Neckarsulmer SU (women's handball)

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Sport-Union Neckarsulm
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Full nameSport-Union Neckarsulm e.V.
Short nameSUN, Sport-Union
Founded1 January 2009;15 years ago (1 January 2009)
ArenaBallei-Sporthalle
Capacity1,500
PresidentRolf Härdtner
Head coach Thomas Zeitz
League Handball Bundesliga Frauen
2023-2410th
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Sport-Union Neckarsulm is the women's handball team of the sports club Sport-Union Neckarsulm, from the town of Neckarsulm in the southwest of Germany. The team competes domestically in the Handball-Bundesliga and the DHB-Pokal. They play their home matches at the Ballei-Sporthalle and usually wear dark navy shirts and shorts.

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History

Early years

Sport-Union Neckarsulm was founded on New Year's Day in 2009 as Neckarsulmer Sport-Union (NSU) through the merger of Sportvereinigung Neckarsulm 1946 and Sportfreunde Neckarsulm. The name alludes to the NSU Motorenwerke, the predecessor of Audi, which was located in the city of Neckarsulm until 1985. The multi sports club consists of 17 different sections of which the women’s handball section is one of the best known because of their multi-year participation in the Bundesliga, Germany‘s most important handball league.

Climbing up the league pyramid

After two championship titles in regional fifth and fouth tier leagues, coach Emir Hadzimuhamedović led the team also to promotion to the 2. Bundesliga in the summer of 2013. In the following years, the team established itself there and gained promotion to the Bundesliga as second division champions in 2016.

A big part in the various promotions from regional amateur levels to professional tiers played the successful under-17 team, which won the German championship in 2011. Talented players of this youth team formed an integral part of the first team in later years. [1]

New name and establishment in the Bundesliga

After promotion to the Bundesliga Neckarsulmer Sport-Union was fighting against relegation for their first three years in Germany’s top tier but eventually managed to stay in the league. With coaches Pascal Morgant and Tanja Logvin at the helm, the team established itself in the following years as a solid force in the Bundesliga with a sixth place finish in the 2020-21 season, the best result to date.

In 2021 Neckarsulmer Sport-Union was forced to change its name and crest due to unwanted associations with the right-wing extremist organization National Socialist Underground, although the abbreviation NSU has a long regional tradition in and around the city of Neckarsulm. [2] Now playing as Sport-Union Neckarsulm the club produced players like Selina Kalmbach or Sarah Wachter who went on to become internationals for Germany.

Season to season

SeasonTierDivisionPositionPoints DHB-Pokal
2009–10 VWürttembergliga (Nord)9th/1219:25
2010–11 VWürttembergliga (Nord)1st/1244:0
2011–12 IVBW-Oberliga1st/1450:2Round of 32
2012–13 III3. Liga (Süd)1st/1448:4
2013–14 II 2. Bundesliga 7th/1427:29Round of 16
2014–15 II 2. Bundesliga 4th/1434:18First round
2015–16 II 2. Bundesliga 1st/1653:7Quarterfinals
2016–17 I Bundesliga 12th/1413:39Round of 16
2017–18 I Bundesliga 13th/1410:42Round of 32
2018–19 I Bundesliga 12th/1413:39Quarterfinals
2019–20 I Bundesliga 9th/1412:22Quarterfinals
2020–21 I Bundesliga 6th/1637:23Round of 16
2021–22 I Bundesliga 7th/1426:26Round of 16
2022–23 I Bundesliga 12th/1415:37Round of 16
2023–24 I Bundesliga 10th/1414:38Round of 16
2024–25 I Bundesliga

Arena

Sport-Union Neckarsulm play their home matches at the Ballei-Sporthalle, a multi-purpose arena which hosts up to 1,500 spectators (standing and seated). The arena complex also includes a hall for cultural events for up to 1,000 people as well as a restaurant and a bowling alley. [3] The men’s handball team of the club plays selected matches at the Ballei as well. The arena is among the most visited in the Bundesliga. [4]

The club's most prominent supporters' group is Blaue Wand ("Blue wall"), which is located in sector B of Ballei's Foyer-Tribüne. The Blaue Wand arranges away day travels as well as meet-and-greets with players and staff and is also heavily involved in the organisation of home matches. [6]

Bundesliga attendances at Ballei-Sporthalle
SeasonOverallAverageRankNotes
2016–17 14,3051,1004th/14 [7]
2017–18 13,5411,0417th/14 [8]
2018–19 13,5501,0426th/14
2019–20 7,5119389th/14 [9] [10]
2020–21 1,2173045th/16 [11] [12]
2021–22 9,3787211st/14 [13] [14]
2022–23 11,8789145th/14 [15]
2023–24 12,8659905th/14 [16]
2024–25

