Fana Håndball is the women's handball team of the Norwegian multi-sports club

Fana IL Fana Idrettslag is the biggest multi-sport club in Fana, Bergen, Norway. It has several branches, of which football is the largest. Fana IL was founded on 3 March in 1920 at Stend in Bergen. The different sports There are a broad scale of acti ...

based in

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. The team plays in REMA 1000-ligaen, the top division in the country, since its historical promotion on 14 March 2018. Another historic event happened on 10 December 2022, when they qualified for the

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, for the first time in the club's history.

Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2024–25 season'' ;Goalkeepers * 1 Benedikte Kalstad Hernes * 1 Maylee Xu * 12 Dina Frisendal * 16 Synna Lien ;Right wing: * 4 Linnea Skadal Kyrkjeeide * 23 Sara Osen Tefre ;Left wing: * 5 Maren Eriksen Langø * 8 Lise Låstad * 24 Andrea Varvin Fredriksen ;Line players * 3 Maria Elisabeth Grasdal * 11 Anna Mortvedt * 14 Eline Mangen Solbakken ;Left back * 18 Marit Ova Bøyum * 20 Martine Kårigstad Andersen * 25 Marie Mjøs ;Centre back * 2 Marte Haaland * 6 Lina Waage Mossestad * 19 Eline Osland * 33 Christine Karlsen Alver ;Right back * 10 Frida Aasekjær Wilkensen * 21 Mille Constance Brekken Daae

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2025–26 season'' ;Joining * Marie Davidsen (GK) (from

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) * Haya Elhanafi (GK) (from Bjørnar Håndball) * Aurora Kjellevold Hatle (CB) (from

Byåsen HE Byåsen Håndball Elite is the women's handball team of the Norwegian multi-sports club Byåsen IL based in Trondheim. The team plays in REMA 1000-ligaen, the top division in the country, since its promotion in 1982. The team's first success c ...

) * Fride Heggdal Stølen (P) (from

) ;Leaving * Dina Frisendal (GK) (to

Larvik HK Larvik Håndballklubb, is a professional women's handball club from Larvik, Norway. The club has won 36 titles total in both the Eliteserien (women's handball), Norwegian League and the Norwegian Women's Handball Cup, Norwegian Cup, and won the ...

) * Synna Lien (GK) (retires)

Technical staff

* Head coach: Vidar Gjesdal * Assistant coach: Marius Beck

Notable former national team players

Emilie Hovden Emilie Hovden (born 5 April 1996) is a Norwegian handball player for Győri ETO KC and the Norwegian national team. She also represented Norway at the 2015 Women's Under-19 European Handball Championship, placing 6th and at the 2013 Youth Eur ...

Olivia Lykke Nygaard Olivia Lykke Nygaard (born 14 September 2001) is a Norwegian handball player for Storhamar HE and the Norwegian national team. She was part of the Norwegian squad for the 2019 Women's U-19 European Handball Championship, where she received a ...

Oda Mastad Oda Cathrine Lunne Mastad (born 1 January 1997) is a Norwegian handball player, who plays for Storhamar Håndball Elite and the Norwegian national team. On 2 March 2023, Mastad made her debut on the national team. Achievements * Norwegian Le ...

Sara Berg Sara Berg (born 9 September 2001) is a Norwegian handball player for Larvik HK Larvik Håndballklubb, is a professional women's handball club from Larvik, Norway. The club has won 36 titles total in both the Eliteserien (women's handball), No ...

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Notable former club players

* Josefine Gundersen Lien * Maren Roll Lied * Thea Stankiewicz * Catharina Skorpen Furnes * Synna Lien *

Sofie Grønlund Sofie Ege Grønlund (born 3 April 1999) is a Norwegian retired handball player who last played for Storhamar HE. She also represented Norway in the 2017 Women's Junior European Handball Championship, placing 7th, and in the 2016 Women's Youth ...

* Sofie Vinde Norum * Candy Jabateh * Aurora Kjellevold Hatle * Andrea Solstad * Dina Frisendal

Individual awards in REMA 1000-ligaen

Statistics

Top scorers in REMA 1000-ligaen

:''(All-Time) – Last updated on 23 April 2023''

Top scorers in
EHF European League 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 ...

:''(All-Time) – Last updated on 18 February 2023''

European record

References

{{REMA 1000-ligaen Women's handball clubs in Norway Sport in Bergen Handball clubs established in 1945 1945 establishments in Norway