GC Amicitia Zürich (men's handball)

GC Amicitia Zürich is a Swiss team handball club from Zürich, that plays in the Quickline Handball League.

Zürich

Location of GC Amicitia Zürich

GC Amicitia Zürich
Full name	Grasshopper Club Amicitia Zürich
Short name	GCA
Founded	2010; 15 years ago (2010)
Arena	Saalsporthalle, Zürich
Capacity	2,500
President	Philip Hohl
Head coach	Werner Bösch
League	Quickline Handball League
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

History

The club was founded on August 23, 2010, by the merger of the handball clubs ZMC Amicitia Zürich and Grasshopper Club Zürich. The name Amicitia is of Latin origin and means friendship. The team won the Swiss Cup in 2022 after defeating Pfadi Winterthur 30:28 after extra time in the final.^[1] The team lost 32-25 to the Kadetten Schaffhausen team in the 2022 Super Cup final.

The club has filed for bankruptcy on June 25, 2025, and was confirmed bankrupt on June 30, 2025.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

HOME
2011–15

AWAY
2011–13	2013–14

Sports Hall information

Home hall: Saalsporthalle

• Arena: - Saalsporthalle^[2]
• City: - Zürich
• Capacity: - 2500
• Address: - Giesshübelstrasse 41, 8045 Zürich, Switzerland

Management

Position	Name
President	Philip Hohl
Vice President	Walter Müller
Sports Director	Gábor Vass

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season^[3]

GC Amicitia Zürich
Goalkeepers 01 Arne Fuchs 16 Viachaslau Saldatsenka 31 Tim Müller Left Wingers 15 Gion Hayer 22 Noah Grau Right Wingers 05 Lukas Osterwalder 09 Martin Popovski 24 David Poloz Line Players 04 Igor Čagalj 21 Marc Bader 23 Luigj Quni Central Backs 13 David Flajsar 17 Jann Bamert 32 Flurin Platz 87 Janus Lapajne Left Backs 07 Yann Thümena 27 Jorn Smits Right Backs 11 Iso Sluijters

Technical staff

• Head coach: Werner Bösch
• Assistant coach: Simon Schild
• Goalkeeping coach: Tobias Wipf
• Physiotherapist: Marc van Welie
• Physiotherapist: Dimitrios Zacharakis
• Club doctor: Andreas Platz

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Joining Jorn Smits (LB) from Lemvig-Thyborøn Håndbold[4] Arne Fuchs (GK) from TUSEM Essen David Flajsar (CB) from TJ Sokol Nové Veselí Noah Grau (LW) from TV Endingen

Leaving Ante Kaleb (CB) Paul Bar (GK) Roman Bachmann (GK) Adrian Blättler (LW) Mael Tobler-Larocque (LB) Filip Maros (CB)

Accomplishments

• Swiss Handball Cup:
  •  Gold: 2022

• Swiss SuperCup:
  •  Silver: 2022

EHF ranking

As of 29/6/2024^[5]

Rank	Team	Points
106	HC Meshkov Brest	38
107	BK-46	38
108	Limoges Handball	38
109	GC Amicitia Zürich	38
110	Balatonfüredi KSE	37
111	RK Leotar	36
112	Vestmanna ÍF	36

Former club members

Notable former players

Goalkeepers

• Flavio Wick (2015–2017)
• Nikola Marinovic (2019–2022)
• Viachaslau Saldatsenka (2022–)

Right wingers

• Severin Ramseier (2011–2012, 2014–2016)
• Martin Popovski (2020–)

Left wingers

• Adrian Blättler (2021–2024)

Line players

• Lukas Laube (2022–2023)
• Iwan Ursic (2013–2014)
• Tomer Bodenheimer (2021–2022)
• Luigj Quni (2020–)
• Filip Arsenovski (2023)

Left backs

• Luka Maros (2011–2013)
• Hleb Harbuz (2022–2023)
• Anton Prakapenia (2021–2022)
• Tim Sartisson (2017–2020)
• Goran Bogunović (2013–2014)
• Marko Matić (2020–2021)
• Ólafur Guðmundsson (2022–2023)
• Stevan Vujović (2015)
• Jorn Smits (2024–)

Central backs

• Albin Alili (2018–2021)
• Mehdi Ben Romdhane (2021–2022)
• Ante Kaleb (2023–2024)
• Jakub Szymanski (2019–2021)
• Matias Helt Jepsen (2015–2017)
• Gábor Császár (2021–2022)

Right backs

• Jorge Pabán (2020–2021)
• Tomáš Řezníček (2020–2022)
• Iso Sluijters (2021–)