Ikast Håndbold

Ikast Håndbold is a Danish professional women's handball club based in Ikast. They have competed in Damehåndboldligaen, Denmark's primary handball league, since 1991.

History

The club was founded as Ikast FS HÃ¥ndboldafdeling on 20 June 1970 as a merger of the handball departments of Ikast DUI and Ikast Skytte Gymnastik Forening. Their breakthrough came in 1991 when they won the Danish Cup and reached the top division, Dame HÃ¥ndbold Ligaen. They saw success again in 1998 as they won their first and only Danish Championship gold.

In 1997 the elite team was placed in the company Ikast FS Elitehåndbold ApS, and they became the first Danish handball team selling stocks. In 1999 they established coorporation with Bording KFUM, and changed name to Ikast-Bording EH.

At the beginning of November 2008, it was announced that the professional division of Ikast-Brande EH had been taken over by football club FC Midtjylland. As a result, the team changed their name to FC Midtjylland Håndbold and switched colors from blue and yellow to red and black. In November 2017, it was announced that FC Midtjylland had sold off the handball team to a group of investors. From the 2018–19 season, they were renamed Herning Ikast Håndbold. In 2023 the name was changed to Ikast Håndbold to signify the connection to the founding clubs in Ikast.

Name

• 1997–1999: Ikast FS ElitehÃ¥ndbold
• 1999–2008: Ikast-Bording ElitehÃ¥ndbold
• 2008–2009: Ikast-Brande Elite HÃ¥ndbold
• 2009–2018: FC Midtjylland HÃ¥ndbold
• 2018–2022: Herning-Ikast HÃ¥ndbold
• 2022– : Ikast HÃ¥ndbold

Results

• Danish Championship:
• Gold: 1998, 2011, 2013, 2015
• Silver: 1999, 2003, 2008, 2014, 2016, 2019
• Bronze: 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2017, 2022, 2023, 2025
• Danish Cup:
• Winner: 1990, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2019
• Finalist: 1994, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2013
• Danish Super Cup
• Winner: 2013, 2014
• EHF Champions League:
• Semifinalist: 2003, 2014
• EHF European League:
• Winner: 2002, 2011, 2023
• Finalist: 2007, 2025
• Semifinalist: 2008, 2013, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
• EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
• Winner: 2004, 2015
• Semifinalist: 2000
• EHF Challenge Cup:
• Winner: 1998
• EHF Champions Trophy:
• Winner: 1998
• Finalist: 2002
• Semifinalist: 2003

Kits

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2025–26 season

Goalkeepers

• 1 Olivia Lykke Nygaard (on loan to Larvik HK)
• 12 Filippa Idéhn
• 16 Amalie Milling

Wingers

LW

• 2 Matilde Kondrup Nielsen (pregnant)
• 9 Olivia MellegÃ¥rd
• 10 Johanne Lasthein
• 22 Lærke Nolsøe (pregnant)
• 44 Loïs van Vliet

RW

• 6 Cecilie Brandt
• 77 Line Mai Hougaard

Line players

• 11 Sarah Iversen
• 15 Karen Klokker
• 20 Ane Høgseth
• 23 Lina Lützhøft

Back players

LB

• 4 Julie Scaglione
• 5 Emilie Hegh Arntzen
• 8 Jamina Roberts

CB

• 14 Emma Lindqvist

RB

• 7 Stine Skogrand (c)
• 27 Thea Kylberg

Retired numbers

Transfers

Transfers for the season 2026–27

Joining

• Astrid Lynnerup (LW) (from Skanderborg HÃ¥ndbold)
• Laura Borg (LB) (from Viborg HK)
• Victoria Mørk Andersen (LB) (from SønderjyskE)
• Maria Wierzba (CB) (from Paris 92)

Leaving

• Filippa Idéhn (GK) (to Silkeborg-Voel KFUM)
• Emilie Hegh Arntzen (LB) (to SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea)
• Ane Høgseth (P) (to Storhamar HE)
• Julie Scaglione (LB) (to Team Esbjerg)

Staff members

• Head coach: Claus Mogensen
• Team leader: Pernille Mosegaard
• Team leader: Annelie Mortensen
• Physiotherapist: Mads Skautrup Jacobsen
• Physiotherapist: Christian Poulsen

Notable former players

• Anja Andersen (1987–1988)
• Henriette Mikkelsen (1997–2003)
• Anja Nielsen (1997–2003)
• Trine Jensen (2001–2004)
• Kristine Andersen (1998–2005)
• Karin Mortensen (2002–2006)
• Josephine Touray (2004–2005)
• Karen Brødsgaard (2004–2007)
• Tonje Kjærgaard (1992–2004, 2007)
• Rikke Schmidt (2006–2007)
• Line Fruensgaard (2008–2010)
• Maibritt Kviesgaard (2011–2013)
• Lærke Møller (2009–2014)
• Louise Svalastog (2007–2014)
• Line Jørgensen (2010–2015)
• Susan Thorsgaard (2008–2016)
• Fie Woller (2009–2016)
• Stine Jørgensen (2012–2017)
• Trine Østergaard (2008–2017)
• Sabine Pedersen (2014–2018)
• Mie Augustesen (2014–2019)
• Louise Burgaard (2015–2019)
• Emma Friis (2016–2024)
• Anne Mette Pedersen (2017–2019)
• Trine Troelsen (2017–2019)
• Julie Gantzel Pedersen (2017–2020, 2022–2023)
• Line Uno (2022–2023)
• Maria Lykkegaard (2023–2025)
• Kjersti Grini (2000–2003)
• Ragnhild Aamodt (2005–2009)
• Kari-Anne Henriksen (2005–2009)
• Gro Hammerseng (2003–2010)
• Katja Nyberg (2006–2010)
• Isabel Blanco (2001–2011)
• Tonje Nøstvold (2008–2011)
• Ingrid ØdegÃ¥rd (2008–2012)
• Ida Alstad (2014–2015)
• Veronica Kristiansen (2015–2018)
• Tonje Løseth (2017–2020)
• Jeanett Kristiansen (2019–2020)
• Vilde Johansen (2019–2023)
• Andrea Austmo Pedersen (2022–2024)
• Ingvild Bakkerud (2020–2025)
• Emily Stang Sando (2025)
• Jessica Ryde (2017–2023)
• Linnea Torstenson (2010–2012)
• Johanna Ahlm (2015–2016)
• Sabina Jacobsen (2014–2017)
• Linn Blohm (2016–2018)
• Irma Schjött (2023–2025)
• Kristina Jönsson (1998–2002)
• Debbie Bont (2011–2012)
• Nycke Groot (2011–2015)
• Narcisa Lecușanu (2002–2004)
• Eliza Buceschi (2016)
• Sabine Englert (2009–2022)
• Grit Jurack (2001–2003)
• Markéta Jeřábková (2023–2025)
• Valerie Nicolas (2007–2008)
• Beáta Siti (2000–2002)
• Tanja Milanović (2004–2008)

Head coach history

ALPI Legends

In November 2017, FC Midtjylland HÃ¥ndbold introduced the ALPI Legends, an award presented annually to players, coaches and staffers who have meant something special to FC Midtjylland HÃ¥ndbold through the time.

• 2017: Tonje Kjærgaard and Sabine Englert

Statistics

Top scorers in the EHF Champions League

Last updated on 22 March 2026

Top scorers in the EHF European League

Last updated on 27 June 2025

European record

EHF Champions League

EHF Cup Winners' Cup

EHF European League (EHF Cup)

Kit manufacturers

• Mizuno (2018-)

References

General

External links

• Official site