Slagelse Dream Team was a

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team from the town of

Slagelse Slagelse () is a town on Zealand (Denmark), Zealand, Denmark. The town is the seat of Slagelse Municipality, and is the biggest town of the municipality. It is located 15 km east of Korsør, 16 km north-east of Skælskør, 33 km south-east of Ka ...

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. It is sometimes referred to as "Slagelse Dream Team" or just "Slagelse DT", and is the professional first team for the handball club Slagelse Forenede Håndboldklubber (Slagelse FH). The club was catapulted into the limelight in 2000 when Anja Andersen took the head coach job and in a very short time led the women's team to the first Danish victory in the

Women's EHF Champions League The EHF Women's Champions League is the competition for the top women's handball clubs in Europe, organised annually by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the most prestigious tournament for clubs, with the champions of Europe's top na ...

final in 2004.

History

Slagelse Forenede Håndboldklubber was created by a merger of the two clubs Slagelse HK and Marievang IF who each had their own success, especially on youth level. Slagelse HK's women's team was promoted twice to the premier division around 1990, though the team was relegated the following season on both occasions. In 1997 the two clubs merged under the name Slagelse FH and in early 2000 the club signed a deal with Anja Andersen to help the club achieve promotion to the premier division in 2001. In 2002 they won their first title the Danish Women's Handball Cup. This was followed by a league title in 2003 and the

title in 2004. Anja Andersen ceased to be the head coach after the 2007-08 season, which meant that a large group of players also which the team, and the amount of spectators and sponsorship income started to decline. In the 2008-09 season the team came close to bankruptcy, and was relegated to the

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. The team was promoted again in 2010-2011. In 2013 the club declared bankruptcy and was forced to be relegated to the Danish 2nd Division.

Notable former players

* Camilla Andersen (2001–2004) * Louise Pedersen (2007–2008) * Line Hovgaard (2004–2008) * Rikke Hørlykke (2004–2006) * Janne Kolling (2000–2001) * Christina Krogshede (2006–2008) *

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(2003–2008) * Sofie Steffensen (2005–2007) * Marianne Bonde (2007–2008) *

Kamilla Kristensen Kamilla Birkedal Larsen (née Kristensen; born 2 September 1983) is a Danish former team handball player. She has played for Handball Club Odense and for the Denmark women's national handball team, Danish women's national handball team. She retir ...

(2001–2007) *

Mette Melgaard Mette Melgaard (born 3 June 1980 in Rønde, Syddjurs, Denmark) is a Danish handball coach and former player. She was the assistant coach for Team Esbjerg in the Danish Damehåndboldligaen from 2017 to 2019. At the 2010 European Women's Hand ...

(2001–2008) *

Rikke Schmidt Rikke Petersen-Schmidt (born 14 January 1975) is a former Danish team handball player and two times Olympic champion. She played as a goalkeeper. During her national team career she managed to play 104 games for the Danish National team from 19 ...

(2002–2005) *

Mia Hundvin Mia Terese Hundvin (born 7 March 1977) is a Norwegian former handball player. Career Hundvin played 72 matches for Norway's national handball team in addition to playing for professional clubs. She was part of national teams that won the Europe ...

(2001–2003) *

Cecilie Leganger Cecilie Leganger (born 12 March 1975) is a Norwegian retired handballer. Regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, Leganger won the 1998 European Championship and the 1999 World Championship with the Norwegian national team, and ...

(2005–2008) *

Anja Frešer Anja Frešer (born 4 September 1974 in Maribor, Slovenia) is a former Slovenian 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 ea ...

(2003–2004) *

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(2002–2003) *

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(2005–2008) *

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(2006–2007) *

Bojana Popović Bojana Popović née Petrović, (born 20 November 1979) is a handball coach and a retired Montenegrin handballer. She is considered by many to be the best female handball player of the 2000's, despite not being given any official recognition. A ...

(2002–2007) *

Maja Savić Maja Savić (born April 29, 1976) is a former Montenegrin handball player, playing for ŽRK Budućnost, where she came to from Viborg HK. She plays on the left wing position, and was member of ŽRK Budućnost and Slagelse Dream Team (2004� ...

(2004–2008) * Ausra Fridrikas (2002–2005) * Gabriela Rotis (2007–2008) * Stéphanie Cano (2003–2004) * Hong Jeong-ho (2000–2003) * Lee Sang Eun (2002) * Valentina Radulovic (2003–2005) * Carmen Lungu (2005–2007) * Irina Poltoratskaya (2004–2006) * Emiliya Turey (2005–2008) * Anja Obradović (2006–2007) * Suzana Cubela (2006–2008) * Svetlana Ognjenović (2007–2008) * Andrijana Budimir (2004–2006) * Ivana Mladenovic (2006–2007) * Rugile Kliukaite (2004–2006) * Maja Mitrovic (2003–2004) * Nikolett Brigovácz (2001–2002)

Results

* Danish Championship: **''Gold'': 2003, 2005, 2007 **''Silver'': 2004, 2006 * Champions League: **''Winner'': 2004, 2005, 2007 * EHF Cup: **''Winner'': 2003 * EHF Champions Trophy: **''Finalist'': 2003, 2004 **''Third place'':

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External links

Official WebsiteEHF Profile

References

{{reflist Women's handball clubs in Denmark Sports clubs and teams in Slagelse Municipality 1997 establishments in Denmark 2013 disestablishments in Denmark Handball clubs established in 1997 Handball clubs disestablished in 2013 Defunct handball clubs in Denmark