Handballclub Fivers Margareten

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Handballclub Fivers Margareten is a handball club from Wien, Austria. They currently compete in the Handball Liga Austria.

Nickname(s)

Fivers

Short name

HC Fivers

Founded

1919; 105 years ago

Arena

Sporthalle Margareten, Wien

Capacity

President

Eduard Winter

Head coach

Peter Eckl

League

Handball Liga Austria

Club colours

Home

Away

Website
Official site

Location of Handballclub Fivers Margareten

The handball club originates from Margareten, Wien's 5th district, hence the name Fivers. During its history, it reached the Austrian First Division for the first time in 1982, and since then it has been continuously in the national elite. They won the championship 3 times (2011, 2016, 2018), they were cup winners 8 times (1999, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021) and they won the Super Cup 4 times (2013, 2014, 2015, 2020).

Crest, colours, supporters

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Period	Kit manufacturer
– 2015	Adidas
2015 – present	Hummel

HOME
2011–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–17	2017–18	2022–23

AWAY
2011–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–17	2018–19	2019–20	2022–23

Sports Hall information

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Name: – Sporthalle Margareten
City: – Wien
Capacity: – 1200
Address: – Hollgasse 3, 1050 Wien, Austria

Squad for the 2022–23 season^[1]

Handballclub Fivers Margareten

Goalkeepers

51 Wolfgang Filzwieser
52 Boris Tanic
56 Jan David

Left Wingers

15 Eric Damböck
35 Lukas Gangel
65 Philipp Gangel

Right Wingers

57 Jakob Nigg
75 Maximilian Riede
85 David Brandfellner

Line Players

45 Florian Heizinger
50 Vincent Schweiger
58 Leander Brenneis

Central Backs

53 Fabio Schuh
54 Fabian Glätzl
55 Marin Martinović

Left Backs

25 Marc-Andre Haunold
59 Markus Kolar
95 Thomas Seidl

Right Backs

05 Christian Saric

Head Coach: Peter Eckl
Assistant Coach: Michael Gangel
Goalkeeping Coach: Sergiy Bilyk
Coach: Herbert Jonas
Physiotherapist: Birgit Gamper
Masseur: Monika Neckam

Transfers for the 2022–23 season

2020–2021 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
5	Austria	Tobias Wagner	26 March 1995 (age 29)	Line Player
15	Austria	Eric Damböck	6 September 1999 (age 25)	Left Winger
25	Austria	Nikola Stevanovic	17 April 1998 (age 26)	Right Back
35	Austria	Lukas Gangel	27 September 1998 (age 25)	Left Winger
45	Austria	Lukas Hutecek	2 July 2000 (age 24)	Left Back
50	Austria	Vincent Schweiger	7 October 1996 (age 27)	Line Player
51	Austria	Wolfgang Filzwieser	30 September 1984 (age 39)	Goalkeeper
52	Austria	Boris Tanic	22 June 1996 (age 28)	Goalkeeper
53	Austria	Fabio Schuh	28 September 2001 (age 22)	Central Back
54	Austria	Fabian Glätzl	6 June 1999 (age 25)	Central Back
55	Austria	Marin Martinović	10 October 1996 (age 27)	Central Back
56	Austria	Florian Haag	1 August 1997 (age 27)	Goalkeeper
57	Austria	Herbert Jonas	12 December 1988 (age 35)	Left Winger
58	Austria	Leander Brenneis	27 November 1996 (age 27)	Line Player
59	Austria	Markus Kolar	12 October 1984 (age 39)	Left Back
65	Austria	Philipp Gangel	12 May 2001 (age 23)	Left Winger
75	Austria	Maximilian Riede	15 July 1996 (age 28)	Right Winger
85	Austria	David Brandfellner	20 November 1992 (age 31)	Right Winger
95	Austria	Thomas Seidl	8 August 1992 (age 32)	Left Back

