The champions team 2017/2018

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Above from left: physio therapist Maik Bolte, osteopath Jan Bock, Sebastian Firnhaber, Marko Vujin, captain Rene Toft Hansen, Patrick Wiencek, Christian Dissinger, official Michael Menzel, physio therapist Stephan Lienau Middle from left: Raul Santos, Christian Zeitz, Nikola Bilyk, Niklas Landin Jacobsen, Andreas Wolff, Steffen Weinhold, Lukas Nilsson, Miha Zarabec Below from left: team doctor Dr. Frank Pries, team doctor Dr. Detlev Brandecker, Emil Frend Öfors, Rune Dahmke, Domagoj Duvnjak, Niclas Ekberg, Ole Rahmel, athletics coach Lasse Bork, head coach Alfred Gislason Not on the picture: general manager Thorsten Storm, assistant coach Christian Sprenger, sports director Viktor Szilagyi

The team 2017/2018

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth	Size	Weight	Nat.	Int. matches		In team since
Goalkeepers:
1	Niklas Landin	Goalkeeper	19.12.88	2,01m	102kg	DEN	168	DEN	2015
77	Andreas Wolff	Goalkeeper	03.03.91	1,98m	110kg	GER	54	GER	2016
Back area:
65	Lukas Nilsson	Left back	16.11.96	1,92m	95kg	SWE	38	SWE	2016
15	Christian Dissinger	Left back	15.11.91	2,02m	102kg	GER	17	GER	2015
5	Sebastian Firnhaber	Left back, pivot	18.04.94	1,98m	97kg	GER			2016
4	Domagoj Duvnjak	Left back, center	01.06.88	1,98m	100kg	CRO	184	CRO	2014
53	Nikola Bilyk	Left back, center	28.11.96	1,98m	94kg	AUT	41	AUT	2016
24	Miha Zarabec	Center	12.10.91	1,78m	75kg	SLO	32	SLO	2017
20	Christian Zeitz	Right back	18.11.80	1,86m	92kg	GER	166	GER	2016
41	Marko Vujin	Right back, center	07.12.84	2,01m	104kg	SRB	122	SRB	2012
13	Steffen Weinhold	Right back, center	19.07.86	1,91m	100kg	GER	96	GER	2014
Wings:
92	Raul Santos	Left wing	01.06.92	1,80m	74kg	AUT	70	AUT	2016
23	Rune Dahmke	Left wing	10.04.93	1,89m	81kg	GER	30	GER	2012
21	Emil Frend Öfors	Left wing	13.09.94	1,93m	92kg	SWE	12	SWE	2017
18	Niclas Ekberg	Right wing	23.12.88	1,91m	89kg	SWE	151	SWE	2012
22	Ole Rahmel	Right wing	19.11.89	1,90m	93kg	GER	5	GER	2017
Pivots:
7	Rene Toft Hansen	Pivot	01.11.84	2,00m	110kg	DEN	122	DEN	2012
17	Patrick Wiencek	Pivot	22.03.89	2,00m	110kg	GER	105	GER	2012
Coaches:
	Alfred Gislason	coach	07.09.59	1,91m		ISL	190	ISL	2008
	Christian Sprenger	assistant coach	06.04.83	1,90m	94kg	GER	86	GER	2009
Manager:
	Thorsten Storm		06.10.64	1,85m	80kg	GER			2014

Additional players:

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth	Size	Weight	Nat.	Int. matches / Info		In team since
27	Thies Bergemann	Right wing	19.11.1996	1,88m	80kg	GER	Double play right for THW, second play right: Altenholz		07/2017
26	Lucas Firnhaber	Right back	23.04.97	2,00m	93kg	GER	Double play right for THW, second play right: Altenholz		01/2016
16	Tom Landgraf	Goalkeeper	11.03.96	1,98m	115kg	GER	Double play right for THW, first play right: Altenholz		07/2016
27	Ferris Klotz	Pivot	26.05.1998	1,98m		GER			07/2017
32	Tim Wendt	Goalkeeper	13.01.97	1,83m	98kg	GER			11/2017

Sports Director

Viktor Szilagyi

Organization

• Michael Menzel
• Harald Stenzel

Medical team

• Dr. Detlev Brandecker, team doctor
• Dr. Frank Pries, team doctor
• Christoph Brandenburg, physiotherapist
• Maik Bolte, physiotherapist
• Jan Bock, osteopath
• Stephan Lienau, physiotherapist

Athletics coach

• Lasse Bork, sports scientist
• Tobias Jacobsen
• Somon Sartisohn

Press and public relations

• Christian Robohm

Arena speaker

• Thomas Lorenzen

Mascot

• Hein Daddel

Average age of team

25.5 years

Average height of team

1.94m

Leaving players and officials before the season 2017/2018

• Ilija Brozovic (to TSV Hannover-Burgdorf)
• Christian Sprenger (Karriereende, THW youth coordinator)
• Blazenko Lackovic (to HSV Hamburg)

New recruitments for the season 2017/2018

• Sebastian Firnhaber (Professional contract from 01.07.2017)
• Ole Rahmel (from HC Erlangen)
• Miha Zarabec (from RK Celje (SLO))
• Ferris Klotz (from THW U23) (double play right für den THW Kiel, first play right: TSV Altenholz)
• Thies Bergemann (from TSV Altenholz) (double play right für den THW Kiel, first play right: TSV Altenholz)
• Emil Frend Öfors (from Alingsas HK (SWE))
• Tim Wendt (from THW U23)

New recruitments during the season 2017/2018

• Sports director Viktor Szilagyi from 01.01.2018 on (from Bergischer HC)

Leaving players after the season 2017/2018

• Emil Frend Öfors (to HSG Wetzlar)
• Christian Zeitz (destination unknown)
• Lucas Firnhaber (to TUSEM Essen)
• Rene Toft Hansen (to Telekom Veszprem (HUN))
• Raul Santos (to SC DhfK Leipzig)
• Thies Bergemann (to HSV Handball)

New recruitments for the season 2017/2018

• Hendrik Pekeler (from Rhein-Neckar Löwen)
• Magnus Landin Jacobsen (from KIF Koldingen Kopenhagen (DEN))
• Gisli Thorgeir Kristjansson (from FH Hafnarfjördur (ISL))
• Filip Jicha (as assistant coach)
• Harald Reinkind (from Rhein-Neckar Löwen)

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