Byåsen HE

Byåsen Håndball Elite is the women's handball team of the Norwegian multi-sports club Byåsen IL based in Trondheim. The team plays in Eliteserien, the top division in the country, since its promotion in 1982.[1]

Byåsen Håndball Elite
Full name	Byåsen Håndball Elite
Short name	Byåsen HE
Founded	1921
Arena	Trondheim Spektrum, Trondheim
Capacity	8,600 (since 2019)
President	Oddvar Aardahl
League	Eliteserien
2019–20	3rd
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

The team's first success came as a third division club, when in 1980 it won the silver medal in the national cup. Among its successes are four domestic league and four domestic cup titles, and the club also has a good reputation in the continental arena, having reached the latest stage of the European cup competitions, including the EHF Cup Winners' Cup final in 2007.[2]

Honours

• Norwegian Championship:
  • Winners: 1984/1985, 1985/1986, 1987/1988, 1988/1989
• Norwegian Cup:
  • Winners: 1988, 1989, 1991, 2007
  • Finalist: 2006, 2008, 2009
• EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
  • Finalist: 2006/2007

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
2016–17	EHF Cup	R1	RK Zagorje	32–20	25–25	57–45
		R2	Tertnes HE	33–27	29–26	62–53
		R3	HC Dunărea Brăila	24–25	34–23	58–48
		Group C	Rostov-Don	29–24	21–35	4th place
			SG BBM Bietigheim	23–28	33–39
			Érd NK	35–28	22–34
2018-19	EHF Cup	R2	Storhamar HE	20–29	14–22	34–51

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2020–21 season[3]

Goalkeeper 01 Annick Lipman 12 Hedda Iversen Hagen 16 Helle Kjellberg-Line Wingers RW 03 Andrea Holm Aune 23 Johanne Halseth Nypan 28 Marthe Semundset Løseth LW 06 Sofie Lindstad Riseth 07 Anna Huse 27 Vilde Krogstadholm Line players 10 Caroline Aar Jakobsen 18 Mathilde Arnstad

Back players LB 05 Dina Klungtveit Olufsen 11 Ida Alstad 13 Kristin Loraas Eiriksson 20 Karen Forseth 29 Iselin Bjørnebye 30 Julie Nygård 31 Kjerstin Boge Solås CB 09 Teodora Tomac (c) 21 Ane Bagøien Hjulstad 33 Julie Bøe Jacobsen 39 Melanie Bak RB 04 Anna Bjørke Kallestad 26 Marie Rokkones Hansen

2021-2022 Transfers

Joining Melanie Bak (CB) (from Molde HK) - December 2020

Leaving Mathilde Caroline Holck (LP) (with immediate effect to Sola HK)

Technical staff

• Head coach: Alte Oliver Johansen
• Assistant coach: Frode Bjerkan
• Goalkeeping coach: Kari Aalvik Grimsbø
• Physiotherapists: Gaute Alstad Sunde, Øyvind Skarsaune
• Team doctor: Nils Ivar Leraand

Notable former club and National Team players

Annette Skottvoll Karin Pettersen Mona Dahle Ann-Cathrin Eriksen Trine Haltvik Kari Solem Hege Kristine Kvitsand Vigdis Hårsaker Kjersti Beck Elisabeth Hilmo Terese Pedersen Kari Aalvik Grimsbø Camilla Herrem Marit Malm Frafjord Gøril Snorroeggen Pernille Wibe Mari Molid Amanda Kurtovic

Maja Jakobsen Tonje Nøstvold Marta Tomac Emilie Hegh Arntzen Marit Røsberg Jacobsen Silje Waade Moa Högdahl Andrea Austmo Pedersen Barbara Arenhart Suzana Zuljani Iva Zamorska Rita Lakatos Helena Örvarsdóttir Mia Hermansson-Högdahl Raja Toumi Yeliz Özel Patrycja Świerżewska

Notable former club players

Kate Mogseth Camilla Solberg Beate Jonassen Grua Ingrid Nygård Pedersen Sissel Nygård Pedersen Marthe Florholmen Hilde Stavran Magnussen Maren Villabø Therese Henden Marte Snorroeggen Nina Stokland Kathrine Hjelmeland Gina Lorentsen Trine Kambuås Guro Rundbråten Hanna Yttereng June Andenæs

Inga Berit Svestad Maren Gundersen Marie Henriksen Maria Hjertner Tonje Haug Lerstad Kristin Venn Oda Uthus Maja Magnussen

References

1. "Byåsens Historie" [History of Byåsen] (in Norwegian). Byåsen HE official website. June 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
2. "Meritter" [Merits] (in Norwegian). Byåsen HE official website. July 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-05-02. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
3. "Byåsen Elite - KSr 1" (in Norwegian). NHF. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

External links

• Official website