Spono Eagles

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Spono Eagles
Full nameSpono Eagles
Founded1971
Arena Schweizerisches Paraplegikerzentrum, Nottwil
Capacity1,200
Head coachMirko Funke (SWI)
League Spar Premium League
2021–22Champions
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Spono Eagles is a Swiss women's handball club from Nottwil founded in 1971. Reaching the Swiss Premium League in 1988, it has been a regular in EHF competitions since the 1990s, and it won three national championships between 2000 and 2006. [1] Spono's best international results to date were reaching the Round of 16 of the EHF Cup and the Challenge Cup. In its three appearances in the Champions League it was defeated in the first qualifying round. 2015 they changed the name from Spono Nottwil to Spono Eagles.

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Nottwil
Location of Spono Eagles

Titles

European record

SeasonCompetitionRoundClub1st leg2nd legAggregate
2016–17 EHF Cup R1 Flag of Kosovo.svg KHF Pristina 41–1430–1671–30
R2 Flag of Russia.svg HC Kuban Krasnodar 23–3528–3851–73
2017–18 Challenge Cup R3 Flag of Turkey.svg Zagnosspor 28–3520–2348–58
2019–20 EHF Cup R1 Flag of Slovakia.svg IUVENTA Michalovce 25–3225–3150–63
2020–21 EHF Cup Round 3 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Wacker Thun 30–17
Last 16 Flag of the Netherlands.svg JuRo Urinek BV (walkover)
Quarterfinals Flag of the Czech Republic.svg DHC Slavia Prague (walkover)
2021–22 EHF Cup Round 3 Flag of Kosovo.svg KH Vushtrria 41–642–1483–20
Last 16 Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg H 71 Handball 26–3631–2957–65
2022–23 EHF European League R2 Flag of Norway.svg Fana 21–3631–2852–64

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2022–23 season [2]

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References

  1. List of champions Archived 2012-05-24 at the Wayback Machine in the Swiss Handball Federation
  2. "Spono Eagles Team". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 5 August 2022.