HC Midtjylland is a handball club based in the town of Herning in Jutland, Denmark. They play in Danish 2nd tier Danish 1st Division.
History HC Midtjylland where founded in 2005 based on the local teams Hauge G/F and Herning FH. In the 2008/2009 season they finished 2nd in the Danish 1st Division and thus reached the promotion playoff for the first time. They did however lose to top flight team TMS Ringsted. Promotion came in the 2009/2010 season after finishing 3rd and going up through the playoffs.
Only the season after they were however relegated again. In the 2013/2014 season they gained promotion by winning the 1st Division. In 2015 they won the Danish Handball Cup despite struggling against relegation.
In 2018 they went bankrupt because of financial problems. The club resurrected, shortly after it went bankrupt, but was forced into the Danish 2nd Division.
In the first season they gained promotion from the 2nd division, and in 2021/2022 they were once again promoted to the top flight in Denmark. They were however relegated again only the next season, when they finished last in the 2022-23 Håndboldligaen.2022-23 League Table - Dansk Håndbold
European record
Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate 2016–17 EHF CupR3 Dinamo Astrakhan 29–29 36–25 64–55Group Stage Fraikin Granollers 24–27 32–34 4th place FC Porto 29–26 25–33 Frisch Auf Göppingen 23–31 22–25
Accomplishments Danish Handball Cup: 1 : 2015
Team Current squad
Goalkeepers 1 Simon Egtved 16 Rasmus Døssing Wingers LW 14 Christian Højgaard Brandt 35 Kasper Søndergaard Kvist RW 40 Laurits Kristensen 90 Magnus Møland Sønnichsen Line players 5 Silas Krabbe 6 Valdemar Hermansen 54 Rasmus Mørup
Back players LB 4 Rasmus Graffe 8 Matias Damgaard 10 Emil Vestergaard Larsen CB 18 Matias Helt Jepsen RB 9 Livio Klausen 13 Oscar von Oettingen
Technical staff Head coach: Claus Uhrenholt Assistant Coach: Martin Hansen Physical Trainer: Steffan Storgaard Espersen Physiotherapist: Gabriel Zaar Jensen Team Leader: Henrik Andersen
Transfers Transfers for the 2026–27 season
Joining
Leaving Valdemar Hermansen (LP) to KIF Kolding
Transfer History
Transfers for the 2025–26 seasonJoining Anton Bramming (LW) from Skanderborg AGF Håndbold Nicolai Snogdal (LW) (from TM Tønder) Malte Pedersen (LB) (from TM Tønder) Emil Jensen (CB) (from Lemvig-Thyborøn Håndbold)
Leaving Rasmus Graffe (CB) to TMS Ringsted Kasper Kvist (LW) (Retires)
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