Ajax København Explained

Clubname:	Ajax København
Fullname:	Ajax København Håndbold
Founded:	1934
Ground:	Bavnehøj-Hallen
Capacity:	1,000
Chairman:	Flemming Thomsen
Manager:	Rasmus Poulsen (women) Mathias Albrektsen (men)
League:	Bambusa Kvindeligaen (women) 3rd Division (men)
Season:	2022–23
Position:	13th
Website:	http://www.ajax.dk/?ID=1
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Ajax København is a handball club based in southwestern Copenhagen, Denmark, consisting of both a women's and a men's team. As of the 2022-23 season, the women's team compete in Damehåndboldligaen, the highest women's league in Denmark. The men’s team went bankrupt in 2022, and therefore were relegated to the 3rd division.^[1] Ajax København play their home matches in Bavnehøj-Hallen.

History

The club was founded as IF Ajax in 1934. In the following decades, the men’s team took home 9 Danish championships – the most recent in 1964.

In 2022 the men’s team went bankrupt and were relegated to the 3rd division.

Women's team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season

Goalkeepers

• 12 Therese Larsen
• Sofie Flintholm Andersen

Wingers

LW

• Alice Mazens
• Laura Andersen

RW

• 3 Leah Bechar Westerberg
• 9 Rikke Vorgaard
• Anndora Dambo

Line players

• 6 Maria Kvannli
• 14 Lærke Læssøe
• Vár Bentsdóttir Zachariasen

Back players

LB

• 23 Laura Skytte
• 29 Amanda Poulsen

CB

• 11 Amalie Westergaard Andersen
• Sylvie Gamys
• Sofie Izabel Simonsen
• Alberte Hovgaard-Hansen
• Mathilde Wollesen

RB

• Lív Bentsdóttir Zachariasen

Transfers

Transfers for the season 2024-25

Joining

• Sofie Flintholm Andersen (GK) (from TMS Ringsted)
• Alice Mazens (LW) (from Paris 92)
• Laura Andersen (LW) (from BK Ydun)
• Sylvie Gamys (CB) (from TMS Ringsted)
• Sofie Izabel Simonsen (CB) (from SIK Søndermarkens)
• Alberte Hovgaard-Hansen (CB) (from Aarhus United Youth)
• Mathilde Wollesen (CB) (from BK Ydun)
• Lív Bentsdóttir Zachariasen (RB) (from H71)
• Anndora Dambo (RW) (from own rows)
• Vár Bentsdóttir Zachariasen (P) (from TMS Ringsted)

Leaving

• Ditte Vind (GK) (retires)
• Anna Grundtvig (LW) (to Odense Håndbold)
• Matilde Kondrup Nielsen (LW) (to Ikast Håndbold)
• Maja Eiberg Jørgensen (LB) (to Fredrikstad BK)
• Súna Krossteig Hansen (CB) (to Skanderborg Håndbold)
• Cecilie Specht (RB) (retires)
• Brynhild Pálsdóttir (RW)
• Katrine Jacobsen (P) (to Aarhus United)

Staff

valign=center	Pos.	Name
Head Coach	Kasper Andersen
Assistant coach	Martin Grønmann
Team Leader	Birgit Christiansen
Physiotherapist	Amanda Turay
Physiotherapist	Peter Jeppesen
Video man	Flemming Jensen
CEO	Michael Pallisgaard

Men's team

Accomplishments Men

• Danish Handball League

9

• • 1937, 1942, 1944, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1964
• Double

Winners (1): 1963–64

External links

• Ajax Heroes

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ajax København erklæret konkurs . 11 October 2022 . TV2 Sport. 11 October 2022 .