Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Håndbold is a
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 ...
club, based in the two
Danish cities of
Bjerringbro
Bjerringbro is a railway town located at the Langå-Struer Line, railway line between Viborg, Denmark, Viborg and Randers and lying on both sides of the Gudenå (''River Guden''). Until 1 January 2007 it was the municipal seat of the former Bjerr ...
and
Silkeborg
Silkeborg () is a Denmark, Danish town with a population of 52,571 (1 January 2025).[Danish Handball League
The Herreligaen (men's league), formerly known as Herrehåndboldligaen (men's handball league), is the men's top Danish professional handball league. The winners of the Herreligaen are recognised as the Danish men's handball champions. The curr ...]
. The home arena of the team is
JYSK Arena.
The official fan club is called BSH Support. The fan club has previously been known as BSV Support and Black Eagles.
History
The club was founded in 2005, when
Bjerringbro FH and
Silkeborg-Voel KFUM
Silkeborg-Voel KFUM is a Danish handball club from Silkeborg and Voel. In the season 2023-2024 it plays in the Danish Women's Handball League. The team alternates between playing home matches in Jysk Arena in Silkeborg and Voelhallen in Voel
...
merged their first teams to create the new club. The mother club Bjerringbro FH won the silver medal of the
Danish Handball League
The Herreligaen (men's league), formerly known as Herrehåndboldligaen (men's handball league), is the men's top Danish professional handball league. The winners of the Herreligaen are recognised as the Danish men's handball champions. The curr ...
in 2002. Silkeborg-Voel KFUM and Bjerringbro FH has continued to compete separately with their respective women's teams.
In
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
the club won their first Danish championship, beating
Team Tvis Holstebro
TTH Holstebro is a men's handball club from Holstebro, Denmark. The team is playing in the Danish Primo Tours Ligaen and play their home matches in Gråkjær Arena.
History
The club was founded on 1 May 2000, when Holstebro Håndbold 90 ...
in the final. The same year they also won the
Danish Super Cup The Danish Super Cup was played for by the Football in Denmark, Danish Danish Superliga, League champions and the Danish Cup, Danish Cup Winners.
Winners
Titles by club
References
Defunct football cup competitions in Denmark, ...
.
Results
*
Danish Handball League
The Herreligaen (men's league), formerly known as Herrehåndboldligaen (men's handball league), is the men's top Danish professional handball league. The winners of the Herreligaen are recognised as the Danish men's handball champions. The curr ...
:
**:
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
**:
2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
,
2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
,
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 ...
,
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 ...
**:
2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
,
2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
* International Year of Light
* International Year of Soil __TOC__
Events
January
* January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
,
2017
2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly.
Events January
* January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
,
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 ...
*
Danish Super Cup The Danish Super Cup was played for by the Football in Denmark, Danish Danish Superliga, League champions and the Danish Cup, Danish Cup Winners.
Winners
Titles by club
References
Defunct football cup competitions in Denmark, ...
**: 2016
Kits
Team
Current squad
:''Squad for the 2024–25 season''
;Goalkeeper
* 1 Mikkel Løvkvist
* 12 Kasper Larsen
;Wingers
;LW
* 17 August Fridén
* 23 Mads Emil Lenbroch
;RW
* 3 Victor Ilsøe
* 4 Patrick Boldsen
;Pivot
* 2
Benjamin Jakobsen
Benjamin Jakobsen (born 9 September 1991) is a Danish handball player for Sporting CP and the Danish national team.
He represented Denmark at the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship
The 2021 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 27 ...
* 14
Alexander Lynggaard
* 19
René Toft Hansen
René Toft Hansen (born 1 November 1984) is a Danish professional handballer for Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Håndbold and the Denmark men's national handball team, Denmark national team. He is the oldest of 5 siblings, all of which are handball player ...
* 22
Anders Zachariassen
;Back players
;LB
* 32
Nikolaj Læsø
* 97 Magnus Rahbek Sand
;CB
* 9 Guðmundur Bragi Ástþórsson
* 11
Rasmus Lauge
Rasmus Lauge Schmidt (born 20 June 1991) is a Danish handball player for Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Håndbold and the Danish national team.
He made his debut for Denmark's handball team in 2010, and with them has won World and European Championship ...
* 34
Morten Olsen
Morten Per Olsen (; born 14 August 1949) is a Danish former Association football, football manager and former player. He was the head coach of the Denmark national football team, Denmark national team for 15 years from 2000 until 2015, guiding ...
;RB
* 7
Nikolaj Øris Nielsen
Nikolaj Øris Nielsen (born 26 March 1986) is a Danish handballer for Bjerringbro-Silkeborg and the Denmark men's national handball team, Danish national team.
He has played his entire career for BSV except a single loan year, where he played fo ...
(
c)
* 13 Lasse Sunde Lid
* 21 Gustav Bundgaard
* 26
Peter Balling
Technical staff
* Head Coach: Simon Sørensen
* Assistant Coach:
Erik Veje Rasmussen
Erik Veje Rasmussen (born 9 April 1959) is a former Danish handball player and handball coach who competed in the 1982 World Men's Handball Championship and 1984 Summer Olympics. In addition to Handball he is also an author and inventor of sports ...
