TuSEM Essen

The history of Tusem Essen began in the 1960's with 6 promotions in 7 years, where they reached the Oberliga in 1971-72. In 1976 Klaus Schorn took over as coach and guided them to the Bundesliga for the second time, where they played for the next 26 years.

In 1986 they won the German Championship for the first time under the Romanian coach Petre Ivănescu, followed by the DHB-Pokal in 1988, beating SG Wallau-Massenheim in the final 25-18 and 28-21.

In 1994 they won the inaugural edition of the EHF City Cup.

The professional handball team broke out from the club in 2000 and was transformed into its own company.

In 2004 the main sponsor left the team, which meant economic uncertainty that culminated in a forced relegation to the Regionalliga. As they had just won the EHF Cup in 2005, this meant that they played in the EHF Cup Winners' Cup as a third division team.

The team achieved 2 promotions and was back in the Bundesliga for the 2007-08 season. They finished 16th, and won the relegation play-off against HSG Düsseldorf. However they had to declare insolvency on November 4th the following season and was thus relegated.

In 2020 they were promoted to the Bundesliga again, but only a season later they were relegated.