Pfadi Winterthur is a

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 using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the ...

club from Switzerland. Currently, Pfadi Winterthur competes in the

Swiss First League of Handball The Swiss Handball League (SHL) is the name of the professional team handball, handball league of Switzerland. It is divided into two divisions: * Nationalliga A (handball), Nationalliga A * Nationalliga B (handball), Nationalliga B Current seas ...

. The club developed out of an informal handball team which won the competitions during the national jamboree of the Schweizer Pfadfinderbund in 1938. The prefix ''Pfadi'' (Scout) commemorates the club's roots in the

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Honours

* Swiss champion: 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2021. *Swiss-Cup (SHV-Cup) winner: 1998, 2003, 2010, 2015, 2018. *Swiss SuperCup winner: 2004, 2018, 2021. *Swiss

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-Cup winner: 1958, 1998, 2001. *

EHF Challenge Cup The Men's EHF European Cup is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the third-tier competition of European club handball, after the EHF Champions League and the EHF European League ...

finalist: 2001. *

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. Prev ...

semifinalist: 1982. *Euro City Cup semifinalist: 2000 (successor after 2000: EHF Challenge Cup) *

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quarterfinalist: 1997, 1998, 2003.

Sports Hall information

*Arena: - Winterthur Central Sports Hall *City: -

Winterthur , neighboring_municipalities = Brütten, Dinhard, Elsau, Hettlingen, Illnau-Effretikon, Kyburg, Lindau, Neftenbach, Oberembrach, Pfungen, Rickenbach, Schlatt, Seuzach, Wiesendangen, Zell , twintowns = Hall in Tirol (Austria ...

*Capacity: - 2000 *Address: - Grüzefeldstrasse 32, 8400

European record

EHF European League

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2021–22 season'' ;Goalkeepers *1 Yahav Shamir * 16 Dennis Wipf ;Left wingers *8 Fabrizio Pecoraro * 21 Joël Bräm * 35 Noam Leopold ;Right wingers *4 Lukas Osterwalder *6 Cédrie Tynowski * 11 Benedikt Dechow ;Line players *2 Remi Leventoux * 15 Yannick Shtörchli * 26 Otto Lagerquist ;Left backs *5 Henrik Schönfeldt * 11 Roman Sidorowicz ;Central backs *3 Yannick Ott * 20 Kevin Jud * 33 Moustafa Sadok ;Right backs * 22 Stefan Freivogel * 23 Giorgi Tskhovrebadze

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2022-23 season'' ;Joining * Admir Ahmetašević (GK) ''(from Wisła Płock)'' * Viran Morros (LB) ''(from Füchse Berlin)'' ;Leaving * Yahav Shamir (GK) (to ?) * Roman Sidorowicz (LB) (retires)

Notable former players

Paek Won-chul Paek Won-chul (born 10 January 1977) is a Korean handball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics, in the 2004 Summer Olympics, in the 2008 Summer Olympics and in the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the ...

* Cho Chi-hyo *

Kang Jae-won Kang Jae-Won (born 30 November 1965) is a South Korean retired handball player and current coach for the South Korea women's national handball team, South Korean women's national team.Erik Veje Rasmussen * Marc Baumgartner *

Matías Schulz Matías Carlos Schulz (born 12 February 1982) is an Argentine handball goalkeeper for Pfadi Winterthur and the Argentina men's national handball team. He defended Argentina at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, and at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summe ...

* Morten Schønfeldt *

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 ...

* Goran Cvetković

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pfadi Winterthur Swiss handball clubs Winterthur Scouting-related associations Scouting and Guiding in Switzerland Handball clubs established in 1938 1938 establishments in Switzerland