Darj: “I was the last one to lift it”
Published 2026-01-18 22.50
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MALMÖ. Thieves stole Füchse Berlin’s first league trophy.
Now they have been caught – but the trophy was found melted down to a silver bar.
– I was the last one to lift it, says Max Darj, the Swedish European Championship star who is the team captain in Berlin.
Last June, Füchse Berlin won the Bundesliga in handball for the first time.
The one who had to lift the trophy, the large silver plate, was the Swedish linesman Max Darj.
But in November, the league trophy was stolen from Füchse’s prize cabinet.
– There’s a lot going on around Berlin and apparently things like this can happen. I don’t know what to say. It was a bit comical, says Darj.
But just before the EC, where Darj is a key piece in the Swedish team, began, the German police were able to arrest two men, 41 and 62 years old respectively, as suspects for the burglary and the theft.
Gold, cash, silver bar and melting furnace
During the house search of the suspected men, gold worth over one million, 15,000 euros in cash, a silver bar and a melting furnace were found and seized.
– They are behind bars now then, wonders Darj, who did not fully follow the tours during the EC upload.
Yes, or at least detained.
The club’s CEO Bob Hanning thanks the police for a good job on the club’s website, but says that the silver plate was melted in the sheep that was found.
– In other words, I was the last one to lift it, states Darj.
Except for the thieves then.
After the victory in the European Championship opener against the Netherlands yesterday, Darj and Sweden face Georgia tomorrow.
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