Odense Håndbold (in its first season: Odense GOG and after that Handball Club Odense) is a Danish professional women's

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor 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 thr ...

team, that plays in

Damehåndboldligaen The Kvindeligaen () 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 was previously called Bambusa Kvindeligaen ...

, Denmark's premier women's handball league. The team's home court is Sydbank Arena in the city of

Odense Odense ( , , ) is the third largest city in Denmark (after Copenhagen and Aarhus) and the largest city on the island of Funen. As of 1 January 2025, the city proper had a population of 185,480 while Odense Municipality had a population of 210, ...

and they play in orange shirts and black shorts.

History

The precursor to Odense Håndbold,

GOG Håndbold GOG is a professional handball club based in the small town of Gudme on Funen, Denmark. The club is one of the most successful in the history of Danish handball having won the Danish Handball Championship 9 times and the Danish Handball Cup a r ...

's women's team, won four Danish championships in the 1990's. Odense Håndbold was created in August 2009 as a break-away club from GOG Svendborg TGI and they overtook GOG's license for the league, which was published in a press meeting August 27, 2009 in Odense Idrætshal. They therefore started their first season in the top flight of Danish handball. The season after they changed their club name to HC Odense to distance itself from GOG. As GOG was heading towards bankruptcy, they had to optain special permition from the

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to separate the women's team from GOG. They changed their name to Odense Håndbold (Odense Handball) before the beginning of the 2016/2017 season. In the 2020-21 season the club won their first Danish championship, beating

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in the final. In the 2024-25 season they managed to achieve a perfect regular season, winning 26 of 26 games. Later they won the Danish Championship, beating Team Esbjerg 2-1 in the final. In the 2024–25 Women's EHF Champions League they qualified for the

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for the first time in club history, when they beat Hungarian Ferencvaros. When Team Esbjerg qualified the day after, it became the first time that there were two Danish teams in the Champions League final four. They lost the final to Hungarian

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30-27.

Kits

Achievements

EHF Champions League The EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the men's com ...

: **''Silver'':

2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...

* Danish League: **''Winner:''

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

**''Runners-up'':

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

**''Third place'':

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

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

**''Winner:'' 2020 **''Runners-up:''

, 2021, 2022 **''Third place:'' 2023 *

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**''Winner'': 2023

Stadium

*Name: Sydbank Arena *City:

*Capacity: 2,300 seats *Address: Odense Idrætshal, Israels Plads 3, 5200 Odense

Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2024–25 season'' ;Goalkeepers * 12 Andrea Nørklit * 16 Althea Reinhardt * 26 Katrine Lunde * 38

Yara ten Holte Yara ten Holte (born 23 November 1999) is a Dutch handball player for the Danish club Odense Håndbold and the Netherlands women's national handball team, Dutch national team. Career Yara ten Holte played from 2014 for SV Dalfsen. Here she won t ...

;Wingers ;LW * 10 Anna Grundtvig * 23

Elma Halilcevic Elma Halilcevic (born 18 June 2000) is a Danish handball player of Bosnian descent. She currently plays for Odense Håndbold and the Danish national team. She started her career at Team Esbjerg, and have previously played for Nykøbing Falst ...

;RW * 6

Malin Aune Malin Larsen Aune (born 4 March 1995) is a Norwegian handball player for Odense Håndbold and the Norway women's national handball team, Norwegian national team. In the 2024-25 Damehåndboldligaen, 2024-25 season, she achieved a perfect regular ...

* 34 Andrea Aagot ;Line players * 3 Maren Nyland Aardahl * 20 Lysa Tchaptchet * 44 Nikita van der Vliet ;Back players ;LB * 22 Ragnhild Valle Dahl * 32

Mie Højlund Mie Enggrob Højlund (born 24 October 1997) is a Danish handball player for Odense Håndbold and the Denmark women's national handball team, Danish national team. Højlund can play both right back and left back, but has said publicly, that she p ...

( c) ;CB * 8 Helene Gigstad Fauske * 33 Thale Rushfeldt Deila * 68 Helena Elver ;RB * 27 Louise Burgaard * 28 Clara Skyum Thomsen

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2025–26 season'' ; Joining * Katrine Lunde (GK) ''(from Vipers Kristiansand) (with immediate effect)'' * Jakob Vestergaard (Head coach) ''(from HB Ludwigsburg)'' * Ingvild Bakkerud (LB) ''(from

Ikast Håndbold Ikast Håndbold is a Danish professional 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 ...

)'' * Markéta Jeřábková (CB) ''(from

)'' *

Tina Abdulla Tina Abdulla (born 20 September 1997) is a Norwegian handball player for Storhamar HE. Abdulla represented Norway at the 2015 Women's U-19 European Handball Championship in Spain, placing 6th. Her last name is often misspelled as ''Abdula'' o ...

(RW) ''(from

Storhamar HE Storhamar Håndball Elite is the professional women's handball team of the Norwegian multi-sports club Storhamar IL based in Hamar. The team plays in REMA 1000-ligaen, the top division in the country, since its promotion in 2016. They competed i ...

)'' ; Leaving * Ole Gustav Gjekstad (Head coach) ''(to Norwegian national team)'' * Katrine Lunde (GK) * Helena Elver (CB) ''(to

)'' *

(RW) ''(to

)''

Technical staff

* Head coach: Ole Gustav Gjekstad * Assistant coach: Mark Standgaard Marcher * Goalkeeping coach: Ole Erevik * Goalkeeping coach: Gitte Sunesen * Team Leader: Trine Trampedach * Team Leader: Lilian Maag * Physiotherapist: Anja David Greve * Physiotherapist: Berit Duus * Physiotherapist: Maj Tornøe Johansen * Sporting Director: Trine Nielsen

Previous squads

Notable former players

* Kamilla Larsen (2009–2022) * Freja Cohrt (2017–2023) *

Stine Jørgensen Stine Østergaard Jørgensen (born 3 September 1990) is a Danish handball player for København Håndbold. She was the team captain of the national team and participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil. In May 2020, she ...

(2017–2020) * Line Jørgensen (2009–2010) * Nadia Offendal (2013–2020) * Trine Østergaard (2017–2020) * Kathrine Heindahl (2017–2020) *

Rikke Iversen Rikke Iversen (born 18 May 1993) is a Danish handball player for Team Esbjerg and the Denmark women's national handball team, Danish national team. She is the sister of Sarah Iversen who plays for Ikast Håndbold. She started playing handball ...

(2020–2023) * Helena Elver (2020–2025) * Pernille Holmsgaard (2009–2011) * Cecilie Greve (2010–2015) * Trine Jensen (2011–2013) * Mette Tranborg (2017–2020) * Anne Mette Pedersen (2019–2020) * Sarah Iversen (2012–2016) * Ditte Vind (2013–2016) * Line Haugsted (2015–2016) * Susan Thorsgaard (2016–2019) * Susanne Madsen (2011–2013) (2016–2020) * Sara Hald (2018–2021) * Trine Pedersen (2021–2023) * Anne Cecilie de la Cour (2020–2021) * Marianne Bonde (2017) * Nycke Groot (2019–2021, 2022) * Tess Wester (2018–2021) *

Lois Abbingh Lois Abbingh (born 13 August 1992) is a Dutch handball player who plays for Borussia Dortmund Handball and the Dutch national team. She was a part the Netherlands team that won the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship; the first title in t ...

(2020–2023) * Jasmina Janković (2008–2009) * Pearl van der Wissel (2012–2018) * Dione Housheer (2021–2024) * Bo van Wetering (2021–2024) * Larissa Nüsser (2021–2024) * Kelly Vollebregt (2021–2023) *

Ingrid Ødegård Ingrid Ødegård (born 1 March 1983, in Trondheim) is a former Norway, Norwegian team handball, handball goalkeeper, who last played for Byåsen HE. Club career Ingrid Ødegård started her professional career in Sola HK, Stavanger. After thre ...

(2012–2013) * Siri Seglem (2013–2015) * Maja Jakobsen (2015–2019) *

(2023–2025) * Emily Stang Sando (2017–2018) * Ingvild Bakkerud (2018–2020) * Malene Aambakk (2020–2022) *

Tonje Løseth Tonje Løseth (born 1 January 1991) is a Norwegian handball player for København Håndbold. In 2015 she signed to play for Tus Metzingen. Achievements *Danish Cup: **''Gold'': 2019 * French Women's First League Championship: **''Gold:'' 202 ...

(2022–2024) * Jessica Helleberg (2013–2015) * Maria Adler (2013–2017) * Tina Flognman (2009–2010) * Gabriella Kain (2008–2010) * Nathalie Hagman (2019–2020) * Angelica Wallén (2020–2021) * Martina Thörn (2021–2023) * Jéssica Quintino (2016–2021) * Chana Masson (2015–2017) *

Deonise Fachinello Deonise Fachinello (born 20 June 1983) is a former Brazilian handball player. She was a part of the Brazilian national team. In 2013 she won the World Championship; the first time ever for Brazil and South America. Career As a youth played Fach ...

(2016–2017) *

Ayaka Ikehara Ayaka Ikehara (born 24 September 1990) is a Japanese handball player for Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub and the Japanese national team. Achievements * Danish League: **''Gold Medalist'': 2021, 2022 * Carpathian Trophy: **''Bronze Medalist'': ...

(2020–2023) * Oksana Kiseleva (2016–2017) * Elisabeth Pinedo (2010–2011)

Statistics

Top scorers in the EHF Champions League

:''Last updated on 1 June 2025''

European record

Champions League

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. Previo ...

Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The competition's official name was originally the European Cup Winners' Cup; it was renamed the UEFA Cup Winne ...

Kit manufacturers

* Puma (−2017) *

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(2017–2019) * Craft Sportswear (2019–)

References

External links

GOG får ønsket dispensation (Dansk Håndboldforbund)

{{Danish Woman's Handball League teamlist Women's handball clubs in Denmark Sport in Odense 2009 establishments in Denmark Handball clubs established in 2009