{{short description|Danish handball club}} {{Infobox handball club | clubname = '''HC Midtjylland''' | image = | fullname = HC Midtjylland | short name = HCM | founded = 2005 | dissolved = | ground = Sportcenter Herning | capacity = 1700 | chairman = Peter Andersen | manager = Mads Hjortshøj | league = Danish 1st Division | season = 2024-2025 | position = 5th | colour1 = red | colour2 = black | pattern_la1 = | pattern_b1 = | pattern_ra1 = | pattern_sh1 = | leftarm1 = FF0000 | body1 = FF0000 | rightarm1 = FF0000 | shorts1 = FF0000 | pattern_la2 = | pattern_b2 = | pattern_ra2 = | pattern_sh2 = | leftarm2 = 000000 | body2 = 000000 | rightarm2 = 000000 | shorts2 = 000000 | website = https://www.hcmidtjylland.dk/
}} '''HC Midtjylland''' is a handball club based in the town of Herning in Jutland, Denmark. They play in Danish 2nd tier Danish 1st Division.
==History== HC Midtjylland where founded in 2005 based on the local teams Hauge G/F and Herning FH.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.dr.dk/arkivP4/Vest/Nyheder/Herning/2013/01/29/175540.htm | title = Ny træner i HC Midtjylland | publisher = Danmarks Radio | date = 1 January 2013 | accessdate = 5 August 2016 }}</ref> In the 2008/2009 season they finished 2nd in the Danish 1st Division and thus reached the promotion playoff for the first time. They did however lose to top flight team TMS Ringsted. Promotion came in the 2009/2010 season after finishing 3rd and going up through the playoffs.
Only the season after they were however relegated again. In the 2013/2014 season they gained promotion by winning the 1st Division. In 2015 they won the Danish Handball Cup despite struggling against relegation.<ref name=cupwin />
In 2018 they went bankrupt because of financial problems.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.dr.dk/sporten/haandbold/herreligaen/hc-midtjylland-er-gaaet-konkurs |title= HC Midtjylland er gået konkurs | publisher = DR |date= 23 April 2018 |agency= Ritzau }}</ref> The club resurrected, shortly after it went bankrupt, but was forced into the Danish 2nd Division.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.tvmidtvest.dk/artikel/konkursramt-klub-paa-vej-til-genopstaa |title= Konkursramt klub på vej til at genopstå | publisher = TV Midtvest |date= 29 May 2018 }}</ref>
In the first season they gained promotion from the 2nd division, and in 2021/2022 they were once again promoted to the top flight in Denmark.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tvmidtvest.dk/herning/peter-har-kaempet-fire-aar-efter-hc-midtjyllands-konkurs-nu-goer-de-comeback-i-ligaen|publisher=TV Midt/Vest|title=Peter har kæmpet fire år efter HC Midtjyllands konkurs: Nu gør de comeback i ligaen|date=2 September 2022|access-date=16 February 2025|language=da}}</ref> They were however relegated again only the next season, when they finished last in the 2022-23 Håndboldligaen.<ref>[https://tophaandbold.dk/stillinger/herreligaen?container=1167 2022-23 League Table - Dansk Håndbold]</ref>
== European record ==
{| class="wikitable" ! Season ! Competition ! Round ! Club ! 1st leg ! 2nd leg ! Aggregate |- | colspan="7" bgcolor=white| |- | rowspan="4" | 2016–17 | rowspan="4" | EHF Cup | style="text-align:center;"|R3 | {{flagicon|RUS}} Dinamo Astrakhan | style="text-align:center;"| 29–29 | style="text-align:center;"| 36–25 | style="text-align:center;"| '''64–55''' |- | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|Group Stage | {{flagicon|ESP}} Fraikin Granollers | style="text-align:center;"| 24–27 | style="text-align:center;"| 32–34 | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| 4th place |- | {{flagicon|POR}} FC Porto | style="text-align:center;"| 29–26 | style="text-align:center;"| 25–33 |- | {{flagicon|GER}} Frisch Auf Göppingen | style="text-align:center;"| 23–31 | style="text-align:center;"| 22–25 |}
==Accomplishments== *'''Danish Handball Cup:<ref name=cupwin>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhf.dk/Turneringer/landspokalturneringen/herrer/pokalvinderegennemtiden|title=Danish Cup Winners Men|publisher=DHF|accessdate=13 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916130411/https://www.dhf.dk/Turneringer/landspokalturneringen/herrer/pokalvinderegennemtiden|archive-date=16 September 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>''' 1 **{{gold medal}}: 2015
==Team== ===Current squad=== {{Col-begin}} {{Col-2}} ;Goalkeepers * {{0}}1 {{flagicon|DEN}} Simon Egtved * 16 {{flagicon|DEN}} Rasmus Døssing ;Wingers ;LW * 14 {{flagicon|DEN}} Christian Højgaard Brandt * 35 {{flagicon|DEN}} Kasper Søndergaard Kvist ;RW * 40 {{flagicon|DEN}} Laurits Kristensen * 90 {{flagicon|DEN}} Magnus Møland Sønnichsen ;Line players * {{0}}5 {{flagicon|DEN}} Silas Krabbe * {{0}}6 {{flagicon|DEN}} Valdemar Hermansen * 54 {{flagicon|DEN}} Rasmus Mørup {{Col-2}} ;Back players ;LB * {{0}}4 {{flagicon|DEN}} Rasmus Graffe * {{0}}8 {{flagicon|DEN}} Matias Damgaard * 10 {{flagicon|DEN}} Emil Vestergaard Larsen ;CB * 18 {{flagicon|DEN}} Matias Helt Jepsen ;RB * {{0}}9 {{flagicon|DEN}} Livio Klausen * 13 {{flagicon|DEN}} Oscar von Oettingen {{Col-end}}
===Technical staff=== * {{flagicon|DEN}} '''Head coach:''' Claus Uhrenholt * {{flagicon|DEN}} '''Assistant Coach:''' Martin Hansen * {{flagicon|DEN}} '''Physical Trainer:''' Steffan Storgaard Espersen * {{flagicon|DEN}} '''Physiotherapist:''' Gabriel Zaar Jensen * {{flagicon|DEN}} '''Team Leader:''' Henrik Andersen
===Transfers=== :''Transfers for the 2025–26 season'' {{Col-begin}} {{Col-2}} ;Joining Image:Arrow-up.png * {{flagicon|DEN}} Anton Bramming (LW) from {{flagicon|DEN}} Skanderborg AGF Håndbold * {{flagicon|DEN}} Nicolai Snogdal (LW) (from {{flagicon|DEN}} TM Tønder) * {{flagicon|DEN}} Malte Pedersen (LB) (from {{flagicon|DEN}} TM Tønder) * {{flagicon|DEN}} Emil Jensen (CB) (from {{flagicon|DEN}} Lemvig-Thyborøn Håndbold)
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;Leaving Image:Arrow-down.gif * {{flagicon|DEN}} Rasmus Graffe (CB) to {{flagicon|DEN}} TMS Ringsted * {{flagicon|DEN}} Kasper Kvist (LW) (Retires)
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==References== {{reflist}}
Category:Handball clubs in Denmark Category:Handball clubs established in 2005 Category:2005 establishments in Denmark Category:Sport in Herning