HC Empor Rostock
| HC Empor Rostock | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Handballclub Empor Rostock | ||
| Founded | 1946 / unified 11 November 1954[1] | ||
| Arena | Stadthalle Rostock and Sporthalle Marienehe | ||
| President | Thomas Schneider | ||
| Head coach | Maik Handschke | ||
| League | 3. Liga | ||
| 2023-24 | 2nd | ||
| Club colours | |||
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| Website Official site | |||
HC Empor Rostock is a team handball club from Rostock, Germany.
Empor Rostock was one of the most successful team handball clubs of the GDR, winning both the GDR Championship and GDR Pokal on seven occasions and the European Club Championship and EHF Cup Winners' Cup in 1982.[2]
History
The team was founded in 1946 as a part of broader sportsclub SC Empor Rostock, one year after the second World War. It was the first Rostock based team, that could compete at a national level.[3]
When Germany reunified, the team joined the Handball-Bundesliga, where they played for 1991 to 1993.
On 25 February 1999 the handball club separated from SC Empor Rostock and became Handball-Club Empor Rostock.
In 2002 the women's team was separated from HC Empor for economic reasons and became PSV Rostock.
Crest, colours, supporters
Kits
| AWAY | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
        2011–13 |
 2014–15 |
 2015–16 | |||
Current squad
| NO. | NAME | NATIONALITY | POSITION |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marco Stange |  |
TW |
| 16 | Oliver Mayer | |
TW |
| 20 | Oliver Schröder | |
TW |
| 2 | Carsten Granschow | |
RR, RA |
| 3 | Martin Waschul | |
RL |
| 4 | Matthias Struck | |
RR, RA |
| 5 | Robert Kählke | |
RA, RR |
| 6 | Jens Dethloff | |
KM |
| 7 | Stefan Jähnke | |
RM, RR |
| 8 | Torsten Schilk | |
RR, RA |
| 9 | Dennis Leissink | |
LA, RM |
| 10 | Uwe Kalski | |
RM, LA |
| 11 | Max Baldauf | |
RA |
| 18 | Marvin Nartey | |
RL |
| 22 | Ludek Drobek |  |
RL |
| 49 | Christian Schwartz | |
KM |
| 72 | Lars Rabenhorst | |
RL |
Honours
Men
- 10x DDR Champion
- Indoor Handball: 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1986, 1987
- Field Handball: 1955
- 9x DDR Vice Champion
- Indoor Handball: 1970, 1980, 1981, 1982
- Field Handball: 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1958
- 7x DDR Cup Winner
- 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989
- Champion's League Finalist
1979 - Cup Winner's Cup
1982 - Cup Winner's Cup Finalist
1983 - European Club Championship
1982 - Team of the Year (GDR)
1961 - Bundesliga
1991-1993
Women
- 6x Champion
- Indoor Handball: 1966, 1967, 1989
- Field Handball: 1964, 1965, 1966
External links
References
- ^ www.bundesligainfo.de: HC Empor Rostock, retrieved 12. December 2012
- ^ "Jubiläum: Empor feiert 40 Jahre Europapokal der Pokalsieger" (in German). 0381 (magazine). 22 May 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ "Unsere Geschichte" [Our History]. hcempor.de (in German). HC Empor Rostock. Retrieved 19 February 2022.