Vipers Kristiansand
Full name	Vipers Kristiansand
Short name	Vipers
Founded	12 January 1938 (as IK Våg)
Arena	Aquarama Kristiansand
Capacity	2,200
President	Terje Marcussen
Head coach	Tomáš Hlavatý
League	REMA 1000-ligaen
2022–23	1st
Home Away
Website Official site

Vipers Kristiansand is a professional handball club from Kristiansand, Norway. They currently compete in REMA 1000-ligaen, the top division in the country, since its promotion in 2001.

They claimed their first Norwegian championship in 2018, ending an 18 times streak for the champions from Larvik HK.^[1] Since then, they've shown strong dominance in Norway and claimed 6 consecutive league titles, 5 playoff titles and 6 cup titles.

For the first time in the club's history, they qualified for the 2018–19 Women's EHF Final 4 in Budapest, where they took the 3rd place and a historic bronze medal.^[2] On 30 May 2021, they won the 2020–21 Women's EHF Champions League and the following year they succeeded again, becoming the first Norwegian team to win EHF Champions League two years in a row. In 2023, they claimed another Women's EHF Final 4 title and secured the treble while the EHF FINAL4 Women in Budapest broke the world record for spectator attendance at women’s handball matches.^[3]

Achievements

REMA 1000-ligaen:

• Gold: 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021, 2021/2022, 2022/2023
• Silver: 2016/2017
• Bronze: 2002/2003

Norwegian Cup:

• Gold: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022/23^[4]
• Silver: 2010

EHF Champions League:

• Gold: 2020/2021, 2021/2022, 2022/2023
• Bronze: 2018/2019

EHF Cup:

• Finalist: 2017/2018

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023-24 season

Squad information
No.	Nat.	Player	Position	Date of Birth	In	Contract until	Previous club
1		Sofie Börjesson	Goalkeeper	31 May 1997	2022	2024	IK Sävehof
6		Océane Sercien-Ugolin	Right back	15 December 1997	2022	2024	RK Krim Mercator
7		Martine Kårigstad Andersen	Left back	7 May 2022	2022		Follo HK Damer
8		Karine Dahlum	Right back	16 December 1999	2016	2024	IK Våg
9		Jamina Roberts	Left back	28 May 1990	2022	2024	IK Sävehof
10		Vilde Jonassen	Left wing	1 September 1992	2011	2025	None
11		Silje Waade	Right back	20 March 1994	2018	2025	Byåsen HE
12		Julie Stokkendal Poulsen	Goalkeeper	6 June 2001	2022		Bjerringbro FH
13		Anna Vyakhireva	Right back	13 March 1995	2022	2025	Rostov-Don
14		Tuva Høve	Right wing	11 June 2000	2021	2024	Byåsen HE
15		Tuva Pharo	Line player	7 July 2004	2023		Glassverket IF
16		Katrine Lunde	Goalkeeper	30 March 1980	2017	2025	Rostov-Don
18		Mina Hesselberg	Left wing	20 April 2000	2022	2024	Follo HK Damer
20		Lysa Tchaptchet	Line player	20 December 2001	2021	2024	CB Elche
21		Paula Arcos	Centre back	21 December 2001	2023	2025	BM Bera Bera
22		Marta Tomac	Centre back	20 September 1990	2015	2025	Byåsen HE
23		Lois Abbingh	Left back	13 August 1992	2023	2025	Odense Håndbold
27		Sunniva Næs Andersen	Left wing	12 November 1996	2017	2026	Gjerpen IF
31		Ana Debelić	Line player	9 January 1994	2021	2025	HC Astrakhanochka
33		Luisa Schulze	Line player	14 September 1990	2023	2024	Metz Handball
37		Jana Knedlíková	Right wing	22 June 1989	2020	2025	Győri ETO KC

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 7 LB  NOR Martine Kårigstad Andersen (at Fana Håndball until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

Transfers for the 2024–25 season

Technical staff

• Head coach: Tomáš Hlavatý
• Assistant coach: Lene Rantala
• Goalkeeping coach:

Notable former national team players

Notable former club players

Kit manufacturers

Period	Kit manufacturer
–2016	Playmaker
2016–2023	Umbro
2023–	Puma

Statistics

Top scorers in the EHF Champions League[edit] Last updated on 17 February 2024[5] Rank Name Seasons played Goals 1 Jana Knedlíková 4 243 2 Markéta Jeřábková 2 192 3 Henny Reistad 3 189 4 Linn Jørum Sulland 4 187 5 Nora Mørk 2 179 Sunniva Næs Andersen 7 7 Ragnhild Valle Dahl 4 173 8 Anna Vyakhireva 2 170 9 Emilie Hegh Arntzen 4 152 10 Jamina Roberts 2 139

