GOG is a professional

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club based in the small town of

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. 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 record 12 times. Currently GOG competes in the men's

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. GOG is famous for their academy, which is one of the best in the world.

History

GOG

The club was founded on 1 May 1973 as a result of a

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between Gudbjerg, Oure, and

Gudme Gudme is a town in central Denmark with a population of 925 (1 January 2024),BY3: popul ...

. In 1975 the club won the Danish junior championship for the first time. GOG's men's team got promoted to the best league in

in 1987 and won its first Danish Handball Championship in 1992. The women's team got promoted to the top division for the first time in 1985. In 1990 the clubs becomes fully professional. During the 1990's GOG was a dominant force in Danish handball, including winning four championships in a row.

GOG Svendborg TGI

In 2005, GOG and Svendborg TGI merged their first teams. The club won the Danish championship for men in 2006/2007. In 2009 the women's team was separated from GOG and became HC Odense. On 26 January 2010, GOG Svendborg TGI was declared bankrupt and relegated to the 2nd Division.

GOG 2010

In March 2010, the club was reformed as GOG 2010 A/S, with Kasper Jørgensen as new CEO and Hemming Van as chairman of the board. The ambition was to have the club back in the top division within three years. The first season after the forced relegation, the 2010–11 season, the club was promoted to

Danish 1st Division The 1st Division (''1. Division'') is the second-highest football league in Denmark, also known as NordicBet Liga for sponsorship reasons. From 1945 to 1991, the 1. Division was the name of the highest level of football in Denmark. With the for ...

. In the 2012/2013 season, GOG managed to win the 1st division and was promoted back to the men's

Danish Men's 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 the 2021-22 season GOG won the Danish league once again.

Honours

: 9 **: 1992, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2022, 2023 **: 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 2001, 2006, 2008, 2019, 2020 * Danish Handball Cup: 12 (record) **: 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2019, 2022, 2023 **: 1993, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2021 *

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: 1 **: 2023 **: 2019, 2020, 2022 *

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 ...

**: 1995 *

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: Winners (3): 1991–92, 1994–95, 1995–96 * Danish Super Cup Men's Tournament **: 2023

Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2024–25 season'' ;Goalkeeper * 1 Frederik Møller Wolff * 12 Peter Johannesson * 64 Salah Boutaf ;Left Wingers * 23 Joachim Lyng Als * 43 Emil La Cour * 71 Alexander Blonz ;Right Wingers * 19 Oskar Vind Rasmussen * 21 Kasper Emil Kildelund ;Pivots * 4 Kasper Teglgaard Pedersen * 9 Henrik Jakobsen * 13 Andreas Johann Nielsen * 66 Anton Lindskog ;Left Backs * 3 Nicolai Nygaard Pedersen * 8 Frederik Tilsted * 28 Emil Tonnesen ;Centre Backs * 10 Frederik Emil Pedersen * 15 Tobias Grøndahl ;Right Backs * 7 Lasse Vilhelmsen * 29 Hjalte Lykke * 37 Linus Persson

Technical staff

* Head Coach: Kasper Christensen * Assistant Coach: Rasmus Bertelsen * Team Leader: Bent Møller

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2025–26 season'' ;Joining * Frederik Bjerre (LW) (from

TTH 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 a ...

) * William Dalby (LW) (promotion from youth) * Lasse Balstad (LB) (from

Fredericia HK Fredericia HK is a team handball, handball club from Fredericia, Denmark. Currently, Fredericia HK competes in the men's Danish Handball League. The home arena of the team is Fredericia Idrætscenter, thansen.dk Arena. The club was founded in 19 ...

) * Óli Mittún (LB) (from

IK Sävehof Idrottsklubben Sävehof better known as IK Sävehof is a Sweden, Swedish professional handball club located in Partille Municipality, Partille. Their home matches are played at the Partille Arena which has a capacity of 4,000. Women's team The ...

