Vipers Kristiansand

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	Ole Gustav Gjekstad
League	REMA 1000-ligaen
2020–21	1st
Home Away
Website Official site

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

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.^[1]

Another historic event happened on 30 May 2021, when they won the 2020–21 Women's EHF Final 4 in Budapest,^[2] for the first time in the club's history.

Honours[]

Norwegian League:

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

Norwegian Cup:

• Gold: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
• Silver: 2010

EHF Champions League:

• Gold: 2020/2021
• Bronze: 2018/2019

EHF Cup:

• Finalist: 2017/2018

Team[]

Current squad[]

Squad for the 2021–22 season

Transfers[]

Transfers for the 2022–23 season.

Technical staff[]

• Head coach: Ole Gustav Gjekstad
• Assistant coach: Endre Birkrem Fintland

Notable former National Team players[]

Notable former club players[]

Statistics[]

European record[]

EHF Champions League[]

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
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	Group B	CSKA Moscow	24–27
			RK Krim Mercator		27–26
			Odense Håndbold	31–27	32–27
			Győri Audi ETO KC		29–35
			Metz Handball		18–23
			Kastamonu Bld. GSK	39–25
			IK Sävehof	34–25

EHF European League (EHF Cup)[]

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
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

EHF Cup Winners' Cup (defunt)[]

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
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

References[]

External links[]

• Official website