TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen is a Swiss handball team located in St. Gallen. Their home matches are played at the Kreuzbleiche-Halle. They compete in Swiss Handball League.
History The team was founded in 1924 as a Catholic youth team, and was named after Saint Othmar, a catholic monk from the 8th century. The team started playing indoor handball in 1950 In 1951 they were promoted to the 1. for the first time, and in 1957 they were promoted to the Nationalliga 1, the top league. In 1961 they won their first Swiss championship in field handball. In 1971 they won their first national championship in indoor handball. In 1982 they surprisingly reached the final of the European Cup, where they lost the final to Hungarian Honvéd Budapest 49-34 on aggregate.
They were relegated for the first time in 1992, but promoted the season after.
In 2010 the women's team was dispanded due to financial difficulties.
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Sports Hall information
Name: – Sportanlage Kreuzbleiche City: – St. Gallen Capacity: – 4200 Address: – Bogenstrasse 10. 9000 St. Gallen, Switzerland
Accomplishments Men's Handball Swiss Handball League: Winners (7) : 1971, 1973, 1974, 1981, 1982, 1986, 2001 Swiss Field Handball League: Winners (5) : 1964, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971 Swiss Handball Cup: Winners (4) : 1980, 1981, 2000, 2001 Swiss Field Handball Cup: Winners (4) : 1961, 1968, 1971, 1972 European Champions Cup: Runner-Up (1) : 1982 EHF Cup: Semifinalist (2) : 1988, 2009 EHF Challenge Cup: Semifinalist (1) : 2005
Women's Handball Swiss Handball League Winners (3) : 1998, 1999, 2005 Swiss Handball Cup: Winners (2) : 2000, 2007
European record
Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate 2016–17 Challenge CupR3 Dragūnas Klaipėda 35–28 28–24 63–521/8 HKM Sala 27–30 28–27 55–57
Team Current squad Squad for the 2024–25 season
Goalkeepers 1 Andreas Björkman 12 Noah Küffer 16 Noé Hottinger Left wingers 5 Andrin Dörwaldt 9 Simon Locher 24 Andrin Schneider Right wingers 2 Noah Bolt 7 Francesco Ardielli Line players 6 Jan Brülisauer 13 Carl Löfström 17 Gregor Rilak
Left backs 3 David Knezevic 4 Maël Tobler 8 Moritz Heinl 14 Hleb Harbuz Central backs 10 Marcus Stroustrup 18 Justin Kürsteiner 21 Alexander Möller Right backs 15 Max Höning 23 Joschua Braun
Transfers Transfers for the 2025–26 season
Joining Miguel Alfredo Silva Alves (RW) from Águas Santashttps://otmar.ch/aktuelles/portugiesischer-linkshaender-miguel-alves-zu-st.otmar Aleksandar Lacok (GK) from Lugi HFhttps://www.handball.ch/de/news/2024/transfernews-tsv-st-otmar/ Tobias Wetzel (LP) from HØJ Elite
Leaving Hleb Harbuz (LB) to Maccabi Tel Avivhttps://www.facebook.com/MaccabiTelAvivHandball/photos/מועדון-הכדוריד-מכבי-תל-אביב-מצרף-לשורותיו-את-המקשר-השמאלי-הבלארוסי-הלב-הארבוז-31/1424102415424827/ David Knezević (LB) to HSC Suhr Aarau
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