SG Handball West Wien

SG Handball West Wien is a handball club from Wien, Austria. They currently compete in the Handball Liga Austria.

Wien

Location of SG Handball West Wien

SG Handball West Wien
Full name	Spielgemeinschaft Handball West Wien
Nickname(s)	Grünen
Short name	West Wien
Founded	1946; 79 years ago (1946)
Arena	BSFZ Südstadt, Maria Enzersdorf
Capacity	1,200
President	Ferdinand Hager
Head coach	Michael Draca
League	Handball Liga Austria
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

History

In 1946, police lieutenant colonel Herndlm West Wien founded the club. They won the championship 6 times (1968, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2023), they were cup winners 2 times (1991, 1992). The club's greatest international success was fourth place in the EHF Champions League in the 1993/94 season.

In March 2023, manager Conny Wilczynski announced the club's withdrawal from professional handball for the coming season for economic reasons.^[1]

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

HOME
2011–13

AWAY
2011–12

Management

Position	Name
Executive Director	Konrad Wilczynski
Sport Director	Roland Marouschek
Member Of The Board	Roland Schlinger

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2022–23 season^[2]

SG Handball West Wien

Goalkeepers 03 Constantin Möstl 16 Florian Kaiper Left Wingers 09 Matthias Wegerer 18 Bernhard Huber Right Wingers 05 Elias Derdak 13 Franko Lastro 32 Gabriel Kofler Line Players 28 Wilhelm Jelinek 35 Clemens Meleschnig 97 Samuel Kofler Central Backs 06 Markus Mahr 10 Elias Kofler 11 Paul Pfeifer 91 Andreas Dräger Left Backs 33 Moritz Mittendorfer 67 Fabian Bryslawski 99 Marko Katic Right Backs 23 Nicolas Paulnsteiner

Technical staff

• Head Coach: Michael Draca
• Assistant Coach: Sandro Uvodić
• Athletic Trainer: Nick Haasmann
• Physiotherapist: Pia Panzenböck
• Physiotherapist: Julia Sladek

Transfers

Transfers for the 2022–23 season

Joining Gabriel Kofler (RW) from WAT Fünfhaus

Leaving Julian Ranftl (RW) to HSG Nordhorn-Lingen Julian Schiffleitner (RB) to BT Füchse Julian Pratschner (LW) to WAT Fünfhaus

Previous Squads

2020–2021 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Croatia	Sandro Uvodić	(1981-07-13) 13 July 1981 (age 44)	Goalkeeper
2	Austria	Philipp Seitz	(1997-03-18) 18 March 1997 (age 28)	Left Back
3	Austria	Constantin Möstl	(2000-04-01) 1 April 2000 (age 25)	Goalkeeper
6	Austria	Markus Mahr	(2000-11-03) 3 November 2000 (age 24)	Central Back
7	Austria	Matthias Führer	(1994-03-19) 19 March 1994 (age 31)	Right Winger
9	Austria	Matthias Wegerer	(2001-08-17) 17 August 2001 (age 24)	Left Winger
10	Austria	Elias Kofler	(2000-08-09) 9 August 2000 (age 25)	Central Back
11	Austria	Paul Pfeifer	(2001-03-08) 8 March 2001 (age 24)	Central Back
16	Austria	Florian Kaiper	(1995-05-26) 26 May 1995 (age 30)	Goalkeeper
22	Austria	Julian Schiffleitner	(1994-12-27) 27 December 1994 (age 30)	Right Back
28	Austria	Wilhelm Jelinek	(1994-03-17) 17 March 1994 (age 31)	Line Player
29	Austria	Julian Pratschner	(1996-12-29) 29 December 1996 (age 28)	Left Winger
33	Austria	Moritz Mittendorfer	(1996-10-21) 21 October 1996 (age 28)	Left Back
44	Austria	Julian Ranftl	(1996-02-17) 17 February 1996 (age 29)	Right Winger
50	Austria	Marko Katic	(2001-12-03) 3 December 2001 (age 23)	Left Back
75	Austria	Felix Fuchs	(1999-01-02) 2 January 1999 (age 26)	Right Winger
91	Austria	Andreas Dräger	(2001-07-09) 9 July 2001 (age 24)	Central Back
97	Austria	Samuel Kofler	(1997-05-19) 19 May 1997 (age 28)	Line Player

