2018–19 Handball-Bundesliga

The 2018–19 Handball-Bundesliga was the 54th season of the Handball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier handball league and the 42nd season consisting of only one league. It ran from 23 August 2018 to 9 June 2019.

Handball-Bundesliga

Season	2018–19
Champions	SG Flensburg-Handewitt
Relegated	SG BBM Bietigheim VfL Gummersbach
Champions League	SG Flensburg-Handewitt THW Kiel
EHF Cup	SC Magdeburg Rhein-Neckar Löwen MT Melsungen
Matches played	306
Goals scored	16,227 (53.03 per match)
Top goalscorer	Matthias Musche (256 goals)
Highest attendance	13,200 Rhein-Neckar Löwen v SG Flensburg-Handewitt
Lowest attendance	1,655 SG BBM Bietigheim v GWD Minden
Attendance	1,470,818 (4,807 per match)
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

SG Flensburg-Handewitt won their third overall and second consecutive title.

Teams

Bergischer HC

Berlin

Bietigheim

Erlangen

Flensburg

Friesenheim

Göppingen

Gummersbach

Hannover

Kiel

Leipzig

Lemgo

Magdeburg

Melsungen

Minden

RN Löwen

Stuttgart

Wetzlar

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Locations of the 2018–19 Handball-Bundesliga teams

Team changes

Promoted from 2017–18 2. Handball-Bundesliga	Relegated from 2017–18 Handball-Bundesliga
Bergischer HC SG BBM Bietigheim	TV Hüttenberg TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke

Arenas and locations

The SAP Arena in Mannheim, home of the Rhein-Neckar Löwen, is the largest venue in the league as it seats 13,200 fans in its HBL configuration. While the smallest is the Scharrena, the smaller of the two home venues of TVB Stuttgart, only being able to accommodate 2,251 fans.

Team	Location	Arena	Capacity
Bergischer HC	Wuppertal Solingen Düsseldorf	Uni-Halle Klingenhalle ISS Dome	3.200 2.800 12.500
Füchse Berlin	Berlin	Max-Schmeling-Halle	9.000
SG BBM Bietigheim	Bietigheim-Bissingen Ludwigsburg	EgeTrans Arena Arena Ludwigsburg	4.517 3.715
HC Erlangen	Nuremberg	Arena Nürnberger Versicherung	8.308
SG Flensburg-Handewitt	Flensburg	Flens-Arena	6.300
Die Eulen Ludwigshafen	Ludwigshafen	Friedrich-Ebert-Halle	2.350
Frisch Auf Göppingen	Göppingen	EWS Arena	5.600
VfL Gummersbach	Gummersbach	Schwalbe-Arena	4.132
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	Hanover	TUI Arena Swiss Life Hall	9.850 4.460
THW Kiel	Kiel	Sparkassen-Arena	10.285
SC DHfK Leipzig	Leipzig	Arena Leipzig	6.327
TBV Lemgo	Lemgo	Lipperlandhalle	4.790
SC Magdeburg	Magdeburg	GETEC Arena	6.600
MT Melsungen	Melsungen	Rothenbach-Halle	4.300
GWD Minden	Minden	Kampa-Halle	4.059
Rhein-Neckar Löwen	Mannheim	SAP Arena	13.200
TVB 1898 Stuttgart	Stuttgart	Scharrena Stuttgart Porsche-Arena	2.251 6.211
HSG Wetzlar	Wetzlar	Rittal Arena Wetzlar	4.421

