Horsens Håndboldkub Elite is 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 club. In the 2018/19 season its first female team plays in the Danish 1st division after its relegation in 2010. The team plays at home in

Forum Horsens Forum Horsens is an indoor sports arena and music venue in Horsens Horsens () is a city on the east coast of Jutland region of Denmark. It is the seat of the Horsens municipality. The city's population is 61,074 (1 January 2022) and the municipa ...

. The club was established in 1985 when Horsens forenede Håndboldklubber (HfH) and Dagnæs IF chose to merge. And HfH itself is a merge of Horsens Freja and Horsens forenede Sportsklubber (HfS). Horsens HK therefore can lead its roots back to 1920 when they began playing handball in HfS. Horsens HK played in the top level uninterrupted from 1996 to 2010. National players like Vivi Kjærsgaard,

Gitte Madsen Gitte Madsen (born 24 March 1969 in Herning, Midtjylland) is a former Danish team handball player and Olympic champion. She received a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the ...

, Anja Byrial Hansen, Karen Brødsgaard, Christina Roslyng, Louise Pedersen,

Karin Mortensen Karin Ørnhøj Mortensen (born 26 September 1977) 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 and at the 2004 Summer Olympi ...

, Tina Ladefoged, Mette Sjøberg and Jane Wanggsøe Knudsen have played in Horsens HK.

Kits

Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2022-23 season'' ;Goalkeeper * 1 Mathilde Bisgaard * 13 Claudia Rompen * 89 Emily Stang Sando ;LW * 6 Maria Højgaard * 14 Amalie Grøn Hansen Injury icon 2

* 26 Maria Mose Vestergaard ;RW * 2 Anne Sofie Filtenborg * 7

Hege Løken Hege Løken (born 31 August 1993) is a Norwegian handball player for Molde Elite. She is also a part of Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory ...

;Pivots * 10

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 ...

(pregnant) * 17 Stine Bodholt Nielsen * 55 Tamara Haggerty ;Back players ;LB * 21 Frederikke Gulmark * 29 Kristin Thorleifsdóttir ;CB * 19

Laura Damgaard Laura Damgaard Lund (born 16 September 1996) is a Danish handballer for Viborg HK and the Danish national team. She made her debut on the Danish national team on 26 November 2020, against Norway. She represented Denmark at the 2020 European Wom ...

* 20 Emilie Winther * 27 Annette Jensen ;RB * Nicoline Olsen * 4 Maria Holm * 9 Nina Dano Injury icon 2

Staff

Transfers

:''Transfers for the season 2022-23'' ; Joining * Claudia Rompen (GK) (from

Skanderborg Håndbold Skanderborg Håndbold is a women'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 Handball Club. In 2021, Aarhus Håndbol ...

) * Annette Jensen (CB) (from

Team Esbjerg Team Esbjerg is a women's handball team based in Esbjerg, Denmark, that competes in the Bambusa Kvindeligaen and the 2022–23 Women's EHF Champions League. They play their home matches in Blue Water Dokken, which have capacity for 2,996 spectat ...

) *

(RW) (from

SCM Craiova SCM Craiova is a Romanian sports society from Craiova, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hun ...

) * Tamara Haggerty (LP) (from

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 of 4,000. Women's team The women's team competes in Svensk Handbollselit. They won the championship 15 times (1 ...

) ; Leaving * Marija Obradović (LB) (retires) * Susanne Madsen (LB) (retires) * Christina Pedersen (CB) (to

Randers HK Randers HK was a women's handball club based in Randers, Denmark. They competed in the Bambusa Kvindeligaen and played their home matches in Arena Randers. In November 2022, the club decided to declare itself bankrupt after failing to raise ove ...

)

Notable former players

* Mathilde Bjerregaard (2009-2011) *

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 ...

(2005-2006) * Karen Brødsgaard (1997-1998) * Anja Byrial Hansen (1991-1993) * Camilla Fangel (2010-2011) * Annette Jensen (2010-2011) * Vivi Kjærsgaard (1987-1992) * Tine Ladefoged (1998-2010) * Pernille Larsen (2004-2007) *

(2000-2002) * Ann Grete Nørgaard (2009-2010) * Mette Sjøberg (2002-2005) * Louise Pedersen (1998-2001) * Jane Wangsøe (2000-2008) * Christina Roslyng (1995-1997) *

Annika Fredén Annika Sofia Wiel Hvannberg (earlier Wiel Fredén) (born 21 August 1978) is a Swedish handball player. She began her career in BK Heid and played for them until she was 25 years. She then changed to IK Sävehof, where she played for three years ...

(2005-2010) * Sara Holmgren (2001–2005) * Åsa Eriksson (2005-2007) * Arna Sif Pálsdóttir (2009-2010) * Maura Visser (2007-2009) *

Jeanette Nilsen Jeanette Nilsen (born 27 June 1972) is a Norwegian team handball player and World Champion from 1999. She was born in Skien. She received a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVI ...

(2003-2007) * Olga Hoffmann (2007-2011) * Beatrix Benyáts (2008-2010) * Katarína Dubajová (2006-2009)

European games

In 2004/05 they were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the

EHF Cup The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Prev ...

after having eliminated three other teams in the previous rounds. One of these were the league rivals

After the winning the Danish Handball Cup in 2004 they participated in the

EHF Cup Winners' Cup The EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for men's and women's handball clubs of Europe that won their national cup, and took place every year. From the 2012–13 season, the men's competition was merged with the EHF Cup. Winners ...

in 2005/06 where they were eliminated in 4th round.

Arena

*Name:

*Capacity: 4,000 *City:

Horsens Horsens () is a city on the east coast of Jutland region of Denmark. It is the seat of the Horsens municipality. The city's population is 61,074 (1 January 2022) and the municipality's population is 94,443 (), making it the 8th largest city in De ...

*Adresse: Langmarksvej 53, 8700 Horsens

Kit manufacturers

* Hummel

References

HH's history
, horsenshk.dk
About Horsens HK at EHF's homepage
eurohandball.com

External links

Horsens HK's homepage
Danish handball clubs 1985 establishments in Denmark Horsens Municipality Handball clubs established in 1985 {{Denmark-sport-stub