Union Handballklub Krems

Förthof UHK Krems
Förthof UHK Krems
Full name	Förthof Union Handballklub Krems
Short name	UHK
Founded	1947; 77 years ago
Arena	Sporthalle Krems, Krems an der Donau
Capacity	1,500
President	Bernhard Lackner
Head coach	Ibish Thaqi
League	Handball Liga Austria
Club colours
Home	Away
	Website ; Official site

Förthof UHK Krems is a professional handball club from Krems an der Donau, Austria. They currently compete in the Handball Liga Austria.

Krems an der Donau

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Location of Union Handballklub Krems

History[edit]

In 1947 the UHK Krems was founded as the handball section of Union Krems. It has always been in the Austrian First Division since the 2002/2003 season. They won the championship 5 times (1973, 1975, 1977, 2019, 2022), they were cup winners 5 times (1973, 1975, 1978, 2010, 2019).

Crest, colours, supporters[edit]

Club crest[edit]

Old Logo
(-2021)

Kit manufacturers[edit]

Period	Kit manufacturer
– 2014	Puma
2014 – 2021	Hummel
2021 – present	Puma

Kits[edit]

HOME
2010–14	2014-17	2018-20	2020-21	2021–23

AWAY
2010–14	2015-16	2018-20	2020-21	2021–23

THIRD
2011–14

Sports Hall information[edit]

Arena: – Sporthalle Krems
City: – Krems an der Donau
Capacity: – 1500
Address: – Strandbadstraße 3, 3500 Krems an der Donau, Austria

Management[edit]

Position	Name
President	Bernhard Lackner
Vice-president	Josef Nussbaum
Honorary President	Hans Penz
Member Of The Board	Alois Autherith
Member Of The Board	Christoph Hofbauer
Member Of The Board	Gudrun Kanzler

Team[edit]

Current squad[edit]

Squad for the 2022–23 season^[1]

Förthof UHK Krems

Goalkeepers

Left Wingers

Right Wingers

Line Players

Central Backs

Left Backs

Right Backs

09 Rudolf Bobaš

Technical staff[edit]

Head coach: Ibish Thaqi
Assistant coach: Jörg Merten
Physiotherapist: Claudia Nachtnebel

Transfers[edit]

Transfers for the 2022–23 season

Joining

Thomas Eichberger (GK) from ThSV Eisenach
Daniel Dicker (LB) from ThSV Eisenach^[2]
Julian Pratschner (LW) from WAT Fünfhaus^[3]

Leaving

Previous Squads[edit]

2021–2022 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
3	Austria	Jakob Jochmann	(1993-10-02) 2 October 1993 (age 30)	Central Back
4	Austria	Lukas Nikolic	(2001-04-09) 9 April 2001 (age 23)	Left Back
5	Austria Lithuania	Romas Kirveliavičius	(1988-03-05) 5 March 1988 (age 36)	Left Back
8	Austria	Marko Simek	(1995-06-30) 30 June 1995 (age 28)	Central Back
9	Croatia	Rudolf Bobaš	(2002-09-01) 1 September 2002 (age 21)	Right Back
10	Austria	Tobias Auss	(2000-02-26) 26 February 2000 (age 24)	Left Winger
11	Austria	Matthias Führer	(1994-03-19) 19 March 1994 (age 30)	Right Winger
14	Austria	Fabian Posch	(1988-01-05) 5 January 1988 (age 36)	Line Player
15	Austria	Kenan Hasecic	(1996-05-15) 15 May 1996 (age 27)	Line Player
17	Austria	Stephan Wiesbauer	(2000-04-17) 17 April 2000 (age 24)	Right Winger
20	Austria	Igor Vuckovic	(1998-04-20) 20 April 1998 (age 26)	Left Back
21	Hungary	Gábor Hajdú	(1989-10-20) 20 October 1989 (age 34)	Left Back
22	Austria	Lukas Domevscek	(1999-06-10) 10 June 1999 (age 24)	Goalkeeper
23	Austria	Mario Lippitsch	(2002-07-02) 2 July 2002 (age 21)	Central Back
24	Austria	Benedikt Rudischer	(2003-07-21) 21 July 2003 (age 20)	Right Winger
26	Austria	Jakob Schwanzer	(2005-07-26) 26 July 2005 (age 18)	Right Winger
28	Austria	Sebastian Feichtinger	(1992-06-05) 5 June 1992 (age 31)	Left Back
36	Slovakia	Samuel Fabry	(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 23)	Goalkeeper
77	Slovenia	Gašper Hrastnik	(1992-11-13) 13 November 1992 (age 31)	Right Back

