THW Kiel

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THW Kiel
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Full nameTurnverein Hassee-Winterbek Kiel
Founded1904;121 years ago (1904)
Arena Wunderino Arena
Capacity10,250
President Olaf Berner
Head coach Filip Jícha
League Handball-Bundesliga
2024–25 4th of 18
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Website
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THW Kiel is a professional handball club from Kiel, Germany. Currently, they compete in the Handball-Bundesliga and are the record champion with 23 titles. [1]

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2007 and 2012 were the most successful years in the club's history, as THW completed the treble, winning the domestic league, the domestic cup, and the EHF Champions League. In 2012, the team won every league game, a first in any top-flight German team sports.

They ended the 2019–20 season as winners of the EHF Champions League and champions of the Handball-Bundesliga. [2] [3]

They have a rivalry with fellow Schleswig-Holstein team SG Flensburg-Handewitt.

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Hein Daddel – the official mascot of THW Kiel.

History

The club was founded on February 4th 1904 as a Gymnastics association. From the beginning it was only a men's club, but from 1907 women were included too.

The handball department was founded in 1926, first as field handball and later as indoor handball.

In 1959, two years after the first German indoor Championship, the club was a pioneer, when it decided to distinguish between the indoor handball team and the field handball team, and put an emphasis on achieving indoor success. [4]

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

Accomplishments

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2025–26 season

Transfers

Transfers for the 2026–27 season

Transfer History

Staff

Staff for the 2023–24 season
Pos.Name
Managing director Flag of Austria.svg Viktor Szilágyi
Head coach Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Filip Jícha
Assistant coach Flag of Germany.svg Christian Sprenger
Goalkeeping coach Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Andersson
Team physicianDr. Detlev Brandecker
Team physicianDr. Frank Pries
Team leaderMichael Menzel
PhysiotherapistMaik Bolte
PhysiotherapistStephan Lienau
PhysiotherapistJan Bock

Notable former players

Notable former coaches

References

  1. NDR. "Handball-Saison abgebrochen – THW Kiel ist Meister". ndr.de (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  2. "THW Kiel beat Barcelona to clinch Champions League glory". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  3. "So reagieren die THW-Fans auf die Meisterschaft". KN – Kieler Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  4. Erik Eggers, Handball, Göttingen 2004, S. 281, ISBN 3-89533-465-0
  5. https://thw-handball.de/weitere/2023/08/der-thw-kiel-holt-gonzalo-perez-de-vargas-2025-in-die-staerkste-liga-der-welt/
  6. https://thw-handball.de/weitere/2025/07/der-erste-schweizer-beim-thw-kiel-nationalspieler-lukas-laube-wird-ein-zebra/
  7. https://thw-handball.de/weitere/2024/11/tomas-mrkva-setzt-seine-karriere-ab-naechster-saison-in-leipzig-fort/
  8. https://thw-handball.de/weitere/2025/03/thw-kapitaen-patrick-wiencek-beendet-im-sommer-seine-erfolgreiche-karriere/