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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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]

Magdeburg
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 in 2001 and the year after they won the Champions League.[7] Since then they have won the German Championship 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).[8][9]

Crest, colours, supporters

Naming history

Name[10] Period
SC Aufbau Magdeburg 1955–1965
SC Magdeburg 1965–present

Kit manufacturers

Period Kit manufacturer
– 2005 Nike
2005–2020 Kempa
2020–present Hummel

Kits

Sports Hall information

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2025–26 season[13]

Technical staff

  • Head Coach: Bennet Wiegert
  • Assistant Coach: Yves Grafenhorst
  • Athletic Trainer: Daniel Müller

Transfers

Transfers for the 2026–27 season

Transfer History

Previous squads

Retired numbers

N° Nationality Player Position Tenure
25 Marko Bezjak Centre Back 2013–2023
31 Bartosz Jurecki Line Player 2006–2015

Accomplishments

Domestic

International

European record

European Cup and Champions League

Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1977–78
Winners 		Round 2 Partizan Bjelovar 33–23 21–28 54–51
Quarter-finals Dukla Prague 25–20 22–22 47–42
Semi-finals Bp. Honvéd 19–17 22–21 41–38
Finals Śląsk Wrocław 28–22
1980–81
Winners 		Round 1 ASKÖ Linz 35–18 30–21 65–39
Round 2 VfL Gummersbach 19–12 16–16 35–28
Quarter-finals Dukla Prague 23–20 19–17 42–37
Semi-finals Lugi HF 26–20 20–18 46–38
Finals RD Slovan 29–18 23–25 52–43
2001–02
Winners 		Group stage
(Group D) 		Fotex KC Veszprém 25–22 20–24 2nd
S.O. Chambéry 31–23 26–26
Vardar Vatrost. Skopje 33–19 27–27
Quarter-finals RK Celje 29–31 28–25 57–56
Semi-finals KIF Kolding 29–19 28–25 57–44
Finals Fotex KC Veszprém 30–25 21–23 51–48
2022–23
Winners 		Group stage
(Group A) 		Dinamo București 34–33 30–28 2nd
PPD Zagreb 35–25 31–25
Paris Saint-Germain 22–29 37–33
Orlen Wisła Płock 33–27 24–25
Telekom Veszprém 32–25 35–35
GOG Håndbold 36–34 32–33
FC Porto 41–36 31–31
Quarter-finals Orlen Wisła Płock 30–28 22–22 52–50
Semi-finals Barça 40–39
Finals KS Iskra Kielce 30–29
2024–25
Winners 		Group stage
(Group B) 		OTP Bank - Pick Szeged 31–24 29–31 4th
Kolstad Håndball 33–25 27–31
Aalborg Håndbold 32–31 33–33
Industria Kielce 26–27 29–25
HBC Nantes 28–32 28–29
Barça 28–23 26–32
RK Zagreb 36–24 18–22
Playoffs CS Dinamo București 35–29 30–26 65–55
Quarter-finals Telekom Veszprém 26–26 28–27 54–53
Semi-finals Barça 31–30
Finals Füchse Berlin 32–26

EHF Cup and EHF European League

Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1998–99
Winners 		1/16 Steaua București 26–16 30–21 56–37
1/8 S.O. Chambéry 22–17 25–27 47–44
1/4 RK Split 26–20 19–14 45–34
1/2 TBV Lemgo 22–19 22–23 44–42
Finals BM Valladolid 33–22 21–25 54–47
2000–01
Winners 		Round 3 RK Prevent Slovenj Gradec 26–22 25–23 51–45
Round 4 ZTR Zaporizhzhia 29–21 22–23 51–44
Quarter-finals TBV Lemgo 23–26 28–22 51–48
Semi-finals CD Bidasoa 32–24 17–23 49–47
Finals RK Metković 23–22 28–18 51–40
2006–07
Winners 		Round 3 BGUFK Minsk 37–26 31–23 68–49
Round 4 SG Kronau/Östringen 39–26 34–38 73–64
Quarter-finals FCK Håndbold 35–27 39–35 74–62
Semi-finals Grasshopper – Club Zürich 32–24 27–26 59–50
Finals BM Aragón 31–28 30–30 61–58
2020–21
Winners 		Group stage
(Group C) 		CSKA Moscow 37–30 35–27 1st
Montpellier HB 10–0 32–30
Beşiktaş JK 41–22 41–23
Alingsås HK 36–21 29–30
RK Nexe Našice 28–23 32–24
Round of 16 RK Eurofarm Pelister 35–24 32–24 68–54
Quarter-finals IFK Kristianstad 39–31 34–28 58–52
Semi-final (F4) Orlen Wisła Płock 30–29
Final (F4) Füchse Berlin 28–25

EHF ranking

As of 25 September 2025[19]
Rank Team Points
1 SC Magdeburg 687
2 FC Barcelona Handbol 652
3 Füchse Berlin 610
4 Veszprém KC 519
5 Aalborg Håndbold 513
6 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 511
7 HBC Nantes 493

Former club members

Notable former players

Former coaches

Seasons Coach Country
1991–1993 Hartmut Krüger
1993–1994 Ingolf Wiegert
1994–1999 Lothar Doering
1999 Peter Rost
1999–2006 Alfreð Gíslason
2006 Ghiță Licu
2006–2007 Bogdan Wenta
2007–2008 Helmut Kurrat
2008–2009 Michael Biegler
2010 Sven Liesegang
2010–2013 Frank Carstens
2013–2014 Uwe Jungandreas
2014–2015 Geir Sveinsson
2015– Bennet Wiegert

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.[20][21]

References

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  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. ^ "2001/02 VELUX EHF Champions League Final". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  8. ^ "Schiedsrichtergespann Schulze/Tönnies beim IHF Super Globe". handball-world. 6 September 2022. Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Magdeburg shock Barça and claim first Super Globe trophy". International Handball Federation. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Unsere Historie - SC Magdeburg Handball" (in German). scm-handball.de. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Getec Arena Magdeburg". eventtravel.com. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  12. ^ "SC Magdeburg". liquimoly-hbl.de. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  13. ^ "Unser Team 2022/23" (in German). scm-handball.de. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  14. ^ "SC Magdeburg verpflichtet Sebastian Barthold". 30 May 2025.
  15. ^ "SC Magdeburg holt Rückraumspieler Jonsson aus Melsungen".
  16. ^ "Handball: Als Portner-Ersatz - SC Magdeburg zieht Torhüter-Transfer vor".
  17. ^ "Neuer Klub für Michael Damgaard: Handball-Zukunft in Dänemark".
  18. ^ "TVB Stuttgart verpflichtet Antonio Serradilla Cuenca".
  19. ^ "European handball team ranking". eurotopteam.com. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  20. ^ https://www.handball.net/spiele/sportradar.dhbdata.81693/info
  21. ^ https://www.handball.net/vereine/nuliga.hvberlin.127
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