TVB Stuttgart

TVB 1898 Stuttgart
TVB 1898 Stuttgart
Full name	TVB Stuttgart Handball GmbH & Co. KG
Nickname(s)	Wild Boys
Short name	TVB
Founded	1898; 126 years ago
Arena	Porsche-Arena
Capacity	6,181
Head coach	Michael Schweikardt
League	Handball-Bundesliga
2022–23	15th of 18
Club colours
Home	Away
	Website ; Official site

TVB 1898 Stuttgart is a handball club from Waiblingen, town of Bittenfeld, Germany. that plays in the Handball-Bundesliga.

Stuttgart

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Location of TVB 1898 Stuttgart

History

TV Bittenfeld played in the 2nd Division German Handball Championship from the 2006/07 season to the 2014/15 season. After finishing third overall in the 2014/15 season, the team advanced to the 1st division German league and changed its name to TVB 1898 Stuttgart. The team's home matches will be played in

Porsche Arena. The club has a local rivalry with HBW Balingen-Weilstetten

.

Crest, colours, supporters

Club crest

Logo in the 2000s
(-2015)
Official logo since 2015
(2015–present)

Kits

HOME
2010–13	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22

AWAY
2011–12	2019–20	2020–21

Sports Hall information

Name: – Porsche-Arena
City: – Stuttgart
Capacity: – 6181
Address: – Mercedesstraße 69, 70372 Stuttgart, Germany

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023–24 season^[1]

TVB 1898 Stuttgart

Goalkeepers

12 Silvio Heinevetter
16 Miljan Vujović

Left wingers

06 Daniel Fernández
25 Patrick Zieker

Right wingers

05 Jorge Serrano
30 Sascha Pfattheicher

Line players

Left backs

Centre Backs

03 Max Häfner
07 Egon Hanusz

Right backs

23 Jan Forstbauer
34 Kai Häfner

Technical staff

Head coach: Michael Schweikardt
Athletic Trainer: Steffen Hepperle
Physiotherapist: Frank Jakschitz
Physiotherapist: Tobias Unfried
Club doctor: Dr. Friedel Mauch

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Joining

Luka Krivokapic (GK) (from BM Puerto Sagunto)
Lenny Rubin (LB) (from HSG Wetzlar)
Nico Schöttle (LB) (return from loan ASV Hamm-Westfalen)
Achilleas Toskas (RB) (from Bianco Monte Drama 1986)

Leaving

Silvio Heinevetter (GK) (to ThSV Eisenach)
Adam Lönn (LB) (to PAUC Handball)
Fynn-Luca Nicolaus (LB) (to SG BBM Bietigheim)
Jan Forstbauer (RB) (to ?)

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Joining

August Pedersen (LW) (from SG Flensburg-Handewitt) ?

Leaving

Daniel Fernández (LW) (to FC Barcelona) ?

Previous squads

2018–2019 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Germany	Johannes Bitter	(1982-09-02) 2 September 1982 (age 41)	Goalkeeper
2	Germany	Tobias Schimmelbauer	(1987-07-01) 1 July 1987 (age 36)	Left Winger
3	Germany	Max Häfner	(1996-05-13) 13 May 1996 (age 27)	Central Back
6	Germany	Dominik Weiss	(1989-01-25) 25 January 1989 (age 35)	Left Back
7	Netherlands	Bobby Schagen	(1990-01-13) 13 January 1990 (age 34)	Right Winger
8	Germany	Michael Schweikardt	(1983-03-07) 7 March 1983 (age 41)	Left Winger
9	Germany	Manuel Späth	(1985-10-16) 16 October 1985 (age 38)	Line Player
10	Germany	Michael Kraus	(1983-09-28) 28 September 1983 (age 40)	Central Back
12	Germany	Jonas Maier	(1994-01-12) 12 January 1994 (age 30)	Goalkeeper
13	Croatia	Robert Markotić	(1990-03-07) 7 March 1990 (age 34)	Right Back
14	Germany	Simon Baumgarten	(1985-09-06) 6 September 1985 (age 38)	Line Player
17	Switzerland	Samuel Röthlisberger	(1996-08-15) 15 August 1996 (age 27)	Line Player
20	Germany	Florian Burmeister	(1997-04-20) 20 April 1997 (age 27)	Left Back
22	Germany	Nick Lehmann	(1999-02-05) 5 February 1999 (age 25)	Goalkeeper
24	Switzerland	Lukas von Deschwanden	(1989-06-05) 5 June 1989 (age 34)	Central Back
30	Germany	Sascha Pfattheicher	(1997-08-28) 28 August 1997 (age 26)	Right Winger
77	Germany	David Schmidt	(1993-10-19) 19 October 1993 (age 30)	Right Back

