Odense Håndbold

Odense Håndbold
Full nameOdense Håndbold
Short nameOdense
FoundedAugust 2009
ArenaSydbank Arena
Capacity2,300
PresidentLasse Honoré
Head coachJakob Vestergaard
LeagueBambusa Kvindeligaen
2024–251st
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Odense Håndbold (in its first season: Odense GOG and after that Handball Club Odense) is a Danish professional women's handball team, that plays in Damehåndboldligaen, Denmark's premier women's handball league.

The team's home court is Sydbank Arena in the city of Odense and they play in orange shirts and black shorts.

History

The precursor to Odense Håndbold, GOG Håndbold's women's team, won four Danish championships in the 1990's.

Odense Håndbold was created in August 2009 as a break-away club from GOG Svendborg TGI and they overtook GOG's license for the league, which was published in a press meeting August 27, 2009 in Odense Idrætshal.[1] They therefore started their first season in the top flight of Danish handball.[1] The season after they changed their club name to HC Odense to distance itself from GOG.[2] As GOG was heading towards bankruptcy, they had to optain special permition from the Danish Handball Federation to separate the women's team from GOG.[3][1]

They changed their name to Odense Håndbold (Odense Handball) before the beginning of the 2016/17 season.[4] In the 2020-21 season the club won their first Danish championship, beating Viborg HK in the final.[5] In the 2024-25 season they managed to achieve a perfect regular season, winning 26 of 26 games.[6] Later they won the Danish Championship, beating Team Esbjerg 2-1 in the final.[7]

In the 2024–25 Women's EHF Champions League they qualified for the final four for the first time in club history, when they beat Hungarian Ferencvaros.[8][9] When Team Esbjerg qualified the day after, it became the first time that there were two Danish teams in the Champions League final four.[10] They lost the final to Hungarian Győri ETO KC 30-27.[11]

Kits

Achievements

Stadium

  • Name: Sydbank Arena
  • City: Odense
  • Capacity: 2,300 seats
  • Address: Odense Idrætshal, Israels Plads 3, 5200 Odense

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2025–26 season
Squad information
No. Nat. Player Position Date of Birth In Contract until
3 Maren Nyland Aardahl Pivot 2 March 1994 2021 2026
8 Helene Gigstad Fauske Centre Back 31 January 1997 2024 2027
10 Anna Grundtvig Left Wing 29 September 1995 2024 2026
12 Andrea Nørklit Goalkeeper 25 August 2006 2024 2026
16 Althea Reinhardt Goalkeeper 1 September 1996 2016 2028
20 Lysa Tchaptchet Line Player 20 December 2001 2024 2027
22 Ragnhild Valle Dahl Left Back 2 January 1998 2023 2026
23 Elma Halilcevic Left Wing 18 June 2000 2023 2027
27 Louise Burgaard Right Back 17 October 1992 2024 2027
28 Clara Skyum Thomsen Right Back 27 August 2001 2024 2027
32 Mie Højlund Left Back 24 October 1997 2017 2026
33 Thale Rushfeldt Deila Centre Back 15 January 2000 2023 2027
34 Andrea Aagot Right Wing 22 May 2000 2023 2026
38 Yara ten Holte Goalkeeper 23 November 1999 2023 2026
44 Nikita van der Vliet Line Player 14 March 2000 2023 2026
68 Helena Elver Centre Back 1 March 1998 2020 2026

Transfers

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Technical staff

  • Head coach: Jakob Vestergaard
  • Assistant coach: Mark Standgaard Marcher
  • Goalkeeping coach: Ole Erevik
  • Goalkeeping coach: Gitte Sunesen
  • Team Leader: Trine Trampedach
  • Team Leader: Lilian Maag
  • Physiotherapist: Anja David Greve
  • Physiotherapist: Berit Duus
  • Physiotherapist: Maj Tornøe Johansen

Previous squads

Notable former players

Statistics

Top scorers in the EHF Champions League

Last updated on 1 June 2025[12]
Rank Name Seasons

played

Goals
1 Mie Højlund 6 330
2 Maren Nyland Aardahl 4 247
3 Dione Housheer 3 206
4 Lois Abbingh 3 148
5 Freja Cohrt 4 142
6 Thale Rushfeldt Deila 2 131
7 Bo van Wetering 3 130
Helena Elver 4
9 Andrea Aagot 2 119
10 Rikke Iversen 3 118

