Fortuna Hjørring

Fortuna Hjørring is a Danish women's football team based in Hjørring, Denmark. The club was formed in 1966 and play in green and white. It is one of the most prolific clubs in the Danish A-Liga, having won the league 12 times, tied for most wins alongside rivals Brøndby.^[1][2] Their most recent season in the top flight saw Fortuna Hjørring win "The Double", taking home both the league trophy and the Danish Women's Cup.^[3][4]

Fortuna Hjørring

Short name	Fortuna
Founded	28 October 1966; 58 years ago (1966-10-28)
Ground	Nord Energi Arena
Capacity	10,000
Chairman	Birgit Christensen
Coach	Lene Terp
League	A-Liga
2024–25	A-Liga, 1st of 8 (champions)
Website	Fortuna Hjørring
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Fortuna are fixtures of the UEFA Women's Champions League, having competed 16 times. In the 2009–10 season, they defeated Italian side Bardolino in the round of 32, but lost the round of 16 to eventual finalists Lyon. In the 2016–17 season they reached their best result in recent club history, when they made it to the quarter-finals which they lost 0–2 on aggregate to Manchester City. Fortuna's biggest European result to date is the 2002–03 UEFA Women's Cup final, where they ultimately lost 1–7 on aggregate to Umeå IK.^[5]

Players

Current squad

As of 10 August 2025^[6][7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  DEN Freja Thisgaard 2 MF  USA Sydney Masur 3 DF  ROU Maria Ficzay 4 DF  JPN Miyu Takahira 5 DF  FIN Tiia Peltonen 6 DF  DEN Sofie Lybæk 7 FW  DEN Josefine Valvik 8 MF  DEN Pernille Skrydstrup Pedersen 9 FW  DEN Sarah Dyrehauge Hansen 10 DF  GER Samantha Kühne 11 FW  ROU Florentina Olar (captain) 12 GK  ROU Andreea Părăluță 13 DF  DEN Signe Søndergaard

No. Pos. Nation Player 15  DEN Rie Jørgensen 16 GK  DEN Laura Jensen 17 FW  NGA Omewa Joy Ogochukwu 18 DF  DEN Karen Nonboe 19 DF  DEN Laura Frank 20 FW  DEN Rebekka Frederiksen 22 DF  USA Kaitlyn Parcell 24 FW  JPN Risako Watanabe 25 FW  USA Ashley Riefner 27 GK  UGA Daphine Nyayenga 66 DF  USA Janelle Cordia 77 MF  DEN Ida Sort

Notable former players

For more former players, see Category:Fortuna Hjørring players.

• Johanna Rasmussen (2002–2008)
• Mariann Gajhede Knudsen (2002–2010)
• Heidi Johansen (2003–2013)
• Janni Arnth (2007–2014)
• Line Sigvardsen Jensen (2009–2016, 2018–2019)
• Cathrine Paaske (2010)
• Julie Rydahl (2010)
• Camilla Kur Larsen (2012–2014, 2016–2017)
• Nadia Nadim (2012–2015, 2016)
• Sofie Junge Pedersen (2012–2015)
• Karoline Smidt Nielsen (2012–2018)
• Signe Bruun (2014–2018)
• Maria Lindblad Christensen (2012–2019)
• Luna Gewitz (2013–2019)
• Frederikke Thøgersen (2013–2019)
• Caroline Møller (2015–2020)
• Agnete Nielsen (2017–2020)
• Caroline Rask (2011–2020)
• Cristina Carp (2020–21)
• Emily van Egmond (2011)
• Elise Kellond-Knight (2011–2012)
• Alison Forman (1992–1999)
• Tamires (2015–2019)
• Nora Heroum (2015–2017)
• Tuija Hyyrynen (2016–2017)
• Sanni Franssi (2018–2020)
• Emma Byrne (1999)
• Hólmfríður Magnúsdóttir (2006–2007)
• Lisa-Marie Woods (2011–2012)
• Laila Himle (2019–2020)
• Nevena Damjanović (2015–2018)
• Chi-Chi Igbo (2002–2016)
• Dominika Čonč (2016–2017)
• Augustine Ejangue (2015–2017)
• Casey Ramirez (2012)
• Tiffany Weimer (2012–2013)
• Michelle Betos (2014)
• Sydney Payne (2015)
• Aubrey Bledsoe (2015)
• Hannah Seabert (2018–2019)
• Vicky Bruce (2020–21)
• Emily Garnier (2020–21)
• Brenna Ochoa (2020–21)
• Kelsey Daugherty (2019–2020)
• Bri Folds (2021)