Personnel and finances

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor	Operational budget
Bergischer HC	Sebastian Hinze	Kristian Nippes	Salming	WKW automotive	3.2 M€
Füchse Berlin	/ Velimir Petković	Hans Lindberg	Hummel	Deutsche Wohnen	6.0 M€
SG BBM Bietigheim	Ralf Bader	Patrick Rentschler	Erima	OLYMP	1.5 M€
HC Erlangen	Aðalsteinn Eyjólfsson	Michael Haaß	Kempa	HIETEC	5.0 M€
SG Flensburg-Handewitt	Maik Machulla	Tobias Karlsson	Erima	Dänisches Bettenlager	7.0 M€
Die Eulen Ludwigshafen	Benjamin Matschke	Gunnar Dietrich	Erima	Technische Werke Ludwigshafen	1.2 M€
Frisch Auf Göppingen	Hartmut Mayerhoffer	Tim Kneule	Hummel	Stahlbau Nägele	5.2 M€
VfL Gummersbach	Torge Greve	Drago Vukovic	Select	Schwalbe	4.0 M€
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	Antonio Carlos Ortega	Kai Häfner	Adidas	CP-Pharma	4.5 M€
THW Kiel	Alfreð Gíslason	Domagoj Duvnjak	Adidas	Star	9.5 M€
SC DHfK Leipzig	André Haber	Jens Vortmann	Puma	Leipziger Gruppe	4.9 M€
TBV Lemgo	Florian Kehrmann	Andrej Kogut	Salming	Phoenix Contact	3.5 M€
SC Magdeburg	Bennet Wiegert	Christian O´Sullivan	Kempa	GETEC	5.0 M€
MT Melsungen	Heiko Grimm	Michael Müller	Salming	B. Braun	5.0 M€
GWD Minden	Frank Carstens	Dalibor Doder	Nike	Harting	3.5 M€
Rhein-Neckar Löwen	Nikolaj Jacobsen	Andy Schmid	Erima	Admiral	6.5 M€
TVB 1898 Stuttgart	Jürgen Schweikardt	Simon Baumgarten	Kempa	Kärcher	4.0 M€
HSG Wetzlar	Kai Wandschneider	Filip Mirkulovski	Mizuno	Licher	4.0 M€

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	SG Flensburg-Handewitt (C)	34	32	0	2	958	768	+190	64	Champions League
2	THW Kiel	34	31	0	3	1018	806	+212	62
3	SC Magdeburg	34	27	0	7	1010	867	+143	54	EHF Cup
4	Rhein-Neckar Löwen	34	24	2	8	960	851	+109	50
5	MT Melsungen	34	21	0	13	922	900	+22	42
6	Füchse Berlin	34	19	0	15	923	898	+25	38
7	Bergischer HC	34	18	2	14	891	880	+11	38
8	Frisch Auf Göppingen	34	17	2	15	901	899	+2	36
9	HC Erlangen	34	14	2	18	853	881	−28	30
10	HSG Wetzlar	34	14	1	19	859	883	−24	29
11	SC DHfK Leipzig	34	12	3	19	861	871	−10	27
12	TBV Lemgo	34	11	4	19	861	885	−24	26
13	TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	34	12	2	20	935	960	−25	26
14	GWD Minden	34	12	1	21	941	976	−35	25
15	TVB 1898 Stuttgart	34	10	3	21	911	998	−87	23
16	TSG Friesenheim	34	5	4	25	802	955	−153	14
17	VfL Gummersbach (R)	34	6	2	26	809	963	−154	14	Relegated
18	SG BBM Bietigheim (R)	34	6	2	26	809	983	−174	14

