Aalborg Håndbold

Aalborg Handball (Danish: Aalborg Håndbold) is a professional handball club from Aalborg, Denmark that competes in the Danish Handball League. Aalborg Håndbold play their home games in the Gigantium arena in Aalborg – known as Jutlander Bank Arena for sponsorship reasons.

Aalborg Håndbold
Full nameAalborg Håndbold
Founded2000 as AaB Håndbold and 2011 as Aalborg Håndbold
ArenaJutlander Bank Arena, Aalborg
Capacity5020
Sports directorJan Larsen
Head coachStefan Madsen
LeagueHåndboldligaen
2022–23Håndboldligaen, 2nd of 14
Club colours   
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Home
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Away
Website
Official site

Aalborg Håndbold has won 6 Danish Championships and 2 Danish Cup. In 2021 they reached the final in the EHF Champions League.

Location of Aalborg Håndbold
Aalborg Håndbold
Aalborg Håndbold
Location of Aalborg Håndbold

History

In 2000 Aalborg Boldspilklub overtook the licence of the club Aalborg HSH. AaB Håndbold was owned by AaB A/S. AaB Håndbold won the Danish Championship in 2010 with a final victory of 2–1 in matches against KIF Kolding after six free throws in the free throw competition in match 3.

In January 2011 the license was given to a new company called "Aalborg Håndbold A/S" and the team changed name to Aalborg Håndbold. Behind the new company are the businessman Eigild B. Christensen and director Jan Larsen, who both are from Aalborg. Aalborg Håndbold won the Danish Championship in 2013 with an overall 11-goal victory over KIF Kolding Copenhagen.

In 2014 Aalborg got a second place, and also qualified for the Champions League 1/16 final, where Aalborg was defeated in two matches against FC Barcelona. Aalborg's success continued in 2015 with another Champions League 1/16 final. Again the opponent was FC Barcelona and again Aalborg was knocked out.

In 2017 Aalborg won the Danish Championship for a third time and in 2019, 2020 and 2021 they won the Danish Championship 3 times in a row. In 2021 Aalborg also reached the final of the EHF Champions League becoming the only Danish and Nordic men's team to have done so. In the final Aalborg once again lost to FC Barcelona.

Kits

Accomplishments Men

Team

Current squad
Squad for the 2023–24 season[1]

Technical staff
Staff for the 2023–24 season
  • Head Coach: Denmark Stefan Madsen
  • Assistant Coach: Denmark Simon Dahl
  • Team Leader: Denmark Torbjørn Christensen
  • Team Leader: Denmark Christian Müller
  • Physical Trainer: Denmark Kim Lynge
  • Team Physician: Denmark Jørgen Boserup

Transfers
Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Notable former players

European Handball

EHF Champions League
Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate Comment
2021–22 Group matches
(Group A)		 Croatia PPD Zagreb 31–25 34–24 1st place –
France Montpellier HB 36–28 33–31 –
North Macedonia RK Vardar 33–29 28–30 –
Belarus Meshkov Brest 34–33 33–30 –
Hungary Pick Szeged 34–30 28–31 –
Germany THW Kiel 35–33 28–31 –
Norway Elverum Håndball 32–27 34–28 –
Quarterfinals
2020–21 Group matches
(Group B)		 Spain FC Barcelona 32–35 33–42 4th place –
Hungary Telekom Veszprém 27–33 32–30 –
Germany THW Kiel 23–31 26–28 –
Ukraine HC Motor Zaporizhzhia 38–29 29–27 –
France HBC Nantes 32–24 29–38 –
Slovenia RK Celje 0–10 31–29 Home game assessed by the EHF
Croatia PPD Zagreb 38–29 27–26 –
Last 16 Portugal FC Porto 27–24 29–32 56–56 (a) –
Quarterfinals Germany SG Flensburg-Handewitt 26–21 29–33 55–54 –
Semifinal France Paris Saint-Germain 35–33 –
Final Spain Barça 23–36  Silver
2014–15Group matchesFrance Dunkerque Handball Grand Littoral25–2823–234th place-
Hungary SC Pick Szeged25–2825–23-
Switzerland Kadetten Schaffhausen23–2325–25-
Ukraine HC Motor Zaporizhzhia30–3625–28-
Poland Vive Targi Kielce25–2733–26-
Last 16Spain FC Barcelona11–3129–2233–60-
2013–14Group matchesGermany SG Flensburg-Handewitt26–2731–274th place-
Spain Naturhouse La Rioja28–2425–23-
Germany HSV Hamburg26–2828–20-
Slovenia RK Gorenje Velenje23–2825–30-
Sweden HK Drott37–2326–35-
Last 16Spain FC Barcelona22–2931–2042–60-


Retired numbers
Aalborg Håndbold
No. Player Position Tenure Ceremony Date
10Håvard TvedtenLeft Wing2002–2006
2011–2016		17/05/2016

References
  1. "The team 2021/2012" (in Danish). Aalborg Handball official website. Archived from the original on 7 July 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2021.

Official website

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