Handball Sport Verein Hamburg

Handball Hamburg
Handball Hamburg
Full name	Handball Sport Verein Hamburg e.V.
Short name	HSV Hamburg
Founded	1999
Arena	Sporthalle Hamburg; Barclays Arena
Capacity	4,144; 13,000
President	Marc Dieter Evermann
Head coach	Torsten Jansen
League	Handball-Bundesliga
2024–25	10th of 18
Club colours
Home	Away
	Website ; Official site

Handball Sport Verein Hamburg is a professional handball club from Germany, located in Hamburg. Currently, Handball Hamburg competes in the Handball-Bundesliga. The full name in German is Handball Sport Verein Hamburg e.V. but the club has traditionally been called HSV Handball, HSV Hamburg or simply HSV. Their main rivals are THW Kiel and SG Flensburg-Handewitt.

Hamburg

Location of Handball Sport Verein Hamburg

History

Handball Sport Verein Hamburg is a merger of the former handball clubs VfL Bad Schwartau and HSV Lübeck, which joined forces in 1999. In 2002, they were moved to Hamburg for growth and renamed. Although locally known as HSV Hamburg, the club is not part of the Hamburger Sportverein and does not have the right to use their logo and abbreviation for promotional purposes. The club notably won a EHF Champions League in 2013 and a Handball-Bundesliga in 2011.

On September 12th, 2014 the team broke the world record for most spectators at a handball match with in a match against Rhein-Neckar Löwen with 44,189 spectators.^[1]

On 20 January 2016, their license was revoked due to irregularities and, as a result, Handball Hamburg was not authorized to participate in either the first or second handball Bundesliga in the 2016/17 season.^[2] As a result, the club was relaunched with a new coat of arms, colors and a new image, from HSV Hamburg to Handball Sport Verein Hamburg; although the official name remained unchanged. The club returned to the Handball-Bundesliga in the 2021–22 season.^[3]

On 3 May 2024, it was announced that HSV Hamburg did not get the license for the next season, which would see them relegated. This was appealed by Hamburg.^[4] Hamburg was given the licence due to an error in the procedure on 31 May with a specific condition and an economic deposit.^[5]

Crest, colours, supporters

Naming history

Name	Period
HSV Lübeck	1999–2002
HSV Handball	2002–2016
Handball Sport Verein Hamburg	2016–present

Club crest

Logo used between 1999 and 2016
Official logo since 2016

Kits

HOME
2011–12	2013–14	2014–15	2021–22

AWAY
2013–14	2021–22

Accomplishments

Handball-Bundesliga:
- Gold: 2011
2. Handball-Bundesliga:
- Gold: 2021
DHB-Pokal:
- Gold: 2006, 2010
DHB-Supercup:
- Gold: 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010
EHF Champions League:
- Gold: 2013
EHF Cup Winner's Cup:
- Gold: 2007

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season^[6]

HSV Hamburg

Goalkeepers

1 Johannes Bitter
12 Mohamed El-Tayar
16 Robin Paulsen Haug
32 Finn Knaack

Left wingers

24 Alexander Hartwig
51 Casper Ulrich Mortensen

Right wingers

21 Frederik Bo Andersen
31 Levin Unbehaun

Line players

4 Andreas Magaard
13 Niklas Weller

Left backs

15 Dominik Axmann
20 Ben Levermann
25 Tomislav Severec
55 Azat Valiullin

Centre Backs

7 Leif Tissier
33 Moritz Sauter

Right backs

9 Jacob Lassen
43 Zoran Ilić

Technical staff

Head coach: Torsten Jansen
Assistant coach: Blaženko Lacković
Athletic Trainer: Philipp Winterhoff
Physiotherapist: Christina Dressel
Club doctor: Dr. Daniel Briem

Transfers

Transfers for the 2026–27 season

Joining

Jan Schmidt (CB) from TSV Bayer Dormagen
Tim Zechel (LP) from SC Magdeburg

Leaving

Jacob Lassen (RB) to Rhein-Neckar Löwen
Andreas Magaard (LP) to GOG Håndbold

Transfer History

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Joining

Elias Kofler (CB) from 1. VfL Potsdam^[7]
Kaj Geenen (LW) from VfL Lübeck-Schwartau^[8]
Einar Ólafsson (LB) from Fredericia HK^[9]
Nicolaj Jørgensen (CB) from SønderjyskE Herrehåndbold
Oliver Norlyk (RB) from KIF Kolding

Leaving

Zoran Ilić (RB) to Wisła Płock^[10]
Azat Valiullin (LB) (to ?)
Leif Tissier (CB) to TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
Alexander Hartwig (LW) to VfL Lübeck-Schwartau

