Odense Håndbold (in its first season: Odense GOG and after that Handball Club Odense) 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 ...

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 ...

team, that plays 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. It was created in August 2009 and took over GOG Svendborg TGI's license for the league, which was published in a press meeting August 27, 2009 in Odense Idrætshal. They changed their name to Odense Håndbold (Odense Handball) before the beginning of the 2016/2017 season. The team's home court is

Sydbank Arena Sydbank Arena (formerly known as Kolding Hallerne and Tre-For Arena) is an indoor sports arena in Kolding, Denmark primarily used for handball. The arena has a capacity of 5,001 spectators and is home to Danish Handball League team KIF Kolding, o ...

in the city of

Odense Odense ( , , ) is the third largest city in Denmark (behind Copenhagen and Aarhus) and the largest city on the island of Funen. As of 1 January 2022, the city proper had a population of 180,863 while Odense Municipality had a population of 20 ...

and they play in orange shirts and black shorts. They are currently competing in the

2022–23 Women's EHF Champions League The 2022–23 Women's EHF Champions League is the 30th edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament, running from September 2022 to 4 June 2023. Format The tournament will run using the same format as the previous two seasons. The competit ...

Kits

Achievements

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

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**''Runners-up'':

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**''Third place'':

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

, 2022

Stadium

*Name:

*City:

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

Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2022–23 season'' ;Goalkeepers * 1

Martina Thörn Martina Thörn (born 21 February 1991) is a Swedish handball player for Odense Håndbold and the Swedish national team. She represented Sweden at the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship The 2019 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, t ...

* 16

Althea Reinhardt Althea Rebecca Reinhardt (born 1 September 1996) is a Danish handball player for Odense Håndbold and the Danish national team. She signed for Odense in 2016, after starting the career at Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub Nykøbing Falster Hån ...

* 17 Freja Fagerberg ;Wingers ;LW * 6 Freja Cohrt * 7 Bo van Wetering ;RW * 21

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'': 20 ...

* 31

Kelly Vollebregt Kelly Vollebregt (born 1 January 1995) is a Dutch female handballer who plays for Neptunes de Nantes and the Dutch national team. International honours *EHF Cup The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organi ...

;Line players * 3

Maren Nyland Aardahl Maren Nyland Aardahl (born 2 March 1994) is a Norwegian female handball player who plays for Odense Håndbold and the Norwegian national team. Aardahl started her career as a back, but retrained as a pivot. She also has medals from competing ...

* 11

Rikke Iversen Rikke Iversen (born 18 May 1993) is a Danish handball player for Team Esbjerg and the Danish national team. She is the sister of Sarah Iversen who plays for Ikast Håndbold. She started playing handball at Virum-Sorgenfri Håndbold, and has ...

* 64 Sidsel Mejlvang ;Back players ;LB * 8

Lois Abbingh Lois Abbingh (born 13 August 1992) is a Dutch female professional handballer who plays as a left back for Odense Håndbold and the Dutch national team. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Career In 2011, she was a key player of the Dutc ...

* 25

Tonje Løseth Tonje Løseth (born 1 January 1991) is a Norwegian handball player. She plays for the club Brest Bretagne Handball. Achievements *Danish Cup: **''Gold'': 2019 * French Women's First League Championship: **''Gold:'' 2021 * French Women's Cup Ch ...

* 32

Mie Højlund Mie Enggrob Højlund (born 24 October 1997) is a Danish handball player for Odense Håndbold and the Danish national team. Højlund can play both right back and left back, but has said publicly, that she prefers the left back position. Club Care ...

;CB * 5

Trine Pedersen Trine Dalgaard Fomsgaard Pedersen (born 3 May 1993) is a Danish handball player who plays as centre back for Danish club Odense Håndbold in the Bambusa Kvindeligaen. She has previously played for Silkeborg-Voel KFUM, Skanderborg Håndbold and T ...

* 9

Larissa Nusser Larissa (; el, Λάρισα, , ) is the capital and largest city of the Thessaly region in Greece. It is the fifth-most populous city in Greece with a population of 144,651 according to the 2011 census. It is also capital of the Larissa regiona ...

