Viborg HK (Viborg Håndbold Klub) 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 (all-time record), ten Danish Cup Championships (ranking second in all-time Cup trophies behind FIF), three Women's EHF Cup Championships (all-time record), and three EHF Women's Champions League Championships (ranking fifth in all-time Champions League trophies). 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.:da:DM i håndbold (kvinder)
(As of 2010) Viborg HK is the only team in the women's league besides Slagelse DT and later Odense Håndbold to finish the season with all the matches won in their National League – 22 matches (Season 2008/2009), 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.Lykkelige og stolte mestre Viborg HK – officiel site, 30. maj 2009 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 ("The Treble") in the same season. The Danish Women's Handball Cup, The EHF Women's Champions League and the Danish Championship.Rekordernes dag? Viborg HK – officiel site, 29. maj 2009
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
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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 European League: Winner: 1994, 1999, 2004 Finalist: 2022 Bronze: 2026 Cup Winners' Cup: Winner: 2014 Finalist: 2012 EHF Champions Trophy: Winner: 2000/01, 2005/06
Team
Current squad Squad for the 2026-27 season
Goalkeepers 12 Stine Broløs Kristensen 16 Louise Bak 66 Maria Koerth Wingers LW 7 Era Baumann 8 Robin van Galen RW 10 Melina Kristensen 18 Henriette Hansen 25 Trine Østergaard 76 Frida Johannesen Pivots 19 Sara Hald (pregnant) 76 Ofelia Shoai Hallberg
Back players LB 5 Marielle Martinsen 22 Ragnhild Valle Dahl 31 Marianne Haugsted CB 17 Simone Petersen 48 Cecilie Zimmer 77 Jana Mittún RB 28 Clara Skyum Thomsen 49 Clara Bro Veilgaard
Retired numbers Viborg HK No.PlayerPositionTenureMatchesSeasons 2 Rikke Skov Left Back 1994–2016 648 18
Transfers Transfers for the season 2026–27
Joining Robin van Galen (LW) (from VOC Amsterdam) Ragnhild Valle Dahl (LB) (from Odense Håndbold) Marianne Haugsted (LB) (from Bjerringbro FH) Trine Østergaard (RW) (from CSM București) Melina Kristensen (RW) (from Bjerringbro FH) Ofelia Shoai Hallberg (P) (from H 65 Höör)
Leaving Maria Fisker Stokholm (LW) (to Eiðis Bóltfelag) Laura Borg (LB) (to Ikast Håndbold) Elma Örtemark (LB) (to Holstebro Håndbold) Louise Søndergaard (RB) (to HH Elite) Rosa Skovlund Schmidt (RW) (to København Håndbold) Anne Hykkelbjerg (P) (to SønderjyskE)
Technical staff
Head Coach: Anders Friis Assistant coach: Susanne Munk Wilbek Team Leader: Liss Kristensen Physiotherapist: Morten Vanggaard Nielsen
Notable former players
Goalkeepers Susanne Munk Lauritsen (1986-2001) Christina Pedersen (2010-2012) Louise Bager Due (2001-2012, 2016–2017) Rikke Poulsen (2014-2019) Mie Sørensen (2016-2017) Heidi Tjugum (1997-2003) Katrine Lunde (2007-2010) Valérie Nicolas (2003-2007) Cléopâtre Darleux (2012-2014) Aurélie Rouquette (2007-2008) Cecilia Grubbström (2012-2013) Hanna Daglund (2017-2019) Chana Masson (2013-2015) Katarina Bralo (2009-2010)
Right wings Janne Kolling (1991-1997) Helle Simonsen (1997-2001) Louise Pedersen (2001-2003) Louise Lyksborg (2012-2016) Simone Böhme (2015-2017) Kristina Bille (2004-2007) Josephine Touray (1997-1999) Emilie Hovden (2022-2023) Cristina Vărzaru (2005-2012) Mónika Kovacsicz (2008-2010) Saskia Mulder (2003–2005) Nora Reiche (2007-2010) Natasa Nolevska (2017-2018)
