Skjern Håndbold


Skjern Handball is a handball club from Skjern, Denmark. Currently, Skjern Handball competes in the Danish Handball League, which they have won twice, in 1999 and in 2018. They have also achieved international success, by winning the EHF Challenge Cup twice, in 2002 and 2003. The home arena of Skjern Håndbold is Skjern Bank Arena. This handball club has developed several professional handball players such as Kasper Søndergaard, Jesper Jensen, and Claus Møller Jakobsen.

History

The club was founded in 1992 as a merger between Skjern Gymnastikforening af 1916 and Skjern KFUM og KFUK's Idrætsforening to promote handball in Western Jutland. The club started in the third tier, the 2nd Division.
In the 1997/1998 season the team was promoted from the 1st Division to the top flight, and the year after in 98/99 they won the Danish Championship. This makes Skjern Håndbold the first Danish side to win a title as a newly promoted team. The team also won the Danish cup the same season beating Frederiksberg IF in the final.
In the 2024-25 season the team broke their attendance record with 2963 average attendance pr match.

Achievements

Danish Championship: 2

Team

Current squad

;Goalkeepers
  • 1 Christoffer Bonde
  • 12 Kristian Zetterlund
;Wingers
;LW
;RW
;Pivots
;Back players
;LB
  • 2 Mads Bjergfelt
  • 23 Marcus Midtgaard
  • 26 Jonathan Würtz
;CB
;RB
  • 4 Jon Lindenchrone Andersen
  • 10 Joaquim Nazaré

Staff

Head Coach: Henrik KronborgAssistant Trainer: Kasper SøndergaardTeam Leader: Jørgen JørgensenPhysiotherapist: Hans Jensen

Transfers

;Joining
  • Svend Rughave
  • Joachim Møller
;Leaving

Transfer history

20x20px Transfers for the 2025–26 season

;Joining

Notable former players

Men

Notable former coaches