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023-24 season. [17]
No.PositionPlayerNationalityDate of birth (age)HeightYear signedSigned fromEnd of contract
Goalkeepers
1 GK Valentyna Salamakha Flag of Azerbaijan.svg 23 April 1986 (age 38)1,76m2022 Flag of Romania.svg CS Gloria Bistrița 2024
29 GK Lena Ivančok Flag of Austria.svg 29 March 2001 (age 23)1,84m2023 Flag of Croatia.svg RK Lokomotiva Zagreb 2025
Wingers
5 RW Amber Verbraeken Flag of the Netherlands.svg 5 July 2002 (age 21)1,80m2022 Flag of the Netherlands.svg RKHV Quintus 2024
8 RW Vasiliki Gkatziou Flag of Greece.svg 8 October 1997 (age 26)1,68m2023 Flag of Spain.svg BM Remudas 2025
21 LW Alessia Riner Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 8 January 2004 (age 20)1,70m2023 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg LK Zug 2025
55 LW Rabea Pollakowski Flag of Germany.svg 26 February 1998 (age 26)1,62m2023 Flag of Germany.svg VfL Waiblingen 2025
Line players
3 P Sharon Nooitmeer Flag of the Netherlands.svg 11 June 1999 (age 24)1,78m2021 Flag of France.svg HB Octeville Sur Mer 2024
75 P Kim Hinkelmann Flag of Germany.svg 16 October 2001 (age 22)1,83m2023 Flag of Denmark.svg Holstebro Håndbold 2025
Backcourt players
11 LB Annefleur Bruggeman Flag of the Netherlands.svg 23 July 1997 (age 26)1,81m2022 Flag of Germany.svg Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2026
17 LB Arwen Gorb Flag of Germany.svg 20 June 2002 (age 21)1,82m2023 Flag of Germany.svg TSG Ketsch 2025
18 RB Marloes Hoitzing Flag of the Netherlands.svg 25 January 2001 (age 23)1,79m2023 Flag of Germany.svg VfL Oldenburg 2025
23 LB Munia Smits Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 23 December 1999 (age 24)1,78m2022 Flag of Germany.svg HSG Bad Wildungen 2026
25 RB Nina Engel Flag of Germany.svg 25 April 2003 (age 21)1,75m2022 Flag of Germany.svg SV Werder Bremen 2024
81 CB Agni Zygoura Flag of Greece.svg 4 February 1996 (age 28)1,75m2023 Flag of Austria.svg SSV Dornbirn Schoren 2025
97 LB Veronika Andrýsková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 24 May 1997 (age 27)1,92m2023 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg DHK Baník Most 2025

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024-25 season. [18]

Technical staff

Technical staff for the 2024-25 season. [19]

Personnel

Notable former players

Appearances and Goalscorers

Competitive matches and goals in the Bundesliga only.As of 1 June 2024. [20] [21] [22]

Most appearances
RankPlayerYearsGames
1 Flag of Germany.svg Selina Kalmbach 2016–2022134
2 Flag of Germany.svg Sarah Wachter 2019–202397
3 Flag of Spain.svg Irene Espínola Pérez 2018–202295
4 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Seline Ineichen 2016–202091
5 Flag of Germany.svg Nele Reimer 2017–2020
2021–2022		82
6 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sharon Nooitmeer 2021–202475
7 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Lynn Knippenborg 2019–202272
8 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nathalie Hendrikse 2019–202272
9 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jill Kooij 2019–202272
10 Flag of Germany.svg Lucie-Marie Kretzschmar 2019–202272
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerYearsGamesGoalsRatio
1 Flag of Spain.svg Irene Espínola Pérez 2018–2022954204.42
2 Flag of Germany.svg Nele Reimer 2017–2020
2021–2022		823614.40
3 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Lynn Knippenborg 2019–2022723244.50
4 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nathalie Hendrikse 2019–2022722803.89
5 Flag of Germany.svg Nina Engel 2022–2024502635.26
6 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Seline Ineichen 2016–2020912062.26
7 Flag of Germany.svg Selina Kalmbach 2016–20221342051.53
8 Flag of Germany.svg Lena Hoffmann 2016–2019521913.67
9 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jill Kooij 2019–2022721832.54
10 Flag of Germany.svg Maike Daniels 2016–2018481773.69

Former coaches

CoachNat.FromToHonoursNotes
Stefan Arnold Flag of Germany.svg 07/200906/2010
Emir Hadzimuhamedović Flag of Montenegro.svg 07/201002/20181 2. Bundesliga
1 3. Liga
1 BW-Oberliga
1 Württembergliga
Annamária Ilyés (Caretaker) Flag of Hungary.svg 02/201803/2018
Tanja Logvin Flag of Austria.svg 04/201806/2018
Pascal Morgant Flag of Germany.svg 07/201801/2020
Maike Daniels (Caretaker) Flag of Germany.svg 01/202006/2020
Tanja Logvin Flag of Austria.svg 07/202001/2023
Mart Aalderink (Caretaker) Flag of the Netherlands.svg 01/202306/2023
Thomas Zeitz Flag of Germany.svg 07/2023Present [23]

Honours

Kits and manufacturers

PeriodKit manufacturerNotes
2009/10 – 2010/11 Flag of Denmark.svg H2O
2011/12 – 2012/13 Flag of Denmark.svg Hummel
2013/14 – 2015/16 Flag of Germany.svg ProTouch [24]
2016/17 – 2020/21 Flag of Germany.svg Erima [25]
2021/22 – Flag of Spain.svg Joma [26]

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  2. ↑ "Jetzt ist klar: Neckarsulmer Sport-Union benennt sich um". Heilbronner Stimme . Retrieved 17 May 2024.
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  9. ↑ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, several matches were played behind closed doors.
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  11. ↑ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, the majority of matches were played behind closed doors.
  12. ↑ » Zuschauer Archived 17 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine (in German) handball-world, Spectator figures 2020–21. Retrieved 06 June 2024
  13. ↑ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, some matches were played behind closed doors.
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