VfL Gummersbach

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VfL Gummersbach
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Founded1861;164 years ago (1861)
Arena Schwalbe-Arena
Capacity4,132
PresidentDieter Brüning
Head coach Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson
League Handball-Bundesliga
2024–25 7th of 18
Club colours  
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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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Gummi - the official mascot of VfL Gummersbach. VfL Gummersbach Mascot 01.jpg
Gummi – the official mascot of VfL Gummersbach.

History

The club was founded as a multisports club on March 3rd 1861 as Gummersbacher Turnverein(GTV). The youth department was founded in 1884, and in 1906 women were included as members.

The handball department was founded in 1925. [1] While field handball was the most popular variant in Germany at the time, Gummersbach focused on indoor handball.

In 1966 the club won the German Championship for the first time. In 1970 the club won the European Cup, beating SC Dynamo Berlin in the final. [2] During the 1970's the club won four more German championships, as well as 2 German cups and five European Cups.

During the 1980's Gummersbach remained one of the strongest teams in West Germany behind TUSEM Essen and TV Großwallstadt. They also won the first edition of the IHF Cup in 1982. [3]

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

Accomplishments

Winners: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Notable players

Coaching history

References

  1. "Die Geschichte des VfL muss umgeschrieben werden". Oberberg Aktuell (in German). Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  2. European Cup 1970 edition - Todor66
  3. 1982 IHF Cup - Todor66
  4. https://www.handball-world.news/artikel/offiziell-kay-smits-kommt-zum-vfl-gummersbach-1126829
  5. https://www.handball-world.news/artikel/wechsel-fix-gummersbach-verpflichtet-portugiesischen-nationalspieler-gomes-1126376
  6. "Leseprobe – VFL Gummersbach. Die Chronik by Verlag die Werkstatt – Issuu". 19 November 2015.