Coaching staff

First team

As of 5 December 2024^[8]

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Lene Terp
Assistant Coach	Jessica Rodriguez
Goalkeeper Coach	Frank Petersen
Fitness Coach	Ashley Tootle
Physiotherapist	Henrik Bøgvad
Kit Manager	Anne-Mette Christensen
Team Doctor	Kasper Bygum Krarup

Honours

• UEFA Women's Cup
  • Runner-up: 2003
• Danish League (12)
  • Champion: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2025
• Danish Cup (11)
  • Champion: 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2025
  • Runner-up: 1998, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2023
• Danish Indoor Cup (4)
  • Champion: 1994, 1997, 1999, 2001
• Nordic Championship (2)
  • Champion: 1995, 1996

Competition record

Season	Division	Position	Danish Cup	UWCL
2003–04	1	02 / 08	?
2004–05	1	02 / 08	Finalist
2005–06	1	02 / 08	Champion
2006–07	1	02 / 08	Finalist
2007–08	1	02 / 10	Champion
2008–09	1	01 / 10	Finalist
2009–10	1	01 / 10	Semifinals	Round of 16
2010–11	1	02 / 10	Finalist	Round of 16
2011–12	1	02 / 10	Semifinals	Round of 16
2012–13	1	02 / 10	Finalist	Round of 16
2013–14	1	01 / 8	Semifinals	Round of 16
2014–15	1	02 / 10	Finalist	Round of 16
2015–16	1	01 / 8	Champion	Round of 16
2016–17	1	02 / 10	Semifinals	Quarter-final
2017–18	1	Champion	Quarterfinals	Round of 32
2018–19	1	02 / 8	Champion	Round of 32
2019–20	1	Champion	Semifinals	Round of 16
2020–21	3	03 / 8	Quarterfinals	Round of 16

Record in UEFA competitions

All results (away, home and aggregate) list Fortuna Hjørring's goal tally first.

Competition	Round	Club	Away	Home	Aggregate
2002–2003	Second qualifying round	Codru Anenii Noi	5–0	–	–
		Breiðablik Kópavogur	9–0	–	–
		Bobruichanka Bobruisk (Host)	3–0	–	–
	Quarter-final	Trondheim	2–2 a	1–0	3–2
	Semi-final	Arsenal	5–1	3–1 a	8–2
	Final	Umeå	1–4 a	0–3	1–7
2009–2010	Round of 32	Verona	1–2	4–0 a	5–2
	Round of 16	Lyon	0–5	0–1 a	0–6
2010–2011	Round of 32	Verona	6–1	8–0 a	14–1
	Round of 16	Duisburg	2–4 a	0–3	2–7
2011–2012	Round of 32	Young Boys	3–0 a	2–1	5–1
	Round of 16	Kopparbergs/Göteborg	2–3	0–1 a	2–4
2012–2013	Round of 32	Glasgow City	2–1 a	0–0	2–1
	Round of 16	Kopparbergs/Göteborg	2–3	1–1 a	3–4
2013–2014	Round of 32	Tavagnacco	2–3 a	2–0	4–3
	Round of 16	Tyresö	0–4	1–2 a	1–6
2014–2015	Round of 32	Ourém	3–0 a	6–0	9–0
	Round of 16	Rosengård	1–2 a	0–2	1–4
2015–2016	Round of 32	FC Minsk	2–0 a	4–0	6–0
	Round of 16	Brescia	0–1 a	1–1	1–2
2016–2017	Round of 32	Athletic Bilbao	1–2 a	3–1 a.e.t.	4–3
	Round of 16	Brescia	1–0 a	3–1	4–1
	Quarter-final	Manchester City	0–1	0–1 a	0–2
2017–2018	Round of 32	Fiorentina	1–2 a	0–0	1–2
2018–2019	Round of 32	Fiorentina	0–2 a	0–2	0–4
2019–2020	Round of 32	Vllaznia	1–0 a	2–0	3–0
	Round of 16	Lyon	0–4 a	0–7	0–11
2020–2021	Round of 32	Pomurje	3–0 a	3–2	6–2
	Round of 16	Barcelona	0–4 a	0–5	0–9
2022–23	First qualifying round	Eintracht Frankfurt	–	0–2	–
		Kristianstad	2–3 a.e.t.	–	–

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