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; 59 years ago (1966-10-28)
Ground	Nord Energi Arena
Capacity	10,000
Chairman	Karina Bech Jensen
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 28 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 MF  USA Caitlin St. Leger 4 DF  JPN Miyu Takahira 5 DF  FIN Tiia Peltonen 6 MF  DEN Sofie Lybæk 7 FW  DEN Josefine Valvik 8 MF  DEN Pernille Skrydstrup Pedersen 9 MF  DEN Sarah Dyrehauge 10 MF  GER Samantha Kühne 11 MF  ROU Florentina Olar (captain) 12 GK  ROU Andreea Părăluță 13 FW  DEN Signe Søndergård 15 MF  DEN Rie Skotte

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 GK  DEN Laura Jensen 17 FW  NGA Joy Omewa Ogochukwu 18 DF  DEN Karen Nonboe 19 DF  DEN Laura Frank 20 DF  SWE Tilde Johansson 22 DF  USA Kaitlyn Parcell 24 FW  JPN Risako Watanabe 25 MF  USA Ashley Riefner 27 GK  UGA Daphine Nyayenga 66 DF  USA Janelle Cordia 77 MF  DEN Ida Sort 87 MF  DEN Anna Pallesen 97 FW  DEN Nikoline Nielsen

Player records

As of 24 May 2025^[8]

Caps

#	Nat.	Player	Caps
1		Lene Filholm	418
2		Dorthe Larsen	396
3		Janne Madsen	390
4		Christina Petersen	352
5		Jette Andersen	348
6		Hanne Sand	342
7		Birgit Christensen	321
8		Anne-Mette Christensen	316
9		Lene Madsen	315
10		Mette V. Jensen	307

Management

First team

As of July 2025^[9]

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Lene Terp
Assistant Coach	Jessica Rodriguez
Goalkeeper Coach	Martin Asvig Pedersen
Fitness Coach	Katarina Janickova
Physiotherapist	Jeanet Chortsen
Kit Manager	Anne-Mette Christensen
Team Doctor	Kasper Bygum Krarup

Club

Position	Staff
Sporting Director	Janelle Cordia

Managers

Incomplete

Years	Coach
2023–	Lene Terp
2022–2023	Bo Zinck
2022	Martin Møller Kristensen
2021–2022	Brian Sørensen
2020–2021	Niclas Hougaard
2018–2019	Carrie Kveton
2012–2017	Brian Sørensen
2011–?	Jakob Borup
	Steen Refsgaard
	Jacob Nørgaard
1995–	Steen Andersen
1994–1995	Ove Christensen
1985–1988	Ove Christensen

Seasons

As of the 2024–2025 season

Key
	Champions		Promotion
	Silver		Relegation
	Bronze

Incomplete

Season	Tier	#	W	D	L	F	A	Pts.	Cup	UWCL
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982	1
1983	1
1984	1
1985	1
1986	1
1987	1
1988	1
1989	1
1990	1
1991	1
1992	1
1993	1
1994	1
1995	1								1st
1996	1								1st
1996–97	1
1997–98	1
1998–99	1
1999–00	1								1st
2000–01	1	2nd of 8	17	5	6	78	40	56	1st
2001–02	1	1st of 8	22	3	3	133	36	69	1st
2002–03	1	2nd of 8	16	0	5	76	16	48
2003–04	1	2nd of 8	18	0	3	65	22	54
2004–05	1	2nd of 8	18	1	2	95	16	55
2005–06	1	2nd of 8	17	2	2	73	16	53	1st
2006–07	1	2nd of 8	16	3	2	77	9	51
2007–08	1	2nd of 10	15	1	2	79	12	46	1st
2008–09	1	1st of 10	17	0	1	82	7	51
2009–10	1	1st of 10	16	2	0	74	5	50
2010–11	1	1st of 10	17	0	1	82	12	51
2011–12	1	2nd of 10	15	1	2	84	19	69
2012–13	1
2013–14	1
2014–15	1
2015–16	1								1st
2016–17	1
2017–18	1
2018–19	1								1st
2019–20	1
2020–21	1
2021–22	1								1st
2022–23	1
2023–24	1
2024–25	1								1st
2025–26	1

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.	–	–

^a First leg.

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