HC Erlangen

HC Erlangen is a handball club from Erlangen, Germany. They currently compete in the Handball-Bundesliga.

Erlangen

Location of HC Erlangen

HC Erlangen
Full name	Handballclub Erlangen e. V.
Short name	HCE
Founded	2001; 24 years ago (2001)
Arena	PSD Bank Nürnberg Arena
Capacity	8,308
Head coach	Johannes Sellin
League	Handball-Bundesliga
2024–25	15th of 18
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

History

HC Erlangen was made as a merger between HG Erlangen and CSG Erlangen. In the 2000/2001 season, both HG Erlangen and CSG Erlangen played in the 2. Handball-Bundesliga, but CSG Erlangen had to drop out due to a licensing problem, so the club decided to merge with its neighbor, HG Erlangen. The new club was formed and was named HC Erlangen.

They reached the DHB-Pokal FINAL4 in 2022, but lost their semi-final match against SC Magdeburg 30—22.

Accomplishments

• 2. Handball-Bundesliga:
  •  Gold: 2016

Crest, colours, supporters

Kit manufacturers

Period	Kit manufacturer
0000–2015	Adidas
2015–2018	Hummel
2018–2021	Kempa
2021–present	Adidas

Kits

HOME
2010–11	2011–12	2015–16	2017–18	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22

AWAY
2011–12	2016–17	2018–19	2019–20	2021–22

THIRD
2019–20

Sports hall information

Home hall: PSD Bank Nürnberg Arena

• Name: – PSD Bank Nürnberg Arena
• City: – Nuremberg
• Capacity: – 8308
• Address: – Kurt-Leucht-Weg 11, 90471 Nürnberg, Germany

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season^[1]

HC Erlangen

Goalkeepers 22 Klemen Ferlin 00 Khalifa Ghedbane Left wingers 07 Yannik Bialowas 21 Christopher Bissel Right wingers 67 Hampus Olsson Line players 18 Sebastian Firnhaber 99 Stefan Bauer 00 Maciej Gębala 00 Tobias Wagner Left backs 28 Jonathan Svensson 33 Nikolai Link 00 Marek Nissen 00 Miloš Kos Centre Backs 20 Niko Büdel 00 Sander Øverjordet Right backs 04 Stephan Seitz 27 Antonio Metzner 44 Christoph Steinert

Technical staff

• Head Coach: Johannes Sellin
• Assistant Coach: Ólafur Stefánsson

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Joining

Leaving Tobias Wagner (LP) to Limoges Handball[2]

Transfer History

Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Joining Khalifa Ghedbane (GK) from RK Eurofarm Pelister Manuel Zehnder (LB) return from loan at ThSV Eisenach Marek Nissen (LB) from TuS N-Lübbecke Sander Øverjordet (CB) from KIF Kolding Maciej Gębala (LP) from SC DHfK Leipzig Tobias Wagner (LP) from Bregenz Handball Leaving Bertram Obling (GK) to VfL Gummersbach Simon Jeppsson (LB) to Kolstad Håndball Lutz Heiny (LB) to TuS N-Lübbecke Manuel Zehnder (CB) to SC Magdeburg Veit Mävers (CB) Mads Peter Lønborg (RW) to Aarhus HC Tim Zechel (LP) to SC Magdeburg

