Djordje Cirkovic coach
• former Vojvodina and Partizan player enjoying his second tenure as Vojvodina coach
• won the famous ‘double’ (Serbian Super Cup and Serbian Super Handball League titles) in his comeback 2013/14 season
• voted the Best Coach of 2014 by the Serbian Handball Federation and journalists of Sportski Žurnal newspaper
Uros Elezovic
• has a vast EHF Cup experience representing Slovenian side TRIMO Trebnje in the Last 16 of the competition in 2006/07
• was part of Kadetten Schaffhausen that played in the CL Last 16 in season 2011/12
• won the Serbian league best scorer title, upon returning to his boyhood club HC Vrbas
Filip Marjanovic left wing
• born in Belgrade, where he went trough the youth ranks of SK Beograd
• made his name playing for Metaloplastika with whom he reached the Challenge Cup final in 2014 • joined RK Vojvodina in summer 2014 alongside other high-profile signings, in a bid to strengthen the team for the new season
• his seven-goal performance in a key match against Bosnia and Herzegovina saw Serbia qualify to the EHF EURO 2014
Sergo Datukashvili left back
• the first ever Georgian player to play for any Serbian handball club, joining Metaloplastika in 2000
• a real journeyman sharpshooter, having played in 13 countries before joining Serbian champions RK Vojvodina in summer 2014
• represented Montenegrin side Lovćen Cetinje in the CL during 2000/01 season, the EHF Cup experience with Lemgo and Vojvodina, as well as Velenje that reached the final in 2008/09
Coach and key players profiles
HC VOJVODINA (SRB)
Füchse Berlin are aiming to continue their impressive recent record in European competition having squeezed through to the EHF Cup Group Phase. The German cup winners made it all the way to the VELUX EHF FINAL4 in their maiden Champions League campaign back in 2012 before reaching the EHF Cup Finals in the German capital last season.
Berlin lost to eventual winners Pick Szeged (HUN), but will hope to go one better this term with the final tournament returning to the Max-Schmeling Halle. They almost did not make it this far, however. Dagur Sigurdsson’s men required the away goals rule to come through their qualification tie with HBC Nantes.
Füchse’s desire to take the title is heightened by the fact that captain Iker Romero and coach Sigurdsson will leave the club at the end of the campaign.
Romero is set to retire in June while Sigurdsson will focus on his work as German national team coach with his successor, Erlingur Richardsson, already identified. Sigurdsson can once again call on a talented squad, but has had to adapt following injury problems, leading to the signing of Serbian star Petar Nenadic ahead of entering Group C, where they will face Porto (POR), Vojvodina (SRB) and Skjern (DEN).
Bob Hanning, Managing Director of Füchse Berlin, is looking forward to the return of the EHF Cup Finals to Berlin: ”We are extremely proud that the EHF has placed its trust in us once again and are looking forward to offering the handball world another great event.
For Spaniard Romero it would be a dream come true to finish his career at the EHF Cup Finals. “We have strong opponents. But we were in the EHF Cup Finals last year and we want to reach this stage again. We live for our dream of a European title,” he said.