Previous squads

2012–2013 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Germany	Johannes Bitter	(1982-09-02) 2 September 1982	Goalkeeper
2	Germany	Michael Kraus	(1983-09-28) 28 September 1983	Central Back
3	Germany	Stefan Schröder	(1981-07-17) 17 July 1981	Right Winger
4	Croatia	Domagoj Duvnjak	(1988-06-01) 1 June 1988	Central Back
5	Germany	Torsten Jansen	(1976-12-23) 23 December 1976	Left Winger
6	Croatia	Blaženko Lacković	(1980-12-25) 25 December 1980	Left Back
7	Germany	Matthias Flohr	(1982-03-29) 29 March 1982	Left Winger
9	Croatia	Igor Vori	(1980-09-20) 20 September 1980	Line Player
11	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Enid Tahirović	(1972-07-22) 22 July 1972	Goalkeeper
12	France Germany	Max-Henri Herrmann	(1994-02-24) 24 February 1994	Goalkeeper
18	Denmark	Hans Lindberg	(1981-08-01) 1 August 1981	Right Winger
19	Serbia	Stefan Terzić	(1994-05-17) 17 May 1994	Right Back
20	Germany	Robert Schulze	(1991-06-14) 14 June 1991	Left Winger
21	Sweden	Andreas Nilsson	(1990-04-12) 12 April 1990	Line Player
22	Poland	Marcin Lijewski	(1977-09-21) 21 September 1977	Right Back
23	Germany	Pascal Hens	(1980-03-26) 26 March 1980	Left Back
24	Sweden	Fredrik Petersen	(1983-08-27) 27 August 1983	Left Winger
66	Sweden	Oscar Carlén	(1988-05-11) 11 May 1988	Right Back
77	Sweden	Dan Beutler	(1977-10-07) 7 October 1977	Goalkeeper

2010–2011 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Germany	Johannes Bitter	(1982-09-02) 2 September 1982	Goalkeeper
2	Germany	Michael Kraus	(1983-09-28) 28 September 1983	Central Back
3	Germany	Stefan Schröder	(1981-07-17) 17 July 1981	Right Winger
4	Croatia	Domagoj Duvnjak	(1988-06-01) 1 June 1988	Central Back
5	Germany	Torsten Jansen	(1976-12-23) 23 December 1976	Left Winger
6	Croatia	Blaženko Lacković	(1980-12-25) 25 December 1980	Left Back
7	Germany	Matthias Flohr	(1982-03-29) 29 March 1982	Left Winger
9	Croatia	Igor Vori	(1980-09-20) 20 September 1980	Line Player
12	Sweden	Per Sandström	(1981-01-11) 11 January 1981	Goalkeeper
14	France	Bertrand Gille	(1978-03-24) 24 March 1978	Line Player
15	France	Guillaume Gille	(1976-07-12) 12 July 1976	Central Back
18	Denmark	Hans Lindberg	(1981-08-01) 1 August 1981	Right Winger
19	Poland	Krzysztof Lijewski	(1983-07-07) 7 July 1983	Right Back
22	Poland	Marcin Lijewski	(1977-09-21) 21 September 1977	Right Back
23	Germany	Pascal Hens	(1980-03-26) 26 March 1980	Left Back
27	Germany	Marcel Schliedermann	(1991-01-02) 2 January 1991	Central Back

2009–2010 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Germany	Johannes Bitter	(1982-09-02) 2 September 1982	Goalkeeper
3	Germany	Stefan Schröder	(1981-07-17) 17 July 1981	Right Winger
4	Croatia	Domagoj Duvnjak	(1988-06-01) 1 June 1988	Central Back
5	Germany	Torsten Jansen	(1976-12-23) 23 December 1976	Left Winger
6	Croatia	Blaženko Lacković	(1980-12-25) 25 December 1980	Left Back
7	Germany	Matthias Flohr	(1982-03-29) 29 March 1982	Left Winger
9	Croatia	Igor Vori	(1980-09-20) 20 September 1980	Line Player
10	Ukraine Germany	Oleg Velyky	(1977-01-01) 1 January 1977	Left Back
12	Sweden	Per Sandström	(1981-01-11) 11 January 1981	Goalkeeper
14	France	Bertrand Gille	(1978-03-24) 24 March 1978	Line Player
15	France	Guillaume Gille	(1976-07-12) 12 July 1976	Central Back
16	Germany	Chrischa Hannawald	(1971-02-04) 4 February 1971	Goalkeeper
17	Sweden	Nicklas Grundsten	(1983-10-01) 1 October 1983	Line Player
18	Denmark	Hans Lindberg	(1981-08-01) 1 August 1981	Right Winger
19	Poland	Krzysztof Lijewski	(1983-07-07) 7 July 1983	Right Back
22	Poland	Marcin Lijewski	(1977-09-21) 21 September 1977	Right Back
23	Germany	Pascal Hens	(1980-03-26) 26 March 1980	Left Back
27	Germany	Marcel Schliedermann	(1991-01-02) 2 January 1991	Central Back

