Drammen HK

Drammen HK
Drammen HK
Full name	Drammen Håndballklubb
Short name	DHK
Founded	1992
Arena	Drammenshallen, Drammen
Capacity	4,200
Head coach	Kristian Kjelling
League	REMA 1000-ligaen
Club colours
Home	Away
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Drammen Håndballklubb is a Norwegian handball team located in Drammen, Norway. They compete in REMA 1000-ligaen, which is the highest league for men's handball clubs in Norway.

Drammen

Location of Drammen HK

History

The club was founded on March 3, 1992.^[1] The foundation was the result of a long going project where handball clubs in Drammen and Lier gathered to discuss how to build a "Top Team" candidate for the region. The project resulted in two clubs joining forces - Reistad IL from Lier and IF Sturla from Drammen. The two clubs transferred their senior players to the new club, but continued as separate entities concentrating on development of children and youngsters. The colors of Drammen HK became blue - the same color as background of the city coat of arms.

Reistad IL was qualified to play in Norway Premier Division, so Drammen really got a flying start starting at the top level. However, Drammen did not make it through and was degraded to the Second Division the year after. However, In 1993 Drammen HK signed the Swedish trainer Kent-Harry Andersson, and returned to the Premier Division after one year. This was the beginning of a series of successes that was crowned in 1996, bringing home the EHF City Cup as the first Norwegian club ever to win a European title. In 1997, the team won the silver medal at the first club world championship, after losing 30-29 to the Spanish team Caja Cantabria in the final.^[2] In 2007, the team again reached the finals of European Cup Series No. 3 (Challenge Cup (EHF City Cup), but lost there against the Romanian CS UCM Reșița team. During its history, it won 4 Norwegian League (1997, 2007, 2008, 2010), 2 Norwegian Cup (2008, 2017). Some of the best Norway international players started their senior careers at Drammen HK, such as Glenn Solberg, Frode Hagen and Kristian Kjelling.

Crest, colours, supporters

Kits

HOME
2019–21

AWAY
2019–21

Sports Hall information

Name: – Drammenshallen
City: – Drammen
Capacity: – 4200
Address: – Knoffs gate 18, 3044 Drammen, Norway

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season^[3]

Drammen HK

Goalkeepers

12 Ísak Steinsson
25 Oscar Larsen Syvertsen

Left Wingers

10 Alexander Westby
44 Ole-Henry Dahl

Right Wingers

31 Ola Hoftun Lillelien
35 Emil Hansson

Line Players

13 Simen Vatne Andersen
17 August Olsen Storbugt
23 Espen Gommerud Våg

Left Backs

19 Sondre Ovid Skovli
20 Trym Korperud Johnsen

Central Backs

28 August Lind Oma
33 Tobias Mehren Søberg
77 Nikolai Nalbant Moe

Right Backs

5 David Walstad Haugstvedt
18 Viktor Petersen Norberg

Technical staff

Head coach: Kristian Kjelling
Assistant coach: Gøran Sørheim
Goalkeeping coach: Mads Fjelddalen
Physiotherapist: Hedda Hajum
Physiotherapist: Marius Jensen Hoel

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Joining

Ísak Steinsson (GK)
Espen Gommerud Våg (LP) from Sporting CP^[4]
Alexander Westby (LW) from IK Sävehof^[5]
Simen Vatne Andersen (LP) from TIF Viking

Leaving

Andreas Björkman-Myhr (GK) to TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen^[6]
Róbert Sigurðarson (LB) to ÍBV^[7]
Kristian Rammel (LP) to Pfadi Winterthur
Hermann Vildalen (LB) to Kristiansands IF
Kristoffer Raastad-Hoel (RW)

