Aarhus Håndbold was a

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club from

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, Denmark. The club was founded in 2001 originally under the name Århus GF, as an extension of the traditional Aarhus clubs AGF,

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, VRI and Århus KFUM/YMCA / Hasle. AGF chose in 2010 to withdraw from the superstructure, and the club was renamed from AGF Håndbold to Aarhus Håndbold. The home arena of Aarhus Håndbold was

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. The club struggled in the last year of its existence with economic problems and in April 2021 the club was declared bankrupt. In connection with this all the players from Aarhus Håndbold were released and Århus Håndbold merged with the neighbors from Skanderborg Håndbold under the name

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. In June 2023 AGF re-entered the project and bought 50% of the shares in the club, and the club was renamed Skanderborg AGF Håndbold. In 2013 they won the

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Seasons

European Handball

EHF Champions League

EHF Cup

Cup Winners Cup

Notable former players

* Robert Gunnarsson * Kasper Søndergaard * Kasper Irming Andersen *

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* Dmitry Kuzelev

Notable former coaches

* Erik Veje Rasmussen

References

External links

Official website
Defunct handball clubs in Denmark Sport in Aarhus Handball clubs established in 2001 2001 establishments in Denmark Handball clubs disestablished in 2021 2021 disestablishments in Denmark {{Handball-club-stub