Union Handballklub Krems

Förthof UHK Krems is a professional handball club from Krems an der Donau, Austria. They currently compete in the Handball Liga Austria.

Krems an der Donau

Location of Union Handballklub Krems

Förthof UHK Krems
Full name	Förthof Union Handballklub Krems
Short name	UHK
Founded	1947; 78 years ago (1947)
Arena	Sporthalle Krems, Krems an der Donau
Capacity	1,500
President	Bernhard Lackner
Head coach	Ibish Thaqi
League	Handball Liga Austria
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

History

In 1947 the UHK Krems was founded as the handball section of Union Krems. It has always been in the Austrian First Division since the 2002/2003 season. They won the championship 5 times (1973, 1975, 1977, 2019, 2022), they were cup winners 5 times (1973, 1975, 1978, 2010, 2019).

Crest, colours, supporters

Club crest

• 
  Old Logo
  (-2021)

Kit manufacturers

Period	Kit manufacturer
– 2014	Puma
2014 – 2021	Hummel
2021 – present	Puma

Kits

HOME
2010–14	2014-17	2018-20	2020-21	2021–23

AWAY
2010–14	2015-16	2018-20	2020-21	2021–23

THIRD
2011–14

Sports Hall information

Home hall: Sporthalle Krems

• Arena: – Sporthalle Krems
• City: – Krems an der Donau
• Capacity: – 1500
• Address: – Strandbadstraße 3, 3500 Krems an der Donau, Austria

Management

Position	Name
President	Bernhard Lackner
Vice-president	Josef Nussbaum
Honorary President	Hans Penz
Member Of The Board	Alois Autherith
Member Of The Board	Christoph Hofbauer
Member Of The Board	Gudrun Kanzler

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2022–23 season^[1]

Förthof UHK Krems

Goalkeepers 22 Lukas Domevscek 36 Samuel Fabry 40 Thomas Eichberger Left Wingers 06 Jonathan Provin 10 Tobias Auss 12 Fabian Hellerschmid 29 Julian Pratschner Right Wingers 11 Matthias Führer 14 Benedikt Rudischer 17 Stephan Wiesbauer 26 Jakob Schwanzer Line Players 02 Yannick Beron 15 Kenan Hasecic 20 Sinan Alkic Central Backs 07 Moritz Schobert 08 Marko Simek 23 Mario Lippitsch Left Backs 04 Lukas Nikolic 05 Romas Kirveliavičius 21 Gábor Hajdú 24 Daniel Dicker 28 Sebastian Feichtinger 32 Paul Hofmann Right Backs 09 Rudolf Bobaš

Technical staff

• Head coach: Ibish Thaqi
• Assistant coach: Jörg Merten
• Physiotherapist: Claudia Nachtnebel

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Joining Domen Knez (LB) from HSG Bärnbach/Köflach

Leaving

Transfer History

Transfers for the 2022–23 season
Joining Thomas Eichberger (GK) from ThSV Eisenach Daniel Dicker (LB) from ThSV Eisenach[2] Julian Pratschner (LW) from WAT Fünfhaus[3] Leaving Jakob Jochmann (CB) (retires)[4] Fabian Posch (LP) to JAGS Vöslau[5] Igor Vuckovic (LB) to TV 08 Willstätt Gašper Hrastnik (RB) to RD Ribnica

Previous Squads

2021–2022 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
3	Austria	Jakob Jochmann	(1993-10-02) 2 October 1993 (age 31)	Central Back
4	Austria	Lukas Nikolic	(2001-04-09) 9 April 2001 (age 24)	Left Back
5	Austria Lithuania	Romas Kirveliavičius	(1988-03-05) 5 March 1988 (age 37)	Left Back
8	Austria	Marko Simek	(1995-06-30) 30 June 1995 (age 30)	Central Back
9	Croatia	Rudolf Bobaš	(2002-09-01) 1 September 2002 (age 22)	Right Back
10	Austria	Tobias Auss	(2000-02-26) 26 February 2000 (age 25)	Left Winger
11	Austria	Matthias Führer	(1994-03-19) 19 March 1994 (age 31)	Right Winger
14	Austria	Fabian Posch	(1988-01-05) 5 January 1988 (age 37)	Line Player
15	Austria	Kenan Hasecic	(1996-05-15) 15 May 1996 (age 29)	Line Player
17	Austria	Stephan Wiesbauer	(2000-04-17) 17 April 2000 (age 25)	Right Winger
20	Austria	Igor Vuckovic	(1998-04-20) 20 April 1998 (age 27)	Left Back
21	Hungary	Gábor Hajdú	(1989-10-20) 20 October 1989 (age 35)	Left Back
22	Austria	Lukas Domevscek	(1999-06-10) 10 June 1999 (age 26)	Goalkeeper
23	Austria	Mario Lippitsch	(2002-07-02) 2 July 2002 (age 23)	Central Back
24	Austria	Benedikt Rudischer	(2003-07-21) 21 July 2003 (age 22)	Right Winger
26	Austria	Jakob Schwanzer	(2005-07-26) 26 July 2005 (age 20)	Right Winger
28	Austria	Sebastian Feichtinger	(1992-06-05) 5 June 1992 (age 33)	Left Back
36	Slovakia	Samuel Fabry	(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 24)	Goalkeeper
77	Slovenia	Gašper Hrastnik	(1992-11-13) 13 November 1992 (age 32)	Right Back

