Skanderborg AGF Håndbold

See also: Skanderborg Håndbold

Skanderborg AGF Håndbold, previously Skanderborg Aarhus Håndbold, is a men's handball club based in Skanderborg in Jutland, Denmark. The club was founded in 1982 and was the result of a merger between Stilling-Skanderborg and Vrold-Skanderborg Handball Club. In 2021 Aarhus Håndbold merged with Skanderborg Håndbold's men's team, and they changed the name to Skanderborg Aarhus Håndbold. ^[1]

Skanderborg AGF Håndbold
Founded	1982; 42 years ago (1982)
Arena	Skanderborg Fælled and Ceres Arena
Capacity	1,700 / 5,001
President	Mads Lind
Head coach	Nick Rasmussen
League	Håndboldligaen
2022–23	6th
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

After the merger the club inherited the league licens of Skanderborg Håndbold, while the first governing board of the club was composed of four members from each former club.^[2] In June 2023, the sports association Aarhus Gymnastikforening bought 50 percent of the club.^[3]

The women's team still goes by the name Skanderborg Håndbold.

Skanderborg AGF Håndbold

Location of Skanderborg AGF Håndbold

Team

Staff

Staff for the 2024-25 season

Pos.	Name
Head coach	Nick Rasmussen
Assistant coach	Søren Fisker
	Aksel Nørgaard
Goalkeeping coach	Kent Jæger
Physical coach	Thomas Cortebeeck
hysiotherapist	Kathja Rasmusen
	Christina Maajen
Team Leader	Frank Jensen
Team Leader	Kasper Voetmann
Team Leader	Alex Sørensen
Masseur	Claus Sørensen

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season^[4]

Goalkeeper 01 Kristoffer Laursen 12 Magnus Brandbyge Wingers LW 24 Anton Bramming 25 Jeppe Cieslak RW 11 Mikkel Lang Rasmussen 29 Andreas Aagren Johansen Pivots 05 Frederik Sommer Arnoldsen 19 Thor Christensen 28 Morten Kaalund

Back players LB 06 Kristian Bonefeld 15 Emil Lærke 23 Morten Hempel Jensen CB 10 Magnus Haubro Jensen 20 Morten Balling 32 Fredrik Olsson RB 03 Kristján Örn Kristjánsson 07 Jonathan Mollerup 27 Anders Christian Thomassen

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Joining Magnus Brandbyge (GK) (from KIF Kolding) Jeppe Cieslak (LW) (from Nordsjælland Håndbold) Emil Lærke (LB) (from TBV Lemgo) Magnus Haubro Jensen (CB) (from Ribe-Esbjerg HH) Kristján Örn Kristjánsson (RB) (from Pays d'Aix UC) Andreas Aagren Johansen (RW) (from HØJ Elite) Anders Christian Thomassen (RB) (from own rows) Morten Kaalund (P) (from own rows)

Leaving Salah Boutaf (GK) (to GOG Håndbold) Lars Skaarup (LW) (to KIF Kolding) Torben Petersen (LB) (to Istres Provence Handball) Lukas Goller (LB) Joachim Pedersen (CB) (to TM Tønder Håndbold) Mathias Bitsch (RB) (to Lemvig-Thyborøn Håndbold) Magnus Vejsgaard (RW) (to Odder Håndbold) Lars Mousing (P) (to Aarhus HC)

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Joining Magnus Petersen (GK) (from Nordsjælland Håndbold) Christoffer Dreyer (LB) (from TMS Ringsted) ? Sebastian Henneberg (CB) (from Fredericia HK) Andreas Søgaard (P) (from Ribe-Esbjerg HH)

Leaving Kristoffer Laursen (GK) (to Aarhus HC) Thor Christensen (P) (to Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Håndbold) Frederik Sommer Arnoldsen (P) (to TTH Holstebro)

References

1. "Aarhus Handball bankruptcy - merges with Skanderborg" (in Danish). Tv2 Østjylland (danish).
2. "Aarhus Handball bankruptcy - merges with Skanderborg" (in Danish). Tv2 Østjylland (danish).
3. "AGF køber sig ind i Skanderborg Aarhus" (in Danish). Ugeavisen. 15 June 2023.
4. "The team 2017/2018" (in Danish). Skanderborg Handball official website. Retrieved 8 October 2017.

External links

• Official website