Handball Esch

Handball Esch
Full name	Handball Esch
Founded	2001
President	Mike Hansen
Head coach	Marc Fancelli
League	AXA League
2025-2026	4th
Home Away
Website Official site

Handball Esch is a men's handball club from Esch, Luxembourg, that plays in the Luxembourgish Handball League. They were born in 2001 after the fusion between the two clubs from Esch, HB Eschois Fola and HC La Fraternelle Esch. They have won the Luxembourgish Championship 12 times, and the progenitor club HB Eschois Fola had won it 20 times.

Titles

• Luxembourgish Handball League:
  • Winner: 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2006-07, 2009-10, 2012-13, 2016-17, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23
• Luxembourg Cup:
  • Winner: 2001-02, 2005-06, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2013-14, 2016-17, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2023-24, 2025-26

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
2012–13	Challenge Cup	R3	KH Prishtina	28–24	22–31	50–55
		L16	RK Spartak Vojput	34–26	20–27	54–53
		QF	Initia Hasselt	28–26	28–27	56–53
		SF	CSU Suceava	21–23	27–24	48–47
		Final	SKA Minsk	24–32	26–31	50–63
2013–14	EHF Cup	R2	IFK Kristianstad	19–32	28–30	47–62
2014–15	EHF Cup	R1	Handball Käerjeng	34–23	25–25	59–48
		R2	Tatabánya KC	24–25	25–25	49–50
2015–16	Challenge Cup	R3	HC Olimpus-85 USEFS	37–30	40–27	77–57
		L16	HV FIQAS/Aalsmeer	26–30	22–25	48–55
2016–17	Challenge Cup	R3	Ramat Hashron "S.G.S." HC	29–21	25–18	54–39
		1/8	AHC Potaissa Turda	27–31	29–28	56–59
2017–18	EHF Cup	R1	ØIF Arendal	24–29	25–28	50–57
2019–20	EHF Cup	R1	B.S.B. Batumi	38–16	42–22	80–38
		R2	KS Azoty-Puławy	28–31	25–26	53–57
2020–21	European League	R1	Pfadi Winterthur	30–33	Cancelled	30–33
2021–22	European Cup	R2	Odesa HC	37–32	38–31	75–63
		R3	Bækkelagets HE	30–30	26–25	56–55
		L16	Talent tym Plzenskeho kraje	30–34	26–29	56–63
2022–23	European Cup	R2	HC Dukla Praha	31–36	32–30	63–66
2023–24	European Cup	R2	VÍF	30–31	28–30	58–61
2024–25	European Cup	R2	HC Motor	26–32	29–46	55–78
2025–26	European Cup	R1	RK Vogošća	42–31	31–44	73–75

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2016–17 season

Goalkeepers

• Cedric Busoni
• Louis Lieser
• Rajko Milosevic
• Ivan Pavlovic

Wingers

RW

• Tom Krier
• Dany Scholten

LW

• Enes Agovic
• Samuel Baum
• Bruce Biren
• Elias Puissegur

Line players

• Romain Labonte
• Sascha Marzadori
• Tom Quintus
• Luca Tomassini

Back players

LB

• Mario Jelinic
• Max Kohl
• Julien Kohn
• Martin Muller

CB

• Christian Bock
• Sacha Pulli
• Vladimir Sarac

RB

• Dimitri Mitrea
• Alexandros Vasilakis

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Joining

• Felix Werdel (LW) from Sarrebourg Moselle-Sud Handball

Leaving

• Yann Hippert (CB) to HB Dudelange

External links

• Official website (in Luxembourgish)