2008–2009 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
5	Austria	Bernhard Grabner	(1985-08-10) 10 August 1985 (age 40)	Line Player
6	Austria Croatia	Ivica Belas	(1977-03-22) 22 March 1977 (age 48)	Central Back
7	Austria	Mario Osimitz	(1988-07-17) 17 July 1988 (age 37)	Right Winger
8	Czech Republic	Pavel Hrachovec	(1974-03-24) 24 March 1974 (age 51)	Left Winger
11	Austria	Gerald Zeiner	(1988-06-28) 28 June 1988 (age 37)	Left Winger
15	Austria	Kristof Vizvary	(1983-08-21) 21 August 1983 (age 41)	Left Back
16	Austria	Bernhard Binder	(1977-10-27) 27 October 1977 (age 47)	Goalkeeper
17	Austria	Tobias Schopf	(1985-12-15) 15 December 1985 (age 39)	Left Winger
18	Austria	Ibish Thaqi	(1980-03-21) 21 March 1980 (age 45)	Central Back
19	Austria	Patrik Lachmann	(1977-09-12) 12 September 1977 (age 47)	Right Winger
20	Austria	Christoph Svoboda	(1990-04-16) 16 April 1990 (age 35)	Right Back
21	Austria	Daniel Kottan	(1989-06-19) 19 June 1989 (age 36)	Left Back
22	Austria	Georg Chalupa	(1984-11-01) 1 November 1984 (age 40)	Left Back
23	Austria	Peter Marek	(1989-02-17) 17 February 1989 (age 36)	Right Back
25	Serbia	Rados Pesic	(1980-12-03) 3 December 1980 (age 44)	Right Back
30	Austria	Werner Lint	(1978-12-04) 4 December 1978 (age 46)	Line Player
61	Austria	Wolfgang Filzwieser	(1984-09-30) 30 September 1984 (age 40)	Goalkeeper

Titles

• Handball Liga Austria
  • Winner (5) : 1973, 1975, 1977, 2019, 2022
• Austrian Cup
  • Winner (5) : 1979, 1980, 1984, 2010, 2019

In the 1978/79, 1979/80 and 1983/84 seasons, the UHK Krems was automatically Austrian Cup winner as runner-up in the championship and qualified for the international cup winner competition.

EHF ranking

As of 1/12/2022^[6]

Rank	Team	Points
124	HC Tallinn	41
125	HC Visé BM	41
126	Dragūnas Klaipėda	41
127	Union Handballklub Krems	40
128	Red Boys Differdange	39
129	CSA Steaua București	37
130	Gyöngyösi KK	25

Former club members

Notable former players

• Ivica Belas (2008–2016)
• Daniel Dicker (2022–)
• Thomas Eichberger (2022–)
• Sebastian Feichtinger (2021–)
• Wolfgang Filzwieser (2008–2013)
• Jakob Jochmann (2017–2022)
• Thomas Kandolf (2018–2020)
• Romas Kirveliavičius (2021–)
• Werner Lint (2008–2014)
• Christoph Neuhold (2013–2016)
• Fabian Posch (2016–2022)
• Julian Pratschner (2022–)
• Tobias Schopf (2005–2018)
• Ibish Thaqi (2005–2006, 2007-2009)
• Kristof Vizvary (2008–2013, 2014-2016)
• Gerald Zeiner (2005–2009)
• Ivan Vukas (2009–2011)
• Gábor Hajdú (2018–)
• Norbert Visy (2009–2018)
• Gerdas Babarskas (2012–2015)
• Petar Angelov (2018)
• Vlatko Mitkov (2012–2018)
• Aleksandar Glendža (2020)
• Michal Shejbal (2012–2016, 2018-2020)

Former coaches

Seasons	Coach	Country
2006–2007	István Gulyás
2007–2013	István Szilágyi
2013–2016	Ivica Belas
2016–	Ibish Thaqi