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

11 Daniel Pettersson
17 Tim Hornke

;Line Players

;Left Backs

19 Elvar Örn Jónsson 15px
20 Philipp Weber

;Centre Backs

;Right Backs

14 Ómar Ingi Magnússon
21 Albin Lagergren
Technical staff
Head Coach: Bennet Wiegert
Assistant Coach: Yves Grafenhorst
Athletic Trainer: Daniel Müller
Transfers

;Joining

Dominik Kuzmanović ' ?
Antonio Serradilla '
Oskar Vind Rasmussen '

;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 No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
2		Željko Musa		Line Player
5		Andreas Rojewski		Right Back
6		Matthias Musche		Left Winger
10		Fabian van Olphen		Left Back
12		Philip Ambrosius		Goalkeeper
13		Jure Natek		Right Back
14		Jacob Bagersted		Line Player
15		Yves Grafenhorst		Left Winger
16		Jannick Green		Goalkeeper
21		Dario Quenstedt		Goalkeeper
22		Andre Czech		Right Winger
24		Michael Haaß		Central Back
25		Marko Bezjak		Central Back
26		Maciej Gębala		Line Player
27		Tomasz Gębala		Left Back
28		Robert Weber		Right Winger
29		Alexander Saul		Right Back
30		Vincent Sohmann		Left Winger
33		Jens Schöngarth		Right Back
34		Michael Damgaard		Left Back
42		Nemanja Zelenović		Right Back
50		Finn Lemke		Left Back

2006–2007 Team	-	-	-	-
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1		Johannes Bitter		Goalkeeper
2		Karsten Kommoss		Right Winger
3		Valdas Novickis		Central Back
4		Oliver Roggisch		Line Player
5		Andreas Rojewski		Right Back
6		Grzegorz Tkaczyk		Central Back
7		Erik Göthel		Right Winger
8		Karol Bielecki		Left Back
9		Kevin Jahn		Line Player
10		Fabian van Olphen		Left Back
11		Christian Sprenger		Right Winger
12		Silvio Heinevetter		Goalkeeper
13		Christoph Theuerkauf		Line Player
14		Steffen Stiebler		Left Back
15		Yves Grafenhorst		Left Winger
16		Alexander Hübe		Goalkeeper
17		Marc Hohenberg		Right Winger
18		Niklas Kupfer		Left Winger
19		Joël Abati		Right Winger
20		Oleg Kuleshov		Central Back
31		Bartosz Jurecki		Line Player
73		Stefan Kretzschmar		Left Winger

2001–2002 Team	-	-	-	-
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1		Sune Agerschou		Goalkeeper
2		Martin Ziemer		Goalkeeper
3		Bennet Wiegert		Left Back
4		Maik Machulla		Central Back
5		Robert Lux		Left Back
6		Stefan Kloppe		Central Back
7		Christian Schöne		Right Winger
8		Ólafur Stefánsson		Right Back
9		Guéric Kervadec		Line Player
10		Nenad Peruničić		Left Back
12		Andreas Stange		Goalkeeper
13		Sven Liesegang		Right Back
14		Steffen Stiebler		Left Back
15		Ronny Liesche		Left Winger
16		Christian Gaudin		Goalkeeper
17		Stanislav Kulinchenko		Central Back
19		Joël Abati		Right Winger
20		Oleg Kuleshov		Central Back
23		Uwe Mäuer		Line Player
73		Stefan Kretzschmar		Left Winger

2000–2001 Team	-	-	-	-
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1		Henning Fritz		Goalkeeper
3		Bennet Wiegert		Left Back
4		Maik Machulla		Central Back
5		Robert Lux		Left Back
6		Stefan Kloppe		Central Back
7		Christian Schöne		Right Winger
8		Ólafur Stefánsson		Right Back
9		Guéric Kervadec		Line Player
10		Vassili Koudinov		Left Back
11		Erik Göthel		Right Winger
13		Sven Liesegang		Right Back
14		Steffen Stiebler		Left Back
15		Ronny Liesche		Left Winger
16		Christian Gaudin		Goalkeeper
19		Joël Abati		Right Winger
20		Oleg Kuleshov		Central Back
22		Michael Jahns		Left Back
23		Uwe Mäuer		Line Player
73		Stefan Kretzschmar		Left Winger

1998–1999 Team	-	-	-	-
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1		Henning Fritz		Goalkeeper
2		Vyacheslav Atavin		Left Back
3		Vigindas Petkevičius		Central Back
4		Maik Machulla		Central Back
8		Ólafur Stefánsson		Right Back
9		Guéric Kervadec		Line Player
11		Erik Göthel		Right Winger
12		Almantas Savonis		Goalkeeper
13		Sven Liesegang		Right Back
14		Steffen Stiebler		Left Back
15		Tomasz Lebiedzinski		Left Back
19		Joël Abati		Right Winger
23		Uwe Mäuer		Line Player
73		Stefan Kretzschmar		Left Winger