VfL Gummersbach

VfL Gummersbach is a professional handball club from the German city of Gummersbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. Currently, VfL Gummersbach competes in the Handball-Bundesliga and the DHB-Pokal. The club has seen great success, especially from the late 1960s until the early 1990s.

VfL Gummersbach
Founded	1861 (1861)
Arena	Schwalbe-Arena
Capacity	4,132
Head coach	Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson
League	Handball-Bundesliga
2023–24	6th of 18
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

Gummi – the official mascot of VfL Gummersbach.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

HOME
Select 2014–16

AWAY
Select 2014–16

Accomplishments

• 1. Handball-Bundesliga: 12
  •  Gold: 1966, 1967, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1991
• 2. Handball-Bundesliga:
  •  Gold: 2022
• DHB-Pokal:
  •  Gold: 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1985
• EHF Champions League:
  •  Gold: 1967, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1983
• EHF Champions League Finalists:
  •  Silver: 1972
• EHF Cup Winner's Cup:
  •  Gold: 1978, 1979, 2010, 2011
• EHF Cup:
  •  Gold: 1982, 2009
• European Club Championship:
  •  Gold: 1979, 1983
• European Club Championship Finalists:
  •  Silver: 2006
• Double

Winners: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season

GK

• 01 Dominik Kuzmanović
• 16 Bertram Obling

LW

• 05 Tilen Kodrin
• 06 Miloš Vujović

RW

• 08 Lukas Blohme
• 11 Mathis Häseler

LP

• 04 Elliði Snær Viðarsson
• 40 Jonas Stüber
• 66 Štěpán Zeman
• 27 Kristjan Horžen

LB

• 07 Julian Köster
• 15 Miro Schluroff

CB

• 22 Kentin Mahé
• 23 Ole Pregler
• 30 Tom Kiesler

RB

• 14 Teitur Örn Einarsson
• 19 Giorgi Tskhovrebadze

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Joining

• Bertram Obling (GK) (from HC Erlangen)
• Dominik Kuzmanović (GK) (from RK Nexe Našice)
• Kentin Mahé (CB) (from Telekom Veszprém)
• Teitur Einarsson (RB) (from SG Flensburg-Handewitt)

Leaving

• Tibor Ivanišević (GK) (to Frisch Auf Göppingen)
• Daniel Rebmann (GK) (to SG BBM Bietigheim)
• Keno Danzenbächer (GK) (to GWD Minden)
• Dominik Mappes (CB) (to HSG Wetzlar)
• Moritz Köster (LB) (to TSV Bayer Dormagen)
• Arnór Snær Óskarsson (RB) (back from loan to Rhein-Neckar Löwen)
• Finn Schroven (RB) (to TSV Bayer Dormagen)
• Tom Jansen (RB) (to ASV Hamm-Westfalen)

Notable players

• Heiner Brand
• Stefan Kretzschmar
• Erhard Wunderlich
• Andreas Dörhöfer
• Mark Dragunski
• Frank von Behren
• Patrick Wiencek
• Christian Ramota
• Adrian Pfahl
• Klaus-Dieter Petersen
• Jochen Brand
• Klaus Brand
• Frank Dammann
• Joachim Deckarm
• Jochen Feldhoff
• Frank Dammann
• Claus Fey
• Rudi Rauer
• Henning Wiechers
• Klaus Westebbe
• Andreas Thiel
• Dirk Rauin
• Gerd Rosendahl
• Franz-Josef Salewski
• Klaus Schlagheck
• Hansi Schmidt
• Christian Fitzek
• Stefan Hecker
• Holger Löhr
• Thomas Krokowski
• Helmut Kosmehl
• Rüdiger Neitzel
• Gunnar Jaeger
• Rolf Jaeger
• Klaus Kater
• Daniel Narcisse
• Igor Anić
• Kentin Mahé
• François-Xavier Houlet
• Vladan Krasavac
• Aleksandar Stanojević
• Momir Ilić
• Vjenceslav Somić
• Drago Vuković
• Kristján Arason
• Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson
• Kyung-Shin Yoon
• Goran Stojanović
• Borko Ristovski
• Aljoša Rezar
• Rune Erland
• Nándor Fazekas
• Viktor Szilágyi

Coaching history

• Petre Ivănescu
• Velimir Kljaić
• Sead Hasanefendić
• Horst Dreischang (1959–1971)

External links

• Official website