SC Magdeburg


The SC Magdeburg is a professional handball club from Magdeburg, Germany. The team plays in the highest German league, the Handball-Bundesliga and regularly in highest international competitions. They won the EHF Champions League in 1978, 1981, 2002, 2023 and 2025, the EHF European League in 1999, 2001, 2007 and 2021 and the IHF Men's Super Globe in 2021, 2022 and 2023. The governing body of the handball club is a professional multi-sports club and has also departments for: canoe sprint, athletics, rowing, swimming and gymnastics.

History

SC Aufbau Magdeburg was founded in July 1955. From 1958 they played in the DDR-Oberliga. In the beginning they competed with their rivals ESV Lok Südost Magdeburg to be the biggest club in East Germany.
During the East German era, the club won 10 national handball championships and won the East German Cup four times. In 1991, SC Magdeburg won the last East German championship before being promoted to the Handball-Bundesliga after the fall of the Berlin Wall. In the 1990's the club was largely a midtable team. In the 1997-98 season they finished 3rd, which marked the rise to the top of German handball. They signed top European players such as Stefan Kretzschmar in 1996, Joël Abati and Guéric Kervadec in 1997, and Ólafur Stefánsson in 1998. They also brought in Alfreð Gíslason as the head coach. The team won the Handball-Bundesliga for the first time in2001. Since then they have won it two additional times in 2022 and 2024. They have also won the DHB-Pokal twice and the DHB-Supercup twice. The club has also won the EHF Champions League five times, the EHF European League four times, the EHF Super Cup three times and the IHF Super Globe twice.

Crest, colours, supporters

Naming history

Kit manufacturers

Kits

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Sports Hall information

  • Name:GETEC Arena
  • City: – Magdeburg
  • Capacity: – 8,000
  • Address: – Berliner Chaussee 32, 39114 Magdeburg, Germany

    Team

Current squad

;Goalkeepers
;Left Wingers
;Right Wingers
;Line Players
;Left Backs
;Centre Backs
;Right Backs
;Joining
;Leaving
  • Sergey Hernández '
  • Nikola Portner ' ?
  • Manuel Zehnder '
  • Tim Hornke '
  • Tim Zechel ' ?

    Transfer History

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

;Joining
  • Previous squads

2015–2016 Team----
Shirt NoNationalityPlayerBirth DatePosition
2Željko MusaLine Player
5Andreas RojewskiRight Back
6Matthias MuscheLeft Winger
10Fabian van OlphenLeft Back
12Philip AmbrosiusGoalkeeper
13Jure NatekRight Back
14Jacob BagerstedLine Player
15Yves GrafenhorstLeft Winger
16Jannick GreenGoalkeeper
21Dario QuenstedtGoalkeeper
22Andre CzechRight Winger
24Michael HaaßCentral Back
25Marko BezjakCentral Back
26Maciej GębalaLine Player
27Tomasz GębalaLeft Back
28Robert WeberRight Winger
29Alexander SaulRight Back
30Vincent SohmannLeft Winger
33Jens SchöngarthRight Back
34Michael DamgaardLeft Back
42Nemanja ZelenovićRight Back
50Finn LemkeLeft Back

2006–2007 Team----
Shirt NoNationalityPlayerBirth DatePosition
1Johannes BitterGoalkeeper
2Karsten KommossRight Winger
3Valdas NovickisCentral Back
4Oliver RoggischLine Player
5Andreas RojewskiRight Back
6Grzegorz TkaczykCentral Back
7Erik GöthelRight Winger
8Karol BieleckiLeft Back
9Kevin JahnLine Player
10Fabian van OlphenLeft Back
11Christian SprengerRight Winger
12Silvio HeinevetterGoalkeeper
13Christoph TheuerkaufLine Player
14Steffen StieblerLeft Back
15Yves GrafenhorstLeft Winger
16Alexander HübeGoalkeeper
17Marc HohenbergRight Winger
18Niklas KupferLeft Winger
19Joël AbatiRight Winger
20Oleg KuleshovCentral Back
31Bartosz JureckiLine Player
73Stefan KretzschmarLeft Winger

2001–2002 Team----
Shirt NoNationalityPlayerBirth DatePosition
1Sune AgerschouGoalkeeper
2Martin ZiemerGoalkeeper
3Bennet WiegertLeft Back
4Maik MachullaCentral Back
5Robert LuxLeft Back
6Stefan KloppeCentral Back
7Christian SchöneRight Winger
8Ólafur StefánssonRight Back
9Guéric KervadecLine Player
10Nenad PeruničićLeft Back
12Andreas StangeGoalkeeper
13Sven LiesegangRight Back
14Steffen StieblerLeft Back
15Ronny LiescheLeft Winger
16Christian GaudinGoalkeeper
17Stanislav KulinchenkoCentral Back
19Joël AbatiRight Winger
20Oleg KuleshovCentral Back
23Uwe MäuerLine Player
73Stefan KretzschmarLeft Winger

2000–2001 Team----
Shirt NoNationalityPlayerBirth DatePosition
1Henning FritzGoalkeeper
3Bennet WiegertLeft Back
4Maik MachullaCentral Back
5Robert LuxLeft Back
6Stefan KloppeCentral Back
7Christian SchöneRight Winger
8Ólafur StefánssonRight Back
9Guéric KervadecLine Player
10Vassili KoudinovLeft Back
11Erik GöthelRight Winger
13Sven LiesegangRight Back
14Steffen StieblerLeft Back
15Ronny LiescheLeft Winger
16Christian GaudinGoalkeeper
19Joël AbatiRight Winger
20Oleg KuleshovCentral Back
22Michael JahnsLeft Back
23Uwe MäuerLine Player
73Stefan KretzschmarLeft Winger

1998–1999 Team----
Shirt NoNationalityPlayerBirth DatePosition
1Henning FritzGoalkeeper
2Vyacheslav AtavinLeft Back
3Vigindas PetkevičiusCentral Back
4Maik MachullaCentral Back
8Ólafur StefánssonRight Back
9Guéric KervadecLine Player
11Erik GöthelRight Winger
12Almantas SavonisGoalkeeper
13Sven LiesegangRight Back
14Steffen StieblerLeft Back
15Tomasz LebiedzinskiLeft Back
19Joël AbatiRight Winger
23Uwe MäuerLine Player
73Stefan KretzschmarLeft Winger