The Foxes Berlin will strengthen significantly for the future. The Danish Olympic champion Simon Pytlick will join the reigning German handball champion from the 2027/28 season, as the Füchse announced on Monday.
The 24-year-old right-hander currently plays for SG Flensburg-Handewitt and will strengthen the Berliners’ backcourt from the season after next.
On the record with friend Gidsel
The 57-time Danish national player has been linked to the Berliners for months. His contract with the Flensburgers originally ran until 2030, and according to media information, he is said to have had an exit clause. Pytlick’s new working paper in the capital is also dated 2030. He will also keep his current number 2.
Pytlick will be in Berlin World handball player Mathias Gidsel also meet an old companion: In Denmark they already ran together at GOG Handbold, and with the national team they won, among other things, Olympic gold in 2024 in Paris. The two are considered close friends. Füchse coach Nicolej Krickau also knows Pytlick very well: Krickau was a GOG coach for years and later also trained Pytlick at SG Flensburg-Handewitt.
With Flensburg, Pytlick won the EHF European League in 2024 and 2025 and with the Danish national team, in addition to Olympic gold, he also won the World Championship twice (2023 and 2025).
Simon Pytlick
I hope that I can be part of an already incredibly good and well-functioning team.
“I’m looking forward to playing in Berlin from 2027. I hope that I can be part of an already incredibly good and well-functioning team,” Simon Pytlick was quoted as saying in a club statement.
Füchse coach Krickau also expressed anticipation: “Simon will fit our concept perfectly because we want to play attractive and effective handball.”
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