Alpla HC Hard

Alpla HC Hard
Alpla HC Hard
Full name	Alpla Handball Club Hard
Nickname	Die Roten Teufel
Short name	HC Hard
Founded	1986; 40 years ago (1986)
Arena	Sporthalle am See, Hard
Capacity	2,400
President	Günther Lehner
Head coach	Hannes Jón Jónsson
League	Handball Liga Austria
2023–24	2nd
Club colours
Home	Away
	Website ; Official site

Austrian handball club

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

Hard

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Location of Alpla HC Hard

History

In 1986, the handball division was separated from the ATSV Hard club, and subsequently the independent club HC 86 Hard was founded. Under the guidance of coach Zoltán Balogh, HC Hard reached the Austrian top flight in the 1997/98 season. In the 2002/03 season, HC Hard won the Austrian Championship for the first time under the guidance of coach Frank Bergemann. In the 2004/05 season, the club won its first victory in the Austrian Cup. The club moved to its new home in the Sporthalle am See^[1] in 2005. The club won the championship 7 times in total (2003, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021), the cup 4 times (2005, 2008, 2014, 2018) and the Super Cup 5 times (2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021). In 2007/08, HC Hard reached the final of the EHF Challenge Cup, but won the final against Romanian UCM Sport Reșița with a score of 54:47 on aggregate.^[2]

Crest, colours, supporters

Naming history

Name	Period
HC Alpla Hard	−2002
Alpla HC Hard	2002–2004
HC Superfund Hard	2004–2007
Alpla HC Hard	2007–present

Club crest

Kits

HOME
2019–20	2023–24	2024–25

AWAY
2018-19	2019–20

Sports Hall information

Arena: – Sporthalle am See
City: – Hard
Capacity: – 2400
Address: – Seestraße 60, 6971 Hard, Austria

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2022–23 season^[3]

Alpla HC Hard

Goalkeepers

16 Emanuel Baldauf
20 Benjamin Edionwe
32 Golub Doknić

Left Wingers

5 Manuel Maier
7 Luca Raschle

Right Wingers

18 Paul Schwärzler
38 Lennio Sgonc

Line Players

29 Lukas Schweighofer
92 Jadranko Stojanović

Central Backs

19 Nico Schnabl
24 Linus Weber
31 Sigtryggur Daði Rúnarsson

Left Backs

3 Karolis Antanavičius
6 Dominik Schmid
13 Frederic Wüstner
15 Valentin Mischi
37 Ivan Horvat

Right Backs

8 Nikola Stevanovic
28 Srđan Predragović

Technical staff

Head coach: Hannes Jón Jónsson
Assistant coach: Benjamin Trautvetter
Fitness coach: Stefan Jäger
Masseur: Martin Maier
Club Doctor: Dr. Michael Fink

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Joining

Marc-Andre Haunold (LB) from ASV Hamm-Westfalen

Leaving

Karolis Antanavičius (LB) to GWD Minden^[4]
Ivan Horvat (CB) to HSG Bärnbach/Köflach^[5]
Nico Schnabl (CB) to TuS Ferndorf

Transfer History

Transfers for the 2022–23 season

Joining

Nikola Stevanovic (RB) from AEK Athens
Frederic Wüstner (LB) from TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen
Sigtryggur Daði Rúnarsson (CB) from Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja

Leaving

Thomas Hurich (GK) (retires)
Manuel Schmid (CB) (retires)
Robin Kritzinger (RW) to Bregenz Handball

