diff --git a/app/views/shared/groups/_group.html.haml b/app/views/shared/groups/_group.html.haml
index 60ca23ef680b9cc4170e85f28c0fa45667dbdfd5..a95020a9be853b9fa0e0d2130f0651bea162e573 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/groups/_group.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/groups/_group.html.haml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 - group_member = local_assigns[:group_member]
 - full_name = true unless local_assigns[:full_name] == false
+- group_name = full_name ? group.full_name : group.name
 - css_class = '' unless local_assigns[:css_class]
 - css_class += " no-description" if group.description.blank?
 
@@ -28,11 +29,7 @@
   .avatar-container.s40
     = image_tag group_icon(group), class: "avatar s40 hidden-xs"
   .title
-    = link_to group, class: 'group-name' do
-      - if full_name
-        = group.full_name
-      - else
-        = group.name
+    = link_to group_name, group, class: 'group-name'
 
     - if group_member
       as
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/issue_29449.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/issue_29449.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3556f22b08085b9859ad875cc8e7b46594a26cf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/issue_29449.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Remove whitespace in group links
+merge_request: 9947
+author: Xurxo Méndez Pérez