Source: DKB
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BRG	BER	BIE	ERL	FLE	FRI	GÖP	GUM	HAN	KIE	LEI	LEM	MAG	MEL	MIN	RNL	STU	WET
Bergischer HC	—	28–26	26–23	35–26	24–27	27–23	25–28	30–28	25–22	23–27	27–23	35–26	23–27	25–24	26–21	25–30	29–28	26–22
Füchse Berlin	26–22	—	30–26	26–25	25–30	32–20	29–33	25–19	29–28	29–30	26–23	29–23	27–24	24–26	29–27	34–33	25–30	25–27
SG BBM Bietigheim	21–28	28–36	—	24–26	20–33	27–18	30–29	25–25	29–27	21–32	15–24	25–23	29–33	24–33	28–30	21–36	19–28	26–26
HC Erlangen	26–18	22–27	27–25	—	26–27	26–22	24–25	30–22	25–25	21–30	24–23	28–25	26–25	24–25	25–29	23–23	31–25	27–20
SG Flensburg-Handewitt	25–23	26–18	31–22	28–18	—	35–23	26–15	28–20	29–28	26–25	27–21	33–24	26–25	30–24	35–28	27–20	29–21	30–29
TSG Friesenheim	23–22	26–30	23–24	23–25	18–30	—	23–32	26–27	25–27	19–26	27–24	20–19	27–38	22–27	31–30	21–28	23–23	25–29
Frisch Auf Göppingen	27–30	21–18	31–27	25–23	23–28	30–26	—	35–26	27–26	25–29	34–27	20–24	24–31	27–30	21–21	25–28	31–25	22–24
VfL Gummersbach	22–29	20–29	28–21	25–27	23–33	20–20	22–26	—	25–26	22–35	30–28	25–19	20–31	23–28	20–25	28–23	31–28	19–24
TSV Hannover-Burgdorf	29–26	26–25	26–27	26–24	28–33	33–28	29–30	30–24	—	25–32	30–28	27–27	26–31	29–36	30–25	28–30	33–22	23–25
THW Kiel	32–24	26–22	34–20	27–21	20–18	37–21	28–26	31–25	30–26	—	27–22	28–24	25–28	37–20	39–19	31–28	32–19	29–19
SC DHfK Leipzig	25–25	32–27	31–24	26–25	20–21	28–22	29–25	28–18	31–26	24–25	—	22–22	24–25	26–29	26–25	28–26	26–27	21–25
TBV Lemgo	22–22	34–30	40–27	31–23	21–23	23–23	25–30	30–16	26–31	26–34	24–20	—	22–23	28–26	23–25	23–25	29–24	25–24
SC Magdeburg	32–27	25–27	23–19	31–25	24–23	35–26	28–29	29–24	34–23	35–30	28–20	29–24	—	32–24	40–31	29–32	37–30	30–25
MT Melsungen	26–23	26–22	31–24	27–26	18–24	30–26	25–22	33–27	28–25	25–29	35–27	31–27	23–28	—	26–21	23–26	24–26	26–24
GWD Minden	32–35	27–28	30–26	29–22	28–31	29–28	28–29	40–28	29–32	29–37	24–26	27–30	25–29	32–27	—	26–31	38–25	24–22
Rhein-Neckar Löwen	26–20	28–25	30–15	29–26	23–26	26–29	33–27	30–24	29–23	24–27	24–24	28–21	28–22	34–26	32–29	—	34–29	31–21
TBV 1898 Stuttgart	30–31	33–34	31–26	26–28	20–30	26–26	26–26	31–30	37–34	27–30	29–32	25–23	27–40	30–26	30–31	20–26	—	30–28
HSG Wetzlar	25–27	24–29	24–21	27–28	23–30	30–19	26–21	30–23	29–28	23–27	23–22	27–28	26–31	26–34	31–27	25–26	26–23	—

Source: DKB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month			Goal of the Month
	Player	Position	Club	Player	Club
September	Matthias Musche	LW	SC Magdeburg	Thomas Roth	TSV Södel
October	Michael Kraus	CB	TBV 1898 Stuttgart	Bastian Schwengers	FC Schalke 04
November	Domenico Ebner	GK	SG BBM Bietigheim	Christopher Czens	Lehrter SV
December	Silvio Heinevetter	GK	Füchse Berlin	Lasse Scharge	Oranienburger HC
February	Matthias Musche	LW	SC Magdeburg	0	0
März	Michael Damgaard	LB/CB	SC Magdeburg	0	0
April	Niklas Landin	GK	THW Kiel	0	0
Mai	Andreas Wolff	GK	THW Kiel	0	0

The goal of the month award can be awarded to anyone in the league system while the player of the month award only count Bundesliga performances.

Number of teams by state

Rank	State	Number of teams	Club(s)
1	Baden-Württemberg	4	SG BBM Bietigheim, Frisch Auf Göppingen, Rhein-Neckar Löwen, TVB Stuttgart
	North Rhine-Westphalia		Bergischer HC, VfL Gummersbach, TBV Lemgo, GWD Minden
3	Hesse	2	MT Melsungen, HSG Wetzlar
	Schleswig-Holstein		SG Flensburg-Handewitt, THW Kiel
5	Bayern	1	HC Erlangen
	Berlin		Füchse Berlin
	Lower Saxony		TSV Hannover-Burgdorf
	Rhineland-Palatinate		Die Eulen Ludwigshafen
	Saxony		SC DHfK Leipzig
	Saxony-Anhalt		SC Magdeburg

External links

• Official website (in German)