Viborg HK


Viborg HK is a Danish professional handball club from Viborg. The club has many teams for both women and men, but especially the professional women's team is one of the most successful in Danish and European handball since the beginning of the 1990s. This team currently competes in the women's Danish Women's Handball League.
The women's team have won a total of 14 Danish Championships, ten Danish Cup Championships, three Women's EHF Cup Championships, and three EHF Women's Champions League Championships. They are also two-time winners of the now cancelled tournament EHF Champions Trophy and one-time winner of the EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup.
They won the EHF Women's Champions League in the 2009/2010 season and won the second time in a row. They also held the title in the 2005–2006 season.
They have a local rivalry with fellow Midtjylland team Ikast Håndbold.

History

The club was established in 1936, but it was not until 1989 the women's team was promoted to the best league in Denmark. Manager of the team at that time was a young Ulrik Wilbek, who later became national manager for Denmark and was extremely successful here as well. Among the players at the time of the promotion was Anja Andersen and goalkeeper Susanne Munk Lauritsen.
Since the promotion, Viborg HK has had overwhelming success with 13 National Championships from 1994 to 2010 and only twice ended below third place in the league. By winning their 13th National Championship 22 May 2010, they became the club with most won Danish Championships in the women's league ever, taking the record from former title holder FIF with 12 Danish Championships. They are now tied with H.G. Handball in the men's league as the club with most won National Championships in Danish handball history. Viborg Handball Club is also one of only three teams to have won the national championship four consecutive times. The other two being GOG and Frederiksberg IF.
Adding to the amazing list of records, Viborg HK is the only team in the women's league besides Slagelse DT to finish the season with all the matches won in their National League – 22 matches, and the only team to win 28 times in a row.
In European tournaments, the team has reached the finals several times and won a lot of titles, the greatest of them being the EHF Women's Champions League, which they won in 2006, 2009 and 2010. They are as of 2010, the most successful Danish Handball club and the fourth most successful handball club in EHF Women's Champions League with 3 gold medals and 2 silver medals, ranking behind RK Radnicki Belgrade with 3 gold medals and 4 silver medals, Hypo Niederösterreich with 8 gold medals and 5 silver medals, and finally Spartak Kyiv with a total of 13 gold medals and 2 silver medals.
They are as of 2010, currently the most winning women's team in Women's EHF Cup history, with three titles.
The 30 May 2009, became the biggest triumph for the Danish women's team. Not only did Viborg HK win their 12th National Championship, they also became the first Danish handball team, both on the men's and women's side to win all three major titles in the same season. The Danish Women's Handball Cup, The EHF Women's Champions League and the Danish Championship.
However, in the 2010/2011 season, Viborg had to win with an excess of 9 goals against Dinamo Volgograd to advance from the mainround. They won with 7 goals, meaning that Viborg wouldn't be able to defend their EHF Women's Champions League title.
In 2015, the controversial investment company Hellerup Finans took a major stake in the handball club and its holding company. Its investment resulted in a doubling of the club value but it began to seek an agreement to sell the club that same year, eventually selling it to a group of local businessmen for DKK 820,000 while retaining the shell holding company and renaming it Hellerup Consulting Group.
After winning the Championship in 2014, the team has seen less success and has generally been overtaken by Odense Håndbold and Team Esbjerg.
The men's team has not been quite as successful. It was only in 1999 a promotion to the best league was reached. Since then, the best result has been a second place in 2007. After the 2012-13 season, Viborg HK decided to pull their men's team out of the league to focus on the women's team.

