Elverum Håndball Explained

Clubname:	Elverum Håndball
Fullname:	Elverum Håndball
Short Name:	Elverum
Ground:	Terningen Arena
Capacity:	2,500
Chairman:	Jostein Borkhus
Manager:	Børge Lund
League:	Eliteserien
Season:	2023-24
Position:	2nd
Website:	https://ehh.no/
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Elverum Håndball is a Norwegian professional 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. The Norway national team coach, Christian Berge, was coach for Elverum Håndball from 2008 to 2014 which he had to leave in order to coach the Norway men's national team.

Support

The club's supporters group is called Taiga'n fanclub, and is an independent club established in 2006.

Rivalries

Elverum's main rivals is Kolstad Håndball and ØIF Arendal

Achievements

• Norwegian League
  • Winner: 2012/13, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22
  • Silver: 2018/2019, 2022/2023, 2023/2024
• Norwegian League Playoffs
  • Winner: 1994/95, 2007/08, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2021/22
• Norwegian Cup

• • Winner: 2009/10, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
  • Finalist: 1962 (outdoors), 1963, 1965, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2022/23, 2023/2024

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023–24 season^[1]

Goalkeepers

• • 1 Robin Paulsen Haug 12 Scott Lucian Wolkoff
• 24 Vegard Bakken Øien
  • 71 Šimon Mizera 87 Morten Nergaard

Wingers

LW:

• 21 Eirik Kulvedrøsten Soløst
• 33 Sindre Heldal

RW:

• 6 Simen Søgaard

Line players

• 5 Kristian Hübert Larsen
• 11 Kassem Awad
• 19 Oscar Theodor Uliana Starck
• 20 Endre Langaas

Back players

LB

• 2 Daniel Blomgren
• 25 Sander Berstad Tenden

CB

• 15 Tobias Grøndahl
• 27 Péter Lukács

RB

• 9 Patrick Helland Anderson
• 23 Magnus Søndenå
• 45 Benjamin Berg

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Joining

• Rickard Frisk (GK) (from Alingsås HK)
• Erik Thorsteinsen Toft (LB) (from KIF Kolding)
• Kristian Stranden (LB) (from SønderjyskE Håndbold)
• Mathias Larson (CB) (from ØIF Arendal)

Leaving

• Robin Paulsen Haug (GK) (to HSV Hamburg)
• Morten Nergaard (GK) (to ?)
• Daniel Blomgren (LB) (to ?)
• Tobias Grøndahl (CB) (to GOG Håndbold)
• Magnus Søndenå (RB) (to Kolstad Håndball)
• Kassem Awad (P) (to Kadetten Schaffhausen)

Out on loan

• Alexander Mitrovic (RB) (on loan at Fjellhammer IL)
• Jacob Moen (on loan at Fjellhammer IL)

Notable players

• Arnulf Bæk
• Christian Berge
• Ingimundur Ingimundarson
• Lazo Majnov
• Stig Rasch
• Steffen Stegavik
• Tamás Iváncsik
• Sigvaldi Guðjónsson
• Lukas Sandell

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
				24–33	24–33
				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	34–34	32–35	8th place
				29–44	29–35
				22–31	29–39
				31–38	30–28
				0–10	27–36
				33–31	27–29
				29–30	35–37

Notes and References

1. Web site: Elverum Handball – Players, Team & Season Info | EHF.