Austrian handball club
Website Official site Alpla HC Hard is a handball club from Hard, Austria. They currently compete in the Handball Liga Austria.
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Location of Alpla HC Hard
History In 1986, the handball division was separated from the ATSV Hard club, and subsequently the independent club HC 86 Hard was founded. Under the guidance of coach Zoltán Balogh, HC Hard reached the Austrian top flight in the 1997/98 season. In the 2002/03 season, HC Hard won the Austrian Championship for the first time under the guidance of coach Frank Bergemann. In the 2004/05 season, the club won its first victory in the Austrian Cup. The club moved to its new home in the Sporthalle am See[1] in 2005. The club won the championship 7 times in total (2003, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021), the cup 4 times (2005, 2008, 2014, 2018) and the Super Cup 5 times (2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021). In 2007/08, HC Hard reached the final of the EHF Challenge Cup, but won the final against Romanian UCM Sport Reșița with a score of 54:47 on aggregate.[2]
Crest, colours, supporters Naming history Name Period HC Alpla Hard −2002 Alpla HC Hard 2002–2004 HC Superfund Hard 2004–2007 Alpla HC Hard 2007–present
Club crest Kits AWAY 2019–20
Sports Hall information Home hall: Sporthalle am See Arena: – Sporthalle am See City: – Hard Capacity: – 2400 Address: – Seestraße 60, 6971 Hard, Austria
Team Current squad Squad for the 2022–23 season [3] Technical staff Head coach: Hannes Jón Jónsson Assistant coach: Benjamin Trautvetter Fitness coach: Stefan Jäger Masseur: Martin Maier Club Doctor: Dr. Michael Fink Transfers Transfers for the 2022–23 season Previous Squads 2020–2021 Team Shirt No Nationality Player Birth Date Position 1 Austria Thomas Hurich (1992-04-06 ) 6 April 1992 (age 32) Goalkeeper 3 Austria Konrad Wurst (1998-01-30 ) 30 January 1998 (age 26) Right Back 5 Austria Manuel Maier (1998-05-17 ) 17 May 1998 (age 26) Left Winger 6 Austria Dominik Schmid (1989-09-07 ) 7 September 1989 (age 34) Left Back 7 Switzerland Austria Luca Raschle (1990-11-06 ) 6 November 1990 (age 33) Left Winger 8 Austria Manuel Schmid (1993-11-05 ) 5 November 1993 (age 30) Central Back 9 Austria Boris Zivkovic (1992-05-02 ) 2 May 1992 (age 32) Right Back 11 Croatia Marijan Maric (1996-02-08 ) 8 February 1996 (age 28) Left Back 15 Slovenia Nejc Zmavc (1990-09-06 ) 6 September 1990 (age 33) Line Player 18 Austria Paul Schwärzler (2000-05-07 ) 7 May 2000 (age 24) Right Winger 22 Austria Robin Kritzinger (2001-12-18 ) 18 December 2001 (age 22) Right Winger 23 Serbia Marko Krsmančić (1989-12-02 ) 2 December 1989 (age 34) Central Back 27 Austria Thomas Weber (1987-06-07 ) 7 June 1987 (age 36) Left Winger 28 Austria Lukas Schweighofer (1992-12-29 ) 29 December 1992 (age 31) Line Player 32 Montenegro Austria Golub Doknić (1982-04-16 ) 16 April 1982 (age 42) Goalkeeper 37 Croatia Ivan Horvat (1993-02-17 ) 17 February 1993 (age 31) Left Back
