SC Magdeburg

The SC Magdeburg is a professional handball club from Magdeburg, Germany. The team plays in the highest German league, the Handball-Bundesliga and regularly in highest international competitions. They won the EHF Champions League in 1978, 1981, 2002, 2023 and 2025, the EHF European League in 1999, 2001, 2007, 2021 and the IHF Men's Super Globe in 2021, 2022 and 2023. The governing body of the handball club is a professional multi-sports club and has also departments for: canoe sprint, athletics, rowing, swimming and gymnastics.

History

SC Aufbau Magdeburg was founded in July 1955. From 1958 they played in the DDR-Oberliga. In the beginning they competed with their rivals ESV Lok Südost Magdeburg to be the biggest club in East Germany.

During the East German era, the club won 10 national handball championships (1970, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1991) and won the East German Cup four times. In 1991, SC Magdeburg won the last East German championship before being promoted to the Handball-Bundesliga after the fall of the Berlin Wall. In the 1990's the club was largely a midtable team. In the 1997-98 season they finished 3rd, which marked the rise to the top of German handball. They signed top European players such as Stefan Kretzschmar in 1996, Joël Abati and Guéric Kervadec in 1997, and Ólafur Stefánsson in 1998. They also brought in Alfreð Gíslason as the head coach. The team won the Handball-Bundesliga for the first time in2001. Since then they have won it two additional times in 2022 and 2024. They have also won the DHB-Pokal twice (1996, 2016) and the DHB-Supercup twice (1996, 2001). The club has also won the EHF Champions League four times (1978, 1981, 2002, 2023), the EHF European League four times (1999, 2001, 2007, 2021), the EHF Super Cup three times (1981, 2001, 2002,) and the IHF Super Globe twice (2021, 2022).

Crest, colours, supporters

Naming history

Name	Period
SC Aufbau Magdeburg	1955–1965
SC Magdeburg	1965–present

Kit manufacturers

Period	Kit manufacturer
– 2005	Template:Flagicon Nike
2005–2020	Template:Flagicon Kempa
2020–present	Template:Flagicon Hummel

Sports Hall information

File:GETEC Arena Magdeburg.jpg

Home ground: GETEC Arena

• Name: – GETEC Arena
• City: – Magdeburg
• Capacity: – 8,000
• Address: – Berliner Chaussee 32, 39114 Magdeburg, Germany

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season

Goalkeepers

• 01 Template:Flagicon Sergey Hernández
• 80 Template:Flagicon Nikola Portner

Left Wingers

• 06 Template:Flagicon Matthias Musche File:Injury icon 2.svg
• 22 Template:Flagicon Lukas Mertens

Right Wingers

• 03 Template:Flagicon Isak Persson File:Injury icon 2.svg
• 11 Template:Flagicon Daniel Pettersson
• 17 Template:Flagicon Tim Hornke

Line Players

• 09 Template:Flagicon Tim Zechel
• 23 Template:Flagicon Magnus Saugstrup
• 54 Template:Flagicon Oscar Bergendahl

Left Backs

• 15 Template:Flagicon Antonio Serradilla
• 20 Template:Flagicon Philipp Weber
• 34 Template:Flagicon Michael Damgaard

Centre Backs

• 07 Template:Flagicon Felix Claar
• 08 Template:Flagicon Manuel Zehnder File:Injury icon 2.svg
• 10 Template:Flagicon Gísli Þorgeir Kristjánsson
• 24 Template:Flagicon Christian O'Sullivan

Right Backs

• 14 Template:Flagicon Ómar Ingi Magnússon
• 21 Template:Flagicon Albin Lagergren

Technical staff

• Head Coach: Template:Flagicon Bennet Wiegert
• Assistant Coach: Template:Flagicon Yves Grafenhorst
• Athletic Trainer: Template:Flagicon Daniel Müller

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

File:Arrow-up.gif Joining

• Template:Flagicon Sebastian Barthold (LW) (from Template:Flagicon Aalborg Handbold)
• Template:Flagicon Elvar Örn Jónsson (LB) (from Template:Flagicon MT Melsungen)

File:Arrow-down.gif Leaving

• Template:Flagicon Michael Damgaard (LB) (to Template:Flagicon HØJ Elite)
• Template:Flagicon Antonio Serradilla (LB) (to Template:Flagicon TVB Stuttgart)
• Template:Flagicon Isak Persson (RW) (to ?)