) ;Leaving * Frederik Møller Wolff (GK) (on loan to

) * Alexander Blonz (LW) (to

Aalborg Håndbold Aalborg Handball () is a professional handball club from Aalborg, Denmark that competes in the Danish Handball League. Aalborg Håndbold play their home games in the Gigantium arena in Aalborg – known as Jutlander Bank Arena for sponsorship rea ...

) * Joachim Lyng Als (LW) (to

) * Emil La Cour (LW) (to

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) * Frederik Tilsted (LB) (to

) * Tobias Grøndahl (CB) (to Füchse Berlin) * Linus Persson (RB) (to

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)

European Handball

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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 *

Mikkel Hansen Mikkel Hansen (born 22 October 1987) is a Danish former professional handball player. Widely regarded as the greatest handball player of all timeHansen has won the IHF World Player of the Year a record-tying three times. He played as a left bac ...

* Lasse Svan Hansen * Anders Eggert * Joachim Boldsen *

Nikolaj Jacobsen Nikolaj Bredahl Jacobsen (born 22 November 1971) is a Danish professional handball coach and former handball wing player and currently the coach of the Denmark men's national handball team, Danish national team. He was named World Coach of the Y ...

Søren Stryger Søren Stryger (born 7 February 1975) is a retired Danish team handball player. He lastly played for the German club SG Flensburg-Handewitt. He has played on the national team at European and World championships and won several medals with the ...

Kevin Møller Kevin Kam Møller (born 20 June 1989) is a Danish handball player for SG Flensburg-Handewitt and for the Danish national team. Career Møller started playing handball at Tinglev IF. He later joined the youth team of GOG Svendborg TGI, where he ...

* Bent Møller * Søren Haagen * Thomas Mogensen *

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 ...

* Kasper Nielsen * Torsten Laen * Peter Henriksen * Klavs Bruun Jørgensen * Henrik Gerster * Lasse Møller * Simon Pytlick * Mathias Gidsel *

Emil Jakobsen Emil Jakobsen (born 24 January 1998) is a Danish handball player for the German club SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the Danish national team. He joined his current club, Flensburg-Handewitt in 2021 on a three-year contract. In 2022 he announced tha ...

* Magnus Jernemyr * Fredrik Petersen *

Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson Ásgeir Örn Hallgrimsson (born 17 February 1984) is an Icelandic former handball player. After starting his career with Haukar, he went on to play several seasons professionally around Europe, including with GOG and TBV Lemgo. He announced h ...

* Snorri Guðjónsson * Jakob Larsen * Espen Christensen * Ole Erevik (2017–2018) Women * Rikke Hørlykke * Ditte Andersen * Lene Lund Høy Karlsen * Mette Sjøberg * Malene Dalgaard * Gitte Brøgger Led * Trine Jensen * Gitte Sunesen * Line Jørgensen * Winnie Mølgaard * Mette Iversen Sahlholdt * Maibritt Kviesgaard * Inna Suslina * Anna Kareeva * Pearl van der Wissel * Monique Feijen * Joyce Hilster * Ana Razdorov * Birgit van Os * Olga Assink * Elly an de Boer * Saskia Mulder *

Natasja Burgers Natasja is a given name, and may refer to: *Natasja Andreasen (born 2000), Danish handball player *Natasja Crone Back, Danish journalist *Natasja Saad (1974–2007), Danish rapper, deejay, and singer * Natasja Panina, birth name of Ukrainian ballro ...

* Anette Hovind Johansen * Ragnhild Aamodt * Marianne Rokne * Aiko Hayafune * Krisztina Nagy * Tina Flognman * Sara Kristina Andersson * Sabrina Porini * Soka Smitran

Notable former coaches

Jan Pytlick Jan Pytlick (born 5 June 1967) is a Danish handball coach, and trains Saudi Arabia national team. He was head coach for the Danish women's national handball team from 1998 to 2006, and again from 2007 to 2014. Pytlick has led the women's nation ...

* Guðmundur Guðmundsson * Ulf Schefvert * Nicolej Krickau

External links

References

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