GROUP C
FÜCHSE BERLIN (GER)
Club Address: Füchse Berlin Markgrafenstraße 34 10117 Berlin Germany Media contact: Andre Tzschaschel +49 172 3188441 [email protected] Online information: Website: www.fuechse-berlin.de Facebook: fuechseberlin Twitter: @FuechseBerlin Playing hall Max-Schmeling-Halle Falkplatz 1 10437 Berlin Germany Capacity: 8,521 Kit colours Light
Player shirt: white Player short: white Goalkeeper shirt: blue
Dark
Player shirt: blue/red/white Player short: blue
Goalkeeper shirt: yellow
Newcomers Willy Weyhrauch
Angelo Grunz (all from Füchse Youth Academy)
Petar Nenadic (Wisla Plock) Left the club
Sven-Sören Christophersen (TSV Hannover- Burgdorf)
Markus Richwien (Kadetten Schaffhausen) Jonas Thümmler (HC Erlangen)
Past achievements
VELUX EHF Champions League
Participations (2)
VELUX EHF FINAL4: fourth place 2011/12
Last 16: 2012/13
EHF Cup
EHF Cup Finals: third place 2013/14 Other
German cup: 1 title (2014) Road to the Group Phase
EHF Cup, Qualification Round 3
1st leg: Füchse vs HBC Nantes (FRA) 23:18 2nd leg: Nantes vs Füchse 28:23
No. First Name Surname Nat. Position Date of Birth Place of Birth Height Goals 29 Max Bauer GER Right Wing 29.10.1995 Berlin, GER 189 94 95 Paul Drux GER Left Back 7.2.1995 Gummersbach, GER 192 92 34 Fynn Ole Fritz GER Left Back 3.5.1997 Berlin, GER 194 91 16 Angelo Grunz GER Goalkeeper 11.5.1994 Berlin, GER 194 92 33 Nils Gugisch GER Right Wing 17.5.1997 Berlin, GER 183 75 28 Pavel Horak CZE Left Back 28.11.1982 Prerov, CZE 198 112 35 Konstantin Igropulo RUS Right Back 14.4.1985 Stawropol, RUS 189 97 24 Bartlomiej Jaszka POL Centre Back 16.6.1983 Ostrow, POL 185 85 19 Julian Kassler GER Line Player 31.7.1994 Berlin, GER 196 90
6 Narita Kohei JPN Left Back 15.6.1989 Kyoto, JPN 187 90
2 Colja Löffler GER Left Wing 8.5.1989 Lübeck, GER 187 86 13 Petar Nenadic SRB Centre Back 28.6.1986 Beograd, SRB 198 98 36 Jesper Nielsen SWE Line Player 30.9.1989 Norrköping, SWE 200 118 26 Kasper Nielsen DEN Line Player 9.6.1975 Hillerod, DEN 194 95 83 Fredrik R. Petersen SWE Left Wing 23.8.1983 Ystad, SWE 188 81 14 Evgeni Pevnov GER Line Player 13.2.1989 Taschkent, RUS 200 106 30 Christoph Reißky GER Right Back 11.8.1995 Freiberg, GER 187 80 18 Iker Romero Fernandez ESP Centre Back 15.6.1980 Vitoria, ESP 196 100 23 Moritz Schade GER Line Player 10.1.1996 Schutterwald, GER 191 96 25 Max Scheithauer GER Left Back 13.5.1995 Rotenburg, GER 190 87 94 Jaron Siewert GER Centre Back 31.1.1994 Berlin, GER 182 90 22 Tom-Luick Skroblien GER Left Wing 19.4.1993 Schwerin, GER 186 87 9 Denis Milan Spoljaric CRO Centre Back 20.8.1979 Zagreb, CRO 196 96 10 Dominik Steinbuch GER Right Back 9.6.1995 Berlin, GER 193 99 7 Kevin Struck GER Right Back 31.12.1996 Berlin, GER 193 83 5 Jonas Thümmler GER Line Player 21.8.1993 Berlin, GER 192 87 31 Konstantin Werner GER Left Wing 25.9.1997 Berlin, GER 182 74 20 Willy Weyhrauch GER Right Wing 14.3.1994 Belzig, GER 185 73 3 Fabian Wiede GER Right Back 8.2.1994 Belzig, GER 192 89 21 Mattias Zachrisson SWE Right Wing 22.8.1990 Huddinge, SWE 178 86 97 Sebastian Brand GER Goalkeeper 13.5.1997 Eisenach, GER 196 85 71 Petr Stochl CZE Goalkeeper 24.4.1976 Pilsen, CZE 195 93 1 Konstantin Straßburg GER Goalkeeper 28.1.1995 Potsdam, GER 190 88 12 Silvio Heinevetter GER Goalkeeper 21.10.1984 Bad Langensalza, GER 194 92
Team roster