Previous squads

2020–2021 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
2	Template:CRO	Željko Musa		Line Player
3		Piotr Chrapkowski		Left Back
6	Template:GER	Matthias Musche		Left Winger
8	Template:GER	Christoph Steinert		Right Back
11		Daniel Pettersson		Right Winger
12		Tobias Thulin		Goalkeeper
16		Jannick Green		Goalkeeper
17	Template:GER	Tim Hornke		Right Winger
21		Magnus Gullerud		Line Player
22	Template:GER	Lukas Mertens		Left Winger
23		Ómar Ingi Magnússon		Right Back
24		Christian O'Sullivan		Central Back
25		Marko Bezjak		Central Back
34		Michael Damgaard		Left Back
95	Template:GER	Moritz Preuss		Line Player

2015–2016 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
2	Template:CRO	Željko Musa		Line Player
5	Template:GER	Andreas Rojewski		Right Back
6	Template:GER	Matthias Musche		Left Winger
10		Fabian van Olphen		Left Back
12	Template:GER	Philip Ambrosius		Goalkeeper
13		Jure Natek		Right Back
14		Jacob Bagersted		Line Player
15	Template:GER	Yves Grafenhorst		Left Winger
16		Jannick Green		Goalkeeper
21	Template:GER	Dario Quenstedt		Goalkeeper
22	Template:GER	Andre Czech		Right Winger
24	Template:GER	Michael Haaß		Central Back
25		Marko Bezjak		Central Back
26		Maciej Gębala		Line Player
27		Tomasz Gębala		Left Back
28		Robert Weber		Right Winger
29	Template:GER	Alexander Saul		Right Back
30	Template:GER	Vincent Sohmann		Left Winger
33	Template:GER	Jens Schöngarth		Right Back
34		Michael Damgaard		Left Back
42		Nemanja Zelenović		Right Back
50	Template:GER	Finn Lemke		Left Back

2006–2007 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Template:GER	Johannes Bitter		Goalkeeper
2	Template:GER	Karsten Kommoss		Right Winger
3	Template:LIT	Valdas Novickis		Central Back
4	Template:GER	Oliver Roggisch		Line Player
5	Template:GER	Andreas Rojewski		Right Back
6		Grzegorz Tkaczyk		Central Back
7	Template:GER	Erik Göthel		Right Winger
8		Karol Bielecki		Left Back
9	Template:GER	Kevin Jahn		Line Player
10		Fabian van Olphen		Left Back
11	Template:GER	Christian Sprenger		Right Winger
12	Template:GER	Silvio Heinevetter		Goalkeeper
13	Template:GER	Christoph Theuerkauf		Line Player
14	Template:GER	Steffen Stiebler		Left Back
15	Template:GER	Yves Grafenhorst		Left Winger
16	Template:GER	Alexander Hübe		Goalkeeper
17	Template:GER	Marc Hohenberg		Right Winger
18	Template:GER	Niklas Kupfer		Left Winger
19		Joël Abati		Right Winger
20		Oleg Kuleshov		Central Back
31		Bartosz Jurecki		Line Player
73	Template:GER	Stefan Kretzschmar		Left Winger

