GOG Håndbold explained

Clubname:	GOG Håndbold
Fullname:	Gudme Oure Gudbjerg
Short Name:	GOG
Ground:	Phønix Tag Arena
Capacity:	2,265 (1,315 seats)
Chairman:	Hemming Van
Manager:	Ian Marko Fog
League:	Håndboldligaen
Season:	2022–23
Position:	Håndboldligaen, 1st of 14 (champions)
Website:	https://www.gog.dk/
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GOG is a professional handball club based in the small town of Gudme on Funen, Denmark. The club is one of the most successful in the history of Danish handball having won the Danish Handball Championship 9 times and the Danish Handball Cup a record 12 times. Currently GOG competes in the men's Danish Handball League.

History

GOG

The club was founded on 1 May 1973 as a result of a merger between Gudbjerg, Oure, and Gudme. GOG got promoted to the best league in Denmark in 1987 and won its first Danish Handball Championship in 1992.

GOG Svendborg TGI

In 2005, GOG and Svendborg TGI merged their first teams. The club won the Danish championship for men in 2006/2007. In 2009 the women's team was separated from GOG and became HC Odense. On 26 January 2010, GOG Svendborg TGI was declared bankrupt and relegated to the 2nd Division.^[1]

GOG 2010

In March 2010, the club was reformed as GOG 2010 A/S, with Kasper Jørgensen as new CEO and Hemming Van as chairman of the board. After the 2010–11 season the club was promoted to Danish 1st Division. In the 2012/2013 season, GOG managed to win the 1st division and was promoted back to the men's Danish Men's Handball League.

Honours

• Danish Handball League

9

1992, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2022, 2023

1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 2001, 2006, 2008, 2019, 2020

• Danish Handball Cup

12 (record)^[2]

1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2019, 2022, 2023

1993, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2021

• Danish Super Cup: 1

2023

2019, 2020, 2022

• EHF Cup Winners' Cup

1995

• Double

Winners (3): 1991–92, 1994–95, 1995–96

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season^[3]

Goalkeeper

• Peter Johannesson
• Salah Boutaf

Left Wingers

• 8 William Dalby
• 23 Joachim Lyng Als
• 71 Alexander Blonz

Right Wingers

• 19 Oskar Vind Rasmussen
• 21 Kasper Emil Kildelund

Pivots

• 4 Simon Humlegaard
• 5 Kasper Pedersen
• 6 Henrik Jakobsen
  • 66 Anton Lindskog Andreas Johann Nielsen

Left Backs

• 3 Nicolai Nygaard Pedersen
• 28 Emil Tonnesen

Centre Backs

• 10 Frederik Emil Pedersen
• Frederik Tilsted
• Tobias Grøndahl

Right Backs

• 7 Lasse Vilhelmsen
• 29 Hjalte Lykke
• 37 Linus Persson

Technical staff

• Head Coach: Kasper Christensen
• Assistant Coach: Rasmus Bertelsen
• Team Leader: Bent Møller

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Joining

• Kasper Christensen (C) (from Ikast Håndbold)
• Rasmus Bertelsen (AC) (from Grindsted GIF)
• Peter Johannesson (GK) (from Bergischer HC)
• Salah Boutaf (GK) (from Skanderborg Aarhus Håndbold)
• Frederik Tilsted (CB) (from Mors-Thy Håndbold)
• Tobias Grøndahl (CB) (from Elverum Håndball)
• Andreas Johann Nielsen (P) (from Önnereds HK)

Leaving

• Tobias Thulin (GK) (to SC Pick Szeged)
• Matthias Rex Dorgelo (GK) (to SønderjyskE Herrehåndbold)
• August Lihn (GK) (to Team Sydhavsøerne)
• Frederik Kiehn Clausen (LB) (retires)
• Aaron Mensing (LB) (to MT Melsungen)
• Tobias Tombak (LB) (to TMS Ringsted)
• Lauritz Reinholdt Legér (CB) (to KIF Kolding)
• Emil Wernsdorf Madsen (RB) (to THW Kiel)
• Anders Zachariassen (P) (to Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Håndbold)

Transfers for the 2025–26 season

Joining

• Lasse Balstad (LB) (from Fredericia HK)
• Oscar Bergendahl (P) (from SC Magdeburg) ?

Leaving

European Handball

EHF Champions League

width=75px	Season	width=75px	Round	width=200px	Club	width=75px	Home	width=75px	Away	width=75px	Aggregate	width=200px	Comment
2008–09	Group		24–34	37–26	50–71	-
	Group	A.S.E Doukas	29–21	23–41	70–44	-
	Group		30–26	32–26	56–58	-
	Main Round		24–34	37–26	50–71	-
	Main Round		31–43	37–29	60–80	-
	Main Round		29–35	36–27	56–71	-
2007–08	Group		29–29	28–28	57–57	-
	Group		42–32	31–38	80–63	-
	Group		33–29	32–26	59–61	-
	Main Round		35–33	29–24	59–62	-
	Main Round		34–33	30–30	64–63	-
	Main Round		28–25	34–33	61–58	-
2006–07	Group		28–32	34–32	60–66	-
	Group	C.S. HCM Constanta	33–17	33–28	61–50	-
	Group		45–32	32–37	82–64	-
	1/8 Finals		28–33	31–30	58–64	-
2004–05	Group		36–17	23–25	61–40	-
	Group	Chekhovskiye Medvedi	32–26	34–33	65–60	-
	Group		28–22	29–24	52–51	-
	1/8 Finals		29–45	34–31	60–79	-
2000–01	Group		26–25	26–25	51–51	-
	Group	THW Kiel	22–23	28–34	56–51	-
	Group		28–24	32–30	58–54	-
1998–99	Group		29–28	34–26	55–62	-
	Group	THW Kiel	26–31	28–23	49–59	-
	Group		35–28	31–21	56–59	-
	1/16 Finals		24–18	29–24	48–47	-
1996–97	Group		31–22	25–20	51–47	-
	Group	Caja Cantabria Santander	23–24	33–23	46–57	-
	Group		18–22	29–18	36–51	-
	1/16 Finals		21–24	14–19	40–38	-
1995–96	Group		22–22	35–23	45–57	-
	Group		21–21	26–21	42–47	-
	Group		26–23	32–23	49–55	-
	1/16 Finals		34–21	26–18	52–47	-
	1/8 Finals		28–21	26–23	51–47	-

EHF Cup

width=75px	Season	width=75px	Round	width=200px	Club	width=75px	Home	width=75px	Away	width=75px	Aggregate	width=200px	Comment
2016–17	Round 3		26–29	32–27	58–56	-
	Group Stage		26–31	29–37	55–68	-
			28–32	36–32	64–64	-
			32–27	36–31	68–58	-
2009–10	Round 3	RK Partizan Dunav Osiguranje	27–19	28–24	51–47	-
	Round 4		0–10	10–0	0–20	-
2005–06	Round 3	HC Lokomotiv-Nadin Varna	36–24	30–28	64–54	-
	1/8 Finals	Madeira Andebol SAD	35–32	32–34	69–64	-
	1/4 Finals		24–29	37–32	56–66	-
2001–02	Round 2		35–24	27–37	72–51	-
	Round 3	RK "Brodomerkur" Split	38–17	26–29	67–43	-
	Round 4	RK "Mladost" Bogdanci	36–17	24–27	63–41	-
	1/4 Finals	BM. Galdar	27–34	30–26	53–64	-
1999-00	1/16 Finals	"Fibrex" Savinesti	31–21	23–21	52–44	-
	1/8 Finals		25–24	22–31	56–46	-
	1/4 Finals		24–28	24–22	46–52	-

EHF Cup Winners' Cup

width=75px	Season	width=75px	Round	width=200px	Club	width=75px	Home	width=75px	Away	width=75px	Aggregate	width=200px	Comment
2003–04	Round 2	A. S. Ionikos Athens	34–19	22–38	72–41	-
	Round 3	Portland San Antonio	26–28	26–24	50–54	-
1997–98	1/16 Finals	Jugopetrol Železničar Niš	28–22	24–19	47–46	-
	1/8 Finals	SKP Bratislava	33–18	22–28	61–40	-
	1/4 Finals	Caja Cantabria Santander	25–21	26–18	43–47	-
2002–03	Round 3	RK Metković Jambo	33–20	23–22	55–42	-
	Round 4	Chambéry Savoie Handball	24–24	33–24	48–57	-
1994–95	1/16 Finals		37–12	22–27	64–34	-
	1/8 Finals	Remus Bärnbach-Köflach	18–19	19–26	44–38	-
	1/4 Finals	Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar	25–21	22–27	52–43	-
	1/2 Finals	BSV Borba Luzern	29–21	24–21	53–42	-
	Finals	FC Barcelona	24–31	26–22	46–57	-
1993–94	1/16 Finals	Telenorba Conversano	30–16	29–21	59–37	-
	1/8 Finals	Extran Beyne	28–19	21–22	50–40	-
	1/4 Finals	TSV Bayer Dormagen	28–13	22–19	35–47	-

Notable former players

Men

• Mikkel Hansen
• Lasse Svan Hansen
• Anders Eggert
• Joachim Boldsen
• Nikolaj Jacobsen
• Søren Stryger
• Kevin Møller
• Bent Møller
• Søren Haagen
• Thomas Mogensen
• Niklas Landin Jacobsen
• Kasper Nielsen
• Torsten Laen
• Peter Henriksen
• Klavs Bruun Jørgensen
• Henrik Gerster
• Lasse Møller
• Simon Pytlick
• Mathias Gidsel
• Emil Jakobsen
• Magnus Jernemyr
• Fredrik Petersen
• Ásgeir Örn Hallgrímsson
• Snorri Guðjónsson
• Jakob Larsen
• Espen Christensen
• Ole Erevik (2017–2018)

Women

• Rikke Hørlykke
• Trine Jensen
• Gitte Sunesen
• Line Jørgensen
• Mette Iversen Sahlholdt
• Inna Suslina
• Anna Kareeva
• Pearl van der Wissel
• Monique Feijen
• Joyce Hilster
• Ana Razdorov
• Birgit van Os
• Olga Assink
• Elly an de Boer
• Saskia Mulder
• Natasja Burgers
• Anette Hovind Johansen
• Ragnhild Aamodt
• Aiko Hayafune
• Krisztina Nagy
• Tina Flognman

Notable former coaches

• Jan Pytlick
• Guðmundur Guðmundsson
• Ulf Schefvert
• Nicolej Krickau

Notes and References

1. Web site: GOG Svendborg TGI declared bankrupt and relegated to the Danish 2nd division. DHF. 26 January 2010.
2. Web site: Danish Cup Winners Men. DHF. 13 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20180916130411/https://www.dhf.dk/Turneringer/landspokalturneringen/herrer/pokalvinderegennemtiden. 16 September 2018. dead.
3. Web site: The team 2022/2023. GOG Handball official website. da.