F.C. Copenhagen Football Club Copenhagen ( da, Football Club København, ), commonly known as FC København, FC Copenhagen, Copenhagen or simply FCK, is a professional Danish football club in Copenhagen, Denmark. FCK was founded in 1992 as a superstructure on ...

Handball (or simply FCK Handball) was a

Danish Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish a ...

handball team, playing in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

. They had both a male and a female team, both playing in the best Danish leagues, the

Danish Handball League The Danish Men's Handball League, formerly known as Herrehåndboldligaen is the men's top Danish professional handball league. The winners of the Danish Men's Handball League are recognised as the Danish men's handball champions. The current cha ...

(men) and Danish Women's Handball League (women). FCK Handball was owned by Parken Sport & Entertainment - the same company behind the football team, F.C. Copenhagen. After the 2009–10 season, Parken Sport & Entertainment returned the license to

Frederiksberg IF Frederiksberg IF is a Danish sports club based in Frederiksberg. The women's handball team has won the Danish Danish Women's Handball League The Danish Women's Handball League ( da, Damehåndboldligaen) is the top professional league for Dani ...

. The male team squad became a part of AG København.

Notable former players

Women's

Matilda Boson Matilda Boson (born 4 December 1981, Linköping) is a Swedish team handball, handball player who plays for the Sweden women's national handball team. She participated at the Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2008 Summer ...

* Madeleine Grundström * Johanna Wiberg * Katalin Pálinger * Anita Bulath *

Emiliya Turey Emiliya Khalsberiyevna Turey (russian: Эмилия Халсбериевна Турей; born 6 October 1984 in Astrakhan) is a Russian handballer who plays as a left wing. She is a three-time World Champion (2005, 2007 & 2009), silver medalist ...

* Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth *

Cecilie Leganger Cecilie Leganger (born 12 March 1975) is a Norwegian retired handballer who played for the Norwegian national team. International championships Leganger made her debut on the Norwegian national team in 1993, 17 years old, and retired three yea ...

Chana Masson Chana Franciela Masson de Souza (born 18 December 1978 in Capinzal) is a Brazilian handball goalkeeper, who plays for Handball Erice in Italy. She has represented the Brazilian national team in four Olympics. She participated at the 2000 Summe ...

Nadine Krause Nadine Krause (born 25 March 1982, in Waiblingen) is a former German handballer who last played for Bayer Leverkusen as a left back. She made her debut on the German A-Team in 1999, at the age of 17. She was top scorer at the 2005 World Champion ...

Carmen Amariei Carmen Andreea Amariei (formerly Lungu; born September 3rd 1978) was a retired Romanian handballer. She participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in China, where the Romanian national team placed seventh. Personal life Amariei was born in Cluj ...

Tanja Milanović Tanja Milanović (born June 15, 1977) is a former handballer from Serbia, playing left back. She set her career in October 2010. Among the clubs she played for are ŽORK "Napredak" Kruševac, Madeira Andebol SAD, Randers HK, FC Midtjylland ...

Maja Savić Maja Savić (born April 29, 1976 in Berane, Montenegro) is a former Montenegrin handball player, playing for ŽRK Budućnost, where she came to from Viborg HK. She plays on the left wing position, and was member of ŽRK Budućnost and Slag ...

* Camilla Andersen * Sofie Bloch-Sørensen *

Marianne Bonde Marianne Bonde Pedersen (born 25 June 1984) is a Danish retired handball player who has played for teams such as Slagelse DT and FCK Håndbold as well as for the Danish national team. Among other tournaments, Bonde competed at the 2012 Summer ...

* Christina Pedersen * Mia Rej *

Mette Vestergaard Mette Vestergaard Larsen (born 27 November 1975) is a former Danish team handball player and two times Olympic champion. She received gold medals with the Danish national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney

Josephine Touray Josephine Touray (born 6 October 1979) is a former Danish team handball player and Olympic champion. She received a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; ...

* Mette Melgaard * Christina Krogshede

External links

Official website
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