2001–2002 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1		Sune Agerschou		Goalkeeper
2	Template:GER	Martin Ziemer		Goalkeeper
3	Template:GER	Bennet Wiegert		Left Back
4	Template:GER	Maik Machulla		Central Back
5	Template:GER	Robert Lux		Left Back
6	Template:GER	Stefan Kloppe		Central Back
7	Template:GER	Christian Schöne		Right Winger
8		Ólafur Stefánsson		Right Back
9		Guéric Kervadec		Line Player
10		Nenad Peruničić		Left Back
12	Template:GER	Andreas Stange		Goalkeeper
13	Template:GER	Sven Liesegang		Right Back
14	Template:GER	Steffen Stiebler		Left Back
15	Template:GER	Ronny Liesche		Left Winger
16		Christian Gaudin		Goalkeeper
17		Stanislav Kulinchenko		Central Back
19		Joël Abati		Right Winger
20		Oleg Kuleshov		Central Back
23	Template:GER	Uwe Mäuer		Line Player
73	Template:GER	Stefan Kretzschmar		Left Winger

2000–2001 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Template:GER	Henning Fritz		Goalkeeper
3	Template:GER	Bennet Wiegert		Left Back
4	Template:GER	Maik Machulla		Central Back
5	Template:GER	Robert Lux		Left Back
6	Template:GER	Stefan Kloppe		Central Back
7	Template:GER	Christian Schöne		Right Winger
8		Ólafur Stefánsson		Right Back
9		Guéric Kervadec		Line Player
10		Vassili Koudinov		Left Back
11	Template:GER	Erik Göthel		Right Winger
13	Template:GER	Sven Liesegang		Right Back
14	Template:GER	Steffen Stiebler		Left Back
15	Template:GER	Ronny Liesche		Left Winger
16		Christian Gaudin		Goalkeeper
19		Joël Abati		Right Winger
20		Oleg Kuleshov		Central Back
22	Template:GER	Michael Jahns		Left Back
23	Template:GER	Uwe Mäuer		Line Player
73	Template:GER	Stefan Kretzschmar		Left Winger

1998–1999 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Template:GER	Henning Fritz		Goalkeeper
2		Vyacheslav Atavin		Left Back
3	Template:LITTemplate:GER	Vigindas Petkevičius		Central Back
4	Template:GER	Maik Machulla		Central Back
8		Ólafur Stefánsson		Right Back
9		Guéric Kervadec		Line Player
11	Template:GER	Erik Göthel		Right Winger
12	Template:LIT	Almantas Savonis		Goalkeeper
13	Template:GER	Sven Liesegang		Right Back
14	Template:GER	Steffen Stiebler		Left Back
15		Tomasz Lebiedzinski		Left Back
19		Joël Abati		Right Winger
23	Template:GER	Uwe Mäuer		Line Player
73	Template:GER	Stefan Kretzschmar		Left Winger

Retired numbers

N°	Nationality	Player	Position	Tenure
25	Template:Flagicon	Marko Bezjak	Centre Back	2013–2023
31	Template:Flagicon	Bartosz Jurecki	Line Player	2006–2015

Accomplishments

Domestic

• Handball-Bundesliga:
  • Template:Gold medal: 2001, 2022, 2024
• DHB-Pokal:
  • Template:Gold medal: 1996, 2016, 2024
  • Template:Silver medal: 2002, 2015, 2019, 2022, 2023
• DHB-Supercup:
  • Template:Gold medal: 1996, 2001
  • Template:Silver medal: 2022, 2024
• Oberliga: 10
  • Template:Gold medal: 1970, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1991
  • Template:Silver medal: 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1989
• FDGB-Pokal:
  • Template:Gold medal: 1977, 1978, 1984, 1990

International

• EHF Champions League:
  • Template:Gold medal: 1978, 1981, 2002, 2023, 2025
• EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
  • Template:Silver medal: 1977, 1979
• EHF Cup / EHF European League:
  • Template:Gold medal: 1999, 2001, 2007, 2021
  • Template:Silver medal: 2005, 2022
• EHF Super Cup:
  • Template:Gold medal: 1981, 2001, 2002
  • Template:Silver medal: 1999, 2005
• IHF Men's Super Globe:
  • Template:Gold medal: 2021, 2022, 2023
  • Template:Silver medal: 2002, 2024

