HSG Bensheim/Auerbach

HSG Bensheim/Auerbach
Full nameHandballspielgemeinschaft Bensheim/Auerbach
NicknameFlames
Short nameHSG
FoundedAugust 19, 1997 (1997-08-19)
ArenaWeststadthalle, Bensheim
Capacity2,000
ChairmanMichael Geil
Head coachIlka Fickinger
LeagueHandball-Bundesliga
2024–255th
Club colours   
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HSG Bensheim/Auerbach is a German women's handball team from Bensheim, that competes in the 2025–26 Frauen Handball-Bundesliga and the 2025–26 EHF Women's European League.[1][2][3]

In the 2023-24 season, the team finished second in the Frauen Handball-Bundesliga for the first time in the club's history, automatically qualifying for the 2024–25 Women's EHF European League.[4] The team reached the quarterfinals of the tournament, after two defeats to French Jeanne d'Arc Dijon Handball.[5]

HSG Bensheim/Auerbach
Location of HSG Bensheim/Auerbach

Honours

  • Handball-Bundesliga:
    • Silver Medalist: (1) 2025
  • DHB-Pokal:
    • Silver Medalist: (1) 2023
    • Bronze Medalist: (1) 2025
  • 2. Bundesliga:
    • Winner: (1) 2019

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2025-26 season.

Transfers

Transfers for the 2026–27 season

References

  1. ^ "SCHON WIEDER TRAINERWECHSEL BEI DEN FLAMES" (in German). morgenweb.de. 15 February 2014.
  2. ^ HSG Bensheim/Auerbach will im Kellerduell alles raushauen
  3. ^ "HSG Bensheim/Auerbach Flames - Players, Team & Statistics". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  4. ^ "Flames buchen das Ticket nach Europa". flames-handball.com (in German). 12 May 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  5. ^ "Tight matches ahead in last chance for Graz tickets". eurohandball.com. 29 March 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2025.