{{Short description|Danish handball coach and former player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox handball biography | name = Claus Mogensen | image = Claus Mogensen 20180128.jpg | caption = Jan. 28, 2018 | nationality = Danish | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|01|18|df=y}} | birth_place = Skanderborg, Danmark | height = | weight = | position = Coach | nickname = | currentclub = Ikast Håndbold<br>Faroe Islands | manageryears1 = 2008–2010 | managerclubs1 = Horsens HK | manageryears2 = 2010–2011 | managerclubs2 = Skanderborg Håndbold | manageryears3 = 2011–2013 | managerclubs3 = SK Aarhus | manageryears4 = 2013–2016 | managerclubs4 = Byåsen IL | manageryears5 = 2016–2022 | managerclubs5 = København Håndbold | manageryears6 = 2022–2023 | managerclubs6 = Kastamonu GSK | manageryears7 = 2023 | managerclubs7 = SønderjyskE Håndbold (assistant) | manageryears8 = 2023–2024 | managerclubs8 = Horsens | manageryears9 = 2023– | managerclubs9 = Faroe Islands | manageryears10 = 2025– | managerclubs10 = Ikast Håndbold }}
'''Claus Mogensen''' (born 18 January 1973) is a Danish handball coach and former handball player, who is the current head coach of Ikast Håndbold and the Faroese women's national handball team.<ref name=hsfo>{{cite news|url=https://hsfo.dk/hhelite/historisk-bedrift-af-hh-traener-paa-island-nu-venter-fire-kampe-hvor-der-er-alt-at-tabe|title=Historisk bedrift af HH-træner i Færøerne: Nu venter fire kampe, hvor der er alt at tabe|date=8 April 2024|publisher=Horsens Folkeblad|language=da}}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/haandbold/article4115984.ece|publisher=Ekstra Bladet|title=Mogensen tager over i Aarhus|date=14 February 2011|access-date=27 February 2025|language=da}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.europamester.dk/claus-mogensen-aarets-traener-flot-byaasen-afsked/ | title = Claus Mogensen om kåringen som årets træner I Norge | date = 13 May 2016 | publisher = europamester.dk | url-status = dead |language=da}}</ref>
Afterwards he was the head coach at København Håndbold from 2016-2022.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2016-06-16-koebenhavns-nye-traener-det-her-bliver-den-stoerste-omvaeltning | title = Københavns nye træner: Det her bliver den største omvæltning | date = 16 June 2016 | first = | last = | publisher = TV2 Danmark |website=sport.tv2.dk|language=da}}</ref> In 2016-17 he reached the final of the Danish Championship, where they lost to Nykøbing Falster HK.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2017-05-27-nykoebing-falster-vinder-dm-for-foerste-gang|title=Nykøbing Falster vinder DM for første gang|publisher=TV2 Danmark|website=sport.tv2.dk|date=27 May 2017|access-date=28 February 2025|language=da}}</ref> The same year he was named Danish Women's Coach of the Season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://danskhaandbold.dk/nyheder/arets-traenere-i-dansk-handbold-er-karet-gjekstad-og-atlason-lober-med-titlerne|publisher=Dansk Håndbold|title=Årets trænere i dansk håndbold er kåret: Gjekstad og Atlason løber med titlerne |date=7 June 2025|access-date=29 March 2026|language=da}}</ref> The year after he won the Danish Championship in 2018, which was the first ever for the club.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://sport.tv2.dk/haandbold/2018-05-27-koebenhavn-haandbold-vinder-foerste-dm-guld | title=København Håndbold vinder første DM-guld| date = 27 May 2017 | publisher = TV2 Danmark|website=sport.tv2.dk|accessdate=12 April 2022|language=da}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://europamester.dk/dansk-traener-faar-sparket/|publisher=europamester.dk|title=Dansk træner får sparket!|author=Jan Skjødt Østergaard Pedersen|access-date=27 February 2025|language=da}}</ref> He then returned to Denmark, and became the assistant coach at SønderjyskE Håndbold's men's team for the rest of the season.<ref name=HHElite>{{cite news|url=https://hsfo.dk/hhelite/hh-elite-har-sin-kommende-cheftraener-paa-plads-kendt-ansigt-overtager-roret-til-juni|publisher=Horsens Folkeblad|title=HH Elite har sin kommende cheftræner på plads: Kendt ansigt overtager roret til juni|date=24 February 2023|author=Thomas Trondal|access-date=27 February 2025|language=da}}</ref> 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.<ref name=HHElite />
In June 2023 he became the coach of the Faroese women's national handball team as well as the head coach of HH Elite.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://europamester.dk/dansker-skal-staa-i-spidsen-for-faeroesk-kvindelandshold|title=Dansker skal stå i spidsen for færøsk kvindelandshold|date=16 June 2023|publisher=Europamester.dk|language=da}}</ref>
He qualified the Faroese national team for the 2024 European Women's Handball Championship in Hungary, Switzerland and Austria, placing 17th overall.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://res.ehf.eu/doxtore/TLCEQLGQDD/sggoppZpPNyAONTgztR37GpXZowHzAuPc-Wi-UlLfVk|title=Team Roster Faroe Islands – Women's European Handball Championship|publisher=eurohandball.com|date=28 November 2024|access-date=4 December 2024}}</ref> This was the first time Faroe Islands participated in a major international tournament.<ref name=hsfo /> A year later he led the team to the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship, the first ever World Cup for The Faroe Islands.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dr.dk/sporten/haandbold/vm/haandboldfeber-paa-faeroeerne-folk-siger-i-er-saa-smaa|publisher=Danmarks Radio|title=Håndboldfeber på Færøerne: Folk siger, 'I er så små'|date=26 November 2025|access-date=26 November 2025|language=da}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://hsf.fo/hm-lidid-uttikid/|title=HM-liðið úttikið |publisher=Handball Federation of the Faroe Islands|date=3 November 2025|access-date=5 November 2025}}</ref> Here they managed wins over Spain and Paraguay, as they advanced from the preliminary groups and recorded their first ever win at a major international tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dr.dk/sporten/haandbold/vm/faeroesk-landsholdsspiller-har-det-saa-vildt-hun-naesten-ikke-kan-vaere-i-sin-egen-krop|title=Færøsk landsholdsspiller har det så vildt, at hun næsten ikke kan være i sin egen krop|author=Sebastian Taarsted Bagger|publisher=Danmarks Radio|access-date=15 December 2025|date=28 November 2025|language=da}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{EHF|511653}} * [https://dhdb.hyldgaard-jensen.dk/stab.php?id=93 Profile at DhDb]
{{Faroe Islands squad 2024 European Women's Handball Championship}} {{Faroe Islands squad 2025 World Women's Handball Championship}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mogensen, Claus}} Category:1973 births Category:Living people Category:Danish male handball players Category:Danish handball coaches Category:Danish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Category:Danish expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Category:Expatriate handball coaches Category:Sportspeople from Skanderborg Category:Handball players from the Central Denmark Region Category:Handball coaches of international teams