2017–2018 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Croatia	Sandro Uvodić	(1981-07-13) 13 July 1981 (age 44)	Goalkeeper
2	Austria	Philipp Seitz	(1997-03-18) 18 March 1997 (age 28)	Left Back
7	Austria	Matthias Führer	(1994-03-19) 19 March 1994 (age 31)	Right Winger
13	Iceland	Ólafur Bjarki Ragnarsson	(1988-07-12) 12 July 1988 (age 37)	Central Back
16	Austria	Florian Kaiper	(1995-05-26) 26 May 1995 (age 30)	Goalkeeper
18	Austria	Christoph Meleschnig	(1997-10-07) 7 October 1997 (age 27)	Left Winger
19	Austria	Philipp Rabenseifer	(1996-08-03) 3 August 1996 (age 29)	Line Player
20	Austria	Sebastian Frimmel	(1995-12-18) 18 December 1995 (age 29)	Left Winger
21	Hungary	Gábor Hajdú	(1989-10-20) 20 October 1989 (age 35)	Left Back
22	Austria	Julian Schiffleitner	(1994-12-27) 27 December 1994 (age 30)	Right Back
24	Austria	Mladan Jovanovic	(1996-06-18) 18 June 1996 (age 29)	Central Back
28	Austria	Wilhelm Jelinek	(1994-03-17) 17 March 1994 (age 31)	Line Player
29	Austria	Julian Pratschner	(1996-12-29) 29 December 1996 (age 28)	Left Winger
32	Austria	Oliver Kaufmann	(1997-08-10) 10 August 1997 (age 28)	Goalkeeper
33	Austria	Moritz Mittendorfer	(1996-10-21) 21 October 1996 (age 28)	Left Back
44	Austria	Julian Ranftl	(1996-02-17) 17 February 1996 (age 29)	Right Winger
73	Iceland	Viggó Kristjánsson	(1993-12-09) 9 December 1993 (age 31)	Right Back
75	Austria	Felix Fuchs	(1999-01-02) 2 January 1999 (age 26)	Right Winger

Titles

The club has won the following:

Austrian Championship

• Winner (5) : 1966, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993

Austrian Cup

• Winner (2) : 1992, 1993

EHF Champions League

• Semifinalist: 1994

EHF ranking

As of 1/12/2022^[3]

Rank	Team	Points
142	AC Diomidis Argous	34
143	Parnassos Strovolou	34
144	RK Poreč	33
145	SG Handball West Wien	32
146	RK Sloga Doboj	32
147	RK Dubrava	32
148	HC Donbas Donetsk	32

Former club members

Notable former players

• Janko Božović (2001–2006)
• Andreas Dittert (1983–1991)
• Christoph Edelmüller (1992-2004, 2005–2008)
• Patrick Fölser (2011–2014)
• Sebastian Frimmel (2013–2018)
• Matthias Führer (2004–2021)
• Alexander Hermann (2012–2015)
• Wilhelm Jelinek (2005–)
• Jakob Jochmann (2014–2017)
• Florian Kaiper (2004–2023)
• Marko Katic (2012–)
• Roland Knabl (2008–2011)
• Elias Kofler (2018–)
• Nikola Marinovic (2002–2005)
• Thomas Menzl (1979–1988)
• Werner Möstl (1981-2006, 2008–2010, 2015)
• Dean Pomorisac (2010–2011)
• Fabian Posch (2014–2016)
• Julian Pratschner (2014-2022)
• Julian Ranftl (2013–2022)
• Julian Schiffleitner (2014–2022)
• Philipp Seitz (2015–2021)
• Ibish Thaqi (2000–2001)
• Markus Wagesreiter (2012–2016)
• Konrad Wilczynski (1992-2002, 2011–2014)
• Erwin Feuchtmann (2016–2017)
• Patricio Martínez Chávez (2009–2012)
• Duje Miljak (2014–2016)
• Sandro Uvodić (2012–2021)
• Gábor Hajdú (2016–2018)
• Guðmundur Hólmar Helgason (2018-2020)
• Hannes Jón Jónsson (2015–2016)
• Viggó Kristjánsson (2017-2019)
• Ólafur Bjarki Ragnarsson (2017–2019)
• Jānis Pavlovičs (2012-2013)
• Augustas Strazdas (2011–2016)
• Vladimir Osmajić (2004–2006)
• Igor Butulija (2001–2006)

Former coaches

Seasons	Coach	Country
2008–2011	Gerald Grabner
2011–2013	Romas Magelinskas
2013–2015	Erlingur Richardsson
2015–2019	Hannes Jón Jónsson
2019–2020	Roland Marouschek
2020–	Michael Draca