SønderjyskE Damehåndbold is a women's handball club based in Aabenraa in South Jutland, Denmark. The club was founded in 2004 and has been part of the top tier league, Damehåndboldligaen two times. They promoted to the league again for the 2022/23 season.
They are part of the general sports club SønderjyskE, which also has a soccer and ice hockey team.
History SønderjyskE was created as a club for the whole region of South Jutland as it was obvious that it was impossible to create elite teams able to compete in the top leagues on the former basis of city teams. The men's football team used to be solely based in the city of Haderslev under the name Haderslev FK. In 2004 all the elite teams in football, ice hockey and handball merged into SønderjyskE, enabling the clubs to represent not only a city but the whole region of South Jutland (Sønderjylland), which drew more attention to the teams from sponsors, fans and media and made it easier to keep talents in South Jutland. In 2006 TM Tønder Håndbold withdrew from the project, when the team moved their home matches to Sønderborg, because they believed the team had come too far from their roots in Tønder.
In the 2010–11 season the team were relegated, but they were back again for the 2012-13 Damehåndboldligaen.
The team was relegated in the 2013-14 season after finishing last in the regular season.2013-14 league table - Flashscore For the 2015-16 season they were back in the league, but they were relegated again after only a single season without winning even a single point.2015-16 league table - DHF
In August 2017, the club inaugurated the women's team's new home ground in Arena Aabenraa, Aabenraa.
In the 2022-23 season the team was promoted again.
Team
Staff Pos.NameHead coach Peter NielsenAssistant coach Mikael JensenTeam Leader/Video Erik JørgensenTeam Leader Lillian JensenPhysiotherapist Jannik Duus Jensen
Current squad Squad for the 2026-27 season
Goalkeeper 16 Julie Stokkendal Poulsen 26 Nora Persson Wingers LW 5 Sidsel Mygil Mattesen 17 Mathilde Guldager Østergaard RW 11 Pernille Johannsen 22 Ditte Alnor Michelsen Pivot 3 Kara Steffensen 9 Filippa Nyman 14 Rikke Dahl Nielsen 21 Anne Hykkelbjerg
Back players LB 10 Sofia Stenholt 25 Laura Jensen CB 4 Nicoline Lauritsen RB 8 Karine Dahlum 19 Virág Fazekas
Transfers Transfers for the 2026-27 season
Joining Kim Johansen (Head Coach) (from Skanderborg Håndbold) Nora Persson (GK) (from HH Elite) Mathilde Guldager Østergaard (LW) (from Bjerringbro FH) Laura Jensen (LB) (from Bjerringbro FH) Nicoline Lauritsen (CB) (from Skanderborg Håndbold) Ditte Alnor Michelsen (RW) (from Gudme HK) Anne Hykkelbjerg (P) (from Viborg HK) Rikke Dahl Nielsen (P) (from Bjerringbro FH)
Leaving Peter Nielsen (Head Coach) (to SønderjyskE Herrehåndbold) Sarah Ernebjerg Jensen (GK) (to Bjerringbro FH) June Bøttger (LW) (to Fredrikstad BK) Olivia Simonsen (LB) (to Molde Elite) Louise Ellebæk (LB) (Retires) Emilie Clemmensen (LB) (to Odense Håndbold) Line Uno (CB) (Retires) Sarah Paulsen (CB) (to MKS Lublin) Victoria Mørk (CB) (to Ikast Håndbold) Lea Hansen (RW) (Retires) Sherin Obaidli (P) (to Molde Elite)
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