Viborg HK
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| Full name | Viborg Handball club |
| Short name | Viborg |
| Founded | 1936 |
| Arena | Viborg Stadionhal |
| Capacity | 3,000 (1,883 seats) |
| President | Peter Cassøe |
| Head coach | Allan Heine |
| League | Primo Tours Ligaen |
| 2015–16 | 4th |
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Viborg HK (Viborg Handball Club) is the name of a Danish handball club from Viborg. The club has many teams for both women and men, but especially the professional women's team is one of the most successful in Danish and European handball since the beginning of the 1990s. This team currently competes in the women's Danish Women's Handball League.
The women's team have won a total of 14 Danish Championships (all-time record), ten Danish Cup Championships (ranking second in all-time Cup trophies behind FIF), three Women's EHF Cup Championships (all-time record), and three EHF Women's Champions League Championships (ranking fourth in all-time Champions League trophies). They are also two-time winners of the now cancelled tournament EHF Champions Trophy and one-time winner of the EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup.
They won the EHF Women's Champions League in the 2009/2010 season and won the second time in a row. They also held the title in the 2005–2006 season.
The club was established in 1936, but it was not until 1989 the women's team was promoted to the best league in Denmark. Manager of the team at that time was a young Ulrik Wilbek, who later became national manager for Denmark and was extremely successful here as well. Among the players at the time of the promotion was Anja Andersen and goalkeeper Susanne Munk Lauritsen.
Since the promotion, Viborg HK has had overwhelming success with 13 National Championships from 1994–2010 and only twice ended below third place in the league. By winning their 13th National Championship the 22nd of May 2010, they became the club with most won Danish Championships in the women's league ever, taking the record from former title holder FIF with 12 Danish Championships. They are now tied with H.G. Handball in the men's league as the club with most won National Championships in Danish handball history. Viborg Handball Club is also one of only three teams to have won the national championship four consecutive times. The other two being GOG and Frederiksberg Idræts-Forening.
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