European record

European Cup and Champions League

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1977–78 File:Gold medal blank.svg Winners	Round 2	Template:Flagicon Partizan Bjelovar	33–23	21–28	54–51
	Quarter-finals	Template:Flagicon Dukla Prague	25–20	22–22	47–42
	Semi-finals	Template:Flagicon Bp. Honvéd	19–17	22–21	41–38
	Finals	Template:Flagicon Śląsk Wrocław	28–22
1980–81 File:Gold medal blank.svg Winners	Round 1	Template:Flagicon ASKÖ Linz	35–18	30–21	65–39
	Round 2	Template:Flagicon VfL Gummersbach	19–12	16–16	35–28
	Quarter-finals	Template:Flagicon Dukla Prague	23–20	19–17	42–37
	Semi-finals	Template:Flagicon Lugi HF	26–20	20–18	46–38
	Finals	Template:Flagicon RD Slovan	29–18	23–25	52–43
2001–02 File:Gold medal blank.svg Winners	Group stage (Group D)	Template:Flagicon Fotex KC Veszprém	25–22	20–24	2nd
		Template:Flagicon S.O. Chambéry	31–23	26–26
		Template:Flagicon Vardar Vatrost. Skopje	33–19	27–27
	Quarter-finals	Template:Flagicon RK Celje	29–31	28–25	57–56
	Semi-finals	Template:Flagicon KIF Kolding	29–19	28–25	57–44
	Finals	Template:Flagicon Fotex KC Veszprém	30–25	21–23	51–48

EHF Cup and EHF European League

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1998–99 File:Gold medal blank.svg Winners	1/16	Template:Flagicon Steaua București	26–16	30–21	56–37
	1/8	Template:Flagicon S.O. Chambéry	22–17	25–27	47–44
	1/4	Template:Flagicon RK Split	26–20	19–14	45–34
	1/2	Template:Flagicon TBV Lemgo	22–19	22–23	44–42
	Finals	Template:Flagicon BM Valladolid	33–22	21–25	54–47
2000–01 File:Gold medal blank.svg Winners	Round 3	Template:Flagicon RK Prevent Slovenj Gradec	26–22	25–23	51–45
	Round 4	Template:Flagicon ZTR Zaporizhzhia	29–21	22–23	51–44
	Quarter-finals	Template:Flagicon TBV Lemgo	23–26	28–22	51–48
	Semi-finals	Template:Flagicon CD Bidasoa	32–24	17–23	49–47
	Finals	Template:Flagicon RK Metković	23–22	28–18	51–40
2006–07 File:Gold medal blank.svg Winners	Round 3	Template:Flagicon BGUFK Minsk	37–26	31–23	68–49
	Round 4	Template:Flagicon SG Kronau/Östringen	39–26	34–38	73–64
	Quarter-finals	Template:Flagicon FCK Håndbold	35–27	39–35	74–62
	Semi-finals	Template:Flagicon Grasshopper – Club Zürich	32–24	27–26	59–50
	Finals	Template:Flagicon BM Aragón	31–28	30–30	61–58
2020–21 File:Gold medal blank.svg Winners	Group stage (Group C)	Template:Flagicon CSKA Moscow	37–30	35–27	1st
		Template:Flagicon Montpellier HB	10–0	32–30
		Template:Flagicon Beşiktaş JK	41–22	41–23
		Template:Flagicon Alingsås HK	36–21	29–30
		Template:Flagicon RK Nexe Našice	28–23	32–24
	Round of 16	Template:Flagicon RK Eurofarm Pelister	35–24	32–24	68–54
	Quarter-finals	Template:Flagicon IFK Kristianstad	39–31	34–28	58–52
	Semi-final (F4)	Template:Flagicon Orlen Wisła Płock	30–29
	Final (F4)	Template:Flagicon Füchse Berlin	28–25

EHF ranking

Rank	Team	Points
1	Template:Flagicon FC Barcelona Handbol	560
2	Template:Flagicon SC Magdeburg	502
3	Template:Flagicon THW Kiel	483
4	Template:Flagicon Vive Kielce	483
5	Template:Flagicon Veszprém KC	471
6	Template:Flagicon Paris Saint-Germain Handball	462
7	Template:Flagicon Füchse Berlin (handball)	422

