HB Ludwigsburg
Full name	Handball Ludwigsburg
Short name	HB Ludwigsburg
Founded	1997; 28 years ago (1997)
Arena	MHPArena, Ludwigsburg
Capacity	3,800
President	Steffen Merkle
Head coach	Jakob Vestergaard
League	HBL
2023–24	Champions
Club colours
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HB Ludwigsburg is a German professional handball club from Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg. Its women's team is playing in the Handball-Bundesliga Frauen,^[1] and internationally in the EHF Champions League. The men's team plays in the Handball-Bundesliga.^[2]

For the 2024/25 season, the women's team moved its official location from Bietigheim to Ludwigsburg and changed the official club name to 'HB Ludwigsburg'.^[3]

HOME
2014–15	2022–23

AWAY
2014–15	2018-19	2019-20

• Handball-Bundesliga Frauen:
  • Champions (5): 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024
  • Runners-Up (2): 2018, 2021
• 2. Handball-Bundesliga
  • Champions: 2013
• German Cup:
  • Winners (2): 2021, 2022
• German Supercup:
  • Winners (4): 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022

• Women's EHF Champions League:
  • Runners-Up: 2024

• Women's EHF European League:
  • Winners: 2022
  • Runners-Up: 2017

Squad for the 2024–25 season^[4]

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

(All-Time) – Last updated on 17 November 2024^[5]

Rank	Name	Seasons played	Goals
1	Antje Döll	7	213
2	Kim Naidzinavicius	5	210
3	Karolina Kudłacz-Gloc	6	205
4	Xenia Smits	4	201
5	Kelly Dulfer	2	119
6	Julia Maidhof	2	115
7	Kaba Gassama	2	102
8	Veronika Malá	3	93
9	Luisa Schulze	4	75
10	Angela Malestein	3	69
	Inger Smits	2
	Trine Østergaard	2

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
2016–17	EHF Cup Finalist	R1	ŽRK Naisa Niš	34–15	37–19	71–34
		R2	ASC Corona 2010 Brasov	37–24	23–19	60–43
		R3	RK Podravka Koprivnica	23–16	24–20	47–36
		Group C	Rostov-Don	20–23	24–34	2nd place
			Érd NK	28–25	27–35
			Byåsen HE	39–33	28–23
		1/4	HC Kuban Krasnodar	33–26	26–31	59–57
		1/2	Nykøbing Falster HK	38–27	28–32	66–59
		Final	Rostov-Don	25–28	21–25	46–53
2017–18	Champions League	Group D	ŽRK Budućnost	27–21	24–32	3rd place
			Metz Handball	26–30	21–27
			Vipers Kristiansand	25–24	29–24
		Main Round Group 2	HC Vardar	26–38	22–30	5th place
			Ferencvárosi TC	27–23	22–31
			Thüringer HC	21–34	26–28
2018–19	Champions League	Qualification /SF	BM Bera Bera	33–27
		Qualification /F	MKS Lublin	34–19
		Group D	CSM București	30–28	24–32	4th place
			Vipers Kristiansand	27–27	26–34
			Ferencvárosi TC	25–28	30–33
	EHF Cup	Group A	Team Esbjerg	27–32	27–28	3rd place
			Storhamar Håndball Elite	28–25	28–29
			Măgura Cisnădie	29–17	34–20
2019–20	Champions League	Group C	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea	31–28	27–34	4th place
			Budućnost	20–21	28–34
			Brest Bretagne HB	32–35	30–36
	EHF Cup	Group D	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	26–26	25–38	4th place
			HC Lada	31–29	25–30
			Storhamar HE	32–33	28–27
2020–21	Champions League	Group A	Metz Handball	25–33	27–36	8th place
			Rostov-Don	31–32	21–27
			Vipers Kristiansand	29–33	0–10
			Team Esbjerg	26–33	29–37
			Ferencvárosi TC	25–29	35–24
			CSM București	22–32	0–10
			RK Krim	22–22	26–28
		Round of 16	Győri Audi ETO KC	20–37	28–32	48–69
2021–22	European League Winner	Qual. Round 3	Tertnes HE	39–18	21–20	60–38
		Group B	Neptunes de Nantes	32–29	27–25	1st place
			Minaur Baia Mare	39–20	28–20
			MKS Lublin	29–19	33–21
		Quarterfinals	ESBF Besançon	30–20	29–23	59–43
		Semi-final	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	34–33
		Final	Viborg HK	31–20
2022–23	EHF Champions League	Group A	Odense Håndbold	24–31	24–27	7th place
			RK Krim Mercator	30–23	28–35
			Vipers Kristiansand	32–30	32–34
			Brest Bretagne Handball	25–25	28–32
			FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	40–20	23–28
			DHK Baník Most	46–23	47–25
			CSM București	28–28	25–27
2023–24	EHF Champions League Finalist	Group A	CSM București	26–24	28–31	6th place
			Győri Audi ETO KC	26–34	29–31
			IK Sävehof	30–21	33–29
			Odense Håndbold	29–42	25–28
			Brest Bretagne Handball	34–30	30–37
			ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica	27–22	34–16
			DVSC Schaeffler	36–26	27–31
		Playoffs	Ikast Håndbold	29–27	31–31	60–58
		Quarterfinals	Odense Håndbold	30–26	30–32	60–58
		Semi-final	Metz Handball	36–29
		Final	Győri Audi ETO KC	24–30
2024–25	EHF Champions League	Group B	Team Esbjerg	31–36
			ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica		36–25
			Győri Audi ETO KC	26–31
			Vipers Kristiansand	33–29	23–30
			Brest Bretagne Handball	26–33
			CS Rapid București		37–29
			Odense Håndbold		22–28

• Name: MHPArena
• City: Ludwigsburg
• Capacity: 3,800
• Address: Schwieberdinger Str. 30 71636
• Played in the arena since: 2009-

• Hummel

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• Severin Engelmann (2010–2011)
• Dago Leukefeld (2013–2014)^[7]
• Martin Albertsen (2014–2020)
• Markus Gaugisch (2020–2023)
• Jakob Vestergaard (2023–recent)

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