2013–2014 Team Shirt No Nationality Player Birth Date Position 1 Austria Thomas Huemer (1976-04-29 ) 29 April 1976 (age 48) Goalkeeper 4 Croatia Krešimir Kozina (1990-06-25 ) 25 June 1990 (age 33) Line Player 6 Austria Dominik Schmid (1989-09-07 ) 7 September 1989 (age 34) Left Back 7 Switzerland Austria Luca Raschle (1990-11-06 ) 6 November 1990 (age 33) Left Winger 8 Austria Dominik Wetzel (1989-06-16 ) 16 June 1989 (age 34) Line Player 9 Austria Boris Zivkovic (1992-05-02 ) 2 May 1992 (age 32) Right Back 11 Austria Michael Jochum (1985-11-08 ) 8 November 1985 (age 38) Left Winger 13 Serbia Austria Marko Tanasković (1985-06-06 ) 6 June 1985 (age 38) Right Back 16 Austria Martin Kalischnig (1986-06-08 ) 8 June 1986 (age 37) Goalkeeper 18 Austria Bernd Friede (1980-02-18 ) 18 February 1980 (age 44) Central Back 19 Austria Rene Pascal Rigas (1990-03-19 ) 19 March 1990 (age 34) Right Winger 21 Austria Michael Knauth (1983-01-07 ) 7 January 1983 (age 41) Right Winger 23 Serbia Marko Krsmančić (1989-12-02 ) 2 December 1989 (age 34) Central Back 26 Austria Lukas Herburger (1994-12-19 ) 19 December 1994 (age 29) Line Player 27 Austria Thomas Weber (1987-06-07 ) 7 June 1987 (age 36) Left Winger 28 Austria Gerald Zeiner (1988-06-28 ) 28 June 1988 (age 35) Central Back 32 Montenegro Austria Golub Doknić (1982-04-16 ) 16 April 1982 (age 42) Goalkeeper
2007–2008 Team Shirt No Nationality Player Birth Date Position 1 Austria Thomas Huemer (1976-04-29 ) 29 April 1976 (age 48) Goalkeeper 2 Austria Christoph Jochum (1987-07-19 ) 19 July 1987 (age 36) Left Winger 3 Austria Christian Grebien (1979-03-18 ) 18 March 1979 (age 45) Line Player 4 Austria Alexander Kathrein (1983-05-14 ) 14 May 1983 (age 41) Left Winger 5 Poland Damian Moszczynski (1980-01-20 ) 20 January 1980 (age 44) Left Back 6 Austria Dominik Schmid (1989-09-07 ) 7 September 1989 (age 34) Left Back 10 Austria Wolfgang Fürstler (1989-01-05 ) 5 January 1989 (age 35) Left Back 11 Austria Michael Jochum (1985-11-08 ) 8 November 1985 (age 38) Left Winger 12 Austria Jürgen Suppanschitz (1986-03-11 ) 11 March 1986 (age 38) Goalkeeper 14 Latvia Margots Valkovskis (1976-09-30 ) 30 September 1976 (age 47) Line Player 16 Austria Simon Wallner (1989-10-03 ) 3 October 1989 (age 34) Goalkeeper 17 Austria Stefan Watzl (1981-11-20 ) 20 November 1981 (age 42) Central Back 18 Austria Bernd Friede (1980-02-18 ) 18 February 1980 (age 44) Central Back 19 Austria Rene Pascal Rigas (1990-03-19 ) 19 March 1990 (age 34) Right Winger 20 Germany Björn Navarin (1975-09-20 ) 20 September 1975 (age 48) Left Back 22 Poland Damian Wleklak (1976-02-28 ) 28 February 1976 (age 48) Central Back 27 Austria Stefan Klement (1979-06-04 ) 4 June 1979 (age 44) Right Back 33 Germany Markus Pregler (1971-11-06 ) 6 November 1971 (age 52) Line Player 77 Austria Robert Weber (1985-11-25 ) 25 November 1985 (age 38) Right Winger
EHF ranking As of 29/09/2022 [4] Former club members Notable former players Former coaches Seasons Coach Country 1999–2000 Niels Möller 2000–2005 Frank Bergemann 2005–2007 Goran Zivkovic 2007–2008 Gerald Gabl 2008–2010 Zbigniew Tłuczyński 2010–2016 Markus Burger 2016–2018 Petr Hrachovec 2018–2020 Klaus Gärtner 2020–2021 Mario Bjeliš 2021– Hannes Jón Jónsson
References ^ "Hard Sport Freizeit Strandbad Minigolf Eisplatz Sportanlage Sporthalle Veranstaltungsräume Vorarlberg Österreich: Sporthalle am See". Archived from the original on 2015-05-27. Retrieved 2022-10-08 . {{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) ^ "Handball: HC Hard steht im Finale des Challenge Cups > Kleine Zeitung". Archived from the original on 2014-10-11. Retrieved 2022-10-08 . {{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) ^ "Kampfmannschaft Alpla HC Hard – Erste Mannschaft". ^ "Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball". External links Official website Alpla HC Hard on Facebook