Previous Squads

2020–2021 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Austria	Thomas Hurich	(1992-04-06) 6 April 1992 (age 33)	Goalkeeper
3	Austria	Konrad Wurst	(1998-01-30) 30 January 1998 (age 27)	Right Back
5	Austria	Manuel Maier	(1998-05-17) 17 May 1998 (age 27)	Left Winger
6	Austria	Dominik Schmid	(1989-09-07) 7 September 1989 (age 36)	Left Back
7	Switzerland Austria	Luca Raschle	(1990-11-06) 6 November 1990 (age 35)	Left Winger
8	Austria	Manuel Schmid	(1993-11-05) 5 November 1993 (age 32)	Central Back
9	Austria	Boris Zivkovic	(1992-05-02) 2 May 1992 (age 33)	Right Back
11	Croatia	Marijan Maric	(1996-02-08) 8 February 1996 (age 29)	Left Back
15	Slovenia	Nejc Zmavc	(1990-09-06) 6 September 1990 (age 35)	Line Player
18	Austria	Paul Schwärzler	(2000-05-07) 7 May 2000 (age 25)	Right Winger
22	Austria	Robin Kritzinger	(2001-12-18) 18 December 2001 (age 24)	Right Winger
23	Serbia	Marko Krsmančić	(1989-12-02) 2 December 1989 (age 36)	Central Back
27	Austria	Thomas Weber	(1987-06-07) 7 June 1987 (age 38)	Left Winger
28	Austria	Lukas Schweighofer	(1992-12-29) 29 December 1992 (age 33)	Line Player
32	Montenegro Austria	Golub Doknić	(1982-04-16) 16 April 1982 (age 43)	Goalkeeper
37	Croatia	Ivan Horvat	(1993-02-17) 17 February 1993 (age 32)	Left Back

2013–2014 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Austria	Thomas Huemer	(1976-04-29) 29 April 1976 (age 49)	Goalkeeper
4	Croatia	Krešimir Kozina	(1990-06-25) 25 June 1990 (age 35)	Line Player
6	Austria	Dominik Schmid	(1989-09-07) 7 September 1989 (age 36)	Left Back
7	Switzerland Austria	Luca Raschle	(1990-11-06) 6 November 1990 (age 35)	Left Winger
8	Austria	Dominik Wetzel	(1989-06-16) 16 June 1989 (age 36)	Line Player
9	Austria	Boris Zivkovic	(1992-05-02) 2 May 1992 (age 33)	Right Back
11	Austria	Michael Jochum	(1985-11-08) 8 November 1985 (age 40)	Left Winger
13	Serbia Austria	Marko Tanasković	(1985-06-06) 6 June 1985 (age 40)	Right Back
16	Austria	Martin Kalischnig	(1986-06-08) 8 June 1986 (age 39)	Goalkeeper
18	Austria	Bernd Friede	(1980-02-18) 18 February 1980 (age 45)	Central Back
19	Austria	Rene Pascal Rigas	(1990-03-19) 19 March 1990 (age 35)	Right Winger
21	Austria	Michael Knauth	(1983-01-07) 7 January 1983 (age 43)	Right Winger
23	Serbia	Marko Krsmančić	(1989-12-02) 2 December 1989 (age 36)	Central Back
26	Austria	Lukas Herburger	(1994-12-19) 19 December 1994 (age 31)	Line Player
27	Austria	Thomas Weber	(1987-06-07) 7 June 1987 (age 38)	Left Winger
28	Austria	Gerald Zeiner	(1988-06-28) 28 June 1988 (age 37)	Central Back
32	Montenegro Austria	Golub Doknić	(1982-04-16) 16 April 1982 (age 43)	Goalkeeper

2007–2008 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Austria	Thomas Huemer	(1976-04-29) 29 April 1976 (age 49)	Goalkeeper
2	Austria	Christoph Jochum	(1987-07-19) 19 July 1987 (age 38)	Left Winger
3	Austria	Christian Grebien	(1979-03-18) 18 March 1979 (age 46)	Line Player
4	Austria	Alexander Kathrein	(1983-05-14) 14 May 1983 (age 42)	Left Winger
5	Poland	Damian Moszczynski	(1980-01-20) 20 January 1980 (age 45)	Left Back
6	Austria	Dominik Schmid	(1989-09-07) 7 September 1989 (age 36)	Left Back
10	Austria	Wolfgang Fürstler	(1989-01-05) 5 January 1989 (age 37)	Left Back
11	Austria	Michael Jochum	(1985-11-08) 8 November 1985 (age 40)	Left Winger
12	Austria	Jürgen Suppanschitz	(1986-03-11) 11 March 1986 (age 39)	Goalkeeper
14	Latvia	Margots Valkovskis	(1976-09-30) 30 September 1976 (age 49)	Line Player
16	Austria	Simon Wallner	(1989-10-03) 3 October 1989 (age 36)	Goalkeeper
17	Austria	Stefan Watzl	(1981-11-20) 20 November 1981 (age 44)	Central Back
18	Austria	Bernd Friede	(1980-02-18) 18 February 1980 (age 45)	Central Back
19	Austria	Rene Pascal Rigas	(1990-03-19) 19 March 1990 (age 35)	Right Winger
20	Germany	Björn Navarin	(1975-09-20) 20 September 1975 (age 50)	Left Back
22	Poland	Damian Wleklak	(1976-02-28) 28 February 1976 (age 49)	Central Back
27	Austria	Stefan Klement	(1979-06-04) 4 June 1979 (age 46)	Right Back
33	Germany	Markus Pregler	(1971-11-06) 6 November 1971 (age 54)	Line Player
77	Austria	Robert Weber	(1985-11-25) 25 November 1985 (age 40)	Right Winger