Transfers
:''Transfers for the 2025–26 season''
; Joining
*
Mathias Albrektsen (Assistant Coach) (from
Skive fH)
* Marko Roganovic (GK) (from
Eskilstuna Guif)
* Mads Svane Knudsen (CB) (from
Mors-Thy Håndbold
Mors-Thy Håndbold is a handball club, based in Nykøbing Mors and Thisted, Denmark. Currently, Mors-Thy Håndbold competes in the men's Danish Handball League. The home arena of the team is Sparekassen Thy Arena and Thyhallen in Thisted.
It ...
)
* Rasmus Lyngsø (RW) (promotion from youth)
* Thor Christensen (P) (from
Skanderborg AGF Håndbold)
; Leaving
*
Erik Veje Rasmussen
Erik Veje Rasmussen (born 9 April 1959) is a former Danish handball player and handball coach who competed in the 1982 World Men's Handball Championship and 1984 Summer Olympics. In addition to Handball he is also an author and inventor of sports ...
(Assistant Coach)
* Mikkel Løvkvist (GK) (to
Paris Saint-Germain Handball
Paris Saint-Germain Handball (PSG) is a French professional handball club founded in 1941, and based in the city of Paris in France. The club is the handball department of Paris Saint-Germain FC, Paris Saint-Germain.
PSG play in the highest ...
)
*
Morten Olsen
Morten Per Olsen (; born 14 August 1949) is a Danish former Association football, football manager and former player. He was the head coach of the Denmark national football team, Denmark national team for 15 years from 2000 until 2015, guiding ...
(CB) (retires)
* Guðmundur Bragi Ástþórsson (CB) (to ?)
* Victor Ilsøe (RW) (to
Skive fH)
*
René Toft Hansen
René Toft Hansen (born 1 November 1984) is a Danish professional handballer for Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Håndbold and the Denmark men's national handball team, Denmark national team. He is the oldest of 5 siblings, all of which are handball player ...
(P) (retires)
*
Benjamin Jakobsen
Benjamin Jakobsen (born 9 September 1991) is a Danish handball player for Sporting CP and the Danish national team.
He represented Denmark at the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship
The 2021 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 27 ...
(P) (to ?)
European Handball
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 ...
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 ...
EHF Cup Winners' Cup
The EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for men's and women's handball clubs of Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocea ...
Notable former players
Men
*
Niklas Landin Jacobsen
Niklas Landin Jacobsen (born 19 December 1988) is a Danish handballer for Aalborg Håndbold.
He is European Champion with the Danish national team, after winning the 2012 Championship in Serbia, defeating the host nation in the final, 21–1 ...
*
Jannick Green
Jannick Green Krejberg (born 29 September 1988) is a Danish professional handball player for Paris Saint-Germain and the Danish national team.
Career
As a kid he played both football and handball, and chose to focus on handball at the age of 14 ...
*
Rasmus Lauge Schmidt
Rasmus Lauge Schmidt (born 20 June 1991) is a Danish handball player for Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Håndbold and the Danish national team.
He made his debut for Denmark's handball team in 2010, and with them has won World and European Championship ...
*
Henrik Toft Hansen
Henrik Toft Hansen (born 18 December 1986) is a Danish professional handball player for Mors-Thy Håndbold and the Danish national team.
Club career
Hansen started his career at Mors-Thy Håndbold, and later moved to Aalborg Håndbold.
In ...
*
Lars Krogh Jeppesen
*
Casper U. Mortensen
*
Morten Olsen
Morten Per Olsen (; born 14 August 1949) is a Danish former Association football, football manager and former player. He was the head coach of the Denmark national football team, Denmark national team for 15 years from 2000 until 2015, guiding ...
*
Sebastian Frandsen
*
Kasper Nielsen
*
Mads Christiansen
Mads Christiansen (born 3 May 1986) is a Danish former handballer. He is an Olympics champion from 2016 and a European champion from 2012. He is currently the head of youth development at Danish club Aarhus Håndbold.
Playing Career
In 2006 he ...
*
Sørenn Rasmussen
*
Jesper Nøddesbo
*
Mads Øris Nielsen
*
Klaus Thomsen
*
Michael V. Knudsen
*
Andy Schmid
*
Espen Lie Hansen
*
Kristian Kjelling
Kristian Cato Walby Kjelling (; born 8 September 1980) is a retired Norwegian handball player, who was part of the national team from 2001 to 2014. He last played for the Norwegian club Drammen HK. He is now their coach.
Career
Before re-joinin ...
*
Fredrik Petersen
*
Linus Persson
*
Sigvaldi Guðjónsson
*
Kári Kristjánsson
Kári Kristján Kristjánsson (born 28 October 1984) is an Icelandic handball player for ÍBV and the Icelandic national team.
He competed for the Icelandic national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics, official ...
*
Milutin Dragićević
* Aco Jonovski
*
Miha Žvižej
Miha Žvižej (born 6 November 1987) is a professional handball player from Slovenia. He is currently playing in Denmark for TTH Holstebro.
Recently, he represented Slovenia men's national handball team, Slovenia at the 2015 World Men's Handbal ...
*
Sebastian Skube
See also
*
Silkeborg-Voel KFUM
Silkeborg-Voel KFUM is a Danish handball club from Silkeborg and Voel. In the season 2023-2024 it plays in the Danish Women's Handball League. The team alternates between playing home matches in Jysk Arena in Silkeborg and Voelhallen in Voel
...
*
Bjerringbro FH
References
External links
*
*
{{Danish Men's Handball League teamlist
Handball clubs in Denmark
Sport in Silkeborg
Handball clubs established in 2005
2005 establishments in Denmark
Viborg Municipality