GOG Håndbold

GOG Håndbold
Full nameGudme Oure Gudbjerg
Short nameGOG
Founded1 May 1973 (1973-05-01)
ArenaArena Svendborg
Capacity4,500
PresidentKasper Jørgensen
Head coachKasper Kristensen
LeagueHerreligaen
2024-25Håndboldligaen, 3rd of 14
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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 13 times. Currently GOG competes in the men's Danish Handball League. GOG is famous for their academy, which is one of the best in the world. The academy won the first edition of the 2025 EHF Youth Club Trophy.[1][2]

GOG
Location of GOG Gudme

History

GOG

The club was founded on 1 May 1973 as a result of a merger between Gudbjerg, Oure, and Gudme.[3] In 1975 the club won the Danish junior championship for the first time.[3] GOG's men's team got promoted to the best league in Denmark in 1987 and won its first Danish Handball Championship in 1992.[3] The women's team got promoted to the top division for the first time in 1984.[3][4] In 1990 the club became fully professional.[3] During the 1990's GOG was a dominant force in Danish handball, including winning four championships in a row. This was a time defined by the competitive rivalry with KIF Kolding.

GOG Svendborg TGI

In 2005, GOG and Svendborg TGI merged their first teams.[3] 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.[5] On 26 January 2010, GOG Svendborg TGI was declared bankrupt and relegated to the 2nd Division.[6]

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.[7] The ambition was to have the club back in the top division within three years. The first season after the forced relegation, 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. In the 2021-22 season GOG won the Danish league once again.[8] GOG defended their title by winning the Danish league in the 2022-23 season.[9]

Honours

  • Danish Handball League: 9
    •  Gold: 1992, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2022, 2023
    •  Silver: 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 2001, 2006, 2008, 2019, 2020
  • Danish Handball Cup: 13 (record)
    •  Gold: 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024[10]
    •  Silver: 1993, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2021
  • Danish Super Cup: 1
    •  Gold: 2023
    •  Silver: 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024[11]
  • EHF Cup Winners' Cup
    •  Silver: 1995
  • Double
Winners (5): 1991–92, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2021–22, 2022–23

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2025–26 season[12]

Technical staff

  • Head Coach: Kasper Kristensen[13]
  • Assistant Coach: Rasmus Bertelsen
  • Team Leader: Bent Møller

Transfers

Transfers for the 2026–27 season

Transfer History

European Handball

EHF Champions League

Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate Comment
2025–26 Group THW Kiel 30–32 28–34 Ongoing as of October 2025 [19]
Aalborg Håndbold 31–29 27–30 —
Sporting CP 34–28 — —
Telekom Veszprém — 29–33 —
PSG Handball — 32–35 —
2023–24 Group Celje Pivovarna Laško 38–36 34–30 5th place —
Orlen Wisła Płock 32–32 30–26 —
Telekom Veszprém 36–30 31–34 —
Barça 23–30 30–38 —
Montpellier Handball 32–27 25–36 —
FC Porto 35–27 31–32 —
SC Magdeburg 25–32 27–35 —
Playoffs Industria Kielce 25–33 28–33 53–66 —
2022–23 Group PPD Zagreb 33–29 31–27 4th place —
Dinamo București 38–38 27–30 —
Orlen Wisła Płock 31–24 27–31 —
Telekom Veszprém 30–31 37–36 —
FC Porto 34–33 33–26 —
SC Magdeburg 33–32 34–36 —
Paris Saint-Germain 35–40 36–41 —
Playoffs Aalborg Håndbold 32–24 28–30 60–54 —
Quarterfinals Barça 30–37 31–36 61–73 —
2019–20 Group IFK Kristianstad 37–37 33–24 3rd place —
Chekhovskiye Medvedi 38–31 28–36 —
CS Dinamo București 31–32 28–35 —
Orlen Wisła Płock 28–27 24–27 —
Kadetten Schaffhausen 35–30 28–40 —
2008–09 Group BM Ciudad Real 24–34 37–26 50–71 —
Group A.S.E Doukas 29–21 23–41 70–44 —
Group Bosna Sarajevo 30–26 32–26 56–58 —
Main Round BM Ciudad Real 24–34 37–26 50–71 —
Main Round THW Kiel 31–43 37–29 60–80 —
Main Round FC Barcelona 29–35 36–27 56–71 —
2007–08 Group Portland San Antonio 29–29 28–28 57–57 —
Group Tatran Presov 42–32 31–38 80–63 —
Group A1 Bregenz HB 33–29 32–26 59–61 —
Main Round FC Barcelona 35–33 29–24 59–62 —
Main Round RK Celje 34–33 30–30 64–63 —
Main Round SC Pick Szeged 28–25 34–33 61–58 —
2006–07 Group THW Kiel 28–32 34–32 60–66 —
Group C.S. HCM Constanta 33–17 33–28 61–50 —
Group HC Banik OKD Karvina 45–32 32–37 82–64 —
1/8 Finals BM Ciudad Real 28–33 31–30 58–64 —
2004–05 Group Brestskiy HC Meshkovo 36–17 23–25 61–40 —
Group Chekhovskiye Medvedi 32–26 34–33 65–60 —
Group RK Gorenje Velenje 28–22 29–24 52–51 —
1/8 Finals BM Ciudad Real 29–45 34–31 60–79 —
2000–01 Group ABC Braga 26–25 26–25 51–51 —
Group THW Kiel 22–23 28–34 56–51 —
Group Pallamano Trieste 28–24 32–30 58–54 —
1998–99 Group Viking Stavanger HK 29–28 34–26 55–62 —
Group THW Kiel 26–31 28–23 49–59 —
Group HC Kaustik Volgograd 35–28 31–21 56–59 —
1/16 Finals CS Minaur 24–18 29–24 48–47 —
1996–97 Group PSG Handball 31–22 25–20 51–47 —
Group Caja Cantabria Santander 23–24 33–23 46–57 —
Group RK Celje 18–22 29–18 36–51 —
1/16 Finals FK Pelister 21–24 14–19 40–38 —
1995–96 Group FC Barcelona 22–22 35–23 45–57 —
Group RK Zagreb 21–21 26–21 42–47 —
Group Pfadi Winterthur 26–23 32–23 49–55 —
1/16 Finals FK Partizan 34–21 26–18 52–47 —
1/8 Finals SKA Minsk 28–21 26–23 51–47 —

