Team Esbjerg


Team Esbjerg is a professional women's handball team based in Esbjerg, Denmark, that competes in the Bambusa Kvindeligaen and the 2024–25 Women's EHF Champions League. They play their home matches in Blue Water Dokken, which have capacity for 2,996 spectators. They play games in red shirts and black shorts.
The coaching team consists of Swedish international Tomas Axnér and Christian Køhler.
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History

Team Esbjerg was founded in 1991, as a cooperation between KVIK Esbjerg and Esbjerg Håndboldklub. They competed in the Danish Handball League for the first time in 1999, but they relegated the following year. They have been part of the league since 2004.
They won the Danish Championship for the first time in 2016, after beating FC Midtjylland Håndbold in the final. They lost the first final match 20–17, but won the second 24–19, after a dramatic penalty shootout. They won their second title in 2019, they also beat Herning-Ikast Håndbold, in two matches, with the scores 28–20 and 19–20. They also won the Danish Women's Handball Cup in 2017, after beating København Håndbold, with the score 31–20.
In the 2021-22 season they reached the Final Four of the EHF Women's Champions League for the first time. They did however only manage to get a fourth place, and they also lost the Danish Championship final to Odense Håndbold.
Over time, the club has had many notable and significant players, like Rikke Zachariassen, Ulrika Toft Hansen, Lotte Grigel, Gøril Snorroeggen, Maibritt Kviesgaard, Kari Aalvik Grimsbø, Emily Stang Sando, Marta Mangué, Laura van der Heijden, Angelica Wallén, Ida Bjørndalen and Sandra Toft Galsgaard.

Honours

Arena

Team

Current squad

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Transfers

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Technical staff

Head coach: Tomas AxnérAssistant coach: Christian Køhler Goalkeeping coach: Tim WinklerSportdirector: Thomas HylleTeamleader: Helle KongsbakPhysiotherapist: Kenneth HansenPhysiotherapist: Daniel BargsteenVideo: Jes Juncker-Jensen

Former notable players

Statistics

Top scorers in the EHF Champions League

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