Elverum Håndball

Elverum Håndball is a Norwegian handball club from Elverum, Norway. Currently, Elverum Håndball competes in the Norwegian Premier League Men's Handball, and they have been successful title winners for several years consecutively. The club was founded in 1946 by a group of 26 people. Elverum has played in the finals in the Norwegian Handball Cup three times, and lost in all of them. The Norway national team coach, Christian Berge, was coach for Elverum Håndball from 2008-2014 which he had to leave in order to coach the Norway men’s national team.

Elverum Håndball
Full name	Elverum Håndball
Short name	Elverum
Founded	1946
Arena	Terningen Arena
Capacity	2,500
Head coach	Børge Lund
League	Eliteserien
2018-19	1st
Home Away
Website Official site

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2020–21 season[1]

Goalkeepers 01 Jesper Johan Gulliksen 12 Emil Kheiri Imsgaard 16 Thorsten Fries Wingers LW 71 Alexander Blonz 00 William Nilsen-Nygaard RW 19 Luc Abalo 00 Christopher Hedberg Line players 20 Endre Langaas 44 Thomas Solstad 00 Kristian Hübert Larsen 00 Søren Tau Sørensen

Back players LB 06 Rasmus Boysen 09 Simen Holand Pettersen 00 Niclas Fingren CB 15 Tobias Grøndahl 70 Josef Pujol RB 23 Dominik Máthé 00 Simen Schønningsen 00 Edwin Aspenbäck

Transfers

Transfers for the 2020–21 season

Joining Børge Lund (Head Coch) William Nilsen-Nygaard (LW) (from Halden Topphåndball) Niclas Fingren (LB) (from Redbergslids IK) Josef Pujol (CB) (from GOG Håndbold) Alexander Mitrovic (RB) (back from loan at Halden Topphåndball) Dominik Máthé (RB) (from Balatonfüredi KSE) Simen Schønningsen (RB) (from Ribe-Esbjerg HH) Edwin Aspenbäck (RB) (from IFK Skövde) Luc Abalo (RW) (from Paris Saint-Germain Handball) Christopher Hedberg (RW) (from IFK Skövde) Kristian Hübert Larsen (P) (from Sandefjord Håndball) Søren Tau Sørensen (P) (from TTH Holstebro)

Leaving Michael Apelgren (Head Coch) (to IK Sävehof) Alexander Ørjevik Westby (LW) (to Drammen HK) Jonas Myreng Elverhøy (LB) (on loan to Sandefjord Håndball) Sebastian Henneberg (LB) (to Aalborg Håndbold) Magnus Fredriksen (CB) (to HSG Wetzlar) Lukas Sandell (RB) (to (Aalborg Håndbold) Jonas Burud (RB) (to JS Cherbourg Manche HB) Sander W. Linderud (RB) (to Sandefjord Håndball) Alexander Mitrovic (RB) (on loan to Fjellhammer Idrettslag) Sigvaldi Guðjónsson (RW) (to PGE Vive Kielce) Didrik W. Linderud (RW) (to FyllingenBergen) Kristian Krag Ørsted (P) (to JS Cherbourg Manche HB)

Notable players

• Arnulf Bæk
• Christian Berge
• Ingimundur Ingimundarson
• Lazo Majnov
• Stig Rasch
• Steffen Stegavik
• Tamás Iváncsik

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
2016–17	EHF Champions League	Group stage	Montpellier	32–31	24–31	5th place
			Logroño	27–32	21–28
			Metalurg Skopje	26–31	17–18
			HT Tatran Prešov	24–24	27–25
			Chekhovskiye Medvedi	28–28	31–26
2017–18	EHF Champions League	Group stage	Skjern Håndbold	27–32	25–35	4th place
			CB Ademar León	25–30	30–26
			RK Gorenje Velenje	29–28	21–30
			Kadetten Schaffhausen	26–22	30–36
			Dinamo București	40–32	34–33
2018–19	EHF Champions League	Group stage	CS Dinamo București	29–28	24–26	3rd place
			Wisła Płock	28–30	28–30
			CB Ademar León	30–25	24–24
			Riihimäki Cocks	28–27	28–25
			Wacker Thun	29–28	30–29
2019–20	EHF Champions League	Group stage	Paris Saint-Germain	22–25	25–31	8th place
			Barça	24–33	24–33
			SG Flensburg-Handewitt	19–26	28–34
			Aalborg Håndbold	24–34	28–30
			MOL-Pick Szeged	25–26	25–32
			PPD Zagreb	30–30	27–30
			RK Celje	25–32	37–26
2020–21	EHF Champions League	Group stage	Vardar 1961
			Paris Saint-Germain
			PGE Vive Kielce
			Porto Sofarma
			MOL-Pick Szeged
			Meshkov Brest
			SG Flensburg Handewitt

References

1. http://www.eurohandball.com/ec/cl/men/2017-18/clubs/001922/Elverum+Handball