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Team Esbjerg

Team Esbjerg is a professional women's handball team based in Esbjerg, Denmark, that competes in the Bambusa Kvindeligaen and the 2022–23 Women's EHF Champions League. They play their home matches in Blue Water Dokken, which have capacity for 2,996 spectators. They play games in red shirts and black shorts.

Team Esbjerg
Full nameTeam Esbjerg Elitehåndbold A/S
Short nameEsbjerg
Founded1991
ArenaBlue Water Dokken
Capacity2,996
PresidentBjarne Pedersen
Head CoachJesper Jensen
LeagueBambusa Kvindeligaen
2022–231st
Club colours   
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Home
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Away
Website
Official site
Location of Team Esbjerg
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Location of Team Esbjerg

The coaching team consists of former national team player Jesper Jensen and Patrick Petersen.[1]

History edit

Team Esbjerg was founded in 1991, as a cooperation between KVIK Esbjerg and Esbjerg Håndboldklub (EHK). They compete the Danish Handball League for the first time in 1999, but they relegated the following year. They have been part of the league, since 2004.

They have won the Danish Championship twice. Once in 2016, after beating FC Midtjylland Håndbold in the final. They lost the first final match 20–17, but won the second 24–19, after a dramatic penalty shootout. Again in 2019, they also beat Herning-Ikast Håndbold, in two matches, with the scores 28–20 and 19–20.[2] They also won the Danish Women's Handball Cup in 2017, after beating København Håndbold, with the score 31–20.[3]

Over time, the club has had many notable and significant players, like Rikke Zachariassen, Ulrika Toft Hansen, Lotte Grigel, Gøril Snorroeggen, Maibritt Kviesgaard, Kari Aalvik Grimsbø, Emily Stang Sando, Marta Mangué, Laura van der Heijden, Angelica Wallén, Ida Bjørndalen and Sandra Toft Galsgaard.

Kits edit

Honours edit

Arena edit

Team edit

Current squad edit

Squad for the 2023–24 season.
Squad information
No. Nat. Player Position Date of Birth In Contract until
3   Kaja Kamp Line Player 29 April 1994 2020 2025
4   Michala Møller Centre Back 16 February 2000 2021 2026
5   Caroline Gade Left Wing 11 July 2004 2021 2024
7   Luciana Rebelo Right Back 25 July 2005 2023 2027
8   Live Rushfeldt Deila Centre Back 15 January 2000 2023 2026
9   Nora Mørk Right Back 5 April 1991 2022 2026
10   Kathrine Heindahl Line Player 26 March 1992 2022 2025
11   Rikke Iversen Line Player 18 May 1993 2023 2026
12   Anna Kristensen Goalkeeper 25 October 2000 2023 2026
14   Kristine Breistøl Left Back 23 August 1993 2018 2024
16   Amalie Milling Goalkeeper 27 December 1999 2022 2025
18   Mette Tranborg Right Back 1 January 1996 2020 2025
20   Marit Røsberg Jacobsen Right Wing 25 February 1994 2018 2026
24   Sanna Solberg-Isaksen Left Wing 16 June 1990 2017 2026
25   Henny Reistad Left Back 9 February 1999 2021 2025
27   Anne Tolstrup Petersen Right Wing 7 March 1995 2022 2026
33   Julie Bøe Jacobsen Centre Back 23 June 1998 2022 2024

Transfers edit

Transfers for the season 2024–25

Technical staff edit

  •   Head coach: Jesper Jensen
  •   Assistant coach: Patrick Petersen
  •   Goalkeeping coach: Rikke Poulsen
  •   Sportdirector: Thomas Hylle
  •   Teamleader: Helle Kongsbak
  •   Physiotherapist: Kenneth Hansen
  •   Physiotherapist: Jacob Dejgaard
  •   Video: Jes Juncker-Jensen

Known former players from the club edit

Statistics edit

Head coach history edit

  Thomas Hylle 1997–2002
  Jan Leslie 2004–2006
  Thomas Hørlyk 2006–2007
  Teddy Barrett 2007–2008
  Jan Paulsen 2008–2011
  Lars Frederiksen 2011–2017
  Jesper Jensen 2017–present

