SC Magdeburg
SC Magdeburg
Full name Sportclub Magdeburg e. V.
Short name SCM
Founded 1 March 1955; 71 years ago(1955-03-01)
Capacity 8,000
President Dirk Roswandowicz
Head coach Bennet Wiegert
2024–25 2nd of 18
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Home Away
Home Away
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The SC Magdeburg is a professional handball club from Magdeburg , Germany. The team plays in the highest German league, the Handball-Bundesliga and regularly in highest international competitions. They won the EHF Champions League in 1978, 1981, 2002, 2023 and 2025, the EHF European League in 1999, 2001, 2007 and 2021 and the IHF Men's Super Globe in 2021, 2022 and 2023. The governing body of the handball club is a professional multi-sports club and has also departments for: canoe sprint , athletics , rowing , swimming and gymnastics .
Location of the club History SC Aufbau Magdeburg was founded in July 1955. From 1958 they played in the DDR-Oberliga . In the beginning they competed with their rivals ESV Lok Südost Magdeburg to be the biggest club in East Germany.
During the East German era, the club won 10 national handball championships (1970, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1991) and won the East German Cup four times. In 1991, SC Magdeburg won the last East German championship before being promoted to the Handball-Bundesliga after the fall of the Berlin Wall . In the 1990's the club was largely a midtable team. In the 1997-98 season they finished 3rd, which marked the rise to the top of German handball. They signed top European players such as Stefan Kretzschmar in 1996, Joël Abati and Guéric Kervadec in 1997, and Ólafur Stefánsson in 1998. They also brought in Alfreð Gíslason as the head coach. The team won the Handball-Bundesliga for the first time in 2001 and the year after they won the Champions League . Since then they have won the German Championship two additional times in 2022 and 2024. They have also won the DHB-Pokal twice (1996, 2016) and the DHB-Supercup twice (1996, 2001). The club has also won the EHF Champions League five times (1978, 1981, 2002, 2023, 2025), the EHF European League four times (1999, 2001, 2007, 2021), the EHF Super Cup three times (1981, 2001, 2002,) and the IHF Super Globe twice (2021, 2022).
Crest, colours, supporters Naming history Name Period SC Aufbau Magdeburg 1955–1965 SC Magdeburg 1965–present
Kit manufacturers Period Kit manufacturer – 2005 United States Nike 2005–2020 Germany Kempa 2020–present Denmark Hummel
Kits HOME 2003–05 2011–13 2014–15 2015–16 2017–18 2019–20 2021–
AWAY 2011–13 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
Sports Hall information Home ground: GETEC Arena Name: – GETEC Arena City: – Magdeburg Capacity: – 8,000Address: – Berliner Chaussee 32, 39114 Magdeburg , GermanyTeam Current squad Squad for the 2025–26 season
Technical staff Head Coach: Germany Bennet Wiegert Assistant Coach: Germany Yves Grafenhorst Athletic Trainer: Germany Daniel Müller Transfers Transfers for the 2026–27 season
