SC Magdeburg

SC Magdeburg
Full nameSportclub Magdeburg e. V.
Short nameSCM
Founded1 March 1955 (1955-03-01)
ArenaGETEC Arena
Capacity8,000[1]
PresidentDirk Roswandowicz[2]
Head coachBennet Wiegert
LeagueHandball-Bundesliga
2024–252nd of 18
Club colours  
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Home
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WebsiteOfficial site

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.[3] 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.[4]

Location of the club
Magdeburg
Magdeburg
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Location of the club

History

SC Aufbau Magdeburg was founded in July 1955.[5] 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.[6] 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 in2001. Since then they have won it 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).[7][8]

Crest, colours, supporters

Naming history

Name[9]Period
SC Aufbau Magdeburg1955–1965
SC Magdeburg1965–present

Kit manufacturers

Period Kit manufacturer
– 2005 United StatesNike
2005–2020 GermanyKempa
2020–present DenmarkHummel

Kits

Sports Hall information

Home ground: GETEC Arena

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2025–26 season[12]

Technical staff

Transfers

Transfers for the 2026–27 season

Transfer History

Previous squads

Retired numbers

N° Nationality Player Position Tenure
25SloveniaMarko BezjakCentre Back2013–2023
31PolandBartosz JureckiLine Player2006–2015

Accomplishments

Domestic

International

European record

European Cup and Champions League

Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1977–78WinnersRound 2 Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaPartizan Bjelovar33–23 21–28 54–51
Quarter-finals Czech RepublicDukla Prague25–20 22–22 47–42
Semi-finals HungaryBp. Honvéd19–17 22–21 41–38
Finals PolandŚląsk Wrocław28–22
1980–81WinnersRound 1 AustriaASKÖ Linz35–18 30–21 65–39
Round 2 GermanyVfL Gummersbach19–12 16–16 35–28
Quarter-finals Czech RepublicDukla Prague23–20 19–17 42–37
Semi-finals SwedenLugi HF26–20 20–18 46–38
Finals Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaRD Slovan29–18 23–25 52–43
2001–02WinnersGroup stage(Group D)HungaryFotex KC Veszprém25–22 20–24 2nd
FranceS.O. Chambéry31–23 26–26
North MacedoniaVardar Vatrost. Skopje33–19 27–27
Quarter-finals SloveniaRK Celje29–31 28–25 57–56
Semi-finals DenmarkKIF Kolding29–19 28–25 57–44
Finals HungaryFotex KC Veszprém30–25 21–23 51–48
2022–23WinnersGroup stage(Group A)RomaniaDinamo București34–33 30–28 2nd
CroatiaPPD Zagreb35–25 31–25
FranceParis Saint-Germain22–29 37–33
PolandOrlen Wisła Płock33–27 24–25
HungaryTelekom Veszprém32–25 35–35
DenmarkGOG Håndbold36–34 32–33
PortugalFC Porto41–36 31–31
Quarter-finals PolandOrlen Wisła Płock30–28 22–22 52–50
Semi-finals SpainBarça40–39
Finals PolandKS Iskra Kielce30–29
2024–25WinnersGroup stage(Group B)HungaryOTP Bank - Pick Szeged31–24 29–31 4th
NorwayKolstad Håndball33–25 27–31
DenmarkAalborg Håndbold32–31 33–33
PolandIndustria Kielce26–27 29–25
FranceHBC Nantes28–32 28–29
SpainBarça28–23 26–32
CroatiaRK Zagreb36–24 18–22
Playoffs RomaniaCS Dinamo București35–29 30–26 65–55
Quarter-finals HungaryTelekom Veszprém26–26 28–27 54–53
Semi-finals SpainBarça31–30
Finals GermanyFüchse Berlin32–26

