Team Esbjerg

Team Esbjerg
Team Esbjerg
Full name	Team Esbjerg Elitehåndbold A/S
Short name	Esbjerg
Founded	1991
Arena	Blue Water Dokken
Capacity	2,996
President	Bjarne Pedersen
Head Coach	Tomas Axnér
League	Bambusa Kvindeligaen
2024–25	2nd
Club colours
Home	Away
	Website ; Official site

FullnameTeam Esbjerg Elitehåndbold A/S

ShortnameEsbjerg

Founded1991

ArenaBlue Water Dokken

Team Esbjerg

Location of Team Esbjerg

Team Esbjerg is a professional women's handball team based in Esbjerg, Denmark, that competes in the Bambusa Kvindeligaen and the 2025–26 Women's EHF Champions League. They play their home matches in Blue Water Dokken, which have capacity for 2,996 spectators. They play games in red shirts and black shorts.

The coaching team consists of Swedish international Tomas Axnér and Christian Køhler.^[1]

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Squad information
No.	Nat.	Player	Position	Date of Birth	In	Contract until
2		Line Haugsted	Left back	11 November 1994	2024	2028
4		Michala Møller	Centre Back	16 February 2000	2021	2026
7		Tabea Schmid	Line Player	14 August 2003	2025	2028
8		Live Rushfeldt Deila	Centre Back	15 January 2000	2023	2028
9		Nora Mørk	Right Back	5 April 1991	2022	2028
11		Rikke Iversen	Line Player	18 May 1993	2023	2028
12		Anna Kristensen	Goalkeeper	25 October 2000	2023	2026
14		Judith van der Helm	Left Back	13 January 2005	2025	2026
15		Nina Koppang	Right Back	31 May 2002	2025	2027
17		Elin Hansson	Left Wing	7 August 1996	2024	2028
18		Olivia Löfqvist	Line Player	13 July 1998	2025	2027
20		Marit Røsberg Jacobsen	Right Wing	25 February 1994	2018	2028
21		Helene Kindberg	Right Back	13 January 1998	2025	2027
24		Sanna Solberg-Isaksen	Left Wing	16 June 1990	2017	2028
25		Henny Reistad	Left Back	9 February 1999	2021	2027
27		Anne Tolstrup Petersen	Right Wing	7 March 1995	2022	2026
29		Sarah Dekker	Right Wing	8 March 2001	2025	2026
38		Mia Emmenegger	Right Wing	17 January 2005	2025	2028
42		Katharina Filter	Goalkeeper	4 February 1999	2025	2027

	Thomas Hylle	1997–2002
	Jan Leslie	2004–2006
	Thomas Hørlyk	2006–2007
	Teddy Barrett	2007–2008
	Jan Paulsen	2008–2011
	Lars Frederiksen	2011–2017
	Jesper Jensen	2017–2024
	Tomas Axnér	2024–present

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate

2015–16	EHF Champions League	Qualification tournament	Yenimahalle Bld. SK	32–28
2015–16	EHF Champions League	Qualification tournament	HCM Baia Mare	21–32

2016–17	EHF Champions League	Group Stage Group D	RK Krim	35–25	22–27	3rd place
			Larvik HK	29–30	24–31
			IK Sävehof	29–18	25–20
		Main Round Group 2	CSM București	20–25	25–33	6th place
			Győri ETO KC	26–32	22–33
			Midtjylland	22–21	26–38

2019–20	EHF Champions League	Group Stage Group B	Rostov-Don	31–26	26–34	2nd place
			CSM București	22–24	25–21
			MKS Perła Lublin	35–22	28–22
		Main Round Group 1	Metz Handball	30–29	31–31	2nd place
			Vipers Kristiansand	35–30	35–31
			Ferencvárosi TC	29–27	25–26
		Quarterfinals	Budućnost Podgorica	Cancelled

2020–21	Champions League	Group Stage Group A	Metz Handball	25–28	29–31	6th place
			Rostov-Don	24–25	24–28
			Vipers Kristiansand	27–27	28–28
			Ferencvárosi TC	21–24	28–24
			CSM București	29–30	26–28
			SG BBM Bietigheim	37–29	33–26
			RK Krim	33–23	10–0
		Round of 16	Brest Bretagne Handball	27–33	27–30	54–63

