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After being eliminated only by one goal in the all-German VELUX EHF Champions League play-off against defending champions HSV Hamburg in August, Füchse Berlin needed to give all to sail past Belarusian runners-up Meshkov Brest in the qualification for the EHF Cup Group Phase.

But the club from the German capital had double joy in early December, as they did not only make it to the Group Phase, but were awarded by the EHF to host the final tournament in their Max-Schmeling Arena. So if they finish top of their group (in which they face Constanta, Chambery and Hlohovec) or are among the three best second ranked teams, Füchse are directly qualified for the EHF Cup Finals on home court.

This would be the next major international success after qualifying for the 2012 VELUX EHF FINAL4 in Cologne in their debut season in the premier European club competition. “I hope that we make it to the final tournament, but it is going to be tough,” says manager Bob Hanning.

“Constanta and Chambery are very experienced teams in international business. We need the support of our spectators at home to reach our goal to participate in the EHF Cup finals,” Hanning added.

Spanish team captain Iker Romero, two-time EHF Champions League winner with FC Barcelona, shares those hopes: “Of course we are fighting for the best in the EHF Cup. We got a tough group and hope to reach the finals at home and from this point on everything can happen.”

Club Address: Füchse Berlin Markgrafenstraße 34 10117 Berlin Germany Media contact: Andre Tzschaschel +49 172 3188 441 [email protected] Online information: www.fuechse-berlin.de Facebook: fuechseberlin Twitter: @FuechseBerlin Playing hall Max-Schmeling-Halle Falkplatz 1 10437 Berlin Germany Capacity: 8,521 Kit colours Light

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Past achievements

VELUX EHF Champions League VELUX EHF FINAL4 (fourth ranked): 2011/12

Last 16: 2012/13 The road to the Group Phase:

Round 3: Füchse Berlin vs Meshkov Brest 22:20, 21:20

Newcomers:

Fredrik Petersen (HSV Hamburg), Jesper Nielsen (IK Sävehof/SWE), Mattias Zachrisson (IF Guif/SWE), Pavel Horak (FA Göppingen), Jonas Thümmler, Fabian Wiede (both Füchse youth team)

Left the club:

Johannes Sellin (MT Melsungen), Torsten Laen (KIF Kolding Kopenhagen/DEN), Mark Bult (VfL Gummersbach), Ivan Nincevic (Dinamo Minsk/BLR), Ramon Tauabo (TuS N-Lübbecke), Borge Lund (Bodo HK/Norwegen), Evgeni Pevnov (FA Göppingen)

Coach:

Dagur Sigurdsson

Team roster

Füchse Berlin

No. First Name Surname Nat. Position Date of Birth Height Weight 66 Sven-Sören Christophersen GER Left Back 9 May 1985 198 95

95 Paul Drux GER Left Back 7 Feb 1995 192 92

12 Silvio Heinevetter GER Goalkeeper 21 Oct 1984 194 92 16 Alexander Heyder GER Goalkeeper 18 Sep 1996 192 80 93 Kenji Hövels GER Centre Back 9 Jul 1993 179 84 28 Pavel Horak CZE Left Back 28 Nov 1982 198 113 35 Konstantin Igropulo RUS Right Back 14 Apr 1985 190 98 24 Bartlomiej Jaszka POL Centre Back 16 Jun 1983 185 85 7 Dominic Björn P. Kehl GER Right Back 18 Feb 1992 196 95 1 Maximilian Kroll GER Goalkeeper 20 Jan 1993 190 96 2 Colja Löffler GER Left Wing 8 May 1989 187 86 4 Oliver Milde GER Left Back 9 Jul 1993 193 90 36 Jesper Nielsen SWE Line Player 30 Sep 1989 200 110 83 Fredrik Raahauge Petersen SWE Left Wing 23 Aug 1983 188 85 30 Christoph Reißky GER Left Back 11 Aug 1995 187 80 11 Markus Richwien GER Right Wing 5 Jul 1985 186 84 18 Iker Romero Fernandez ESP Centre Back 15 Jun 1980 196 100 25 Max Scheithauer GER Left Back 13 May 1995 190 87 13 Jaron Siewert GER Centre Back 31 Jan 1994 182 90 22 Tom-Luick Skroblien GER Left Wing 19 Apr 1993 186 87 9 Denis Milan Spoljaric CRO Centre Back 20 Aug 1979 196 96 71 Petr Stochl CZE Goalkeeper 24 Apr 1976 193 100 5 Jonas Thümmler GER Line Player 21 Aug 1993 192 87 20 Willy Weihrauch GER Right Wing 14 Mar 1994 185 73 3 Fabian Wiede GER Right Back 8 Feb 1994 192 89 21 Mattias Zachrisson SWE Right Wing 22 Aug 1990 179 86

