Thüringer HC

Thüringer HC
Full name	Thüringer Handball Club Erfurt-Bad Langensalza e. V
Short name	Thüringer HC
Founded	2000
Arena	Wiedigsburghalle, Nordhausen
Capacity	2,018
President	Karsten Döring
Head coach	Herbert Müller
League	HBL
2023–24	HBL, 3rd
Home Away
Website Official site

Thüringer HC

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Location of Thüringer HC

Thüringer Handball Club Erfurt-Bad Langensalza e. V is a German professional women's handball team from the Thuringian cities of Erfurt, Bad Langensalza and Nordhausen. The club has its seat in Erfurt and plays the home matches in the Salza-Halle in Bad Langensalza and the Wiedigsburghalle in Nordhausen. They compete in the Handball-Bundesliga Frauen, the top division in Germany.

Rosalie – the official mascot of Thüringer HC

Kits

HOME
2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16	2016–18	2020–

AWAY
2014–15	2015–16	2016–18

Honours

• Handball-Bundesliga Frauen:
  • Winners (7): 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018
• DHB-Pokal:
  • Winners (2): 2011, 2013, 2019
• EHF Challenge Cup:
  • Finalists (1): 2009

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season

Goalkeepers

• 12 Dinah Eckerle
• 1 Christina Lövgren Hallberg

Wingers

LW

• 26 Anna Szabó
• 22 Rikke Hoffbeck Petersen

RW

• 06 Nathalie Hendrikse
• 24 Ida Gullberg

Line players

• 57 Josefine Huber
• 3 Sharon Nooitmeer

Back players

LB

• 14 Anika Niederwieser
• 29 Johanna Reichert

CB

• 59 Csenge Kuczora
• 27 Kerstin Kündig
• 23 Natsuki Aizawa

RB

• 8 Julie Holm
• 13 Kathrin Pichlmeier

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–25 season:

Joining

• Csenge Kuczora (CB/LB) (from Váci NKSE)
• Anna Szabó (LW) (from Moyra-Budaörs Handball)
• Sharon Nooitmeer (P) (from Neckarsulmer SU)
• Rikke Hoffbeck Petersen (LW) (from SønderjyskE)
• Julie Holm (RB) (from Viborg HK)
• Natsuki Aizawa (CB) (from Hokkoku Bank Handball)
• Christina Lövgren Hallberg (GK) (from IF Hallby)

Leaving

• Annika Lott (LB) (to Brest Bretagne Handball)
• Nicole Roth (GK) (to SG BBM Bietigheim)
• Yuki Tanabe (LW) (retires)
• Johanna Stockschläder (LW)
• Sara Rønningen (P) (retires)
• Vilma Matthijs Holmberg (P) (to Chambray Touraine Handball)
• Sonja Frey (CB) (to Hypo Niederösterreich)
• Jennifer Rode (RB) (retires)

Notable former players

• Anja Althaus (2012–2014)
• Emily Bölk (2018–2020)
• Dinah Eckerle (2009–2018, 2023–)
• Ann-Cathrin Giegerich (2018–2020)
• Ina Großmann (2018–2021)
• Svenja Huber (2013–2016)
• Anne Hubinger (2017–2019)
• Jana Krause (2013–2020)
• Saskia Lang (2017–2019)
• Annika Lott (2022–2024)
• Franziska Mietzner (2013–2015)
• Ewgenija Minevskaja (2005–2013)
• Alexandra Mazzucco (2017–2020)
• Nina Müller (2018–2019)
• Nadja Nadgornaja (2010–2015)
• Meike Schmelzer (2014–2021)
• Alicia Stolle (2018–2020)
• Nora Reiche (2010–2012)
• Jennifer Rode (2021–2024)
• Isabell Roch (2006–2008)
• Nicole Roth (2022–2024)
• Johanna Stockschläder (2022–2024)
• Kerstin Wohlbold (2010–2021)
• Willemijn Karsten (2011–2012)
• Pearl van der Wissel (2010–2011)
• Danick Snelder (2010–2016)
• Martine Smeets (2013–2015)
• Anouk van de Wiel (2015–2017)
• Anouk Nieuwenweg (2020)
• Rinka Duijndam (2021–2022)
• Crina Pintea (2015–2017)
• Eliza Buceschi (2015–2016)
• Melinda Geiger (2012)
• Petra Blazek (2020–2022)
• Katrin Engel (2011–2017)
• Sonja Frey (2012–2016, 2022–2024)
• Iveta Korešová (2013–2021)
• Markéta Jeřábková (2020–2021)
• Dominika Zachová (2021–2023)
• Macarena Aguilar (2016–2018)
• Alexandrina Cabral (2013–2014)
• Almudena Rodriguez (2019–2020)
• Szimonetta Planéta (2016–2017)
• Krisztina Triscsuk (2018–2019)
• Luca Szekerczés (2021–2022)
• Mikaela Mässing (2019–2020)
• Emma Ekenman-Fernis (2020–2022)
• Vilma Matthijs Holmberg (2022–2024)
• Mie Augustesen (2012–2013)
• Annika Meyer (2021–2022)
• Lýdia Jakubisová (2011–2022)
• Anika Niederwieser (2016–2018, 2021–)
• Ana Gros (2012–2013)
• Manon Houette (2016–2017)
• Marie Davidsen (2019–2021)
• Yuliya Snopova (2014–2015)
• Katarina Tomašević (2012–2013)
• Yuki Tanabe (2021–2024)
• Patricia Batista da Silva (2017–2018)
• Lamprini Tsàkalou (2021–2022)
• Ines Khouildi (2020–2022)
• Aslı İskit (2020–2022)
• Kerstin Kündig (2020–2022, 2023–)

