Förthof UHK Krems
Full name	Förthof Union Handballklub Krems
Short name	UHK
Founded	1947; 78 years ago (1947)
Arena	Sporthalle Krems, Krems an der Donau
Capacity	1,500
President	Bernhard Lackner
Head coach	Ibish Thaqi
League	Handball Liga Austria
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

Förthof UHK Krems is a professional handball club from Krems an der Donau, Austria. They currently compete in the Handball Liga Austria.

Krems an der Donau

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Location of Union Handballklub Krems

In 1947 the UHK Krems was founded as the handball section of Union Krems. It has always been in the Austrian First Division since the 2002/2003 season. They won the championship 5 times (1973, 1975, 1977, 2019, 2022), they were cup winners 5 times (1973, 1975, 1978, 2010, 2019).

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  Old Logo
  (-2021)

Period	Kit manufacturer
– 2014	Puma
2014 – 2021	Hummel
2021 – present	Puma

HOME
2010–14	2014-17	2018-20	2020-21	2021–23

AWAY
2010–14	2015-16	2018-20	2020-21	2021–23

THIRD
2011–14

• Arena: – Sporthalle Krems
• City: – Krems an der Donau
• Capacity: – 1500
• Address: – Strandbadstraße 3, 3500 Krems an der Donau, Austria

Position	Name
President	Bernhard Lackner
Vice-president	Josef Nussbaum
Honorary President	Hans Penz
Member Of The Board	Alois Autherith
Member Of The Board	Christoph Hofbauer
Member Of The Board	Gudrun Kanzler

Squad for the 2022–23 season^[1]

• Head coach: Ibish Thaqi
• Assistant coach: Jörg Merten
• Physiotherapist: Claudia Nachtnebel

Transfers for the 2022–23 season

2021–2022 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
3	Austria	Jakob Jochmann	(1993-10-02) 2 October 1993 (age 31)	Central Back
4	Austria	Lukas Nikolic	(2001-04-09) 9 April 2001 (age 23)	Left Back
5	Austria Lithuania	Romas Kirveliavičius	(1988-03-05) 5 March 1988 (age 36)	Left Back
8	Austria	Marko Simek	(1995-06-30) 30 June 1995 (age 29)	Central Back
9	Croatia	Rudolf Bobaš	(2002-09-01) 1 September 2002 (age 22)	Right Back
10	Austria	Tobias Auss	(2000-02-26) 26 February 2000 (age 24)	Left Winger
11	Austria	Matthias Führer	(1994-03-19) 19 March 1994 (age 30)	Right Winger
14	Austria	Fabian Posch	(1988-01-05) 5 January 1988 (age 37)	Line Player
15	Austria	Kenan Hasecic	(1996-05-15) 15 May 1996 (age 28)	Line Player
17	Austria	Stephan Wiesbauer	(2000-04-17) 17 April 2000 (age 24)	Right Winger
20	Austria	Igor Vuckovic	(1998-04-20) 20 April 1998 (age 26)	Left Back
21	Hungary	Gábor Hajdú	(1989-10-20) 20 October 1989 (age 35)	Left Back
22	Austria	Lukas Domevscek	(1999-06-10) 10 June 1999 (age 25)	Goalkeeper
23	Austria	Mario Lippitsch	(2002-07-02) 2 July 2002 (age 22)	Central Back
24	Austria	Benedikt Rudischer	(2003-07-21) 21 July 2003 (age 21)	Right Winger
26	Austria	Jakob Schwanzer	(2005-07-26) 26 July 2005 (age 19)	Right Winger
28	Austria	Sebastian Feichtinger	(1992-06-05) 5 June 1992 (age 32)	Left Back
36	Slovakia	Samuel Fabry	(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 24)	Goalkeeper
77	Slovenia	Gašper Hrastnik	(1992-11-13) 13 November 1992 (age 32)	Right Back

2008–2009 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
5	Austria	Bernhard Grabner	(1985-08-10) 10 August 1985 (age 39)	Line Player
6	Austria Croatia	Ivica Belas	(1977-03-22) 22 March 1977 (age 47)	Central Back
7	Austria	Mario Osimitz	(1988-07-17) 17 July 1988 (age 36)	Right Winger
8	Czech Republic	Pavel Hrachovec	(1974-03-24) 24 March 1974 (age 50)	Left Winger
11	Austria	Gerald Zeiner	(1988-06-28) 28 June 1988 (age 36)	Left Winger
15	Austria	Kristof Vizvary	(1983-08-21) 21 August 1983 (age 41)	Left Back
16	Austria	Bernhard Binder	(1977-10-27) 27 October 1977 (age 47)	Goalkeeper
17	Austria	Tobias Schopf	(1985-12-15) 15 December 1985 (age 39)	Left Winger
18	Austria	Ibish Thaqi	(1980-03-21) 21 March 1980 (age 44)	Central Back
19	Austria	Patrik Lachmann	(1977-09-12) 12 September 1977 (age 47)	Right Winger
20	Austria	Christoph Svoboda	(1990-04-16) 16 April 1990 (age 34)	Right Back
21	Austria	Daniel Kottan	(1989-06-19) 19 June 1989 (age 35)	Left Back
22	Austria	Georg Chalupa	(1984-11-01) 1 November 1984 (age 40)	Left Back
23	Austria	Peter Marek	(1989-02-17) 17 February 1989 (age 35)	Right Back
25	Serbia	Rados Pesic	(1980-12-03) 3 December 1980 (age 44)	Right Back
30	Austria	Werner Lint	(1978-12-04) 4 December 1978 (age 46)	Line Player
61	Austria	Wolfgang Filzwieser	(1984-09-30) 30 September 1984 (age 40)	Goalkeeper

• Handball Liga Austria
  • Winner (5) : 1973, 1975, 1977, 2019, 2022
• Austrian Cup
  • Winner (5) : 1979, 1980, 1984, 2010, 2019

In the 1978/79, 1979/80 and 1983/84 seasons, the UHK Krems was automatically Austrian Cup winner as runner-up in the championship and qualified for the international cup winner competition.

As of 1/12/2022^[6]

Rank	Team	Points
124	HC Tallinn	41
125	HC Visé BM	41
126	Dragūnas Klaipėda	41
127	Union Handballklub Krems	40
128	Red Boys Differdange	39
129	CSA Steaua București	37
130	Gyöngyösi KK	25

Seasons	Coach	Country
2006–2007	István Gulyás
2007–2013	István Szilágyi
2013–2016	Ivica Belas
2016–	Ibish Thaqi

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