2008–2009 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
5	Austria	Bernhard Grabner	(1985-08-10) 10 August 1985 (age 38)	Line Player
6	Austria Croatia	Ivica Belas	(1977-03-22) 22 March 1977 (age 47)	Central Back
7	Austria	Mario Osimitz	(1988-07-17) 17 July 1988 (age 35)	Right Winger
8	Czech Republic	Pavel Hrachovec	(1974-03-24) 24 March 1974 (age 50)	Left Winger
11	Austria	Gerald Zeiner	(1988-06-28) 28 June 1988 (age 35)	Left Winger
15	Austria	Kristof Vizvary	(1983-08-21) 21 August 1983 (age 40)	Left Back
16	Austria	Bernhard Binder	(1977-10-27) 27 October 1977 (age 46)	Goalkeeper
17	Austria	Tobias Schopf	(1985-12-15) 15 December 1985 (age 38)	Left Winger
18	Austria	Ibish Thaqi	(1980-03-21) 21 March 1980 (age 44)	Central Back
19	Austria	Patrik Lachmann	(1977-09-12) 12 September 1977 (age 46)	Right Winger
20	Austria	Christoph Svoboda	(1990-04-16) 16 April 1990 (age 34)	Right Back
21	Austria	Daniel Kottan	(1989-06-19) 19 June 1989 (age 34)	Left Back
22	Austria	Georg Chalupa	(1984-11-01) 1 November 1984 (age 39)	Left Back
23	Austria	Peter Marek	(1989-02-17) 17 February 1989 (age 35)	Right Back
25	Serbia	Rados Pesic	(1980-12-03) 3 December 1980 (age 43)	Right Back
30	Austria	Werner Lint	(1978-12-04) 4 December 1978 (age 45)	Line Player
61	Austria	Wolfgang Filzwieser	(1984-09-30) 30 September 1984 (age 39)	Goalkeeper

Titles[edit]

Handball Liga Austria
- Winner (5) : 1973, 1975, 1977, 2019, 2022
Austrian Cup
- Winner (5) : 1979, 1980, 1984, 2010, 2019

In the 1978/79, 1979/80 and 1983/84 seasons, the UHK Krems was automatically Austrian Cup winner as runner-up in the championship and qualified for the international cup winner competition.

EHF ranking[edit]

As of 1/12/2022^[6]

Rank	Team	Points
124	HC Tallinn	41
125	HC Visé BM	41
126	Dragūnas Klaipėda	41
127	Union Handballklub Krems	40
128	Red Boys Differdange	39
129	CSA Steaua București	37
130	Gyöngyösi KK	25

Former club members[edit]

Notable former players[edit]

Ivica Belas (2008–2016)
Daniel Dicker (2022–)
Thomas Eichberger (2022–)
Sebastian Feichtinger (2021–)
Wolfgang Filzwieser (2008–2013)
Jakob Jochmann (2017–2022)
Thomas Kandolf (2018–2020)
Romas Kirveliavičius (2021–)
Werner Lint (2008–2014)
Christoph Neuhold (2013–2016)
Fabian Posch (2016–2022)
Julian Pratschner (2022–)
Tobias Schopf (2005–2018)
Ibish Thaqi (2005–2006, 2007-2009)
Kristof Vizvary (2008–2013, 2014-2016)
Gerald Zeiner (2005–2009)
Ivan Vukas (2009–2011)
Gábor Hajdú (2018–)
Norbert Visy (2009–2018)
Gerdas Babarskas (2012–2015)
Petar Angelov (2018)
Vlatko Mitkov (2012–2018)
Aleksandar Glendža (2020)
Michal Shejbal (2012–2016, 2018-2020)

Former coaches[edit]

Seasons	Coach	Country
2006–2007	István Gulyás
2007–2013	István Szilágyi
2013–2016	Ivica Belas
2016–	Ibish Thaqi

References[edit]

External links[edit]

[1] ttps://uhk-krems.com/kader/meisterliga/#kader

[2] ttps://uhk-krems.com/allgemein/daniel-dicker-kommt-zum-uhk/

[3] ttps://uhk-krems.com/allgemein/julian-pratschner-wechselt-zum-uhk/

[4] ttps://www.noen.at/sport/noe-sportmix/handball-jakob-jochmann-der-doktor-gleitet-in-die-handball-pension-krems-redaktionsfeed-handball-jakob-jochmann-ruecktritt-karriereende-redaktion-312598747

[5] ttps://www.noen.at/sport/baden/handball-kremser-posch-wechselt-nach-bad-voeslau-bad-voeslau-redaktionsfeed-handball-fabian-posch-transfer-uhk-krems-jags-bad-voeslau-thomas-schartel-redaktion-315292604

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

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