Thüringer HC

German handball club

Thüringer HC

Full name

Thüringer Handball Club Erfurt-Bad Langensalza e. V

Short name

Thüringer HC

Founded

2000

Arena

Wiedigsburghalle, Nordhausen

Capacity

2,018

President

Karsten Döring

Head coach

Herbert Müller

League

HBL

2022–23

HBL, 2nd

Home

Away

Website
Official site

Thüringer HC

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Location of Thüringer HC

Thüringer Handball Club Erfurt-Bad Langensalza e. V is a German professional women's handball team from the Thuringian cities of Erfurt, Bad Langensalza and Nordhausen. The club has its seat in Erfurt and plays the home matches in the Salza-Halle in Bad Langensalza and the Wiedigsburghalle in Nordhausen. They compete in the Handball-Bundesliga Frauen, the top division in Germany.

Kits

HOME
2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16	2016–18	2020–

AWAY
2014–15	2015–16	2016–18

Honours

Handball-Bundesliga Frauen:
- Winners (7): 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018
DHB-Pokal:
- Winners (2): 2011, 2013, 2019
EHF Challenge Cup:
- Finalists (1): 2009

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season

Goalkeepers

12 Dinah Eckerle
Christina Lövgren Hallberg

Wingers
LW

Anna Szabó
Rikke Hoffbeck Petersen

RW

06 Nathalie Hendrikse
24 Ida Gullberg

Line players

57 Josefine Huber
Sharon Nooitmeer

Back players
LB

14 Anika Niederwieser
29 Johanna Reichert
Csenge Kuczora

CB

13 Kathrin Pichlmeier
27 Kerstin Kündig
Natsuki Aizawa

RB

43 Jennifer Rode
Julie Holm

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–25 season:^[1]

Joining

Csenge Kuczora (CB/LB) (from Váci NKSE)
Anna Szabó (LW) (from Moyra-Budaörs Handball)
Sharon Nooitmeer (P) (from Neckarsulmer SU)
Rikke Hoffbeck Petersen (LW) (from SønderjyskE)
Julie Holm (RB)
Natsuki Aizawa (CB)
Christina Lövgren Hallberg (GK)

Leaving

Annika Lott (LB) (to Brest Bretagne Handball)
Nicole Roth (GK) (to SG BBM Bietigheim)
Yuki Tanabe (LW)
Johanna Stockschläder (LW)
Sara Rønningen (P)
Vilma Matthijs Holmberg (P)
Sonja Frey (CB)

Notable former players

Dinah Eckerle (2009–2018)
Meike Schmelzer (2014–2021)
Svenja Huber (2013–2016)
Anja Althaus (2012–2014)
Franziska Mietzner (2013–2015)
Ewgenija Minevskaja (2005–2013)
Nadja Nadgornaja (2010–2015)
Jana Krause (2013–2020)
Nina Müller (2018–2019)
Kerstin Wohlbold (2010–2021)
Saskia Lang (2017–2019)
Alicia Stolle (2018–2020)
Emily Bölk (2018–2020)
Anne Hubinger (2017–2019)
Nora Reiche (2010–2012)
Isabell Roch (2006–2008)
Alexandra Mazzucco (2017–2020)
Ann-Cathrin Giegerich (2018–2020)
Ina Großmann (2018–2021)
Willemijn Karsten (2011–2012)
Pearl van der Wissel (2010–2011)
Danick Snelder (2010–2016)
Martine Smeets (2013–2015)
Anouk van de Wiel (2015–2017)
Anouk Nieuwenweg (2020)
Rinka Duijndam (2021–2022)
Crina Pintea (2015–2017)
Eliza Buceschi (2015–2016)
Melinda Geiger (2012)
Petra Blazek (2020–2022)
Katrin Engel (2011–2017)
Sonja Frey (2012–2016, 2022–)
Iveta Korešová (2013–2021)
Markéta Jeřábková (2020–2021)
Dominika Zachová (2021–2023)
Macarena Aguilar (2016–2018)
Alexandrina Cabral (2013–2014)
Almudena Rodriguez (2019–2020)
Szimonetta Planéta (2016–2017)
Krisztina Triscsuk (2018–2019)
Luca Szekerczés (2021–2022)
Mie Augustesen (2012–2013)
Annika Meyer (2021–2022)
Mikaela Mässing (2019–2020)
Emma Ekenman-Fernis (2020–2022)
Lýdia Jakubisová (2011–2022)
Ana Gros (2012–2013)
Manon Houette (2016–2017)
Marie Davidsen (2019–2021)
Madeleine Hilby (2022–2023)
Yuliya Snopova (2014–2015)
Katarina Tomašević (2012–2013)
Anika Niederwieser (2016–2018)
Patricia Batista da Silva (2017–2018)
Lamprini Tsàkalou (2021–2022)
Ines Khouildi (2020–2022)
Aslı İskit (2020–2022)
Kerstin Kündig (2020–2022)

