Limburg Lions

Limburg Lions is a handball team from Sittard-Geleen, Limburg. The club was founded in 2008 by a merger of the men's teams of HV Sittardia from Sittard, V&L from Geleen and HV BFC from Beek.^[1] The Lions took the place of HV Sittardia in the NHV Eredivisie after the merger.^[2] The first team plays its home games at Stadssporthal (Sittard).

Limburg Lions
Full name	Limburg Lions
Founded	30 June 2008
Arena	Stadssporthal, Sittard
Head coach	Christoph Jauernik
League	Eredivisie BENE-League
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

Limburg Lions' supporters during the Best-of-Three final 2015 against Volendam

Christoph Jauernik; headcoach of Limburg Lions since 2019

Limburg Lions also has a second team, which plays in the Dutch premier division, and an A-youth team, which plays in the national A-youth division.

The first team won the national championship and the Cup of the Netherlands three years in a row between 2015 and 2017. It has also won twice the Dutch Supercup and once the BENE League.

In 2016, the management of BFC decided to take no longer part in the collabation.^[3]

Accomplishments

• Eredivisie:
  • Winners (3) : 2015, 2016, 2017
  • Runner-Up (5) : 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018
• BENE-League:
  • Winners (2) : 2015, 2022
  • Runner-Up (4) : 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020
• Dutch Handball Cup:
  • Winners (3) : 2015, 2016, 2017
  • Runner-Up (3) : 2013, 2014, 2019
• Dutch Supercup:
  • Winners (3) : 2016
  • Runner-Up (3) : 2015, 2017

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2025–26 season

Goalkeepers Left Wingers Right Wingers Line players

Left Backs Central Backs Right Backs

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Joining

Leaving Nick Braun (LW) to HSG Krefeld[4]

Former players

• Lambert Schuurs (2008–2009)
• Iso Sluijters (2012–2013)
• Luc Steins (2012–2016)