Rhein-Neckar Löwen

Full name

Rhein-Neckar Löwen

Founded

2002

Arena

SAP Arena, Mannheim

Capacity

14,500^[1]

Head coach

Nikolaj Jacobsen

League

Handball-Bundesliga

2015–16

1st

Colours

Club colours

Home

Away

Rhein-Neckar Löwen is a handball club from Mannheim, Germany. The club was founded in 2002 as a merger of TSG Kronau and TSG Baden Östringen, competing initially under the name SG Kronau/Östringen. Currently, Rhein-Neckar Löwen competes in the First Division of the German Handball Bundesliga.

Rhein-Neckar Löwen

Location of Rhein-Neckar Löwen

Accomplishments

National Championship of Germany : 1
- 01 ! Gold : 2016
Semi-finalist EHF Champions League 2009
Finalist EHF Cup Winners' Cup 2008
German A Youth Champions 2008
Finalist German Cup 2006, 2007, 2010
Semi-finalist German Cup 2008, 2009
Last 16 of EHF Cup 2007
Promotion to the Bundesliga First Division 2003, 2005

The most popular players of the Rhein-Neckar Löwen are Uwe Gensheimer, Oliver Roggisch, Karol Bielecki, Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson, Ólafur Stefánsson, Børge Lund, Michael Müller, Sergei Schelmenko and Ivan Čupić.

Accomplishments prior to the merger

1982, 1989: Promoted to the Regionalliga South (Östringen)
1993, 1999: Promoted to the Regionalliga South (Kronau)
1995: Promoted to the Bundesliga Second Division (Östringen)
1996: German B Youth Champions (Kronau)
2000: Promoted to the Bundesliga Second Division (Kronau)
2002: Runners-up in the Bundesliga Second Division (Östringen)
2013: Win EHF Cup

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2016–17 season^[2]

Goalkeepers

01 Mikael Appelgren
12 Andreas Palicka

Wingers

Line players

Back players

02 André Schmid
22 Mads Mensah Larsen
26 Michel Abt
27 Harald Reinkind
32 Alexander Petersson
60 Kim Ekdahl Du Rietz
97 Rico Keller

Technical staff

Head Coach: Nikolaj Jacobsen
Assistant Coach: Klaus Gärtner
Sports Director: Oliver Roggisch
Team Doctor: Andreas Klonz, MD

Transfers

Transfers for the 2017-18 season

Joining

Jerry Tollbring (from IFK Kristianstad)
Filip Taleski (from RK Metalurg Skopje) ?
Steffen Fäth (from Füchse Berlin) ?
Filip Kuzmanovski (from RK Metalurg Skopje) ?

Leaving

Transfers for the 2018-19 season

Joining

Filip Taleski (from RK Metalurg Skopje) ?
Steffen Fäth (from Füchse Berlin) ?
Jannik Kohlbacher (from HSG Wetzlar) ?

Leaving

Rafael Baena González ?

Retired numbers

No.	Player	Position	Tenure	Ceremony Date
Rhein-Neckar Löwen
18	Bjarte Myrhol	Pivot	2009–2015	04/06/2015

References

↑ "Technische Daten" [Technical Data] (in German). SAP Arena official website. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
↑ "Team" (in German). Rhein-Neckar Löwen official website. Retrieved 6 July 2015.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rhein-Neckar Loewen.

Official website

DKB Handball-Bundesliga

2016–17 Teams	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten Bergischer HC Füchse Berlin TV Bittenfeld HSC 2000 Coburg HC Erlangen SG Flensburg-Handewitt Frisch Auf Göppingen VfL Gummersbach TSV Hannover-Burgdorf THW Kiel SC DHfK Leipzig TBV Lemgo SC Magdeburg MT Melsungen GWD Minden Rhein-Neckar Löwen HSG Wetzlar

Seasons	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

EHF Cup winners

IHF Cup	1981–82: VfL Gummersbach 1982–83: ZTR Zaporizhia 1983–84: TV Großwallstadt 1984–85: Minaur Baia Mare 1985–86: Győri ETO 1986–87: Granitas Kaunas 1987–88: Minaur Baia Mare 1988–89: TuRU Düsseldorf 1989–90: SKIF Krasnodar 1990–91: Borac Banja Luka 1991–92: Wallau-Massenheim 1992–93: TEKA Santander

EHF Cup	1993–94: Alzira Avidesa 1994–95: Granollers 1995–96: Granollers 1996–97: Flensburg 1997–98: THW Kiel 1998–99: Magdeburg 1999–2000: Metković 2000–01: Magdeburg 2001–02: THW Kiel 2002–03: Barcelona 2003–04: THW Kiel 2004–05: TUSEM Essen 2005–06: TBV Lemgo 2006–07: Magdeburg 2007–08: HSG Nordhorn 2008–09: VfL Gummersbach 2009–10: TBV Lemgo 2010–11: Frisch Auf Göppingen 2011–12: Frisch Auf Göppingen 2012–13: Rhein-Neckar Löwen 2013–14: Pick Szeged 2014–15:

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