* 68 Helena Elver * 90

Mia Rej Mia Rej (born 2 February 1990) is a Danish handball player for Odense Håndbold Odense Håndbold (in its first season: Odense GOG and after that Handball Club Odense) is a Danish women's handball team, that plays in Damehåndboldligaen, Denma ...

;RB * 48

Dione Housheer Dione Housheer (born 26 September 1999) is a Dutch female handballer for Odense Håndbold and the Dutch national team. She represented the Netherlands at the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship. Achievements *Eredivisie: **''Winner'': 2017 ...

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2023–24 season'' ; Joining * Ole Gustav Gjekstad (Head coach) (from

Vipers Kristiansand Vipers Kristiansand is a handball club from Kristiansand, Norway. They currently compete in REMA 1000-ligaen, the top division in the country, since its promotion in 2001. They claimed there first Norwegian Championship in 2018, defeating 18 tim ...

) *

Yara ten Holte Yara ten Holte (born 23 November 1999) is a Dutch handball player for Borussia Dortmund Handball and the Dutch national team. She represented Netherlands at the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship in Spain. In December 2022, she signed a ...

(GK) (from

Borussia Dortmund Handball Borussia Dortmund (''Ballspielverein Borussia 1909 e.V. Dortmund'', ''BVB'', ''BVB 09'') is a German women's handball team from Dortmund. They compete in the Handball-Bundesliga Frauen since 2015–2016 season, the top division in Germany. They ...

) * Elma Halilcevic (LW) (from

Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub (Nykøbing Falster Handball Club) is a Danish handball club from Nykøbing Falster. In the 2021–22 season, it played in the Danish Women's Handball League. They have a local rivalry with fellow Zealand team Kø ...

) *

Malin Aune Malin Larsen Aune (born 4 March 1995) is a Norwegian handball player for CSM București and the Norwegian national team. She also represented Norway in the 2013 Women's Junior European Handball Championship, placing 4th, and in the 2014 Wome ...

(RW) (from

CSM București Clubul Sportiv Municipal București, commonly known as CSM București is a Romanian professional Sports club, multi-sports club based in Bucharest. Departments Active branches: *Sport of athletics, Athletics *Basketball *Dancesport *Handball *Jud ...

) * Andrea Hansen (RW) (from

København Håndbold København Håndbold (''Copenhagen Handball'') is a Danish women's handball club from Copenhagen, Denmark. It was established in the spring 2013. It took over the league licence from Frederiksberg IF and is playing in the Danish Women's Handball ...

) * Nikita van der Vliet (P) (from

) *

Ragnhild Valle Dahl Ragnhild Valle Dahl (born 2 January 1998) is a Norwegian female handballer who plays for Vipers Kristiansand and the Norwegian national team. She also represented Norway in the 2017 Women's Junior European Handball Championship, placing 7th, a ...

(LB) (from

) ; Leaving * Ulrik Kirkely (Head coach) (to Győri Audi ETO KC) *

(GK) * Freja Cohrt (LW) *

(LB) (to

) *

(RW) *

(RW) (to

Neptunes de Nantes Neptunes de Nantes (previously Nantes Atlantique Handball) is the name of a France, French professional handball club from Nantes. This team currently competes in the French Women's Handball First League from 2013. Honours *Women's EHF Europe ...

) *

(P) (to

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 specta ...

)

Technical staff

* Head coach: Ulrik Kirkely * Assistant coach: Kristian Danielsen * Goalkeeping coach: Frederik Skou Hansen * Goalkeeping coach:

Gitte Sunesen Gitte Sunesen (born 11 December 1971) is a former Danish team handball player, Olympic champion and World champion. She received a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital ...

* Team Leader: Trine Trampedach * Team Leader: Lilian Maag * Physiotherapist: Anja David Greve * Physiotherapist: Berit Duus * Physiotherapist: Maj Tornøe Johansen * Sports 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 Nadia Offendal (born 22 October 1994) is a Danish handball player for french league club Chambray Touraine Handball and the Danish national team. She participated at the 2018 European Women's Handball Championship. Achievements *Damehåndbold ...