Previous squads

2018–2019 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
3	Germany	Nicolai Theilinger	(1992-02-09) 9 February 1992 (age 33)	Right Back
5	Germany	Johannes Sellin	(1990-12-31) 31 December 1990 (age 34)	Right Winger
9	Norway	Petter Øverby	(1992-03-26) 26 March 1992 (age 33)	Line Player
12	Slovenia	Gorazd Škof	(1977-07-11) 11 July 1977 (age 48)	Goalkeeper
13	Germany	Michael Haaß	(1983-12-12) 12 December 1983 (age 41)	Central Back
15	Russia	Sergey Gorpishin	(1997-08-31) 31 August 1997 (age 27)	Line Player
17	Germany	Benedikt Kellner	(1998-08-28) 28 August 1998 (age 26)	Central Back
20	Germany	Nico Büdel	(1989-12-08) 8 December 1989 (age 35)	Central Back
21	Germany	Christopher Bissel	(1995-09-03) 3 September 1995 (age 29)	Left Winger
22	Germany	Dominik Mappes	(1994-12-25) 25 December 1994 (age 30)	Central Back
24	Germany	Martin Murawski	(1994-09-14) 14 September 1994 (age 30)	Left Winger
25	Germany	Jan Schäffer	(1990-05-03) 3 May 1990 (age 35)	Line Player
26	Germany	Michael Haßferter	(1995-10-06) 6 October 1995 (age 29)	Goalkeeper
29	Germany	Nikolas Katsigiannis	(1982-09-17) 17 September 1982 (age 42)	Goalkeeper
33	Germany	Nikolai Link	(1990-04-02) 2 April 1990 (age 35)	Left Back
36	Germany	Florian von Gruchalla	(1989-06-13) 13 June 1989 (age 36)	Right Winger
44	Germany	Christoph Steinert	(1990-01-18) 18 January 1990 (age 35)	Central Back
46	Germany	Jonas Thümmler	(1993-08-21) 21 August 1993 (age 31)	Line Player
71	Germany	Andreas Schröder	(1991-08-26) 26 August 1991 (age 33)	Left Back

EHF ranking

As of 9 December 2021^[3]

Rank	Team	Points
179	Antalyaspor AS	20
180	SCM Politehnica Timișoara	20
181	HC Erlangen	20
182	SPR Tarnów	19
183	MRK Sesvete	19
184	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen	19
185	SønderjyskE Håndbold	18

Former club members

Notable former players

• Nico Büdel (2017–)
• Steffen Fäth (2020–)
• Sebastian Firnhaber (2019–)
• Michael Haaß (2016–2020)
• Nikolas Katsigiannis (2014–2015, 2016–2020)
• Carsten Lichtlein (2019–2020)
• Nikolai Link (2012–)
• Antonio Metzner (2019–)
• Sebastian Preiß (1997–2001, 2013–2016)
• Ole Rahmel (2013–2017)
• Johannes Sellin (2017–)
• Christoph Steinert (2017–2019, 2021–)
• Nicolai Theilinger (2015–2019)
• Steffen Weinhold (2003–2007)
• Martin Ziemer (2020–)
• Ariel Panzer (2004)
• David Szlezak (1999–2001)
• Šime Ivić (2019–2021)
• Stanko Sabljić (2014–2015)
• Pavel Horák (2015–2017)
• Jan Štochl (2013–2016)
• Kim Sonne-Hansen (2022–)
• Sergo Datukashvili (1998–1999)
• Sigurbergur Sveinsson (2014–2015)
• Iso Sluijters (2011)
• Petter Øverby (2018–2022)
• Sergey Gorpishin (2017–2019)
• Igor Lyovshin (2016–2017)
• Uroš Bundalo (2016–2017)
• Klemen Ferlin (2020–)
• Patrik Leban (2021–)
• Gorazd Škof (2017–2019)
• Isaías Guardiola (2016–2018)
• Martin Straňovský (2014–2018)
• Csaba Szücs (2002–2008)
• Marcus Enström (2017–2018)
• Simon Jeppsson (2020–)
• Hampus Olsson (2020–)
• Tobias Rivesjö (2015–2016)
• Oleksandr Hladun (2001–2002)

Former coaches

Seasons	Coach
2007–2015	Frank Bergemann
2015–2017	Robert Andersson
2017–2020	Aðalsteinn Eyjólfsson
2020	Rolf Brack
2020–2022	Michael Haaß
2022–2024	Raúl Alonso
2024–2025	Martin Schwalb
2025–	Johannes Sellin