TUSEM Essen

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'''TUSEM Essen''' is a handball club from Essen, Germany. Currently, they compete in the 2. Handball-Bundesliga.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Handball–Bundesliga|title=TuSEM Essen, Teams 2. HBL, LIQUI MOLY HBL|url=https://www.liquimoly-hbl.de/de/import/teams/tusem-essen/|access-date=22 August 2022|website=liquimoly-hbl.de|language=de}}</ref>

== History == The history of Tusem Essen began in the 1960's with 6 promotions in 7 years, where they reached the Oberliga in 1971-72.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.handballecke.de/forum/thread/7962-die-geschichte-von-eurem-verein/ |title=Die Geschichte von Eurem Verein |language=de |access-date=2026-01-28}}</ref> In 1976 Klaus Schorn took over as coach and guided them to the Bundesliga for the second time, where they played for the next 26 years.

In 1986 they won the German Championship for the first time under the Romanian coach Petre Ivănescu, followed by the DHB-Pokal in 1988, beating SG Wallau-Massenheim in the final 25-18 and 28-21.

In 1994 they won the inaugural edition of the EHF City Cup.

The professional handball team broke out from the club in 2000 and was transformed into its own company.

In 2004 the main sponsor left the team, which meant economic uncertainty that culminated in a forced relegation to the Regionalliga.<ref>{{cite web |author=Ulrich Hartmann |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/handball-ego-statt-geld-1.203856 |title=Ego statt Geld |date=2010-05-17 |language=de |access-date=2026-01-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite |author=Stefan Wette |url=http://www.derwesten.de/sport/lokalsport/essen/tusem/Luftschloesser-gebaut-id894146.html |title=Anklage: Mit Millionenversprechen ein Jahr lang hingehalten: Luftschlösser gebaut - Tusem - DerWesten |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811091751/http://www.derwesten.de/sport/lokalsport/essen/tusem/Luftschloesser-gebaut-id894146.html |archive-date=2011-08-11 |access-date=2026-01-28|language=de}}</ref> As they had just won the EHF Cup in 2005, this meant that they played in the EHF Cup Winners' Cup as a third division team.

The team achieved 2 promotions and was back in the Bundesliga for the 2007-08 season. They finished 16th, and won the relegation play-off against HSG Düsseldorf. However they had to declare insolvency on November 4th the following season and was thus relegated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.toyota-handball-bundesliga.de/magazin/artikel.php?artikel=7839&type=&menuid=225&topmenu=227 |title=Essen meldet Insolvenzplanverfahren an.|website=toyota-handball-bundesliga.de|date=4 November 2008|language=de}}</ref>

In 2020 they were promoted to the Bundesliga again,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tusemessen.de/news/tusem-feiert-aufstieg|access-date=2026-01-28|title=TUSEM feiert Aufstieg! |publisher=TUSEM Handball|trans-title=TUSEM Celebrates Promotion!|language=de}}</ref> but only a season later they were relegated.<ref>[https://www.liquimoly-hbl.de/de/liqui-moly-hbl/tabelle/saisonen/tabelle/saison-20-21/gesamt-tabelle/ DKB - Handball-Bundesliga 2020-21 league table]</ref>

==Accomplishments== *'''Handball-Bundesliga: 3''' **{{gold medal}}: 1986, 1987, 1989 *'''DHB-Pokal: 3''' **{{gold medal}}: 1988, 1991, 1992 *'''EHF Champions League: 1''' **{{silver medal}}: 1988 *'''EHF Cup Winner's Cup: 1''' **{{gold medal}}: 1989 *'''EHF Cup: 1''' **{{gold medal}}: 2005 *'''EHF Challenge Cup: 1''' **{{gold medal}}: 1994

==Team== ===Current squad=== :''Squad for the 2022–23 season'' {{Col-begin|width=60%}} {{Col-2}}

;Goalkeepers *{{0}}1 {{flagicon|GER}} Arne Fuchs * 12 {{flagicon|GER}} Sebastian Bliß * 16 {{flagicon|GER}} Lukas Diedrich

;Left wingers * 68 {{flagicon|GER}} Tim Michel Mast * 73 {{flagicon|GER}} Finley Werschkull ;Right wingers * 21 {{flagicon|GER}} Felix Eißing * 34 {{flagicon|GER}} Felix Klingler ;Line players * 10 {{flagicon|GER}} Finn Wolfram * 14 {{flagicon|GER}} Markus Dangers {{Col-2}} ;Left backs *{{0}}3 {{flagicon|GER}} Jonas Ellwanger * 22 {{flagicon|POL}} Dennis Szczęsny * 28 {{flagicon|GER}} Malte Seidel ;Centre backs * 15 {{flagicon|GER}} Nils Homscheid * 25 {{flagicon|GER}} Justin Müller * 33 {{flagicon|GER}} Eloy Morante Maldonado ;Right backs *{{0}}8 {{flagicon|SLO}} Tim Rozman * 77 {{flagicon|GER}} Alexander Schoss {{Col-end}}

===Transfers=== :''Transfers for the 2025–26 season'' {{Col-begin}} {{Col-2}} ;Joining Image:Arrow-up.png * {{flagicon|GER}} Maximilian Hejny (RB) from {{flagicon|GER}} SG BBM Bietigheim * {{flagicon|GER}} Tom Wolf (LB) from {{flagicon|GER}} MT Melsungen

;Leaving Image:Arrow-down.gif * {{flagicon|GER}} Christian Wilhelm (LP) to {{flagicon|GER}} HSG Nordhorn-Lingen * {{flagicon|GER}} Fynn-Lukas Hermeling (LB) to {{flagicon|GER}} TuS Vinnhorst

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{official website}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:TUSEM Essen}} Category:Handball clubs in Germany Category:Handball-Bundesliga Category:Handball clubs established in 2000 Category:2000 establishments in Germany Category:Sport in Essen