Claus Mogensen (born 18 January 1973) is a Danish handball coach and former handball player, who is the current head coach of HH Elite and the Faroese women's national handball team.[1]

Coaching career

Mogensen started his coaching career at Horsens HK, where he was from 2008 to 2010. He was then the head coach for SK Aarhus from 2011 to 2013.[2]

From 2013 to 2016 he was the of the Norwegian team Byåsen HE He has won two silver medals with in the Postenligaen in 2013-14 and 2014-15. In 2016 he was named Coach of the Year in Norwegian handball for these results.[3]

Afterwards he was the head coach at København Håndbold from 2016-2022.[4]Here he won the Danish Championship in 2018.[5]

He then became the coach of Turkish club Kastamonu GSK, where he sign a one year contract. He was however fired already in February 2023 due to poor results in the EHF Champions League.[6] He then returned to Denmark, and became the assistant coach at SønderjyskE Håndbold's men's team for the rest of the season.[7] Only a week later, it was announced that he had signed a contract to become the head coach of HH Elite, the same club he started his career at, which had in the meantime had a new name. He signed a three year contract with the club.[7]

In June 2023 he became the coach of the Faroese women's national handball team as well as the head coach of HH Elite.[8]

He qualified the Faroese national team for the 2024 European Women's Handball Championship in Hungary, Switzerland and Austria, placing 17th overall.[9] This was the first time Faroe Islands participated in a major international tournament.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Historisk bedrift af HH-træner i Færøerne: Nu venter fire kampe, hvor der er alt at tabe" (in Danish). Horsens Folkeblad. 8 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Mogensen tager over i Aarhus" (in Danish). Ekstra Bladet. 14 February 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  3. ^ "Claus Mogensen om kåringen som årets træner I Norge" (in Danish). europamester.dk. 13 May 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Københavns nye træner: Det her bliver den største omvæltning". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 16 June 2016.
  5. ^ "København Håndbold vinder første DM-guld". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). TV2 Danmark. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  6. ^ Jan Skjødt Østergaard Pedersen. "Dansk træner får sparket!" (in Danish). europamester.dk. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  7. ^ a b Thomas Trondal (24 February 2023). "HH Elite har sin kommende cheftræner på plads: Kendt ansigt overtager roret til juni" (in Danish). Horsens Folkeblad. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  8. ^ "Dansker skal stå i spidsen for færøsk kvindelandshold" (in Danish). Europamester.dk. 16 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Team Roster Faroe Islands - WOMEN'S EUROPEAN HANDBALL CHAMPIONSHIP". eurohandball.com. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claus_Mogensen
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