MEDIA GUIDE Women’s EHF Champions League 2018/19 Main Round Update OFFICIAL PROGRAMME WOMEN’S EHF Champions League 2018/2019
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Table of contents
Foreword 5 Media contacts 6 Playing system diagrams - stages and dates 7 How to follow and cover the matches 9 Important regulations 10 Current top scorers 11
GROUP 1 Preview 12 Head-to-heads in the EC 13 Rostov-Don 14 Buducnost 20 Metz Handball 26 Kobenhavn Handball 32 Brest Bretagne Handball 38 Odense HC 44
GROUP B Preview 50 Group B head-to-heads 51 Györi Audi ETO KC 52 CSM Bucuresti 58 Vipers Kristiansand 64 RK Krim Mercator 70 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 76 Thüringer HC 82
HISTORY 88 All-time stats 90 Timeline - 25 years
4 Foreword
Foreword
Dear handball friends,
Welcome to the main round of the Women’s EHF Champions League 2018/19. Less than six weeks after France‘s triumph at EHF EURO 2018 on home court in Paris, Europe’s elite women’s handball club competition returns to the spotlight.
From 26 January to 10 March, the six weekends of the main round will determine which eight teams progress to the quarter-finals. I take this opportunity to welcome twelve sides from nine countries to the third phase of the competition.
Before we start analysing the two main round groups and their participants we should have a look back at the tournament in France last month, which underlined the prominent position of the EHF Champions League in women‘s handball. No fewer than 109 players from the European top flight took part in the event and all 12 main round teams had at least one player who took the floor in the tournament.
As many as 29 players return to the Champions League race decorated with a medal – 12 French champions, eight Russian silver medallists and nine Dutch bronze medallists. The dominance of the premier club competition in France was also underlined by the EURO All-star team which featured only two non-Champions League players.
We will all be eager to find out how the recently awarded medallists and All-star team members, including the tournament’s MVP Anna Vyakhireva, can build on their success in the national team competition with their clubs.
Their morale boost can prove to be a decisive factor for their sides in what will probably become the closest and most thrilling main round stage of the Women‘s EHF Champions League yet. While all twelve participants still have a fair chance of reaching the quarter-finals, there are at least eight teams who have what it takes to reach the season‘s finale in Budapest – the Women’s EHF FINAL4.
Two teams have yet to lose a game this season and are sitting atop the two groups. While Vyakhireva’s Rostov leads Group 1 with seven points, the defending champions Györi Audi ETO KC claim the pole position in Group 2 with a perfect record of eight points. However, none of the group leaders can take the ticket to Budapest for granted as packs of formidable contenders also eye a trip to the Hungarian capital in May.
Who will rule the final standings in Group 1 following the race between Rostov, Buducnost and Metz? Can any of the three main round newcomers – Kobenhavn, Brest or Odense reach the quarter-finals? Can the 2016 champions CSM Bucuresti endanger Györ’s position even without injured Cristina Neagu? Will Vipers be able to return Norwegian handball back to the quarter-final picture after last season’s absence? And which of these main round regulars Krim, FTC and Thüringer HC have the best chance of breaking into the top eight this season? All these questions will be answered over the next two months.
We pride ourselves on our positive and cooperative relationship with the press and media and I am sure this will continue and develop in the future. Should you require any information, help or assistance during the course of the season, your first point of contact is the EHF Media and Communications Department based in our office in Vienna. They will be more than happy to assist you with any questions you might have.
We look forward to working with you!
EHF Media & Communications Team
5 Media contacts
EHF/M media contacts
Media matters TV and Radio Vlado Brindzak Miguel Mateo Marcellan Media and Communications Media Manager European Handball Federation EHF Marketing GmbH +43 1 80 151 161 +43 1 80 151 224 [email protected] [email protected]
Clubs media contacts
GROUP 1
Rostov-Don (RUS) Buducnost (MNE) Metz Handball (FRA) Andrey Demyanov Milos Pavicevic Estelle Vogein +79897198555 +382 682 226 66 +33 608 258 725 [email protected] [email protected] estelle.gauvin [email protected] @metz-handball.fr
Kobenhavn Handball (DEN) Brest Bretagne Handball (FRA) Odense HC (DEN) Janni Møller Thomsen Nicolas Roué Maria V. Eilertsen +45 223 55 225 +33 6 62 32 50 91 +4520637130 [email protected] nicolas.roue@ [email protected] brest-bretagnehandball.fr
GROUP 2
Győri Audi ETO KC (HUN) CSM Bucuresti (ROU) Vipers Kristiansand (NOR) Tamas Szabo Ioana Patachi Terje Marcussen +36 20 505 63 07 +40 748 050 301 +47 905 818 15 [email protected] ioana.patachi@ [email protected] csmbucuresti.ro
RK Krim Mercator (SLO) FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria (HUN) Thüringer HC (GER) Gašper Lončarič Adam Schleinig Bernd Hohnstein +386 51 630 877 +36 704 454 902 +49 179 4649 389 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
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WOMEN'S EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2018/19 Qualification Tournaments Group Matches Main Round Quarter-finals FINAL4 2 tournaments 4 groups with 4 teams 2 groups with 6 teams 8 teams 4 teams 05.-07.10.2018 (1) 25.-27.01.2019 (1) 11./12.05.2019 07.-09.09.2018 12.-14.10.2018 (2) 01.-03.02.2019 (2) 05.-07.04.2019 tournament tournaments 19.-21.10.2018 (3) 08.-10.02.2019 (3) first leg played in semi-finals 02.-04.11.2018 (4) 22.-24.02.2019 (4) played in semi- and finals 09.-11.11.2018 (5) 01.-03.03.2019 (5) 12.-14.04.2019 finals and finals NATION in one venue 16.-18.11.2018 (6) 08.-10.03.2019 (6) second leg
DRAWS: 27 June 2018 in Vienna/AUT 29 June 2018 in Vienna/AUT no draw no draw 16 April 2019
1 HUN 1 Györi Audi ETO KC 2 ROU 1 CSM Bucuresti 3 MNE 1 Buducnost 4 RUS 1 Rostov-Don 5 FRA 1 Metz Handball 6 DEN 1 Kobenhavn Handball
7 NOR 1 Vipers Kristiansand 8 GER 1 Thüringer HC 9 SLO 1 RK Krim Mercator 10 SWE 1 IK Sävehof 11 HUN 2 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 12 DEN 2 Odense HC 13 FRA 2 Brest Bretange HB 14 NOR 2 Larvik HK 15 ROU 2 SCM Craiova 16 GER 2 SG BBM Bietigheim 17 POL 1 MKS Perla Lublin
18 CRO 1 HC Podravka Vegeta the of team placed 4th and 3rd 2nd, 1st, 1st, 2nd and 3rd placed team from each group group each from team placed 3rd and 2nd 1st, 19 ITA 1 Jomi Salerno Round Main League Champions EHF WOMEN'S Qualification Qualification 20 TUR 1 Muratpasa BSK tournaments
21 ESP 1 Super Amara Bera Bera Winners of the 2 4 Winners of WOMEN'S EHF Champions League Quarter-finals League Champions EHF WOMEN'S of Winners 4 22 SRB 1 ZORK Jagodina
2 groups with 4 teams
4th placed teams of CL Group 4th placed teams of CL Qualification Tournaments go Matches go to EHF Cup Group to EHF Cup Rd 2, 2nd and 3rd placed teams of CL Phase Qualification Tornaments go to EHF Cup Rd 3
status: 19.06.2018 8 How to follow and cover the matches
How to follow and cover the matches ehfTV.com after each match, a completed match report will also Handball fans across Europe will not miss a single be available online with details such as goalscorers match in the new season of both elite European club and number of spectators. competitions. All matches starting from the group phase of the VELUX EHF Champions League and group Media portal matches of the Women’s EHF Champions League will All media professionals are invited to register on the be broadcast live on ehfTV.com and the videos of all EHF Media portal, where they can find all essential matches will also be on demand. Furthermore, like in information on the EHF club and national teams the past season fully produced highlights magazine competitions including media guides and updates. ‘Rewind - The Handball Show’ will feature stories bit.ly/ehfmediaportal and highlights from all women´s top matches and will be played out after each playing round. Apart from Media accreditation selected matches of other European Cup competitions in the new season there will also be a renewed focus The written media and photographer’s accreditation on coverage of top leagues (SEHA League and Spain’s procedure in the group matches, main round and Asobal). quarter-finals is entirely within the responsibility of the participating clubs. TV and Radio accreditations Live ticker are subject to approval by EHF Marketing GmbH - contact Miguel Mateo Marcellán. The EHF Live Ticker at ticker.ehf.eu will track the scores of all matches. Every goal, missed shot and Online information yellow card will be documented and live statistics made available online for the first time at this stage of www.ehfCL.com Europe’s elite club competition. www.ehfTV.com www.ehfFINAL4.com Regulations of the Women’s EHF Champions League EHF live on social media Twitter:@ehf , @ehfcl The EHF’s social media channels will provide a very Facebook: ehf.champions.league different view of the chase for the Women’s EHF FINAL4 in Budapest. The social media feed with the Official name behind the scenes look will be provided on these The official name of the competition is: Women’s EHF channels - EHF Champions League Facebook page, Champions League. The full name of the competition Instagram and @ehfcl Twitter account. should always be used. The three-letter abbreviation for the European Handball Federation should always Online match reports be displayed in capital letters before the name of the From the opening matches of the season, the competition. Please note: If the season is required, complete team line-up is available online at it has to be positioned after “Champions League” eurohandball.com and available to download as a PDF e.g. Women’s EHF Champions League 2018/19. The document. The online solution introduced already wording “Champions League” should be written with in the 2015/16 season sees the EHF match delegate a capital letter at the beginning of each word, i.e. complete the final team line-up immediately after the Champions League. The remaining letters should be technical meeting. This development means that team in lower case. The word Champions does not have an line-ups are available for commentators and reporters apostrophe after the ‘s’. hours before each match throws-off. A short time
9 Important regulations
Important regulations What decides when two or more teams have the same number of points All matches of the WOMEN’S EHF Champions League shall QUARTER-FINALS be played in 2 x 30 minutes with a half-time break of 15 minutes. If, after completion of the two matches, both teams have won the same number of points (no extra-time will be The matches shall be scored as follows: played), the teams’ standings shall be determined by the a) win = 2 points following criteria: b) draw = 1 point a) goal difference c) loss = 0 points b) greater number of plus goals scored in away match c) penalty throws Teams’ rankings are obtained by adding up the number of points won. RULES FOR EXECUTION OF PENALTY THROWS GROUP MATCHES AND MAIN ROUND - Prior to penalty throwing, each team shall name If two or more teams have scored the same number of five players eligible to play at the end of the match by points, the ranking will be determined as follows: handing the referees a list of numbers. These players During the matches of the group: shall then take one throw each until a decision (a winner) a) higher goal difference in all matches; is reached, alternating with their opponents. Each team b) greater number of plus goals in all matches; is free to determine the sequence in which throwers will take their throws After completion of the group if two teams have scored the same number of points: - The goalkeepers may be freely selected from the match a) number of points in matches of the two teams directly report and exchanged in accordance with the Rules of involved; the game. Goalkeepers may take throws and throwers b) goal difference in matches of the two teams directly may play as goalkeepers. involved; c) higher number of goals scored in the away match of the - The referees shall choose the goal at which throws are two teams directly involved; taken. The team taking the first penalty throw shall be d) goal difference in all matches of the group; determined by the referees by drawing lots. The team e) higher number of plus goals in all matches of the group; winning the draw may choose whether it wishes to throw first or last. After completion of the group if three or more teams have scored the same number of points: - If scores are equal after the first round of penalty a) number of points in matches of all teams directly throwing, it shall be continued until a decision is reached. involved; In the second round, the other team shall start. Again b) goal difference in matches of all teams directly involved; five players shall be named who are eligible to play (the c) higher number of plus goals in matches of all teams players named before may be named once again). directly involved; - In the second round, a decision (a winner) is reached d) goal difference in all matches of the group; when a goal difference arises after both teams have e) higher number of plus goals in all matches of the group; taken one throw each. f) higher ranking in Group Matches (Main Round only) g) greater number of points in Group Matches (Main - Eligible players are players entered in the match report Round only) who have not been disqualified or suspended at the time of the final whistle.
* If the ranking of one of these teams is determined, the - Serious infractions committed during penalty throwing criteria are consecutively followed until the ranking of all shall be sanctioned by disqualification. If a thrower is teams is determined. disqualified or suffers an injury, an eligible substitute player shall be named supplementary. * If no ranking can be determined, a decision shall be obtained by drawing lots. Lots shall be drawn by the EHF, if - While the throws are being taken, only the player taking possible in the presence of team managers. the throw, the current goalkeeper and the referees may enter the respective half of the playing area. - If the number of eligible players falls below five, players may be named to take a second throw in the same round.
10 Facts and Figures
Facts and figures
Top scorers after the group matches
1. Neagu Cristina Georgiana (ROU) CSM Bucuresti (ROU) 49 2. Vyakhireva Anna (RUS) Rostov-Don (RUS) 46 3. Gros Ana (SLO) Brest Bretagne Handball (FRA) 44 4. Sulland Linn Jorum (NOR) Vipers Kristiansand (NOR) 41 5. Hafra Noemi (HUN) FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria (HUN) 39 Luzumova Iveta (CZE) Thüringer HC (GER) 39 7. Kovacsics Aniko (HUN) FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria (HUN) 37 49 goals Lekic Andrea (SRB) CSM Bucuresti (ROU) 37 Cristina Neagu 9. Jaukovic Djurdjina (MNE) Buducnost (MNE) 36 CSM Bucuresti 10. Amorim Taleska Eduarda (BRA) Györi Audi ETO KC (HUN) 33 11. Chigirinova Natalia (RUS) HC Podravka Vegeta (CRO) 32 Molid Mari Kristine Søbstad (NOR) Larvik HK (NOR) 32 13. Pop-Lazic Sladana (SRB) Brest Bretagne Handball (FRA) 31 14. Pena Abaurrea Nerea (ESP) FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria (HUN) 29 15. Mehmedovic Majda (MNE) CSM Bucuresti (ROU) 28 Reistad Henny Ella (NOR) Vipers Kristiansand (NOR) 28 17. Groot Cornelia Nycke (NED) Györi Audi ETO KC (HUN) 27 Mavsar Tamara (SLO) RK Krim Mercator (SLO) 27 19. Flippes Laura (FRA) Metz Handball (FRA) 26 Stanko Tjasa (SLO) RK Krim Mercator (SLO) 26
11 Group 1 preview
Group 1 preview Rostov’s ambitions and French and Danish rivalries in EHF Champions League Group 1.
Last season, Rostov reached their first ever Women’s EHF FINAL4, and now they want to emulate that success - and in the best-case scenario, end up winning the trophy.
Coach Ambros Martin knows the secret to achieving this aim, after guiding Györ to four European titles in six years. Now his ambition is to reach the same height with the Russian champions - and so far, Rostov have been doing well in the continental top flight.
In the group matches, they dropped just one point and start the main round on top of Group 1 with seven points. Team captain Anna Vyakhireva, who is currently the second-ranked scorer for the competition, was named MVP at the EHF EURO 2018 in December.
Rostov have avoided meeting heavyweights like Györ or CSM Bucuresti in the main round, yet there is a chance of facing them in the quarter-final. That means their aim will be to stay top of their group.
Their biggest rivals on paper in Group 1 are Buducnost, currently with six points. The Montenegrin team are the only side in Group 1 to have won the competition in the past, in 2012 and 2015. Last year, the rejuvenated team failed to qualify for the FINAL4, yet now they have matured, showed good performance in the group matches and hope to continue in the same way.
In the previous round, Metz finished ahead of Buducnost in Group A, but the French champions carried fewer points to the main round than their Montenegrin rivals. Metz traditionally rely on good defence, and they have the lowest number of conceded goals among all the surviving teams.
However, the French side can also shine in attack, and their goal of reaching the EHF Women’s FINAL4 for the first time ever seems more feasible than ever with eight EHF EURO 2018 winners in the roster.
For fellow French side Brest, who have three newly-crowned European champions, reaching the main round is already an achievement in only their second season at this level. In the group matches, coach Laurent Bezeau’s side impressed with their attacking style, but they have to work on their defence.
Denmark will also have a rivalry in Group 1, with both Kobenhavn and Odense having progressed to the main round in their maiden seasons in the EHF Women’s Champions League.
With three points, Kobenhavn are in a stronger position and are aiming for the quarter-final, while Odense have just one point in hand and need to improve their game if they want to achieve the same goal.