EHF Cup/EHF European League

Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate Comment
2024–25 Group RK Gorenje Velenje 31–21 35–35 2nd place [20]
HC Kriens-Luzern 39–36 30–32 —
Abanca Ademar León 36–23 27–21 —
Main round Fraikin BM Granollers 32–31 36–36 2nd place —
Montpellier Handball 33–27 28–30 —
Play-offs SL Benfica 34–31 31–33 65–64 —
Quarterfinals SG Flensburg-Handewitt 26–29 29–35 55–64 —
2021–22 First qualifying round RK Celje Pivovarna Laško 29–33 36–25 65–58 —
Second qualifying round Mors-Thy Håndbold 30–24 27–27 57–51 —
Group Chekhovskiye Medvedi 27–26 39–32 1st place —
Cocks 46–30 34–23 —
HBC Nantes 29–29 24–27 —
SL Benfica 39–38 33–25 —
TBV Lemgo 34–28 35–39 —
Last 16 Bidasoa Irun 30–28 33–31 63–59 —
Quarterfinals RK Nexe 27–32 37–37 64–69 —
2020–21 Second qualifying round Pfadi Winterthur 33–24 31–35 64–59 —
Group Rhein-Neckar Löwen 32–37 24–32 3rd place —
RK Trimo Trebnje 32–31 30–27 —
RK Eurofarm Pelister 30–29 31–32 —
Kadetten Schaffhausen 34–28 28–29 —
Grundfos Tatabanya KC 30–28 35–32 —
Last 16 HC CSKA 33–31 35–30 68–61 —
Quarterfinals Orlen Wisła Płock 30–27 26–31 56–58 —
2018–19 Round 3 Vojvodina 38–25 32–27 70–52 —
Group Azoty-Puławy 41–29 31–28 2nd place —
Fraikin Granollers 34–26 31–34 —
THW Kiel 22–26 23–37 —
2016–17 Round 3 Alingsås HK 26–29 32–27 58–56 —
Group Stage Füchse Berlin 26–31 29–37 55–68 —
Saint-Raphaël Var Handball 28–32 36–32 64–64 —
RD Ribnica 32–27 36–31 68–58 —
2009–10 Round 3 RK Partizan 27–19 28–24 51–47 —
Round 4 Dunkerque HB Grand Littoral 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 Frisch Auf Göppingen 24–29 37–32 56–66 —
2001–02 Round 2 SKA Minsk 35–24 27–37 72–51 —
Round 3 RK "Brodomerkur" Split 38–17 26–29 67–43 —
Round 4 RK Mladost 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 KS Warszawianka 25–24 22–31 56–46 —
1/4 Finals SG Flensburg-Handewitt 24–28 24–22 46–52 —

EHF Cup Winners' Cup

Season Round Club Home Away Aggregate 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 Maccabi Rishon le Zion 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

Women

Notable former coaches

References

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  2. ^ "GOG nyder godt af Oures håndboldtalenter: Vi har en kæmpe betydning" (in Danish). TV2 Fyn. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
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  4. ^ "Historical Record of GOG Women's Team Promotion" (in Danish). Danish Handball Federation. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  5. ^ "Officielt: Odense GOG er skabt". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 27 August 2009. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  6. ^ "GOG Svendborg TGI declared bankrupt and relegated to the Danish 2nd division". DHF. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  7. ^ Bech Josefsen, Kristian (9 February 2010). "GOG: Vi er tilbage om tre år" [GOG: We are back in three years]. sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
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  9. ^ "GOG Håndbold are new old Danish champions". Handball Planet. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  10. ^ "GOG genvinder pokalturneringen" (in Danish). Danish Handball Federation. 18 February 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  11. ^ "Aalborg Håndbold vs GOG". BetsAPI. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  12. ^ "The team 2025/2026" (in Danish). GOG Handball official website. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  13. ^ "Kasper Kristensen, head coach of GOG Håndbold". Getty Images. 15 October 2025. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
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  20. ^ "GOG 2024-25 EHF European League Matches". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
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