European record

Champions League

Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate
2018–19 Champions League Group Matches
(Group A) 		Metz Handball 19–19 26–41 3rd place
ŽRK Budućnost 22–26 28–31
Larvik HK 27–23 33–25
Main Round
(Group 1) 		Rostov-Don 26–30 19–25 4th place
København Håndbold 25–23 24–24
Brest Bretagne Handball 28–24 29–24
Quarter-finals Győri Audi ETO KC 28–29 21–33 49–62
2020–21 Champions League Group stage
(Group B) 		SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 30–21 25–26 4th place
Győri Audi ETO KC 25–32 32–32
ŽRK Budućnost 30–21 24–27
Borussia Dortmund 32–27 24–32
CSKA Moscow 23–27 26–25
Brest Bretagne Handball 24–31 21–32
RK Podravka Koprivnica 33–17 35–20
Round of 16 Vipers Kristiansand 26–30 36–35 62–65
2021–22 Champions League Group stage
(Group B) 		CSKA Moscow 27–27 28–21 5th place
Vipers Kristiansand 27–32 27–31
RK Krim Mercator 26–24 24–19
Győri Audi ETO KC 26–31 26–27
Metz Handball 21–27 31–38
Kastamonu Bld. GSK 37–29 25–31
IK Sävehof 37–24 37–31
Playoffs Brest Bretagne Handball 25–24 26–29 51–53
2022–23 EHF Champions League Group A Vipers Kristiansand 27–34 24–34 3rd place
RK Krim Mercator 29–23 26–22
SG BBM Bietigheim 31–24 27–24
Brest Bretagne Handball 25–21 25–24
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 23–27 25–28
DHK Baník Most 41–22 37–19
CSM București 27–31 31–40
Playoffs Storhamar HE 30–22 30–30 60–52
QF Győri Audi ETO KC 27–29 28–37 55–66
2023–24 EHF Champions League Group A CSM București 24–28 29–25 2nd place
Győri ETO KC 29–32 30–31
IK Sävehof 44–20 40–22
Brest Bretagne Handball 26–25 29–29
SG BBM Bietigheim 42–29 28–25
ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica 39–24 33–17
DVSC Schaeffler 33–30 35–22
QF SG BBM Bietigheim 26–30 32–30 58–60
2024–25 EHF Champions League Group B Team Esbjerg 30–39 23–32 3rd place
ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica 31–29 33–24
HB Ludwigsburg 28–22 40–24
Vipers Kristiansand 24–26 10–0
Brest Bretagne Handball 36–33 38–36
CS Rapid București 32–24 42–25
Győri ETO KC 35–28 32–34
Playoffs Storhamar HE 33–20 25–21 58–41
QF FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 27–27 25–24 52–51
SF Metz Handball 31–29 (ET)
F Győri Audi ETO KC 27–29
2025–26 EHF Champions League Group B CSM București
HB Ludwigsburg
Brest Bretagne Handball
Ferencvárosi TC
RK Krim Mercator
RK Podravka Koprivnica
Ikast Håndbold

EHF Cup

Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate
2019–20 EHF Cup Round 2 DHC Slavia Prague 34–25 38–14 72–39
Round 3 ESBF Besançon 25–23 32–29 57–52
Group stage
(Group C) 		MKS Perła Lublin 35–18 33–20 1st place
Érd HC 31–24 28–27
CS Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud 25–19 23–25
Quarterfinals HC Lada 34–30 28–31 62–61
Semifinals Siófok KC Cancelled

Cup Winners' Cup

Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate
2013–14 Cup Winners' Cup Round 2 WHC Metalurg 30–17 30–24 60–41
Round 3 Cercle Dijon Bourgogne 24–22 25–19 49–41
Last 16 Hypo Niederösterreich 23–27 27–28 50–55
2014–15 Cup Winners' Cup Round 3 Randers HK 28–28 26–30 54–58

Kit manufacturers

References

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  2. ^ "Odense GOG skifter navn" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. 24 March 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  3. ^ "GOG Svendborg TGI declared bankrupt and relegated to the Danish 2nd division". DHF. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  4. ^ Odense Håndbold (10 August 2016). "HC Odense ændrer navn til Odense Håndbold". odensehaandbold.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 30 October 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Tak for sæson 2020-2021" (in Danish). Odense Håndbold. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  6. ^ Morten Mølby (5 April 2025). "Odense napper rub og stub og vinder grundspillet med lutter sejre" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  7. ^ "Odense vinder DM-guld efter vanvittig afgørelse". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  8. ^ "Teams set for EHF Champions League 2022/23". eurohandball.com. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  9. ^ Jonas Kjærsgaard (26 April 2025). "Odense i stor CL-triumf – klar til semifinale". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  10. ^ "Esbjerg vinder og sikrer historisk resultat for dansk håndbold". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 27 April 2025. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  11. ^ "LIVE BLOG: Györ keep the trophy for another year after beating Odense". European Handball Federation. 1 June 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  12. ^ "Odense Håndbold". European Handball Federation.
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