MT Melsungen

MT Melsungen
MT Melsungen
Full name	Melsunger Turngemeinde 1861 e. V.
Nickname(s)	Die Roten
Short name	MTM
Founded	1861; 162 years ago
Arena	Rothenbach-Halle
Capacity	4,300
Head coach	Roberto García Parrondo
League	Handball-Bundesliga
2021–22	Handball-Bundesliga, 8th of 18
Club colours
Home	Away
	Website ; Official site

MT Melsungen is a German handball team from Melsungen, Germany, that plays in the Handball-Bundesliga.

Melsungen

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Location of MT Melsungen

History[edit]

From 1992 to 2005, the team played in the 2. Handball-Bundesliga and finished third twice (in 1997/98 and 2003/2004). In the 2004/2005 season, he won 29 of 34 matches and took first place in the 2. Handball-Bundesliga, making his way to the Handball-Bundesliga. In the debut season of 2005/2006, MT Melsungen took 12th place in the top class. In 1996, 2013 and 2014, the team made it to the DHB-Pokal in Hamburg, but failed there in the semi-finals. In the 2019/20 DHB-Pokal, the team made it to the finals for the first time, but was eliminated against TBV Lemgo there.

Crest, colours, supporters[edit]

Naming history[edit]

Name	Period
TG Melsungen	–1999
MSG Melsungen/Böddiger	1999–2006
MT Melsungen	2006–present

Kits[edit]

HOME
2008–09	2013–14	2014–17	2017–18	2019–20	2021–

AWAY
2013–14	2014–17	2017–18	2019–20	2020–21

Sports Hall information[edit]

Home hall: Rothenbach-Halle

Name: – Rothenbach-Halle
City: – Kassel
Capacity: – 4300
Address: – Damaschkestraße 55, 34121 Kassel, Germany

Team[edit]

Current squad[edit]

Squad for the 2022-23 season^[1]

MT Melsungen

Goalkeepers

01 Adam Morawski
16 Nebojša Simić

Left wingers

14 Ben Beekmann
77 David Mandić

Right wingers

11 Dimitri Ignatow
46 Julian Fuchs
73 Timo Kastening

Line players

13 Rogério Moraes Ferreira
21 Arnar Freyr Arnarsson
30 Gleb Kalarash

Left backs

05 Julius Kühn
06 Finn Lemke
27 André Gomes

Centre backs

07 Aidenas Malašinskas
08 Agustín Casado
19 Elvar Örn Jónsson
94 Domagoj Pavlović

Right backs

34 Kai Häfner
55 Ivan Martinović

Transfers[edit]

Transfers for the 2023–24 season

Joining

Simon Pytlick (LB) (from GOG Håndbold) ?
Erik Balenciaga (CB) (from Fenix Toulouse Handball) ?
Dainis Krištopāns (RB) (from Paris Saint-Germain)
Jannik Kohlbacher (P) (from Rhein-Neckar Löwen) ?

Leaving

Agustín Casado (CB) (to Telekom Veszprém)
Kai Häfner (RB) (to TVB Stuttgart) ?

Technical staff[edit]

Head Coach: Roberto García Parrondo
Assistant Coach: Arjan Haenen
Athletic Trainer: Florian Sölter
Physiotherapist: René Kagel
Physiotherapist: Dennis Nguyen
Club Doctor: Dr. Gerd Rauch

Previous squads[edit]

2019–2020 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Sweden	Johan Sjöstrand	(1987-02-26) 26 February 1987 (age 36)	Goalkeeper
3	Croatia	Marino Marić	(1990-06-01) 1 June 1990 (age 32)	Line Player
5	Germany	Julius Kühn	(1993-04-01) 1 April 1993 (age 29)	Left Back
6	Germany	Finn Lemke	(1992-04-30) 30 April 1992 (age 30)	Left Back
9	Germany	Tobias Reichmann	(1988-05-27) 27 May 1988 (age 34)	Right Winger
11	Germany	Dimitri Ignatow	(1998-11-30) 30 November 1998 (age 24)	Right Winger
13	Germany	Yves Kunkel	(1994-05-13) 13 May 1994 (age 28)	Left Winger
15	Denmark	Lasse Mikkelsen	(1988-05-19) 19 May 1988 (age 34)	Central Back
16	Montenegro	Nebojša Simić	(1993-01-19) 19 January 1993 (age 30)	Goalkeeper
17	Germany	Felix Danner	(1985-07-24) 24 July 1985 (age 37)	Line Player
19	Germany	Timm Schneider	(1988-06-15) 15 June 1988 (age 34)	Central Back
22	Germany	Michael Allendorf	(1986-09-16) 16 September 1986 (age 36)	Left Winger
27	Switzerland	Roman Sidorowicz	(1991-08-08) 8 August 1991 (age 31)	Central Back
34	Germany	Kai Häfner	(1989-07-10) 10 July 1989 (age 33)	Right Back
55	Germany	Stefan Salger	(1996-08-15) 15 August 1996 (age 26)	Right Back
94	Croatia	Domagoj Pavlović	(1993-03-21) 21 March 1993 (age 29)	Central Back
96	Germany	Glenn-Louis Eggert	(2000-04-05) 5 April 2000 (age 22)	Goalkeeper
98	Germany	Jona Gruber	(2000-05-19) 19 May 2000 (age 22)	Left Back
99	Germany	Ole Pregler	(2002-05-26) 26 May 2002 (age 20)	Left Back

