VfL Gummersbach
VfL Gummersbach is a professional handball club from the German city of Gummersbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. Currently, VfL Gummersbach competes in the Handball-Bundesliga and the DHB-Pokal. The club has seen great success, especially from the late 1960s until the early 1990s.
History
The club was founded as a multisports club on March 3rd 1861 as Gummersbacher Turnverein. The youth department was founded in 1884, and in 1906 women were included as members.The handball department was founded in 1925. While field handball was the most popular variant in Germany at the time, Gummersbach focused on indoor handball.
In 1966 the club won the German Championship for the first time. In 1970 the club won the European Cup, beating SC Dynamo Berlin in the final. During the 1970's the club won four more German championships, as well as 2 German cups and five European Cups.
During the 1980's Gummersbach remained one of the strongest teams in West Germany behind TUSEM Essen and TV Großwallstadt. They also won the first edition of the IHF Cup in 1982.
Crest, colours, supporters
Kits
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Accomplishments
- 1. Handball-Bundesliga: 12
- *: 1966, 1967, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1991
- 2. Handball-Bundesliga:
- *: 2022
- DHB-Pokal:
- *: 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1985
- EHF Champions League:
- *: 1967, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1983
- *: 1972
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
- *: 1978, 1979, 2010, 2011
- EHF Cup:
- *: 1982, 2009
- European Club Championship:
- *: 1979, 1983
- *: 2006
- '''Double'''
Team
Current squad
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;RW
- 8 Lukas Blohme
- 11 Mathis Häseler
;LB
- 7 Julian Köster
- 15 Miro Schluroff
- 30 Tom Kiesler
- 22 Kentin Mahé
- 23 Ole Pregler
Transfers
;Joining;Leaving
- Julian Köster '' ''
Transfer History
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