Former club members

Notable former players

• Template:Flagicon Johannes Bitter (2003–2007)
• Template:Flagicon Fabian Böhm (2006–2010)
• Template:Flagicon Henning Fritz (1988–2001)
• Template:Flagicon Erik Göthel (1994–2001, 2006–2007)
• Template:Flagicon Yves Grafenhorst (1997–2017)
• Template:Flagicon Michael Haaß (2013–2016)
• Template:Flagicon Silvio Heinevetter (2005–2009)
• Template:Flagicon Tim Hornke (2010–2014, 2019–)
• Template:Flagicon Maximilian Janke (2008–2015)
• Template:Flagicon Stephan Just (2003–2005)
• Template:Flagicon Stefan Kneer (2012–2014)
• Template:Flagicon Thomas Knorr (2013–2014)
• Template:Flagicon Stefan Kretzschmar (1996–2007)
• Template:Flagicon Jens Kürbis (1991–1995)
• Template:Flagicon Sven Lakenmacher (1987–1990)
• Template:Flagicon Wolfgang Lakenmacher (1967–1977)
• Template:Flagicon Finn Lemke (2015–2017)
• Template:Flagicon Maik Machulla (1991–2001)
• Template:Flagicon Lukas Mertens (2017–)
• Template:Flagicon Matthias Musche (2011–)
• Template:Flagicon Jürgen Müller (2008–2010)
• Template:Flagicon Moritz Preuss (2019–)
• Template:Flagicon Peter Pysall (1974–1990, 1992–1993)
• Template:Flagicon Dario Quenstedt (2000–2011)
• Template:Flagicon Tobias Reichmann (2008–2009)
• Template:Flagicon Markus Richwien (2005–2006)
• Template:Flagicon Oliver Roggisch (2005–2007)
• Template:Flagicon Jürgen Rohde (1967–1973)
• Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon Andreas Rojewski (2001–2016)
• Template:Flagicon Moritz Schäpsmeier (2012–2013)
• Template:Flagicon Gunar Schimrock (1977–1997)
• Template:Flagicon Erik Schmidt (2019–2020)
• Template:Flagicon Christian Schöne (1996–2005)
• Template:Flagicon Jens Schöngarth (2016)
• Template:Flagicon Christian Sprenger (1998–2009)
• Template:Flagicon Christoph Steinert (2007–2010, 2019–2021)
• Template:Flagicon Steffen Stiebler (1989–2009)
• Template:Flagicon Christoph Theuerkauf (2003–2010)
• Template:Flagicon Philipp Weber (2003–2013, 2021–)
• Template:Flagicon Bennet Wiegert (1989–2004, 2007–2013)
• Template:Flagicon Martin Ziemer (2000–2004)
• Template:Flagicon Robert Weber (2009–2019)
• Template:Flagicon Damir Doborac (2010–2012)
• Template:Flagicon Marco Oneto (2013–2014)
• Template:Flagicon Željko Musa (2015–2021)
• Template:Flagicon Sune Agerschou (2001–2002)
• Template:Flagicon Kristian Asmussen (2012–2013)
• Template:Flagicon Jacob Bagersted (2014–2017)
• Template:Flagicon Mads Christiansen (2016–2019)
• Template:Flagicon Michael Damgaard (2015–)
• Template:Flagicon Jannick Green (2014–2022)
• Template:Flagicon Mike Jensen (2021–)
• Template:Flagicon Damien Kabengele (2007–2010)
• Template:Flagicon Joël Abati (1997–2007)
• Template:Flagicon Christian Gaudin (1999–2003)
• Template:Flagicon Guéric Kervadec (1997–2002)
• Template:Flagicon Alexandros Vasilakis (2007–2009)
• Template:Flagicon Zsolt Balogh (2010–2011)
• Template:Flagicon Arnór Atlason (2004–2006)
• Template:Flagicon Björgvin Páll Gústavsson (2011–2013)
• Template:Flagicon Einar Hólmgeirsson (2012)
