Aarhus United is a Danish women's

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 based in

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 ...

. They play in

Damehåndboldligaen The Danish Women's Handball League ( da, Damehåndboldligaen) is the top professional league for Danish women's handball clubs. It is administered by the Danish Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Danish champions. The league i ...

, Denmark's premier women's handball league. Aarhus United was founded in 2017 and took over

SK Aarhus SK Aarhus was a Danish women's handball club based in Aarhus. They played in Damehåndboldligaen when the team closed after the 2016-17 season because of financial issues. Aarhus United took over their licence for the league. SK Aarhus has prev ...

's league license for the 2017-18 season.

Kits

Results

Danish Cup The Danish Cup ( da, Landspokalturneringen; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955. The winner will quali ...

**''Bronze (1):''

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Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2023–24 season'' ;Goalkeepers * 16 Louise Bak Jensen * 86 Sabine Englert ;Wingers ;LW * 15 Sophia Snogdal * 17

June Bøttger June Bøttger (born 2 June 1994) is a Norwegian handball player, who plays for Aarhus United Elitehåndbold. References 1994 births Living people Norwegian female handball players {{Norway-handball-bio-stub ...

;RW * 9 Frederikke Hedegaard * 18 Mathilde Orkild * 24 Julie Redkjær ;Pivots * 5 Katarina Viktoria Bjørnskau Berens * 6 Christina Hansen ;Back players ;LB * 7

Emma Mogensen Emma Mogensen (born 24 September 1994) is a Danish handball player who currently plays for Aarhus United. Achievements *Danish Cup **''Bronze Medalist:'' 2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at ...

( c) * 8 Aia Raadshøj ;CB *

Mai Kragballe Nielsen Mai Kragballe Nielsen (born 15 December 1997) is a Danish handball player who currently plays for IK Sävehof IK Sävehof is a Swedish handball team located in Partille. Their home matches are played at the Partille Arena which has a capacity ...

* 14

Anna Wierzba Anna Wierzba (born 19 July 2000) is a Danish handball player for Toulon Saint-Cyr Var Handball and the Danish national junior team. She also represented Denmark in the 2017 European Women's U-17 Handball Championship, 2018 Women's Youth Worl ...

* 88 Mathilde Neesgaard ;RB * Alberte Ebler

Technical staff

* Head Coach: Heine Eriksen * Assistant coach: Ole Jensen * Team Leader: Dorthe Jonasson

Transfers

:''Transfers for the season 2023-24'' ;Joining *

(CB) (from

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) * Alberte Ebler (RB) (from

Ikast Håndbold Ikast Håndbold is a Danish women's handball club based in Ikast. They have competed in Damehåndboldligaen, Denmark's primary handball league, since 1991. History The club was founded as ''Ikast FS Håndboldafdeling'' on 20 June 1970 as a mer ...

) ;Leaving * Heine Eriksen (Head coach) * Nora Persson (GK) (to

SønderjyskE Håndbold SønderjyskE is a Denmark, Danish sport club. They have two team handball, handball teams (one male based in Sønderborg, one female based in Aabenraa), two Football (soccer), football teams (one professional male club and one professional female ...

) * Thea Stankiewicz (LB) (to

) * Julie Liholt (LB) (to Füchse Berlin) * Marielle Martinsen (CB) (to

Viborg HK Viborg HK (Viborg Håndbold Klub) is the name of a Danish handball club from Viborg. The club has many teams for both women and men, but especially the professional women's team is one of the most successful in Danish and European handball sin ...

) *

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(RB) (retires) * Stine Holm (RW) * Sara Liholt (P) (to Bjerringbro FH)

Notable players

* Louise Kristensen (2017-2018) * Anne-Sofie Ernstrøm (2017-2019) *

Majbritt Toft Hansen Majbritt Toft Hansen (born 27 April 1993) is a Danish handball player for Viborg HK and the Danish national team. Career Toft Hansen began her senior career at Skive fH before moving to SK Aarhus, later Aarhus United. In 2019 she signed a two-y ...

(2017-2019) *

Simone Cathrine Petersen Simone Cathrine Petersen (born 28 August 1997) is a Danish handball player for Ikast Håndbold and the Danish national team. She represented Denmark at the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship in Spain. She debuted for the Danish national ...

(2017-2019) *

Ditte Vind Ditte Vind (born 2 January 1994) is a Danish handball player who currently plays for Ajax København and the Denmark national beach team. She was a part of the Danish team that won the Beach Games 2019 Handball tournament and the 2019 European ...

(2017-2019) *

Birna Berg Haraldsdóttir Birna Berg Haraldsdóttir (born 1993) is an Icelandic team handball player for ÍBV and the Icelandic national team. She participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil. Playing career On 10 May 2019, Birna signed with ...

(2017-2019) * Celine Holst Elkjær (2017-2019) *

Celine Lundbye Kristiansen Celine Lundbye Kristiansen (born 24 May 1996) is a Danish handball player who plays for København Håndbold and the Danish national team. International honours * Danish Championship: **''Winner'': 2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From ...

(2018-2020) * Julie Pontoppidan (2017-2020) * Helena Elver (2018-2020) *

Sofie Flader Sofie Flader (born 4 June 1996) is a Danish handball player who currently plays for Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub in the Danish Women's Handball League The Danish Women's Handball League ( da, Damehåndboldligaen) is the top professional leagu ...

(2017-2020) * Edita Nukovic (2018-2020)

External links

The club's facebook

Official website
{{Danish Woman's Handball League teamlist Sport in Aarhus Handball clubs in Denmark Handball clubs established in 2017 2017 establishments in Denmark