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Füchse Berlin (handball)

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Füchse Berlin
NicknameDie Füchse (The Foxes)
Founded1891; 135 years ago (1891)
ArenaMax-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin
Capacity8,500
Head coachNicolej Krickau
LeagueHandball-Bundesliga
2025–262nd of 18
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Home
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Website
Official site

Füchse Berlin is a professional handball club from Berlin, Germany, that currently competes in the Handball-Bundesliga, the highest national league, and in EHF competitions.[1]

The women's team play in the 2nd Bundesliga.[2]

Location of Füchse Berlin
Berlin
Berlin
Location of Füchse Berlin
Fuchsi – the official mascot of Füchse Berlin.

History

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Until 2005, the club was organized as handball department of Reinickendorfer Füchse, which was founded in 1891. For the 2005–06 season, the branding was changed to Füchse Berlin, in an effort to establish the club as a leading sports team of Berlin alongside Hertha BSC (football), Eisbären Berlin (ice hockey) and Alba Berlin (basketball). This coincided with the move to Max-Schmeling-Halle (Berlin's second biggest indoor sports venue), which is dubbed Fuchsbau (burrow in English). The team played in the 2nd Bundesliga at the time. In 2007, the Füchse secured the championship in the Zweite Handball-Bundeliga, thus advancing to Handball-Bundesliga, which the club has stayed in ever since.

In 2014 the team won the DHB-Pokal, its first major trophy by defeating SG Flensburg-Handewitt 22–21.[3]

As German cup winners they qualified for the 2014–15 EHF Cup, which they won to gain their first international title. As winner of the EHF Cup the Füchse earned a wild card spot for the 2015 IHF Super Globe, which they also won.[4]

In the 2024-25 season they won their first German championship ever.[5] Their coach Jaron Siewert became the youngest coach ever to win the Bundesliga at 31 years.[6]

Despite the previous season's success, the club decided to fire Jaron Siewert just two matches into the following season along with sporting director Stefan Kretzschmar after a public disagreement between them managing director Bob Hanning.[7] To replace him, the club hired Danish coach Nicolej Krickau.[8]

Crest, colours, supporters

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Kit manufacturers

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Period Kit manufacturer
–2014 Germany Kempa
2014–2020 Denmark Hummel
2020–present Germany Puma

Kits

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Sports Hall information

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Home hall: Max-Schmeling-Halle

Team

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Current squad

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Squad for the 2026–27 season

Technical staff

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Transfers

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Transfers for the 2027–28 season

Transfer History

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Previous squads

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Accomplishments

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Domestic

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International

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European record

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EHF Cup and EHF European League

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Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2014–15
Winners		 Round 3 France HBC Nantes 23–18 23–28 46–46 (a)
Group stage
(Group C)		 Denmark Skjern Håndbold 29–24 28–32 1st
Serbia RK Vojvodina 37–22 30–25
Portugal FC Porto 25–20 26–20
Semi-final (F4) Slovenia RK Gorenje Velenje 27–24
Final (F4) Germany HSV Hamburg 30–27
2017–18
Winners		 Round 3 Portugal FC Porto 33–25 30–27 63–52
Group stage
(Group B)		 France Saint-Raphaël Var Handball 21–26 34–25 1st
Sweden Lugi HF 34–25 32–27
Spain Helvetia Anaitasuna 34–23 30–28
Quarter-finals Croatia RK Nexe Našice 25–16 20–28 45–44
Semi-final (F4) Germany Frisch Auf Göppingen 27–24
Final (F4) France Saint-Raphaël Var Handball 28–25
2022–23
Winners		 Group stage
(Group D)		 Denmark Skanderborg-Aarhus 30–24 29–28 1st
Spain Bidasoa Irun 34–29 40–32
Ukraine HC Motor 32–24 38–27
North Macedonia Eurofarm Pelister 34–25 43–34
Portugal Águas Santas Milaneza 34–20 29–23
Last 16 Denmark Skjern Håndbold 38–32 28–23 66–55
Quarter-finals Switzerland Kadetten Schaffhausen 30–24 33–37 63–61
Semi-final (F4) France Montpellier HB 35–29
Final (F4) Spain Fraikin BM Granollers 36–31

EHF ranking

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As of 26 May 2025[14]
Rank Team Points
1Spain FC Barcelona886
2Germany SC Magdeburg822
3Germany THW Kiel713
4Germany Füchse Berlin704
5Germany SG Flensburg-Handewitt687
6Hungary MKB Veszprem KC676
7Denmark Aalborg Handbold675

Former club members

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Notable former players

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Former coaches

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Seasons Coach Country
2005–2009 Jörn-Uwe Lommel Germany
2009–2015 Dagur Sigurðsson Iceland
2015–2016 Erlingur Richardsson Iceland
2016–2020 Velimir Petković Bosnia and Herzegovina
2020 Michael Roth Germany
2020–2025 Jaron Siewert Germany
2025– Nicolej Krickau Denmark

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "DEUTSCHER HANDBALLBUND (GER) – Handball Germany | EHF". www.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Ärger nach Profi-Abschied bei Spreefüxxen – Neuanfang in 3. Liga" (in German). handball-world.com. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Füchse Berlin gewinnen den DHB-Pokal". berlin.de (in German). 13 October 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "Berlin on Top of the World". ihf.info. 10 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "40 Minuten Rückstand: Füchse nach hartem Kampf deutscher Meister" (in German). Handball-World. 8 June 2025. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  6. ↑ "Historisk præstation af historisk træner". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 8 June 2025. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  7. ↑ "Füchse-Knall: Kretzschmar und Siewert sofort weg, Krickau kommt" (in German). Handball-World. 4 September 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  8. ↑ Lars Bruun-Mortensen; Mathias Leerberg Svedborg; Mathias Sørensen (4 September 2025). "Krickau bliver cheftræner i Füchse Berlin". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  9. ↑ "Handball-Transfercoup: Füchse Berlin holen fünffachen Champions-League-Sieger | handball-world". www.handball-world.news. Retrieved 1 September 2026.
  10. ↑ "Handball-Bundesliga: Füchse Berlin verpflichten Tobias Gröndahl | handball-world". www.handball-world.news. Retrieved 1 September 2026.
  11. ↑ "Handball-Transfer bestätigt: Cehte wechselt sofort zu den Füchsen Berlin | handball-world". www.handball-world.news. Retrieved 1 September 2026.
  12. ↑ "Handball: Per Ausstiegsklausel - Jerry Tollbring verlässt Füchse Berlin | handball-world". www.handball-world.news. Retrieved 1 September 2026.
  13. ↑ "Leihe perfekt: Max Beneke bleibt in der Handball-Bundesliga | handball-world". www.handball-world.news. Retrieved 1 September 2026.
  14. ↑ "Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball".
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