• Template:Flagicon Gísli Þorgeir Kristjánsson (2020–)
• Template:Flagicon Ómar Ingi Magnússon (2020–)
• Template:Flagicon Sigfús Sigurðsson (2002–2006)
• Template:Flagicon Ólafur Stefánsson (1998–2003)
• Template:Flagicon Almantas Savonis (1998–1999)
• Template:Flagicon Valdas Novickis (2006–2007)
• Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon Vigindas Petkevičius (1991–1999)
• Template:Flagicon Vladan Lipovina (2022-2023)
• Template:Flagicon Gerrie Eijlers (2009–2014)
• Template:Flagicon Kay Smits (2020, 2021–)
• Template:Flagicon Fabian van Olphen (2006–2017)
• Template:Flagicon Magnus Gullerud (2020–2022)
• Template:Flagicon Espen Lie Hansen (2014–2015)
• Template:Flagicon Nicolay Hauge (2008–2011)
• Template:Flagicon Ole Erevik (2007–2008)
• Template:Flagicon Christian O'Sullivan (2016–)
• Template:Flagicon Stian Tønnesen (2007–2013)
• Template:Flagicon Karol Bielecki (2004–2007)
• Template:Flagicon Piotr Chrapkowski (2017–)
• Template:Flagicon Maciej Dmytruszyński (2005–2006)
• Template:Flagicon Maciej Gębala (2013–2016)
• Template:Flagicon Tomasz Gębala (2013–2016)
• Template:Flagicon Bartosz Jurecki (2006–2015)
• Template:Flagicon Tomasz Lebiedzinski (1995–1999)
• Template:Flagicon Grzegorz Tkaczyk (2002–2007)
• Template:Flagicon Rareș Jurcă (2002–2003)
• Template:Flagicon Robert Licu (1993–1998, 2003–2004)
• Template:Flagicon Vyacheslav Atavin (1997–2000)
• Template:Flagicon Gleb Kalarash (2017–2018)
• Template:Flagicon Vassili Koudinov (2000–2001)
• Template:Flagicon Oleg Kuleshov (1999–2007)
• Template:Flagicon Stanislav Kulinchenko (2001)
• Template:Flagicon Yuri Nesterov (2005)
• Template:Flagicon Marko Bezjak (2013–)
• Template:Flagicon Jure Natek (2010–2016)
• Template:Flagicon Aleš Pajovič (2011–2013)
• Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon Renato Vugrinec (2004–2006)
• Template:Flagicon Filip Kuzmanovski (2019-2020)
• Template:Flagicon Carlos Molina (2017–2019)
• Template:Flagicon Ignacio Plaza Jiménez (2018–2019)
• Template:Flagicon Nenad Peruničić (2001–2004)
• Template:Flagicon Nemanja Zelenović (2015–2018)
• Template:Flagicon Nikola Portner (2022–)
• Template:Flagicon Lucas Meister (2022–)
• Template:Flagicon Albin Lagergren (2018–2020)
• Template:Flagicon Daniel Pettersson (2016–)
• Template:Flagicon Tobias Thulin (2018–2021)

Former coaches

Seasons	Coach	Country
1991–1993	Hartmut Krüger	Template:Flagicon
1993–1994	Ingolf Wiegert	Template:Flagicon
1994–1999	Lothar Doering	Template:Flagicon
1999	Peter Rost	Template:Flagicon
1999–2006	Alfreð Gíslason	Template:Flagicon
2006	Ghiță Licu	Template:Flagicon
2006–2007	Bogdan Wenta	Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon
2007–2008	Helmut Kurrat	Template:Flagicon
2008–2009	Michael Biegler	Template:Flagicon
2010	Sven Liesegang	Template:Flagicon
2010–2013	Frank Carstens	Template:Flagicon
2013–2014	Uwe Jungandreas	Template:Flagicon
2014–2015	Geir Sveinsson	Template:Flagicon
2015–	Bennet Wiegert	Template:Flagicon

External links

• Template:Official website