HBW Balingen-Weilstetten

German handball club

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HBW Balingen-Weilstetten is a handball club from the city of Balingen, Germany, though they occasionally play in Stuttgart. The team currently plays in the Handball-Bundesliga, Germany's highest handball division.

Balingen

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Location of HBW Balingen-Weilstetten

History

The club was established from the merger in 2002 of the handball sections of TSG Balingen and TV Weilstetten. This merger was quickly beneficial as HBW Balingen-Weilstetten finished first in the regional championship (Regionalliga) and were promoted to 2. Handball-Bundesliga. HBW became champion in 2006, which meant promotion to the Handball-Bundesliga. The merger has been widely perceived to be successful since the club managed to maintain its position in the top division that season thanks to its thirteenth place out of the 18 participants. The following seasons, the results of the club remained rather constant since it avoided relegation each season by ranking between thirteenth and fifteenth place (first non-relegation). At the end of the 2013/14 season, the team was ranked 16th in the table, so it was eliminated from the sports standings but remained in the Bundesliga because HSV Hamburg was not licensed for the 2014/15 season. The license was finally given to HSV Hamburg,^[1] so the 2014–2015 Bundesliga was played with 19 clubs. During the 2014/2015 season, the club achieved its best run in the Championship with an eleventh place but was relegated at the end of the 2016/2017 season due to its seventeenth place. Back in 2. Handball-Bundesliga, the club finished fifth in 2018 then champion in 2019, synonymous with a return to the top flight. HBW have remained in the Handball-Bundesliga since 2019 after a fifteenth-placed season in 2020–21.

Accomplishments

2. Handball-Bundesliga: 2
- Gold: 2006, 2019, 2023

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

HOME
2017–18	2019–20	2020–21

AWAY
2013–14	2015–16	2017–18	2019–20	2020–22

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023–24 season^[2]

HBW Balingen-Weilstetten

Goalkeepers

12 Mohamed El-Tayar
16 Mario Ruminsky

Left wingers

14 Oddur Grétarsson
18 Tim Grüner
23 Mischa Locher
27 Patrick Volz

Right wingers

06 Leo Prantner
20 Tom Hildebrand
24 Elias Fügel

Line players

02 Nikola Grahovac
17 Felix Danner
28 Tobias Heinzelmann

Left backs

04 Filip Vistorop
10 Daníel Þór Ingason
22 Jona Schoch
25 Till Wente

Centre Backs

07 Elias Huber
23 Mika Schüler
26 Lukas Saueressig

Right backs

05 Csaba Leimeter
21 Jerome Müller

Technical staff

Head coach: Tobias Hotz (interim)
Assistant coach: Matthias Flohr
Athletic Trainer: Sascha Ilitsch
Physiotherapist: Wolfgang Kremer-Junk
Club doctor: Dr. Wilfried Gfrörer

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Joining

Matthias Flohr (head coach) (from TSV Bayer Dormagen)
Mateusz Kornecki (GK) (from ThSV Eisenach)
Benedek Nagy (GK) (from Telekom Veszprém)
Magnus Bierfreund (GK) (from THW Kiel) (for youth team)
Robert Timmermeister (LB) (loan from Rhein-Neckar Löwen)
Tim Matthes (LW) (from SC DHfK Leipzig)
Sascha Pfattheicher (RW) (from TVB Stuttgart)

Leaving

Jens Bürkle (head coach) (to TVB Stuttgart) (as youth coordinator)
Mario Ruminsky (GK) (retires)
Mohamed El-Tayar (GK) (to HSV Hamburg) ?
Patrick Volz (LW) (to SG Flensburg-Handewitt)
Jona Schoch (LB) (to HSG Wetzlar)
Lukas Saueressig (CB) (to HSC Kreuzlingen)
Oddur Grétarsson (LW) (to Þór Akureyri)
Mischa Locher (LW) (to ?)
Tom Hildebrand (RW) (to ?)
Nikola Grahovac (P) (to Telekom Vészprem) ?

Previous squads

2013–2014 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
2	Germany	Fabian Böhm	(1989-06-24) 24 June 1989 (age 34)	Left Back
3	Germany	Felix König	(1990-10-26) 26 October 1990 (age 33)	Central Back
4	Germany	Christoph Foth	(1991-01-01) 1 January 1991 (age 33)	Line Player
8	Serbia	Dragan Tubić	(1985-08-24) 24 August 1985 (age 38)	Right Winger
9	Germany	Frank Ettwein	(1977-07-26) 26 July 1977 (age 46)	Left Winger
10	Austria	Roland Schlinger	(1982-09-17) 17 September 1982 (age 41)	Left Back
11	Germany	Wolfgang Strobel	(1983-12-15) 15 December 1983 (age 40)	Line Player
12	Germany	Karim Ketelaer	(1993-07-25) 25 July 1993 (age 30)	Goalkeeper
13	Germany	Christoph Theuerkauf	(1984-10-13) 13 October 1984 (age 39)	Line Player
14	Germany	Daniel Wessig	(1988-01-31) 31 January 1988 (age 36)	Left Back
15	Germany	Martin Strobel	(1986-06-05) 5 June 1986 (age 37)	Central Back
16	Germany	Matthias Puhle	(1985-10-11) 11 October 1985 (age 38)	Goalkeeper
17	Germany	Kai Häfner	(1989-07-10) 10 July 1989 (age 34)	Right Back
18	Germany	Michael Kintrup	(1989-03-11) 11 March 1989 (age 35)	Right Back
19	Germany	Patrick Weber	(1992-06-11) 11 June 1992 (age 31)	Left Winger
20	Germany	Sascha Ilitsch	(1985-08-08) 8 August 1985 (age 38)	Left Back
21	Germany	Florian Billek	(1988-07-16) 16 July 1988 (age 35)	Right Winger
24	Switzerland	Manuel Liniger	(1981-09-10) 10 September 1981 (age 42)	Left Winger
29	Germany	Nikolas Katsigiannis	(1982-09-17) 17 September 1982 (age 41)	Goalkeeper

