Crisis quake at SG Flensburg-Handewitt: Change and argument in the team!

The SG Flensburg-Handewitt is in a crisis at the end of 2024. After a disappointing performance in the game against HSV Handball, which ended with a 32:32, the team does not do justice to the high expectations this season. Started as a championship favorite, the club is already seven points behind the top of the table.

The sporting and leadership crisis in Flensburg preceded the dismissal of coach Nicolej Krickau, who was defeated against MT Melsungen. Under his leadership, the SG was only able to win one victory in three games after the coaching. Sports director Ljubomir Vranjes, who was obliged to inform Krickau in 2023, is now on the sidelines together with the interim coach Anders. Vranjes is considered a SG legend, combined with the Champions League victory in 2014, but had no further success as a trainer since its departure in 2017.

external and inner conflicts

A certain discomfort also prevails in the team. In an NDR interview, captain Johannes Golla said that the team had not reached their goals and there were fluctuations in performance. According to reports, there is also resentment about the dismissal of Krickau, which has already led to violent reactions within the team. Players are said to have been applied in the cabin, especially goalkeeper Kevin Møller is mentioned.

The squad also faces personnel changes. Golla plans to switch to MT Melsungen in the summer of 2026 to be closer to his family. Jim Gottfridsson will leave the SG in the direction of Szeged, while Kay Smits and Lukas Jörgensen are also considered to be candidates. Another upheaval is expected, but this is not led by Eggert, but by Vranjes, who is considered a candidate for the coaching post.

After the first victory under the new interim coach Eggert against Füchse Berlin (38:37), the departure in the DHB Cup against MT Melsungen followed. Golla apologized for the time of his change of change and emphasized the mixed feelings in the team after the coaching department and the incidents during the cup game, in which players had thrown microphones to avoid interrogations. The next opponent of SG Flensburg-Handewitt will be SG BBM Bietigheim on December 20, 2024.

More details on the situation of the team and the inner conflicts offer the reports of taz.de and ndr.de .