Holstebro Håndbold is a women's

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 in the

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 ...

from

Holstebro Holstebro is the main town in Holstebro Municipality, Denmark. The town, bisected by Storå, Denmark, ''Storåen'' ("The Large Creek") and has a population of 37,487 (1 January 2025).Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

. Their home matches are played in

Gråkjær Arena Gråkjær Arena is a sports center in Holstebro, Denmark. It has room for 3,250 spectators and is used primarily as home of the handball clubs Team Tvis Holstebro and Holstebro Håndbold. History On 10 November 2009 did the former mayor Arne Læ ...

History

Previously, the women's team was part of

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 ...

. TTH decided to split up the men's and women's section in each club, due to the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...

. HH90 took over the women's section and the men's stayed in

. The team overtook TTH's license and thus started in the top flight. The new club name Holstebro Håndbold, was announced on 14 April 2020. It was originally planned that the team should play their home matches at Idrætscenter Vest, but last minute the team decided to use

instead, as it had better facilities for spectators and sponsors. In the 2021-22 season they were relegated to the 1st Division after finishing last in the regular season.

Results

TTH Holstebro

Danish Women's Handball League The Kvindeligaen () 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 was previously called Bambusa Kvindeligaen ...

: **''Silver Medalist'': 2013 **''Bronze Medalist'':

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 ...

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 ...

Women's EHF Cup The Women's EHF European League is an annual competition for women's handball clubs of Europe. It is organized by the European Handball Federation, EHF. It is currently the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the ...

: 2 **''Winner'':

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

**''Silver Medalist'':

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 ...

Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup The Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for women's handball clubs of Europe that won their national cup, and took place every year from 1976 to 2016 (until 1993 organized by IHF instead of EHF). From the 2016–17 season, t ...

: 1 **''Winner'':

Kits

Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2024–25 season'' ;Goalkeepers * 1 Josefine Mahler * 12 Natasha Schibler ;Wingers ;LW * 19 Julie Bjerregaard * 21 Nathalie Rasmussen ;RW * 6 Mia Lægsgaard Degn * 29 Julie Højberg Rasmussen ;Line players * 3 Nanna Løvig Rasmussen * 11 Mathilde Dalum Hansen * 23 Emma Skipper ;Back players ;LB * 7 Cecilia Hovgaard * 9 Mathilde Høy Troelsen * 77 Leonora Demaj ;CB * 5 Tea Thomassen Hein * 13 Sofie Schelde-Rasmussen ;RB * 8 Cecilie Specht * 10 Mathilde Hylleberg (pregnant)

Technical staff

* Head coach: Kasper Andersen * Assistant / Goalkeeper coach Sara Kececi * Physiotherapist: Ole Aggerholm * Physiotherapist: Simon Bredvig * Team Leader: Lotte Myre * Team Leader: Dorthe Pilgaard

Transfers

:''Transfers for the season 2025-26'' ;Joining * Josefine Kaae Larsen (LW) (from

Skanderborg Håndbold Skanderborg Håndbold, previously known as Vrold-Skanderborg Håndboldklub is a women's handball club based in Skanderborg in Jutland, Denmark. The club has over 650 members, which makes it one of the biggest handball clubs in Denmark and the ...

) * Mille Lebech (LW) (from

Youth) * Nicoline Sax (CB) (from

Aarhus Håndbold Aarhus Håndbold was a handball club from Aarhus, Denmark. The club was founded in 2001 originally under the name Århus GF, as an extension of the traditional Aarhus clubs AGF, Brabrand IF, VRI and Århus KFUM/YMCA / Hasle. AGF chose in 201 ...

) * Nanna Skovmose Vinther (RB) (from

Viborg HK Viborg HK (Viborg Håndbold Klub) is a Danish professional handball club from Viborg, Denmark, Viborg. The club has many teams for both women and men, but especially the professional women's team is one of the most successful in Danish and Euro ...

) * Christina Hansen (P) (from

) ;Leaving * Julie Bjerregaard (LW) (to

) * Mathilde Høy Troelsen (LB) (to

) * Tea Thomassen Hein (CB) (to

HH Elite Horsens Håndboldklub Elite, also known as Horsens Håndboldklubis a Danish handball club. For the 2018/19 season, the team promoted to the Damehåndboldligaen, after its relegation in 2010. The team plays at home in Forum Horsens. At elite le ...

) * Mathilde Hylleberg (RB) (break from handball) * Cecilie Specht (RB) (to

) * Nanna Løvig Rasmussen (P) (break from handball)

Notable former players

* Rikke Poulsen (2004–2007) *

Sandra Toft Sandra Toft (born 18 October 1989) is a Danish professional handball goalkeeper for Győri ETO KC and the Danish national team. She is the fifth most capped player ever on the Danish national team with 195 appeances. She made her debut on the ...

(2007–2014) *

Kristina Kristiansen Kristina "Mulle" Kristiansen (born 13 July 1989) is a Danish handball player for Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub and the Danish national team. At the 2013 World Championship, she was a part of the Danish team that won bronze medals, breaking ...

(2007–2015) * Mette Gravholt (2010–2014) *

Ann Grete Nørgaard Ann Grete Nørgaard Østerballe (born 15 September 1983) is a Danish former professional handballer. She represented the Denmark women's national team, and has been called one the best Danish wing players of all time. Career Viborg HK Nørgaard ...

