Alpla HC Hard

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Alpla HC Hard
Full nameAlpla Handball Club Hard
Nickname(s)Die Roten Teufel
Short nameHC Hard
Founded1986;37 years ago (1986)
Arena Sporthalle am See, Hard
Capacity2,400
Head coach Hannes Jón Jónsson
League Handball Liga Austria
2017–182nd
Club colours  
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Alpla HC Hard is a handball club from Hard, Austria. They currently compete in the Handball Liga Austria.

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Location of Alpla HC Hard

History

In 1986, the handball division was separated from the ATSV Hard club, and subsequently the independent club HC 86 Hard was founded. Under the guidance of coach Zoltán Balogh, HC Hard reached the Austrian top flight in the 1997/98 season. In the 2002/03 season, HC Hard won the Austrian Championship for the first time under the guidance of coach Frank Bergemann. In the 2004/05 season, the club won its first victory in the Austrian Cup. The club moved to its new home in the Sporthalle am See [1] in 2005. The club won the championship 7 times in total (2003, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021), the cup 4 times (2005, 2008, 2014, 2018) and the Super Cup 5 times (2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021). In 2007/08, HC Hard reached the final of the EHF Challenge Cup, but won the final against Romanian UCM Sport Reșița with a score of 54:47 on aggregate. [2]

Crest, colours, supporters

Naming history

NamePeriod
HC Alpla Hard−2002
Alpla HC Hard2002–2004
HC Superfund Hard2004–2007
Alpla HC Hard2007–present

Club crest

Kits

Sports Hall information

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Home hall: Sporthalle am See


Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2022–23 season [3]
Alpla HC Hard

Technical staff

Transfers

Transfers for the 2022–23 season

Previous Squads

EHF ranking

As of 29/09/2022 [4]
RankTeamPoints
49 Flag of Hungary.svg Balatonfüredi KSE 103
50 Flag of Denmark.svg TTH Holstebro 100
51 Flag of Spain.svg BM Granollers 100
52 Flag of Austria.svg Alpla HC Hard98
53 Flag of Romania.svg AHC Potaissa Turda 97
54 Flag of Hungary.svg MOL-Tatabánya KC 94
55 Flag of Germany.svg Frisch Auf Göppingen 91

Former club members

Notable former players

Former coaches

SeasonsCoachCountry
1999–2000 Niels Möller Flag of Denmark.svg
2000–2005 Frank Bergemann Flag of Germany.svg
2005–2007 Goran Zivkovic Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg
2007–2008 Gerald Gabl Flag of Austria.svg
2008–2010 Zbigniew Tłuczyński Flag of Poland.svg
2010–2016 Markus Burger Flag of Austria.svg
2016–2018 Petr Hrachovec Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
2018–2020 Klaus Gärtner Flag of Germany.svg
2020–2021 Mario Bjeliš Flag of Croatia.svg
2021– Hannes Jón Jónsson Flag of Iceland.svg

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References

  1. "Hard Sport Freizeit Strandbad Minigolf Eisplatz Sportanlage Sporthalle Veranstaltungsräume Vorarlberg Österreich: Sporthalle am See". Archived from the original on 2015-05-27. Retrieved 2022-10-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. "Handball: HC Hard steht im Finale des Challenge Cups > Kleine Zeitung". Archived from the original on 2014-10-11. Retrieved 2022-10-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. "Kampfmannschaft Alpla HC Hard – Erste Mannschaft".
  4. "Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball".