Lugi HF is a handball team from Lund, Sweden. Both the men's and women's teams play in the top division in 2021-22,

Handbollsligan Handbollsligan ''(literally, "The Handball league")'' is the highest league in the league system of Swedish handball, and comprises the top 14 Swedish handball teams. The first season began in 1931–32. The season ends with a playoff. Structure ...

and

Svensk handbollselit Svensk handbollselit is the highest division of women's handball in Sweden. The inaugural Elitserien season took place in 1951, with Kvinnliga IK Sport winning the championship. The league currently consists of 12 teams. The eight top teams at ...

respectively.

Sports Hall information

*Name: – Sparbanken Skåne Arena *City: – Lund *Capacity: – 3000 *Address: – Arenatorget 2-6, 222 28 Lund

Men's team

Lugi's men's team were promoted to the top division, at the time known as Allsvenskan, in 1959. In their debut season in the top-flight, Lugi finished second in the league behind

IK Heim IK Heim were a Swedish handball club from Gothenburg, founded in 1923. They have been Swedish champions 7 times. They won the title in 1950 (by defeating Örebro in the final), 1955, 1959, 1960 and 1962 (by winning the league). They were releg ...

, making them Swedish Championship (SM) silver medalists. They finished third in both 1960–61 and 1961–62, before being relegated in 1962–63. They were promoted back in 1964, but were relegated after one season. Lugi were promoted to Allsvenskan again in 1971 and have since played every season in the top level except 1992–93. By this time a playoffs had been introduced to determine the champions. In 1978, Lugi reached the finals but were defeated by

HK Drott HK Drott Halmstad is a handball club, based in Halmstad, Sweden. The club has won the Swedish Championship eleven times, last in 2013. Together with Redbergslids IK, HK Drott have dominated Swedish handball between 1984 and 2003. This club h ...

. Two years later, they won their only SM gold so far, winning the final series against Ystads IF. In the following season, they reached the semifinals of the European Cup, where they lost against East German club

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. Lugi qualified for the SM finals again in 1984, but were defeated by HK Drott. In 1984–85, they reached to the semifinals of the

Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tournam ...

, where they were eliminated by Soviet club

CSKA Moskva CSKA Moscow (russian: ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet era, it was a central piece of the big Sov ...

. A year later they reached the semifinals in the IHF Cup. They lost against Spanish club CB Tecnisa. In 1996, Lugi lost the SM finals against

Redbergslids IK Redbergslids IK (RIK), is a handball team from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1916. Redbergslids is the most successful club in Sweden, having won 20 Swedish Championship titles. Home games are played in Prioritet Serneke Arena. Redbergslid is t ...

. In 2012–13, Lugi won the regular season, but were eliminated by HK Drott in the semifinals. A year later, they reached the final, only to lose against Alingsås HK.

Kits and Players

Current squad

''Squad for the 2022-23 season'' ;Goalkeepers: * 12 Victor Hedberg * 16 Kasper Hall ;Wingers: ;LW * 22 Axel Andersson * 33 Oliver Olsson ;RW * 6 Christopher Schnell * 17 Adam Wennerholm * 27 Måns Simonsson ;Line Players: * 2 Albin Carlsson * 4 Jacob Söderberg * 8 Mads Kragh Thomsen ;Back Players: ;LB * 13 Adrian Hesslekrans * 15 Axel Janhall * 24 Fredrik Olsson * 26 Rasmus Nilsson * 28 Jonas Elverhøy ;CB * 7 Axel Månsson * 14 Casper Käll ;RB * 20 Assar Kammenhed * 21 Theo Übelacker

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2023-24 season'' ;Joining ;Leaving

Women's team

The women's team advanced to national league in 2006 and have been playing there since. Two years 2012 and 2013 they have reached the final in championship but both times they lost to IK Sävehof in the final. 2011 Lugi played in Cupwinners Cup and reached semifinal.https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/handboll/article12754719.ab

Kits and players

European record

Current squad

''Squad for the 2022-23 season'' ;Goalkeepers: * 1 Victoria Solli Berg * 12 Hanna Popaja * 16 Tuva Dahlqvist ;Wingers: ;LW * 22 Lova Nyrell * 23 Amanda Andersson * 24 Alva Hopstadius * 30 Clara Lerby ;RW * Tania Knudsen * 4 Filippa Hall * 5 Emma Ekenman-Fernis * 27 Wilma Svensson ;Line Players: * 6 Filippa Nyman * 10 Malva Carlsson * 11 Ofelia Shoai Hallberg * 28 Perla Rainey-Malmberg ;Back Players: ;LB * 2 Cecilie Bjerre * 3 Sabina Jacobsen * 8 Cornelia Dahlström * 18 Elise Lönnegren * 25 Lovisa Liljenberg ;CB * Asdis Augustdottir * 9 Agnes Lundin * 20

Isabelle Gulldén Isabelle Therese Gulldén (born 29 June 1989) is a Swedish handball player for Lugi HF and former national team player for the Swedish National Team. Career In 2008, 2012, and 2016 she was part of the Swedish team competing at the Summer Ol ...

* 21 Nora Möller Adébo ;RB * 7 Kajsa Lindeberg * 19 Amanda Iséni * Sofia Delac

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2023-24 season'' ;Joining ;Leaving

References

External links

* * {{Elitserien (handball) Swedish handball clubs Sport in Lund Handball clubs established in 1941 1941 establishments in Sweden Sport in the Øresund Region