Virum-Sorgenfri HK
{{Short description|Danish handball club}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}
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| founded = {{start date and age|1941|10|1}}
| dissolved = {{end date and age|2002}}
| ground = Virumhallerne
| capacity = 688 (588 seats)
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Virum-Sorgenfri Håndboldklub was a handball club based in Virum, north of Copenhagen, Denmark. They played at Virumhallerne. The club was founded in 1941 under the name Virum Gymnastikforening.{{cite web|url=https://www.vsh.dk/klub/virum-sorgenfri-handboldklub/sider/historien|publisher=Virum Sorgenfri Håndboldklub|title=Historien|access-date=17 April 2025|language=da}} Due to primarily being a handball club, they change their name – first to Virum Håndboldklub, and later Virum-Sorgenfri Håndboldklub. The club went bankrupt in 2002.{{Cite web |url=http://www.dgo.dk/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20080125%2FLOKALE_NYHEDER%2F413680488 |title=Thomsen, Louise S. Thomsen: DIF betaler regningen for frivillige, artikel plus baggrund på dgo.dk. |access-date=13 February 2008 |archive-date= 6 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306023214/https://sn.dk/lyngbytaarbaek |url-status=dead }} The club VSH 2002 was founded as phoenix club.{{cite web|url=https://danskhaandbold.dk/hold/418|publisher=Dansk Håndbold|title=VSH 2002|access-date=17 April 2025|language=da}}
The men's team was first promoted to the highest tier of Danish handball in 1973. In 1984/85 they fininshed third and in 1996/97 they won their only league title with Klavs Bruun Jørgensen as the undisputed star player.{{cite news|url=https://ugeavisen.dk/sport/de-koebenhavnske-haandboldstormagter|publisher=Ugeavisen|title=De københavnske håndboldstormagter|date=13 December 2022|access-date=16 May 2025|language=da}} In the same season they won silver medals in the EHF Cup, losing to German SG Flensburg-Handewitt in the finals.{{cite web|url=https://history.eurohandball.com/ec/ehfc/men/1996-97/clubs/002513/Virum+Sorgenfri|publisher=European Handball Federation|website=history.eurohandball.com|title=Virum Sorgenfri|access-date=17 April 2025}}
Results
= Danish league =
- Won: 1996/97
- Second place: 1995/96, 1999/00
- Third place: 1984/85, 1991/92, 1997/1998.
= Danish Cup =
- Gold: 1988.
= European tournaments =
- Silver in EHF Cup 1996/97.
Notable former players
- Irving Larsen
- Klavs Bruun Jørgensen
- Peter Bruun Jørgensen
- Sisse Bruun Jørgensen
- Rikke Hørlykke
- Camilla Andersen
- Charlotte Andersen
- Kristian Andersen
- Camilla Høgh Andersen
- Søren Herskind
- Lars Jørgensen
- Lars Rasmussen
- Ian Marko Fog
- Ulrik Wilbek
- Peter Henriksen
- Peter Nørklit
- Kim Keller
- Marianne Florman
- Thomas Sande
- Hans Henrik Hattesen
- Mikkel Holm Aagaard
- Mikkel Hansen
- Kasper Jørgensen
- Jannick Secher
- Martin Bager
- Michael Hoffmann
- Tommy Gernot
- Michael Riis
- Jeppe Haugaard
- Jeppe Sigfusson
- Karsten Nørsøller
- Mads Storgaard
- Jerome Cazal
- Lars Krogh Jeppesen
- Lars Thomsen
- Tom Høgh Andersen
- Otto Mertz
- Jan Eiberg Jørgensen
- Jørgen Sauer
Former Coaches
References
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Category:2002 disestablishments in Denmark
Category:1941 establishments in Denmark
Category:Sport in the Capital Region of Denmark
Category:Defunct handball clubs in Denmark
Category:Handball clubs established in 1941
Category:Handball clubs disestablished in 2002