2016–2017 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Sweden	Johan Sjöstrand	(1987-02-26) 26 February 1987 (age 36)	Goalkeeper
3	Croatia	Marino Marić	(1990-06-01) 1 June 1990 (age 32)	Line Player
5	Germany	Johannes Sellin	(1990-12-31) 31 December 1990 (age 32)	Right Winger
8	Germany	Johannes Golla	(1997-11-05) 5 November 1997 (age 25)	Line Player
9	Sweden	Patrik Fahlgren	(1985-06-27) 27 June 1985 (age 37)	Central Back
12	Serbia	Svetislav Verkić	(1981-06-11) 11 June 1981 (age 41)	Goalkeeper
16	Germany	Maurice Paske	(1996-02-21) 21 February 1996 (age 27)	Goalkeeper
17	Germany	Felix Danner	(1985-07-24) 24 July 1985 (age 37)	Line Player
18	Germany	Philipp Müller	(1984-09-19) 19 September 1984 (age 38)	Left Back
19	Netherlands	Jeffrey Boomhouwer	(1988-06-15) 15 June 1988 (age 34)	Left Winger
20	Serbia	Momir Rnić	(1987-11-01) 1 November 1987 (age 35)	Left Back
21	Germany	Timm Schneider	(1988-06-15) 15 June 1988 (age 34)	Central Back
22	Germany	Michael Allendorf	(1986-09-16) 16 September 1986 (age 36)	Left Winger
23	Serbia	Nenad Vučković	(1980-08-23) 23 August 1980 (age 42)	Central Back
24	Estonia	Dener Jaanimaa	(1989-08-09) 9 August 1989 (age 33)	Right Back
25	Germany	Michael Müller	(1984-09-19) 19 September 1984 (age 38)	Right Back
30	Denmark	René Villadsen	(1986-04-18) 18 April 1986 (age 36)	Goalkeeper
36	Netherlands	Arjan Haenen	(1987-07-12) 12 July 1987 (age 35)	Right Winger
39	Germany	Gabor Langhans	(1989-04-10) 10 April 1989 (age 33)	Right Back
41	Germany	Fin Backs	(1998-04-22) 22 April 1998 (age 24)	Left Winger
97	Germany	Jan Grolla	(1997-12-09) 9 December 1997 (age 25)	Right Back

2014–2015 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Sweden	Mikael Appelgren	(1989-09-06) 6 September 1989 (age 33)	Goalkeeper
3	Croatia	Marino Marić	(1990-06-01) 1 June 1990 (age 32)	Line Player
5	Germany	Johannes Sellin	(1990-12-31) 31 December 1990 (age 32)	Right Winger
9	Sweden	Patrik Fahlgren	(1985-06-27) 27 June 1985 (age 37)	Central Back
10	Germany	Malte Schröder	(1987-02-16) 16 February 1987 (age 36)	Right Back
12	Sweden	Per Sandström	(1981-01-11) 11 January 1981 (age 42)	Goalkeeper
13	Germany	Jan Forstbauer	(1992-04-17) 17 April 1992 (age 30)	Right Back
14	Germany	Christian Hildebrand	(1985-12-23) 23 December 1985 (age 37)	Right Winger
15	Germany	Merlin Kothe	(1995-09-24) 24 September 1995 (age 27)	Left Back
16	Germany	Sebastian Ullrich	(1992-04-23) 23 April 1992 (age 30)	Goalkeeper
17	Germany	Felix Danner	(1985-07-24) 24 July 1985 (age 37)	Line Player
18	Germany	Philipp Müller	(1984-09-19) 19 September 1984 (age 38)	Left Back
19	Netherlands	Jeffrey Boomhouwer	(1988-06-15) 15 June 1988 (age 34)	Left Winger
20	Serbia	Momir Rnić	(1987-11-01) 1 November 1987 (age 35)	Left Back
22	Germany	Michael Allendorf	(1986-09-16) 16 September 1986 (age 36)	Left Winger
23	Serbia	Nenad Vučković	(1980-08-23) 23 August 1980 (age 42)	Central Back
25	Germany	Michael Müller	(1984-09-19) 19 September 1984 (age 38)	Right Back