Kits

Results

  • Danish Championship:
  • *Gold: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014
  • *Silver: 1991, 1993, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2021
  • *Bronze: 2011, 2013, 2018, 2020
  • Danish Cup:
  • *Winner: 1993, 1994, 1996, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014
  • Danish Super Cup
  • *Winner: 2011, 2021
  • Champions League:
  • *Winner: 2006, 2009, 2010
  • *Finalist: 1997, 2001
  • EHF Cup:
  • *Winner: 1994, 1999, 2004
  • *Finalist: 2022
  • Cup Winners' Cup:
  • *Winner: 2014
  • *Finalist: 2012
  • EHF Champions Trophy:
  • *Winner: 2000/01, 2005/06

    Team

Current squad

;Goalkeepers
  • 12 Stine Broløs Kristensen
  • 16 Louise Bak
  • 66 Maria Koerth
;Wingers
;LW
;RW
;Pivots
;Back players
;LB
;CB
;RB
  • 28 Clara Skyum Thomsen
  • 49 Clara Bro Veilgaard
  • 62 Louise Søndergaard

    Retired numbers

Transfers

; Joining
; Leaving
  • Laura Borg

    Technical staff

  • Head Coach: Anders Friis
  • Assistant coach: Susanne Munk Wilbek 15px
  • Team Leader: Liss Kristensen
  • Physiotherapist: Morten Vanggaard Nielsen