EHF Cup and EHF European League

Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1998–99Winners1/16 RomaniaSteaua București26–16 30–21 56–37
1/8 FranceS.O. Chambéry22–17 25–27 47–44
1/4 CroatiaRK Split26–20 19–14 45–34
1/2 GermanyTBV Lemgo22–19 22–23 44–42
Finals SpainBM Valladolid33–22 21–25 54–47
2000–01WinnersRound 3 SloveniaRK Prevent Slovenj Gradec26–22 25–23 51–45
Round 4 UkraineZTR Zaporizhzhia29–21 22–23 51–44
Quarter-finals GermanyTBV Lemgo23–26 28–22 51–48
Semi-finals SpainCD Bidasoa32–24 17–23 49–47
Finals CroatiaRK Metković23–22 28–18 51–40
2006–07WinnersRound 3 BelarusBGUFK Minsk37–26 31–23 68–49
Round 4 GermanySG Kronau/Östringen39–26 34–38 73–64
Quarter-finals DenmarkFCK Håndbold35–27 39–35 74–62
Semi-finals SwitzerlandGrasshopper – Club Zürich32–24 27–26 59–50
Finals SpainBM Aragón31–28 30–30 61–58
2020–21WinnersGroup stage(Group C)RussiaCSKA Moscow37–30 35–27 1st
FranceMontpellier HB10–0 32–30
TurkeyBeşiktaş JK41–22 41–23
SwedenAlingsås HK36–21 29–30
CroatiaRK Nexe Našice28–23 32–24
Round of 16 North MacedoniaRK Eurofarm Pelister35–24 32–24 68–54
Quarter-finals SwedenIFK Kristianstad39–31 34–28 58–52
Semi-final (F4) PolandOrlen Wisła Płock30–29
Final (F4) GermanyFüchse Berlin28–25

EHF ranking

As of 25 September 2025[18]
Rank Team Points
1GermanySC Magdeburg687
2SpainFC Barcelona Handbol652
3GermanyFüchse Berlin610
4HungaryVeszprém KC519
5DenmarkAalborg Håndbold513
6GermanySG Flensburg-Handewitt511
7FranceHBC Nantes493

Former club members

Notable former players

Former coaches

SeasonsCoachCountry
1991–1993 Hartmut KrügerGermany
1993–1994 Ingolf WiegertGermany
1994–1999 Lothar DoeringGermany
1999 Peter RostGermany
1999–2006 Alfreð GíslasonIceland
2006 Ghiță LicuRomania
2006–2007 Bogdan WentaPolandGermany
2007–2008 Helmut KurratGermany
2008–2009 Michael BieglerGermany
2010 Sven LiesegangGermany
2010–2013 Frank CarstensGermany
2013–2014 Uwe JungandreasGermany
2014–2015 Geir SveinssonIceland
2015– Bennet WiegertGermany

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.[19][20]

References

  1. ^"GETEC Arena". handball-base.com. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  2. ^"News - SC Magdeburg Handball" (in German). scm-handball.de. 14 March 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  3. ^"SC Magdeburg - Club profile". handball-world.news. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  4. ^"Abteilungen - SC Magdeburg e. V." (in German). sc-magdeburg.de. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  5. ^"Unsere Historie – SC Magdeburg Handball" (in German). Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  6. ^Laube, Volkmar; Schröder, Torsten. Tore, Triumphe, Titel - Handballhochburg Magdeburg. Die Geschichte des Magdeburger Handballs. Die grossen Erfolge des SC Magdeburg. Super-Handball-Statistik.
  7. ^"Schiedsrichtergespann Schulze/Tönnies beim IHF Super Globe". handball-world. 6 September 2022. Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  8. ^"Magdeburg shock Barça and claim first Super Globe trophy". International Handball Federation. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  9. ^"Unsere Historie - SC Magdeburg Handball" (in German). scm-handball.de. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  10. ^"Getec Arena Magdeburg". eventtravel.com. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  11. ^"SC Magdeburg". liquimoly-hbl.de. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  12. ^"Unser Team 2022/23" (in German). scm-handball.de. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  13. ^"SC Magdeburg verpflichtet Sebastian Barthold". 30 May 2025.
  14. ^"SC Magdeburg holt Rückraumspieler Jonsson aus Melsungen".
  15. ^"Handball: Als Portner-Ersatz - SC Magdeburg zieht Torhüter-Transfer vor".
  16. ^"Neuer Klub für Michael Damgaard: Handball-Zukunft in Dänemark".
  17. ^"TVB Stuttgart verpflichtet Antonio Serradilla Cuenca".
  18. ^"European handball team ranking". eurotopteam.com. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  19. ^https://www.handball.net/spiele/sportradar.dhbdata.81693/info
  20. ^https://www.handball.net/vereine/nuliga.hvberlin.127
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