Sergey Nikolaev
12 Group A head-to-heads
Group 1 head-to-heads
Historic encounters of Group A opponents in the EC
Buducnost vs Rostov-Don No previous encounters in European competitions
Buducnost vs Kobenhavn Handball 4-2-0 (157:133) 10:2 06.01.2001 Frederiksberg IF vs Bud. Brillant Podgorica, EHF Champions League - Group A 24:24 (10:11) 10.02.2008 FCK Handbold A/S vs Buducnost T-Mobile, EHF Champions League - Group A 35:21 (13:13) 16.11.2008 FCK Handbold A/S vs Buducnost T-Mobile, EHF Champions League - Group B 22:22 (11:8) 17.01.2009 Buducnost T-Mobile vs FCK Handbold A/S, EHF Champions League - Group B 25:22 (12:11) 08.11.2009 Buducnost T-Mobile vs FCK Handbold A/C, EHF Champions League - Group D 22:25 (10:12) 16.01.2010 Buducnost T-Mobile vs FCK Handbold A/C, EHF Champions League - Group D 26:22 (14:11)
Buducnost vs Brest Bretagne Handball No previous encounters in European competitions
Metz Handball vs Rostov-Don 3-1-0 (91:76) 7:1 13.02.2005 Handball Metz Metropole vs Rostov-Don, EHF Cup – Last 16 28:22 (14:9) 20.02.2005 Rostov-Don vs HB Metz Moselle Lorraine, EHF Cup – Last 16 19:19 (10:10) 11.02.2006 Buducnost vs HB Metz Moselle Lorraine, EHF Cup – Last 16 19:20 (8:11) 18.02.2006 HB Metz Moselle Lorraine vs Rostov-Don, EHF Cup – Last 16 24:26 (10:8)
Metz Handball vs Kobenhavn Handball 0-0-2 (38:46) 0:4 15.03.2009 Metz Handball vs FCK Handbold A/S, Cup Winners’ Cup – Quarter-final 20:23 (14:13) 21.03.2009 FCK Handbold A/S vs Metz Handball, Cup Winners’ Cup – Quarter-final 19:19 (10:10))
Metz Handball vs Brest Bretagne Handball No previous encounters in European Cup competitions
Odense HC vs Rostov-Don No previous encounters in European Cup competitions
Odense HC vs Kobenhavn Handball No previous encounters in European Cup competitions
Odense HC vs Brest Bretagne Handball No previous encounters in European Cup competitions
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GROUP 1 Rostov-Don
The Russian powerhouse dropped the first point of the season already in the second round away to Brest Bretagne Handball, but did not falter since then and dominated in Group B. Last season’s EHF FINAL4 newcomers steered by their new coach Ambros Martin sit atop of Group 1 and count as the biggest favourite to claim the pole position also after the main round. Especially, if the MVP of the recent Women’s EHF EURO 2018 in France, Anna Club Address Vyakhireva maintains her brilliant shape from France. Rostov boast no fewer than Rostov-Don nine medals from the EURO including the bronze medallists with the Netherlands 1-oy Konnoy Armii street 4E Lois Abbingh. 344029 Rostov-on-Don Russia
Media contact Andrey Demyanov +79897198555 [email protected] GROUP B FINAL STANDINGS 1. Rostov-Don 6 5 1 0 178:146 11
www.rostovhandball.ru 2. Kobenhavn 6 3 1 2 175:157 7
RostovHandball 3. Brest Bretagne 6 2 2 2 182:172 6
@RostovHandball 4. IK Sävehof 6 0 0 0 144:204 0
@rostovhandball GROUP MATCHES RESULTS vs IK Sävehof W30:21(15:11) @ Brest Bretagne Handball D29:29 (15:16) Kit colours @ Kobenhavn Handball W21:27 (13:13) Light vs Kobenhavn Handball W30:25 (15:10) Player shirt: yellow-black @ IK Sävehof W26:32 (15:14) Player short: yellow vs Brest Bretagne Handball W30:24 (18:12) GK shirt: yellow
Dark Past achievements Player shirt: black-yellow Women’s EHF Champions League Player short: black Participations (including 2018/19 season): 7 GK shirt: dark red Semi-finals (1): 2017/18 (4th) Quarter-finals (1): 2015/16 Group Matches (1): 2016/17 Qualification (3): 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14
Other EHF Cup: winners 2016/17, runners-up Playing hall 2014/15, quarter-final 2009/10 Cup Winners’ Cup: semi-final 2012/13, Palace of Sport Rostov Don 2013/14, quarter-final 2010/11 Khalturinskiy lane 103 344011 Rostov-on-Don Russian league: 6 titles (1990, 1991, 1994, Russia 2015, 2017, 2018) Capacity: 2,300 Russian cup: 10 titles
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EHF Champions League club records
Biggest win 38:21 (21:12) v Fleury Loiret Handball FRA, 20.02.2016 Biggest defeat 32:25 (15:12) v Györi Audi ETO KC HUN, 19.11.2016 Longest winning run 9 matches (17.10.2015 – 06.02.2016) Longest unbeaten run 12 matches (17.10.2015 – 28.02.2016) Longest losing run 4 matches (31.03.2016 – 22.10.2016) MATCHES Longest run without win 4 matches (31.03.2016 – 22.10.2016) Longest winning run 9 Most goals 38 v Fleury Loiret Handball FRA 38:21W (h), 20.02.2016 Most goals opponent 32 v Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 32:25L (a), 19.11.2016) GOALS Most goals Most goals both teams 67 v RK Krim Mercator SLO 31:36W (a), 20.11.2015 38 Fewest goals 19 v HC Vardar MKD 19:25L (a), 12.05.2018
GOALS Fewest goals opponent 20 v HCM Baia Mare ROU 20:22W (a), 30.10.2015 67 Most goals both teams 20 v FC Midtjylland DEN 26:20W (h), 29.10.2016 20 v FC Midtjylland DEN 27:20W (h), 18.11.2017 Fewest goals both teams 42 v HCM Baia Mare ROU 20:22W (a), 30.10.2015 42 v CSM Bucuresti ROU 20:22L (h), 11.11.2016
Past seasons
MP W T L GF GA GD PTS Stage1994/95 2015/16 Rostov-Don RUS 14 11 1 2 405:348 –57 23:5 1/4-finals 2016/17 Rostov-Don RUS 6 1 0 5 142:151 -9 2:10 4th Gr. C 2017/18 Rostov-Don RUS 16 11 1 4 433:386 +47 23:9 Fourth Place 2018/19 Rostov-Don RUS 6 5 1 0 178:146 +32 11:1 MR Total: 42 28 3 11 1158:1031 +127 59:25
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Ambros Martin coach • joined Rostov in the summer of 2018 after six seasons at Györ, and winning four CL titles with the Hungarian outfit • previously coached Spanish side Estrella Itxako for seven years, winning the EHF Cup in 2009 • steered the national team of Romania to 5th place at EHF EURO 2016 in Sweden
EC trophies: CL 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, EHF Cup 2009 (as coach)
Late entries: Milana Tazhenova (Astrakhanochka) Kristina Kozhokar (Astrakhanochka)
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Team roster
No. First name Surname Nat. Position Date of birth Place of birth Height 10 Lois Abbingh NED Left Back 13/08/1992 Groningen, NED 177 17 Vladlena Bobrovnikova RUS Left Back 24/10/1987 Krasnodar, RUS 180 99 Viktoriya Borshchenko UKR Left Wing 05/01/1986 Kherson, UKR 170 87 Angelina Burmistrova RUS Line Player 07/08/2001 Rostov-on-Don, RUS 185 84 Mayssa De Oliveira Pessoa BRA Goalkeeper 11/09/1984 Joao Pessoa, BRA 177 80 Anastasiia Duleva RUS Centre Back 03/07/2000 Rostov-on-Don, RUS 176 23 Regina Kalinichenko RUS Left Back 21/12/1985 Kherson, UKR 179 63 Kristina Kozhokar RUS Right Wing 28/02/1994 Togliatti, RUS 174 88 Polina Kuznetsova RUS Left Wing 10/06/1987 Shopokov, RUS 169 19 Kseniya Makeeva RUS Line Player 19/09/1990 Ufa, RUS 185 6 C Iuliia Managarova RUS Right Wing 27/09/1988 Dniepropetrovsk, UKR 166 18 Valeriia Maslova RUS Right Back 23/01/2001 Rostov-on-Don, RUS 184 1 Galina Mekhdieva RUS Goalkeeper 17/06/1985 Rostov-on-Don, RUS 180 7 Mayya Petrova RUS Line Player 26/05/1982 Volgograd, RUS 172 9 Ana Paula Rodrigues Belo BRA Centre Back 18/10/1987 Sao Luis, BRA 172 21 Anna Sedoykina RUS Goalkeeper 01/08/1984 Volgograd, RUS 181 8 Anna Sen RUS Left Back 03/12/1990 Krasnodar, RUS 183 44 Anastasiia Shavman RUS Left Back 04/07/1999 Bryansk, RUS 175 4 Elena Slivinskaya RUS Left Back 09/05/1980 Rostov-on-Don, RUS 186 15 Marina Sudakova RUS Right Wing 17/02/1989 Volgograd, RUS 166 51 Milana Tazhenova RUS Centre Back 06/03/1999 Astrakhan, RUS 175 16 Daria Tkacheva RUS Goalkeeper 21/11/2001 Rostov-on-Don, RUS 176 13 Anna Vyakhireva RUS Right Back 13/03/1995 Volgograd, RUS 172
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Anna Sedoykina goalkeeper • moved to Rostov from Dinamo Volgograd in 2015 • born in Volgograd, she played for Dinamo for 15 years, winning five Russian championship titles • interrupted her career from 2012 to 2014 because of maternity leave • won Olympic gold in 2016 after superb performances in early matches before getting injured
EC trophies: EHF Cup 2008, 2017 EHF EURO: S 2018, B 2008; OG: G 2016; WCh: G 2009
Polina Kuznetsova @polinakuznetsova8 left wing • elder sister of Rostov teammate Anna Vyakhireva, returned to Russia in 2018 after one season at Vardar • also played for Rostov early in her career, in 2003/04 • had spells at five more Russian clubs (Akva, Lada, Zvezda, Astrakhanochka and Kuban) and won four domestic titles
EC trophies: CL 2008, EHF Cup 2007 OG: G 2016, EHF EURO: S 2006, 2018, WCh: G 2005, 2007
Lois Abbingh @loisabbingh1 left back @loisabbingh • first Dutch player in Russian handball, joined Rostov in 2018 from Issy Paris • previously played for Emmen, Oldenburg (both NED) and Baia Mare (ROU) • gained CL experience with Baia Mare in 2014/15 and 2015/16, scoring 60 times in the latter season • her parents, grandparents and aunt also played handball • is a key player of the Dutch national team, and contributed a lot to its successes in recent years
EHF EURO: S 2016, B 2018; WCh: S 2015, B 2017
Anna Sen @annapetrenko8 left back • missed most of last season due to maternity leave, but came back in time for the EHF FINAL4 in May after giving birth to son Mark • plays for Rostov since 2011 - with exception of 2014/15, when she was with Györ; previously had spells at Kuban and Zvezda Zvenigorod • won the Junior WCh 2008 with Russia and became the tournament’s top scorer
EC trophies: EHF Cup 2017 EHF EURO: S 2018 OG: G 2016
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Regina Kalinichenko @regina_zigmanto centre back • has been playing for Rostov since 2010, and previously did so under her maiden name, Shymkute • played for the Ukrainian national team but obtained Russian citizenship in 2014 • born in Kherson, Ukraine, in a family of a Lithuanian father and a Russian mother
Kseniya Makeeva @makesha1990 line player • 2018/19 will be her fifth season with Rostov-Don • began career at Dinamo Volgograd, where she won six Russian championships • was also a teammate of Lois Abbingh at Romanian side Baia Mare in 2014/15 • plays for the Russian national team but missed the golden 2016 Olympic tournament due to injury
EC trophies: EHF Cup 2008, 2017 EHF EURO: S 2018; WCh: G 2009
Anna Vyakhireva @annavyakhireva13 right back • joined Rostov from Astrakhanochka in 2016; won the Russian league with both Astrakhanochka in 2016 and Rostov in 2017 and 2018 • plays alongside her sister Polina Kuznetsova, who joined Rostov from Vardar before the 2018/19 season • 2016 Olympic gold medallist and MVP of the tournament, MVP of the EURO 2018
EC trophies: EHF Cup 2017 EHF EURO: S 2018; OG: G 2016
Iuliia Managarova @imanagarova right wing • moved to Rostov in 2013 and quickly became one of the fan favourites • quiet and humble off the court, but a natural leader in the game with a powerful shot and great scoring abilities • played for Ukraine but changed citizenship to Russian in 2017 • was domestic champion in three different countries: in Ukraine with Smart Krivy Rog, in Romania with Oltchim, and in Russia with Rostov-Don
EC trophies: EHF Cup 2017 EHF EURO: S 2018
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GROUP 1 Buducnost
The injury woes in the summer preparation contributed to a shaky start of the 2012 Champions League winners into the group matches as Buducnost were defeated both by Metz and Larvik. However, courtesy of a three-match winning streak in the end of the first stage the team of Dragan Adzic was able to easily clinch the main round ticket and prepare a comfortable position for the quarter- final race. Already in this season the club could rely on three significant returnees – Katarina Bulatovic, Andjela Bulatovic and Marina Rajcic, but it was mainly Djurdjina Jaukovic’s firepower, which led the attack of the Montenegrin perennial champions Club Address with 36 goals. Just before the start of the main round the club added another Budućnost Bulatovic – Nina as the late entry and also announced that from the 2019/20 Ivana Milutinovica B.B. season also Majda Mehmedovic and Jovanka Radicevic (both currently CSM 81000 Podgorica Bucuresti) will return to Podgorica. Montenegro
Media contact Milos Pavicevic GROUP A FINAL STANDINGS +382 682 226 66 1. Metz Handball 6 4 1 1 166:133 9 [email protected] [email protected] 2. Buducnost 6 4 0 2 152:142 8 3. Odense HC 6 2 1 3 155:165 5 www.zrkb.me 4. Larvik HK 6 1 0 5 137:170 2 ZrkBuducnost GROUP MATCHES RESULTS @zrk_buducnost vs Odense HC W31:28(17:12) @ Larvik HK L23:22 (12:12) @ Metz Handball L25:24 (8:11) Kit colours vs Metz Handball W23:19 (9:10) @ Odense HC W22:26 (14:13) Light Player shirt: blue & vs Larvik HK W26:25 (13:16) white stripes Player short: blue Past achievements GK shirt: grey Women’s EHF Champions League Dark Participations (including 2018/19 season): 23 Player shirt: blue Winners (2): 2011/12, 2014/15 Player short: blue Runners-up (1): 2013/14 GK shirt: dark blue Semi-finals (8): 1997/98, 1998/99, 1999/00, 2000/01, 2001/02, 2010/11, 2015/16, 2016/17 Main Round (1): 2012/13 Quarter-final (3): 2002/03, 2003/04, 2017/18 Last 16 (1): 1995/96 Playing hall Group Matches (6): 1996/97, 2004/05, S.C. Morača 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2009/10 Str. Ivana Milutinovića b.b. 81000 Podgorica Other Montenegro Cup Winners Cup: Winners 2005/06, 2009/10 Capacity: 5,000 Montenegrin league: 30 titles (1985, 1989, 1990, 1992-2018) Montenegrin cup: 23 titles
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EHF Champions League club records
Biggest win 39:20 (19:8) v RK Krim Mercator SLO (h), 15.03.2015 Biggest defeat 36:21 (18:11) v Viborg HK DEN (a), 19.01.1997 Longest winning run 14 matches (23.11.2014 – 01.11.2015) Longest unbeaten run 22 matches (19.10.2014 – 20.11.2015) Longest losing run 7 matches (21.02.2004 – 30.01.2005) MATCHES Longest run without win 7 matches (21.02.2004 – 30.01.2005) Longest nbeaten run 22 Most goals 40 v RK Krim Mercator SLO 36:40W (a), 04.03.2011 Most goals opponent 40 v Mar El Osito L’Eliana ESP 26:40L (h), 05.04.1998 GOALS Most goals scored Most goals both teams 76 v RK Krim Mercator SLO 36:40W (a), 04.03.2011 40 Fewest goals 16 v Dunaferr SE HUN 16:18L (h), 06.02.2005
GOALS 16 v Larvik NOR 28:16L (a), 16.03.2013 76 Most goals both teams Fewest goals opponent 14 v Thüringer HC GER 23:14W (h), 09.11.2014 Fewest goals both teams 34 v Dunaferr SE HUN 16:18L (h), 06.02.2005
Past seasons
MP W T L GF GA GD PTS Stage1994/95 1996/97 Buducnost Podgorica YUG 6 2 2 2 130:143 –13 6:6 3rd Gr. A 1997/98 Buducnost Podgorica YUG 10 5 1 4 292:305 –13 11:9 1/2-finals 1998/99 Buducnost Podgorica YUG 10 8 1 1 297:238 +59 17:3 1/2-finals 1999/00 Buducnost Podgorica YUG 10 5 2 3 287:274 +13 12:8 1/2-finals 2000/01 Bud. Brillant Podgorica YUG 10 5 3 2 265:246 +19 13:7 1/2-finals 2001/02 Bud. Brillant Podgorica YUG 10 5 2 3 297:277 +20 12:8 1/2-finals 2002/03 RK Buducnost MONET YUG 8 4 0 4 215:216 -1 8:8 1/4-finals 2003/04 RK Buducnost MONET SCG 8 4 0 4 209:219 –10 8:8 1/4-finals 2004/05 ZRK Buducnost MONET SCG 6 1 0 5 141:165 –24 2:10 4th Gr. A 2005/06 ZRK Buducnost MONET SCG 6 3 0 3 150:154 -4 6:6 3rd Gr. C 2006/07 ZRK Buducnost T-Mobile MNE 6 0 0 6 141:174 -33 0:12 4th Gr. B 2007/08 Buducnost T-Mobile MNE 6 1 1 4 153:189 –36 3:9 3rd Gr. D 2008/09 Buducnost T-Mobile MNE 12 6 2 4 317:326 -9 14:10 3rd MR Gr. 2 2009/10 Buducnost T-Mobile MNE 6 2 1 3 138:155 -17 5:7 3rd Gr. D 2010/11 ‘Buducnost’ MNE 14 10 0 4 417:360 +57 20:8 1/2-finals 2011/12 Buducnost MNE 16 14 0 2 453:385 +68 28:4 Winner 2012/13 Buducnost MNE 12 5 1 6 265:273 -8 11:13 3rd MR Gr. 1 2013/14 Buducnost MNE 14 8 3 3 349:298 +51 19:9 Runner-up 2014/15 Buducnost MNE 16 15 1 0 444:326 +118 31:1 Winner 2015/16 Buducnost MNE 16 11 1 4 433:359 +74 23:9 Fourth Place 2016/17 Buducnost MNE 16 11 0 5 444:391 +53 22:10 Fourth Place 2017/18 Buducnost MNE 14 5 0 9 344:368 -24 10:18 1/4-finals 2018/19 Buducnost MNE 6 4 0 2 152:142 10 8:4 MR Total: 238 134 21 83 6333:5983 +350 291:187
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Dragan Adzic coach • retired from playing due to injury in 1998 • spent 10 years as assistant coach at Buducnost before becoming head coach of both club and Montenegrin national team in 2010 • won CL in May 2012 and EHF EURO 2012 seven months later • met his wife Timea when she came to the club as an interpreter for former coach Gyula Zsiga of Hungary
EC trophies: CL 2012, 2015, Cup Winners’ Cup 2010 OG: S 2012, EHF EURO: G 2012
Late entries: Nina Bulatovic (Kastamonu Belediyesi GSK, Turkey)
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Team roster
No. First name Surname Nat. Position Date of birth Place of birth Height 40 Anastasija Babovic MNE Goalkeeper 13/12/2000 Podgorica, MNE 183 34 Tatjana Brnovic MNE Line Player 09/11/1998 Cetinje, MNE 183 10 Andjela Bulatovic MNE Centre Back 15/01/1987 Podgorica, MNE 175 32 Katarina Bulatovic MNE Right Back 15/11/1984 Kragujevac, SRB 186 37 Nina Bulatovic MNE Right Wing 09/12/1996 Cetinje, MNE 168 44 Enisa Djokovic MNE Centre Back 20/10/1998 Podgorica, MNE 173 14 Katarina Dzaferovic MNE Right Wing 14/07/2002 Podgorica, MNE 182 21 Ivana Godec MNE Line Player 11/05/2001 Podgorica, MNE 185 96 Itana Grbic MNE Left Wing 01/09/1996 Podgorica, MNE 169 9 Djurdjina Jaukovic MNE Left Back 24/02/1997 Niksic, MNE 185 8 Branka Konatar MNE Left Wing 02/11/1999 Podgorica, MNE 170 13 Cristina Laslo ROU Centre Back 10/04/1996 Cluj-Napoca, ROU 178 55 Ivona Pavicevic MNE Left Wing 21/04/1996 Podgorica, MNE 167 98 Matea Pletikosic CRO Centre Back 24/04/1998 Sinj, CRO 168 27 Sanja Premovic MNE Right Back 27/11/1992 Berane, MNE 182 90 C Milena Raicevic MNE Back 12/03/1990 Podgorica, MNE 178 1 Marina Rajcic MNE Goalkeeper 24/08/1993 Podgorica, MNE 178 66 Ema Ramusovic MNE Line Player 28/11/1996 Berane, MNE 184 11 Anastasia Suslova RUS Left Back 11/10/1996 Volgograd, RUS 183 77 Nikolina Vukcevic MNE Line Player 28/07/2000 Podgorica, MNE 179 12 Darly Zoqbi De Paula ESP Goalkeeper 25/08/1982 Ponte Nova, BRA 178
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Marina Rajcic @marina_rajcic goalkeeper • returned to Buducnost in the summer of 2018 after three seasons with Metz in France • followed her sister Olivera Vukcevic (now Erd, Hungary) to Metz in the summerof 2015 after winning the CL again with Buducnost • had national team debut at age 16 and, at 18, was youngest player at 2012 Olympics • best young player in Montenegro in 2010, and best goalkeeper of Junior WChthe same year when she won bronze with Montenegro
EC trophies: CL 2012, 2015, Cup Winners’ Cup 2010 EURO: G 2012, OG: S 2012
Itana Grbic @itanagrbic left wing • joined Buducnost from Vardar in 2016 and previously played for RK Danilovgrad, Buducnost’s second team • made CL debut with Vardar in 2014/15 in a match against Krim • was part of All-star Team at Youth WCh 2014, and is member of Montenegrin senior national team since 2015 • her brother, Petar Grbic, is a professional football player, also for the national team
Djurdjina Jaukovic left back • started with handball at age nine in her home town Niksic, thanks to her father Jovo, former president of Sutjeska • joined Buducnost in 2013 at age 15, but was on loan in Danilovgrad for two years • named best young player in Montenegro twice (2014, 2015) • scored four goals on her CL debut against Sävehof in 2015/16 • top scorer (71) and MVP of W19 EHF EURO 2015, scored 31 goals in nine games at her first WCh, in 2015 in Denmark
Milena Raicevic left back • sister Dragana also plays handball, brother Ivan is a professional football player • won gold at EHF EURO 2012, and silver at London Olympics in 2012 • recorded the most assists (29) and finished as joined top scorer (41 goals, alongside Anita Görbicz) at EHF EURO 2012 • voted Player of the Year in Montenegro twice, and Best Young Player in CL 2012
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Andjela Bulatovic centre back • returned to Buducnost in the summer of 2018, after five seasons abroad • made her CL debut in February 2005 at the age of 18 • plans to end her career at Buducnost, the club where she won the CL in 2012 • won EHF EURO 2012 after taking silver at 2012 Olympic Games
EC trophies: CL 2012, Cup Winners’ Cup 2006, 2010 EC trophies:EC trophies: CL 2012, CL 2015 Cup Winners’ Cup 2006, 2010 OG: S 2012, EHF EURO: G 2012 OG: S 2012, EHF EURO: G 2012
Tatjana Brnovic @tbrnovic34 line player • scored 34 goals in her debut season in the CL in 2017/18, was named Rookie of the Main Round by ehfTV fans • impressed during two-year spell at Danilovgrad, and came to Buducnost after Dragana Cvijic left the team • first-choice line player for Buducnost as Ema Ramusovic is recovering from injury
Katarina Bulatovic @k_bulatovic32 right back • returned in 2018 for her third stint with Buducnost, joining from Rostov-Don • won four CL titles with three different clubs: Slagelse, Buducnost and Györ • was key player for Montenegro in their triumphant year 2012, when she became top scorer of both London Olympics (silver medal) and EHF EURO (gold) • awarded Montenegrin Sportsperson of the Year in 2012 and 2014
EC trophies: CL 2007, 2012, 2014, 2015, Cup Winners’ Cup 2010 OG: S 2012, EURO: G 2012
Nina Bulatovic right wing • already played for Buducnost between 2014 and 2018 • returned to Buducnost in December to replace injured Dijana Ujkic • started the season at Turkey’s Kastamonu • cousin of her famous teammate Katarina Bulatovic
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GROUP 1 Metz Handball
Is this the season everyone in Metz Handball is waiting for? The French champions have been dreaming of their maiden EHF FINAL4 participation for some time already and after an impressive autumn they are in the right direction to finally reach Budapest. In the first six matches they lost just three points and won Group A. Now, their goal will be to finish in the main round as high as possible to avoid the defending champions Györi Audi ETO KC in the quarter-finals. Club Address Metz Handball The French club should be on high spirits also thanks to the recent success of the 20 Rue des Mirabelles national team as several Metz team members played an instrumental role in the 57050 Metz French quest for glory. France
Media contact Estelle Vogein +33 608 258 725 GROUP A FINAL STANDINGS estelle.gauvin@ metz-handball.fr 1. Metz Handball 6 4 1 1 166:133 9 2. Buducnost 6 4 0 2 152:142 8
metz-handball.com 3. Odense HC 6 2 1 3 155:165 5
MetzHandballOfficiel 4. Larvik HK 6 1 0 5 137:170 2
@MetzHandball GROUP MATCHES RESULTS @metzhandballofficiel vs Larvik HK W31:20(16:8) @ Odense HC D19:19 (10:10) vs Buducnost W25:24 (8:11)
Kit colours @ Buducnost L23:19 (9:10) @ Larvik HK W21:31 (9:15) Light vs Odense HC W41:26 (21:12) Player shirt: yellow Player short: blue Past achievements GK shirt: red Women’s EHF Champions League Dark Participations (including 2018/19 season): 20 Player shirt: blue & grey Quarter-final (2): 2016/17, 2017/18 Player short: blue Main Round (2): 2011/12, 2014/15 GK shirt: blue Last 16 (2): 1994/95, 1995/96 Last 32 (1): 1993/94 Group Matches (8): 1996/97, 1997/98, 1999/2000, 2000/01, 2002/03, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2013/14 Playing hall Qualification (4): 2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07, “Les Arenes” Metz 2007/08 5 av. Rue Louis le Debonnaire Other 57000 Metz EHF Cup: Runners-up 2012/13, quarter-final France 2000/01, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2007/08 Capacity: 5,000 Cup Winners’ Cup: final 2012/13, semi-final 1998/99, 2003/04, 2009/10, 2010/11 French league: 22 titles (1989, 1990, 1993- 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004-2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016-18) French cup: 7 titles 26 Metz Handball
EHF Champions League club records
Biggest win 37:18 (17:10) v Astrakhanochka RUS (h), 11.02.2017 Biggest defeat 34:17 (13:10) v Mar El Osito L’Eliana ESP (a), 25.01.1998 Longest winning run 4 matches (22.10.2016 – 11.11.2016) Longest unbeaten run 4 matches (22.10.2016 – 11.11.2016) 4 matches (15.04.2018 – 21.10.2018) MATCHES Longest losing run 6 matches (11.01.2003 – 01.11.2008) Longest winning run 4 Longest run without win 8 matches (10.11.1996 – 15.11.1997) 8 matches (04.02.2012 – 12.10.2013) GOALS Most goals Most goals 42 v HC Vardar MKD 42:28W (h), 05.03.2017 42 Most goals opponent 37 v Viborg HK DEN 24:37L (h), 01.11.2008
GOALS 37 v RK Krim Mercator SLO 30:37L (h), 24.10.2009 70 Most goals both teams Most goals both teams 70 v HC Vardar MKD 42:28W (h), 05.03.2017 Fewest goals 14 v Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 27:14L (a), 17.11.1996 Fewest goals opponent 17 v Byasen Trondheim NOR 16:17L (h), 10.11.1996 Fewest goals both teams 33 v Byasen Trondheim NOR 16:17L (h), 10.11.1996
Past seasons
MP W T L GF GA GD PTS Stage1994/95 1996/97 ASPTT Metz FRA 6 0 2 4 108:137 –29 2:10 4th Gr. C 1997/98 ASPTT Metz HB FRA 6 1 1 4 135:166 –31 3:9 4th Gr. B 1999/00 ASPTT Metz FRA 6 3 0 3 130:121 +9 6:6 3rd Gr. A 2002/03 Handball Metz Metropole FRA 6 1 0 5 142:176 –34 2:10 4th Gr. D 2008/09 Metz Handball FRA 6 2 0 4 173:188 -15 4:8 3rd Gr. D 2009/10 Metz Handball FRA 6 2 1 3 163:174 -11 5:7 3rd Gr. B 2011/12 Metz Handball FRA 12 3 1 8 298:322 -24 7:17 4th MR Gr. 2 2013/14 Metz Handball FRA 6 3 0 3 149:144 +5 6:6 3rd Gr. C 2014/15 Metz Handball FRA 12 3 1 8 305:318 –13 7:17 5th MR Gr. 2 2016/17 Metz Handball FRA 14 8 0 6 376:338 +38 16:12 1/4-finals 2017/18 Metz Handball FRA 14 10 0 4 372:354 +18 20:8 1/4-finals 2018/19 Metz Handball FRA 6 4 1 1 166:133 +33 9:3 MR Total: 94 36 6 52 2517:2571 –54 87:113
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Emmanuel Mayonnade coach • at the age of 35, is the youngest CL coach in 2018/19 • started coaching when he was 23 in Mios; a club he left 10 years later only because it suffered bankruptcy • appreciated by his players for his understanding and closeness • won two Challenge Cup titles with Mios, in 2011 and 2015
EC trophies: Challenge Cup 2011 & 2015
Late entries: Ekaterina Levsha (from retirement)
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Team roster
No. First name Surname Nat. Position Date of birth Place of birth Height 37 Ilya Bel-Gareh NED Right Wing 11/09/1997 Beek, NED 168 88 Ilona Di Rocco FRA Centre Back 18/05/2000 Sedan, FRA 175 24 Manuela Dos Reis FRA Goalkeeper 29/06/1999 Verdun, FRA 181 3 Beatrice Edwige FRA Line Player 03/10/1988 Paris, FRA 182 8 Laura Flippes FRA Right Wing 13/12/1994 Strasbourg, FRA 171 5 Daphne Gautschi SUI Left Back 09/07/2000 Muri, SUI 171 1 Laura Glauser FRA Goalkeeper 20/08/1993 Besancon, FRA 178 11 Manon Houette FRA Left Wing 02/07/1992 Le Mans, FRA 171 20 Emma Jacques FRA Right Back 29/11/2001 Metz, FRA 191 21 Laura Kanor FRA Left Wing 16/07/1997 Les Abymes, FRA 175 17 Orlane Kanor FRA Left Back 16/07/1997 Les Abymes, FRA 178 12 Ivana Kapitanovic CRO Goalkeeper 17/09/1994 Split, CRO 183 19 Charlotte Kieffer FRA Left Back 21/02/1998 Schiltigheim, FRA 185 70 Julie Le Blevec FRA Right Wing 27/06/2000 Neuilly sur Seine, FRA 165 15 Ekaterina Levsha RUS Right Wing 06/04/1993 Maykop, RUS 168 27 Marion Maubon FRA Left Wing 27/07/1989 Bordeaux, FRA 165 9 Astride N’Gouan FRA Line Player 09/07/1991 Saint-Denis, FRA 187 29 Gnonsiane Niombla FRA Right Back 09/07/1990 Villeurbanne, FRA 172 10 Meline Nocandy FRA Centre Back 25/02/1998 Saint-Claude, FRA 172 26 Sharon Nooitmeer NED Line Player 11/06/1999 Delft, NED 178 16 Laura Portes FRA Goalkeeper 27/03/2000 Strasbourg, FRA 174 14 Anna Seguin FRA Line Player 21/04/1999 Bruges, BEL 185 22 Xenia Smits GER Left Back 22/04/1994 Wilrijk, BEL 182 7 C Grace Zaadi Deuna FRA Centre Back 07/07/1993 Courcouronnes, FRA 171 18 Aleksandra Zych POL Right Back 28/07/1993 Walbrzych, POL 186
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Laura Glauser @lolote200893 goalkeeper • joined in 2011, she is the longest-serving Metz player alongside Jurswailly Luciano • a fan favourite thanks to her never-ending good mood • a very important player in the national team • back playing after a year off to give birth to her daughter
OG: S 2016, EHF EURO: G 2018, S 2016
Manon Houette left wing • returned to France in the summer of 2017 after a season with Thüringer HC • before the stint in Germany, she had only played for Fleury Loiret Handball • was elected best left wing in the Bundesliga in 2016/17 • made her national team debut in 2014 and is now a regular, sharing the left wing position with captain Siraba Dembele
EHF EURO: G 2018, S 2016, OG: S 2016, WCh: G 2017
Xenia Smits @_xnia_ left back • born in Belgium, raised in Germany and playing in France since 2015; also holds a German passport • she and Isabell Klein were the first two female German players in the French league • has played in three leagues so far: German with Blomberg-Lippe, French with Metz, and Belgian with HC Rhino • at 24, one of the key players for the German national team
Grace Zaadi @gracezaadi centre back @Graace_Z • one of the products of the local handball school in Metz • plays at centre back but is also able to help on the left side • big social media fan, often seen on Twitter sporting outlandish hats and original outfits • has extended her contract with Metz until 2020
EHF EURO: G 2018, S 2016, OG: S 2016, WCh: G 2017
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Beatrice Edwige @edwige_beatrice line player • mainly a defensive specialist but also valuable player in attack • branded by France national team coach Olivier Krumbholz as one of the five best defenders in the world, was crowned best defender at EHF EURO 2016 • shares the same passion for social media as Grace Zaadi
EHF EURO: G 2018, S 2016; OG: S 2016, WCh: G 2017
Astride N’Gouan line player • young French line player who arrived in Metz in the summer of 2018 to replace Laurisa Landré • was captain and a key defensive player with her former side, Brest • also has CL experience with Issy Paris Hand, from the 2012/13 season
OG: S 2016, EHF EURO: G 2018, S 2016, WCh: G 2017
Aleksandra Zych right back • joined from Vistal Gdynia, where she played two CL seasons, in 2012/13 and 2017/18 • played for Poland at EHF EURO 2014 and WCh 2015, where they reached the semis • will face the huge task to make up for Ana Gros’s departure to Brest • Vistal Gdynia was her first senior team after SMS Gliwice sports school • also a keen beach handball player
@syhanchik Ekaterina Levsha right wing • signed to replace injured Jurswailly Luciano • played for Astrakhanochka for seven seasons • last summer, decided to finish her career and looked for a job outside handball • hesitated before signing with Metz but decided in favour of it after talking to her family
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GROUP 1 Kobenhavn Handball
Not many players in the Kobenhavn team had experience with the Champions League before this season, but the Danish club was successfully punching above its weight in the group matches as they lost only both encounters with Rostov. Kobenhavn bought their license from FIF a few years ago but they are writing a brand new chapter of the history and already not only put two impressive wins Club Address against Swedish champions IK Sävehof on board but also were unbeaten in the two Koebenhavn Haandbold games against an ambitious team from France, Brest Bretagne Handball and this Frederiksberg Hallen might prove decisive in their run for the quarter-finals. Jens Jessens Vej 20 On one hand Kobenhavn can rely on two bronze medallists from the EHF EURO 2000 Frederiksberg 2018 - Kelly Dulfer (also the best defender of the tournament) and Debbie Bont but Denmark on the other hand they lost Thea Mørk, who retired after a serious knee injury and Media contact will probably be missed a lot in her Danish club. Janni Møller Thomsen +45 223 55 225 [email protected] GROUP B FINAL STANDINGS 1. Rostov-Don 6 5 1 0 178:146 11 www.kbhbold.dk 2. Kobenhavn 6 3 1 2 175:157 7 kbhbolddk 3. Brest Bretagne 6 2 2 2 182:172 6 @kbhbolddk 4. IK Sävehof 6 0 0 0 144:204 0 @kbhbolddk GROUP MATCHES RESULTS vs Brest Bretagne Handball W32:28(16:18) @ IK Sävehof W22:36 (8:20) Kit colours vs Rostov-Don L21:27 (13:13) @ Rostov-Don L30:25 (15:10) Light @ Brest Bretagne Handball D28:28 (14:13) Player shirt: white vs IK Sävehof W33:22 (19:6) Player short: black Goalkeeper shirt: blue Past achievements* Dark Player shirt: black Women’s EHF Champions League Player short: black Participations (including 2018/19 season): 4 Goalkeeper shirt: orange Group matches (3): 2000/01, 2008/09, 2009/10
Other EHF Cup: quarter-final 2013/14, group phase 2017/18 Cup Winners’ Cup: 2008/09 winners, 2003/04 Playing hall semi-final Brøndby Hallen Brøndby Stadion 20 2605 Brøndby Danish league: 1 title (2018) Denmark Capacity: 5,000 * København Handball has taken over the license from FIF Håndbold but they are a new entity
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EHF Champions League club records
Biggest win 36:22 (20:8) v IK Sävehof SWE (a), 13.10.2018 Biggest defeat 30:15 (15:7) v Volgograd AKVA RUS (a), 20.01.2001 Longest winning run 2 matches (06.10.2018 – 13.10.2018) Longest unbeaten run 3 matches (08.11.2008 – 04.01.2009) Longest losing run 4 matches (12.01.2001 – 10.02.2001) MATCHES Longest run without win 5 matches (06.01.2001 – 10.02.2001) 3 Longest unbeaten run Most goals 36 v IK Sävehof SWE 22:36W (a), 13.10.2018 GOALS Most goals Most goals opponent 35 v Bud. Brillant Podgorica YUG 35:21L (a), 10.02.2001 36 Most goals both teams 58 v IK Sävehof SWE 22:36W (a), 13.10.2018
GOALS 57 v Larvik HK NOR 31:26L (a), 31.10.2009 58 Most goals both teams Fewest goals 15 v Volgograd AKVA RUS 30:15L, 20.01.2001 Fewest goals opponent 18 v Orsan Elda Prestigio ESP 18:26W, 08.11.2008 Fewest goals both teams 42 v Larvik HK NOR 23:19W (h), 15.11.2009
Past seasons*
MP W T L GF GA GD PTS Stage1994/95 2000/01 Frederiksberg IF DEN 6 1 1 4 132:172 –40 3:9 4th Gr. A 2008/09 FCK Håndbold A/S DEN 6 2 1 3 143:140 +3 5:7 3rd Gr. B 2009/10 FCK Håndbold A/C DEN 6 2 0 4 140:150 -10 4:8 4th Gr. D 2018/19 Kobenhavn Handball DEN 6 3 1 2 175:157 18 7:5 MR Total 24 8 3 13 590:619 –29 19:29
* København Handball has taken over the license from FIF Håndbold but they are a new entity
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Claus Mogensen @clausmogensen73 coach • joined from Norwegian club Byasen in the summer of 2016, after earlier stints with Horsens HK and SK Aarhus • finished runners-up in the Norwegian league with Byasen in 2014 and 2016, and reached the EHF Cup Semi-final in 2014 • awarded Coach of the Year in Norway in 2016 • known for his tactical and communicative skills
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Team roster
No. First name Surname Nat. Position Date of birth Place of birth Height 15 C Jenny Alm SWE Left Back 10/04/1989 Bäve, SWE 184 17 Martine Andersen DEN Goalkeeper 16/11/1999 Odsherred, DEN 174 7 Line Bjoernsen NOR Right Wing 03/07/1992 Stavanger, NOR 179 5 Linn Blohm SWE Line Player 20/05/1992 Stockholm, SWE 180 22 Hanna Blomstrand SWE Right Back 25/08/1996 Falun, SWE 173 19 Debbie Bont NED Right Wing 09/12/1990 Edam-Volendam, NED 174 1 Johanna Bundsen SWE Goalkeeper 03/06/1991 Uddevalla, SWE 185 30 Cecilia Rosa Steensgaard DEN Left Back 11/11/2001 Solrød, DEN 181 32 Naja Bruus Christiansen DEN Line Player 22/08/2000 Halsnæs, DEN 174 20 Anne Cecilie de la Cour DEN Right Back 08/12/1993 Aarhus, DEN 178 21 Kelly Dulfer NED Left Back 21/03/1994 Schiedam, NED 186 3 Louise Fons DEN Left Wing 18/02/1985 Kolding, DEN 167 34 Andrea Ulrikka Aagot Hansen DEN Right Wing 22/05/2000 Frederiksberg, DEN 178 31 Matilde Dalbo Kirkegaard DEN Left Wing 06/12/2000 København, DEN 171 18 Maria Schmidt Lykkegaard DEN Line Player 27/02/1996 Copenhagen, DEN 172 6 Annika Meyer DEN Line Player 30/05/1994 Haderslev, DEN 177 16 Amalie Milling DEN Goalkeeper 27/12/1999 Hørsholm, DEN 182 14 Mai Kragballe Nielsen DEN Centre Back 15/12/1997 København, DEN 172 9 Larissa Nüsser NED Centre Back 08/02/2000 Born, NED 182 89 Emliy Stang Sando NOR Goalkeeper 08/03/1989 Tønsberg, NOR 180 33 Clara Skott DEN Right Wing 25/12/2002 Køge, DEN 160 35 Emilie Frese Theil DEN Centre Back 25/07/2000 Greve, DEN 177 38 Amalie Björneboe DEN Line Player 24/07/2000 Frederiksberg, DEN 168 39 Viola Viktoria Tranberg DEN Centre Back 11/08/2000 København, DEN 172 23 Marie Wall SWE Left Wing 03/04/1992 Kungälv, SWE 177
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Johanna Bundsen @bundsen goalkeeper • joined Kobenhavn ahead of the 2017/18 season from Swedish IK Sävehof • regular part of the Swedish national team • has lots of international experience from the Swedish national team as well as from her seven CL seasons with Sävehof • typical Swedish goalkeeper with an upright style and good ability to read the shooters
Louise Fons @louisefoens left wing • the 33-year-old has been playing for Kobenhavn since 2014 • born in Kolding and started her career at local club Kolding IF • played nine years at KIF Vejen between 2005 and 2014 • beside handball, she works as a journalist for Denmark’s TV
Kelly Dulfer @kellydulfer left back • joined from German Bundesliga club VfL Oldenburg in the summer of 2017 • is daughter of Dutch cricket internationals Ingrid Keijzer and Eric Dulfer • only 24 but has been a regular starter in the Dutch national team for several years • at 1.86 metre, her height is one of her assets, together with her shot , which has been developed in Copenhagen • best defender of the EHF EURO 2018
WCh: S 2015, B 2017, EURO: S 2016, B 2018
Mai Kragballe Nielsen @miarej90 centre back • plays a bigger role in the team after Mia Rej was injured in October • winner of the European U19 Championship in 2015 and World U20 Championship in 2016 • born in Copenhagen but started her career at Midtjylland • moved to Kobenhavn in 2015
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Larissa Nusser @larissanusser centre back • joined from Dalfsen in her native Netherlands in the summer of 2018 • is seen as backup for Danish international Mia Rej in the playmaker position • at age 18, already seen as a future leading player for club and Dutch national team • intelligent and highly talented centre back, with an impressive eye for the game • just before the 2018/19 season received an invitation for the senior national team
Linn Blohm @blohmlinn line player • started playing handball at age 12 with local club Gustafsberg IF • has been playing in Denmark since 2014: after stints with Holstebro and Midtjylland, arrived at Kobenhavn in the summer of 2018 • has a lot of CL experience, having played in the top flight with both Sävehof (four seasons, from 2010-14) and Midtjylland (two seasons, from 2016-18) • gave a birth to a son in March 2018
EURO: B 2014
Anne Cecilie de la Cour @annacecilielacour right back • joined from league rivals Silkeborg Voel in the summer of 2015 • was out for most of the 2017/18 season due to pregnancy, but made fast comeback • has CL experience from playing with Viborg HK in 2012/13 • is a tall left-handed backcourt player with a hard and varied shot
Debbie Bont @debbiebont right wing • joined Kobenhavn from then Dutch champions Dalfsen in the summer of 2015 • had already played in Denmark before - at FC Midtjylland from 2012 to 2014 • is a regular in the Dutch national team • fast and flexible player, good from the wing as well as from the backcourt line and on fast breaks • speaks fluent Danish
WCh: S 2015, B 2017, EURO: S 2016, B 2018
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GROUP 1 Brest Bretagne Handball It seems that learning their lesson the hard way last season brought some fruits to Brest Bretagne Handball. After having lost all their six ames in the group matches in the previous season, the team from Britanny not only recorded their first two wins in the European top flight but also took the group favourites from Rostov by surprise and stole one point from them. They will start the main round with two points and have everything in their hands to battle out the quarter-final ticket in the upcoming six matches. Obviously, they Club Address have to manage it without their inspirational centre back Isabell Gullden, who Brest Bretagne Handball announced her maternity leave after the EHF EURO 2018 in France. ARENA 140 Boulevard de Plymouth The playmaking duties will therefore rest mainly on Allison Pineau’s shoulders, but 29200 BREST the club also quickly signes the Danish international Melanie Bak to help he team France captain out.
Media contact Nicolas Roué +33 6 62 32 50 91 nicolas.roue@ GROUP B FINAL STANDINGS brest-bretagnehandball.fr 1. Rostov-Don 6 5 1 0 178:146 11 2. Kobenhavn 6 3 1 2 175:157 7 brest-bretagnehandball.fr 3. Brest Bretagne 6 2 2 2 182:172 6 BrestBretagneHandballOfficiel 4. IK Sävehof 6 0 0 0 144:204 0 @BBH_Officiel
@bbh_officiel GROUP MATCHES RESULTS @ Kobenhavn Handball L32:28(16:18) vs Rostov-Don D29:29 (15:16) Kit colours @ IK Sävehof W27:39 (16:19) Light vs IK Sävehof W34:26 (19:14) Player shirt: pink vs Kobenhavn Handball D28:28 (14:13) Player short: black @ Rostov-Don L30:24 (18:12) GK shirt: white
Dark Player shirt: blue Past achievements Player short: black Women’s EHF Champions League GK shirt: pink Participations (including 2018/19 season): 2 Group Matches (1): 2017/18
Other EHF Cup: quarter-finals 2016/17
French league: 1 title (2012) Playing hall French cup: 2 titles (2016, 2018) Arena Brest 140 Boulevard de Plymouth 29200 Brest France Capacity: 4,077
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EHF Champions League club records
Biggest win 39:27 (19:16) v IK Sävehof SWE (a), 21.10.2018 Biggest defeat 26:17 (13:7) v Györi Audi ETO KC HUN (a), 18.11.2017 Longest winning run 2 matches (21.10.2018 - 04.11.2018) Longest unbeaten run 4 matches (13.10.2018 - 10.11.2018) Longest losing run 7 matches (07.10.2017 - 06.10.2018) MATCHES Longest run without win 7 matches (07.10.2017 - 06.10.2018) Longest losing run 7 Most goals 39 v IK Sävehof SWE 39:27W (a), 21.10.2018 Most goals opponent 32 v Kobenhavn Handball DEN 32:28L (a), 06.10.2018 GOALS Most goals Most goals both teams 66 v IK Sävehof SWE 27:39W (a), 21.10.2018 39 Fewest goals 17 v Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 26:17L (a), 18.11.2017
GOALS Fewest goals opponent 23 v FC Midtjylland DEN 22:23L (h), 20.10.2017 66 Most goals both teams Fewest goals both teams 45 v FC Midtjylland DEN 22:23L (h), 20.10.2017
Past seasons
MP W T L GF GA GD PTS Stage1994/95 2017/18 Brest Bretagne Handball FRA 6 0 0 6 132:157 –25 0:12 4th Gr. B 2018/19 Brest Bretagne Handball FRA 6 2 2 2 182:172 10 6:6 MR Total 12 2 2 8 314:329 -15 6:18
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Laurent Bezeau coach • helped Brest become the first ever second-division club to win the French cup • arrived at Brest in 2009, left three years later to coach the Tunisian national team but returned to the club in 2013 • generally regarded the key factor behind the club’s success in recent seasons • hardly sleeps the night before games, having too many questions in his head
Newcomers: Melanie Mie Bak (Gjerpen Handball, NOR) Gaelle Le Hir (from maternity leave)
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Team roster
No. First name Surname Nat. Position Date of birth Place of birth Height 23 Elodie Affreingue FRA Right Back 01/10/1997 Paris, FRA 174 9 Melanie Mie Bak DEN Centre Back 30/01/1994 Randers, DEN 172 55 Pauline Coatanea FRA Right Wing 06/07/1993 Saint-Renan, FRA 165 8 Maud Eva Copy FRA Left Wing 06/11/1992 Brest, FRA 174 16 Cleopatre Darleux FRA Goalkeeper 01/07/1989 Mulhouse, FRA 176 33 Lauryn Derrien FRA Centre Back 16/07/1999 Brest, FRA 166 22 Pauletta Foppa FRA Line Player 22/12/2000 Amilly, FRA 177 6 Ana Gros SLO Right Back 21/01/1991 Ljubljana, SLO 186 9 Melanie Bak DEN Centre Back 30/01/1994 Randers, DEN 172 35 Ema Hrvatin SLO Left Back 04/01/2000 Izola, SLO 175 12 Filippa Idéhn SWE Goalkeeper 15/08/1990 Sofia, Jönköping, SWE 183 14 Charline Inial FRA Goalkeeper 08/03/2001 Quimper, FRA 180 15 Eva Jarrige FRA Right Back 17/02/2000 Clermont Ferrand, FRA 181 11 Amandine Lagattu FRA Left Wing 10/02/1999 Brest, FRA 168 13 Tifenn Le Cloarec FRA Goalkeeper 30/05/2001 Quimper, FRA 190 7 Gaelle Le Hir FRA Line Player 27/05/1990 Brest, FRA 176 77 Marion Limal FRA Left Back 12/01/1987 Fontaine les Dijon, FRA 184 29 Elodie Manach FRA Centre Back 27/02/1990 Brest, FRA 163 99 Marta Mangué ESP Right Back 23/04/1983 Las Palmas, ESP 170 2 Constance Mauny FRA Left Wing 17/12/1998 Chambray les Tours, FRA170 7 C Allison Marie Pineau FRA Left Back 02/05/1989 Chartres, FRA 181 20 Sladjana Pop-Lazic SRB Line Player 26/07/1988 Belgrade, SRB 178 17 Marie Prouvensier FRA Right Wing 09/02/1994 Dijon, FRA 165 1 Agathe Quiniou FRA Goalkeeper 31/10/2000 Brest, FRA 178 21 Jovana Stoiljkovic SRB Left Back 30/09/1988 Beograd, SRB 182 4 Amandine Tissier FRA Centre Back 10/09/1993 Sable-Sur-Sarthe, FRA 179 3 Alicia Toublanc FRA Right Wing 03/05/1996 Saint-Brieuc, FRA 168
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@CleoDarleux Cléopatre Darleux @cleopatredarleux goalkeeper • arrived in Brest in 2012, but left due to financial problems in the club only to return in the summer of 2016, when the team regained its spot in France’s first league • has played for five different clubs: Issy-Paris, Metz, Nice and Brest in France, and Viborg in Denmark for two years • had to wear glasses for four year after suffering an abscess in the eye, before being allowed to remove them in 2015
EC trophies: Cup Winners’ Cup 2014 WCh: G 2017, S 2009, 2011
Maud-Eva Copy @maud_ev left wing • aged 25, she has only played for one club in her career: Brest • part of French national beach handball team, was team’s top scorer at Beach Handball EURO 2017 • has a degree to become a sports teacher after her playing career
Jovana Stoiljkovic left back • arrived in France from Serbia in 2012, playing for Le Havre and Nantes before joining Brest in the summer of 2017 • has been among the top scorers in the French league since her arrival • played the WCh 2013 Final at home with Serbia, where the team won silver • replaced Stéphanie Daudé, who decided to retire in 2017
WCh: S 2013
Melanie Bak @ melaniembak centre back • the 25-year-old Dane replaces Isabelle Gullden who is on maternity leave • signed until the end of the season with an extension option • moved from Norway’s Gjerpen where she had played since the summer of 2016 • already spent time in France, at Union Bordeaux-Mios in 2015/16
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@allisonpineau Allison Pineau @PineauAllison centre back • returned to France in 2016 to join Brest after four seasons abroad • played for several leading European clubs, including Baia Mare, Vardar and Krim • was just 20 when she was elected IHF World Player of the Year in 2009 • one of the leading forces in the French national team
WCh: G 2017, S 2009, 2011, EHF EURO: G 2018, S 2016; OG: S 2016
Sladjana Pop-Lazic @poplazicsladjana line player • joined Brest in 2017, like fellow Serbian player Jovana Stoiljkovic • she first arrived in France in 2012, played in Besançon for three seasons before joining Metz in 2015, and played in the CL for the first time in 2016/17 • scored 39 goals in Metz’s 2016/17 European campaign • coach Laurent Bezeau sees her as one of the best line players in the French league
Ana Gros @anagros6 right back • after playing for Györ, Krim, THC and Metz, joined Brest in the summer of 2018 • reached CL Final with Györ in 2012, and made it to the quarter-finals with Metz in the last two seasons • despite being approached by many important clubs around Europe, decided to stay in France, a country she calls “her second home” • had her most productive CL season in 2016/17, with 84 goals
Pauline Coatanéa @pcoatanea_55 right wing • one of the top players to have joined Brest from Nantes in the summer of 2017, alongside Jovana Stoiljkovic • born in Brest, she moved to Nantes in 2012 before returning to her hometown, where her family live • was elected best right wing of the Junior WCh 2012 • made her national team debut in March 2017
EHF EURO: G 2018
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GROUP 1 Odense HC
The Champions League newcomers succeeded in their first objective of reaching the main round but at the beginning of the new phase they found themselves in a very precarious situation as they will start with only a single point on their account. Even teams with zero points sneaked through to the top eight in the past seasons and that should give Odense a lot of hope before encounters with the three top teams from Group B - Rostov, Brest and their league rivals from Kobenhavn. Club Address Odense HC Lumbyvej 11 C, st. tv. 5000 Odense C Denmark
Media contact Maria V. Eilertsen +4520637130 [email protected] GROUP A FINAL STANDINGS
odensehaandbold.dk 1. Metz Handball 6 4 1 1 166:133 9
odensehaandbold 2. Buducnost 6 4 0 2 152:142 8
@odensehaandbold 3. Odense HC 6 2 1 3 155:165 5 4. Larvik HK 6 1 0 5 137:170 2
Kit colours GROUP MATCHES RESULTS
Light @ Buducnost L31:28(17:12) Player shirt: orange vs Metz Handball D19:19 (10:10) Player short: black @ Larvik HK W25:33 (13:16) GK shirt: red or green vs Larvik HK W27:23 (13:13) vs Buducnost L22:26 (14:13) Dark Player shirt: black @ Metz Handball L41:26 (21:12) Player short: black GK shirt: red or green Past achievements Women’s EHF Champions League Participations (including 2018/19 season): 1
Other EHF Cup: quarter-final 2015/16 Cup Winners’ Cup: Last 16 2013/14
Danish league: - (runners-up 2018)
Playing hall Odense Idraetshal Hojstrupvej 5 5200 Odense Denmark Capacity: 2,236
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EHF Champions League club records
Biggest win 33:25 (16:13) v Larvik HK NOR (a), 19.10.2018 Biggest defeat 26:41 (12:21) v Metz Handball FRA (a), 18.11.2018 Longest winning run 2 matches (19.10.2018 – 04.11.2018) Longest unbeaten run 3 matches (14.10.2018 – 04.11.2018) Longest losing run 2 matches (11.11.2018 – 18.11.2018) MATCHES Longest run without win 2 matches (06.10.2018 – 14.10.2018) Longest winning run 2 2 matches (11.11.2018 – 18.11.2018) Most goals 28 v Buducnost MNE 28:31L (a), 06.10.2018 GOALS Most goals Most goals opponent 41 v Metz Handball FRA 26:41L (a), 18.11.2018 28 Most goals both teams 67 v Metz Handball FRA 26:41L (a), 18.11.2018
GOALS Fewest goals 19 v Metz Handball FRA 19:19D (h), 14.10.2018 38 Most goals both teams Fewest goals opponent 19 v Metz Handball FRA 19:19D (h), 14.10.2018 Fewest goals both teams 38 v Metz Handball FRA 19:19D (h), 14.10.20
Past seasons
MP W T L GF GA GD PTS Stage1994/95 2018/19 Odense HC DEN 6 2 1 3 155:165 -10 5:7 MR Total: 6 2 1 3 155:165 -10 5:7
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Jan Pytlick coach • joined Odense from Macedonian side HC Vardar in 2016 • Danish national women’s coach from 1998-2005 and again from 2007- 2014 • in his second season in charge, he led Odense to the club’s best ever result - runners-up in the Danish league • his original profession was bricklayer • his huge international experience is his greatest asset
WCh: B 2013, EURO: G 2002, S 1998, OG: G 2000, 2004
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Team roster
No. First name Surname Nat. Position Date of birth Place of birth Height 3 Suzanne Bækhøj DEN Left Wing 23/03/1996 Århus, DEN 165 8 Ingvild Bakkerud NOR Left Back 09/07/1995 Kongsberg, NOR 187 10 Jessica Quintino BRA Right Wing 17/04/1991 Sao Paulo, BRA 172 19 Sara Hald DEN Line Player 04/06/1996 Holstebro, DEN 175 36 Kathrine Heindahl DEN Line Player 26/03/1992 Rudersdal, DEN 185 32 Mie Højlund DEN Centre Back 24/10/1997 Favrskov, DEN 173 9 Maja Jakobsen NOR Right Back 28/03/1990 Gjøvik, NOR 169 25 Trine Østergaard DEN Right Wing 17/10/1991 Skanderborg, DEN 165 28 Stine Jørgensen DEN Left Back 03/09/1990 Brønderslev, DEN 180 18 C Kamilla Kristensen DEN Line Player 02/09/1983 Birkerød, DEN 183 6 Freja Cohrt DEN Left Wing 20/01/1994 Odense, DEN 170 7 Susanne Madsen DEN Left Back 13/07/1991 Allerød, DEN 180 27 Nadia Offendal DEN Centre Back 22/10/1994 Gentofte, DEN 172 16 Althea Reinhardt DEN Goalkeeper 01/09/1996 Aarhus, DEN 178 13 Mathilde Schæfer DEN Left Back 13/07/1997 Odense, DEN 184 14 Mette Tranborg DEN Right Back 01/01/1996 Aarhus, DEN 187 33 Tess Wester NED Goalkeeper 19/05/1993 Heehuggwaard, NED 178
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Tess Wester goalkeeper • joined Odense from German side Bietigheim in the summer of 2018 • like many Dutch national team players started career at handball academy in Papendal • played in Emmen and Amsterdam before joining German side Oldenburg at age 18 • scored ‘goal of the season’ in Germany in 2014/15, and joined Bietigheim that summer • awarded best goalkeeper of WCh 2015 in Denmark, where the Dutch won silver
EURO: G 2018, S 2016, WCh: S 2015, B 2017
Freja Cohrt left wing • joined from league rivals Silkeborg Voel in the summer of 2017 • was part of the Danish team that won the under 18 WCh 2013 in Montenegro • a fast and technically skilled winger with a god variety of shots
Stine Jørgensen @stinejorg left back • joined Odense before the 2017/18 season, coming from Midtjylland • tall (1.80 m) movable left back with a good and varied shot • key player in the Danish national team as well as with Odense; awarded Danish national team player of the year 2016
WCh: B 2013
Mie Højlund @miehjlund centre back • joined from league rivals Randers HK in the summer of 2017 • was selected but did not take part in the WCh 2015 (shoulder injury) and EHF EURO 2016 (school exams) but is now a regular national team player • by many considered one of the greatest playmaker talents in Denmark • is fast, inventive and in possession of an excellent two-feet feint
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Nadia Offendal @nadiaoffendal centre back • joined from second division club HØJ in the summer of 2013 • made national team debut in EHF EURO 2018 qualifier against Czech Republic • is seen as a valuable backup to Mie Hajlund as playmaker • is particularly good in seven-against-six situations, which Odense coach Jan Pytlick likes applying
@heindahl Kathrine Heindahl line player • joined from league rivals Randers HK in the summer of 2017 • is also first choice on the line in the Danish national team • runs her own firm, selling tracksuits for women • physically strong and equally good at both ends of the court
Mette Tranborg @mettetranborg right back • joined from dissolved SK Aarhus in the summer of 2017 • was the first female player to get dispensation to play in the Danish league at age 16 • has become a regular force in the Danish national team • at 1.92 metre, she benefits a lot from her height, but also from a considerable variety of hard left-hand shots
Trine Østergaard @toestergaard right wing • started career at local club Galten FS, where she also played football • joined Odense in 2017 from FC Midtjylland, after winning the EHF Cup, the Cup Winners’ Cup and a string of national titles with FCM • scored 21 goals to help Denmark win bronze at the WCh 2013 in Serbia
EC trophies: EHF Cup 2011, Cup Winners’ Cup 2015 WCh: B 2013
49 Group 2 preview
Group 2 preview
SAME RIVALRY, NEW CONDITIONS
Since their first ever season in the Women’s EHF Champions League, 2015/16, CSM Bucuresti have met Györ eight times, but only winning twice. Yet their first win was one for the ages, as the Romanian side left the Hungarian powerhouse shell shocked when they delivered a huge blow by winning the final of the 2015/16 season after a 7-metre shoot-out.
The two sides are leading the group, yet their fortunes look totally opposite. While Györ, the leaders with eight points, scored a record-setting 210 goals in the group phase, CSM are struggling with injuries. The Romanian side lost the top goal scorer of the competition, Cristina Neagu, due to a torn ligament in December, while right back Amanda Kurtovic suffered the same injury in November. Therefore, CSM, who is second with six points, was forced to make a last-minute transfer, by bringing in Claudia Constantinescu, a 24-year old left back who will make her debut in the European premium competition against Györ.
The Hungarian side has also boosted their chances for a new title with the transfer of the EHF EURO 2018 All-Star line player Crina Pintea, who will surely add depth both in attack and in defence.
While Györ and CSM, who have made the Women’s FINAL 4 for the past three seasons in a row, look set to be in the quarter-finals, the race for other two berths seems as open as ever. Thüringer might be last in the group, but their young team showed grit in the games against Podravka to claim a main round berth and with Herbert Müller’s experience as a coach they can mean trouble at home.
FTC-Cargo Rail Hungaria have been hit by injuries and their young team could not cope in difficult moments and only start fifth, with two points, and they will need to step up their efforts to progress to the next round. On the other hand, Vipers Kristiansand enjoyed their first ever away wins in the European premium competition against CSM and FTC and with six players who took part in the EHF EURO 2018 for Norway, they will be a tough nut to crack on their way to their first ever quarter-final berth.
Finally, Krim Ljubljana failed to progress from the main round of the competition since the 2012/13 season, but comprehensively beat Podravka and Thüringer on their home court before being clearly beaten by Györ. If they are to break the losing streak, they surely need to stay on this form in their home court.
