GOG Gudme

GOG is a handball club based in the small town of Gudme on Funen, Denmark. The club was founded on 1 May 1973 and was the result of a merger between Gudbjerg, Oure and Gudme. The club is one of the most successful in the history of Danish handball. Currently, GOG competes in the men's Danish Handball League.

During the 1990s and the beginning of the 2000s, GOG's men team won 6 Danish titles, and in 2007, the newly established team won their first gold medal as a united club. GOG's women team won 4 Danish titles in a row, in the beginning of the 1990s. Currently only the men side competes in th

The current manager is former Greenland international handball player and GOG player, Jakob Larsen.

History

GOG Svendborg TGI

The team GOG Svendborg TGI was founded in 2005, when GOG and Svendborg TGI merged their first teams to create the new club. The club won the Danish championship for men in the 2006/2007 season. In 2009 a cooperation between Odense HF and GOG Svendborg TGI was made and HC Odense was established. The clubs women team was separated from GOG itself and moved over to HC Odense. On 26 January 2010 the club was declared bankrupt.

Gudme

Gudme is a town in central Denmark with a population of 943 (1 January 2014), located in Svendborg municipality on the island of Funen in Region of Southern Denmark. Until 1 January 2007, it was the site of the municipal council of the now former Gudme municipality.

Gudme was an important site during the Iron Age. Numerous archeological finds dating from the 3rd to the 6th century have been made here; they include large amounts of gold treasure and the remains of what is assumed to have been a royal palace. The name of the town means "gods' home", leading to the assumption that it was an important religious site as well.

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Coordinates: 55°09′N 10°43′E / 55.150°N 10.717°E / 55.150; 10.717