Head coach history

Herbert Müller

(2010–present)

European record

EHF Champions League

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate

2011-12	Champions League	Group Matches (Group A)	ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica	23–27	35–25	4th place
			FC Midtjylland Håndbold	21–27	20–23
			Byåsen HE	28–28	22–23

2012-13	Champions League	Group Matches (Group D)	Zvezda Zvenigorod	20–23	24–31	3rd place
			ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica	24–20	15–23
			Viborg HK	34–30	29–26

2013-14	Champions League	Group Matches (Group A)	Győri Audi ETO KC	25–33	22–29	2nd place
			Hypo Niederösterreich	34–25	23–29
			HCM Baia Mare	36–29	19–20
		Main Round (Group 1)	HC Vardar	24–24	25–31	3rd place
			FC Midtjylland Håndbold	26–24	20–26
			IK Sävehof	30–25	32–26

2014-15	Champions League	Group Matches (Group B)	ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica	22–27	14–23	3rd place
			HC Vardar	21–20	21–26
			RK Podravka Koprivnica	33–20	32–28
		Main Round (Group 1)	Dinamo Volgograd	30–33	30–30	4th place
			HC Leipzig	27–23	34–25
			RK Krim	33–21	26–23
		Quarterfinals	Larvik HK	26–29	18–36	44–65

2015-16	Champions League	Group Matches (Group B)	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	27–30	28–32	3rd place
			Fleury Loiret HB	27–27	21–27
			RK Podravka Koprivnica	29–19	27–21
		Main Round (Group 1)	Rostov-Don	28–32	24–30	6th place
			Larvik HK	20–28	19–28
			HCM Baia Mare	23–25	27–38

2016-17	Champions League	Group Matches (Group A)	ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica	26–32	19–28	3rd place
			Metz Handball	28–25	18–25
			Glassverket IF	24–16	33–27
		Main Round (Group 1)	HC Vardar	29–31	26–36	5th place
			FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	29–29	24–32
			HC Astrakhanochka	34–22	24–26

2017-18	Champions League	Qualification Tournament	CB Atlético Guardés	31–21
		Qualification Tournament	H 65 Höör	33–24
		Group Matches (Group C)	HC Vardar	21–29	21–29	3rd place
			FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	25–29	25–28
			Larvik HK	22–25	31–27
		Main Round (Group 2)	Metz Handball	29–31	29–35	6th place
			ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica	24–25	21–29
			SG BBM Bietigheim	28–26	34–21

2018-19	Champions League	Group Matches (Group C)	Győri ETO KC	22–38	28–31	3rd place
			RK Krim Ljubljana	26–26	20–27
			RK Podravka Koprivnica	26–28	31–23
		Main Round (Group 2)	CSM București	30–38	23–23	6th place
			Vipers Kristiansand	21–29	24–31
			Ferencvárosi TC	32–35	29–30

EHF European League

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate

2019–20	EHF Cup	Round 2	Byåsen HE	29–25	29–24	58–49
		Round 3	HC Astrakhanochka	30–25	25–28	55–53
		Group Matches (Group A)	DHK Baník Most	40–24	35–27	1st place
			Kastamonu GSK	27–24	30–24
			DVSC Schaeffler	26–23	26–19
		Quarterfinals	Podravka Vegeta	23–27	28–34	51–61

2020–21	EHF European League	Qualification Round 2	WAT Atzgersdorf	39–24	42–21	81–45
		Qualification Round 3	HSG Blomberg-Lippe	27–31	30–20	57–51
		Group Matches (Group C)	CS Minaur Baia Mare	0–10	10–0	4th place
			Astrakhanochka	22–29	0–10
			Storhamar Handball Elite	41–36	30–32

2021–22	EHF European League	Qualification Round 2	Molde Elite	32–35	28–26	60–61

2022–23	EHF European League	Qualification Round 2	Chambray Touraine	31–28	27–24	58–52
		Qualification Round 3	IK Sävehof	30–22	35–30	65–52
		Group Matches (Group C)	Paris 92	28–24	25–26	1st place
			SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	38–31	32–32
			Váci NKSE	31–21	34–28
		Quarter-finals	Sola HK	27–24	35–35	62–59
		Semifinal	Ikast Håndbold	26–31
		Third-place match	Borussia Dortmund	23–28

EHF Challenge Cup

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate

2008–09	Challenge Cup	Round 3	Zeeman Vastgoed SWE	35–23	36–24	71–47
		Last 16	OF Nea Ionia	31–29	26–25	57–54
		Quarterfinals	ORK Vrnjacka Banja	35–32	28–27	63–59
		Semifinals	Izmir BSB SK	34–28	27–32	61–60
		Finals	Nîmes	25–30	22–26	47–56