2021–22	Champions League	Group stage Group A	Brest Bretagne Handball	28–28	23–26	1st place
			FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	33–27	31–31
			Budućnost BEMAX	35–20	36–25
			CSM București	22–21	29–29
			BV Borussia 09 Dortmund	34–24	32–29
			Rostov-Don	25–18	27–25
			HC Podravka Vegeta	30–17	27–26
		Quarterfinals	CSM București	27–27	26–25	53–52
		Semifinal	Győri Audi ETO KC	27–32
		Bronze match	Metz Handball	26–32

2022–23	EHF Champions League	Group stage Group B	Győri Audi ETO KC	29–31	28–29	3rd
			Metz Handball	35–28	24–26
			CS Rapid București	32–34	35–30
			ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica	28–23	30–20
			Storhamar HE	35–25	34–25
			Kastamonu Bld. GSK	43–27	39–31
			RK Lokomotiva Zagreb	30–18	33–20
		Playoffs	Brest Bretagne	28–25	27–24	55–49
		Quarterfinals	CSM București	32–28	33–31	65–59
		Semifinal	Ferencvárosi TC	29–30
		Bronze match	Győri Audi ETO KC	27–28

2023–24	EHF Champions League	Group stage Group B	Metz Handball	29–27	31–36	2nd
			Vipers Kristiansand	38–37	32–37
			CS Rapid București	30–28	33–24
			FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	27–23	33–28
			Zagłębie Lubin	36–24	32–26
			RK Krim Mercator	27–33	29–21
			Ikast Håndbold	35–34	37–34
		Quarterfinals	Ferencvárosi TC	29–24	26–25	55–49
		Semifinal	Győri ETO KC	23–24
		Bronze match	Metz Handball	37–33

2024–25	EHF Champions League	Group B	Vipers Kristiansand	30–29	10–0	2nd
			ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica	27–23	26–19
			HB Ludwigsburg	36–31	30–30
			Győri Audi ETO KC	26–28	23–29
			Brest Bretagne Handball	32–33	36–27
			CS Rapid București	39–32	28–26
			Odense Håndbold	39–30	32–23
		Quarterfinals	CSM București	26–22	29–30	55–52
		Semifinal	Győri Audi ETO KC	28–29
		Bronze match	Metz Handball	30–27

2025–26	EHF Champions League	Group A	Győri ETO KC	30–31	33–28	3rd
			Metz Handball	29–30	26–40
			Storhamar HE	30–24	39–33
			Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud	35–38	32–28
			Borussia Dortmund	36–29	31–24
			OTP Group Budućnost	36–24	34–34
			DVSC Schaeffler	32–29	39–30
		Playoffs	HC Podravka Vegeta	37–26	31–29	68–55
		Quarterfinals	CSM București	26–25	27–37	53–62

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate

2010–11	EHF Cup	Round 3	Buxtehuder SV	28–23	25–29	53–52
		Last 16	HC Dunărea Brăila	25–22	21–20	46–42
		Quarterfinals	FC Midtjylland	21–27	29–24	50–51

2011–12	EHF Cup	Round 3	Anagennisi Arta	31–15	36–14	67–29
2011–12	EHF Cup	Last 16	Team Tvis Holstebro	28–27	24–27	52–54

2013–14	EHF Cup	Round 3	RK Radnički Kragujevac	26–26	28–24	54–50
		Last 16	DHK Baník Most	28–26	28–21	56–47
		Quarterfinals	Dinamo Volgograd	36–27	30–26	66–63
		Semifinals	Alba Fehérvár KC	24–25	27–26	51–51 (a)
		Final	HC Lada	32–32	25–36	57–68

2014–15	EHF Cup	Round 3	RŽK Zagorje	35–26	33–22	68–48
		Last 16	H 65 Höör	33–25	33–28	66–53
		Quarterfinals	Érd NK	28–29	20–28	48–57

2018–19	EHF Cup	Round 3	Paris 92	29–28	31–25	60–53
		Group A	Storhamar HE	25–20	28–28	1st place
			SG BBM Bietigheim	28–27	32–27
			CS Măgura Cisnădie	41–18	32–19
		Quarterfinals	HC Kuban Krasnodar	37–24	37–31	74–55
		Semifinals	Herning-Ikast Håndbold	30–16	23–20	53–36
		Final	Siófok KC	21–21	21–26	42–47

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate

EHF Cup Winners' Cup	2012–13	Round 3	Quintus	36–25	26–23	62–48
EHF Cup Winners' Cup	2012–13	Last 16	Rostov-Don	28–31	28–29	56–60

EHF Cup Winners' Cup	2015–16	Round 3	Ardeşen GSK	30–26	22–31	52–57

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