{{Short description|Austrian handball club}} {{Infobox handball club | clubname = Handball Tirol | image = | founded = {{start date and age|2013}} | fullname = Sparkasse Schwaz Handball Tirol | short name = HT | chairman = Klaus Hauser | manager = Christoph Jauernik | ground = Osthalle Schwaz | capacity = 1,000 | colour1 = black | colour2 = white | league = HLA Meisterliga | season = | position = | website = https://www.handball-tirol.at | pattern_la1 = _blackborder | pattern_b1 = _blackcollar | pattern_ra1 = _blackborder | pattern_sh1 = | leftarm1 = | body1 = | rightarm1 = | shorts1 = 000000 | pattern_la2 = | pattern_b2 = | pattern_ra2 = | pattern_sh2 = | leftarm2 = | body2 = | rightarm2 = | shorts2 = }}
'''Handball Tirol''' is a handball club from Schwaz, Austria. They currently compete in the HLA Meisterliga.
The current name of the club is '''Sparkasse Schwaz Handball Tirol''' due to sponsorship reasons.
{{location map+|Austria |float=right |width=261 |alt=Location of Handball Tirol |caption=Location of Handball Tirol |places= {{Location map~|Austria|lat=47.35|long=11.7|label=Schwaz|position=right}} }}
==History==
In May 2013, ULZ Schwaz and HIT Innsbruck merged to form Handball Tirol.<ref>{{Cite web |last=dos |title=HANDBALL TIROL Info-Veranstaltung |url=http://www.ulz-schwaz.at/index.php/2012-02-27-19-30-09/aktuelle-berichte/265-handaball-tirol-info-veranstaltung |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729084307/http://www.ulz-schwaz.at/index.php/2012-02-27-19-30-09/aktuelle-berichte/265-handaball-tirol-info-veranstaltung |archive-date=2013-07-29 |access-date=2025-10-28 |website=www.ulz-schwaz.at |language=de-de}}</ref> In the 2013/14 season, the first team, led by Erwin Gierlinger, finished 7th in the HLA Meisterliga. They became silver medalists in the ÖHB Cup in 2021/22 and 2023/24. In 2024/25, the team won the ÖHB Cup, securing its first title since its founding.<ref>https://www.handball-tirol.at/post/die-adler-sind-cupsieger-2025</ref> The team also won the HLA Supercup in August 2025.<ref>https://www.handball-tirol.at/post/adler-gewinnen-druck-at-hla-supercup-2025</ref>
==Crest, colours, supporters==
===Club crest=== <gallery> File:Handball Tirol Logo.jpg|Old Logo<br>(-2020) </gallery>
===Kits===
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==Management==
{|class="wikitable" |- ! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#000000|Position ! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#000000|Name |- | President | {{flagicon|AUT}} Klaus Hauser |- | Sport Director | {{flagicon|AUT}} Thomas Lintner |}
== Team ==
=== Current squad ===
:''Squad for the 2025–26 season''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Team (All) |url=https://www.handball-tirol.at/team |access-date=2025-10-28 |website=Handball Tirol |language=de}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center; width:50%" |- ! colspan=5 style="background-color:black;color:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;"| Handball Tirol |- | {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} ;Goalkeepers * 12 {{flagicon|AUT}} Tobias Alber * 52 {{flagicon|AUT}} Boris Tanic ;Left Wingers * 47 {{flagicon|AUT}} Benjamin Erhard * 77 {{flagicon|AUT}} Lukas Prader ;Right Wingers * 17 {{flagicon|CRO}} Filip Perić * 21 {{flagicon|GER}} Philipp Jochimsen ;Line Players *{{0}}6 {{flagicon|AUT}} Emanuel Petrusic * 97 {{flagicon|AUT}} Samuel Kofler {{Col-2}} ;Left Backs *{{0}}5 {{flagicon|NED}} Jelte Hiemstra * 19 {{flagicon|CRO}} Petar Medić * 26 {{flagicon|AUT}} Michael Miskovez * 32 {{flagicon|GER}} Tobias Grothues ;Central Backs *{{0}}8 {{flagicon|AUT}} Sebastian Spendier * 35 {{flagicon|AUT}} Thomas Wagner ;Right Backs *{{0}}3 {{flagicon|AUT}} Thomas Kandolf * 99 {{flagicon|AUT}} Johannes Demmerer {{Col-end}} |}
===Technical staff=== * Head coach: {{flagicon|GER}} Christoph Jauernik * Assistant coach: {{flagicon|GER}} Benjamin Riemann * Fitness coach: {{flagicon|AUT}} Hannes Danler * Physiotherapist: {{flagicon|AUT}} Pooya Poostchi * Club doctor: {{flagicon|AUT}} Dr. Albin Kulhanek
===Transfers=== :''Transfers for the 2026–27 season'' {{Col-begin}} {{Col-2}} ;Joining Image:Arrow-up.png
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;Leaving Image:Arrow-down.gif
{{col-end}}
===Transfer History===
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="font-size:95%" |- ! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:black| '''Transfers for the 2025–26 season''' |- | {{Col-begin}} {{Col-2}} ;Joining Image:Arrow-up.png * {{flagicon|NED}} Jelte Hiemstra (LB) from {{flagicon|NED}} Limburg Lions