Previous squads

2009–2010 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Norway	Mathias Kolstad Holm	(1986-10-26) 26 October 1986	Goalkeeper
5	Norway	Simen Holm	(1989-06-19) 19 June 1989	Right Back
6	Norway	Christian Spanne	(1986-06-22) 22 June 1986	Right Winger
8	Norway	Jan-Richard Lislerud Hansen	(1983-01-16) 16 January 1983	Left Winger
9	Sweden	Marcus Litborn	(1980-05-26) 26 May 1980	Central Back
10	Norway	Bard Kinn Nordhagen	(1982-11-28) 28 November 1982	Right Back
11	Norway	Espen Lie Hansen	(1989-03-01) 1 March 1989	Left Back
12	Norway	Lars Olav Olaussen	(1977-06-15) 15 June 1977	Goalkeeper
13	Norway	Steffen Skancke	(1988-08-12) 12 August 1988	Left Winger
14	Norway	Joakim Hykkerud	(1986-02-10) 10 February 1986	Line Player
15	Norway	Eirik Rolid	(1987-05-08) 8 May 1987	Central Back
16	Denmark	Jonas Degnbol	(1976-07-22) 22 July 1976	Goalkeeper
22	Norway	Gøran Sørheim	(1990-06-04) 4 June 1990	Central Back
23	Norway	Jarle Mörk Pettersen	(1989-03-26) 26 March 1989	Right Winger
24	Norway	Lars Henrik Ulsaker Eriksen	(1990-10-14) 14 October 1990	Line Player
33	Norway	Jan Andre Modalen	(1976-02-23) 23 February 1976	Line Player

2007–2008 Team
Shirt No	Nationality	Player	Birth Date	Position
1	Norway	Mathias Kolstad Holm	(1986-10-26) 26 October 1986	Goalkeeper
2	Norway	Glenn Solberg	(1972-02-18) 18 February 1972	Central Back
3	Norway	Frode Hagen	(1974-07-23) 23 July 1974	Left Back
5	Norway	Olav Hovind	(1984-07-05) 5 July 1984	Central Back
6	Norway	Christian Spanne	(1986-06-22) 22 June 1986	Right Winger
7	Norway	Anders Tverdal	(1988-06-16) 16 June 1988	Left Winger
8	Norway	Jan-Richard Lislerud Hansen	(1983-01-16) 16 January 1983	Left Winger
9	Norway	Vegard Strand Svang	(1986-01-10) 10 January 1986	Line Player
10	Norway	Bard Kinn Nordhagen	(1982-11-28) 28 November 1982	Right Back
11	Norway	Espen Lie Hansen	(1989-03-01) 1 March 1989	Left Back
12	Norway	Simen Hansen	(1981-03-13) 13 March 1981	Goalkeeper
13	Norway	Steffen Skancke	(1988-08-12) 12 August 1988	Left Winger
14	Norway	Joakim Hykkerud	(1986-02-10) 10 February 1986	Line Player
15	Norway	Terje Österhus	(1983-01-04) 4 January 1983	Left Back
16	Norway	Truls Martin Buseth	(1988-10-13) 13 October 1988	Goalkeeper
17	Norway	Marius Hovde Andersen	(1983-02-18) 18 February 1983	Right Back
18	Norway	Eivind Nygard	(1974-03-28) 28 March 1974	Line Player
22	Norway	Gøran Sørheim	(1990-06-04) 4 June 1990	Central Back
27	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Eldin Hajdarevic	(1979-08-29) 29 August 1979	Right Winger

Accomplishments

EHF City Cup:
- Gold (1): 1996
- Silver (1): 2007
IHF Super Globe:
- Silver (1): 1997
Norwegian League:
- Gold (4): 1997, 2007, 2008, 2010
- Silver (6): 1995, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2018, 2022
- Bronze (8): 1996, 2002, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2019, 2020, 2021
Norwegian Cup:
- Gold (2): 2008, 2017
- Silver (4): 1999, 2000, 2010, 2011

European record

EHF City Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1995–96 Winners	1/16	Amirani Tbilisi	37–15	34–21	71–36
	1/8	Paris Saint-Germain	21–18	22–22	43–40
	Quarter-finals	UMFA Mosfellsbaer	22–14	20–25	42–39
	Semi-finals	IFK Skövde	20–12	17–24	37–36
	Finals	VfL Hameln	27–21	22–21	49–42

