SønderjyskE is a Danish

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corporation. They have a

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team (

SønderjyskE Fodbold SønderjyskE (full name: ''SønderjyskE Fodbold'', ) is the football department of the Danish multi-sport club Sønderjysk Elitesport. The club plays in the second tier of Danish football, the Danish 1st Division. Their home is Sydbank Park in ...

, based in

Haderslev Haderslev (; german: Hadersleben ) is a Danish town in the Region of Southern Denmark with a population of 22,011 (1 January 2022).handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the ...

teams (

SønderjyskE Håndbold SønderjyskE is a Danish sport club. They have two handball teams (one male based in Sønderborg, one female based in Aabenraa), two football teams (one professional male club and one professional female club, both based in Haderslev) and an ...

, one male based in

Sønderborg (; german: Sonderburg ) is a Danish town in the Region of Southern Denmark. It is the main town and the administrative seat of Sønderborg Municipality (Kommune). The town has a population of 27,766 (1 January 2022),Aabenraa Aabenraa (; , ; Sønderjysk: ''Affenråe'') is a town in Southern Denmark, at the head of the Aabenraa Fjord, an arm of the Little Belt, north of the Denmark–Germany border and north of German town of Flensburg. It was the seat of Sønderjyl ...

) and an

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team (

SønderjyskE Ishockey SønderjyskE (Ice hockey) is a professional ice hockey team playing in the top Danish ice hockey league Metal Ligaen. The team is part of SønderjyskE which is a sports umbrella with football, handball and ice hockey teams. The team plays home g ...

, based in

Vojens Vojens (german: Woyens) is a railway town in Denmark with a population of 7,475 (1 January 2022).Southern Jutland Southern Jutland ( da, Sønderjylland; German: Südjütland) is the name for the region south of the Kongeå in Jutland, Denmark and north of the Eider (river) in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The region north of the Kongeå is called da, Nør ...

. The name is short for Sønderjysk Elitesport (

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: ''Southern Jutlandic Elite Sport''). SønderjyskE was created as a club for the whole region of South Jutland as it was obvious that it was impossible to create elite teams able to compete in the top leagues on the former basis of city teams. The men's football team used to be solely based in the city of Haderslev under the name Haderslev FK. In 2004 all the elite teams in football, ice hockey and handball merged into SønderjyskE, enabling the clubs to represent not only a city but the whole region of South Jutland (Sønderjylland), which drew more attention to the teams from sponsors, fans and media and made it easier to keep talents in South Jutland. As of 2009-07-01 4 of the 5 teams in the club play in the best Danish leagues: Men's

(Latest position: 6th), women's

(latest position: relegated to second-best league), women's

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the ...

(latest position: 12th) and the

team (latest position: 1st). The male

team finished 1st in the second-best Danish league.

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sonderjyske Danish handball clubs 2004 establishments in Denmark

See also

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