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. Under Henrik Kronborg the club won the Danish Cup again in 2016, and in 2018 the team won their second Danish Championship.

In the 2024-25 season the team broke their attendance record with 2,963 spectators per match.

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Achievements Danish Championship: 2 Gold: 1999, 2018 Silver: 2003, 2015, 2017, 2025 Bronze: 2006, 2011, 2013, 2019 Danish Handball Cup: 3 Gold: 1999, 2014, 2016 Silver: 1994, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2012, 2022 Danish Super Cup: 1 Gold: 2017 EHF Cup: Bronze: 2015 EHF Challenge Cup: 2 Gold: 2002, 2003

Team

Current squad Squad for the 2026–27 season

Goalkeepers 1 Svend Rughave 12 Kristian Zetterlund Wingers LW 19 Bjarke Christensen 70 Simon Sejer Kristensen RW 20 Alfred Arnelin 21 René Rasmussen Pivots 7 Senjamin Burić 11 Joachim Møller 25 Hugo Stuivers 36 Julius Raaholt

Back players LB 2 Mads Bjergfelt 5 Jacob Holm 23 Marcus Midtgaard CB 22 Mads Mensah Larsen 24 Marius Winckler Nørsøller (on loan at HØJ Elite) 27 Axel Månsson RB 4 Jon Lindenchrone Andersen DF 26 Jonathan Würtz

Staff Staff for the 2026–27 season Head Coach: Oscar Carlén Assistant Coach: Rasmus Wilbek Physiotherapist: Hans Jensen Physical Trainer: Phillip Holm Team Leader: Jørgen Jørgensen

Transfers Transfers for the 2026–27 season

Joining Axel Månsson (CB) from IFK Kristianstad Hugo Stuivers (LP) from HK Malmö Alfred Arnelin (RW) from OV Helsingborg HK Jacob Holm (CB) from Paris Saint-Germain Joachim Møller (LP) from TMS Ringsted Svend Rughave (GK) from Mors-Thy Håndbold

Leaving Joaquim Nazaré (RB) to S.L. Benfica Emil Bergholt (LP) (to SG Flensburg-Handewitt) Christoffer Bonde (GK) to HBC Nantes Jakob Rasmussen (CB) to Skanderborg AGF Håndbold Morten Vium (RW) (Retires) Marius Nørsøller (CB) on loan at HØJ Elite

Transfer history

Transfers for the 2025–26 seasonJoining Kristian Zetterlund (GK) from HK Malmö Mads Mensah Larsen (CB) from SG Flensburg-Handewitt Marcus Midtgaard (LB) from Mors-Thy Håndbold Jon Andersen (RB) from Rhein-Neckar Löwen Jonathan Würtz (LB) from Ribe-Esbjerg HH

Leaving Noah Gaudin (CB) to Paris Saint-Germain Vetle Rønningen (LP) to Aalborg Håndbold Viktor Bergholt (LW) to SønderjyskE Handbold Tobias Mygind (LB) to Halden Topphåndball Tim Winkler (GK) (Retires) Lasse Mikkelsen (CB) (Retires) Eivind Tangen (RB) (Retires) Jonathan Havndrup Sørensen (RW) (to ?) Simo Šijan (CB) loan back to RK Vojvodina