2012–2013 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Slovakia	Miloš Putera	(1982-01-26) 26 January 1982 (age 42)	Goalkeeper
3	Germany	Felix König	(1990-10-26) 26 October 1990 (age 33)	Central Back
4	Germany	Christoph Foth	(1991-01-01) 1 January 1991 (age 33)	Line Player
5	Germany	Benjamin Herth	(1985-08-03) 3 August 1985 (age 38)	Central Back
6	Serbia	Krsto Milošević	(1988-01-06) 6 January 1988 (age 36)	Left Back
7	Croatia	Mario Vuglač	(1992-01-30) 30 January 1992 (age 32)	Right Back
8	Serbia	Dragan Tubić	(1985-08-24) 24 August 1985 (age 38)	Right Winger
9	Germany	Frank Ettwein	(1977-07-26) 26 July 1977 (age 46)	Left Winger
10	Austria	Roland Schlinger	(1982-09-17) 17 September 1982 (age 41)	Left Back
11	Germany	Wolfgang Strobel	(1983-12-15) 15 December 1983 (age 40)	Line Player
12	Germany	Paul Bar	(1990-09-13) 13 September 1990 (age 33)	Goalkeeper
13	Germany	Christoph Theuerkauf	(1984-10-13) 13 October 1984 (age 39)	Line Player
15	Germany	Daniel Wessig	(1988-01-31) 31 January 1988 (age 36)	Left Back
16	Germany	Matthias Puhle	(1985-10-11) 11 October 1985 (age 38)	Goalkeeper
17	Germany	Kai Häfner	(1989-07-10) 10 July 1989 (age 34)	Right Back
20	Germany	Sascha Ilitsch	(1985-08-08) 8 August 1985 (age 38)	Left Back
21	Germany	Florian Billek	(1988-07-16) 16 July 1988 (age 35)	Right Winger
22	Germany	Fabian Gutbrod	(1988-07-01) 1 July 1988 (age 35)	Left Back
24	Switzerland	Manuel Liniger	(1981-09-10) 10 September 1981 (age 42)	Left Winger

2010–2011 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Austria Serbia	Nikola Marinovic	(1976-08-29) 29 August 1976 (age 47)	Goalkeeper
3	Germany	Felix König	(1990-10-26) 26 October 1990 (age 33)	Central Back
4	Germany	Felix Lobedank	(1984-08-12) 12 August 1984 (age 39)	Right Back
5	Germany	Benjamin Herth	(1985-08-03) 3 August 1985 (age 38)	Central Back
6	Germany	Daniel Sauer	(1981-10-18) 18 October 1981 (age 42)	Left Back
8	Germany	Dennis Wilke	(1985-09-14) 14 September 1985 (age 38)	Right Winger
9	Germany	Frank Ettwein	(1977-07-26) 26 July 1977 (age 46)	Left Winger
10	Austria	Roland Schlinger	(1982-09-17) 17 September 1982 (age 41)	Left Back
11	Germany	Wolfgang Strobel	(1983-12-15) 15 December 1983 (age 40)	Line Player
12	France	Ivan Zoubkoff	(1977-08-24) 24 August 1977 (age 46)	Goalkeeper
14	North Macedonia	Vlatko Mitkov	(1981-08-16) 16 August 1981 (age 42)	Right Back
15	Austria Slovenia	Mare Hojc	(1982-01-05) 5 January 1982 (age 42)	Central Back
17	North Macedonia	Vladimir Temelkov	(1980-03-26) 26 March 1980 (age 44)	Right Winger
18	Germany	Jens Bürkle	(1980-01-14) 14 January 1980 (age 44)	Line Player
19	France	Johan Boisedu	(1979-12-14) 14 December 1979 (age 44)	Left Back
20	Germany	Sascha Ilitsch	(1985-08-08) 8 August 1985 (age 38)	Left Back
21	Germany	Sandro Catak	(1984-05-30) 30 May 1984 (age 39)	Central Back

EHF ranking

As of 9 December 2021^[3]

Rank	Team	Points
218	Limoges Handball	13
219	SC Ferlach	13
220	Cesson Rennes MHB	13
221	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten	13
222	Kolstad Håndball	12
223	Viljandi HC	12
224	KH Kastrioti	12