Head coach history

Herbert Müller

(2010–present)

European record

EHF Champions League

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
2011-12	Champions League	Group Matches (Group A)	ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica	23–27	35–25	4th place
			FC Midtjylland Håndbold	21–27	20–23
			Byåsen HE	28–28	22–23
2012-13	Champions League	Group Matches (Group D)	Zvezda Zvenigorod	20–23	24–31	3rd place
			ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica	24–20	15–23
			Viborg HK	34–30	29–26
2013-14	Champions League	Group Matches (Group A)	Győri Audi ETO KC	25–33	22–29	2nd place
			Hypo Niederösterreich	34–25	23–29
			HCM Baia Mare	36–29	19–20
		Main Round (Group 1)	HC Vardar	24–24	25–31	3rd place
			FC Midtjylland Håndbold	26–24	20–26
			IK Sävehof	30–25	32–26
2014-15	Champions League	Group Matches (Group B)	ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica	22–27	14–23	3rd place
			HC Vardar	21–20	21–26
			RK Podravka Koprivnica	33–20	32–28
		Main Round (Group 1)	Dinamo Volgograd	30–33	30–30	4th place
			HC Leipzig	27–23	34–25
			RK Krim	33–21	26–23
		Quarterfinals	Larvik HK	26–29	18–36	44–65
2015-16	Champions League	Group Matches (Group B)	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	27–30	28–32	3rd place
			Fleury Loiret HB	27–27	21–27
			RK Podravka Koprivnica	29–19	27–21
		Main Round (Group 1)	Rostov-Don	28–32	24–30	6th place
			Larvik HK	20–28	19–28
			HCM Baia Mare	23–25	27–38
2016-17	Champions League	Group Matches (Group A)	ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica	26–32	19–28	3rd place
			Metz Handball	28–25	18–25
			Glassverket IF	24–16	33–27
		Main Round (Group 1)	HC Vardar	29–31	26–36	5th place
			FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	29–29	24–32
			HC Astrakhanochka	34–22	24–26
2017-18	Champions League	Qualification Tournament	CB Atlético Guardés	31–21
		Qualification Tournament	H 65 Höör	33–24
		Group Matches (Group C)	HC Vardar	21–29	21–29	3rd place
			FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	25–29	25–28
			Larvik HK	22–25	31–27
		Main Round (Group 2)	Metz Handball	29–31	29–35	6th place
			ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica	24–25	21–29
			SG BBM Bietigheim	28–26	34–21
2018-19	Champions League	Group Matches (Group C)	Győri ETO KC	22–38	28–31	3rd place
			RK Krim Ljubljana	26–26	20–27
			RK Podravka Koprivnica	26–28	31–23
		Main Round (Group 2)	CSM București	30–38	23–23	6th place
			Vipers Kristiansand	21–29	24–31
			Ferencvárosi TC	32–35	29–30

EHF European League

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
2019–20	EHF Cup	Round 2	Byåsen HE	29–25	29–24	58–49
		Round 3	HC Astrakhanochka	30–25	25–28	55–53
		Group Matches (Group A)	DHK Baník Most	40–24	35–27	1st place
			Kastamonu GSK	27–24	30–24
			DVSC Schaeffler	26–23	26–19
		Quarterfinals	Podravka Vegeta	23–27	28–34	51–61
2020–21	EHF European League	Qualification Round 2	WAT Atzgersdorf	39–24	42–21	81–45
		Qualification Round 3	HSG Blomberg-Lippe	27–31	30–20	57–51
		Group Matches (Group C)	CS Minaur Baia Mare	0–10	10–0	4th place
			Astrakhanochka	22–29	0–10
			Storhamar Handball Elite	41–36	30–32
2021–22	EHF European League	Qualification Round 2	Molde Elite	32–35	28–26	60–61
2022–23	EHF European League	Qualification Round 2	Chambray Touraine	31–28	27–24	58–52
		Qualification Round 3	IK Sävehof	30–22	35–30	65–52
		Group Matches (Group C)	Paris 92	28–24	25–26	1st place
			SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	38–31	32–32
			Váci NKSE	31–21	34–28
		Quarter-finals	Sola HK	27–24	35–35	62–59
		Semifinal	Ikast Håndbold	26–31
		Third-place match	Borussia Dortmund	23–28
2023–24	EHF European League	Group Matches (Group B)	HC Dunărea Brăila	32–28	23–33	2nd place
			Chambray Touraine Handball	29–22	32–25
			RK Lokomotiva Zagreb	29–17	28–21
		Quarter-finals	Storhamar Håndball Elite	35–39	26–33	61–72
2024–25	EHF European League	Qualification Round 3	Váci NKSE			–

EHF Challenge Cup

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
2008–09	Challenge Cup	Round 3	Zeeman Vastgoed SWE	35–23	36–24	71–47
		Last 16	OF Nea Ionia	31–29	26–25	57–54
		Quarterfinals	ORK Vrnjacka Banja	35–32	28–27	63–59
		Semifinals	Izmir BSB SK	34–28	27–32	61–60
		Finals	Nîmes	25–30	22–26	47–56

External links

• Official site
• Thüringer HC on Facebook