2008–2009 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Germany	Johannes Bitter	(1982-09-02) 2 September 1982	Goalkeeper
3	Germany	Stefan Schröder	(1981-07-17) 17 July 1981	Right Winger
4	Germany	Arne Niemeyer	(1981-11-08) 8 November 1981	Central Back
5	Germany	Torsten Jansen	(1976-12-23) 23 December 1976	Left Winger
6	Croatia	Blaženko Lacković	(1980-12-25) 25 December 1980	Left Back
7	Germany	Matthias Flohr	(1982-03-29) 29 March 1982	Left Winger
9	Germany	Jan Schult	(1986-09-22) 22 September 1986	Left Back
10	Ukraine Germany	Oleg Velyky	(1977-01-01) 1 January 1977	Left Back
11	Russia	Dmitri Torgovanov	(1972-01-05) 5 January 1972	Line Player
12	Sweden	Per Sandström	(1981-01-11) 11 January 1981	Goalkeeper
13	Germany	Heiko Grimm	(1977-11-18) 18 November 1977	Central Back
14	France	Bertrand Gille	(1978-03-24) 24 March 1978	Line Player
15	France	Guillaume Gille	(1976-07-12) 12 July 1976	Central Back
17	Sweden	Nicklas Grundsten	(1983-10-01) 1 October 1983	Line Player
18	Denmark	Hans Lindberg	(1981-08-01) 1 August 1981	Right Winger
19	Poland	Krzysztof Lijewski	(1983-07-07) 7 July 1983	Right Back
22	Poland	Marcin Lijewski	(1977-09-21) 21 September 1977	Right Back
23	Germany	Pascal Hens	(1980-03-26) 26 March 1980	Left Back

2006–2007 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Serbia	Goran Stojanović	(1966-01-29) 29 January 1966	Goalkeeper
3	Germany	Stefan Schröder	(1981-07-17) 17 July 1981	Right Winger
5	Germany	Torsten Jansen	(1976-12-23) 23 December 1976	Left Winger
6	Switzerland	Iwan Ursic	(1976-12-06) 6 December 1976	Line Player
7	Germany	Matthias Flohr	(1982-03-29) 29 March 1982	Left Winger
8	Brazil	Bruno Souza	(1977-06-27) 27 June 1977	Left Back
9	Germany	Jan Schult	(1986-09-22) 22 September 1986	Left Back
10	Germany	Thomas Knorr	(1971-05-16) 16 May 1971	Central Back
11	Slovenia	Roman Pungartnik	(1971-05-16) 16 May 1971	Right Winger
12	Sweden	Per Sandström	(1981-01-11) 11 January 1981	Goalkeeper
14	France	Bertrand Gille	(1978-03-24) 24 March 1978	Line Player
15	France	Guillaume Gille	(1976-07-12) 12 July 1976	Central Back
16	Germany	Tobias Mahncke	(1984-11-21) 21 November 1984	Goalkeeper
18	Germany	Hanno Holzhüter	(1988-12-04) 4 December 1988	Right Winger
19	Poland	Krzysztof Lijewski	(1983-07-07) 7 July 1983	Right Back
20	Germany	Henning Wiechers	(1974-04-27) 27 April 1974	Goalkeeper
22	Russia	Igor Lavrov	(1973-06-04) 4 June 1973	Central Back
23	Germany	Pascal Hens	(1980-03-26) 26 March 1980	Left Back
77	South Korea	Yoon Kyung-shin	(1973-07-07) 7 July 1973	Right Back

