Aarhus Håndbold was a

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

club from

Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwest ...

, Denmark. The club was founded in 2001 originally under the name Århus GF, as an extension of the traditional Aarhus clubs AGF,

Brabrand IF Brabrand Idrætsforening is a Danish football club located in Brabrand in the western suburbs of Aarhus. They currently compete in the Danish 2nd Division, the third tier of Danish football. Players Current squad J ...

, VRI and Århus KFUM/YMCA / Hasle. AGF chose later to withdraw from the superstructure. The home arena of Aarhus Håndbold was

Ceres Arena Ceres Arena (formerly NRGi Arena) is an indoor arena mainly used for handball matches and public events in Aarhus, Denmark. The arena was opened in 2001 and has a capacity of 5,001 spectators (4,394 seats). It is part of the Aarhus Sports Park, wh ...

. The club struggled in the last year of its existence with economic problems and in April 2021 the club was declared bankrupt. In connection with this all the players from Aarhus Håndbold were released and Århus Håndbold merged with the neighbors from Skanderborg Håndbold under the name

Skanderborg Aarhus Håndbold Skanderborg Aarhus Håndbold, previously ''Skanderborg Håndbold'', is a men's handball club based in Skanderborg in Jutland, Denmark. The club was founded in 1982 and was the result of a merger between Stilling-Skanderborg and Vrold-Skanderborg ...

Seasons

European Handball

EHF Champions League

EHF Cup

Cup Winners Cup

Notable former players

* Robert Gunnarsson *

Kasper Søndergaard Kasper Søndergaard Sarup (born 9 June 1981) is a former Danish handball player for Skjern Håndbold and the Danish national team. He is a double European champion, winning the 2008 and 2012 European Men's Handball Championship with the Danish ...

* Kasper Irming Andersen *

Christopher McDermott Christopher McDermott (born 7 June 1989) is a British handball player. He competed as part of Team GB at the 2012 London Olympic Games. He currently coaches the GB Men's Under 20s. Past clubs include R.D. Slovan of Slovenia, Danish Liga side Aa ...

References

External links

Official website
Defunct handball clubs in Denmark Sport in Aarhus {{Handball-club-stub