European record edit

Champions League edit

Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate
2015–16 EHF Champions League Qualification tournament   Yenimahalle Bld. SK 32–28
  HCM Baia Mare 21–32
2016–17 EHF Champions League Group Stage
Group D 		  RK Krim 35–25 22–27 3rd place
  Larvik HK 29–30 24–31
  IK Sävehof 29–18 25–20
Main Round
Group 2 		  CSM București 20–25 25–33 6th place
  Győri ETO KC 26–32 22–33
  Midtjylland 22–21 26–38
2019–20 EHF Champions League Group Stage
Group B 		  Rostov-Don 31–26 26–34 2nd place
  CSM București 22–24 25–21
  MKS Perła Lublin 35–22 28–22
Main Round
Group 1 		  Metz Handball 30–29 31–31 2nd place
  Vipers Kristiansand 35–30 35–31
  Ferencvárosi TC 29–27 25–26
Quarterfinals   Budućnost Podgorica Cancelled
2020–21 Champions League Group Stage
Group A 		  Metz Handball 25–28 29–31 6th place
  Rostov-Don 24–25 24–28
  Vipers Kristiansand 27–27 28–28
  Ferencvárosi TC 21–24 28–24
  CSM București 29–30 26–28
  SG BBM Bietigheim 37–29 33–26
  RK Krim 33–23 10–0
Round of 16   Brest Bretagne Handball 27–33 27–30 54–63
2021–22 Champions League Group stage
Group A 		  Brest Bretagne Handball 28–28 23–26 1st place
  FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 33–27 31–31
  Budućnost BEMAX 35–20 36–25
  CSM București 22–21 29–29
  BV Borussia 09 Dortmund 34–24 32–29
  Rostov-Don 25–18 27–25
  HC Podravka Vegeta 30–17 27–26
Quarterfinals   CSM București 27–27 26–25 53–52
Semifinal   Győri Audi ETO KC 27–32
Bronze match   Metz Handball 26–32
2022–23 EHF Champions League Group stage
Group B 		  Győri Audi ETO KC 29–31 28–29 3rd
  Metz Handball 35–28 24–26
  CS Rapid București 32–34 35–30
  ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica 28–23 30–20
  Storhamar HE 35–25 34–25
  Kastamonu Bld. GSK 43–27 39–31
  RK Lokomotiva Zagreb 30–18 33–20
Playoffs   Brest Bretagne 28–25 27–24 55–49
Quarter-finals   CSM București 32–28 33–31 65–59
Semifinal   Ferencvárosi TC 29–30
Bronze match   Győri Audi ETO KC 27–28
2023–24 EHF Champions League Group stage
Group B 		  Metz Handball 29–27 31–36
  Vipers Kristiansand 38–37 32–37
  CS Rapid București 30–28 33–24
  FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 27–23 33–28
  Zagłębie Lubin 36–24 32–26
  RK Krim Mercator 27–33 29–21
  Ikast Håndbold 35–34 37–34

EHF Cup edit

Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate
2010–11 EHF Cup Round 3   Buxtehuder SV 28–23 25–29 53–52
Last 16   HC Dunărea Brăila 25–22 21–20 46–42
Quarterfinals   FC Midtjylland 21–27 29–24 50–51
2011–12 EHF Cup Round 3   Anagennisi Arta 31–15 36–14 67–29
Last 16   Team Tvis Holstebro 28–27 24–27 52–54
2013–14 EHF Cup Round 3   RK Radnički Kragujevac 26–26 28–24 54–50
Last 16   DHK Baník Most 28–26 28–21 56–47
Quarterfinals   Dinamo Volgograd 36–27 30–26 66–63
Semifinals   Alba Fehérvár KC 24–25 27–26 51–51 (a)
Final   HC Lada 32–32 25–36 57–68
2014–15 EHF Cup Round 3   RŽK Zagorje 35–26 33–22 68–48
Last 16   H 65 Höör 33–25 33–28 66–53
Quarterfinals   Érd NK 28–29 20–28 48–57
2018–19 EHF Cup Round 3   Paris 92 29–28 31–25 60–53
Group A   Storhamar HE 25–20 28–28 1st place
  SG BBM Bietigheim 28–27 32–27
  CS Măgura Cisnădie 41–18 32–19
Quarterfinals   HC Kuban Krasnodar 37–24 37–31 74–55
Semifinals   Herning-Ikast Håndbold 30–16 23–20 53–36
Final   Siófok KC 21–21 21–26 42–47

EHF Cup Winners' Cup edit

Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate
EHF Cup Winners' Cup 2012–13 Round 3   Quintus 36–25 26–23 62–48
Last 16   Rostov-Don 28–31 28–29 56–60
EHF Cup Winners' Cup 2015–16 Round 3   Ardeşen GSK 30–26 22–31 52–57

References edit

  1. ^ Sportslig ledelse - Team Esbjerg
  2. ^ "Team Esbjerg er dansk mester". TV2 Sport. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Team Esbjerg skriver historie - pokalmestre efter stor ydmygelse". TV2 Sport. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Jesper Jensen stopper i Team Esbjerg næste sommer" (in Danish). teamesbjerg.dk. 26 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Team Esbjerg". European Handball Federation.
  6. ^ "New All-Star Team features three fresh names and returning Neagu". eurohandball.com. 24 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Győr quintet headline EHF Champions League All-Star Team". eurohandball.com. 3 June 2022.

External links edit

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