Grün-Weiß Dankersen-Minden, commonly known as GWD Minden, is a

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club from

Minden Minden () is a middle-sized town in the very north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, the largest town in population between Bielefeld and Hanover. It is the capital of the district () of Minden-Lübbecke, situated in the cultural region ...

, Germany, and is competing in the 2. Handball-Bundesliga.

History

The club was founded on May 31, 1924 in Dankersen, a town of circa 5000 inhabitants. The team started in the 1928-29 season in the local league.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

Accomplishments

* National Championship of Germany: ** : 1971, 1977 **: 1965, 1975, 1976 * 2. Handball-Bundesliga: ** : 1982, 1995, 2012 **: 2016 * National Cup of Germany: ** : 1975, 1976, 1979 *

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: **: 1976 *German Championship: ''(

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)'' **: 1967, 1970, 1971 **: 1962, 1964, 1965, 1969 *IHF European Cup: ''(

)'' **: 1968, 1969, 1970

Team

Staff

:''Staff for the 2022–23 season''

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2022–23 season'' ;Goalkeeper * 1 Malte Semisch * 55 Yahav Shamir ;Wingers ;LW * 5

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* 11 Mats Korte ;RW * 27 Max Staar * 50 Tomáš Urban ;Pivots * 3 Besard Hakaj * 6

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* 15 Sveinn Jóhannsson * 39

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;Back players ;LB * 19

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* 23

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* 31

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* 77

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;CB * 4

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* 14

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* 24

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* 71

Mohamed Darmoul Mohamed Amine Darmoul (arabic: محمد أمين درمول, born 4 February 1998) is a Tunisian handball player for MT Melsungen and the Tunisian national team. He represented Tunisia at the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship The 2021 IH ...

;RB * 9

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* 40

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Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2023–24 season'' ; Joining * Adalsteinn Eyjolfsson (head coach) ''(from

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)'' *

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(LB) ''(from Fejér B.Á.L. Veszprém)'' * Bjarni Valdimarsson (LB) ''(from

IFK Skövde IFK Skövde is a Swedish handball club from the city of Skövde, whose roots can be traced back to 1907. The current organization, however, got its shape through a reorganization in 1991. The team has been in the Handbollsligan (Swedish highes ...

)'' * Lasse Franz (LB) ''(from own youth)'' * Theodor Teuteberg (RW) ''(from own youth)'' ; Leaving * Frank Carstens (head coach) * Marko Vignjević (LB) ''(to ?)'' * Philipp Ahouansou (LB) ''(end of loan from

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)'' *

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)'' *

(CB) ''(to HC Elbflorenz Dresden)'' * Niclas Pieczkowski (CB) ''(to ?)'' * Ole Günther (RB) ''(to TuS N-Lübbecke)''

Notable former players

* Michael Haaß 2007-2009 * Juri Knorr (2019–2021) *

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(1986–1988) * Andreas Cederholm (2017–2019) *

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(1998–2000) * Magnus Jernemyr (2014-2017) * Johan Petersson (1996-1997) */

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(1998-2001) * Magnus Gullerud (2016–2020) * Kevin Gulliksen (2018-2021) * Sigurður Bjarnason (1996-1997) * Stéphane Stoecklin (1996-1998) *

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(2017-2019)

Coaching History

* Walter Hein (1947–1953) * Erich Klose (1953–1959, 1961–4/1966) * Karl-Heinz Nickel † (1959–1961) * Gerd Enders † (4/1966–12/1968) * Arnhold Kresse † (1/1969–4/1970) * Gerhard Steinhöfer (4/1970–1970) * Friedrich Spannuth (1970–1975, 1977–5/1978, 1987–5/1988) * Hans-Jürgen Sulk † (1975–1976) * Vitomir Arsenijević (1976–1977, 1982–1985) * Vinko Dekaris (8/1978–4/1979) * Horst Bredemeier (4/1979–1982) * Milorad Reljić (1985–10/1985) * Günter Meyer (10/1985–1987) * Heinz Brockmeier (5/1988–10/1989) * Wolfgang Böhme (10/1989–3/1991) * Günter Gieseking (3/1991–1991, 1/1999–2/1999) * Dietmar Molthahn (1991–4/1992, 2/1995–5/1995, 3/1997–5/1997) * Milomir Mijatović † (6/1992–3/1995) * Jürgen Kloth (6/1995–1996) * Zenon Łakomy † (5/1996–2/1997) * Michael Biegler (5/1997–1/1999) * Alexander Rymanov (2/1999–3/2003) * Rainer Niemeyer † (3/2003–10/2004) * Velimir Kljaić † (10/2004–2005) * Richard Ratka (2005–2/2010) * Frank von Behren (2/2010) für ein Spiel * Ulf Schefvert (2/2010–3/2013) * Sead Hasanefendić (3/2013–2013) * Goran Perkovac (2013–2/2015) * Frank Carstens (2/2015–6/2023) * Aðalsteinn Eyjólfsson (7/2023–1/2024) * Aaron Ziercke (1/2024-)

Club Captain history

* Arnhold Kresse † (–1964) * Friedrich Spannuth (1964–1966) * Herbert Lübking (1966–1970) * Manfred Horstkötter (1970–1972) * Wilfried Drögemeier (1972–1975) * Hans Kramer † (1975–1979) * Rainer Niemeyer † (1979–1984) * Wilhelm Südmeier (1984–5/1986) * Fido Gast (5/1986–1988) * Detlef Meyer (1988–1990) * Gerd Amann (1990–1991) * Rüdiger Borchardt (1991–10/1991) * Herbert Pohl (10/1991–1992) * Frank Schoppe (1992–1994) * Walter Schubert (1994–1995) * Robert Hedin (1995–1998) * Frank Löhr (1998–2000) * Jörg-Uwe Lütt (2000–11/2000) * Frank von Behren (11/2000–2003) * Aaron Ziercke (2003–2004) * Patrekur Jóhannesson (2004–2005) * Arne Niemeyer (2005–2008) * Jan-Fiete Buschmann (2008–2009) * Moritz Schäpsmeier (2009–2010, 2015–2017) * Aljoscha Schmidt (2010–2011) * Evars Klešniks (2011–2013) * Anders Oechsler (2013–2014) * Jens Vortmann (2014–2015) * Dalibor Doder (2017–2019) * Marian Michalczik (2019–2020) 3* Miljan Pušica (2020–2021) * Niclas Pieczkowski (2021–2023) * Malte Semisch (2023-)

References

External links

* Handball clubs in Germany Handball-Bundesliga Minden Handball clubs established in 1924 1924 establishments in Germany Sport in North Rhine-Westphalia {{Germany-sport-team-stub