2005–2006 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Serbia	Goran Stojanović	(1966-01-29) 29 January 1966	Goalkeeper
2	Germany	Sebastian Opderbeck	(1986-08-14) 14 August 1986	Left Back
3	Germany	Stefan Schröder	(1981-07-17) 17 July 1981	Right Winger
4	Serbia	Branko Kokir	(1974-08-28) 28 August 1974	Left Back
5	Germany	Torsten Jansen	(1976-12-23) 23 December 1976	Left Winger
6	Germany	Jan Schult	(1986-09-22) 22 September 1986	Left Back
7	Germany	Matthias Flohr	(1982-03-29) 29 March 1982	Left Winger
9	Czech Republic	Alois Mráz	(1978-09-08) 8 September 1978	Left Back
11	Slovenia	Roman Pungartnik	(1971-05-16) 16 May 1971	Right Winger
12	Germany	Henning Wiechers	(1974-04-27) 27 April 1974	Goalkeeper
14	France	Bertrand Gille	(1978-03-24) 24 March 1978	Line Player
15	France	Guillaume Gille	(1976-07-12) 12 July 1976	Central Back
16	Germany	Tobias Mahncke	(1984-11-21) 21 November 1984	Goalkeeper
18	Germany	Matthias Karbowski	(1983-01-21) 21 January 1983	Right Winger
19	Poland	Krzysztof Lijewski	(1983-07-07) 7 July 1983	Right Back
22	Russia	Igor Lavrov	(1973-06-04) 4 June 1973	Central Back
23	Germany	Pascal Hens	(1980-03-26) 26 March 1980	Left Back
68	Germany	Andreas Rastner	(1968-11-10) 10 November 1968	Line Player

2003–2004 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Serbia	Goran Stojanović	(1966-01-29) 29 January 1966	Goalkeeper
2	Denmark	Moustapha Taj	(1972-10-10) 10 October 1972	Right Winger
4	Norway	Tormod Moldestad	(1974-01-29) 29 January 1974	Left Back
5	Germany	Torsten Jansen	(1976-12-23) 23 December 1976	Left Winger
6	Sweden	Peter Möller	(1986-09-22) 22 September 1986	Line Player
7	Sweden	Jonas Ernelind	(1982-03-29) 29 March 1982	Right Winger
8	Sweden	Joakim Ågren	(1970-04-21) 21 April 1970	Central Back
9	Germany	Thomas Knorr	(1971-05-16) 16 May 1971	Central Back
10	Denmark	Morten Bjerre	(1972-05-22) 22 May 1972	Right Back
12	Sweden	Tomas Svensson	(1968-02-15) 15 February 1968	Goalkeeper
13	Germany	Kjell Landsberg	(1980-11-03) 3 November 1980	Line Player
14	France	Bertrand Gille	(1978-03-24) 24 March 1978	Line Player
15	France	Guillaume Gille	(1976-07-12) 12 July 1976	Central Back
16	Germany	Steffen Reider	(1972-10-10) 10 October 1972	Goalkeeper
17	Norway	Simen Muffetangen	(1971-06-06) 6 June 1971	Central Back
18	Germany	Matthias Karbowski	(1983-01-21) 21 January 1983	Right Winger
19	Belarus	Andrej Siniak	(1972-04-28) 28 April 1972	Central Back
20	Spain	Jon Belaustegui	(1979-03-19) 19 March 1979	Right Back
22	Germany	Jörn Kammler	(1981-04-20) 20 April 1981	Left Back
23	Germany	Pascal Hens	(1980-03-26) 26 March 1980	Left Back

EHF ranking

As of 5 December 2025^[11]

Rank	Team	Points
136	H71	31
137	Handball Tirol	30
138	Dragūnas Klaipėda	30
139	HSV Hamburg	30
140	Visé BM	30
141	CSA Steaua București	29
142	Achilles Bocholt	29