Transfer History Previous squads 2020–2021 Team Shirt No Nationality Player Birth Date Position 2 Croatia Željko Musa (1986-01-08)8 January 1986(age 40) Line Player 3 Poland Piotr Chrapkowski (1988-03-24)24 March 1988(age 38) Left Back 6 Germany Matthias Musche (1992-07-18)18 July 1992(age 33) Left Winger 8 Germany Christoph Steinert (1990-01-18)18 January 1990(age 36) Right Back 11 Sweden Daniel Pettersson (1992-05-06)6 May 1992(age 33) Right Winger 12 Sweden Tobias Thulin (1995-07-05)5 July 1995(age 30) Goalkeeper 16 Denmark Jannick Green (1988-09-29)29 September 1988(age 37) Goalkeeper 17 Germany Tim Hornke (1990-08-04)4 August 1990(age 35) Right Winger 21 Norway Magnus Gullerud (1991-11-13)13 November 1991(age 34) Line Player 22 Germany Lukas Mertens (1996-06-22)22 June 1996(age 29) Left Winger 23 Iceland Ómar Ingi Magnússon (1997-03-12)12 March 1997(age 29) Right Back 24 Norway Christian O'Sullivan (1991-08-22)22 August 1991(age 34) Central Back 25 Slovenia Marko Bezjak (1986-06-26)26 June 1986(age 39) Central Back 34 Denmark Michael Damgaard (1990-03-18)18 March 1990(age 36) Left Back 95 Germany Moritz Preuss (1995-02-22)22 February 1995(age 31) Line Player
2015–2016 Team Shirt No Nationality Player Birth Date Position 2 Croatia Željko Musa (1986-01-08)8 January 1986(age 40) Line Player 5 Germany Poland Andreas Rojewski (1985-08-20)20 August 1985(age 40) Right Back 6 Germany Matthias Musche (1992-07-18)18 July 1992(age 33) Left Winger 10 Netherlands Fabian van Olphen (1981-03-30)30 March 1981(age 45) Left Back 12 Germany Philip Ambrosius (1993-05-28)28 May 1993(age 32) Goalkeeper 13 Slovenia Jure Natek (1982-03-30)30 March 1982(age 44) Right Back 14 Denmark Jacob Bagersted (1987-03-25)25 March 1987(age 39) Line Player 15 Germany Yves Grafenhorst (1984-03-15)15 March 1984(age 42) Left Winger 16 Denmark Jannick Green (1988-09-29)29 September 1988(age 37) Goalkeeper 21 Germany Dario Quenstedt (1989-09-22)22 September 1989(age 36) Goalkeeper 22 Germany Andre Czech (1996-05-17)17 May 1996(age 29) Right Winger 24 Germany Michael Haaß (1983-12-12)12 December 1983(age 42) Central Back 25 Slovenia Marko Bezjak (1986-06-26)26 June 1986(age 39) Central Back 26 Poland Maciej Gębala (1994-01-10)10 January 1994(age 32) Line Player 27 Poland Tomasz Gębala (1995-11-23)23 November 1995(age 30) Left Back 28 Austria Robert Weber (1985-11-25)25 November 1985(age 40) Right Winger 29 Germany Alexander Saul (1995-10-06)6 October 1995(age 30) Right Back 30 Germany Vincent Sohmann (1995-08-10)10 August 1995(age 30) Left Winger 33 Germany Jens Schöngarth (1988-12-07)7 December 1988(age 37) Right Back 34 Denmark Michael Damgaard (1990-03-18)18 March 1990(age 36) Left Back 42 Serbia Nemanja Zelenović (1990-02-27)27 February 1990(age 36) Right Back 50 Germany Finn Lemke (1992-04-30)30 April 1992(age 33) Left Back
2006–2007 Team Shirt No Nationality Player Birth Date Position 1 Germany Johannes Bitter (1982-09-02)2 September 1982(age 43) Goalkeeper 2 Germany Karsten Kommoss (1981-01-27)27 January 1981(age 45) Right Winger 3 Lithuania Valdas Novickis (1986-02-22)22 February 1986(age 40) Central Back 4 Germany Oliver Roggisch (1978-08-25)25 August 1978(age 47) Line Player 5 Germany Poland Andreas Rojewski (1985-08-20)20 August 1985(age 40) Right Back 6 Poland Grzegorz Tkaczyk (1980-02-23)23 February 1980(age 46) Central Back 7 Germany Erik Göthel (1973-10-14)14 October 1973(age 52) Right Winger 8 Poland Karol Bielecki (1982-01-23)23 January 1982(age 44) Left Back 9 Germany Kevin Jahn (1985-09-02)2 September 1985(age 40) Line Player 10 Netherlands Fabian van Olphen (1981-03-30)30 March 1981(age 45) Left Back 11 Germany Christian Sprenger (1983-04-06)6 April 1983(age 43) Right Winger 12 Germany Silvio Heinevetter (1984-10-21)21 October 1984(age 41) Goalkeeper 13 Germany Christoph Theuerkauf (1984-10-13)13 October 1984(age 41) Line Player 14 Germany Steffen Stiebler (1971-04-26)26 April 1971(age 54) Left Back 15 Germany Yves Grafenhorst (1984-03-15)15 March 1984(age 42) Left Winger 16 Germany Alexander Hübe (1983-04-22)22 April 1983(age 42) Goalkeeper 17 Germany Marc Hohenberg (1985-03-03)3 March 1985(age 41) Right Winger 18 Germany Niklas Kupfer (1986-03-15)15 March 1986(age 40) Left Winger 19 France Joël Abati (1970-04-25)25 April 1970(age 55) Right Winger 20 Russia Oleg Kuleshov (1974-04-15)15 April 1974(age 52) Central Back 31 Poland Bartosz Jurecki (1979-01-31)31 January 1979(age 47) Line Player 73 Germany Stefan Kretzschmar (1973-02-17)17 February 1973(age 53) Left Winger