Dagur Sigurdsson coach

After 215 international matches and after scoring nearly 400 goals for Iceland, he retired as a player and continued the line of successful Icelandic coaches in European handball.

After playing for German club Wuppertal, he moved to Japan for the three years, before returning to Europe and becoming coach at Austrian side Bregenz in 2003. After four years he returned to his home country Iceland and became manager and director of his former club Valur Reykjavik, he worked parallel to this role as coach of the Austrian men’s national team from 2008 to 2010.

During this time he received an offer to take over Füchse Berlin, where he signed his first contract in 2009. Since July 2010 his only job is at Berlin and he led the Füchse sensationally to the VELUX EHF FINAL4 in their debut international season in 2011/12.

The success paved the way for an extension of his contract until 2017. Together with manager Bob Hanning, he is the mastermind behind the steady progress of Füchse.

Iker Romero centre back

It was the first big international transfer coup of Füchse, when they signed the Spanish player in 2011, right after he had won the VELUX EHF Champions League with FC Barcelona. Romero is a legend in his home country, a member 2005 world champion squad and winning several more medals with the national team. The ever-smiling left or centre back started his club career in Leon, before moving to Ciudad Real and enjoying successful years at FC Barcelona, winning the VELUX EHF Champions League twice.

Since the start of the current season, 33-year-old Romero is the team captain of Füchse Berlin, where his current contract expires in 2014.

Romero is a back court all-rounder and is more likely to set teammates up than to shoot himself, but when it counts, the experienced Spaniard (199 caps for his national team) is ready to score the decisive goals.

Silvio Heinevetter goalkeeper

The current number one in the German national team was one of the keys of Füchse success in their debut season of the VELUX EHF Champions League, reaching the VELUX EHF FINAL4.

The 29-year-old started his career at Concordia Delitzsch, before he transferred to former CL winner SC Magdeburg in 2005. There he was coached by goalkeeping legend Wieland Schmidt, Olympic champion in 1980 with the former GDR. After four seasons Heinevetter made his next step, signing a contract at Füchse Berlin. Despite a huge number of German and international clubs hunting his signature in 2013; he extended his contract for four more years until 2018. Heinevetter has been a part of the German national team since 2006 and became the clear number one in 2011 after Johannes Bitter (HSV Hamburg) quit his international career. Heinevetter is in a relationship with the popular German TV actress Simone Thomalla.

Konstantin Igropoulo right back

The Russian right back arrived from FC Barcelona before the start of the last season and was winner of the VELUX EHF FINAL4 with the Catalan team in 2011. He was born in Stavropol to Greek parents – and after the start of his career at the local club Stavropol he even made it to Greece, playing two seasons for Panellinios Athens.

After his return to Russia, he was signed by record champions Chekhovskie Medvedi and became a Russian international in 2005. At this time he had already won his first international silverware – becoming European champion and World Championship bronze medallist in beach handball.

Later he became an indoor handball star, latest when he transferred from Medvedi to FC Barcelona in 2009. At Berlin he now fills the footprints of his Icelandic predecessor Alexander Petersson.

EC trophies: CL 2005, 2011 (Barcelona), CWC 2002, 2003 (Ciudad Real) OG: B 2008, EURO: S 2006, WCh: G 2005, B 2011

EC trophies: EHF Cup 2007 (SC Magdeburg)

EC trophies: CL 2011

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