Right backs Mette Klit (1991-1996, 1998–2000) Louise Burgaard (2013-2015) Anne Cecilie de la Cour (2009-2013) Julie Aagaard (2011-2012) Merethe Hansen (2000-2002) Ida Bjørndalen Karlsson (2007-2009) Amanda Kurtović (2012-2014) Moa Högdahl (2018-2023) Mathilde Rivas Toft (2021-2023) Marie-Paule Gnabouyou (2015-2017) Grit Jurack (2004-2012) Natasja Burgers (2002-2004) Sanne van Olphen (2017-2018) Rita Borók (2000-2002) Helga Németh (2003-2004) Isabel Ortuño (2004-2007)
Line players Karen Brødsgaard (1998-2003) Mette Gravholt (2014-2015) Sille Thomsen (2014-2016) Lene Lund Høy Karlsen (2005-2010) Stine Bodholt Nielsen (2016-2019) Charlotte Højfeldt (1995-1999; 2003–2007) Sabine Pedersen (2012-2014) Marit Malm Frafjord (2010-2014) Anja Althaus (2007-2012) Olga Assink (2003-2007, 2009–2010) Natalya Deryugina (1995-2003) Kristina Flognman (2013-2014)
Central backs Rikke Skov (1994-2016) Heidi Astrup (1989-1997, 1999–2003, 2005–2007, 2009–2010, 2015–2016) Lotte Kiærskou (2001-2005) Jane Schumacher (2006-2008) Berit Kristensen (1999-2004) Line Uno (2015-2019) Christina Pedersen (2022–2025) Siri Seglem (2015-2017) Vibeke Nesse (2000-2002) Tonje Enkerud (2021–2023) Chao Zhai (2004-2011) Johanna Ahlm (2009-2013) Isabelle Gulldén (2011-2015) Carin Strömberg (2016-2021) Maura Visser (2014-2015) Barbara Bognár (2015-2016) Mouna Chebbah (2010-2014)
Left backs Anja Andersen (1988-1990) Katrine Fruelund (1999-2005) Pernille Holst Holmsgaard (2011-2013) Trine Troelsen (2003-2007) Line Haugsted (2016-2022) Kristina Jørgensen (2017-2022) Sarah Paulsen (2013-2017) Anne Dorthe Tanderup (1992-1998) Lene Thomsen (2005-2008) Bojana Popović (2007-2010) Kristine Lunde-Borgersen (2007-2010) Tonje Larsen (1998-1999) Leila Lejeune (2002-2004) Carmen Amariei (2010-2011) Linnea Torstenson (2013-2014) Anita Bulath (2012-2013) Gorica Aćimović (2009-2011) Sanja Damnjanović (2013-2015)
Left wings Henriette Mikkelsen (2003-2012, 2013–2015) Anette Hoffmann (1990-1997) Ann Grete Nørgaard (2000-2006, 2008–2009, 2015–2019) Gitte Aaen (2006-2010) Christina Roslyng (1997-2003, 2007–2008) Maria Fisker (2006-2009, 2011–2015) Lærke Nolsøe (2021-2023) Jane Wangsøe (1997-2000) Maja Savić (2010-2011) Camilla Thorsen (2000-2005) Silje Mari Berget (2003-2004) Anne Kjersti Suvdal (2013-2014) Holly Lam-Moores (2012-2013)
Coaching history Lars Friis-Hansen (1995–1998) Ryan Zinglersen (2004–2005) Tomas Ryde (2005–2008) Jakob Vestergaard (2008–2011; 2018–2023) Martin Albertsen (2002–2004; 2011–2012) Oskar Bjarni Oskarsson (2012–2013) Christian Dalmose (2013–2015) Allan Heine (2015–2018) Ulrik Wilbek (1988–1991; 1998–2002) Mette Klit (2011) Heidi Astrup Ole Bitsch (2023–)
Previous squads
Squad for the 2020–21 season
Goalkeepers 1 Emma Friberg 12 Anna Kristensen Wingers LW 9 Laura Holm 14 Amalie Grøn Hansen 25 Maria Stokholm RW 7 Stine Andersen 18 Sanne Beck Hansen 23 Thilde Frandsen Line players 13 Madeleine Östlund 21 Majbritt Toft Hansen 31 Ida-Marie Dahl
Back players LB 10 Kristina Jørgensen 11 Line Haugsted 54 Marianne Haugsted CB 4 Laura Damgaard 8 Carin Strömberg (c) RB 6 Moa Högdahl 22 Pauline Bøgelund
Squad for the 2019–20 season
Goalkeepers 12 Anna Kristensen 24 Josephine Nordstrøm Olsen Wingers LW 14 Amalie Grøn Hansen 25 Maria Stokholm RW 7 Stine Andersen 62 Anne Sofie Filtenborg 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 (c) RB 6 Moa Högdahl 22 Pauline Bøgelund
Squad for the 2018–19 season
Goalkeepers 1 Hanna Daglund 12 Rikke Poulsen 24 Josephine Nordstrøm Olsen Wingers 14 Amalie Grøn Hansen 23 Ann Grete Nørgaard Østerballe 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 (c) 93 Line Uno RB 6 Moa Högdahl 22 Pauline Bøgelund
Squad for the 2017–18 season
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 Stine Bodholt Nielsen Mathilde Storgaard Anne Hykkelbjerg Signe Hald
Back players LB Line Haugsted Kristina Jørgensen Clara Høgh-Poulsen CB Line Uno Carin Strömberg RB