VfL Gummersbach is a professional handball club from the German city of Gummersbach, North Rhine-Westphalia.

Currently, VfL Gummersbach competes in the Handball-Bundesliga and the DHB-Pokal.

The club has seen great success, especially from the late 1960s until the early 1990s.

The youth department was founded in 1884, and in 1906 women were included as members.

In 1966 the club won the German Championship for the first time.