    Notable former players

Goalkeepers

;Goalkeepers
;Wingers
;LW
;RW
;Line players
;Back players
;LB
;CB
;RB
;Goalkeepers
;Wingers
;LW
  • 14 Amalie Grøn Hansen
  • 25 Maria Stokholm
;RW
;Line players
  • 13 Madeleine Östlund
  • 21 Majbritt Toft Hansen
  • 31 Ida-Marie Dahl
;Back players
;LB
  • 10 Kristina Jørgensen
  • 11 Line Haugsted
;CB
  • 4 Laura Damgaard
  • 8 Carin Strömberg
;RB
  • 6 Moa Högdahl
  • 22 Pauline Bøgelund
;Goalkeepers
  • 1 Hanna Daglund
  • 12 Rikke Poulsen
  • 24 Josephine Nordstrøm Olsen
;Wingers
;RW
  • 7 Stine Andersen
  • 62 Anne Sofie Filtenborg
;Line players
  • 9 Stine Bodholt Nielsen
  • 31 Ida-Marie Dahl
  • 43 Anne Hykkelbjerg
;LB
  • 10 Kristina Jørgensen
  • 11 Line Haugsted
  • 97 Marianne Haugsted
;CB
  • 8 Carin Strömberg
  • 93 Line Uno
;RB
  • 6 Moa Högdahl
  • 22 Pauline Bøgelund
;Goalkeepers
  • Hanna Daglund
  • Rikke Poulsen
  • Josephine Nordstrøm Olsen
;Wingers
;LW
  • Ann Grete Nørgaard Østerballe
  • Marie Høgh-Poulsen
  • Amalie Grøn Hansen
;RW
  • Nataša Nolevska
  • Anne Sofie Filtenborg
;Line players
;Back players
;LB
;CB
  • Line Uno
  • Carin Strömberg
;RB
;Goalkeepers
  • Rikke Poulsen
  • Signe Brun
  • Josephine Nordstrøm Olsen
  • Mie Sørensen
;Wingers
;LW
  • Ann Grete Nørgaard Østerballe
  • Karen Nørgaard Østerballe
  • Amalie Grøn Hansen
;RW
  • Simone Böhme
;Line players
  • Stine Bodholt Nielsen
  • Mathilde Storgaard
;Back players
;LB
  • Rikke Skov
  • Line Haugsted
  • Clara Høgh-Poulsen
;CB
  • Siri Seglem
  • Line Uno
  • Carin Strömberg
;RB
  • Nikoline Lundgreen
  • Sidsel Bodholt Nielsen
  • Marie-Paule Gnabouyou
;Goalkeepers
  • Rikke Poulsen
  • Signe Brun
  • Benedicte Thomassen
;Wingers
;LW
  • Ann Grete Nørgaard Østerballe
;RW
  • Simone Böhme
  • Louise Lyksborg
  • Ditte Kelså
;Line players
  • Kirsten Balle
  • Sille Thomsen
  • Mathilde Storgaard
;Back players
;LB
  • Rikke Skov
  • Sarah Paulsen
;CB
  • Siri Seglem
  • Line Uno
  • Barbara Bognár
;RB
  • Nikoline Lundgreen
  • Sidsel Bodholt Nielsen
  • Marie-Paule Gnabouyou
;Goalkeepers
  • Rikke Poulsen
  • Chana Masson
;Wingers
;LW
  • Sarah Andreasen
  • Henriette Mikkelsen
  • Maria Fisker
;RW
  • Louise Lyksborg
;Line players
  • Kirsten Balle
  • Sille Thomsen
  • Mette Gravholt
  • Cecilie Dalmose
;Back players
;LB
  • Rikke Skov
  • Mette Thyrsted
  • Sanja Damnjanović
;CB
  • Isabelle Gulldén
  • Maura Visser
  • Sarah Paulsen
;RB
  • Nikoline Lundgreen
  • Louise Burgaard
;Goalkeepers
  • Cléopâtre Darleux
  • Chana Masson
;Wingers
;LW
  • Anne Kjersti Suvdal
  • Henriette Mikkelsen
  • Maria Fisker
;RW
  • Louise Lyksborg
;Line players
  • Kristina Flognman
  • Sabine Pedersen
  • Marit Malm Frafjord
;Back players
;LB
  • Linnea Torstenson
  • Rikke Skov
  • Mette Thyrsted
  • Sanja Damnjanović
;CB
  • Isabelle Gulldén
  • Mouna Chebbah
  • Sarah Paulsen
;RB
  • Amanda Kurtović
  • Louise Burgaard
;Goalkeepers
  • Cléopâtre Darleux
  • Cecilia Grubbström
  • Søs Søby
;Wingers
;LW
  • Holly Lam-Moores
  • Maria Fisker
;RW
;Line players
  • Sabine Pedersen
  • Marit Malm Frafjord
;Back players
;LB
;CB
  • Johanna Ahlm
  • Isabelle Gulldén
  • Mouna Chebbah
;RB
  • Amanda Kurtović
  • Louise Burgaard
;Goalkeepers
;Wingers
;LW
  • Henriette Mikkelsen
  • Maria Fisker
;RW
;Line players
;Back players
;LB
  • Pernille Larsen
  • Rikke Skov
  • Emily Baunsgaard
;CB
;RB
  • Grit Jurack
  • Julie Aagaard
  • Anne Cecilie de la Cour
;Goalkeepers
