Bergischer Handball-Club 06 is a

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 the cities of

Wuppertal Wuppertal (; "''Wupper Dale''") is, with a population of approximately 355,000, the seventh-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia as well as the 17th-largest city of Germany. It was founded in 1929 by the merger of the cities and tow ...

and Solingen,

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwee ...

, that plays in the

Handball-Bundesliga The Handball-Bundesliga (HBL) is the top German professional handball league. From 2007 onwards, the league was sponsored by Toyota and has officially been called the ''Toyota Handball-Bundesliga''. This lasted until 2012 when the Deutsche Kr ...

History

The club originates from a 2006 contract between Stefan Adam, then chairman of LTV Wuppertal, and SG Solingen, incorporating the Wuppertal club's management, squad and main sponsor into the Solingen-based club and renaming it to officially represent the entire Bergisches Land region. In 2011, "Die Löwen" were promoted to the

for the first time since their establishment in 2006, though they were relegated in the first season. Bergischer HC reached the DHB-Pokal FINAL4 in the 2015–16 season, but were defeated by

SC Magdeburg SC Magdeburg is a handball club from Magdeburg, Germany, and is competing in the Handball-Bundesliga. History During the time in the GDR, the club won 10 national championships (1970, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1991) an ...

Accomplishments

2. Handball-Bundesliga The 2. Handball-Bundesliga is the second tier of professional handball in Germany. Season It is directly linked to the Handball-Bundesliga, the country's highest tier, by a promotion and relegation system. Before the 2011–12 season, the l ...

: 3 **: 2011, 2013, 2018

Crest, colours, supporters

Kit manufacturers

Kits

Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2022–23 season''

Technical staff

* Head Coach: Jamal Naji * Assistant Coach: Markus Pütz * Assistant Coach: Peer Pütz * Goalkeeping Coach:

Björgvin Páll Gústavsson Björgvin Páll Gústavsson (born 24 May 1985) is an Icelandic handball player that plays as a goalkeeper. Background Björgvin grew up in Kópavogur. He has two brothers, Axel Birgir, and Margeir Felix, and two sisters, Berglind Sif, and Helg ...

* Athletic Trainer: Oliver Schuhmacher * Physiotherapist: Severin Feldmann * Club Doctor: Dr. Diederich von der Heyde

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2023–24 season'' ;Joining * Eloy Morante Maldonado (CB) ''(from TUSEM Essen)'' * Elias Scholtes (RB) ''(from

Rhein-Neckar Löwen Rhein-Neckar Löwen is a professional handball club founded in 2002, based in Mannheim, Germany. The club competes in the German Handball-Bundesliga and continentally in EHF European League. Rhein-Neckar Löwen play their home games in SAP Are ...

)'' * Aron Seesing ''(from

TSV Bayer Dormagen A tab-separated values (TSV) file is a simple text format for storing data in a table (information), tabular structure, e.g., a table (database), database table or spreadsheet data, and a way of exchanging information between databases. Each row (d ...

)'' * Yannick Fraatz (RW) ''(back from loan at

THW Kiel THW Kiel is a handball club from Kiel, Germany. Currently, they compete in the Handball-Bundesliga and are the record champion with 22 titles. 2007 and 2012 were the most successful years in the club's history, as THW completed the treble, wi ...

)'' * Mads Kjeldgaard Andersen (LB) ''(from

Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Håndbold Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Håndbold is a handball club, based in the two Denmark, Danish cities of Bjerringbro and Silkeborg. Currently, Bjerringbro-Silkeborg competes in the men's Danish Handball League. The home arena of the team is Silkeborg-Hal ...

)'' ;Leaving

Previous squads

EHF ranking

Former club members

Notable former players

Fabian Böhm Fabian Böhm (born 24 June 1989) is a German handball player for HC Kriens-Luzern and the German national team. He participated at the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship The 2019 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 26th event ...

(2011–2012) * Fabian Gutbrod (2013–) * Chrischa Hannawald (2008–2009) * Michael Hegemann (2012–2014) * Hendrik Pekeler (2010–2012) * Moritz Preuss (2014–2017) * Christopher Rudeck (2015–) * David Schmidt (2020–) * Lukas Stutzke (2019–) * Patrick Wiencek (2007–2008) * Alexander Hermann (2015–2017) * Maximilian Hermann (2013–2017) * Viktor Szilágyi (2012–2017) * Richard Wöss (2011–2014) * Duje Miljak (2013–2014) * Stanko Sabljić (2012–2014) * Tomáš Babák (2016–) * Milan Kotrč (2017–2019) * Tomáš Mrkva (2019–2022) *

Leoš Petrovský Leoš Petrovský (born 5 January 1993) is a Czech handball player for Bergischer HC and the Czech national team. He participated at the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship The 2015 World Men's Handball Championship was the 24th staging o ...

(2017–2020) * Jan Štochl (2009–2013) * Jiří Vítek (2007–2013) * Henrik Knudsen (2011–2012) * Ivan Zoubkoff (2006–2009) * Uroš Vilovski (2016–2017) * Pouya Norouzi Nezhad (2017) * Arnór Þór Gunnarsson (2012–) *

(2013–2017) * Ragnar Jóhannsson (2019–2020) * Rúnar Kárason (2011–2012) * Aco Jonovski (2015–2017) *

Jeffrey Boomhouwer Jeffrey Boomhouwer (born 15 June 1988) is a Dutch handball player for HV Aalsmeer and the Dutch national team. He represented the Netherlands at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship The 2020 EHF European Men's Handball Championshi ...

(2018–2022) * Joey Duin (2008–2010) * Kenneth Klev (2008–2012) * Tom Kåre Nikolaisen (2020–) * Maciej Majdziński (2016–) * Bogdan Criciotoiu (2016–2019) * Inal Aflitulin (2015–2016) * Igor Chumak (2007) * Rafael Baena González (2018–2020) * Carlos Prieto (2012) * Miloš Dragaš (2014–2015) *

Csaba Szücs Csaba Szücs ( hu, Szűcs Csaba; born 28 July 1987 in Košice) is a Slovakian 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 pl ...

(2017–) * Linus Arnesson (2017–) * Emil Berggren (2012–2014) * Max Darj (2017–2022) * Emil Hansson (2021–2022) * Peter Johannesson (2022–) * Isak Persson (2022–)

Former coaches

References

External links

Official website
{{Handball-Bundesliga German handball clubs Sport in Wuppertal Solingen Handball clubs established in 2006 2006 establishments in Germany Handball-Bundesliga