Alpla HC Hard

Alpla HC Hard
Full name	Alpla Handball Club Hard
Nickname(s)	Die Roten Teufel
Short name	HC Hard
Founded	1986
Arena	Sporthalle am See, Hard
Capacity	2,400
Head coach	Hannes Jón Jónsson
League	Handball Liga Austria
2017–18	2nd
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

Alpla HC Hard is a handball club from Hard, Austria. They currently compete in the Handball Liga Austria.

History

In 1986, the handball division was separated from the ATSV Hard club, and subsequently the independent club HC 86 Hard was founded. Under the guidance of coach Zoltán Balogh, HC Hard reached the Austrian top flight in the 1997/98 season. In the 2002/03 season, HC Hard won the Austrian Championship for the first time under the guidance of coach Frank Bergemann. In the 2004/05 season, the club won its first victory in the Austrian Cup. The club moved to its new home in the Sporthalle am See in 2005. The club won the championship 7 times in total (2003, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021), the cup 4 times (2005, 2008, 2014, 2018) and the Super Cup 5 times (2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021). In 2007/08, HC Hard reached the final of the EHF Challenge Cup, but won the final against Romanian UCM Sport Reșița with a score of 54:47 on aggregate.

Crest, colours, supporters

Naming history

Name	Period
HC Alpla Hard	−2002
Alpla HC Hard	2002–2004
HC Superfund Hard	2004–2007
Alpla HC Hard	2007–present

Club crest

Kits

AWAY
2019–20

Sports Hall information

• Arena: – Sporthalle am See
• City: – Hard
• Capacity: – 2400
• Address: – Seestraße 60, 6971 Hard, Austria

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2022–23 season

Alpla HC Hard

Goalkeepers 16 Emanuel Baldauf 20 Benjamin Edionwe 32 Golub Doknić Left Wingers 05 Manuel Maier 07 Luca Raschle Right Wingers 18 Paul Schwärzler 38 Lennio Sgonc Line Players 29 Lukas Schweighofer 92 Jadranko Stojanović Central Backs 19 Nico Schnabl 24 Linus Weber 31 Sigtryggur Daði Rúnarsson Left Backs 03 Karolis Antanavičius 06 Dominik Schmid 13 Frederic Wüstner 15 Valentin Mischi 37 Ivan Horvat Right Backs 08 Nikola Stevanovic 28 Srđan Predragović

Technical staff

• Head coach: Hannes Jón Jónsson
• Assistant coach: Benjamin Trautvetter
• Fitness coach: Stefan Jäger
• Masseur: Martin Maier
• Club Doctor: Dr. Michael Fink

Transfers

Transfers for the 2022–23 season

Previous Squads

2020–2021 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Austria	Thomas Hurich	6 April 1992	Goalkeeper
3	Austria	Konrad Wurst	30 January 1998	Right Back
5	Austria	Manuel Maier	17 May 1998	Left Winger
6	Austria	Dominik Schmid	7 September 1989	Left Back
7	SwitzerlandAustria	Luca Raschle	6 November 1990	Left Winger
8	Austria	Manuel Schmid	5 November 1993	Central Back
9	Austria	Boris Zivkovic	2 May 1992	Right Back
11	Croatia	Marijan Maric	8 February 1996	Left Back
15	Slovenia	Nejc Zmavc	6 September 1990	Line Player
18	Austria	Paul Schwärzler	7 May 2000	Right Winger
22	Austria	Robin Kritzinger	18 December 2001	Right Winger
23	Serbia	Marko Krsmančić	2 December 1989	Central Back
27	Austria	Thomas Weber	7 June 1987	Left Winger
28	Austria	Lukas Schweighofer	29 December 1992	Line Player
32	MontenegroAustria	Golub Doknić	16 April 1982	Goalkeeper
37	Croatia	Ivan Horvat	17 February 1993	Left Back

2013–2014 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Austria	Thomas Huemer	29 April 1976	Goalkeeper
4	Croatia	Krešimir Kozina	25 June 1990	Line Player
6	Austria	Dominik Schmid	7 September 1989	Left Back
7	SwitzerlandAustria	Luca Raschle	6 November 1990	Left Winger
8	Austria	Dominik Wetzel	16 June 1989	Line Player
9	Austria	Boris Zivkovic	2 May 1992	Right Back
11	Austria	Michael Jochum	8 November 1985	Left Winger
13	SerbiaAustria	Marko Tanasković	6 June 1985	Right Back
16	Austria	Martin Kalischnig	8 June 1986	Goalkeeper
18	Austria	Bernd Friede	18 February 1980	Central Back
19	Austria	Rene Pascal Rigas	19 March 1990	Right Winger
21	Austria	Michael Knauth	7 January 1983	Right Winger
23	Serbia	Marko Krsmančić	2 December 1989	Central Back
26	Austria	Lukas Herburger	19 December 1994	Line Player
27	Austria	Thomas Weber	7 June 1987	Left Winger
28	Austria	Gerald Zeiner	28 June 1988	Central Back
32	MontenegroAustria	Golub Doknić	16 April 1982	Goalkeeper

2007–2008 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Austria	Thomas Huemer	29 April 1976	Goalkeeper
2	Austria	Christoph Jochum	19 July 1987	Left Winger
3	Austria	Christian Grebien	18 March 1979	Line Player
4	Austria	Alexander Kathrein	14 May 1983	Left Winger
5	Poland	Damian Moszczynski	20 January 1980	Left Back
6	Austria	Dominik Schmid	7 September 1989	Left Back
10	Austria	Wolfgang Fürstler	5 January 1989	Left Back
11	Austria	Michael Jochum	8 November 1985	Left Winger
12	Austria	Jürgen Suppanschitz	11 March 1986	Goalkeeper
14	Latvia	Margots Valkovskis	30 September 1976	Line Player
16	Austria	Simon Wallner	3 October 1989	Goalkeeper
17	Austria	Stefan Watzl	20 November 1981	Central Back
18	Austria	Bernd Friede	18 February 1980	Central Back
19	Austria	Rene Pascal Rigas	19 March 1990	Right Winger
20	Germany	Björn Navarin	20 September 1975	Left Back
22	Poland	Damian Wleklak	28 February 1976	Central Back
27	Austria	Stefan Klement	4 June 1979	Right Back
33	Germany	Markus Pregler	6 November 1971	Line Player
77	Austria	Robert Weber	25 November 1985	Right Winger

EHF ranking

As of 29/09/2022

Rank	Team	Points
49	Balatonfüredi KSE	103
50	TTH Holstebro	100
51	BM Granollers	100
52	Alpla HC Hard	98
53	AHC Potaissa Turda	97
54	MOL-Tatabánya KC	94
55	Frisch Auf Göppingen	91

Former club members

Notable former players

Former coaches

Seasons	Coach	Country
1999–2000	Niels Möller
2000–2005	Frank Bergemann
2005–2007	Goran Zivkovic
2007–2008	Gerald Gabl
2008–2010	Zbigniew Tłuczyński
2010–2016	Markus Burger
2016–2018	Petr Hrachovec
2018–2020	Klaus Gärtner
2020–2021	Mario Bjeliš
2021–	Hannes Jón Jónsson