{{col-2}}
;Leaving Image:Arrow-down.gif * {{flagicon|BLR}} Aliaksei Kishou (GK) to {{flagicon|AUT}} HC Linz AG<ref>https://www.hclinz.at/2025/06/12/neu-im-team-aliaksei-kishou/</ref> * {{flagicon|AUT}} Alexander Wanitschek (LW) ''(retires)''<ref>https://www.tt.com/artikel/30909191/kapitaen-wanitschek-verabschiedet-sich-was-man-alles-mitnimmt-ist-unbezahlbar</ref> * {{flagicon|AUT}} Jonas Magelinskas (CB)
{{col-end}} |}
== Accomplishments ==
* '''Austrian Cup (ÖHB-Cup)''' ** {{gold medal}}: 2025 ** {{silver medal}}: 2022, 2024
* '''Austrian Super Cup (HLA Supercup)''' ** {{gold medal}}: 2025
==EHF ranking== {{updated|23/10/2025}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eurotopteam.com/handball/club.php|title = Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball|website=eurotopteam.com}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- ! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#000000|Rank !! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#000000|Team !! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#000000|Points |- |139||align=left|{{flagicon|ROU}} CSA Steaua București||29 |- |140||align=left|{{flagicon|CYP}} Parnassos Strovolou||28 |- |141||align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} HK Malmö||28 |- |'''142'''||align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} '''Handball Tirol'''||27 |- |143||align=left|{{flagicon|MNE}} RK Budvanska rivijera||27 |- |144||align=left|{{flagicon|MKD}} GRK Tikveš||27 |- |145||align=left|{{flagicon|ISL}} ÍBV||27 |- |}
==Former club members==
===Notable former players=== The list includes players who have played at least once for their national team or spent at least 10 years with the team. {{div col|colwidth=22em}}
==== Goalkeepers ==== * {{flagicon|AUT}} Christian Aigner (2013–2015) * {{flagicon|BLR}} Aliaksei Kishou (2015–2018, 2020–2025) * {{flagicon|LIT}} Aistis Pažemeckas (2016–2018)
==== Right wingers ==== * {{flagicon|AUT}} Richard Wöss (2019–2022) * {{flagicon|LIT}} Andrius Račkauskas (2013–2015)
==== Left wingers ==== * {{flagicon|AUT}} Manuel Gierlinger (2013–2014) * {{flagicon|AUT}} Alexander Wanitschek (2013–2025)
==== Line players ==== * {{flagicon|AUT}} Dominik Bammer (2013–2014) * {{flagicon|AUT}} Balthasar Huber (2013–2021) * {{flagicon|AUT}} Emanuel Petrusic (2017–) * {{flagicon|RUS}} Aleksandr Pyshkin (2017–2020)
==== Left backs ==== * {{flagicon|AUT}} Michael Miskovez (2017–) * {{flagicon|BLR}} Hleb Harbuz (2015–2017) * {{flagicon|BLR}} Anton Prakapenia (2014–2018) * {{flagicon|CRO}} Petar Medić (2019–) * {{flagicon|GRE}} Spyros Balomenos (2013–2014)
==== Central backs ==== * {{flagicon|AUT}} Damir Djukic (2015–2017) * {{flagicon|AUT}} Sebastian Spendier (2017–) * {{flagicon|AUT}} Gerald Zeiner (2020–2022) * {{flagicon|CRO}} Krešimir Maraković (2013–2015) * {{flagicon|DEN}} Matias Helt Jepsen (2017–2018)
==== Right backs ==== * {{flagicon|AUT}} Armin Hochleitner (2013–2021) * {{flagicon|AUT}} Thomas Kandolf (2013–2018, 2023–) {{div col end}}
===Former coaches=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- ! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#000000|Seasons !! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#000000|Coach !! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#000000|Country |- | style="text-align: center" | 2013–2014 | style="text-align: center" | Erwin Gierlinger | style="text-align: center" | {{flagicon|AUT}} |- | style="text-align: center" | 2014–2015 | style="text-align: center" | Krešimir Maraković | style="text-align: center" | {{flagicon|CRO}} |- | style="text-align: center" | 2015–2018 | style="text-align: center" | Raúl Alonso | style="text-align: center" | {{flagicon|ESP}} |- | style="text-align: center" | 2018–2021 | style="text-align: center" | Frank Bergemann | style="text-align: center" | {{flagicon|GER}} |- | style="text-align: center" | 2022 | style="text-align: center" | Gerald Zeiner | style="text-align: center" | {{flagicon|AUT}} |- | style="text-align: center" | 2022 | style="text-align: center" | Klaus Hagleitner | style="text-align: center" | {{flagicon|AUT}} |- | style="text-align: center" | 2023– | style="text-align: center" | Christoph Jauernik | style="text-align: center" | {{flagicon|GER}} |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.handball-tirol.at}} * {{facebook|HandballTirol}} * {{instagram|handballtirol}} * [https://www.handball-base.com/sparkasse-schwaz-handball-tirol Handball Tirol] at [https://www.handball-base.com/ Handball Base]
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