(2013–2020) *

Trine Østergaard Trine Østergaard Jensen (born 17 October 1991) is a Danish handball player for CSM București and the Danish national team. She represented Denmark at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship, at the 2014 European Women's Handball Champion ...

(2017–2020) *

Kathrine Heindahl Kathrine Brothmann Heindahl (born 26 March 1992) is a Danish handball player for Team Esbjerg and the Danish national team. She made her debut on the Danish national team on 24 September 2010, against Turkey. On 10 February 2020, it was announ ...

(2017–2020) *

(2020–2023) * Pernille Holmsgaard (2009–2011) *

Cecilie Greve Cecilie Greve (born 19 January 1992) is a Danish handball player for Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub and the Danish national team. She has won the Danish cup twice, once with Randers HK Randers HK was a women's handball club based in Randers ...

(2010–2015) *

Trine Jensen Trine Skovgaard Nielsen (born 16 October 1980) is a former Danish team handball player, Olympic champion and recently sports commentator for TV 2 Denmark. She won a gold medal with the Danish national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens ...

(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 Sara Trier Hald (born 4 June 1996) is a Danish handball player who plays for Odense Håndbold. International honours * EHF Cup Winners' Cup: **''Winner'': 2016 *EHF Cup: **''Winner'': 2015 Individual awards * All-Star Line Player of the E ...

(2018–2021) * Anne Cecilie de la Cour (2020–2021) *

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 ...

(2017) * Jessica Helleberg (2013–2015) * Maria Adler (2013–2017) * Tina Flognman (2009–2010) * Gabriella Kain (2008–2010) *

Nathalie Hagman Nathalie Mari Hagman (born 19 July 1991) is a Swedish handball player for SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea and the Swedish national handball team. She played her first match for Sweden in 2009 at the age of 17. To date, Hagman is still the youngest ever d ...

(2019–2020) *

Angelica Wallén Angelica Wallén (born 11 April 1986) is a former Swedish handball player for the Swedish women's national handball team. At the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship she reached the final and won a silver medal with the Swedish team. S ...

(2020–2021) *

(2021–2023) * Ingrid Ødegård (2012–2013) *

Siri Seglem Siri Seglem (born 30 March 1983) is a Norwegian handball player. She is currently team leader for EH Aalborg in the Damehåndboldligaen The Danish Women's Handball League ( da, Damehåndboldligaen) is the top professional league for Danish wome ...

(2013–2015) *

Maja Jakobsen Maja Jakobsen (born 28 March 1990) is a Norwegian handball player. She currently plays for Storhamar HE Storhamar Håndball Elite is the women's handball team of the Norwegian multi-sports club Storhamar IL based in Hamar. The team plays in Elit ...

(2015–2019) * Emily Stang Sando (2017–2018) * Ingvild Bakkerud (2018–2020) * Malene Aambakk (2020–2022) * Nycke Groot (2019–2021, 2022) *

Tess Wester Tess Lieder (''née'' Wester, born 19 May 1993) is a Dutch handballer who plays as goalkeeper for the Dutch national team. A full international with the Dutch national team since 2012, she won the silver medal in the 2015 World Women's Handball ...

(2018–2021) *

(2020–2023) * Jasmina Janković (2008–2009) *

Pearl van der Wissel Pearl van der Wissel (born 14 April 1984) is a former Dutch 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 goalkee ...

(2012–2018) *

(2021–2023) * Jéssica Quintino (2016–2021) *

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 ...

(2015–2017) *

Deonise Fachinello Deonise Fachinello (born 20 June 1983) is a former Brazilian handball player. She was a part of the Brazil women's national handball team, Brazilian national team. Achievements *Liga Națională (women's handball), Romanian National League: **''W ...

(2016–2017) *

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

Statistics

Top scorers in the EHF Champions League

:''Last updated on 12 February 2023''

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. Previ ...

Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tournam ...

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 Danish handball clubs