Claus Mogensen (born 18 January 1973) is a Danish

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor 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 thr ...

coach and former handball player, who is the current head coach of

HH Elite Horsens Håndboldklub Elite, also known as Horsens Håndboldklubis a Danish handball club. For the 2018/19 season, the team promoted to the Damehåndboldligaen, after its relegation in 2010. The team plays at home in Forum Horsens. At elite le ...

and the Faroese women's national handball team.

Coaching career

Mogensen started his coaching career at

Horsens HK Horsens Håndboldklub Elite, also known as Horsens Håndboldklubis a Danish handball club. For the 2018/19 season, the team promoted to the Damehåndboldligaen, after its relegation in 2010. The team plays at home in Forum Horsens. At elite l ...

, where he was from 2008 to 2010. He was then the head coach for

SK Aarhus Sportsklub Aarhus was a Danish women's handball club based in Aarhus. They played in Danish Women's Handball League, Damehåndboldligaen when the team closed after the 2016–17 Damehåndboldligaen, 2016-17 season because of financial issues. Aarh ...

from 2011 to 2013. From 2013 to 2016 he was the of the Norwegian team

Byåsen HE Byåsen Håndball Elite is the women's handball team of the Norwegian multi-sports club Byåsen IL based in Trondheim. The team plays in REMA 1000-ligaen, the top division in the country, since its promotion in 1982. The team's first success c ...

He has won two silver medals with in the

Postenligaen REMA 1000-ligaen (Eliteserien i håndball for menn) is the premier men's professional handball league for Norwegian handball clubs. It is administered by the Norwegian Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Norwegian champions. It ...

in 2013-14 and 2014-15. In 2016 he was named Coach of the Year in Norwegian handball for these results. Afterwards he was the head coach at

København Håndbold København Håndbold is a Danish women's handball club from Copenhagen, Denmark. It was established in the winter of 2013. It took over the league licence from Frederiksberg IF and is playing in the Bambusa Kvindeligaen. The club is owned by K ...

from 2016-2022.Here he won the Danish Championship in

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. He then became the coach of Turkish club Kastamonu GSK, where he sign a one year contract. He was however fired already in February 2023 due to poor results in the

EHF Champions League The EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the men's com ...

. He then returned to Denmark, and became the assistant coach at

SønderjyskE Håndbold SønderjyskE is a Denmark, Danish sport corporation. They have a Football (soccer), football team (SønderjyskE Fodbold, based in Haderslev), two team handball, handball teams (SønderjyskE Håndbold, one male based in Sønderborg, one female bas ...

's men's team for the rest of the season. Only a week later, it was announced that he had signed a contract to become the head coach of

, the same club he started his career at, which had in the meantime had a new name. He signed a three year contract with the club. In June 2023 he became the coach of the Faroese women's national handball team as well as the head coach of HH Elite. He qualified the Faroese national team for the

2024 European Women's Handball Championship The 2024 European Women's Handball Championship was held in Austria, Hungary and Switzerland from 28 November to 15 December 2024. This was the first tournament to feature 24 teams. Norway were the two time defending champions and defended their t ...

in Hungary, Switzerland and Austria, placing 17th overall. This was the first time Faroe Islands participated in a major international tournament.

References

External links

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Profile at DhDb
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mogensen, Claus 1973 births Living people Danish male handball players Danish handball coaches Danish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Danish expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate handball coaches Sportspeople from Skanderborg Handball players from the Central Denmark Region