Limburg Lions is a handball team from

Sittard-Geleen Sittard-Geleen (; li, Zittert-Gelaen ) is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It was formed in 2001 from the former municipalities Sittard, Geleen and Born. The combined municipality has approximately 92,518 inhabitants (March 2019) ...

Limburg Limburg or Limbourg may refer to: Regions * Limburg (Belgium), a province since 1839 in the Flanders region of Belgium * Limburg (Netherlands), a province since 1839 in the south of the Netherlands * Diocese of Limburg, Roman Catholic Diocese in ...

. The club was founded in 2008 by a merger of the men's teams of

HV Sittardia HV Sittardia is a Dutch handball club in Sittard. The club was founded in 1949. Sittardia is one of the most successful handball teams in Dutch handball history. They won the Dutch National Championship in 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, ...

from Sittard, V&L from Geleen and HV BFC from

Beek Beek (; li, Baek ) is a town and municipality in the southeastern Netherlands, in the province of Limburg. As of 2012, Beek has a population of about 16,400, of which about 8,800 live in the town of Beek. The municipality of Beek makes part o ...

. The Lions took the place of HV Sittardia in the

NHV Eredivisie The Nederlandse Handbal Eredivisie is the top Dutch professional handball league. The winners of the Eredivisie are recognised as the Dutch handball champions. Competition Format In the first phase of the season, the top 6 teams of the previous ...

after the merger. The first team plays its home games at Stadssporthal ( Sittard). Limburg Lions also has a second team, which plays in the Dutch premier division, and an A-youth team, which plays in the national A-youth division. The first team won the

national championship A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi ...

and the Cup of the Netherlands three years in a row between 2015 and 2017. It has also won twice the Dutch Supercup and once the BENE League. In 2016, the management of BFC decided to take no longer part in the collabation.BFC leaves Tophandbal Zuid-Limburg
sittard-geleen.nieuws.nl, 14 April 2016

Accomplishments

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...

: **Winners (3) : 2015, 2016, 2017 **Runner-Up (5) : 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018 * BENE-League: **Winners (2) : 2015, 2022 **Runner-Up (4) : 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020 *Dutch Handball Cup: **Winners (3) : 2015, 2016, 2017 **Runner-Up (3) : 2013, 2014, 2019 *Dutch Supercup: **Winners (3) : 2016 **Runner-Up (3) : 2015, 2017

Former players

Lambert Schuurs Lambert Schuurs (born 15 October 1962) is a Dutch retired handball player and ultra-long distance runner. He is the Netherlands' record international player with 312 caps. Career Handball Schuurs made his debut for the senior team of hometown ...

(2008–2009) *

Iso Sluijters Iso Sluijters (born 24 July 1990) is a Dutch handball player for GC Amicitia Zürich and the Dutch national team. He represented the Netherlands at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship The 2020 EHF European Men's Handball Championsh ...

(2012–2013) * Luc Steins (2012–2016)

References

External links

Official Website
Dutch handball clubs Sports clubs in Sittard-Geleen {{Netherlands-sport-team-stub