Former club members

Notable former players

Johannes Bitter (2007–2016, 2021–)
Matthias Flohr (2004–2016)
Heiko Grimm (2008–2009)
Chrischa Hannawald (2009)
Pascal Hens (2003–2016)
Torsten Jansen (2003–2015, 2016–2017)
Thomas Knorr (2002–2007)
Michael Kraus (2010–2013)
Jürgen Müller (2007–2008)
Arne Niemeyer (2008–2009)
Adrian Pfahl (2013–2015)
Jens Schöngarth (2019–2020)
Kevin Schmidt (2014–2016)
Stefan Schröder (2005–2019)
Manuel Späth (2021–2022)
Nicolai Theilinger (2021–)
Jens Vortmann (2015–2016, 2021–)
Adrian Wagner (1996–2003)
Henning Wiechers (2005–2007)
Enid Tahirović (2012)
Andrej Kurchev (2002–2003)
Andrej Siniak (2002–2005)
Bruno Souza (2006–2008)
Ilija Brozović (2015–2016)
Davor Dominiković (2013–2015)
Domagoj Duvnjak (2009–2014)
Blaženko Lacković (2008–2014, 2017–2020)
Igor Vori (2009–2013)
Alois Mráz (2005–2006)
Morten Bjerre (2003–2004)
Marcus Cleverly (2013–2014)
Allan Damgaard (2015–2016)
Hans Lindberg (2007–2016)
Casper Ulrich Mortensen (2015–2016, 2021–)
Henrik Toft Hansen (2013–2015)
Dener Jaanimaa (2015–2016)
Bertrand Gille (2002–2012)
Guillaume Gille (2002–2012)
Kentin Mahé (2013–2015)
Aron Rafn Eðvarðsson (2018–2020)
Yoon Kyung-shin (2006–2008)
Žarko Marković (2013–2014)
Tormod Moldestad (1999–2003)
Simen Muffetangen (1999–2003)
Piotr Grabarczyk (2015–2016)
Michał Jurecki (2007–2008)
Krzysztof Lijewski (2005–2011)
Marcin Lijewski (2008–2013)
Maciej Majdziński (2015–2016)
Alexandru Șimicu (2014–2015)
Igor Lavrov (2005–2007)
Dmitri Torgovanov (2007–2009)
Azat Valiullin (2021–)
Roman Pungartnik (2005–2007)
Renato Vugrinec (2011–2012)
Jon Belaustegui (2003–2005)
Joan Cañellas (2013–2014)
Petar Đorđić (2013–2015)
Zoran Đorđić (2012)
Branko Kokir (2005–2006)
Draško Nenadić (2015–2017)
Goran Stojanović (2002–2007)
Stefan Terzić (2012–2013)
Iwan Ursic (2006–2008)
Dan Beutler (2011–2013)
Oscar Carlén (2011–2013)
Jonas Ernelind (2002–2004)
Nicklas Grundsten (2008–2009)
Andreas Nilsson (2012–2014)
Fredrik Petersen (2012–2013)
Johan Petersson (2015)
Per Sandström (2006–2011)
Tomas Svensson (2002–2005)
Oleg Velyky (2008–2010)

Former coaches

Seasons	Coach	Country
2002–2005	Bob Hanning
2005	Christian Fitzek
2005–2011	Martin Schwalb
2011	Per Carlén
2011–2012	Jens Häusler
2012–2014	Martin Schwalb
2014	Christian Gaudin
2014–2015	Jens Häusler
2015–2016	Michael Biegler
2016–2017	Jens Häusler
2017–	Torsten Jansen

References

^ "Weltrekord beim „Tag des Handballs" in der Commerzbank Arena" (in German). Top Magazine Frankfurt. 12 September 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
^ "Lizenzentzug für HSV Handball | LIQUI MOLY HBL".
^ DKB - 2021-22 Season league table
^ "Handball Sport Verein Hamburg erfüllt die von der unabhängigen Lizenzierungskommision gesetze Bedingung nicht". liquimoly-hbl.de. 3 May 2024.
^ "Schiedsgericht erteilt HSV Hamburg die Lizenz mit Bedingung". liquimoly-hbl.de. 31 May 2024.
^ "Kader".
^ https://www.handball-world.news/artikel/potsdam-kapitaen-wechselt-innerhalb-der-bundesliga-1088362
^ https://www.handball-world.news/artikel/fix-verstappen-cousin-geenen-wechselt-nach-hamburg-1109960
^ https://hamburg-handball.de/2025/03/18/hsvh-verpflichtet-islandischen-abwehrspezialisten-einar-olafsson-von-fredericia-hk/
^ https://www.handball-world.news/artikel/hsv-abschied-ilic-wechselt-zu-champions-league-teilnehmer-1078908
^ "Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball".

External links

Official website

[1] "Weltrekord beim „Tag des Handballs" in der Commerzbank Arena" (in German). Top Magazine Frankfurt. 12 September 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2026.

[2] "Lizenzentzug für HSV Handball | LIQUI MOLY HBL".

[3] DKB - 2021-22 Season league table

[4] "Handball Sport Verein Hamburg erfüllt die von der unabhängigen Lizenzierungskommision gesetze Bedingung nicht". liquimoly-hbl.de. 3 May 2024.

[5] "Schiedsgericht erteilt HSV Hamburg die Lizenz mit Bedingung". liquimoly-hbl.de. 31 May 2024.

[6] "Kader".

[7] ttps://www.handball-world.news/artikel/potsdam-kapitaen-wechselt-innerhalb-der-bundesliga-1088362

[8] ttps://www.handball-world.news/artikel/fix-verstappen-cousin-geenen-wechselt-nach-hamburg-1109960

[9] ttps://hamburg-handball.de/2025/03/18/hsvh-verpflichtet-islandischen-abwehrspezialisten-einar-olafsson-von-fredericia-hk/

[10] ttps://www.handball-world.news/artikel/hsv-abschied-ilic-wechselt-zu-champions-league-teilnehmer-1078908

[11] "Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball".

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