1. VfL Potsdam

1. VfL Potsdam
Nickname(s)	Die Adler (The Eagles)
Founded	1990 (1990)
Arena	MBS Arena Potsdam, Potsdam
Capacity	2,050
Head coach	Emir Kurtagic
League	Handball-Bundesliga
2023–24	1st of 18
Website Official site

1. VfL Potsdam is a professional handball club from Potsdam, Germany, that currently competes in the Handball-Bundesliga, the top division of German handball. During the 2023-24 season, they were promoted to the Handball-Bundesliga for the first time. They have a close sporting cooperation with Füchse Berlin.

Sports Hall information

• Name: – MBS Arena Potsdam
• City: – Potsdam
• Capacity: – 2050
• Address: – Olympischer Weg 2, 14471 Potsdam, Germany

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023–24 season

Goalkeepers

• 01 Lasse Ludwig
• 16 Blaž Vončina
• 77 Mark Ferjan

Left wingers

• 27 Nils Fuhrmann

Right wingers

• 15 Marcel Nowak
• 19 David Cyrill Akakpo
• 26 Valter Chrintz

Line players

• 13 Joshua Thiele
• 23 Sergei Gorpischin

Left backs

• 02 Emil Hansson
• 03 Ole Schramm
• 05 Josip Šimić
• 34 Marko Katic
• 35 Matthes Langhoff
• 37 Dustin Kraus

Centre Backs

• 10 Elias Kofler
• 22 Maxim Orlov
• 33 Moritz Sauter

Right backs

• 09 Max Beneke
• 24 Karl Roosna

Technical staff

• Head coach: Emir Kurtagic
• Assistant coach: Norman Flödl

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Joining

• Martin Tomovski (GK) (from RK Vardar 1961)
• Jannek Klein (RB) (loan from Füchse Berlin)
• Nicolas Paulnsteiner (RB) (loan from Füchse Berlin)
• Max Günther (RW) (from Füchse Berlin)

Leaving

• Lasse Ludwig (GK) (end of loan Füchse Berlin)
• Karl Roosna (RB) (to TV Großwallstadt)
• Max Beneke (RB) (end of loan Füchse Berlin)
• Moritz Sauter (CB) (end of loan Füchse Berlin, joining HSV Hamburg)
• Valter Chrintz (RW) (end of loan Füchse Berlin)
• Marcel Nowak (RW) (to Dessau-Roßlauer HV)