Adrian Costeiu
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Group 2 head-to-heads
Historic encounters of the Group 2 opponents in the EC
Györi Audi ETO KC vs CSM Bucuresti 6-0-2 (214:194) 12:4 06.02.2016 Györi Audi ETO KC vs CSM Bucuresti, EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 2 28:22 (12:10) 28.02.2016 CSM Bucuresti vs Györi Audi ETO KC, EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 2 22:24 (8:14) 08.05.2016 CSM Bucuresti vs Györi Audi ETO KC, EHF Champions League FINAL4 - Final 29:26a7m (13:12, 22:22, 25:25) 28.10.2016 CSM Bucuresti vs Györi Audi ETO KC, EHF Champions League – Group C 24:27 (13:9) 04.11.2016 Györi Audi ETO KC vs CSM Bucuresti, EHF Champions League – Group C 33:25 (11:13) 26.01.2018 CSM Bucuresti vs Györi Audi ETO KC, EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 1 28:22 (13:11) 26.02.2018 Györi Audi ETO KC vs CSM Bucuresti, EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 1 28:24 (13:11) 12.05.2018 CSM Bucuresti vs Györi Audi ETO KC, EHF Champions League FINAL4 - Semi-final 20:26 (10:12)
Györi Audi ETO KC vs Vipers Kristiansand 3-0-1 (126:102) 6:2 18.04.2004 Györi Graboplast ETO vs Vag HK, EHF Cup – Semi-final 29:20 (18:10) 24.04.2004 Vag HK vs Györi Graboplast ETO, EHF Cup – Semi-final 29:26 (13:9) 12.02.2005 Györi ETO Kezilabda Club vs Vag Vipers HK, EHF Cup - Last 16 33:25 (19:12) 13.02.2005 Györi ETO Kezilabda Club vs Vag Vipers HK, EHF Cup - Last 16 38:28 (18:14)
Györi Audi ETO KC vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 2-0-0 (71:41) 4:0 02.04.2016 FCT-Rail Cargo Hungaria vs Györi Audi ETO KC, EHF Campions League - Quarter-final 18:31 (12:17) 09.04.2016 Györi Audi ETO KC vs FCT-Rail Cargo Hungaria, EHF Campions League - Quarter-final 40:23 (22:10)
Thüringer HC vs CSM Bucuresti No previous encounters in European competitions
Thüringer HC vs Vipers Kristiansand No previous encounters in European competitions
Thüringer HC vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 0-1-5 (158:180) 1:11 01.11.2015 Thüringer HC vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria, EHF Champions League – Group B 27:30 (13:18) 07.11.2015 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria vs Thüringer HC, EHF Champions League – Group B 32:28 (19:12) 04.02.2017 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria vs Thüringer HC, EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 1 32:24 (15:10) 05.03.2017 Thüringer HC vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria, EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 1 29:29 (15:17) 22.10.2017 Thüringer HC vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria, EHF Champions League – Group C 25:29 (15:14) 04.11.2017 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria vs Thüringer HC, EHF Champions League – Group C 28:25 (13:14)
RK Krim Mercator vs CSM Bucuresti 0-0-4 (95:115) 0:8 04.02.2017 RK Krim Mercator vs CSM Bucuresti, EHF Campions League - Main Round 21:24 (9:14) 03.03.2017 CSM Bucuresti vs RK Krim Mercator, EHF Campions League - Main Round 28:26 (14:12) 07.10.2017 CSM Bucuresti vs RK Krim Mercator, EHF Campions League - Group A 30:18 (15:7) 11.11.2017 RK Krim Mercator vs CSM Bucuresti, EHF Campions League - Group A 30:33 (16:17) RK Krim Mercator vs Vipers Kristiansand 1-0-1 (57:49) 2:2 20.02.2016 Vipers Kristiansand vs RK Krim Mercator, Cup Winners’ Cup - Quarter-final 29:27 (15:15) 27.02.2016 RK Krim Mercator vs Vipers Kristiansand, Cup Winners’ Cup - Quarter-final 30:20 (14:8)
RK Krim Mercator vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 5-0-2 (194:174) 10:4 17.11.1996 Ferencvaros Budap. vs Krim Electa Ljubljana, EHF Champions League – Group D 27:24 (13:15) 11.01.1997 Krim Electa Ljubljana vs Ferencvaros Budap., EHF Champions League – Group D 22:20 (12:11) 08.11.1997 Krim Electa Ljubljana vs HERZ - FTC Budapest, EHF Champions League – Group B 32:24 (16:13) 25.01.1998 HERZ - FTC Budapest vs Krim Electa Ljubljana, EHF Champions League – Group B 23:25 (13:12) 28.10.2006 FTC Budapest vs RK Krim Electa Ljubljana, ECh for Club Teams - Semi-final 25:34 (11:19) 17.02.2013 FTC Rail Cargo Hungaria vs RK Krim Mercator, EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 2 30:26 (14:15) 03.03.2013 RK Krim Mercator vs FTC Rail Cargo Hungaria, EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 2 31:25 (15:12) 51 Györi Audi ETO KC
GROUP 2 Györi Audi ETO KC Last time the four-time Champions League winners from Györi Audi ETO KC lost in this competition was almost exactly one year ago when they opened the main round with a clear defeat at CSM Bucuresti. Since then they not only collected 15 straight victories (club record) but also claimed their fourth title last May and single-handedly triumphed in Group C in the autumn. Their goal difference of +70 goals from the six matches against Krim, Thüringer HC and Podravka spoke volume about their power and the Hungarian Club Address champions are not ready to give a quarter in the main round either. Győri Audi ETO KC In their first season after Ambros Martin left the club, Györ reached out for Crina Kiskutliget Pintea. The towering Romanian, who arrived from Paris 92, will not only be the 9027 Győr tallest player in the competition but is also a recently crowned best line player of Hungary the EHF EURO 2018. Media contact GROUP C FINAL STANDINGS Tamas Szabo +36 20 505 63 07 1. Györi Audi ETO KC 6 6 0 0 210:140 12 [email protected] 2. RK Krim Mercator 6 2 2 2 153:164 6 3. Thüringer HC 6 1 1 4 155:173 3
www.gyorietokc.hu 4. HC Podravka Vegeta 6 1 1 4 142:181 3
Győri-Audi-ETO-KC GROUP MATCHES RESULTS @gyoriaudietokc_official vs RK Krim Mercator W39:23 (18:9) @ HC Podravka Vegeta W27:33 (15:17) @ Thüringer HC W22:38 (11:15) Kit colours vs Thüringer HC W31:28 (19:15) @ RK Krim Mercator W23:32 (10:16) Light vs HC Podravka Vegeta W37:17 (17:9) Player shirt: white Player short: white GK shirt: red Past achievements Dark Women’s EHF Champions League Player shirt: green Participations (including 2018/19 season): 16 Player short: green Winners (4): 2012/13, 2013/14, 2016/17, GK shirt: blue, black 2017/18 Runners-up (3): 2008/09, 2011/12, 2015/16 Semi-finals (4): 2006/07, 2007/08, 2009/10, 2010/11 Quarter-finals (1): 2014/15 Group Matches (2): 2000/01, 2005/06 Playing hall Qualification (1): 2004/05 AUDI Arena Györ Toth Laszlo utja Other 9027 Györ Cup Winners’ Cup: Runners-up 2005/06, Hungary Semi-final 2002/03 Capacity: 5,250 EHF Cup: Runners-up 1998/99, 2001/02, 2003/04, 2004/05 Hungarian league: 14 titles (1957, 1959, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018) Hungarian cup: 13 titles 52 Györi Audi ETO KC
EHF Champions League club records
Biggest win 37:16 (17:9) v Hypo Niederösterreich AUT (h), 08.11.2015 Biggest defeat 39:28 (20:12) v Spartak Kiev UKR (a), 17.02.2001 Longest winning run 15 matches (05.02.2018 – 17.11.2018) Longest unbeaten run 22 matches (05.05.2013 – 23.11.2014) Longest losing run 3 matches (11.02.2001 – 07.01.2006) MATCHES Longest run without win 4 matches (28.01.2001 – 07.01.2006) Longest winning run 15 4 matches (20.03.2011 – 02.10.2011) Most goals 41 v Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 41:22W (h), 05.10.2013 GOALS Most goals Most goals opponent 39 v Spartak Kiev UKR 39:28L (a), 17.02.2001 41 Most goals both teams 73 v HC Podravka Vegeta CRO 33:40W (a), 13.01.2008
GOALS Fewest goals 18 v Larvik NOR 18:24L (h), 20.03.2011 73 Most goals both teams 18 v WHC Vardar SCBT 24:18L (a), 04.04.2015 Fewest goals opponent 14 v SD Itxako ESP 14:20W (a), 14.11.2009 Fewest goals both teams 34 v SD Itxako ESP 14:20W (a), 14.11.2009
Past seasons
MP W T L GF GA GD PTS Stage1994/95 2000/01 Györi Graboplast ETO HUN 6 1 2 3 156:168 –12 4:8 4th Gr. D 2005/06 Györi ETO Kezilabda Club HUN 6 3 0 3 154:169 -15 6:6 3rd Gr. D 2006/07 Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 10 6 0 4 291:267 +24 12:8 1/2-finals 2007/08 Györi Audi ETO HUN 14 11 0 3 415:366 +49 22:6 1/2-finals 2008/09 Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 16 11 1 4 454:415 +39 23:9 Runner-up 2009/10 Györi AUDI ETO KC HUN 14 8 2 4 355:337 +18 18:10 1/2-finals 2010/11 Györi AUDI ETO KC HUN 14 10 1 3 387:334 +53 21:7 1/2-finals 2011/12 Györi AUDI ETO KC HUN 16 10 1 5 472:422 +50 21:11 Runner-up 2012/13 Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 16 15 0 1 435:346 +89 30:2 Winner 2013/14 Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 14 12 2 0 408:337 +71 26:2 Winner 2014/15 Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 14 10 1 3 385:313 +72 21:7 1/4-finals 2015/16 Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 16 12 1 3 436:357 +79 25:7 Runner-up 2016/17 Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 16 13 1 2 481:390 +91 27:5 Winner 2017/18 Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 16 14 0 2 442:365 +77 28:4 Winner 2018/19 Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 6 6 0 0 210:140 +70 12:0 MR Total: 194 142 12 40 5481:4726 +755 296:92
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Gábor Danyi coach • became head coach in 2018 to replace Ambros Martín, who joined Rostov-Don • born in Pécs, joined Györ in 2011 as an assistant coach, working with Csaba Konkoly, Karl Erik Böhn and Ambros Martín • previously coached the women’s and men’s teams of Pécs in the Hungarian league • assistant coach of the youth and junior national team of Hungary several times between 2001 and 2013
Late entries: Bianka Acs (reserve team of Györ) Crina Pintea (Paris 92, FRA)
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Team roster
No. First name Surname Nat. Position Date of birth Place of birth Height 9 Bianka Acs HUN Line Player 09/09/2000 Kapuvár, HUN 180 4 Sara Afentaler HUN Right Back 08/12/2000 Siklós, HUN 180 18 Eduarda Amorim Taleska BRA Left Back 23/09/1986 Blumenau, BRA 186 33 Bernadett Bodi HUN Right Wing 09/03/1986 Szeged, HUN 175 7 Kari Skaar Brattset NOR Line Player 15/02/1991 Fredrikstad, NOR 183 31 Yvette Broch NED Line Player 21/12/1990 Monster, NED 185 20 Johanna Farkas HUN Centre Back 19/02/2002 Sárvár, HUN 166 32 Csenge Fodor HUN Left Wing 23/04/1999 Keszthely, HUN 174 13 C Anita Görbicz HUN Left Wing 13/05/1983 Veszprem, HUN 174 85 Kari Aalvik Grimsbø NOR Goalkeeper 04/01/1985 Bergen, NOR 180 27 Cornelia Nycke Groot NED Centre Back 04/05/1988 Alkmaar, NED 175 8 Anne Mette Hansen DEN Left Back 25/08/1994 Glostrup, DEN 177 17 Dora Kellermann HUN Centre Back 07/03/2000 Györ, HUN 169 73 Eva Kiss HUN Goalkeeper 10/07/1987 Debrecen, HUN 189 3 Jana Knedlikova CZE Left Wing 22/06/1989 Praha, CZE 167 21 Veronica Kristiansen NOR Left Back 10/07/1990 Stavanger, NOR 175 5 Laura Kürthi HUN Back 16/03/2002 Györ, HUN 180 12 Amandine Leynaud FRA Goalkeeper 02/05/1986 Aubenas, FRA 178 10 Nora Mørk NOR Right Back 05/04/1991 Oslo, NOR 167 15 Stine Bredal Oftedal NOR Centre Back 25/09/1991 Oslo, NOR 168 14 Tamara Pal HUN Centre Back 01/09/2000 Debrecen, HUN 176 77 Crina Pintea ROU Line Player 03/04/1990 Podu Turculoi, ROU 192 57 Szidonia Puhalak HUN Left Wing 05/07/1996 Szeged, HUN 177 23 Zsuzsanna Tomori HUN Left Back 18/06/1987 Budapest, HUN 187 16 Nikolett Tothova SVK Goalkeeper 14/12/2001 Komarno, SVK 192 6 Emöke Varga HUN Line Player 09/03/2000 Csorna, HUN 179
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Kari Aalvik Grimsbo @aalvikgrimsbo goalkeeper • joined Györ from Danish Team Esbjerg during the 2014/15 season • started her career at the age of five, had her debut for Byasen in the Norwegian league at the age of 17 • one of three outstanding goalkeepers in Györ’s squad, alongside Eva Kiss and newcomer Amandine Leynaud
EC trophies: CL 2017, 2018 OG: G 2008, 2012, B 2016, WCh: G 2011, 2015, S 2007, 2017, B 2009, EURO: G 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016
Amandine Leynaud @doudoud86 goalkeeper • joined Györ from Vardar in the summer of 2018 • was one of the crucial players for Vardar in five seasons since 2013 • CL All-star Team nominee in 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017/18 • came close, but never won the CL with Vardar: they finished runners-up twice and placed third three times
OG: S 2016, WCh: G 2017, S 2009, S 2011, EHF EURO: G 2018, B 2016
Kari Brattset @kbrattset left wing • joined from Vipers Kristiansand in the summer of 2018; previously played for other Norwegian clubs Sarpsborg IL, Fredrikstad and Glassverket • was part of the Norwegian team that won silver at the WCh 2017 • physically strong and efficient line player, also good in the defence • All-star line player, Best Player and ‘Fan’s Favourite’ of Norwegian league in 2018
WCh: S 2017
Anita Görbicz @gorbe13 left wing/centre back • passed the 800-goal milestone in the CL in 2016/17 • World Handball Player of Year in 2005, but won first CL title only eight years later • top scorer in CL in 2011/12, voted best centre back at three WCh in a row (2003-07) • missed most of 2014/15 due to maternity leave, but returned strongly in 2016/17 and was leading player in Györ’s third CL title in five years • CL All-star left wing nominee in 2017/18
EC trophies: CL 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018 WCh: S 2003, B 2005, EHF EURO: B 2004, 2012
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Eduarda Amorim Taleska @duda18amorim left back • World Player of the Year in 2014, first arrived in Europe from her native Brazil in 2006, joining Kometal Skopje • moved to Györ in 2009, became one of the leaders in the defence • All-star left back at WCh 2013 and CL 2013/14, and All-star defender in CL 2015/16 and 2016/17
EC trophies: CL 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018 WCh: G 2013, Pan-American Games: G 2003, 2007, 2011
Nycke Groot @nyckegroot centre back • Dutch playmaker, who made an immediate impact after arriving in Györ in 2015 • moved to Denmark at a young age to play for Holstebro and later FC Midtjylland, which she led to the FINAL4 in 2014 as she become the event’s top scorer (20 goals) • CL All-star centre back 2015/16, player of the year in the Danish league in 2014, EHF Player of the Month for December 2016, EHF EURO 2016 All-star centre back and MVP
EC trophies: CL 2017, 2018 EURO: S 2016, B 2018; WCh: S 2015, B 2017
Veronica Kristiansen @veronicakristiansen centre back • joined Györ from Midtjylland in the summer of 2018 • sister Jeanette is also playing in the CL, with Norwegian side Vipers Kristiansand • usually called ‘Vicky,’ she is a versatile playmaker with a fine eye for her teammates and good at making herself dangerous, too • Midtjylland was her first foreign club after playing for four different Norwegian sides
OG: B 2016, EURO: G 2014, 2016, WCh: S 2017
Bernadett Bodi @bodika11.bb right wing • experienced 32-year-old player, who made debut for Györ in 2002/03 • returned to the club in 2013 after playing for Randers (DEN) and Bekescsabai (HUN) • going into her ninth CL season with Györ • set personal best of 35 goals in CL season 2016/17, and came just one short (34) of her own record the following season
EC trophies: CL 2014, 2017, 2018
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GROUP 2 CSM Bucuresti
The main question ahead of the main round for the CSM Bucuresti is how will the team cope with the absence of their biggest star Cristina Neagu. At the EHF EURO 2018 in France the leading top scorer of the current Champions League season first broke the all-time record for total goals scored only to suffer a serious knee injury in the last main round match against Hungary. For the head coach Dragan Djukic, who replaced Magnus Johansson during the group matches, this is bound to be a daunting task and there will be quite a lot of Club Address expectation from Claudia Constantinescu who arrived in Bucharest as a late entry Calea Vitan no 242 in January from HC Zalau. 1st floor 3rd District Even without Neagu a clear progress to the quarter-finals is certainly expected 031295 Bucharest from the ambitious club’s management. Romania
Media contact Ioana Patachi +40 748 050 301 GROUP D FINAL STANDINGS [email protected] 1. CSM Bucuresti 6 4 0 2 185:171 8 2. Vipers Kristiansand 6 3 1 2 180:162 7 www.csmbucuresti.ro 3. FTC-Rail Cargo H. 6 3 0 3 174:186 6 CSM-Bucuresti-Oficial 4. SG BBM Bietigheim 6 1 1 4 162:182 3 @csm_bucharest
GROUP MATCHES RESULTS vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria W36:31(18:13) Kit colours @ SG BBM Bietigheim L19:19 (16:12) Light @ Vipers Kristiansand W25:33 (14:14) Player shirt: white vs Vipers Kristiansand L27:23 (11:16) Player short: black @ TTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria W22:26 (10:17) GK shirt: red vs SG BBM Bietigheim W41:26 (14:13) Dark Player shirt: blue Past achievements Player short: black GK shirt: green Women’s EHF Champions League Participations (including 2018/19 season): 4 Winners (1): 2015/16 Semi-final (2): 2016/17, 2017/18 (3rd)
Other EHF Cup: Last 16 2011/12
Romanian league: 4 titles (2015-18) Playing hall Romanian cup: 3 titles Sala Polivalenta Ioan Kunst Ghermanescu Calea Piscului Nr. 10, sector 4 Bucharest Romania Capacity: 5,000
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EHF Champions League club records
Biggest win 39:26 (18:12) v Nykøbing FH DEN, 04.11.2017 Biggest defeat 33:25 (11:13) v Györi Audi ETO KC HUN, 04.11.2016 Longest winning run 5 matches (31.03.2016 – 16.10.2016) 5 matches (04.11.2017 – 04.02.2018) Longest unbeaten run 6 matches (04.11.2017 – 11.02.2018) MATCHES Longest losing run 3 matches (22.10.2016 – 04.11.2016) Longest winning run 5 Longest run without win 3 matches (22.10.2016 – 04.11.2016) Most goals 39 v Nykøbing FH DEN 39:26W (h), 04.11.2017 GOALS Most goals Most goals opponent 38 v HC Vardar MKD 33:38L (a), 06.05.2017 39 Most goals both teams 71 v HC Vardar MKD 33:38L (a), 06.05.2017
GOALS Fewest goals 20 v Metz Handball FRA 27:20L (a), 15.04.2018 71 Most goals both teams 20 v Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 20:26L (a), 12.05.2018 Fewest goals opponent 17 v IK Sävehof SWE 17:28W (a), 23.10.2015 Fewest goals both teams 42 v Rostov-Don RUS 20:22W (a), 11.11.2016
Past seasons
MP W T L GF GA GD PTS Stage1994/95 2015/16 CSM Bucuresti ROU 16 10 1 5 416:387 +29 21:11 Winner 2016/17 CSM Bucuresti ROU 16 10 1 5 427:407 +20 21:11 Third Place 2017/18 CSM Bucuresti ROU 16 10 1 5 455:395 +60 21:11 Third Place 2018/19 CSM Bucuresti ROU 6 4 0 2 185:171 +14 8:4 MR Total: 54 3 4 3 17 1483:1360 +123 71:37
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Dragan Djukic coach • CSM is only the second women’s team that Djukic has coached in his career • a journeyman, the Serbian coach has led the men’s British team at the Olympic Games in 2012, while also serving stints as the national coach of Israel and Montenegro’s men teams • a tough character, Djukic relies on discipline and defence • the second CSM coach this season, replacing Magnus Johansson in October
Late entries: Claudia Constantinescu (HC Zalau)
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Team roster
No. First name Surname Nat. Position Date of birth Place of birth Height 14 Bianca-Maria Bazaliu ROU Left Back 30/07/1997 Slatina, ROU 183 20 Maria Claudia Constantinescu ROU Left Back 18/06/1994 Bals, ROU 176 5 C Iulia Vasilica Curea ROU Left Wing 08/04/1982 Bacau, ROU 172 72 Dragana Cvijic SRB Line Player 15/03/1990 Beograd, SRB 184 87 Jelena Grubisic CRO Goalkeeper 20/01/1987 Zagreb, CRO 184 37 Nathalie Hagman SWE Right Wing 19/07/1991 Farsta, SWE 167 1 Madalina Ion ROU Goalkeeper 23/02/1996 Bucharest, ROU 180 9 Sabina Jacobsen SWE Left Back 24/03/1989 Lund, SWE 181 24 Amanda Kurtovic NOR Right Back 25/07/1991 Karlskrona, SWE 176 15 Barbara Lazovic SLO Right Back 04/01/1988 Brezice, SLO 183 7 Andrea Lekic SRB Centre Back 06/09/1987 Beograd, SRB 178 22 Oana Andreea Manea ROU Line Player 18/04/1985 Bucharest, ROU 176 19 Bianca Sorina Marin ROU Left Wing 21/03/1999 Ploiesti, ROU 167 77 Majda Mehmedovic MNE Left Wing 25/05/1990 Bar, MNE 169 8 Cristina Neagu ROU Left Back 26/08/1988 Bucharest, ROU 180 17 Elizabeth Omoregie SLO Centre Back 29/12/1996 Athens, GRE 178 4 Jovanka Radicevic MNE Right Wing 23/10/1986 Podgorica, MNE 169 2 Aneta Udristioiu ROU Right Wing 22/06/1989 Dr. Severin, ROU 166 30 Paula Claudia Ungureanu ROU Goalkeeper 30/03/1980 Brasov, ROU 181
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Paula Ungureanu goalkeeper • twice named the best player of the year in Romania, in 2012 and 2014 • Romania’s first choice in goal for many years, but retired from her international duties after 2016 • tore ligaments in 2010 and took a two-year break as her son, Paul, was born in 2012
EURO: B 2010, WCh: S 2005, B 2015
Jelena Grubisic @gruba87 goalkeeper • played at Lokomotiva Zagreb for eight seasons, and at Krim for five • joined Györ in 2014 to replace pregnant Katrine Lunde, but soon got injured and signed for CSM ahead of 2015/16, helping the club win the CL that season • had her EC debut in the Cup Winner’s Cup 2002/03 with Lokomotiva when she was 15, and had her national team debut at the WCh 2007 • MVP of the EHF FINAL4 in 2016
EC trophies: CL 2016
Iulia Curea @cureaiulia left wing • one of the most decorated Romanian players, having won the national title nine times and the Romanian cup three times with Oltchim and CSM Bucuresti • has been a left wing since she was 17, until then, she played as a goalkeeper and won a junior competition in Romania on that position • married since 2010 to Darie Curea, a former rugby player with Dinamo Bucharest
EC trophies: CL 2016, Champions Trophy 2007, Cup Winners’ Cup 2007
Claudia Constantinescu left back • until 2019 the 24-year old left back has never played in the CL • was dubbed the “next big thing” of Romanian handball by former national coach Gheorghe Tadici • missed two years due to an injury to her shoulder between 2016 and 2018 • when she was young, she made an one-hour trip daily to play for a better team
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Andrea Lekic @lekicandrea centre back • one of the main transfers in the summer of 2018, joining from Vardar • competed in karate and reached the blue belt before moving on to ball sports, including volleyball, basketball, football and tennis • voted World Player of the Year in 2013, made All-star Team at EHF EURO 2012 • won the CL with Györ in 2012/13, finished runner-up once, and finished third three straight times
EC trophies: CL 2013, WCh: S 2013
Oana Manea line player • in 2008 diagnosed with a heartbeat issue and stopped playing for six months • can gather the team behind her, one of the reasons she has been named captain at both club and national team • her father, Dumitru, was football coach at first-league side Sportul Studentesc • considering becoming a full-time make-up artist after finishing her career
EC trophies: CL 2016, Cup Winners’ Cup 2007, Champions Trophy 2007 EURO: B 2010, WCh: B 2015
Amanda Kurtovic @amandakurto right back • Olympic, EHF EURO and WCh gold medallist, also won the CL with Larvik in her teens • her brother, William, plays football in Norway’s first division, for Sandefjord • born in Sweden, but left to Norway at age six as her father had to move • her father, Marinko, is a handball coach with Norwegian men’s team OIF Arendal
EC trophies: CL 2016 WCh: S 2005, 2017, B 2015, EURO: B 2010
Nathalie Hagman @hagman right wing @NathalieHagman • also played football as a child, but chose handball • won the EHF Cup and Cup Winners’ Cup with Holstebro in 2015 and 2016, finishing both competitions as the top goal scorer • has a twin sister, Gabrielle, who also plays handball, in the Swedish second league • can also feature as a playmaker thanks to her speed and handball IQ; awarded the All-star right wing at the WCh 2017 in Germany
EC trophies: EHF Cup 2015, CWC 2016 EHF EURO: S 2010, B 2014
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GROUP 2 Vipers Kristiansand After making it no further than the group matches in their maiden EHF Champions League season last year, the ambitious club from Norway’s fifth largest city as already made it one step further this time. The main round was also the first objective for head coach Ole Gustav Gjekstad and although his team had to wait for their first win until the fourth round, it came in a big fashion as they took both points of the heavily favoured CSM Bucuresti. Two more victories followed at Bietigheim and versus FTC respectively and Vipers decisively Club Address clinched the place among the top twelve ahead of Bietigheim. Vipers Kristiansand Just before the start of the main round the club announced that Pernille Wibe came Vestre Strandgate 23 back from retirement and strenghtened the squad. 4611 Kristiansand Norway
Media contact Terje Marcussen +47 905 818 15 [email protected] GROUP D FINAL STANDINGS 1. CSM Bucuresti 6 4 0 2 185:171 8 www.vipers.no 2. Vipers Kristiansand 6 3 1 2 180:162 7 VipersKristiansand 3. FTC-Rail Cargo H. 6 3 0 3 174:186 6 @VipersKrSand 4. SG BBM Bietigheim 6 1 1 4 162:182 3 @viperskristiansand GROUP MATCHES RESULTS vs SG BBM Bietigheim D27:27 (14:15) Kit colours @ FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria L27:26 (17:14) Light vs CSM Bucuresti L27:29 (14:14) Player shirt: white @ CSM Bucuresti W26:31 (11:16) Player short: black @ SG BBM Bietigheim W26:34 (12:16) GK shirt: blue vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria W35:27 (18:14) Dark Player shirt: pink Past achievements Player short: pink Women’s EHF Champions League GK shirt: black Participations (including 2018/19 season): 2 Group matches (1): 2017/18
Other Cup Winners‘ Cup: quarter-finals 2015/16 EHF Cup: final 2017/18, semi-finals 2003/04, Last 16 2004/05
Playing hall Norwegian league: 1 title (2018) Aquarama Kristiansand Norwegian cup: 1 title Tangen 8 4608 Kristiansand Norway Capacity: 2,200
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EHF Champions League club records
Biggest win 29:19 (15:11) v Buducnost MNE (h), 14.10.2017 Biggest defeat 30:22 (14:12) v Metz Handball FRA (a), 08.10.2017 Longest winning run 3 matches (04.11.2018 – 18.11.2018) Longest unbeaten run 3 matches (04.11.2018 – 18.11.2018) Longest losing run 4 matches (22.10.2017 - 18.11.2017) Longest run without win 4 matches (22.10.2017 - 18.11.2017) MATCHES Most goals 35 v FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria HUN 35:27W (h), 17.11.2018 Longest losing run 4 Most goals opponent 30 v Metz Handball FRA 30:22L (a), 08.10.2017
GOALS Most goals both teams 62 v FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria HUN 35:27W (h), 17.11.2018 35 Most goals Fewest goals 22 v Metz Handball FRA 30:22L (a), 08.10.2017 22 v Metz Handball FRA 22:25L (h), 10.11.2017 GOALS Fewest goals opponent 19 v Buducnost MNE 29:19W (h), 14.10.2017 Most goals both teams 62 Fewest goals both teams 47 v Metz Handball FRA 22:25L (h), 10.11.2017
Past seasons
MP W T L GF GA GD PTS Stage1994/95 2017/18 Vipers Kristiansand NOR 6 1 0 5 144:154 –10 2:10 4th Gr. D 2018/19 Vipers Kristiansand NOR 6 3 1 2 180:162 +18 7:5 MR Total 12 4 1 7 324:316 +8 9:15
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Ole Gustav Gjekstad coach • joined Vipers for the 2018/19 season, ending a three- year hiatus in his coaching career • worked at Larvik until 2015, after an earlier stint with that club between 1999 and 2005 • replaced Kenneth Gabrielsen, who led Vipers in their maiden CL season in 2017/18 • as a player, scored 548 goals in 149 games for the Norwegian national team
Newcomers: Pernille Wibe (from retirement)
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Team roster
No. First name Surname Nat. Position Date of birth Place of birth Height 3 Emilie Hegh Arntzen NOR Left Back 01/01/1994 Skien, NOR 184 6 Malin Aune NOR Right Wing 04/03/1995 Ranheim, NOR 165 26 Karine Emilie Dahlum NOR Right Wing 16/12/1999 Kristiansand, NOR 175 12 Eline Fagerheim NOR Goalkeeper 19/06/1998 Gjøvik, NOR 180 10 Vilde Kaurin Jonassen NOR Left Wing 01/09/1992 Kristiansand, NOR 165 9 Mathilde Kristensen DEN Line Player 07/04/1993 Viborg, DEN 177 20 Jeanett Kristiansen NOR Left Back 24/12/1992 Stavanger, NOR 179 13 Kristine Lunde Borgersen NOR Centre Back 30/03/1980 Kristiansand, NOR 183 16 C Katrine Lunde NOR Goalkeeper 30/03/1980 Kristiansand, NOR 181 27 Sunniva Naes Andersen NOR Left Wing 12/11/1996 Skien, NOR 175 2 Karoline Olsen NOR Left Wing 16/06/1998 Kristiansand, NOR 171 4 Tonje Refsnes NOR Back 13/11/1994 Kristiansand, NOR 170 25 Henny Ella Reistad NOR Centre Back 09/02/1999 Oslo, NOR 180 15 Linn Jorum Sulland NOR Right Back 15/07/1984 Oslo, NOR 178 22 Marta Tomac NOR Centre Back 20/09/1990 Trondheim, NOR 179 11 Silje Katrine Waade NOR Right Back 20/03/1994 Stjørdal, NOR 183 20 Pernille Wibe NOR Line Player 17/04/1988 Oslo, NOR 181 24 Hanna Maria Yttereng NOR Line Player 20/02/1991 Trondheim, NOR 184
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Katrine Lunde @katrinelundenorway goalkeeper • one of the best goalkeepers in the world, with a huge collection of trophies won with both her clubs and the Norwegian national team • her move to Rostov-Don after five years at Hungary’s Györ was one of the biggest transfers in 2015 • joined Vipers two years later to be reunited with her twin sister, Kristine
EC Trophies: CL 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, EHF Cup 2017 OG: G 2008, 2012, B 2016, EURO: G 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, S 2002, 2012 WCh: G 2011, S 2007, B 2009 Jeanett Kristiansen left back • after two stints with Glassverket and one year in Larvik, she joined Vipers in 2016 • from a real handball family: her older sister Veronica has joined CL winners Györ for the 2018/19 season, while another sister, Charlotte, is also a handball player • formerly played on the left wing at Larvik but was used on the left back position during her time at Glassverket
Emilie Hegh Arntzen left back • joined Vipers from league rivals Byasen ahead of the 2017/18 season • daughter of former Norwegian international Hanne Hegh and former assistant coach of Norway’s female national team, Ketil Arntzen • started playing handball at age eight and started her senior career in Gjerpen, the club she reached the Norwegian top flight with
OG: B 2016, EURO: G 2014, 2016
Marta Tomac @martatomac centre back @MartaTomac • joined Vipers from Byasen in 2015; played for Danish side SK Aarhus in 2010/11 • missed almost the entire 2017/18 season after tearing an ACL, but is back at full strength for the 2018/19 season • born in Zagreb, Croatia, and represented Croatia before playing for Norway • good at both ends of the court, and her ability to read the game, as well as her eye for her teammates in the attack, make her an all-round opponent
EURO: G 2016, WCh: G 2015
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Henny Reistad centre back • joined from another Norwegian club, Stabæk, in the summer of 2018 • has been signed as supplement to Marta Tomac in the playmaker position • at age 19, is a player to build on for the future • already a promising playmaker, with strong skills in both defence and attack
Hanna Yttereng line player • joined from league rivals Byasen in the summer of 2018 as a replacement for Kari Brattset, who has left for Györ • played with stars like Nora Mørk and Stine Bredal Oftedal in the Norwegian junior national team which won the WCh 2010 • has played abroad for SG BBM Bietigheim (GER) and Kisvarda (HUN) • consistent line player with a good shot, strong at both ends of the court
Silje Waade @siljewaade right back • joined from Norwegian league rivals Byasen in the summer of 2018 • made her international breakthrough when Norway won the EHF EURO in 2016 • practices athletics until taking up handball at the age of 17 • forms an excellent right back duo with Linn Jørum Sulland
EURO: G 2016
Malin Aune @malinaune right wing • joined Vipers from Oppsal in the summer of 2017 • her greatest triumph so far was winning the gold medal with the Norwegian national team at EHF EURO 2016 • only 1.65 m tall, but her speed, technical skills and willpower sufficiently compensate
EURO: G 2016
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GROUP 2 RK Krim Mercator In recent EHF Champions League seasons, Krim have been struggling to get closer to the old days, when the Slovenian side was considered one of the best clubs in Europe. The group matches in 2018/19 season were certainly a step in a right direction as the perennial Slovenian champions lost only both games against the defending champions from Györ and dropped two more points in the away draws at Podravka and Thüringer HC respectively. They will start the main round with four points and the outlook for the quarter- Club Address finals seem quite optimistic. Ahead of the new phase Krim bolstered the squad by RK Krim Mercator Lea Krajnc who returned to Slovenia from Turkey. Center Stožice Vojkova Cesta 100 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia
Media contact GROUP C FINAL STANDINGS Gašper Lončarič +386 51 630 877 1. Györi Audi ETO KC 6 6 0 0 210:140 12 [email protected] 2. RK Krim Mercator 6 2 2 2 153:164 6 3. Thüringer HC 6 1 1 4 155:173 3 www.rkkrim.com 4. HC Podravka Vegeta 6 1 1 4 142:181 3 rkkrim
@rkkrim GROUP MATCHES RESULTS @ Györi Audi ETO KC L39:23 (19:9) @rkkrim vs Thüringer HC W27:20 (10:12) @ HC Podravka Vegeta D27:27 (15:13) vs HC Podravka Vegeta W27:20 (14:10)
Kit colours vs Györi Audi ETO KC L23:32 (10:16) @ Thüringer HC D26:26 (14:16) Light Player shirt: blue Past achievements Player short: blue Women’s EHF Champions League GK shirt: white Participations (including 2018/19 season): 24 Dark Winners (2): 2000/01, 2002/03 Player shirt: red Runners-up (3): 1998/99, 2003/04, 2005/06 Player short: red Semi-final (1): 2012/13 GK shirt: black Quarter-final (4): 1996/97, 1997/98, 2004/05, 2006/07 Main Round (8): 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2016/17, 2017/18 Last 16 (1): 1995/96 Playing hall Group Matches (4): 1999/00, 2001/02, Sportna dvorana Kodeljevo 2007/08, 2015/16 Gortanova 21 1000 Ljubljana Other Slovenia Champions Trophy: Winners 2002/03, 2003/04 Capacity: 2,400 Cup Winners’ Cup: Semi-final 2015/16
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EHF Champions League club records
Biggest win 36:12 (18:3) v Anagennisi Artas GRE (h), 25.01.1997 Biggest defeat 39:20 (19:8) v Buducnost MNE (a), 15.03.2015 Longest winning run 6 matches (04.01.2003 – 22.02.2003) 6 matches (08.01.2005 – 19.02.2005) Longest unbeaten run 7 matches (20.02.2000 – 10.02.2001) MATCHES Longest losing run 16 matches (09.11.2014 – 20.11.2015) Longest winning run 6 Longest run without win 16 matches (09.11.2014 – 20.11.2015) Most goals 41 v H/K Dinamo Volgograd RUS 41:33W (h), 13.01.2007 GOALS Most goals Most goals opponent 47 v WHC Vardar SCBT MKD 29:47L (h), 06.03.2015 41 Most goals both teams 76 v Buducnost MNE 36:40L (h), 04.03.2011
GOALS 76 v WHC Vardar SCBT MKD 29:47L (h), 06.03.2015 76 Most goals both teams Fewest goals 15 v Buducnost MNE 30:15L (a), 09.02.2014 Fewest goals opponent 12 v Anagennisi Artas GRE 36:12W (h), 25.01.1997 Fewest goals both teams 34 v ESBF Besancon FRA 19:15W (h), 02.01.1999
Past seasons
MP W T L GF GA GD PTS Stage1994/95 1996/97 Krim Electa Ljubljana SLO 8 4 0 4 197:178 +19 8:8 1/4-finals 1997/98 Krim Electa Ljubljana SLO 8 4 0 4 210:218 -8 8:8 1/4-finals 1998/99 Krim Electa Ljubljana SLO 12 6 1 5 298:287 +11 13:11 Runner-up 1999/00 Krim Electa NR Ljubljana SLO 6 2 1 3 153:146 +7 5:7 3rd Gr. B 2000/01 RK Krim Neutro Roberts SLO 12 6 3 3 302:270 +32 15:9 Winner 2001/02 RK Krim Neutro Roberts SLO 6 3 0 3 148:151 -3 6:6 3rd Gr. D 2002/03 Krim ETA N. Roberts Ljubljana SLO 12 10 0 2 357:302 +55 20:4 Winner 2003/04 Krim Ljubljana Slovenia SLO 12 7 0 5 344:309 +35 14:10 Runner-up 2004/05 Krim Ljubljana SLO 8 7 0 1 222:185 +37 14:2 1/4-finals 2005/06 Krim Ljubljana Slovenia SLO 12 8 0 4 312:285 +27 16:8 Runner-up 2006/07 RK Krim Mercator Ljubljana SLO 8 5 0 3 245:231 +14 10:6 1/4-finals 2007/08 RK Krim Mercator Ljubljana SLO 6 2 1 3 175:180 -5 5:7 3rd Gr. B 2008/09 RK Krim Mercator SLO 12 6 0 6 383:386 -3 12:12 4th MR Gr. 2 2009/10 RK Krim Mercator SLO 12 7 1 4 364:334 +30 15:9 3rd MR Gr. 1 2010/11 RK Krim Mercator SLO 12 6 0 6 364:356 +8 12:12 3rd MR Gr. 1 2011/12 RK Krim Mercator SLO 12 4 2 6 290:312 -22 10:14 3rd MR Gr. 2 2012/13 RK Krim Mercator SLO 14 8 0 6 355:355 0 16:12 1/2-finals 2013/14 RK Krim Mercator SLO 12 5 1 6 300:295 +5 11:13 4th MR Gr. 2 2014/15 RK Krim Mercator SLO 12 2 0 10 305:374 –69 4:20 6th MR Gr. 1 2015/16 RK Krim Mercator SLO 6 0 0 6 160:208 –48 0:12 4th Gr. A 2016/17 RK Krim Mercator SLO 12 4 0 8 294:345 -51 8:16 5th MR Gr. 2 2017/18 RK Krim Mercator SLO 12 4 1 7 301:335 –34 9:15 6th MR Gr. 1 2018/19 RK Krim Mercator SLO 6 2 2 2 153:164 -11 6:6 MR Total: 232 112 13 107 6232:6206 +26 237:227
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Uros Bregar coach • took over as head coach of Krim at age 36 • started his coaching career as a 20-year-old, later mentored by Marta Bon, whom he succeeded at the helm of Krim in 2015 • was assistant coach to Indira Kastratovic at Vardar in 2013, before taking over at Hungarian side Vac • also the current Slovenian women’s national team coach • expert in youth coaching, having worked with all Slovenian women’s youth categories in the past
Newcomers: Left the club: Lea Krajnc (Zagnos SK/TUR) Aneja Beganovic
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Team roster
No. First name Surname Nat. Position Date of birth Place of birth Height 71 Ines Amon SLO Left Wing 13/07/1992 Celje, SLO 171 13 Polona Baric SLO Left Wing 15/05/1992 Izola, SLO 166 14 Aneja Beganovic SLO Line Player 09/11/1997 Ljubljana, SLO 173 20 Alja Koren SLO Right Back 11/12/1990 Celje, SLO 185 4 Lea Krajnc SLO Centre Back 01/04/1995 Izola, SLO 180 10 C Dora Krsnik CRO Centre Back 19/01/1992 Zagreb, CRO 170 19 Natasa Ljepoja SLO Line Player 28/01/1996 Celje, SLO 178 16 Misa Marincek Ribezl SLO Goalkeeper 18/02/1985 Celje, SLO 185 8 Tamara Mavsar SLO Left Wing 01/04/1991 Ljubljana, SLO 173 21 Amra Pandzic SLO Goalkeeper 20/09/1989 Ljubljana, SLO 178 77 Olga Perederiy UKR Line Player 12/04/1994 Zaporozhye, UKR 175 91 Sara Ristovska MKD Right Wing 09/09/1996 Skopje, MKD 168 15 Tjasa Stanko SLO Left Back 05/11/1997 Maribor, SLO 173 22 Lamprini Tsakalou GRE Back 07/08/1993 Arta, GRE 176 12 Maja Vojnovic SLO Goalkeeper 26/01/1998 Novo Mesto, SLO 180 23 Hana Vucko SLO Back 14/11/1998 Ljubljana, SLO 175 29 Nina Zabjek SLO Centre Back 04/03/1998 Ljubljana, SLO 178 7 Ana Zrimsek SLO Right Wing 17/08/1995 Ljubljana, SLO 178 18 Nina Zulic SLO Centre Back 04/12/1995 Ljubljana, SLO 170
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Misa Marincek goalkeeper • enjoying second spell with Krim after having also played for Ptuj, Zalec, Olimpija and Kärnten (Austria) • returned to Krim for the 2013/14 season • shares playing time with Maja Vojnovič, who is also a Slovenian international
Tamara Mavsar tamcilii left wing • born in Ljubljana, where she began her handball journey at Krim • made her CL debut at age 17 and was named among the best up-and-coming CL players in 2012/13 • joined Vardar for one season (2016/17), reaching the CL Final that year • returned to Krim in the summer of 2017
Polona Baric @polonabaric left wing • named best female player in Slovenia in 2015 • missed the WCH 2017 in Germany due to injury • started with gymnastics but soon turned to handball under the supervision of father Tone Baric, a handball coach
Tjasa Stanko left back • technically very skilled Slovenian player, who was raised in Zagorje, where she also won a championship title • leading national team player, scored 38 goals in qualification for the EHF EURO 2018 • at her best on the left side but can play as a centre back as well
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Nina Zulic centre back • No. 1 playmaker in the national team, going into her seventh CL season with Krim • scored a personal best 19 goals during Krim’s 2017/18 CL campaign • can set a fast pace of the game, especially alongside Tjasa Stanko • her father, Samir Zulic, was a professional soccer player, also in the national team
Dora Krsnik right back • Croatian international, who joined Krim in 2018 from Podravka Vegeta • also had EC experience with Lokomotiva Zagreb and RK Zelina • versatile player, who can also act in a central role
Alja Koren right back • had her first CL experience with Celje in 2005/06 • first played for Krim from 2009-2012 before joining Erd in Hungary for two seasons • made transition to right back before the 2014/15 season, can play various position
Lamprini Tsakalou back • before Krim she never played in EHFCL, her former clubs in Greece were Nea Ionia and Anagennisi Arta • scored her first CL goal only in 2017/18, but was expected to become one of leaders for Krim this season • second Greece-born player to play in Krim after Elisabeth Omoregie • like Omoregie also Tsakalou has family roots in Africa, her grandmother comes from Congo
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GROUP 2 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria said goodbye to the Women’s EHF Champions League last season at the quarter-final stage after losing to Russian side Rostov-Don, and then missed out on the Hungarian league title after scoring just one goal less than rivals Györi Audi ETO KC in the last round. With key players not available this season, FTC may have to wait another year for a breakthrough into the mega event in the Hungarian capital. They enter the main round with just two points and it remains to be seen whether Club Address this will be a sufficiant starting point for a return to the quarter-finals. Their key FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria players, however, enjoyed a rather successful tournament at the EHF EURO 2018 Kobanyai ut 47/a. with the rising star of Ferencvaros Noemi Hafra claiming the best left back award in 1101 Budapest the All-star team vote. Hungary
Media contact Adam Schleinig +36 704 454 902 GROUP D FINAL STANDINGS [email protected] 1. CSM Bucuresti 6 4 0 2 185:171 8 2. Vipers Kristiansand 6 3 1 2 180:162 7
kezilabda.fradi.hu 3. FTC-Rail Cargo H. 6 3 0 3 174:186 6
ftckezilabda 4. SG BBM Bietigheim 6 1 1 4 162:182 3
@ftc_kezilabda GROUP MATCHES RESULTS @ CSM Bucuresti L36:31(18:13) vs Vipers Kristiansand W27:26 (17:14) Kit colours @ SG BBM Bietigheim W25:28 (14:13) Light vs SG BBM Bietigheim W33:30 (17:13) Player shirt: white vs CSM Bucuresti L28:34 (10:17) Player short: white @ Vipers Kristiansand L35:27 (18:14) GK shirt: red
Dark Past achievements Player shirt: green Women’s EHF Champions League Player short: green Participations (including 2018/19 season): 19 GK shirt: blue/black Runners-up (1): 2001/02 Semi-finals (2): 1996/97, 2000/01 Quarter-finals (6): 1999/2000, 2002/03, 2003/04, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18 Main Round (1): 2012/13 Group Matches/Champions League (6): Playing hall 1994/95, 1995/96, 1997/98, 2006/07, 2007/08, Erd Arena 2013/14 Velencei ut 39-41 Qualification (2): 2009/10, 2014/15 2030 Erd Other Hungary EHF Cup: winners 2005/06, semi-finals 2004/05 Capacity: 2,200 Cup Winners’ Cup: winners 2010/11, 2011/12, semi-finals 2006/07, 2014/15 Hungarian league: 12 titles (1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2015) Hungarian cup: 13 titles 76 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria
EHF Champions League club records
Biggest win 42:16 (19:7) v Anagennisi Artas GRE (h), 18.01.1997 Biggest defeat 40:23 (22:10) v Györi Audi ETO KC HUN (a), 09.04.2016 Longest winning run 5 matches (14.10.2012 – 11.11.2012) 5 matches (20.11.2016 – 25.02.2017) Longest unbeaten run 8 matches (09.11.2013 – 22.11.2015)
MATCHES Longest losing run 4 matches (12.01.2007 – 17.02.2007) 5 Longest winning run 4 matches (27.10.2007 – 16.11.2007) 4 matches (02.03.2013 – 06.10.2013) GOALS 4 matches (11.03.2017 – 06.10.2017) Most goals 42 Longest run without win 5 matches (16.11.2013 – 01.03.2014) 5 matches (05.03.2017 – 06.10.2017) GOALS 70 Most goals both teams Most goals 42 v Anagennisi Artas GRE 42:16W (h), 18.01.1997 Most goals opponent 40 v Györi Audi ETO KC HUN 40:23L (a), 09.04.2016 Most goals both teams 70 v Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 34:36L (h), 10.02.2007 70 v Larvik NOR 37:33W (h), 14.10.2017 Fewest goals 17 v Volgograd AKVA RUS 22:17L (a), 03.03.2001 Fewest goals opponent 16 v Anagennisi Artas GRE 42:16W (h), 18.01.1997 16 v TUS Walle Bremen GER 27:16W (h), 25.01.1997 16 v HC Podravka Vegeta CRO 28:16W (h), 18.10.2015 Fewest goals both teams 36 v Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 18:18D (h), 31.03.1996
Past seasons
MP W T L GF GA GD PTS Stage1994/95 1994/95 Ferencvaros Budapest HUN 6 3 1 2 135:129 +6 7:5 3rd Gr. B 1995/96 Ferencvaros Budapest HUN 6 3 2 1 145:137 +8 8:4 2nd Gr. B 1996/97 Ferencvaros Budapest HUN 10 6 1 3 264:208 +56 13:7 1/2-finals 1997/98 HERZ – FTC Budapest HUN 6 1 1 4 147:159 –12 3:9 3rd Gr. B 1999/00 HERZ – FTC Budapest HUN 8 4 0 4 204:201 +3 8:8 1/4-finals 2000/01 HERZ – FTC Budapest HUN 10 5 0 5 264:232 +32 10:10 1/2-finals 2001/02 HERZ – FTC Budapest HUN 12 6 2 4 348:341 +7 14:10 Runner-up 2002/03 HERZ – FTC Budapest HUN 8 6 0 2 252:228 +24 12:4 1/4-finals 2003/04 FTC Budapest HUN 8 5 0 3 220:221 -1 10:6 1/4-finals 2006/07 FTC Budapest HUN 6 2 0 4 177:188 -11 4:8 3rd Gr. D 2007/08 Budapest Bank-FTC HUN 6 1 0 5 165:192 –27 2:10 4th Gr. D 2012/13 FTC Rail Cargo Hungaria HUN 12 8 0 4 346:336 +10 16:8 3rd MR Gr. 2 2013/14 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria HUN 6 3 0 3 162:161 +1 6:6 3rd Gr. B 2015/16 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria HUN 14 7 2 5 378:383 -5 16:12 1/4-finals 2016/17 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria HUN 14 8 2 4 397:361 +36 18:10 1/4-finals 2017/18 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria HUN 14 8 0 6 400:382 +18 16:12 1/4-finals 2018/19 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria HUN 6 3 0 3 174:186 -12 6:6 MR Total: 152 79 11 62 4178:4045 +133 169:135
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Gabor Elek coach • son of legendary coach Gyula Elek, who led FTC for almost three decades, now works in arena named after his father • leads Ferencváros since 2008 but won first domestic title in 2015 as the team regularly finishes runner-up to Györ • won back-to-back Cup Winners’ Cups in 2011 and 2012 • respected member of the Ferencváros family, apart from his father his mother also played for the club
EC trophies: Cup Winners’ Cup: 2011, 2012
Late entries: Dora Horváth (Kisvardai KC) Katrin Klujber (Dunaujvarosi Kohasz) Nikolett Toth (MTK Budapest) Luca Zsiboras (reserve team)
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Team roster
No. First name Surname Nat. Position Date of birth Place of birth Height 16 Blanka Biro HUN Goalkeeper 22/09/1994 Vac, HUN 185 61 Csenge Csatlos HUN Goalkeeper 01/10/2002 Budapest, HUN 177 48 Dorottya Faluvegi HUN Right Wing 31/03/1998 Budapest, HUN 170 19 Kata Farkas HUN Right Back 28/09/1999 Szeged, HUN 180 44 Dora Györfi HUN Right Back 23/09/2001 Debrecen, HUN 175 1 Gréta Hadfi HUN Goalkeeper 28/09/2001 Salgótarján, HUN 174 27 Luca Hafra HUN Left Wing 27/02/2001 Budapest, HUN 169 45 Noemi Hafra HUN Left Back 05/10/1998 Cegléd, HUN 180 92 Dora Hornyak HUN Right Back 24/01/1992 Debrecen, HUN 176 17 Dora Horvath HUN Left Back 23/12/1993 71 Bobana Klikovac MNE Line Player 19/07/1995 Cetinje, MNE 181 15 Kinga Klivinyi HUN Left Back 31/03/1992 Budapest, HUN 175 42 Katrin Klujber HUN Right Back 21/04/1999 Dunaújváros, HUN 170 91 C Aniko Kovacsics HUN Centre Back 29/08/1991 Nagyatád, HUN 170 22 Viktoria Lukacs HUN Right Wing 31/10/1995 Budapest, HUN 169 26 Djurdjina Malovic MNE Right Back 05/05/1996 Niksic, MNE 182 21 Greta Marton HUN Left Wing 03/10/1999 Mohács, HUN 173 14 Rea Reka Meszaros HUN Line Player 14/04/1994 Vac, HUN 172 11 Lívia Nagy HUN Line Player 28/02/1999 Budapest, HUN 179 25 Nerea Pena Abaurrea ESP Centre Back 13/12/1989 Pamplona, ESP 175 6 Nadine Schatzl HUN Left Wing 19/11/1993 München, GER 173 24 Danick Snelder NED Line Player 22/05/1990 Pijnacker, NED 178 31 Zsofia Szemerey HUN Goalkeeper 02/06/1994 Kazincbarcika, HUN 180 12 Melinda Szikora HUN Goalkeeper 19/11/1988 Kiskunhalas, HUN 175 33 Nikolett Tóth HUN 13/07/2001 Budapest, HUN 173 Luca Zsiboras HUN 21/05/2001
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Blanka Bíró @biroblanka goalkeeper • born and raised in Vác, where she played for eight years • played internationally in the EHF Cup and the Cup Winners’ Cup, and was first called up for the national team at age 18 - for the home EHF EURO 2014 • one of her saves at EHF EURO 2014 was elected ’Save of the Round’ • the 1.86-m tall goalkeeper is an up-and-comer in Hungarian handball and is expected to be the first choice for the national team
Nadine Schatzl @schatzi_nadi left wing • joined FTC in 2015 after three seasons with Erd • had her first CL experience as an 18-year-old with Györ in 2010/11, and she reached the CL Final with that club the following season • born in Munich, Germany, but started playing handball in Mohács at the age of 10 • member of Hungarian national team, and was CL All-star Team nominee in 2016/17
Noémi Háfra left back • one of FTC’s young talents, also part of the Hungarian national team • joined FTC in 2014, spent the 2016/17 season on loan at MTK, and made her CL debut in 2017/18, scoring 16 goals • won Junior WCh 2018 with teammates Dorottya Faluvégi and Gréta Márton • All-star left back of Junior WCh 2018
Nerea Pena @nereitxu25 left back • Spanish international, a clutch player for FTC since being signed from Itxako in 2012 • injury-prone sharp shooter, has been through difficult times after injuring the same knee twice • finished runner-up in the CL with Itxako in 2011; voted to the All-star Team of EHF EURO 2010
EURO: S 2014, WCh: B 2011
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Anikó Kovacsics @kovacsicsaniko_misy8 centre back/left wing • made her CL debut at 16 and is already in her 12th CL season - her third with FTC • joined in 2015 from arch rivals Györ, after not getting enough playing time in the star-studded team • also able to play left wing, and was deployed in that position by Hungary during EHF EURO 2014 • awarded best young CL player in 2012/13
EC trophies: CL 2013, 2014 EURO: B 2012
Danick Snelder @danicksnelder line player • member of the Dutch national team with more than 100 caps to her name, Snelder was a vital part of the team won silver at the WCh 2015 • made it to the All-star Team of the W19 EHF EURO 2009 in Hungary • won four Bundesliga titles with THC before moving to Hungary in 2016 • best line player of 2009/10 in the Netherlands, where she played for Hellas
EURO: S 2016, WCh: S 2015, B 2017
Dorottya Faluvégi @csibi48 right wing • won Junior WCh 2018 with teammates Noémi Háfra and Gréta Márton, and was elected for the All-star Team • made her CL debut with FTC in 2016/17 scoring 11 goals, and topped this performance the following season with 33 goals • was nominated for the CL Best Young Player award in 2017/18 • brother Rudolf is left back at VELUX EHF Champions League 2018 finalists Nantes
Viktoria Lukacs @lukacsviki right wing • Budapest-born talented player, raised by local team Spartacus • only 22, but already entering her seventh European campaign with Ferencváros • since her debut in 2011, she spent just one season away from the club - in 2013/14, when she played for Siofok on loan • had a breakthrough season in 2016/17 as she scored her personal best of 42 goals
EC trophies: Cup Winners’ Cup 2012
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GROUP 2 Thüringer HC
With Alicia Stolle as an All-star team member of the EHF EURO 2018 and two vetaran players strenghtening the squad, the quarter-final prospect of Thürunger HC should not be completely pesimistic, although the German champions are starting from the very bottom of Group 2 with a single point for a draw against Krim. There are 12 more points at stake in the main round and all is not lost for Herbert Club Address Müller’s team. Thüringer HC Mittelhäuser Str. 21 99089 Erfurt Germany
Media contact Bernd Hohnstein +49 179 4649 389 [email protected] GROUP C FINAL STANDINGS 1. Györi Audi ETO KC 6 6 0 0 210:140 12 www.thueringer-hc.de 2. RK Krim Mercator 6 2 2 2 153:164 6 ThueringerHC 3. Thüringer HC 6 1 1 4 155:173 3 @ThueringerHC 4. HC Podravka Vegeta 6 1 1 4 142:181 3 @thueringerhc GROUP MATCHES RESULTS vs HC Podravka Vegeta L26:28(11:12) Kit colours @ RK Krim Mercator L27:20 (10:12) Light @ Györi Audi ETO KC L22:38 (11:15) Player shirt: white vs Györi Audi ETO KC L31:28 (19:15) Player short: black @ HC Podravka Vegeta W23:31 (10:14) GK shirt: black vs RK Krim Mercator D26:26 (14:16) Dark Player shirt: red Past achievements Player short: black Women’s EHF Champions League GK shirt: violet Participations (including 2018/19 season): 8 Quarter-finals (1): 2014/15 Main Round (4): 2013/14, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18 Group Matches (2): 2011/12, 2012/13
