# Viborg HK

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.
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 (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. 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.
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.
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.

## Kits

HOME :
* 2020-
AWAY :
| 2015-16 | 2016-18 | 2018-19 | 2020- |

## Results

* Danish Championship:
** Gold: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014
** Silver: 1991, 1993, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2021
** Bronze: 2011, 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

    Squad for the 2024–25 season

### Retired numbers

Viborg HK :
| No. | Player | Position | Tenure | Matches | Seasons |
| 2 | Rikke Skov | Left Back | 1994–2016 | 648 | 18 |

### Transfers

    Transfers for the season 2025–26

### Technical staff

* Head Coach: Ole Bitsch
* 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)
* Siri Seglem (2015-2017)
* Vibeke Nesse (2000-2002)
* 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 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
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    Squad for the 2019–20 season
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    Squad for the 2018–19 season
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    Squad for the 2017–18 season
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    Squad for the 2016–17 season
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    Squad for the 2015–16 season
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    Squad for the 2014–15 season
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    Squad for the 2013–14 season
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    Squad for the 2012–13 season
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    Squad for the 2011–12 season
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    Squad for the 2010–11 season
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    Squad for the 2009–10 season
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    Squad for the 2008–09 season
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    Squad for the 2007–08 season
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    Squad for the 2006–07 season
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    Squad for the 2005–06 season
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    Squad for the 2004–05 season
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    Squad for the 2003–04 season
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## Stadium

* Name: Vibocold Arena Viborg
* City: Viborg
* Capacity: 3,000
* Address: Tingvej 5, 8800 Viborg

## Kit manufacturers

* Salming Sports