Sportsklub Aarhus was a Danish women's handball club based in Aarhus. They played in Damehåndboldligaen when the team closed after the 2016-17 season because of financial issues. Aarhus United took over their licence for the league. SK Aarhus has previously also included basketball and volleyball.
History The club was founded in 2000.
SK Aarhus had consistently been at the bottom of Damehåndboldligaen and were relegated to 1. division after the 2004-05 season. They were, however, promoted again after just one season. Later, the club strengthened their roster with the likes of Karin Mortensen, Josephine Touray and Trine Troelsen, and this resulted in a playoff place and fourth place after three matches against FCK Håndbold in the 2008-09 season.
During the 17 years the club existed they had consistently trouble with finding sponsors, and thus often were in financial trouble. On 30 November 2009, it was revealed that SK Aarhus had gone into receivership and that they had a deadline of 15 January 2010 to find a solution This got a few of the club's investors to stop in the club at the turn of 2009-10. Although they managed to raise money to keep the club going, they failed to get over the economic problems and after the 2010-11 season, many of their big profiles such as Susann Müller, Marta Tomac and Gitte Brøgger Led left the club. The team started the following season on an even smaller budget, but in November 2011, the management decided to take steps against dissolving the club when the then investors didn't want to increase the support. Subsequently a group of investors secured the club's future which resulted in the continuation of the club
In the 2011-12 season, SK Aarhus was relegated after an 8th place in the league and a 3rd place in the qualifying group.2011-12 Relegation groups - Flashscore In the 2013-14 season, SK Aarhus returned to the league after gaining a 2nd place in the league and winning 2–0 against Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub. In 2017 it was announced that SK Aarhus would close after the 2016-17 season and that the newly formed Aarhus United would take over their league licence.
Team Current squad Squad for the 2016–17 season
Goalkeepers 1 Mathilde Juncker 12 Lærke Sørensen 16 Anne-Sofie Ernstrøm Wingers LW 11 Trine Leth 18 Malene Gandrup RW 17 Charlotte Mikkelsen 19 Anne Tolstrup Line players 21 Majbritt Toft Hansen 29 Camilla Fangel
Back players LB 20 Anne Sofie Hjort 23 Anna Sophie Okkels CB 2 Amalie Jacobsen 7 Emma Mogensen 15 Julie Pontoppidan RB 4 Lærke Christensen 14 Mette Tranborg
Notable former players NameNationalityYears Gitte Brøgger Led2005–2011 Iwona Niedźwiedź2007–2010 Trine Troelsen2007–2009 Maibritt Kviesgaard 2009–2010 Karin Mortensen2009–2010 Marta Tomac2010–2011 Susann Müller2010–2011 Pearl van der Wissel2011–2012 Mette Tranborg2012–2017 Anna Sophie Okkels2012–2017 Maja Grønbæk2001–2005 Choi Im-jeong2007–2010 Huh Soon-young
Seasons SeasonGroup stagePlayoffEuropean qualificationLeagueNotes 2000/01 10 not qualified not qualified Håndboldligaen 2001/02 8 not qualified not qualified Håndboldligaen 2002/03 10 not qualified not qualified Håndboldligaen 2003/04 9 not qualified Cup Winners' Cup Håndboldligaen 2004/05 11 not qualified not qualified HåndboldligaenRelegated 2005/06 1 not qualified not qualified 1st DivisionPromoted 2006/07 10 not qualified not qualified Håndboldligaen 2007/08 7 not qualified not qualifiedHåndboldligaen 2008/09 3 4 EHF Cup Håndboldligaen 2009/10 10 not qualified not qualified Håndboldligaen 2010/11 7 not qualified not qualified Håndboldligaen 2011/12 8 not qualified not qualified HåndboldligaenRelegated 2012/13 5 not qualified ? 1st Division 2013/14 2 promotion to the league not qualified 1st DivisionPromoted 2014/15 8 not qualified not qualified Håndboldligaen
Cup Winners Cup Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate2004–053rd round McDonald's Wr.Neustadt29–2434–1963–434th round Podravka Vegeta, Koprivnica27–2717–2944–56
References
External links The club's homepage