2015–2016 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
5	Croatia	Ivan Martinović	6 January 1998 (age 26)	Right Back
15	Austria	Mathias Nikolic	2 February 1991 (age 33)	Central Back
25	Austria	Markus Bezucha	4 May 1992 (age 32)	Right Winger
35	Austria	Thomas Seidl	8 August 1992 (age 32)	Left Back
45	Austria	Lukas Müller	12 December 1988 (age 35)	Left Winger
50	Austria	Richard Wöss	10 October 1986 (age 37)	Right Winger
51	Ukraine Austria	Sergiy Bilyk	2 September 1970 (age 54)	Goalkeeper
52	Austria	Boris Tanic	22 June 1996 (age 28)	Goalkeeper
53	Austria	Nikola Bilyk	28 November 1996 (age 27)	Left Back
54	Austria Lithuania	Vytautas Žiūra	11 May 1979 (age 45)	Central Back
55	Lithuania	Tomas Eitutis	13 November 1981 (age 42)	Right Back
56	Croatia Austria	Kristian Pilipović	10 December 1994 (age 29)	Goalkeeper
57	Austria	Herbert Jonas	12 December 1988 (age 35)	Left Winger
58	Austria	Tobias Wagner	26 March 1995 (age 29)	Line Player
59	Austria	Markus Kolar	12 October 1984 (age 39)	Left Back
65	Austria	Nikola Aljetic	12 October 1994 (age 29)	Line Player
75	Austria	Maximilian Riede	15 July 1996 (age 28)	Right Winger
85	Austria	David Brandfellner	20 November 1992 (age 31)	Right Winger

2008–2009 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
5	Austria	Christoph Edelmüller	15 October 1981 (age 42)	Line Player
15	Austria	Michael Gangel	25 July 1969 (age 55)	Right Back
25	Austria	Matthias Kienzer	3 July 1980 (age 44)	Right Winger
35	Austria	Denis Bolić	20 September 1988 (age 35)	Left Winger
45	Croatia	Boris Misic	21 January 1987 (age 37)	Line Player
50	Austria	Martin Abadir	19 June 1981 (age 43)	Right Back
51	Ukraine Austria	Sergiy Bilyk	2 September 1970 (age 54)	Goalkeeper
52	Austria	Bastian Molecz	19 December 1987 (age 36)	Goalkeeper
53	Austria	Simon Hahn	12 February 1988 (age 36)	Right Back
54	Austria Lithuania	Vytautas Žiūra	11 May 1979 (age 45)	Central Back
55	Austria	Andreas Curik	19 June 1989 (age 35)	Right Winger
56	Austria	Thomas Bauer	24 January 1986 (age 38)	Goalkeeper
57	Austria	Herbert Jonas	12 December 1988 (age 35)	Left Winger
58	Austria	Dominique Papesch	23 September 1988 (age 35)	Left Back
59	Austria	Markus Kolar	12 October 1984 (age 39)	Left Back
65	Austria	Jörg Merten	26 June 1981 (age 43)	Left Winger
75	Austria	Christian Himmler	3 February 1986 (age 38)	Left Winger
85	Austria	Martin Fischer	8 October 1985 (age 38)	Central Back
95	Austria Lithuania	Romas Kirveliavičius	5 March 1988 (age 36)	Left Back

Austrian Championship

Winner (3): 2011, 2016, 2018

Austrian Cup

Winner (8): 1999, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021

EHF Cup

Semifinalist: 1985

As of 12/10/2022^[2]

Rank	Team	Points
55	Beşiktaş JK	97
56	AHC Potaissa Turda	97
57	Alpla HC Hard	96
58	Handballclub Fivers Margareten	95
59	MOL-Tatabánya KC	94
60	ØIF Arendal	93
61	CSKA Moscow	91

Notable former players

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Martin Abadir (2001–2013)
Thomas Bauer (2003–2009)
Ivica Belas (2004–2008)
Nikola Bilyk (2012–2016)
David Brandfellner (2004–)
Eric Damböck (2015–)
Christoph Edelmüller (2008–2014)
Wolfgang Filzwieser (2017–)
Lukas Hutecek (2017–2021)
Romas Kirveliavičius (2008–2014)
Roland Knabl (1998–2005)
Markus Kolar (1997–)
Marin Martinović (2015–)
Thomas Menzl (1989–1997)
Nikola Stevanovic (2014–2021)
Ibish Thaqi (2009–2011)
Björn Tyrner (1996–2008)
Tobias Wagner (2011–2016, 2018–2021)
Richard Wöss (1994–2007, 2015–2016)
Vytautas Žiūra (2003–2009, 2010–2020)
Ivan Martinović (2015–2018)
Kristian Pilipović (2009–2017)
Adonis Gonzalez (2005–2016)
Tomas Eitutis (2011–2016)
Stefan Jovanovic (2016–2017)
Doruk Pehlivan (2018–2019)
Sergiy Bilyk (1999–2017)

Seasons	Coach	Country
2002–2010	Romas Magelinskas
2010–	Peter Eckl