SønderjyskE Damehåndbold is a women's handball club based in

Aabenraa Aabenraa (; , ; South Jutlandic: ''Affenråe'', also known as Åbenrå) is a town in Southern Denmark, at the head of the Aabenraa Fjord, an arm of the Little Belt, north of the Denmark–Germany border and north of German town of Flensburg. It ...

in South Jutland,

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 ...

. The club was founded in 2004 and has been part of the top tier league,

Damehåndboldligaen 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 ...

two times. They promoted to the league again for the 2022/23 season.

History

SønderjyskE was created as a club for the whole region of South Jutland as it was obvious that it was impossible to create elite teams able to compete in the top leagues on the former basis of city teams. The men's football team used to be solely based in the city of Haderslev under the name Haderslev FK. In 2004 all the elite teams in football, ice hockey and handball merged into SønderjyskE, enabling the clubs to represent not only a city but the whole region of South Jutland (Sønderjylland), which drew more attention to the teams from sponsors, fans and media and made it easier to keep talents in South Jutland. In 2006 TM Tønder Håndbold withdrew from the project, when the team moved their home matches to

Sønderborg (; ) is a Denmark, Danish town in the Region of Southern Denmark. It is the main town and the administrative seat of Sønderborg Municipality (Kommune). The town has a population of 28,333 (1 January 2025),Tønder Tønder (; ) is a town in the Region of Southern Denmark. With a population of 7,477 (as of 1 January 2025), it is the main town and the administrative seat of the Tønder Municipality. History The first mention of Tønder might have been in th ...

. The team was relegated in the 2013-14 season after finishing last in the regular season. For the 2015-16 season they were back in the league, but they were relegated again after only a single season without winning even a single point. In August 2017, the club inaugurated the women's team's new home ground in Arena Aabenraa,

. In the 2022-23 season the team was promoted again.

Team

Staff

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2024-25 season'' ;Goalkeeper * 12 Stine Broløs Kristensen * 26 Nora Persson ;Wingers ;LW * 5 Sidsel Mygil Mattesen * 15 Sara Teljigovic Ibranovic * 17 June Bøttger ;RW * 6 Lea Hansen * 11 Pernille Johannsen (pregnant) ;Pivot * 9 Filippa Nyman * 24 Josefine Dragenberg * 31 Ida-Marie Dahl ;Back players ;LB * 14 Louise Ellebæk * 22 Olivia Simonsen * 27 Ida Lagerbon (pregnant) ;CB * 7 Melissa Petrén * 28 Sarah Paulsen * 93 Line Uno ;RB * 8 Karine Dahlum * 10 Nicoline Olsen

Transfers

:''Transfers for the 2025-26 season'' ;Joining * Tobas Møller (Assistant coach) *

Sofie Börjesson Sofie Börjesson (born 31 May 1997) is a Swedish professional handballer for Nykøbing Falster HK. She represented Sweden at the 2013 European Women's U-17 Championship, 2014 Women's Youth World Championship, 2015 Women's U-19 European Champi ...

(GK) (from

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) * Sarah Ernebjerg Jensen (GK) (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 ...

) * Sofia Bro Stenholt (CB) (from

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) ;Leaving * Mikael Jensen (Assistant coach) * Stine Broløs Kristensen (GK) (to

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) * Nora Persson (GK) (to

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) *

(GK) (to Boden Handboll IF) * Sara Teljigovic Ibranovic (LW) (to Roskilde Håndbold) * Ida Lagerbon (LB) (to ?) * Melissa Petrén (CB) (to IF Hallby) * Nicoline Olsen (RB) (retires) * Josefine Dragenberg (P) (to Toulon Métropole Var Handball)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:SonderjyskE Damehaandbold Women's handball clubs in Denmark Handball clubs established in 2004 2004 establishments in Denmark SønderjyskE Aabenraa Municipality