TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen

TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen
TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen
Full name	Turn- und Sportverein St. Otmar St. Gallen
Short name	TSV
Founded	1942
Arena	Sportanlage Kreuzbleiche
Capacity	4,200
President	Alex Hüttenmoser
Head coach	Michael Suter
League	Quickline Handball League
2023-24	6th
Club colours
Home	Away
	Website ; Official site

TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen is a Swiss handball team located in St. Gallen. Their home matches are played at the Kreuzbleiche-Halle. They compete in Swiss Handball League.

History

The team was founded in 1924 as a Catholic youth team,^[1] and was named after Saint Othmar, a catholic monk from the 8th century. The team started playing indoor handball in 1950^[1] In 1951 they were promoted to the 1. for the first time, and in 1957 they were promoted to the Nationalliga 1, the top league.^[1] In 1961 they won their first Swiss championship in field handball.^[1] In 1971 they won their first national championship in indoor handball.^[1] In 1982 they surprisingly reached the final of the European Cup, where they lost the final to Hungarian Honvéd Budapest 49-34 on aggregate.^[2]

They were relegated for the first time in 1992, but promoted the season after.^[1]

In 2010 the women's team was dispanded due to financial difficulties.

St. Gallen

Location of TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen

Kits

HOME
2013–15	2015–17	2019–

AWAY
2019–

Sports Hall information

Name: – Sportanlage Kreuzbleiche
City: – St. Gallen
Capacity: – 4200
Address: – Bogenstrasse 10. 9000 St. Gallen, Switzerland

Accomplishments

Men's Handball

Swiss Handball League:
- Winners (7) : 1971, 1973, 1974, 1981, 1982, 1986, 2001
Swiss Field Handball League:
- Winners (5) : 1964, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971
Swiss Handball Cup:
- Winners (4) : 1980, 1981, 2000, 2001
Swiss Field Handball Cup:
- Winners (4) : 1961, 1968, 1971, 1972
European Champions Cup:
- Runner-Up (1) : 1982
EHF Cup:
- Semifinalist (2) : 1988, 2009
EHF Challenge Cup:
- Semifinalist (1) : 2005