EHF Ranking[edit]

As of 30 May 2022^[2]

Rank	Team	Points
70	Ystads IF	94
71	Nærbø IL	93
72	Põlva Serviti	93
73	MT Melsungen	89
74	KH Besa Famgas	84
75	Valur	84
76	Saint-Raphaël Var Handball	82

Former club members[edit]

Notable former players[edit]

Michael Allendorf (2010-2022)
Felix Danner (2009-2021)
Johannes Golla (2015-2018)
Heiko Grimm (2015)
Kai Häfner (2019-)
Silvio Heinevetter (2020-2022)
Timo Kastening (2020-)
Andrej Klimovets (2010-2011)
Yves Kunkel (2018-2022)
Julius Kühn (2017-)
Finn Lemke (2017-)
Michael Müller (2013-2019)
Philipp Müller (2013-2019)
Tobias Reichmann (2017-2022)
Timm Schneider (2015-2020)
Jens Schöngarth (2009-2012)
Johannes Sellin (2013-2017)
Harald Beilschmied (2001-2004)
Dalibor Anušić (2009-2010)
Ivan Brouka (2005-2011)
Vitali Feshchanka (2011)
Andrej Kurchev (2006-2008)
Mario Kelentrić (2007-2012)
David Mandić (2022-)
Marino Marić (2014-2022)
Ivan Martinović (2022-)
Domagoj Pavlović (2018-)
Goran Šprem (2006)
Petr Házl (2004-2008)
Petr Hrubý (2004-2008)
Jiří Hynek (2005-2006)
Daniel Kubeš (2012-2014)
Michal Kraus (2004-2008)
Radek Musil (2004-2008)
Thomas Klitgaard (2007-2010)
Lasse Mikkelsen (2017-2021)
René Villadsen (2015-2017)
Dener Jaanimaa (2016-2018)
Franck Junillon (2008-2010)
Spyros Balomenos (2006–2008)
Giorgos Chalkidis (2006–2007)
Savas Karipidis (2007–2013)
Grigorios Sanikis (2005–2013)
Dimitrios Tzimourtos (2008–2010)
Alexandros Vasilakis (2009-2013)
Arnar Freyr Arnarsson (2020-)
Elvar Örn Jónsson (2021-)
Alexander Petersson (2021-2022)
Nebojša Simić (2017-)
Jeffrey Boomhouwer (2014-2018)
Arjan Haenen (2016–2018)
Adam Morawski (2022-)
Paweł Orzłowski (2008–2009)
André Gomes (2021-)
Gleb Kalarash (2021-)
Andrej Lavrov (2004-2005)
Zoran Đorđić (2005-2007)
Momir Rnić (2014-2017)
Vladica Stojanović (2006-2010)
Milan Torbica (2010-2011)
Svetislav Verkić (2016-2017)
Nenad Vučković (2008-2017)
Roman Sidorowicz (2018-2020)
Daniel Valo (2005–2009)
Mikael Appelgren (2012-2015)
Patrik Fahlgren (2011-2017)
Anton Månsson (2010–2014)
Per Sandström (2011-2015)
Johan Sjöstrand (2015-2020)
Jonathan Stenbäcken (2012-2014)
Daniel Tellander (2007-2010)

Former coaches[edit]

Seasons	Coach	Country
2000–2004	Hrvoje Horvat
2004–2006	Rastislav Trtík
2006-2009	Robert Hedin
2009-2010	Ryan Zinglersen
2010	Matjaz Tominiec
2010-2018	Michael Roth
2018-2020	Heiko Grimm
2020–2021	Guðmundur Guðmundsson
2021–	Roberto García Parrondo

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Official website
MT Melsungen on Facebook

[1] "Profis".

[2] "Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball".

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v t e Handball-Bundesliga
2022–23 teams	ASV Hamm-Westfalen Bergischer HC Füchse Berlin TV Bittenfeld HC Erlangen HSV Hamburg SG Flensburg-Handewitt Frisch Auf Göppingen TSV Hannover-Burgdorf THW Kiel SC DHfK Leipzig TBV Lemgo SC Magdeburg MT Melsungen GWD Minden Rhein-Neckar Löwen VfL Gummersbach HSG Wetzlar
Seasons	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23

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