European Handball

EHF Champions League

SeasonRound Club Home Away Aggregate1999–00Qualification Horn Sittardia 31–26 28–22 59–48Group StageGroup C Badel 1862 Zagreb 24–33 19–22 4th place ZTR Zaporizhzhia 16–20 20–23 TV Suhr 26–28 29–242003–04Group StageGroup G Veszprém KC 23–26 29–33 2nd place Vive Kielce 26–22 25–25 RK Bosna Sarajevo 30–20 18–27Round of 16 SC Magdeburg 30–25 24–34 54–592015–16Group StageGroup D Motor Zaporizhzhia 36–36 26–31 2nd place Kadetten Schaffhausen 25–29 30–24 HC Baia Mare 38–28 28–28 Elverum Håndball 34–29 37–23 RK Metalurg Skopje 20–19 25–24Playoffs HC Meshkov Brest 31–31 23–27 54–582017–18Group StageGroup C CB Ademar León 33–25 31–26 1st place RK Gorenje Velenje 35–20 29–31 Elverum Håndball 35–25 32–27 Kadetten Schaffhausen 32–22 24–25 Dinamo București 39–28 36–23Playoffs HC Motor Zaporizhzhia 33–26 30–32 63–58Round of 16 Veszprém KC 32–25 29–34 61–59Quarter-final HBC Nantes 27–27 27–32 54–592018–19Group StageGroup B Paris Saint-Germain 24–26 28–38 7th place MOL-Pick Szeged 26–29 33–33 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 24–31 22–26 HBC Nantes 32–34 27–35 HC Motor Zaporizhzhia 37–33 23–33 PPD Zagreb 31–31 29–32 Celje Pivovarna Laško 35–32 27–26

EHF Cup

SeasonRound Club Home Away Aggregate2004–05 Round 2 Vadislav '95 Spartak Varna 38–16 39–18 77–34Round 3 Lukoil-Dynamo Astrakhan 32–37 30–31 62–682006–07 Round 3 KV Sasja HC 35–27 29–21 64–481/8 final IK Sävehof 39–28 25–30 64–581/4 final Dunkerque 27–25 28–23 55–481/2 final CAI BM Aragón 29–25 24–29 53–542011–12 Round 3 HC Dinamo-Poltava 33–21 21–26 54–47Last 16 Dunkerque 28–24 18–24 46–482013–14 Round 2 Ronal Jičín 29–21 38–21 67–42Round 3 RK Vojvodina 31–24 24–18 55–42Group Stage Group B Montpellier Handball 23–26 25–27 3rd place Sporting CP 25–32 28–30 RK Strumica 31–20 24–232014–15 Round 2 Bregenz 36–32 36–27 72–59Round 3 Orosháza 40–20 32–25 72–45Group Stage Group C Füchse Berlin 32–28 24–29 Porto 27–21 23–24 Vojvodina 32–23 25–23Quarter-finals MT Melsungen 25–20 23–28 48–48Semifinal HSV Hamburg 23–27Third place match RK Gorenje 27–22

EHF Cup Winners' Cup Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate Comment2005–06Round 2 A.S. Pallamano Secchia 36–1828–4076–46–Round 3 RK Gold Club Kozina38–3230–2967–62–1/8 Final Wisła Płock30–2630–3262–56–1/4 Final HCM Constanța31–3535–2859–70–

EHF Challenge Cup Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate Comment2002–03Round 3 IFK Skövde 24–2325–2751–48–Round 4 Alpla HC Hard25–2128–2449–49–1/4 Final SC Torggler Group Merano30–2524–2555–49–1/2 Final IK Sävehof31–2724–2455–51–Final "Filippos" Verias35–2530–2762–55–2001–02Round 2 RK Metalurg Skopje 33–2521–3467–46–Round 3 A.A. Aguas Santas27–1826–2047–44–Round 4Shakhtyor Akademi Donetsk25–2431–3156–55–1/4 Final Pallamano Rubiera28–2620–3058–46–1/2 Final US d'Ivry Handball33–2324–2659–47–Final RK "Pelister" Bitola 34–1727–2054–44–

Notable former players Men

Claus Møller Jakobsen Jesper Jensen Michael V. Knudsen Lars Møller Madsen René Hamann-Boeriths Thomas Klitgaard Lasse Mikkelsen Henrik Møllgaard Anders Eggert Per Leegaard Sune Agerschou Rune Ohm Daniel Svensson Kristian Asmussen Lasse Mikkelsen Jeppe Riber Vignir Svavarsson Aron Kristjánsson Magnus Dahl Bjarte Myrhol Robin Paulsen Haug Simen Holand Pettersen Tibor Ivanišević Markus Olsson

Notable former coaches Veroljub Kosovac Anders Dahl-Nielsen Aron Kristjánsson

References

External links

EHF Profile