(2010–2015) * Louise Burgaard (2011–2013) * Kathrine Heindahl (2011–2013) *

Lærke Nolsøe Lærke Nolsøe Pedersen (born 19 February 1996) is a Danish handball player for Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub and the Danish national team. She represented Denmark at the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship in Japan and the 2021 World W ...

(2013–2016) *

Lærke Møller Lærke Møller (born 14 January 1989) is a former Danish handball player, who last played for the club Team Esbjerg and for the Danish women's national handball team. She has worked as a handball expert on the Danish tv-channel TV 2. Career ...

(2014–2016) * Sara Hald (2014-2018) * Ida Vium (2014-2018) * Annette Jensen (2015–2018) * Kaja Kamp (2018-2020) * Nikoline Lundgreen (2018-2020) *

Lærke Christensen Lærke Sofie Christensen (born 26 May 1996) is a Danish team handball player who played for the club Holstebro Håndbold until 2022. In her last season at the club, the team was relegated from the Danish top league. She has previously played for ...

(2018-2022) * Maria Mose Vestergaard (2019–2020) * Josefine Dragenberg (2020-2022) *

Julie Gantzel Pedersen Julie Gantzel (born 13 April 1994) is a Danish handballer who plays for Ikast Håndbold Ikast Håndbold is a Danish professional women's handball club based in Ikast. They have competed in Damehåndboldligaen, Denmark's primary handball leagu ...

(2021-2022) * Ingeborg Huisken-Vlietstra (2002–2003) * Mariska Schenkel (2003–2003) * Birgit van Os (2004–2008) * Andrea Groot (2005–2007) * Debbie Klijn (2006–2006) * Nycke Groot (2006–2011) *

Inger Smits Inger Smits (born 17 September 1994) is a Dutch handball player for Romanian club CSM București (women's handball), CSM București and the Netherlands women's national handball team, Dutch national team. She was a part the Netherlands team tha ...

(2017–2019) * Lynn Knippenborg (2018–2019) * Jesse van de Polder (2022–2024) * Evi Jaspers (2022–2024) *

Hrafnhildur Skúladóttir Hrafnhildur Ósk Skúladóttir (born 9 August 1977) is an Icelandic former team handball player and the current head coach of ÍBV women's handball team. She played on the Icelandic national team and participated at the 2011 World Women's Hand ...

(2002–2004) * Kristín Guðmundsdóttir (2003–2004) * Helga Torfadottir (2003–2004) * Inga Frida Tryggvadóttir (2003–2004) *

Hanna Guðrún Stefánsdóttir Hanna Guðrún Stefánsdóttir (born 11 February 1979) is an Icelandic team handball player for Stjarnan of the Úrvalsdeild kvenna. She has won the Icelandic championship five times and the Icelandic Cup six times. She has been selected the � ...

(2003–2004) * Dagný Skúladóttir (2006–2007) *

Rut Arnfjörð Jónsdóttir Rut Arnfjörð Jónsdóttir (born 21 July 1990 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic handballer who plays for Haukar as a right back. She was member of the Icelandic team that participated on the 2010 European Championship, the first ever European in ...

(2008–2014) *

Þórey Rósa Stefánsdóttir Þórey Rósa Stefánsdóttir (born 14 August 1989) is an Icelandic team handball player. She plays for Fram Reykjavik and on the Icelandic national team, and participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship The 2011 World Women' ...

(2011–2013) * Auður Waagfjörð Jónsdóttir (2012–2014) * Berta Rut Harðardóttir (2022–2023) * Jenny Gustafsson (2010–2011) * Lynn Blohm (2014–2016) *

Nathalie Hagman Nathalie Mari Hagman (born 19 July 1991) is a Swedish handball player for SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea (handball), SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea and the Sweden women's national handball team, Swedish national handball team. She played her first match for Sweden ...

(2014–2016) * Jamina Roberts (2014–2016) * Maja Eriksson (2016–2018) * Jenny Carlson (2020–2022) * Elin Irene Karlsson (2022–2023) * Ida Alstad (2013–2014) *

Silje Solberg Silje is a Norwegian given female name. It is a short form of the Latin female name Caecilia / Cecilie from the family name Caecilius which is formed from the Latin adjective Caecus, "blind". Notable people with the name include: * Silje Bolset, ...

(2014–2016) *

Camilla Herrem Camilla Herrem (born 8 October 1986) is a Norwegian handball player for Sola HK and formerly the Norway women's national handball team, Norwegian national team. Her international achievements include two Olympic gold medals, three World Champio ...

(2015–2016) *

Hege Bakken Wahlquist Hege Bakken Wahlquist (born 7 August 1992) is a Norwegian handball player who currently plays for Silkeborg-Voel KFUM. She represented Norway in the 2011 Women's Junior European Handball Championship, placing 12th. She is also a part of Norway ...

(2016–2017) * Pia Gundersen (2020-2020) * Anna Loerper (2011–2013) * Kim Hinkelmann (2022–2023) *

Iwona Niedźwiedź Iwona Niedźwiedź (born 22 July 1979) is a Polish former 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 player ...

(2011–2013) * Karolina de Souza (2013–2024) * Ilda Kepic (2018–2020) * Sara Kececi (2018–2022) * Lee Sang-Eun (2002–2003) * Aiko Hayafune (2006–2007)

References

{{Reflist Women's handball clubs in Denmark Holstebro Handball clubs established in 2020 2020 establishments in Denmark Sport in the Central Denmark Region