Fortuna Hjørring

Fortuna Hjørring is a Danish women's football team based in Hjørring, Denmark. The club was formed in 1966 and play in green and white. It is one of the most prolific clubs in the Danish A-Liga, having won the league 12 times, tied for most wins alongside rivals Brøndby.

12× Danish League

11× Danish Cup

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What makes Fortuna Hjørring what it is.

She has spent time in Zambia and Ghana and has seen firsthand how football can create community, learning and moments of joy. A project she supported in Ghana combined football with discussions about sexual and reproductive health and rights for girls.

She made her official senior debut for Fortuna Hjørring's first team in the Danish top flight at just 16 years of age. Her first-team debut fulfilled a childhood dream, and she described being both happy and proud after finally reaching Fortuna's senior side.

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Quirky facts from the Fortuna Hjørring squad.

Signe Carstens is a twin, and her sister Mathilde is also a professional footballer.

Florentina Olar became the first player in Romanian football—women's or men's—to reach 200 appearances for the senior national team, and she announced her retirement from international football in 2025.

Andreea didn't start playing football until she was 14. She initially played as an outfield player, but after becoming frustrated with her team's goalkeeper, she told her coach that she could do a better job in goal — and he took her seriously.

She was a triple major, graduating from Missouri with studies in secondary education, mathematics and psychology.

Sarah Dyrehauge scored 15 goals in 22 appearances for Denmark U17, making her the second-highest scorer listed in DBU's historical U17 records.

Sofie wanted to become a professional footballer and play for Denmark from the moment she started playing, even writing that ambition in childhood friendship books.

Her early senior breakthrough at Fortuna moved quickly: in autumn 2025 she stepped into the A-Liga squad, appeared in European competition and earned her first Denmark U19 call-up in the same period.

She experienced a rather unusual football problem at AGF: javelin throwers on the training pitch. Sarah recalled sitting around the stadium pitch when a school PE class started throwing javelins on the field.

Moving to Brøndby reunited her with Mathilde once again, meaning the twins became club teammates for the third time in their senior careers.

The Carstens twins played together for Fortuna Hjørring and Celtic, before also sharing a squad at Brøndby.

She scored the fastest goal in Missouri women's soccer history, finding the net just 44 seconds into a match against Northwestern State during her sophomore season.

She used to walk for more than an hour to training—and then the same distance home. That meant roughly two hours of travel on foot for a 90-minute training session.

When she arrived at her first club, Andreea didn't even own football boots. She turned up in trainers, and her coach accompanied her to buy her first pair.

Her activism extends beyond environmental issues to projects involving gender equality, refugee integration, youth empowerment and community development.

In 2024, she was named The Guardian’s Footballer of the Year largely in recognition of her environmental and humanitarian activism alongside her football career.