  • Christina Pedersen
  • Louise Bager Due
  • Maja Torp
  • Eva Brix
;Wingers
;LW
  • Maja Savić
  • Henriette Mikkelsen
;RW
  • Cristina Varzaru
  • Camilla Mikkelsen
  • Katja Lausen-Marcher
;Line players
  • Anja Althaus
  • Mathilde Kristensen
  • Marit Malm Frafjord
;Back players
;LB
  • Carmen Amariei
  • Rikke Skov
  • Pia Hildebrand
  • Line Thorius
;CB
  • Johanna Ahlm
  • Gorica Aćimović
  • Chao Zhai
  • Mouna Chebbah
;RB
  • Grit Jurack
;Goalkeepers
  • Katrine Lunde
  • Katarina Bralo
  • Maja Torp
  • Sandra Mittet
;Wingers
;LW
  • Gitte Aaen
  • Henriette Mikkelsen
;RW
  • Cristina Varzaru
  • Mónika Kovacsicz
;Line players
;Back players
;LB
;CB
  • Johanna Ahlm
  • Gorica Aćimović
  • Chao Zhai
;RB
  • Grit Jurack
  • Nora Reiche
;Goalkeepers
;Wingers
;LW
  • Ann Grete Nørgaard Østerballe
  • Gitte Aaen
  • Henriette Mikkelsen
  • Maria Fisker
;RW
  • Cristina Varzaru
  • Mónika Kovacsicz
  • Camilla Mikkelsen
;Line players
  • Anja Althaus
  • Lene Lund Nielsen
  • Karen Smidt
;Back players
;LB
  • Bojana Popović
  • Kristine Lunde
;CB
  • Rikke Skov
  • Chao Zhai
;RB
;Goalkeepers
  • Katrine Lunde
  • Louise Bager Nørgaard
  • Marianne Lundsby
  • Aurélie Rouqette
;Wingers
;LW
  • Christina Roslyng
  • Gitte Aaen
  • Henriette Mikkelsen
  • Maria Fisker
;RW
  • Cristina Varzaru
  • Lina Rask
  • Camilla Mikkelsen
;Line players
  • Anja Althaus
  • Stina Eriksen
  • Stine Bodholt Nielsen
;Back players
;LB
  • Bojana Popović
  • Lene Thomsen
  • Kristine Lunde
  • Sidsel Bodholt Nielsen
;CB
  • Rikke Skov
  • Jane Schumacher
;RB
  • Grit Jurack
  • Ida Bjørndalen
  • Nora Reiche
;Goalkeepers
  • Marie Staun
  • Louise Bager Nørgaard
  • Valérie Nicolas
;Wingers
;LW
  • Gitte Aaen
  • Henriette Mikkelsen
;RW
  • Cristina Varzaru
  • Kristina Bille
  • Lina Rask
;Line players
  • Stine Bodholt Nielsen
  • Stina Eriksen
  • Charlotte Højfeldt
  • Lene Lund Nielsen
;Back players
;LB
  • Isabel Ortuño
  • Rikke Skov
  • Lene Thomsen
;CB
  • Heidi Astrup
  • Chao Zhai
  • Trine Troelsen
  • Jane Schumacher
;RB
  • Grit Jurack
;Goalkeepers
  • Marie Staun
  • Louise Bager Nørgaard
  • Valérie Nicolas
;Wingers
;LW
  • Ann Grete Nørgaard Østerballe
  • Sanne Bak Pedersen
  • Henriette Mikkelsen
;RW
  • Cristina Varzaru
  • Kristina Bille
;Line players
  • Olga Assink
  • Charlotte Højfeldt
  • Lene Lund Nielsen
;Back players
;LB
  • Isabel Ortuño
  • Rikke Skov
  • Lene Thomsen
;CB
  • Heidi Astrup
  • Chao Zhai
  • Trine Troelsen
;RB
  • Grit Jurack
;Goalkeepers
  • Louise Bager Nørgaard
  • Valérie Nicolas
;Wingers
;LW
  • Camilla Thorsen
  • Ann Grete Nørgaard Østerballe
  • Sanne Bak Pedersen
  • Henriette Mikkelsen
;RW
  • Saskia Mulder
  • Kristina Bille
;Line players
  • Olga Assink
  • Signe Grummedal
  • Charlotte Højfeldt
  • Camilla Søndergaard
;Back players
;LB
  • Katrine Fruelund
  • Rikke Skov
  • Isabel Ortuño
;CB
  • Lotte Kiærskou
  • Chao Zhai
  • Trine Troelsen
;RB
  • Grit Jurack
;Goalkeepers
  • Louise Bager Nørgaard
  • Valérie Nicolas
;Wingers
;LW
  • Camilla Thorsen
  • Ann Grete Nørgaard Østerballe
  • Sanne Bak Pedersen
  • Henriette Mikkelsen
;RW
  • Saskia Mulder
  • Mari-Ann Laursen
  • Silje Mari Berget
;Line players
  • Karen Brødsgaard
  • Charlotte Højfeldt
  • Camilla Søndergaard
;Back players
;LB
  • Katrine Fruelund
  • Rikke Skov
  • Leila Duchemann
;CB
  • Lotte Kiærskou
  • Berit Kristensen
  • Trine Troelsen
;RB
  • Helga Németh
  • Natasja Burgers