HC Linz AG is a handball club from Linz, Austria. They currently compete in the Handball Liga Austria.

Location of HC Linz AG
Location of HC Linz AG

History

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.

In the 2023-24 season they won their first championship since 1996.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

HOME
2014–152015–162017–18
AWAY
2015–162017–182018-192019–20

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023–24 season

HC Linz AG
Goalkeepers 16 Austria David Zwicklhuber 61 Austria Florian Kaiper Left Wingers 05 Austria Christian Kislinger 33 Austria Elmar Böhm 77 Austria Elias Derdak Right Wingers 23 Austria Silas Wiesinger Line Players 13 Austria Jakob Kropf 92 Croatia Jadranko Stojanović 99 Bosnia and Herzegovina Dejan Golubović Left Backs 07 CroatiaBosnia and Herzegovina Mislav Grgić 11 Austria Leon Ghent 39 Bosnia and Herzegovina Arnad Hamzić Central Backs 06 Austria Sinisa Sironjic 24 Austria Moritz Bachmann 26 Slovenia Lucijan Fižuleto 49 Austria Ajdin Alkic 66 Austria Daniel Röthig Right Backs 34 Austria Nicolas Paulnsteiner
Goalkeepers 16 Austria David Zwicklhuber 61 Austria Florian Kaiper Left Wingers 05 Austria Christian Kislinger 33 Austria Elmar Böhm 77 Austria Elias Derdak Right Wingers 23 Austria Silas Wiesinger Line Players 13 Austria Jakob Kropf 92 Croatia Jadranko Stojanović 99 Bosnia and Herzegovina Dejan GolubovićLeft Backs 07 CroatiaBosnia and Herzegovina Mislav Grgić 11 Austria Leon Ghent 39 Bosnia and Herzegovina Arnad Hamzić Central Backs 06 Austria Sinisa Sironjic 24 Austria Moritz Bachmann 26 Slovenia Lucijan Fižuleto 49 Austria Ajdin Alkic 66 Austria Daniel Röthig Right Backs 34 Austria Nicolas Paulnsteiner

Technical staff

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Joining Belarus Aliaksei Kishou (GK) from Austria Handball Tirol Bosnia and Herzegovina Pavle Petrović (RB) from North Macedonia RK Eurofarm PelisterLeaving Austria Florian Kaiper (GK) to Austria Jags Vöslau Austria Moritz Bachmann (CB) to Austria Jags Vöslau

Transfer History

Transfers for the 2023–24 season
Joining Austria Florian Kaiper (GK) from Austria SG Handball West Wien Austria Nicolas Paulnsteiner (RB) from Austria SG Handball West Wien Austria Elias Derdak (LW) from Austria SG Handball West Wien Croatia Jadranko Stojanović (LP) from Austria Alpla HC Hard CroatiaBosnia and Herzegovina Mislav Grgić (LB) from Germany TSV Bayer Dormagen Bosnia and Herzegovina Arnad Hamzić (LB) from North Macedonia GRK Tikveš Bosnia and Herzegovina Dejan Golubović (LP) from Austria SK Keplinger-Traun Leaving Austria Alexander Hermann (LB) (retires) Austria Maximilian Hermann (RB) (retires) Austria Markus Bokesch (GK) (retires) Serbia Dejan Babić (LP) to Austria Alpla HC Hard Slovenia Tine Gartner (RW) to Austria Union Handballklub Krems Slovenia Tobias Cvetko (LB) to Turkey Beşiktaş JK
Joining Austria Florian Kaiper (GK) from Austria SG Handball West Wien Austria Nicolas Paulnsteiner (RB) from Austria SG Handball West Wien Austria Elias Derdak (LW) from Austria SG Handball West Wien Croatia Jadranko Stojanović (LP) from Austria Alpla HC Hard CroatiaBosnia and Herzegovina Mislav Grgić (LB) from Germany TSV Bayer Dormagen Bosnia and Herzegovina Arnad Hamzić (LB) from North Macedonia GRK Tikveš Bosnia and Herzegovina Dejan Golubović (LP) from Austria SK Keplinger-TraunLeaving Austria Alexander Hermann (LB) (retires) Austria Maximilian Hermann (RB) (retires) Austria Markus Bokesch (GK) (retires) Serbia Dejan Babić (LP) to Austria Alpla HC Hard Slovenia Tine Gartner (RW) to Austria Union Handballklub Krems Slovenia Tobias Cvetko (LB) to Turkey Beşiktaş JK

Titles

European record

EHF Cup and EHF European League

SeasonRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
1993–94 Finalist1/16Turkey Beşiktaş JK24–932–2156–30
1/8Cyprus AEL Limassolwo.
1/4Hungary Budapesti Elektromos SE24–1922–2346–42
1/2Romania Steaua București21–2138–2359–44
FinalsSpain CB Alzira Avidesa22–2119–2341–44

EHF ranking

As of 5/12/2025

RankTeamPoints
177Russia Chekhovskiye Medvedi16
178Italy Handball Meran16
179Germany ThSV Eisenach16
180Austria HC Linz AG16
181Romania CSM Constanța16
182Austria roomz JAGS Vöslau16
183Hungary Csurgói KK15

Former club members

Notable former players

External links