EHF ranking

As of 26/9/2024^[8]

Rank	Team	Points
75	MŠK Považská Bystrica	62
76	HC Kriens-Luzern	60
77	Pfadi Winterthur	60
78	Drammen HK	58
79	Skanderborg AGF Håndbold	57
80	Steaua București	57
81	VfL Gummersbach	57

Former club members

Notable former players

Goalkeepers

Torbjørn Bergerud (2011–2015)
Sander Heieren (2019–2022)
Mathias Kolstad Holm (2003–2020)
Lars Olav Olaussen (1997–2007, 2009–2013)
Frode Scheie (1992–1996)
Anders Lindqvist (1996–1998)

Right wingers

Lars Erik Bjørnsen (2011–2014)
Aksel Horgen (2017–2020)
Geir Oustorp (1995–1997, 1999–2007)
Christian Spanne (2006–2011, 2015–2019)

Left wingers

Ole Magnus Ekelund (2008–2009)
Jan-Richard Lislerud Hansen (2004–2008, 2009–2014)
August Pedersen (2021–2022)
Marius Riise (1994–1998, 2001–2002)
Bjarki Sigurðsson (1997–1998)

Line players

Håvard Augensen (2008–2009)
Joakim Hykkerud (2004–2011, 2017–2021)
Henrik Jakobsen (2009–2015)
Frank Løke (2015–2016)
Taip Ramadani (2001–2003)
Uldis Lībergs

Left backs

Thomas Boilesen (2016–2020)
Frode Hagen (1992–1997, 2006–2008)
Espen Lie Hansen (2006–2011, 2019–2021)
Johannes Hippe (2015–2019)
Kristian Kjelling (1999–2002, 2015–2016)
Ronald Putans
Hermann Vildalen (2017–2018, 2021–2024)

Central backs

Roger Kjendalen (2001–2002)
Glenn Solberg (1992–1997, 2006–2010)
Gøran Sørheim (2006–2014, 2017–2023)
Steffen Stegavik (2008–2009)
Stian Tønnesen (1994–1996)
Jonas Larholm (2019–2020)

Right backs

Svein-Erik Bjerkrheim
Steven Larsson (2011-2012)

References

External links

[1] ttps://dhk.no/2014/06/19/om-oss-2/

[2] ttps://www.elmundo.es/1997/01/09/deportes/09N0094.html

[3] ttps://dhk.no/spillerstall/

[4] ttps://dhk.no/2024/04/09/espen-gommerud-vag-tilbake-i-blatt/

[5] ttps://topphandball.no/artikkel/alexander-orjevik-westby-klar-for-ny-dhk-periode/

[6] ttps://topphandball.no/artikkel/andreas-bjorkman-myhr-forlater-dhk-klar-for-sveitsisk-toppklubb/

[7] ttps://gohandball.com/iceland/robert-sigurdarson-returns-to-ibv

[8] "Eurotopteam, classement européen des clubs de Handball".

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Norwegian handball 2024–25
Men's REMA 1000-ligaen	Bergen Bækkelaget Elverum Fjellhammer Follo Halden Haslum Kolstad Kristiansand Nærbø Runar Sandnes ØIF Arendal
Women's REMA 1000-ligaen	Byåsen Fana Follo Fredrikstad Gjerpen Haslum Larvik Oppsal Molde Ravens Sola Storhamar Tertnes Vipers
Men's 1. divisjon	Bergsøy Bodø Charlottenlund Falk Grenland HK–72 Sande Melhus Ros Ryger Stavanger Sandefjord Storhamar Tiller TIF Viking Urædd
Women's 1. divisjon	Aker Fjellhammer Flint Fyllingen Glassverket Levanger Nordstrand Pors Storhamar Trondheim Topphåndball Utleira Vålerenga Åsane
Related topics	Norwegian Handball Federation National men's team National women's team
See also: EHF EHF Champions League EHF European League EHF European Cup Women's EHF Champions League Women's EHF European League