Limburg_Lions

Limburg Lions

Limburg Lions

Dutch handball team

Limburg Lions is a handball team from Sittard-Geleen, Limburg. The club was founded in 2008 by a merger of the men's teams of HV Sittardia from Sittard, V&L from Geleen and HV BFC from Beek.[1] The Lions took the place of HV Sittardia in the NHV Eredivisie after the merger.[2] The first team plays its home games at Stadssporthal (Sittard).

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Limburg Lions' supporters during the Best-of-Three final 2015 against Volendam
Christoph Jauernik; headcoach of Limburg Lions since 2019

Limburg Lions also has a second team, which plays in the Dutch premier division, and an A-youth team, which plays in the national A-youth division.

The first team won the national championship and the Cup of the Netherlands three years in a row between 2015 and 2017. It has also won twice the Dutch Supercup and once the BENE League.

In 2016, the management of BFC decided to take no longer part in the collabation.[3]

Accomplishments

  • Eredivisie:
    • Winners (3) : 2015, 2016, 2017
    • Runner-Up (5) : 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018
  • BENE-League:
    • Winners (2) : 2015, 2022
    • Runner-Up (4) : 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020
  • Dutch Handball Cup:
    • Winners (3) : 2015, 2016, 2017
    • Runner-Up (3) : 2013, 2014, 2019
  • Dutch Supercup:
    • Winners (3) : 2016
    • Runner-Up (3) : 2015, 2017

Former players

References

  1. [1]
    (in Dutch) From now on, top handball players are called Limburg Lions, L1, 31 August 2008
  2. [2]
    (in Dutch) NHV argees with withdrawal BFC, L1, 19 August 2008
  3. [3]
    (in Dutch) BFC leaves Tophandbal Zuid-Limburg, sittard-geleen.nieuws.nl, 14 April 2016


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