TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen


TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen is a Swiss handball team located in St. Gallen. Their home matches are played at the Kreuzbleiche-Halle. They compete in Swiss Handball League.
WWW otmar.ch

History

The team was founded in 1924 as a Catholic youth team, and was named after Saint Othmar, a catholic monk from the 8th century. The team started playing indoor handball in 1950 In 1951 they were promoted to the 1. for the first time, and in 1957 they were promoted to the Nationalliga 1, the top league. In 1961 they won their first Swiss championship in field handball. In 1971 they won their first national championship in indoor handball. In 1982 they surprisingly reached the final of the European Cup, where they lost the final to Hungarian Honvéd Budapest 49-34 on aggregate.
They were relegated for the first time in 1992, but promoted the season after.
In 2010 the women's team was dispanded due to financial difficulties.

Sports Hall information

Accomplishments

Men's Handball

Women's Handball

Team

Current squad

;Goalkeepers
  • 1 Andreas Björkman
  • 12 Noah Küffer
  • 16 Noé Hottinger
;Left wingers
  • 5 Andrin Dörwaldt
  • 9 Simon Locher
  • 24 Andrin Schneider
;Right wingers
  • 2 Noah Bolt
  • 7 Francesco Ardielli
;Line players
  • 6 Jan Brülisauer
  • 13 Carl Löfström
  • 17 Gregor Rilak
;Left backs
;Central backs
;Right backs
  • 15 Max Höning
  • 23 Joschua Braun

Transfers

;Joining
;Leaving