EHF ranking

As of 5/12/2025^[6]

Rank	Team	Points
167	HC Baki	21
168	TTH Holstebro	21
169	Stjarnan	20
170	Alpla HC Hard	20
171	MRK Čakovec	19
172	HC Meshkov Brest	19
173	JD Techniek Hurry-Up	19

Former club members

Notable former players

Harald Beilschmied (2000–2001)
Daniel Dicker (2014–2018)
Wolfgang Filzwieser (2002–2007)
Bernd Friede (1999–2008, 2010–2014)
Guido Graf (1998–2002)
Lukas Herburger (2011–2018)
Maximilian Hermann (2018–2020)
Michael Knauth (2008–2018)
Roland Schlinger (2014–2017)
Dominik Schmid (2008–2014, 2015–)
Lukas Schweighofer (2018–)
Nikola Stevanovic (2022–)
Ibish Thaqi (2006–2007)
Markus Wagesreiter (2005–2007)
Robert Weber (2004–2008)
Frederic Wüstner (2012–2018, 2022–)
Gerald Zeiner (2013–2020)
Boris Zivkovic (2011–2021)
Srđan Predragović (2021–)
Ivan Horvat (2018–)
Bruno Kozina (2019–2020)
Krešimir Kozina (2013–2015)
Sigtryggur Daði Rúnarsson (2022–)
Mārtiņs Lībergs (2003–2005)
Risto Arnaudovski (2017–2019)
Golub Doknić (2011–)
Damian Wleklak (2007–2009)
Stanislav Kulinchenko (2004–2007)
Marko Krsmančić (2011–2015, 2020–2021)
Mitar Markez (2014–2015)
Luca Raschle (2009–)

Former coaches

Seasons	Coach	Country
1999–2000	Niels Möller
2000–2005	Frank Bergemann
2005–2007	Goran Zivkovic
2007–2008	Gerald Gabl
2008–2010	Zbigniew Tłuczyński
2010–2016	Markus Burger
2016–2018	Petr Hrachovec
2018–2020	Klaus Gärtner
2020–2021	Mario Bjeliš
2021–	Hannes Jón Jónsson

References

^ "Hard Sport Freizeit Strandbad Minigolf Eisplatz Sportanlage Sporthalle Veranstaltungsräume Vorarlberg Österreich: Sporthalle am See". Archived from the original on 2015-05-27. Retrieved 2022-10-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Handball: HC Hard steht im Finale des Challenge Cups > Kleine Zeitung". Archived from the original on 2014-10-11. Retrieved 2022-10-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Kampfmannschaft Alpla HC Hard – Erste Mannschaft".
^ https://gwd-minden.de/61822-2/
^ https://hla.at/component/content/article/1347-ivan-horvat-wechselt-zur-hsg-xentis-lipizzanerheimat?catid=92&Itemid=437
^ "Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball".

External links

Official website
Alpla HC Hard on Facebook

[1] "Hard Sport Freizeit Strandbad Minigolf Eisplatz Sportanlage Sporthalle Veranstaltungsräume Vorarlberg Österreich: Sporthalle am See". Archived from the original on 2015-05-27. Retrieved 2022-10-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[2] "Handball: HC Hard steht im Finale des Challenge Cups > Kleine Zeitung". Archived from the original on 2014-10-11. Retrieved 2022-10-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[3] "Kampfmannschaft Alpla HC Hard – Erste Mannschaft".

[4] ttps://gwd-minden.de/61822-2/

[5] ttps://hla.at/component/content/article/1347-ivan-horvat-wechselt-zur-hsg-xentis-lipizzanerheimat?catid=92&Itemid=437

[6] "Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball".