HC Linz AG
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| HC Linz AG | |||
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| Full name | Handball Club Linz AG | ||
| Short name | Linz | ||
| Founded | 1972 | ||
| Arena | Sporthauptschule Linz Kleinmünchen | ||
| Capacity | 1,200[1] | ||
| Head coach | Milan Vunjak | ||
| League | Handball Liga Austria | ||
| 2024-25 | 4th | ||
| Club colours | |||
| Website Official site | |||
HC Linz AG is a handball club from Linz, Austria. They currently compete in the Handball Liga Austria.
Location of HC Linz AG
History
[edit | edit source]The club was founded in 1972. It was promoted to the top division in 1974 and has been in the top division continuously since then. They became Austrian champions seven times (1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1994, 1995 and 1996) and won the Austrian Cup four times (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997). In the 1993/94 season, the club reached the final of the EHF Cup.[2]
In the 2023-24 season they won their first championship since 1996.
Crest, colours, supporters
[edit | edit source]Kits
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Team
[edit | edit source]Current squad
[edit | edit source]- Squad for the 2023–24 season[3]
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Technical staff
[edit | edit source]- Head coach: Slovenia Milan Vunjak
- Assistant coach: Austria Manuel Gierlinger
- Fitness coach: Austria Matthias Papke
- Physiotherapist: Austria Franz Kainz
- Physiotherapist: Austria Christoph Eisner
- Club doctor: Austria Dr. Franz Gaderer
Transfers
[edit | edit source]- Transfers for the 2025–26 season
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Transfer History
[edit | edit source]| Transfers for the 2023–24 season | ||
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Titles
[edit | edit source]- Handball Liga Austria
- Winner (8) : 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2024
- Austrian Cup
- Winner (4) : 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
- EHF Cup
- Finalist: 1994
European record
[edit | edit source]EHF Cup and EHF European League
[edit | edit source]| Season | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 1993–94 File:Silver medal blank.svg Finalist |
1/16 | Turkey Beşiktaş JK | 24–9 | 32–21 | 56–30 |
| 1/8 | Cyprus AEL Limassol | wo. | |||
| 1/4 | Hungary Budapesti Elektromos SE | 24–19 | 22–23 | 46–42 | |
| 1/2 | Romania Steaua București | 21–21 | 38–23 | 59–44 | |
| Finals | Spain CB Alzira Avidesa | 22–21 | 19–23 | 41–44 |
EHF ranking
[edit | edit source]- As of 12/10/2023[10]
| Rank | Team | Points |
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| 160 | Romania CSM Focșani | 24 |
| 161 | Hungary Gyöngyösi KK | 23 |
| 162 | Czech Republic SKKP Handball Brno | 23 |
| 163 | Austria HC Linz AG | 23 |
| 164 | Norway Bækkelagets SK | 22 |
| 165 | Ukraine HC Odessa | 22 |
| 166 | Serbia RK Metaloplastika | 21 |
Former club members
[edit | edit source]Notable former players
[edit | edit source]- Austria Dominik Ascherbauer (2008–2021)
- Austria Damir Djukic (2004–2005)
- Austria Sebastian Feichtinger (1997–2008)
- Austria Patrick Fölser (1998–2000)
- Austria Manuel Gierlinger (1991–2003)
- Austria Alexander Hermann (2008–2012, 2022–2023)
- Austria Maximilian Hermann (2008–2011, 2020–2023)
- Austria Ewald Humenberger (1986–1996, 2000–2008)
- Austria Antonio Juric (2015–2020)
- Austria Florian Kaiper (2023–)
- Austria Klemens Kainmüller (1990–2005, 2013–2018, 2019)
- Austria Werner Lint (2001–2007)
- Austria Manuel Papsch (2002–2016)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina Srđan Predragović (2017–2018, 2019)
- Hungary Zsolt Kontra (1986–1990)
- Poland Zygfryd Kuchta (1976–1979)
- Poland Andrzej Szymczak (1976–1980)
- Slovenia Saša Barišić-Jaman (2012–2013)
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ https://www.hclinz.at/teams/hla-team/
- ^ https://www.hclinz.at/2025/06/12/neu-im-team-aliaksei-kishou/
- ^ https://www.slobodenpecat.mk/en/bosanskiot-bek-pavle-petrovikj-kje-go-napushti-eurofarm-pelister/
- ^ https://www.handball-world.news/artikel/von-wetzlar-getestet-kaiper-findet-neuen-verein-1163211
- ^ https://handball-westwien.at/kaiper-paulnsteiner-und-derdak-wechseln-nach-linz/
- ^ https://www.hclinz.at/2023/06/20/breaking-bad-news-alex-hermann-beendet-seine-karriere/
- ^ https://www.hclinz.at/2023/04/25/max-hermann-beendet-seine-karriere/
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]- Lua error in Module:Official_website at line 94: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).