Spono Eagles is a

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women's

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club from

Nottwil Nottwil is a municipality in the district of Sursee in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. History Nottwil is first mentioned around 1217-22 as ''Nottewile''. In 1275 it was mentioned as ''Otewile''. Nottwil is also the location where th ...

founded in 1971. Reaching the Swiss Premium League in 1988, it has been a regular in EHF competitions since the 1990s, and it won three national championships between 2000 and 2006. Spono's best international results to date were reaching the Round of 16 of the

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 ...

and the

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. In its three appearances in the Champions League it was defeated in the first qualifying round. 2015 they changed the name from Spono Nottwil to Spono Eagles.

Titles

* Swiss Premium League ** 2000, 2001, 2006, 2018, 2022 * Swiss Cups ** 2001, 2011, 2013, 2018, 2019

European record

Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2022–23 season'' ;Goalkeepers * 1 Soraya Schaller * 12 Marion Ort * 26 Aline Strebel ;Wingers ;RW: * 4 Samira Schardt * 5 Carmen Jund * 8

Mia Emmenegger Mia Emmenegger (born 17 January 2005) is a Swiss female handballer for Spono Eagles in the Spar Premium League and the Swiss national team. Emmenegger made her official debut on the Swiss national team on 6 October 2021, against Russia. She re ...

;LW: * 19 Sabrina Amrein * 22 Marina Decurtins ;Line players * 18 Livia Amrein * 20 Thilde Harbo Boesen ;Back players ;LB: * 9 Alina Stähelin * 11 Mareike Müller * 23 Lisa Maria Schenk ;CB: * 3 Ana Emmenegger * 10 Kira Zumstein * 27 Catherina Csebits ;RB: * 13

Xenia Hodel Xenia Hodel (born 27 November 1998) is a Swiss female handballer for Spono Eagles in the Spar Premium League and the Swiss national team. She made her official debut on the Swiss national team on 7 October 2015, against Germany. She represente ...

References

External links

*
Profile
in EHF's website * Handball clubs in Switzerland Handball clubs established in 1971 1971 establishments in Switzerland Canton of Lucerne {{handball-team-stub