HØJ Elite (men's handball)

See also: HØJ Elite (women's handball)

HØJ Elite Men is a men's handball club based in Ølstykke and Jyllinge, Denmark. As of the 2023–24 season, the team competes men's Danish 1st Division.^[1] In the 2021–22 season, the team played in the promotion play-offs for the Danish Men's Handball League. However, they lost the final matches against TTH Holstebro.^[2]

HØJ Elite Men
Full name	HØJ Elitehåndbold
Founded	2014
Arena	Ølstykke-Hallen
Capacity	200
President	Lars Vinther
Head coach	Jesper Fredin
League	1st Division
2024–25	1st (promoted)
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

HØJ Elite

Location of HØJ

The elite team is part of the association 'HØJ Håndbold', which was founded on 7 January 1995 by a merger of Ølstykke Handball Association and Jyllinge-Gundsømagle Idrætsforening's Handball Department. In the spring of 2014, the elite department was established as 'HØJ Elite'.^[3] In the 2024-25 season, they were promoted to the Herrehåndboldligaen, winning 44 of 48 available points in the 1st Division.^[4] The women's team was also promoted the very same season.^[5]

Arena

• Name: Ølstykke-Hallen
• Capacity: 200
• City: Ølstykke, Egedal Municipality
• Address: Tranekærvej 1, 3650 Ølstykke

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2025–26 season.^[6]

Goalkeepers 01 Pauli Jacobsen 12 Emil Kheri Imsgard 00 Till Klimpke Wingers LW 15 Lukas Karlskov 00 Hampus Wanne RW 18 Hans Lindberg 00 Tobias Nielsen Line players 30 Tom Kåre Nikolaisen 42 Mikkel Olsen 00 Kassem Awad

Back players LB 04 Lauge Hemmingsen 10 Lucas Lenlar Garsdal 14 Niclas Fingren 00 Jonathan Svensson CB 24 Linus Arnesson 00 Michael Damgaard RB 07 Simen Schønningsen 00 Jonathan Mollerup

Transfers

Transfers for the season 2025-26

Joining Till Klimpke (GK) from HSG Wetzlar[7] Jonathan Svensson (LB) from MT Melsungen[8] Hampus Wanne (LW) (from FC Barcelona) Michael Damgaard (LB) from SC Magdeburg[9] Jonathan Mollerup (RB) (from Skanderborg AGF Håndbold) Tobias Nielsen (RW) (on loan from Aalborg Håndbold) Kassem Awad (P) (from Kadetten Schaffhausen)

Leaving Emil Mellegård (LW) (to Paris Saint-Germain Handball) Mathias Nikolaisen (CB) (to Team Sydhavsøerne) Tobias Kildegaard (CB) (to ?) Martin Søborg Rasmussen (RB) (to HC København) Karl Albert (RW) (to TMS Ringsted) Tobias Wetzel (P) (to TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen) Hakan Sahin (P) (to ?) Victor Parbst (P) (to ?)

Staff

Pos.	Name
Head Coach	Stian Tønnesen
Assistant Coach	Patrik Liljestrand
Goalkeeping coach	Peter Nørklit
Team Leader	Per Svenningsen
Team Leader	Helene Rasmussen
Team Leader	Ulrik Stevenius
Team Leader	Chrisina Jarkass
Physical coach	Thor Aarøe Mørck

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