German handball club
| GWD Minden |
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| Full name | Turn- und Sportverein Grün-Weiß Dankersen-Minden e. V. |
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| Founded | 31 May 1924; 101 years ago (1924-05-31) |
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| Arena | Kampa-Halle |
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| Capacity | 4,059 |
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| Head coach | Frank Carstens |
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| League | Handball-Bundesliga |
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| 2024–25 | 2nd (promoted) |
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Website Official site |
Grün-Weiß Dankersen-Minden, commonly known asGWD Minden, is ahandball club fromMinden, Germany, and is competing in theHandball-Bundesliga.[1]
The club was founded on 31 May 1924 inDankersen, a town of circa 5000 inhabitants. The team started in the 1928-29 season in the local league.[2]
Crest, colours, supporters
[edit]| HOME |
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 2016–17 |  2017–18 |  2018–19 |
| AWAY |
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 2015–16 |  2016–17 |  2017–18 |  2018–19 |
- National Championship of Germany:
Gold: 1971, 1977
Silver: 1965, 1975, 1976
- 2. Handball-Bundesliga:
Gold: 1982, 1995, 2012
Silver: 2016
- National Cup of Germany:
Gold: 1975, 1976, 1979
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
Silver: 1976
- German Championship:(Field handball)
Gold: 1967, 1970, 1971
Silver: 1962, 1964, 1965, 1969
- IHF European Cup:(Field handball)
Gold: 1968, 1969, 1970
- Staff for the 2022–23 season
| Nationality | Position | Name |
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 | Head coach | Frank Carstens |
 | Goalkeeper coach | Marco Stange |
 | Team leader | Gerrit Holland |
 | Physiotherapist | Philipp Roessler |
 | Physiotherapist | Britta Wagner |
- Squad for the 2022–23 season
- Goalkeeper
- Wingers
- LW
- RW
- Pivots
| - Back players
- LB
- CB
- RB
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- Transfers for the 2025–26 season
- Joining

| - Leaving

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Transfers for the 2023–24 season |
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- Joining

| - Leaving

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Notable former players
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Walter Hein (1947–1953)
Erich Klose (1953–1959, 1961–4/1966)
Karl-Heinz Nickel † (1959–1961)
Gerd Enders † (4/1966–12/1968)
Arnhold Kresse † (1/1969–4/1970)
Gerhard Steinhöfer (4/1970–1970)
Friedrich Spannuth (1970–1975, 1977–5/1978, 1987–5/1988)
Hans-Jürgen Sulk † (1975–1976)
Vitomir Arsenijević (1976–1977, 1982–1985)
Vinko Dekaris (8/1978–4/1979)
Horst Bredemeier (4/1979–1982)
Milorad Reljić (1985–10/1985)
Günter Meyer (10/1985–1987)
Heinz Brockmeier (5/1988–10/1989)
Wolfgang Böhme (10/1989–3/1991)
Günter Gieseking (3/1991–1991, 1/1999–2/1999)
Dietmar Molthahn (1991–4/1992, 2/1995–5/1995, 3/1997–5/1997)
Milomir Mijatović † (6/1992–3/1995)
Jürgen Kloth (6/1995–1996)
Zenon Łakomy † (5/1996–2/1997)
Michael Biegler (5/1997–1/1999)
Alexander Rymanov (2/1999–3/2003)
Rainer Niemeyer † (3/2003–10/2004)
Velimir Kljaić † (10/2004–2005)
Richard Ratka (2005–2/2010)
Frank von Behren (2/2010) für ein Spiel
Ulf Schefvert (2/2010–3/2013)
Sead Hasanefendić (3/2013–2013)
Goran Perkovac (2013–2/2015)
Frank Carstens (2/2015–6/2023)
Aðalsteinn Eyjólfsson (7/2023–1/2024)
Aaron Ziercke (1/2024-)
Club Captain history
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Arnhold Kresse † (–1964)
Friedrich Spannuth (1964–1966)
Herbert Lübking (1966–1970)
Manfred Horstkötter (1970–1972)
Wilfried Drögemeier (1972–1975)
Hans Kramer † (1975–1979)
Rainer Niemeyer † (1979–1984)
Wilhelm Südmeier (1984–5/1986)
Fido Gast (5/1986–1988)
Detlef Meyer (1988–1990)
Gerd Amann (1990–1991)
Rüdiger Borchardt (1991–10/1991)
Herbert Pohl (10/1991–1992)
Frank Schoppe (1992–1994)
Walter Schubert (1994–1995)
Robert Hedin (1995–1998)
Frank Löhr (1998–2000)
Jörg-Uwe Lütt (2000–11/2000)
Frank von Behren (11/2000–2003)
Aaron Ziercke (2003–2004)
Patrekur Jóhannesson (2004–2005)
Arne Niemeyer (2005–2008)
Jan-Fiete Buschmann (2008–2009)
Moritz Schäpsmeier (2009–2010, 2015–2017)
Aljoscha Schmidt (2010–2011)
Evars Klešniks (2011–2013)
Anders Oechsler (2013–2014)
Jens Vortmann (2014–2015)
Dalibor Doder (2017–2019)
Marian Michalczik (2019–2020)[53]
Miljan Pušica (2020–2021)
Niclas Pieczkowski (2021–2023)
Malte Semisch (2023-)