Elverum Håndball

Elverum Håndball is a Norwegian professional handball club from Elverum, Norway. Currently, Elverum Håndball competes in the Norwegian Premier League Men's Handball, and they have been successful title winners for several years consecutively. The club was founded in 1946 by a group of 26 people. The Norway national team coach, Christian Berge, was coach for Elverum Håndball from 2008 to 2014 which he had to leave in order to coach the Norway men's national team.

Elverum Håndball
Full name	Elverum Håndball
Short name	Elverum
Founded	1946 (1946)
Arena	Terningen Arena
Capacity	2,500
President	Jostein Borkhus
Head coach	Børge Lund
League	Eliteserien
2023-24	2nd
Home Away
Website Official site

Support

The club's supporters group is called Taiga'n fanclub, and is an independent club established in 2006.

Rivalries

Elverum's main rivals is Kolstad Håndball and ØIF Arendal

Kits

HOME
2020–21

AWAY
2019–20	2020–

Achievements

• Norwegian League
  • Winner: 2012/13, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22
  • Silver: 2018/2019, 2022/2023, 2023/2024
• Norwegian League Playoffs
  • Winner: 1994/95, 2007/08, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2021/22
• Norwegian Cup:
  • Winner: 2009/10, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
  • Finalist: 1962 (outdoors), 1963, 1965, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2022/23, 2023/2024

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season

Goalkeepers

• 01 Rickard Frisk
• 12 Scott Lucian Wolkoff
• 24 Vegard Bakken Øien

Wingers

LW

• 21 Eirik Kulvedrøsten Soløst
• 33 Sindre Heldal

RW

• 06 Simen Søgaard
• 07 Kasper Lien

Line players

• 05 Kristian Hübert Larsen
• 19 Oscar Theodor Uliana Starck
• 20 Endre Langaas

Back players

LB

• 17 Erik Thorsteinsen Toft
• 25 Kristian Jakobsen Stranden

CB

• 14 Mathias Larson
• 18 Håkon Bratvold Ekren
• 27 Péter Lukács

RB

• 09 Patrick Helland Anderson
• 45 Benjamin Berg

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Joining

• Rickard Frisk (GK) (from Alingsås HK)
• Erik Thorsteinsen Toft (LB) (from KIF Kolding)
• Kristian Stranden (LB) (from SønderjyskE Håndbold)
• Mathias Larson (CB) (from ØIF Arendal)
• Håkon Bratvold Ekren (CB) (from Cesson Rennes MHB)

Leaving

• Robin Paulsen Haug (GK) (to HSV Hamburg)
• Morten Nergaard (GK) (retires)
• Daniel Blomgren (LB) (to HBW Balingen-Weilstetten)
• Sander Berstad Tenden (LB) (to Sandefjord TIF Håndball)
• Tobias Grøndahl (CB) (to GOG Håndbold)
• Magnus Søndenå (RB) (to Kolstad Håndball)
• Kassem Awad (P) (to Kadetten Schaffhausen)

• Šimon Mizera (GK) (on loan at Sandefjord TIF Håndball) (November 23th 2024)

Out on loan

• Šimon Mizera (GK) (on loan at Sandefjord TIF Håndball)

Notable players

• Arnulf Bæk
• Christian Berge
• Ingimundur Ingimundarson
• Lazo Majnov
• Stig Rasch
• Steffen Stegavik
• Tamás Iváncsik
• Sigvaldi Guðjónsson
• Lukas Sandell

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
2016–17	EHF Champions League	Group stage	Montpellier	32–31	24–31	5th place
			Logroño	27–32	21–28
			Metalurg Skopje	26–31	17–18
			HT Tatran Prešov	24–24	27–25
			Chekhovskiye Medvedi	28–28	31–26
2017–18	EHF Champions League	Group stage	Skjern Håndbold	27–32	25–35	4th place
			CB Ademar León	25–30	30–26
			RK Gorenje Velenje	29–28	21–30
			Kadetten Schaffhausen	26–22	30–36
			Dinamo București	40–32	34–33
2018–19	EHF Champions League	Group stage	CS Dinamo București	29–28	24–26	3rd place
			Wisła Płock	28–30	28–30
			CB Ademar León	30–25	24–24
			Riihimäki Cocks	28–27	28–25
			Wacker Thun	29–28	30–29
2019–20	EHF Champions League	Group stage	Paris Saint-Germain	22–25	25–31	8th place
			Barça	24–33	24–33
			SG Flensburg-Handewitt	19–26	28–34
			Aalborg Håndbold	24–34	28–30
			MOL-Pick Szeged	25–26	25–32
			PPD Zagreb	30–30	27–30
			RK Celje	25–32	37–26
2020–21	EHF Champions League	Group stage	Vardar 1961	34–34	32–35	8th place
			Paris Saint-Germain	29–44	29–35
			PGE Vive Kielce	22–31	29–39
			Porto Sofarma	31–38	30–28
			MOL-Pick Szeged	0–10	27–36
			Meshkov Brest	33–31	27–29
			SG Flensburg Handewitt	29–30	35–37