2001–2002 Team Shirt No Nationality Player Birth Date Position 1 Denmark Sune Agerschou (1974-03-10)10 March 1974(age 52) Goalkeeper 2 Germany Martin Ziemer (1983-04-14)14 April 1983(age 43) Goalkeeper 3 Germany Bennet Wiegert (1982-01-25)25 January 1982(age 44) Left Back 4 Germany Maik Machulla (1977-01-09)9 January 1977(age 49) Central Back 5 Germany Robert Lux (1981-01-29)29 January 1981(age 45) Left Back 6 Germany Stefan Kloppe (1982-02-21)21 February 1982(age 44) Central Back 7 Germany Christian Schöne (1981-02-23)23 February 1981(age 45) Right Winger 8 Iceland Ólafur Stefánsson (1973-07-03)3 July 1973(age 52) Right Back 9 France Guéric Kervadec (1972-01-09)9 January 1972(age 54) Line Player 10 Serbia Nenad Peruničić (1971-05-01)1 May 1971(age 54) Left Back 12 Germany Andreas Stange (1981-02-26)26 February 1981(age 45) Goalkeeper 13 Germany Sven Liesegang (1969-07-01)1 July 1969(age 56) Right Back 14 Germany Steffen Stiebler (1971-04-26)26 April 1971(age 54) Left Back 15 Germany Ronny Liesche (1979-03-16)16 March 1979(age 47) Left Winger 16 France Christian Gaudin (1967-01-26)26 January 1967(age 59) Goalkeeper 17 Russia Stanislav Kulinchenko (1971-04-19)19 April 1971(age 55) Central Back 19 France Joël Abati (1970-04-25)25 April 1970(age 55) Right Winger 20 Russia Oleg Kuleshov (1974-04-15)15 April 1974(age 52) Central Back 23 Germany Uwe Mäuer (1971-11-02)2 November 1971(age 54) Line Player 73 Germany Stefan Kretzschmar (1973-02-17)17 February 1973(age 53) Left Winger
2000–2001 Team Shirt No Nationality Player Birth Date Position 1 Germany Henning Fritz (1974-09-21)21 September 1974(age 51) Goalkeeper 3 Germany Bennet Wiegert (1982-01-25)25 January 1982(age 44) Left Back 4 Germany Maik Machulla (1977-01-09)9 January 1977(age 49) Central Back 5 Germany Robert Lux (1981-01-29)29 January 1981(age 45) Left Back 6 Germany Stefan Kloppe (1982-02-21)21 February 1982(age 44) Central Back 7 Germany Christian Schöne (1981-02-23)23 February 1981(age 45) Right Winger 8 Iceland Ólafur Stefánsson (1973-07-03)3 July 1973(age 52) Right Back 9 France Guéric Kervadec (1972-01-09)9 January 1972(age 54) Line Player 10 Russia Vassili Koudinov (1969-02-17)17 February 1969(age 57) Left Back 11 Germany Erik Göthel (1973-10-14)14 October 1973(age 52) Right Winger 13 Germany Sven Liesegang (1969-07-01)1 July 1969(age 56) Right Back 14 Germany Steffen Stiebler (1971-04-26)26 April 1971(age 54) Left Back 15 Germany Ronny Liesche (1979-03-16)16 March 1979(age 47) Left Winger 16 France Christian Gaudin (1967-01-26)26 January 1967(age 59) Goalkeeper 19 France Joël Abati (1970-04-25)25 April 1970(age 55) Right Winger 20 Russia Oleg Kuleshov (1974-04-15)15 April 1974(age 52) Central Back 22 Germany Michael Jahns (1976-12-06)6 December 1976(age 49) Left Back 23 Germany Uwe Mäuer (1971-11-02)2 November 1971(age 54) Line Player 73 Germany Stefan Kretzschmar (1973-02-17)17 February 1973(age 53) Left Winger