2015–2016 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Croatia	Dragan Jerković	(1975-12-08) 8 December 1975 (age 48)	Goalkeeper
2	Germany	Tobias Schimmelbauer	(1987-07-01) 1 July 1987 (age 36)	Left Winger
3	Germany	Florian Schöbinger	(1986-03-05) 5 March 1986 (age 38)	Line Player
4	Germany	Martin Kienzle	(1992-01-10) 10 January 1992 (age 32)	Left Winger
6	Germany	Dominik Weiss	(1989-01-25) 25 January 1989 (age 35)	Left Back
8	Germany	Michael Schweikardt	(1983-03-07) 7 March 1983 (age 41)	Left Winger
9	Germany	Lars Friedrich	(1985-04-23) 23 April 1985 (age 39)	Right Back
10	Denmark	Kasper Kisum	(1992-08-20) 20 August 1992 (age 31)	Left Back
11	Germany	Djibril M’Bengue	(1992-05-13) 13 May 1992 (age 31)	Right Back
12	Turkey	Yunus Özmusul	(1989-02-04) 4 February 1989 (age 35)	Goalkeeper
13	Croatia	Teo Čorić	(1992-03-25) 25 March 1992 (age 32)	Line Player
14	Germany	Simon Baumgarten	(1985-09-06) 6 September 1985 (age 38)	Line Player
15	Romania	Viorel Fotache	(1989-05-15) 15 May 1989 (age 34)	Left Back
16	Germany	Sebastian Arnold	(1996-08-15) 15 August 1996 (age 27)	Goalkeeper
21	Germany	Michael Seiz	(1993-03-23) 23 March 1993 (age 31)	Right Winger
23	Germany	Alexander Heib	(1987-06-12) 12 June 1987 (age 36)	Central Back
24	Germany	Finn Kretschmer	(1994-06-02) 2 June 1994 (age 29)	Right Winger
25	Iran	Sajjad Esteki	(1990-04-23) 23 April 1990 (age 34)	Left Back
26	Germany	Michael Spatz	(1982-11-25) 25 November 1982 (age 41)	Right Winger

Former club members

Notable former players

Jens Bechtloff (2003–2007)
Johannes Bitter (2016–2021)
Kai Häfner (2006–2007)
Michael Kraus (2016–2019)
Djibril M’Bengue (2013–2018)
Jürgen Müller (2006, 2012–2015)
David Schmidt (2018–2020)
Manuel Späth (2017–2020)
Michael Spatz (2015–2016)
Dominik Weiss (2009–2022)
Christian Zeitz (2020)
Patrick Zieker (2019–)
Teo Čorić (2015–2017)
Dragan Jerković (2013–2017)
Robert Markotić (2018–2020)
Ivan Pešić (2021–2022)
Jan Větrovec (2006–2008)
Kasper Kisum (2015–2016)
Richard Sundberg (2014–2015)
Rudolf Faluvégi (2019–2021)
Egon Hanusz (2021–)
Sajjad Esteki (2015)
Elvar Ásgeirsson (2019–2021)
Arnór Þór Gunnarsson (2010–2012)
Björgvin Páll Gústavsson (2007–2009)
Viggó Kristjánsson (2020–2022)
Árni Þór Sigtryggsson (2007–2009)
Žarko Peševski (2019–2022)
Bobby Schagen (2016–2019)
Dennis Szczęsny (2012–2014)
Viorel Fotache (2015–2017)
Dragoș Oprea (2016)
Gregor Lorger (2011–2012)
Primož Prošt (2020–2022)
Miljan Vujović (2022–)
Lukas von Deschwanden (2018–2019)
Samuel Röthlisberger (2017–)
Oscar Bergendahl (2022–)
Patrik Kvalvik (2014–2015)
Adam Lönn (2019–)
Tobias Thulin (2021–2022)
Can Çelebi (2016–2017)
Yunus Özmusul (2015–2016)

Former coaches

Seasons	Coach	Country
1973–2007	Günter Schweikardt
2007–2008	Henning Fröschle
2008	Jens Baumbach
2008–2013	Günter Schweikardt
2013	Heiko Burmeister
2013–2015	Jürgen Schweikardt
2015–2016	Thomas König
2016–2018	Markus Baur
2018–2021	Jürgen Schweikardt
2021–2022	Roi Sánchez
2022–	Michael Schweikardt

References

^ "Profis".

External links

Official website
TVB Stuttgart on
Facebook

TVB Stuttgart on
Twitter

TVB Stuttgart on
Instagram

TVB Stuttgart on
TikTok

[1] "Profis".

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