THW Kiel

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.

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.

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

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

Accomplishments

• Handball-Bundesliga: 23
  •  Gold: 1957, 1962, 1963, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021, 2023
• DHB-Pokal: 12
  •  Gold: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2022
• DHB-Supercup: 13
  •  Gold: 1995, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
• EHF Champions League:
  •  Gold: 2007, 2010, 2012, 2020
  •  Silver: 2000, 2008, 2009, 2014
  •  Bronze: 2022, 2024
• EHF Cup:
  •  Gold: 1998, 2002, 2004, 2019
• EHF Men's Champions Trophy:
  •  Gold: 2007
  •  Silver: 2004
• IHF Super Globe:
  •  Gold: 2011
  •  Silver: 2012, 2019
• German Championship: 2 (Field handball)
  •  Gold: 1948, 1950
  •  Silver: 1951, 1953
• Double:
  • 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2012–13
• Triple Crown:
  • 2006–07, 2011–12

European record

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023–24 season

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Staff

Staff for the 2023–24 season

Notable former players

Notable former coaches

• Fritz Westheider (1930–1958)
• Heinrich Dahlinger (1958–1972)
• Kurt Bartels, Rolf Krabbenhöft, Bernd Struck (1972–1973)
• Adolf Gabriel (1973–1975)
• Werner Kirst (1975)
• Gerd Welz (1975–1977)
• Željko Seleš (1977–1978)
• Werner Kirst (1978–1979)
• Gerd Welz (1979–1980)
• Marinko Andrić (1980–1981)
• Herward Wieck (1981–1982)
• Jóhann Ingi Gunnarsson (1983–1986)
• Marek Panas (1987–1989)
• Josip Milković (1989)
• Holger Oertel (1989–1992)
• Uwe Schwenker (1993)
• Zvonimir Serdarušić (1993–2008)
• Alfreð Gíslason (2008–2019)

References

External links

• Official website