Randers HK is a women's handball

Team handball

Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

 club based in Randers

Randers

Randers is a city in Randers municipality on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. It is Denmark's sixth-largest city, with a population of 60,656 . Randers city is the main town of the municipality and the site of its municipal council.-Overview:Randers municipality has 94,750 inhabitants...

, Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

. They compete in GuldBageren Ligaen, the top Danish league for women's teams.

History

Randers HK was founded in 1996 as a collaborative effort between several smaller clubs from the Randers Municipality

Randers municipality

Randers Municipality is a municipality in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 793 km², and has a total population of 94,750 . Its mayor is Henning Jensen Nyhuus, a member of the Social Democrats...

 to create a handball team that could represent the region at top level.

In 2000, they reached the final of the Women's EHF Challenge Cup

Women's EHF Challenge Cup

The Women's EHF Challenge Cup is an annual team handball competition for women's clubs of Europe. It was known as the EHF City Cup until the 1999-2000 season.- Summary :- External links :*...

.

The season 2009/2010 was the greatest from the history of the club, Randers HK finishing runner-up in the domestic championship GuldBageren Ligaen and winning the Women's EHF Cup

Women's EHF Cup

The Women's EHF Cup is an official competition for women's handball clubs of Europe. It takes place every year, from September to May. It was first organized by the European Handball Federation in 1993...

. In 2010/2011 they have finished runners-up again.

Results

• EHF Cup
  Women's EHF Cup
  The Women's EHF Cup is an official competition for women's handball clubs of Europe. It takes place every year, from September to May. It was first organized by the European Handball Federation in 1993...
  
  
  • Winners (1): 2010

• EHF Challenge Cup
  Women's EHF Challenge Cup
  The Women's EHF Challenge Cup is an annual team handball competition for women's clubs of Europe. It was known as the EHF City Cup until the 1999-2000 season.- Summary :- External links :*...
  
  
  • Runners-Up (1): 2000

• Danish Championship
  • Runners-Up (1): 2010, 2011

Current squad

Squad for the 2011–12 season

Goalkeepers1   Chana Masson

Chana Masson

Chana Masson is a Brazilian handball goalkeeper. She has represented the Brazilian national team in three Olympics. She participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and at the 2008 Summer Olympics in China.-External links:*...

• 16   Stephanie Andersen
• 22   Stine Bonde Aagard

Wingers5   Gitte Aaen6   Adriana Cardoso8   Simone Böhme

• 10   Gitte Andersen
• 14   Mie Augustesen
  Mie Augustesen
  Mie Augustesen is a Danish handball player. She currently plays for the club Randers HK, and on the Danish national team....
  
  

Line players3   Mette Melgaard

Mette Melgaard

Mette Melgaard is a Danish handballer who plays for the club Randers HK and for the Danish women's national handball team as a line player....

9   Sille Thomsen

• 18   Verónica Cuadrado
  Verónica Cuadrado
  Verónica Cuadrado Dehesa is a Spanish handball player, playing for the club Randers HK and on the Spanish women's national team....
  
  

Back players

• 11   Berit Kristensen
  Berit Kristensen
  Berit Kristensen is a Danish team handball player, playing for the club Randers HK and for the Danish women's national handball team....
  
  
• 15   Sofie Strangholt
• 17   Nina Wörz
  Nina Wörz
  Nina Wörz is a German handball player. She plays for the Danish club Randers HK and for the German national team, having made her international debut on 19 February 1999 against Poland....
  
  
• 19   Katrine Fruelund
  Katrine Fruelund
  Katrine Fruelund is a Danish team handball player and Olympic champion. She received gold medals with the Danish national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.-Club:...
  
  
• 20   Camilla Dalby
  Camilla Dalby
  Camilla Dalby is a Danish team handball player who plays for the club Randers HK and for the Danish women's national handball team....
  
  
• 21   Susann Müller
• 23   Anna Sophie Okkels

Technical staff

Head Coach: Jan Leslie Assistant Coach: Jørgen Gluver Fitness Coach: Ashley Tootle Club Doctor: Steffen Skov Physiotherapist: Lotte Krebs Physiotherapist: Lars Dyrvig

Stadium

• Name: Elro Arena Randers
• City: Randers
  Randers
  Randers is a city in Randers municipality on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. It is Denmark's sixth-largest city, with a population of 60,656 . Randers city is the main town of the municipality and the site of its municipal council.-Overview:Randers municipality has 94,750 inhabitants...
  
  
• Address: Fyensgade 1, 8900 Randers C