Sportsklub Aarhus was a Danish women's

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 ...

club based in

Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus municipality, Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and app ...

. They played in

Damehåndboldligaen The Kvindeligaen () is the top professional league for Danish women's handball clubs. It is administered by the Danish Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Danish champions. The league was previously called Bambusa Kvindeligaen ...

when the team closed after the 2016-17 season because of financial issues.

Aarhus United Aarhus United was a Danish women's handball club based in Aarhus. They played in Damehåndboldligaen, Denmark's premier women's handball league. Aarhus United was founded in 2017 and took over SK Aarhus's league license for the 2017-18 season. ...

took over their licence for the league. SK Aarhus has previously also included basketball and volleyball.

History

The club was founded in 2000. SK Aarhus had consistently been at the bottom of

and were relegated to 1. division after the 2004-05 season. They were, however, promoted again after just one season. Later, the club strengthened their roster with the likes of

Karin Mortensen Karin Ørnhøj Mortensen (born 26 September 1977) is a former Danish team handball player and two times Olympic champion. She received gold medals with the Danish national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and at the 2004 Summer Olympi ...

Josephine Touray Josephine Touray (born 6 October 1979) is a former Danish team handball player and Olympic champion of Gambian descent. She played mainly as a right wing. Over the course of her career she played 123 games for the Danish national team, where she ...

and

Trine Troelsen Trine Bach Troelsen (born 2 May 1985 in Tarm) is a retired Danish team handball player who played for the Danish women's national handball team. At the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship she reached the bronze final and placed fourth w ...

and this resulted in a playoff place and fourth place after three matches against

FCK Håndbold F.C. Copenhagen Handball (or simply FCK Handball) was a Danish handball team, playing in Copenhagen. They had both a male and a female team, both playing in the best Danish leagues, the Danish Handball League (men) and Danish Women's Handball Le ...

in the 2008-09 season. During the 17 years the club existed they had consistently trouble with finding sponsors, and thus often were in financial trouble. On 30 November 2009, it was revealed that SK Aarhus had gone into receivership and that they had a deadline of 15 January 2010 to find a solution This got a few of the club's investors to stop in the club at the turn of 2009-10. Although they managed to raise money to keep the club going, they failed to get over the economic problems and after the 2010-11 season, many of their big profiles such as

Susann Müller Susann Müller (born 26 May 1988) is a Retired German handball player and coach and trains the women's team of Füchse Berlin. On club level, Müller played for a number of top teams across Europe, winning league titles in Denmark, Germany and ...

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and Gitte Brøgger Led left the club. The team started the following season on an even smaller budget, but in November 2011, the management decided to take steps against dissolving the club when the then investors didn't want to increase the support. Subsequently a group of investors secured the club's future which resulted in the continuation of the club In the 2011-12 season, SK Aarhus was relegated after an 8th place in the league and a 3rd place in the qualifying group. In the 2013-14 season, SK Aarhus returned to the league after gaining a 2nd place in the league and winning 2–0 against

Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub (Nykøbing Falster Handball Club) is a Danish professional handball club from Nykøbing Falster. In the 2024–25 season, the club competes in the Danish Women's Handball League. They have a local rivalry with Køb ...

. In 2017 it was announced that SK Aarhus would close after the 2016-17 season and that the newly formed

would take over their league licence.

Team

Current squad

:''Squad for the 2016–17 season'' ;Goalkeepers * 1 Mathilde Juncker * 12

Lærke Sørensen Lærke Sørensen (born 6 February 1998) is a Danish handballer for Swedish club Skara HF. She also represented Denmark in the 2015 European Women's U-17 Handball Championship in Macedonia, leading to the trophy. Achievements * Youth World ...

* 16

Anne-Sofie Ernstrøm Anne-Sofie Ernstrøm (born 7 December 1992) is a Danish former Team handball, handball player who played for Aarhus United, SK Århus and Skive fH. She started playing handball at the age of 10 at Ikast FS. References

1992 births Living ...

;Wingers ;LW * 11 Trine Leth * 18 Malene Gandrup ;RW * 17 Charlotte Mikkelsen * 19 Anne Tolstrup ;Line players * 21

Majbritt Toft Hansen Majbritt Toft Hansen (born 27 April 1993) is a Danish handball player for SønderjyskE and previously the Danish national team. Career Toft Hansen began her senior career at Skive fH before moving to SK Aarhus, later Aarhus United. In 2019 she ...

* 29 Camilla Fangel ;Back players ;LB * 20

Anne Sofie Hjort Anne Sofie Hjort (born 5 July 1992) is a former Danish handball player who last played for Randers HK Randers HK is a women's handball club based in Randers, Denmark. They competes in the Danish 1st Division for the 2024/25 season and plays ...

* 23

Anna Sophie Okkels Anna Sophie Linde Okkels (born 23 March 1990) is a former Danish handball, who last played for Silkeborg-Voel KFUM and the Danish national team until 2017. She participated at the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship. In the 2008-09 editio ...

;CB * 2 Amalie Jacobsen * 7

Emma Mogensen Emma Kjærgaard Mogensen (born 24 September 1994) is a Danish handball player who currently plays for Aarhus Håndbold, where she is the club captain. She is also a beach handball player. She was on the Danish team, that won gold medals at the ...

* 15

Julie Pontoppidan Julie Pontoppidan (born 28 August 1996) is a Danish handball player who currently plays for French league club Handball Club Celles-sur-Belle. She used to play for Aarhus United and Randers HK. She has played over 30 matches for the Danish yo ...

;RB * 4

Lærke Christensen Lærke Sofie Christensen (born 26 May 1996) is a Danish team handball player who played for the club Holstebro Håndbold until 2022. In her last season at the club, the team was relegated from the Danish top league. She has previously played for ...

* 14

Mette Tranborg Mette Tranborg (born 1 January 1996) is a Danish handball player for Team Esbjerg and the Danish national team. Club career Mette Tranborg broke though the SK Aarhus first team at the age of 16. She was the first player in Danish league to be ...

Notable former players

Seasons

Cup Winners Cup

References

External links

The club's homepage
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