# Skjern Håndbold

Skjern Handball (Danish: Skjern Håndbold) 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.
In the 1997/1998 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.

## Kits

HOME :
| 2014–15 | 2017–19 |
AWAY :
| 2014–15 | 2017–19 | 2020–21 |

## Achievements

* Danish Championship: 2
** Gold: 1999, 2018
** Silver: 2003, 2015, 2017
** 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 2024–25 season

### Staff

    Staff for the 2021–22 season
* Head Coach: Henrik Kronborg
* Assistant Trainer: Kasper Søndergaard
* Team Leader: Jørgen Jørgensen
* Physiotherapist: Hans Jensen

### Transfers

    Transfers for the 2025–26 season

## European Handball
### EHF Champions League

| Season | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 1999–00 | Qualification | Horn Sittardia | 31–26 | 28–22 | 59–48 |
| 1999–00 | Group Stage Group C | Badel 1862 Zagreb | 24–33 | 19–22 | 4th place |
| 1999–00 | Group Stage Group C | ZTR Zaporizhzhia | 16–20 | 20–23 | 4th place |
| 1999–00 | Group Stage Group C | TV Suhr-Handball | 26–28 | 29–24 | 4th place |
| 2003–04 | Group Stage Group G | Veszprém KC | 23–26 | 29–33 | 2nd place |
| 2003–04 | Group Stage Group G | Vive Kielce | 26–22 | 25–25 | 2nd place |
| 2003–04 | Group Stage Group G | RK Bosna Sarajevo | 30–20 | 18–27 | 2nd place |
| 2003–04 | Round of 16 | SC Magdeburg | 30–25 | 24–34 | 54–59 |
| 2015–16 | Group Stage Group D | Motor Zaporizhzhia | 36–36 | 26–31 | 2nd place |
| 2015–16 | Group Stage Group D | Kadetten Schaffhausen | 25–29 | 30–24 | 2nd place |
| 2015–16 | Group Stage Group D | HC Baia Mare | 38–28 | 28–28 | 2nd place |
| 2015–16 | Group Stage Group D | Elverum Håndball | 34–29 | 37–23 | 2nd place |
| 2015–16 | Group Stage Group D | RK Metalurg Skopje | 20–19 | 25–24 | 2nd place |
| 2015–16 | Playoffs | HC Meshkov Brest | 31–31 | 23–27 | 54–58 |
| 2017–18 | Group Stage Group C | CB Ademar León | 33–25 | 31–26 | 1st place |
| 2017–18 | Group Stage Group C | RK Gorenje Velenje | 35–20 | 29–31 | 1st place |
| 2017–18 | Group Stage Group C | Elverum Håndball | 35–25 | 32–27 | 1st place |
| 2017–18 | Group Stage Group C | Kadetten Schaffhausen | 32–22 | 24–25 | 1st place |
| 2017–18 | Group Stage Group C | Dinamo București | 39–28 | 36–23 | 1st place |
| 2017–18 | Playoffs | HC Motor Zaporizhzhia | 33–26 | 30–32 | 63–58 |
| 2017–18 | Round of 16 | Veszprém KC | 32–25 | 29–34 | 61–59 |
| 2017–18 | Quarter-final | HBC Nantes | 27–27 | 27–32 | 54–59 |
| 2018–19 | Group Stage Group B | Paris Saint-Germain | 24–26 | 28–38 | 7th place |
| 2018–19 | Group Stage Group B | MOL-Pick Szeged | 26–29 | 33–33 | 7th place |
| 2018–19 | Group Stage Group B | SG Flensburg-Handewitt | 24–31 | 22–26 | 7th place |
| 2018–19 | Group Stage Group B | HBC Nantes | 32–34 | 27–35 | 7th place |
| 2018–19 | Group Stage Group B | HC Motor Zaporizhzhia | 37–33 | 23–33 | 7th place |
| 2018–19 | Group Stage Group B | PPD Zagreb | 31–31 | 29–32 | 7th place |
| 2018–19 | Group Stage Group B | Celje Pivovarna Laško | 35–32 | 27–26 | 7th place |

