional football clu ...

* Shenia Minevskaja * Sara Eriksson * Sara Holmgren * Karolina Kudlacz * Karolina Szwed * Debbie Bont * Maura Visser * Jessy Kramer * Rikke Nielsen * Louise Lyksborg *

Chana Masson Chana Franciela Masson de Souza (born 18 December 1978 in Capinzal) is a Brazilian handball goalkeeper, who plays for Handball Erice in Italy. She has represented the Brazilian national team in four Olympics. She participated at the 2000 Summe ...

* Idalina Borges Mesquita * Else Marthe Sörlie Lybekk * Renate Urne *

Ionica Munteanu Ionica Munteanu (born 7 January 1979) is a Romanian female handballer. International honours *EHF Cup Winners' Cup: **''Finalist'': 2008 *EHF Cup: **''Semifinalist'': 2005, 2009 * EHF Challenge Cup: **''Winner'': 2006 Individual awards *Champio ...

References

External links

* Handball clubs in Germany Sport in Leipzig Handball clubs established in 1893 Women's handball clubs Women's handball in Germany 1893 establishments in Germany {{handball-team-stub