Handball Esch

Handball Esch
Clubname	Handball Esch
Fullname	Handball Esch
Founded	2001
Chairman	Jos Theysen
Manager	Marc Fancelli
League	Sales Lentz League
Season	2015-2016
Position	3rd
Website	http://www.handballesch.lu/
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Handball Esch is a men's handball club from Esch, Luxembourg, that plays in the Luxembourgish Handball League. They were born in 2001 after the fusion between the two clubs from Esch, HB Eschois Fola and HC La Fraternelle Esch.^[1] They have won the Luxembourgish Championship 12 times, and the progenitor club HB Eschois Fola had won it 20 times.^[2]

Titles

Luxembourgish Handball League:
- Winner: 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2006-07, 2009-10, 2012-13, 2016-17, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23
Luxembourg Cup:
- Winner: 2001-02, 2005-06, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2013-14, 2016-17, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2023-24, 2025-26

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
2012–13	Challenge Cup	R3	KH Prishtina	28–24	22–31	50–55
		L16	RK Spartak Vojput	34–26	20–27	54–53
		QF	Initia Hasselt	28–26	28–27	56–53
		SF	CSU Suceava	21–23	27–24	48–47
		Final	SKA Minsk	24–32	26–31	50–63

2013–14	EHF Cup	R2	IFK Kristianstad	19–32	28–30	47–62

2014–15	EHF Cup	R1	Handball Käerjeng	34–23	25–25	59–48
2014–15	EHF Cup	R2	Tatabánya KC	24–25	25–25	49–50

2015–16	Challenge Cup	R3	HC Olimpus-85 USEFS	37–30	40–27	77–57
2015–16	Challenge Cup	L16	HV FIQAS/Aalsmeer	26–30	22–25	48–55

2016–17	Challenge Cup	R3	Ramat Hashron "S.G.S." HC	29–21	25–18	54–39
2016–17	Challenge Cup	1/8	AHC Potaissa Turda	27–31	29–28	56–59

2017–18	EHF Cup	R1	ØIF Arendal	24–29	25–28	50–57

2019–20	EHF Cup	R1	B.S.B. Batumi	38–16	42–22	80–38
2019–20	EHF Cup	R2	KS Azoty-Puławy	28–31	25–26	53–57

2020–21	European League	R1	Pfadi Winterthur	30–33	Cancelled	30–33

2021–22	European Cup	R2	Odesa HC	37–32	38–31	75–63
		R3	Bækkelagets HE	30–30	26–25	56–55
		L16	Talent tym Plzenskeho kraje	30–34	26–29	56–63

2022–23	European Cup	R2	HC Dukla Praha	31–36	32–30	63–66

2023–24	European Cup	R2	VÍF	30–31	28–30	58–61

2024–25	European Cup	R2	HC Motor	26–32	29–46	55–78

2025–26	European Cup	R1	RK Vogošća	42–31	31–44	73–75

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2016–17 season

Goalkeepers

Cedric Busoni
Louis Lieser
Rajko Milosevic
Ivan Pavlovic

Wingers
RW

Tom Krier
Dany Scholten

LW

Enes Agovic
Samuel Baum
Bruce Biren
Elias Puissegur

Line players

Romain Labonte
Sascha Marzadori
Tom Quintus
Luca Tomassini

Back players
LB

Mario Jelinic
Max Kohl
Julien Kohn
Martin Muller

CB

Christian Bock
Sacha Pulli
Vladimir Sarac

RB

Dimitri Mitrea
Alexandros Vasilakis

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Joining

Felix Werdel (LW) from Sarrebourg Moselle-Sud Handball^[3]

Leaving

Yann Hippert (CB) to HB Dudelange^[4]

References

^ "Handball Esch History". Retrieved 2017-04-18.
^ "Les Champions et Vainqueurs de Coupe" [The Champions and Cup Winners] (in French). Luxembourg Handball Federation. Retrieved 24 April 2026.
^ https://www.smshandball.fr/communique-felix-werdel-quitte-le-smshb/
^ https://www.facebook.com/handballdiddeleng/posts/-breaking-news-he-is-back-mir-sinn-immens-frou-de-yann-hippert-mat-oppenen-äerm-/1185288936939063/

External links

Official website (in Luxembourgish)