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VfL Gummersbach | |||
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Founded | 1861 | ||
Arena | Schwalbe-Arena | ||
Capacity | 4,132 | ||
Head coach | Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson | ||
League | Handball-Bundesliga | ||
2022–23 | 10th of 18 | ||
Club colours | |||
Website Official site |
VfL Gummersbach is a professional handball club from the German city of Gummersbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. Currently, VfL Gummersbach competes in the Handball-Bundesliga and the DHB-Pokal. The club has seen great success, especially from the late 1960s until the early 1990s.
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