Individual awards in the EHF Champions League[edit] Season Player Award 2018–19[6] Linn Jørum Sulland Top Scorer (89 goals) Katrine Lunde All-Star Team (Best Goalkeeper) 2020–21[7] Henny Reistad Most Valuable Player Nora Mørk All-Star Team (Best Right Back) Henny Reistad All-Star Team (Best Young Player) Ole Gustav Gjekstad Best Coach 2021–22[8] Markéta Jeřábková Most Valuable Player Nora Mørk All-Star Team (Best Right Back) 2022–23[9] Anna Vyakhireva Most Valuable Player

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
2003–04	EHF Cup	Round 3	OF Nea Ionia	37–13	36–21	73–34
		Round of 16	ESBF Besançon	31–26	30–32	61–58
		QF	Eurostandard G.P. Skopje	41–33	33–24	74–57
		SF	Győri Graboplast ETO	29–26	20–29	49–55
2004–05	EHF Cup	Round 3	ZMC Amicitia Zürich	19–27	34–25	53–52
		1/8	Győri Graboplast ETO	28–38	25–33	53–71
2015–16	EHF Cup Winners' Cup	Round 3	Halden HK	25–19	22–20	47–39
		Last 16	MKS Selgros Lublin	28–22	22–25	50–47
		Quarter-finals	RK Krim	29–27	20–30	49–57
2016–17	EHF Cup	R1	Cassano Magnago	52–10	37–12	89–22
		R2	WHC Lada Togliatti	23–29	32–26	55–55
2017–18	EHF Cup Finalist	Group B	Issy Paris	22–23	24–25	46–48
			København Håndbold	30–23	25–30	55–53
			Handball Club Lada	30–21	24–29	54–50
		QF	Brest Bretagne Handball	26–17	29–34	55–51
		SF	Viborg HK	31–34	29–23	60–57
		F	SCM Craiova	26–22	25–30	51–52
2017–18	EHF Champions League	QT1-SF	HC Gomel	43–19
		QT1-F	HC Podravka Vegeta	42–14
		Group D	Metz Handball	22–30	22–25	44–55
			ŽRK Budućnost	29–19	23–26	52–45
			SG BBM Bietigheim	24–29	24–25	48–54
2018–19	EHF Champions League Third place	Group D	CSM București	27–29	31–26	58–55
			Ferencvárosi TC	26–27	35–27	61–54
			SG BBM Bietigheim	27–27	34–26	61–53
		Main Round Group 2	Győri ETO KC	26–33	29–33	55–66
			RK Krim Ljubljana	29–21	25–24	54–45
			Thüringer HC	31–24	29–21	60–46
		QF	ŽRK Budućnost	25–18	24–19	49–37
		SF	Győri ETO KC	22–31
		Bronze Match	Metz Handball	31–30
2019–20	EHF Champions League	Group A	Metz Handball	38–38	17–26	55–64
			RK Podravka Koprivnica	24–25	34–28	58–53
			Ferencvárosi TC	31–22	34–29	65–51
		Main Round Group 1	Rostov-Don	29–32	26–33	55–65
			Team Esbjerg	31–35	30–35	61–70
			CSM București	23–25	22–28	45–53
2020–21	EHF Champions League Winner	Group A	Rostov-Don	23–24	0–10	5th place
			Metz Handball	29–28	0–10
			Team Esbjerg	28–28	27–27
			Ferencvárosi TC	26–31	28–30
			CSM București	30–25	29–22
			SG BBM Bietigheim	10–0	33–29
			RK Krim	37–30	27–26
		Round of 16	Odense Håndbold	35–36	30–26	65–62
		QF	Rostov-Don	34–27	23–23	57–50
		SF	CSKA Moscow	33–30
		Final	Brest Bretagne Handball	34–28
2021–22	Champions League Winner	Group B	CSKA Moscow	24–27	32–28	2nd place
			RK Krim Mercator	27–26	37–20
			Odense Håndbold	31–27	32–27
			Győri Audi ETO KC	29–35	30–29
			Metz Handball	18–23	25–31
			Kastamonu Bld. GSK	39–25	35–24
			IK Sävehof	34–25	42–23
		QF	RK Krim Mercator	33–24	32–25	65–49
		SF	Metz Handball	33–27
		Final	Győri Audi ETO KC	33–31
2022–23	EHF Champions League Winner	Group A	Odense Håndbold	34–27	34–24	1st place
			RK Krim Mercator	27–21	36–31
			SG BBM Bietigheim	30–32	34–32
			Brest Bretagne Handball	31–24	36–29
			FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	26–26	27–26
			DHK Baník Most	43–21	39–24
			CSM București	35–29	24–27
		QF	CS Rapid București	31–25	40–31	71–56
		SF	Győri Audi ETO KC	37–35
		Final	FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	28–24
2023–24	EHF Champions League	Group B	Team Esbjerg	37–38	37–32	4th place
			Metz Handball	34–36	29–31
			CS Rapid București	29–30	35–30
			FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria	37–26	35–27
			Zagłębie Lubin	34–20	28–24
			RK Krim Mercator	24–24	29–23
			Ikast Håndbold	26–30	31–32
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