1998–1999 Team Shirt No Nationality Player Birth Date Position 1 Germany Henning Fritz (1974-09-21)21 September 1974(age 51) Goalkeeper 2 Russia Vyacheslav Atavin (1967-02-04)4 February 1967(age 59) Left Back 3 Lithuania Germany Vigindas Petkevičius (1970-11-30)30 November 1970(age 55) Central Back 4 Germany Maik Machulla (1977-01-09)9 January 1977(age 49) Central Back 8 Iceland Ólafur Stefánsson (1973-07-03)3 July 1973(age 52) Right Back 9 France Guéric Kervadec (1972-01-09)9 January 1972(age 54) Line Player 11 Germany Erik Göthel (1973-10-14)14 October 1973(age 52) Right Winger 12 Lithuania Almantas Savonis (1970-01-06)6 January 1970(age 56) Goalkeeper 13 Germany Sven Liesegang (1969-07-01)1 July 1969(age 56) Right Back 14 Germany Steffen Stiebler (1971-04-26)26 April 1971(age 54) Left Back 15 Poland Tomasz Lebiedzinski (1966-04-19)19 April 1966(age 60) Left Back 19 France Joël Abati (1970-04-25)25 April 1970(age 55) Right Winger 23 Germany Uwe Mäuer (1971-11-02)2 November 1971(age 54) Line Player 73 Germany Stefan Kretzschmar (1973-02-17)17 February 1973(age 53) Left Winger
Retired numbers N° Nationality Player Position Tenure 25 Slovenia Marko Bezjak Centre Back 2013–2023 31 Poland Bartosz Jurecki Line Player 2006–2015
Accomplishments Domestic Handball-Bundesliga : Gold: 2001, 2022 , 2024 Silver: 2023 , 2025 DHB-Pokal : Gold: 1996, 2016 , 2024 Silver: 2002, 2015 , 2019 , 2022 , 2023 DHB-Supercup : Gold: 1996, 2001 Silver: 2022, 2024Oberliga: 10 Gold: 1970, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1991 Silver: 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1989FDGB-Pokal: Gold: 1977, 1978, 1984, 1990International EHF Champions League : Gold: 1978 , 1981 , 2002 , 2023 , 2025 EHF Cup Winners' Cup : Silver: 1977, 1979EHF Cup / EHF European League : Gold: 1999, 2001, 2007, 2021 Silver: 2005, 2022 EHF Super Cup : Gold: 1981, 2001, 2002 Silver: 1999, 2005IHF Men's Super Globe : Gold: 2021 , 2022 , 2023 Silver: 2002 , 2024 Bronze: 2025 European record European Cup and Champions League EHF Cup and EHF European League Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate 1998–99 Winners 1/16 Romania Steaua București 26–16 30–21 56–37 1/8 France S.O. Chambéry 22–17 25–27 47–44 1/4 Croatia RK Split 26–20 19–14 45–34 1/2 Germany TBV Lemgo 22–19 22–23 44–42 Finals Spain BM Valladolid 33–22 21–25 54–47 2000–01 Winners Round 3 Slovenia RK Prevent Slovenj Gradec 26–22 25–23 51–45 Round 4 Ukraine ZTR Zaporizhzhia 29–21 22–23 51–44 Quarter-finals Germany TBV Lemgo 23–26 28–22 51–48 Semi-finals Spain CD Bidasoa 32–24 17–23 49–47 Finals Croatia RK Metković 23–22 28–18 51–40 2006–07 Winners Round 3 Belarus BGUFK Minsk37–26 31–23 68–49 Round 4 Germany SG Kronau/Östringen 39–26 34–38 73–64 Quarter-finals Denmark FCK Håndbold 35–27 39–35 74–62 Semi-finals Switzerland Grasshopper – Club Zürich 32–24 27–26 59–50 Finals Spain BM Aragón 31–28 30–30 61–58 2020–21 Winners Group stage (Group C) Russia CSKA Moscow 37–30 35–27 1st France Montpellier HB 10–0 32–30 Turkey Beşiktaş JK 41–22 41–23 Sweden Alingsås HK 36–21 29–30 Croatia RK Nexe Našice 28–23 32–24 Round of 16 North Macedonia RK Eurofarm Pelister 35–24 32–24 68–54 Quarter-finals Sweden IFK Kristianstad 39–31 34–28 58–52 Semi-final (F4) Poland Orlen Wisła Płock 30–29 Final (F4) Germany Füchse Berlin 28–25
EHF ranking As of 25 September 2025
Former club members Notable former players Former coaches Youth Handball The SC Magdeburg has 2 Teams in the German Jugendbudesliga one being the A-Juniors and one the B-Juniors. The SCM is the first one to win the German Championship of the B-Junior Bundesliga as it was founded in the season 2024/25.
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