Other Cup Winners’ Cup: semi-final 2012/13 Playing hall Challenge Cup: runners-up 2008/09 Wiedigsburghalle Nordhausen August-Bebel-Platz 6 German league: 7 titles (2011, 2012, 2013, 99734 Nordhausen 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018) Germany German cup: 2 titles Capacity: 2,218
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EHF Champions League club records
Biggest win 33:20 (14:11) v HC Podravka Vegeta CRO (h), 19.10.2014 21:34 (13:17) v SG BBM Bietigheim GER (a), 25.02.2018 Biggest defeat 36:18 (17:9) v Larvik NOR (a), 11.04.2015 Longest winning run 3 matches (08.02.2014 – 02.03.2014) 3 matches (15.11.2014 – 31.01.2015) MATCHES 3 matches (13.11.2016 – 29.01.2017) Longest winning run 3 Longest unbeaten run 4 matches (08.02.2014 – 08.03.2014) 4 matches (13.02.2015 – 15.03.2015) GOALS Most goals Longest losing run 7 matches (06.01.2016 – 28.02.2016) 36 Longest run without win 7 matches (06.01.2016 – 28.02.2016)
GOALS 65 Most goals both teams Most goals 36 v HCM Baia Mare ROU 36:29W (h), 06.10.2013 Most goals opponent 38 v HCM Baia Mare ROU 38:27L (a), 19.02.2016 Most goals both teams 65 v HCM Baia Mare ROU 36:29W (h), 06.10.2013 65 v HCM Baia Mare ROU 38:27L (a), 19.02.2016 Fewest goals 14 v Buducnost MNE 23:14L (a), 09.11.2014 Fewest goals opponent 16 v Glassverket NOR 24:16W (h), 16.10.2016 Fewest goals both teams 37 v Buducnost MNE 23:14L (a), 09.11.2014
Past seasons
MP W T L GF GA GD PTS Stage1994/95 2011/12 Thüringer HC GER 6 0 1 5 139:163 -24 1:11 4th Gr. A 2012/13 Thüringer HC GER 6 3 0 3 146:153 -7 6:6 3rd Gr. D 2013/14 Thüringer HC GER 12 5 1 6 316:321 -5 11:13 3rd MR Gr. 1 2014/15 Thüringer HC GER 14 7 1 6 367:364 +3 15:13 1/4-finals 2015/16 Thüringer HC GER 12 2 1 9 300:337 –37 5:19 6th MR Gr. 1 2016/17 Thüringer HC GER 12 4 1 7 314:329 -15 9:15 5th MR Gr. 1 2017/18 Thüringer HC GER 12 3 0 9 310:334 -24 6:18 5th MR Gr. 2 2018/19 Thüringer HC GER 6 1 1 4 153:173 -20 3:9 MR Total 80 25 6 49 2045:2174 -129 56:104
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Herbert Müller coach • born in Romania, previously worked with Brasov (ROU) • starting in his 10th CL season as a coach, always assisted by his brother, Helfried • is also head coach of the Austrian national team • led Nürnberg to their first-ever CL qualification and won the Challenge Cup in 2004, then won seven German titles with Thüringer HC • former mathematics lecturer
EC trophies: Challenge Cup 2004
Late entries: Kerstin Wohlbold (from maternity leave) Nina Müller (Randers HK)
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Team roster
No. First name Surname Nat. Position Date of birth Place of birth Height 3 Tyra Bessert GER Left Wing 04/05/2002 Erfurt, GER 173 20 Emily Bölk GER Left Back 26/04/1998 Buxtehude, GER 184 88 Anne Breitschuh GER Line Player 13/08/1988 Erfurt, GER 179 8 Lara-Sophie Fichtner GER Left Wing 17/07/2001 Erfurt, GER 168 23 Franziska Fuhrmann GER Line Player 23/01/1989 Erfurt, GER 177 32 Elia Garcia Canabate ESP Goalkeeper 11/09/1995 Madrid, ESP 171 16 Ann-Cathrin Giegerich GER Goalkeeper 04/01/1992 Erlenbach, GER 181 21 Ina Großmann GER Left Wing 21/08/1990 Holzgerlingen, GER 170 6 Emely Hagedorn GER Right Wing 12/10/2002 Dortmund, GER 172 57 Josefine Huber AUT Line Player 19/02/1996 Wien, AUT 180 27 Anne Hubinger GER Right Back 31/07/1993 Ribnitz-Damgarten, GER 185 28 Lydia Jakubisova SVK Right Wing 14/10/1981 Bojnice, SVK 168 1 Jana Krause GER Goalkeeper 10/06/1987 München, GER 186 5 Saskia Lang GER Left Back 19/12/1986 Lörrach, GER 179 33 Pauline Lorenz GER Centre Back 21/03/1997 Bad Langensalza, GER 169 18 C Iveta Luzumova CZE Centre Back 03/04/1989 Pisek, CZE 175 10 Alexandra Mazzucco GER Right Wing 29/01/1993 Lauf a.d. Pegnitz, GER 175 25 Gordana Mitrovic SRB Centre Back 10/09/1996 Attendorn, GER 176 22 Nina Müller GER Centre Back 14/11/1980 Bremen, GER 180 37 Petra Popluharova SVK Left Back 23/08/1988 Partizanske, SVK 176 55 Julia Redder GER Left Back 14/09/1998 Erfurt, GER 176 2 Arwen Rühl GER Left Back 20/06/2002 Hamburg, GER 179 7 Jovana Sazdovska MKD Left Wing 27/06/1993 Skopje, MKD 177 4 Beate Scheffknecht AUT Left Back 27/02/1990 Innsbruck, AUT 182 26 Nina Schilk GER Left Wing 09/07/1989 Hamburg, GER 165 13 Meike Schmelzer GER Line Player 19/07/1993 Wiesbaden, GER 178 17 Alicia Stolle GER Line Player 17/06/1996 Ahlen, GER 182 15 Krisztina Triscsuk HUN Back 17/07/1985 Boksitogorsk, RUS 176 36 Antonia Westland GER Left Back 21/11/1997 Erfurt, GER 179 31 Kerstin Wohlbold GER Centre Back 11/01/1984 Friedrichshafen, GER 169 12 Kristy Zimmerman NED Goalkeeper 08/10/1994 Willemstad, NED 175
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Kristy Zimmermann goalkeeper • arrived at THC from Göppingen in 2018 as successor of German No. 1 goalkeeper, Dinah Eckerle, who joined Bietigheim • shares the position with another new arrival, Ann-Kathrin Giegerich • born in Curacao, she was part of the famous Dutch Handball Academy in Papendal from 2011-14, and made her national team debut in 2017 • moved from Dutch champions Dalfsen to Göppingen two years ago
Ina Großmann left wing • joined in 2018 from TuS Metzingen, leaving that club after nine seasons • reached the EHF Cup Final in 2016 with Metzingen • one of three German national team players to arrive at THC for the 2018/19 season, alongside Emily Bölk and Alicia Stolle • made debut for national team at age 27 in March 2018
Emily Bölk @emily_boelk left back • joined in 2018 from Buxtehuder SV, where she made Bundesliga debut at age 16 • visited the Viborg youth academy at age 14 • was MVP of U18 WCh 2014, and is part of senior national team since age 18 • mother Andrea was also a national team player, who won gold at the WCh 1993 and silver at the EHF EURO 1994
Iveta Luzumova @ivetaluzumova left back • was second-best scorer of the CL in 2017/18, behind CSM’s Cristina Neagu • was top scorer of the Bundesliga in 2017/18 and named ‘best player of the season’ • Czech international since 2009, and became third-best scorer of WCh 2017 in Germany with 47 goals in seven games • from her Czech home club, Sokol Pisek, she joined French side Mios Biganos in 2012 before joining THC the following year
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Meike Schmelzer line player • going into her fifth CL season with Thüringer HC • successfully stepped in to replace captain Danick Snelder after the Dutch line player joined FTC in 2017 • became German national team player at the age of 20, and played her first major event at EHF EURO 2016 • studies sports and English to become a teacher after her handball career
Alicia Stolle right back • arrived from HSG Blomberg before the start of the 2018/19 season • played in the EHF Cup with Blomberg in 2017/18, and in the Cup Winners’ Cup four years ago • started career at youth academy of Borussia Dortmund, and made national team debut in 2016 at age 20 • was part of the German team at EHF EURO 2016 and WCh 2017
Anne Hubinger @about__anne right back • joined THC from HC Leipzig in the summer of 2017 • was the youngest German player at EHF EURO 2012 and played at four major events since, but missed the home WCh 2017 due to injury • sat out most of the 2017/18 season because of a severe foot and ankle injury, but the club still extended her contract with another year, until 2019
Lydia Jakubisova right back/right wing • became No. 1 on the right-back position during the 10-month injury break of Anne Hubinger, but can also play on the right wing • Slovakian international (until 2015), who had to recover from severe knee injuries three times in her career • has been playing in Germany since 2007 (Sulzbach, Trier, Oldenburg), and joined Thüringer HC in 2011
87 All-time stats
All-time stats
Biggest wins 26 23 HC Vardar MKD @ HC Leipzig GER 22:45 (9:22), 19.11.2016 22 Dunaferr SE HUN vs GAS Anagennisi Artas GRE 41:19 (17:9), 07.11.1999 Ferencvaros Budapest HUN 21 Larvik NOR vs Dinamo RUS 41:20 (24:9), 17.02.2011 vs Anagennisi Artas GRE 21 Györi Audi ETO HUN vs Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 37:16 (17:9), 08.11.2015 42:16 (19:7), 18.01.1997 20 Kometal Skopje MKD vs Granicar Djurdjevac CRO 33:13 (19:7), 09.11.1996 20 HC Leipzig GER vs Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 42:22 (20:11), 31.10.2014 19 Oltchim Rm. Valcea ROU @ Buxtehuder SV GER 15:34 (6:14), 20.10.2012 19 Györi Audi ETO HUN vs Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 41:22 (21:11), 05.10.2013 19 Buducnost MNE vs RK Krim Mercator SLO 39:20 (19:8), 15.03.2015 19 Metz Handball FRA vs Astrakhanochka RUS 37:18 (17:10), 11.02.2017
Biggest home wins 22 Dunaferr SE HUN vs GAS Anagennisi Artas GRE 41:19 (17:9), 07.11.1999 26 21 Larvik NOR vs Dinamo RUS 41:20 (24:9), 17.02.2011 Ferencvaros Budapest HUN 21 Györi Audi ETO KC HUN vs Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 37:16 (17:9), 08.11.2015 vs Anagennisi Artas GRE 20 Kometal Skopje MKD vs Granicar Djurdjevac CRO 33:13 (19:7), 09.11.1996 42:16 (19:7), 18.01.1997 20 HC Leipzig GER vs Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 42:22 (20:11), 31.10.2014 19 Györi Audi ETO HUN vs Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 41:22 (21:11), 05.10.2013 19 Buducnost MNE vs RK Krim Mercator SLO 39:20 (19:8), 15.03.2015 19 Metz Handball FRA vs Astrakhanochka RUS 37:18 (17:10), 11.02.2017 Biggest away wins 19 Oltchim Rm. Valcea ROU @ Buxtehuder SV GER 15:34 (6:14), 20.10.2012 23 18 Larvik NOR @ Randers HK DEN 20:38 (13:20), 07.11.2010 HC Vardar MKD @ HC Leipzig 18 WHC Vardar SCBT MKD @ HC Podravka Vegeta CRO 17:35 (10:16), 03.11.2013 GER 22:45 (9:22), 19.11.2016 18 WHC Vardar SCBT MKD @ RK Krim Mercator SLO 29:47 (12:24), 06.03.2015 17 Kometal Skopje MKD @ MKS Montex Lublin POL 21:38 (10:18), 17.02.2002 17 Györi Audi ETO KC HUN @ IK Sävehof SWE 21:38 (8:20), 26.10.2014 17 Györi Audi ETO KC HUN @ RK Krim Mercator SLO 17:34 (10:18), 25.02.2017 16 FTC Rail Cargo Hungaria HUN @ Dinamo Volgograd RUS 21:37 (9:23), 14.10.2012 16 Larvik NOR @ RK Krim Mercator SLO 21:37 (10:21), 30.10.2015 Biggest lead at half-time 15 15 Zvezda Zvenigorod RUS vs RK Krim Mercator Ljubljana SLO 36:31 (22:7), 09.11.2007 15 Larvik NOR vs Dinamo RUS 41:20 (24:9), 12.02.2011 Krim Electa Ljubljana SLO 14 CS ‘Oltchim’ Rm. Valcea ROU vs 1. FC Nürnberg GER 39:27 (23:9), 07.03.2008 vs Anagennisi Artas GRE 14 FTC Rail Cargo Hungaria HUN @ Dinamo Volgograd RUS 21:37 (9:23), 14.10.2012 36:12 (18:3), 25.01.1997 13 Larvik HK NOR vs Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 37:21 (19:6), 18.01.2003 13 Slagelse DT DEN @ Cem. la Union-Ribarroja ESP 20:34 (8:21), 10.11.2007 13 Hypo Niederösterreich AUT vs HC Kometal GP MKD 34:24 (20:7), 11.01.2008 13 HC Vardar MKD @ Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 25:38 (9:22), 24.10.2015 13 HC Vardar MKD @ HC Leipzig GER 22:45 (9:22), 19.11.2016 Most goals 47 45 HC Vardar MKD @ HC Leipzig GER 22:45 (9:22), 19.11.2016 WHC Vardar SCBT MKD 43 HC ‘Lada Togliatti’ RUS vs Byasen Elite Trondheim NOR 43:39 (22:19), 18.02.2007 @ RK Krim Mercator SLO 42 Ferencvaros Budapest HUN vs Anagennisi Artas GRE 42:16 (19:7), 18.01.1997 29:47 (12:24), 06.03.2015 42 Viborg HK DEN @ 1. FC Nürnberg Handball GER 28:42 (16:23), 03.01.2009 42 HC Leipzig GER vs Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 42:22 (20:11), 31.10.2014 42 Metz Handball FRA vs HC Vardar MKD 42:28 (19:16), 05.03.2017
88 All-time stats
Most goals both teams 76 RK Krim Mercator SLO vs ‘Buducnost’ MNE 36:40 (19:23), 04.03.2011 82 76 RK Krim Mercator SLO vs WHC Vardar SCBT MKD 29:47 (12:24), 06.03.2015 HC ‘Lada Togliatti’ RUS 74 RK Krim Mercator SLO vs H/K Dinamo Volgograd RUS 41:33 (20:15), 13.01.2007 vs Byasen HB Elite 74 Dinamo RUS vs Viborg HK DEN 41:33 (20:15), 24.10.2010 Trondheim NOR 73 HC Podravka Vegeta CRO vs Györi Audi ETO HUN 33:40 (12:21), 13.01.2008 43:39 (22:19), 18.02.2007 72 Podravka Vegeta Koprivnica CRO vs El Osito L’Eliana ESP 38:34 (17:18), 23.02.2003 72 Viborg HK A/S DEN vs HC Leipzig GER 39:33 (18:13), 13.01.2007 72 HC Leipzig GER vs Viborg HK A/S DEN 35:37 (11:16), 11.02.2007 72 RK Krim Mercator SLO vs Viborg HK DEN 38:34 (20:22), 15.11.2008 Fewest goals 12 Anagennisi Artas GRE @ Krim Electa Ljubljana SLO 36:12 (18:3), 25.01.1997 10 12 Kometal Skopje MKD @ Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 26:12 (12:6), 21.02.1998 Granicar Djurdjevac CRO 12 Slagelse FH DEN @ Kometal DP Skopje MKD 20:12 (9:4), 22.01.2005 @ Viborg HK DEN 12 Slagelse DT DEN vs Viborg HK A/S DEN 12:22 (7:12), 23.02.2008 27:10 (12:5), 05.01.1997 13 Podravka Koprivnica CRO @ HYPO Niederösterreich AUT 17:13 (9:7), 04.05.1996 13 Granicar Djurdjevac CRO @ Kometal Skopje MKD 33:13 (19:7), 09.11.1996 13 Larvik NOR @ Buducnost MNE 23:13 (10:7), 08.04.2012
Fewest goals both teams 30 31 Viborg HK DEN vs Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 15:16 (7:9), 04.01.1998 32 CB Mar Valencia ESP vs Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 14:18 (4:8), 20.03.1994 HYPO Niederösterreich AUT 32 Kometal DP Skopje MKD vs Slagelse FH DEN 20:12 (9:4), 22.01.2005 vs Podravka Koprivnica CRO 32* WHC Vardar SCBT MKD vs Buducnost MNE 20:22 (6:11, 16:16), 03.05.2014 17:13 (9:7), 04.05.1996 33 ASPTT Metz FRA vs Byasen Trondheim NOR 16:17 (7:9), 10.11.1996 * After regular time
Biggest deficit overcome after losing first half to win a game -8 -6 Montex Lublin POL @ Henzo Swift Roermond NED 22:23 (16:10), 26.01.1997 -5 Kometal GP Skopje MKD @ Györi ETO KC HUN 26:28 (17:12), 11.02.2006 Byasen HB Elite Trondheim -5 Cem. la Union-Ribarroja ESP vs Aalborg DH DEN 25:23 (11:16), 13.01.2007 NOR vs ZRK Buducnost -5 Zvezda Zvenigorod RUS vs Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 25:24 (10:15), 17.05.2008 T-Mobile MNE 27:26 (10:18), -5 Randers HK DEN @ Hypo Niederösterreich AUT 28:29 (19:14), 08.10.2011 25.02.2007 -5 HC Lokomotiva Zagreb CRO vs IK Sävehof SWE 23:23 (10:15), 09.11.2014
Biggest deficit overcome after losing first half to draw a game -7 -6 Ferrobus KU Mislata ESP vs Baekkelagets SK NOR 26:26 (10:16), 21.01.2001 -6 Gyöi Graboplast ETO HUN vs RK Krim Neutro SLO 21:21 (7:13), 28.01.2001 RK Krim Mercator SLO @ -6 Larvik NOR @ Grupo Asfi Itxako Navarra ESP 19:19 (12:6), 25.02.2012 Viborg HK DEN -5 TV Giessen-Lützellinden GER vs Vasas Budapest HUN 19:19 (7:12), 30.01.1994 28:28 (16:9), 29.10.2011 -5 Buducnost Podgorica YUG vs Viborg HK DEN 23:23 (10:15), 09.11.1996 -5 Buducnost Podgorica YUG @ Dunaferr SE HUN 33:33 (21:16), 18.03.2000 -5 Buducnost T-Mobile MNE vs Györi AUDI ETO KC HUN 26:26 (9:14), 28.02.2009 -5* WHC Vardar SCBT MKD vs Buducnost MNE 20:22 (6:11, 16:16), 03.05.2014 * After regular time
89 Timeline 1993 - 2018
Number of goals 189,250 175,600 163,911 Number of matches 160,692 136,280 157,777 132,035 Number of spectators 128,885 4,944 4,986 4,962 100,934 4,751 4,744 4,660 4,626 4,588 69,756 4,049 21,950 2,000 3,197 3,244 2,833
98 94 94 88 90 90 94 88 88 74 64 70
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
17/11/1991 14/05/1994 EHF founded 03/05/1997 17/05/2003 Ausra Fridrikas raises Natalia Morskova Luminta Dinu (Hut- her first trophy, in scores 17 goals in the next 11 years she upan) becomes the 25/09/1993 the first final leg (and first player (and still adds five more (in adds eight more in the the only one) who won first match total 4x with Hypo, 2x second) against Viborg the trophy for three played: Mar with Slagelse). Only to steer Mar Valencia straight years Valencia vs Bojana Popovic (3x to the title Vikingur Slagelse, 2x Viborg, 1x Reykjavik 26:16 Buducnost) has won as many titles. 27/05/2000 Fridrikas scores 21 1993/1994 goals in the two final 1997 legs to lead Hypo past 32 teams on the starting first official website Kometal Skopje to grid of the first season (2 launched their league record elimination rounds, group fourth title phase with 8 teams and the final) 1996/1997 1993 format changes – group phase with 16 EHF takes over all the club teams (in 4 groups) and national team compe- followed by quarter-, titions including the former semi- and final marketing, TV, media, organisation IHF European Champions Cup renaming it to the EHF Champions League competition and players
90 307,908 297,591 287,166 264,175 228,770 200,600 201,890 193,413 169,672 181,100 185,450 180,560 175,880 6,510 6,489
5,840 5,854 5,749 5,576 5,434 5,430 5,441 5,137 4,966 4,897 4,863
114 114 108 108 106 104 104 108 104 92 90 95 94
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
01/11/2008 2013/14 2016/17 2005 first matched total TV audience EHF Marketing streamed live on Media rights deal ehfTV.com – Ikast signed with MP of 167,5 millions founded, the spectators EHF’s daughter Brande vs Zvezda Silva company Zvenigorod dealing with the marketing 2011/12 2013/14 rights of the CL 2007/08 new corporate 18,000 fans take identity and new part in the first All- main round (of eight competition’s logo teams) replaces quar- star team vote ter-finals
2014/15 main round with 12 teams and quar- ter-finals added
03-04/05/2014 May 2017 first Women’s EHF FINAL4 takes 300,000 likes on place at the Budapest Papp Laszlo the official Face- Sportarena with over 10,000 fans book page celebrating the second title of Györ
91 Notes
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Contributors: Björn Pazen, Peter Bruun, Adrian Costeiu, Nemanja Savic, Béla Müller, Kevin Domas, Sergey Nikolaev, Jelena Bagaric, Amina Idrizi, Michal Pomorski, Uros Volk, Eric Willemsen, Courtney Gahan, Andrew McSteen, Matthew Campelli, Chris O`Reilly. All stats by Roy Knoppert.
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