Baden-Württemberg: Göppinger handball players are aiming for "first third of the table".

Göppingen (dpa / lsw) - Managing Director Gerd Hofele gives a place among the top six teams in the Handball Bundesliga as a goal for the season for Frisch Auf Göppingen.

Baden-Württemberg: Göppinger handball players are aiming for "first third of the table".

Göppingen (dpa / lsw) - Managing Director Gerd Hofele gives a place among the top six teams in the Handball Bundesliga as a goal for the season for Frisch Auf Göppingen. "When it comes to our sporting goals, we still want to reach the top third of the table," said Hofele on Wednesday. "For this we have to leave at least one team from the Magdeburg, Kiel, Berlin, Flensburg, Melsungen and Rhein-Neckar-Löwen sextet behind us, with other teams also pushing into the international starting places."

The budget increases by half a million euros to 6.5 million euros. This increase comes from the sponsorship, said Hofele. He also hopes that the 2000 season ticket mark can be broken during the course of the season. Hofele does not expect corona-related restrictions for spectators.

Because of the strain in the European Cup, the squad was strengthened with six newcomers across the board, but also at the top, said Göppingen's coach Hartmut Mayerhoffer. "In my opinion, the level of the league will increase, so we are again faced with an ambitious task," said the coach. He was satisfied with the composition of the squad, said Mayerhoffer.