TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen

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TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen
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Full nameTurn- und Sportverein St. Otmar St. Gallen
Short nameTSV
Founded1942;83 years ago (1942)
Arena Sportanlage Kreuzbleiche
Capacity4,200
PresidentAlex Hüttenmoser
Head coach Michael Suter
League Quickline Handball League
2023-246th
Club colours  
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Home
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Website
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TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen is a Swiss handball team located in St. Gallen. Their home matches are played at the Kreuzbleiche-Halle. They compete in Swiss Handball League.

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History

The team was founded in 1924 as a Catholic youth team, [1] and was named after Saint Othmar, a catholic monk from the 8th century. The team started playing indoor handball in 1950 [1] In 1951 they were promoted to the 1. for the first time, and in 1957 they were promoted to the Nationalliga 1, the top league. [1] In 1961 they won their first Swiss championship in field handball. [1] In 1971 they won their first national championship in indoor handball. [1] In 1982 they surprisingly reached the final of the European Cup, where they lost the final to Hungarian Honvéd Budapest 49-34 on aggregate. [2]

They were relegated for the first time in 1992, but promoted the season after. [1]

In 2010 the women's team was dispanded due to financial difficulties.

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St. Gallen
Location of TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen

Kits

Sports Hall information

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Home hall: Sportanlage Kreuzbleiche

Accomplishments

Men's Handball

Women's Handball

European record

SeasonCompetitionRoundClub1st leg2nd legAggregate
2016–17 Challenge Cup R3 Flag of Lithuania.svg Dragūnas Klaipėda 35–2828–2463–52
1/8 Flag of Slovakia.svg HKM Sala 27–3028–2755–57

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Geschichte" [History] (in German). TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  2. "Men Handball European Champions Cup 1982". todor66.
  3. https://www.handball.ch/de/news/2024/transfernews-tsv-st-otmar/