HSG Wetzlar explained

Clubname:	HSG Wetzlar
Founded:	as TSV Dutenhofen
Fullname:	Handballspielgemeinschaft Wetzlar
Ground:	Buderus Arena
Capacity:	5,000
League:	Handball-Bundesliga
Season:	2023–24
Position:	13th of 18
Manager:	Frank Carstens
Colour1:	Green
Colour2:	White
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Pattern B1:	_hsgwetzlar23h
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Pattern Sh1:	_hsgwetzlar23h
Leftarm1:	14544B
Rightarm1:	14544B
Pattern La2:	_hsgwetzlar23a
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Website:	https://www.hsg-wetzlar.de/

HSG Wetzlar is a professional handball club from Wetzlar, Germany. It competes in the top-tier Handball-Bundesliga and in the German Handball Cup.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

Accomplishments

DHB-Pokal final:
- 1997, 2001
EHF Cup Winner's Cup final:
- 1998

Rivalry

HSG Wetzlar's arch-rival is the neighbouring club TV Hüttenberg and games between the clubs are considered as the "Mittelhessenderby".

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season

Goalkeepers

11 Till Klimpke
12 Anadin Suljaković
Marius Göbner

Left Wingers

18 Lukas Becher
Lion Zacharias

Right Wingers

75 Domen Novak
Zsolt Krakovszki
Tizian Weimer

Line players

5 Rasmus Meyer Ejlersen
14 Vladimir Vranješ
27 Nikita Pliuto
Georg Löwen

Left Backs

9 Ole Klimpke
Philipp Ahouansou

Central Backs

Jona Schoch
Dominik Mappes
Justin Müller

Right Backs

42 Nemanja Zelenović
77 Stefan Čavor
Noel Hoepfner

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Joining

Marius Göbner (GK) (from own youth)
Lion Zacharias (LW) (from Rhein-Neckar Löwen)
Philipp Ahouansou (LB) (from Rhein-Neckar Löwen)
Jona Schoch (CB) (from HBW Balingen-Weilstetten)
Dominik Mappes (CB) (from VfL Gummersbach)
Justin Müller (CB) (from Nordsjælland Håndbold)
Noel Hoepfner (RB) (from own youth)
Zsolt Krakovszki (RW) (from NEKA)
Tizian Weimer (RW) (from own youth)
Georg Löwen (P) (from SC Magdeburg)

Leaving

Leonard Grazioli (GK) (to Pfadi Winterthur)
Emil Mellegård (LW) (to HØJ Elite)
Hendrik Wagner (LB) (to TBV Lemgo)
Lenny Rubin (LB) (to TVB Stuttgart)
Magnus Fredriksen (CB) (to SønderjyskE Herrehåndbold)
Mathias Pedersen (CB) (to Amo Handboll)
Julian Fuchs (RW) (end of loan MT Melsungen, joins Bergischer HC)
Erik Schmidt (P) (to AEK Athens)

Technical staff

- Head coach: Frank Carstens Assistant coach: Filip Mirkulovski

Notable former players