SG Flensburg-Handewitt

SG Flensburg-Handewitt was created in 1990 following a merger of the handball divisions of TSB Flensburg and Handewitter SV. The first season of the club (1990-1991) took place in the 2. Handball-Bundesliga, with SG finishing in fourth position under Zvonimir Serdarušić. In 1992, they were promoted to the top division as SG Flensburg-Handewitt for the first time, winning every league fixture. In their first season in the top-flight, SG finished sixteenth, though they were spared relegation due to the liquidation of TSV Milbertshofen. The following year, under the leadership of Anders Dahl-Nielsen, SG were fourth and from that point, equalled that placement or better in each season until the 2008/09 season.

SG Flensburg-Handewitt acquired their first major trophy with the 1996/1997 EHF Cup by defeating Danish side Virum-Sorgenfri HK 52–42 on aggregate in the final. Three consecutive DHB-Pokal titles (2003/04, 2004/05 and 2005/06) followed, as did success in the league, with a championship victory in the 2003/04 season. Slovenian club RK Celje did however, prevent a third trophy that year for SG by winning the 2003-04 EHF Champions League final against them. In 2007, SG once again lost the Champions League final, this time they were defeated by “Landesderby” rivals THW Kiel.

In 2010, former player Ljubomir Vranjes became the new coach and it was under him that SG Flensburg-Handewitt won the EHF Champions League final at their third attempt, beating THW Kiel 30–28 at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne. During Vranjes' time as coach of SG, they also won the DHB-Pokal for a fourth time. Maik Machulla took over from Vranjes as head coach in 2017, and consecutive league titles (their second and third successes) followed in the 2017/18 and 2018/2019 campaigns. SG Flensburg-Handewitt holds a reputation as being a perennial “second-place” club – with three league titles the team has also finished runner-up fourteen times.

The club, the citadel of German and European handball, has won all the competitions it has participated in at least once (except the IHF Super Globe) it is the only club to have won four European Cups (one EHF Champions League, two EHF Cup Winners' Cup, one EHF European League and one EHF European Cup to which we can add several finals), in addition to the three German national competitions (three German championships, four DHB-Pokal and three DHB-Supercup).

Due to their proximity to Scandinavia, SG typically have top international players from Denmark, Sweden and Norway in their squad.

• Handball-Bundesliga:
  •  Gold: 2004, 2018, 2019
  •  Silver: 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021
• 2. Handball-Bundesliga:
  •  Gold: 1992
• DHB-Pokal:
  •  Gold: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2015
  •  Silver: 1992, 1994, 2000, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017
• DHB-Supercup:
  •  Gold: 2000, 2013, 2019
  •  Silver: 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2020
• EHF Champions League:
  •  Gold: 2014
  •  Silver: 2004, 2007
  •  Bronze: 2006
• EHF Cup Winner's Cup:
  •  Gold: 2001, 2012
  •  Silver: 2002
• EHF Cup:
  •  Gold: 1997
  •  Silver: 1998, 2000
• EHF City Cup
  •  Gold: 1999
• IHF Super Globe
  •  Bronze: 2014
• Double

Winners (1): 2003–04

Home hall: Flens-Arena

• Name: – Flens-Arena
• City: – Flensburg
• Capacity: – 6300
• Address: – Campusallee 2, 24943 Flensburg, Germany

EHF Cup Winners' Cup: from the 2012–13 season, the men's competition was merged with the EHF Cup.
EHF Cup: It was formerly known as the IHF Cup until 1993. Also, starting from the 2012–13 season the competition has been merged with the EHF Cup Winners' Cup. The competition will be known as the EHF European League from the 2020–21 season.

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2013–14	EHF Champions League	Group Matches (Group D)	HSV Hamburg	27–24	27–32	2nd place
			Velenje	35–31	28–23
			Aalborg	31–27	27–26
			La Rioja	37–25	32–32
			HK Drott	33–25	37–27
		Quarterfinals	Vardar	24–22	25–27	49–49
		Semi-final (F4)	Barcelona	41–39(pens)
		Final (F4)	THW Kiel	30–28

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2020–21	EHF Champions League	Group matches (Group A)	Vive Kielce	31–30	31–28	1st place
			MOL-Pick Szeged	26–24	10–0
			Elverum Håndball	37–35	30–29
			Meshkov Brest	29–29	28–26
			Paris Saint-Germain	28–27	29–28
			Porto Sofarma	36–29	0–10
			Vardar 1961	0–10	26–31
		Last 16	PPD Zagreb	10–0	10–0	20–0
		Quarter-finals	Aalborg Håndbold	21–26	33–29	54–55

Note All matches ending with a 10–0 results were assessed by the EHF due to cancellations relating to coronavirus restrictions. The assessments of these results during the group stage was criticised in a statement by SG Flensburg-Handewitt.[2][3]

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2021–22	EHF Champions League	Group matches (Group B)	Łomza Vive Kielce	25–33	29–37	6th place
			Barcelona	21–25	22–29
			Paris Saint-Germain	27–27	30–33
			Telekom Veszprém	30–27	23–28
			FC Porto	26–26	27–28
			Dinamo București	37–30	28–20
			Motor	34–27	22–31
		Play-offs	Pick Szeged	25–21	35–36	60–57
		Quarter-finals	Barcelona

EHF Ranking

As of 22/04/2022[4]

Rank	Team	Points
3	Telekom Veszprém	638
4	THW Kiel	633
5	Montpellier HB	545
6	SG Flensburg-Handewitt	544
7	Aalborg Håndbold	539
8	Vive Kielce	509
9	SC Magdeburg	482

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