### EHF Cup

| Season | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 2004–05 | Round 2 | Vadislav '95 Spartak Varna | 38–16 | 39–18 | 77–34 |
| 2004–05 | Round 3 | Lukoil-Dynamo Astrakhan | 32–37 | 30–31 | 62–68 |
| 2006–07 | Round 3 | KV Sasja HC | 35–27 | 29–21 | 64–48 |
| 2006–07 | 1/8 final | IK Sävehof | 39–28 | 25–30 | 64–58 |
| 2006–07 | 1/4 final | Dunkerque | 27–25 | 28–23 | 55–48 |
| 2006–07 | 1/2 final | CAI BM Aragón | 29–25 | 24–29 | 53–54 |
| 2011–12 | Round 3 | HC Dinamo-Poltava | 33–21 | 21–26 | 54–47 |
| 2011–12 | Last 16 | Dunkerque | 28–24 | 18–24 | 46–48 |
| 2013–14 | Round 2 | Ronal Jičín | 29–21 | 38–21 | 67–42 |
| 2013–14 | Round 3 | RK Vojvodina | 31–24 | 24–18 | 55–42 |
| 2013–14 | Group Stage Group B | Montpellier Handball | 23–26 | 25–27 | 3rd place |
| 2013–14 | Group Stage Group B | Sporting CP | 25–32 | 28–30 | 3rd place |
| 2013–14 | Group Stage Group B | RK Strumica | 31–20 | 24–23 | 3rd place |
| 2014–15 | Round 2 | Bregenz | 36–32 | 36–27 | 72–59 |
| 2014–15 | Round 3 | Orosháza | 40–20 | 32–25 | 72–45 |
| 2014–15 | Group Stage Group C | Füchse Berlin | 32–28 | 24–29 | |
| 2014–15 | Group Stage Group C | Porto | 27–21 | 23–24 | |
| 2014–15 | Group Stage Group C | Vojvodina | 32–23 | 25–23 | |
| 2014–15 | Quarter-finals | MT Melsungen | 25–20 | 23–28 | 48–48 |
| 2014–15 | Semifinal | HSV Hamburg | 23–27 |
| 2014–15 | Third place match | RK Gorenje | 27–22 |

### EHF Cup Winners' Cup

| Season | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate | Comment |
| 2005–06 | Round 2 | A.S. Pallamano Secchia | 36–18 | 28–40 | 76–46 | – |
| 2005–06 | Round 3 | RK Gold Club Kozina | 38–32 | 30–29 | 67–62 | – |
| 2005–06 | 1/8 Final | Wisła Płock | 30–26 | 30–32 | 62–56 | – |
| 2005–06 | 1/4 Final | HCM Constanța | 31–35 | 35–28 | 59–70 | – |

### EHF Challenge Cup

| Season | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate | Comment |
| 2002–03 | Round 3 | IFK Skövde | 24–23 | 25–27 | 51–48 | – |
| 2002–03 | Round 4 | Alpla HC Hard | 25–21 | 28–24 | 49–49 | – |
| 2002–03 | 1/4 Final | SC Torggler Group Merano | 30–25 | 24–25 | 55–49 | – |
| 2002–03 | 1/2 Final | IK Sävehof | 31–27 | 24–24 | 55–51 | – |
| 2002–03 | Final | "Filippos" Verias | 35–25 | 30–27 | 62–55 | – |
| 2001–02 | Round 2 | RK Metalurg Skopje | 33–25 | 21–34 | 67–46 | – |
| 2001–02 | Round 3 | A.A. Aguas Santas | 27–18 | 26–20 | 47–44 | – |
| 2001–02 | Round 4 | Shakhtyor Akademi Donetsk | 25–24 | 31–31 | 56–55 | – |
| 2001–02 | 1/4 Final | Pallamano Rubiera | 28–26 | 20–30 | 58–46 | – |
| 2001–02 | 1/2 Final | US d'Ivry Handball | 33–23 | 24–26 | 59–47 | – |
| 2001–02 | Final | RK "Pelister" Bitola | 34–17 | 27–20 | 54–44 | – |

## 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