Aarhus Gymnastikforening

AGF

Full name

Nickname(s)

GF, De Hvide, De Hviie(The Whites), Byens Hold (The City's Team)

Short name

AGF

Founded

1880 (sports club)
1902 (football team)

Ground

Ceres Park, Aarhus

Capacity

20,032

Chairman

Lars Fournais

Manager

Glen Riddersholm

League

Danish Superliga

2014–15

Danish 1st Division, 2nd (promoted)

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Aarhus Gymnastikforening (AGF or AGF Aarhus) is one of the oldest sport clubs in Denmark. The club was founded in 1880, mainly with gymnastics but also fencing as the main sports. However AGF is best known for its association football team which was introduced in 1902.

AGF has won the Danish Football Championship five times and the Danish Cup a record nine times. In 1961 reached AGF the quarter final in the European Cup where they lost to S.L. Benfica (1–4 home and 1–3 away). In 1989 AGF again reached a European quarter final this time losing to FC Barcelona in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (0–1 home, 0–0 away). AGF has after the millennium experienced some poor results which has led to relegation from the Danish Superliga in 2005–06, 2009–10 and in 2013–14. Every time though has AGF secured a quick return to the top-flight.

History

AGF played its first football match against Aarhus Idrætsklub Olympia in November 1902. The match ended 5-2 to Olympia. Six years later won AGF the Jutland Football Championship by winning 3-2 over Ringkøbing in the final. AGF won the Jutland Football Championship seven times and was in three finals of the Danish Football Championship before AGF became a member of the newly founded Denmark Tournament in 1927.

In 1911 AGF got its own clubhouse then the club brought the pitches at Dalgas Avenue. In 1920 started AGF to play its home matches at the newly build Aarhus Stadion, where the club has played ever since. In 1941 moved AGF from the clubhouse at Dalgas Avenue to Fredensvang in the suburb Viby.^[1]

AGF ended from 1949 to 1951 three times in a row as third in the 1. division. After spending the 1952-53 season in the 2. division AGF returned strongly to the 1. division and in the next twelve seasons AGF won four Danish Football Championships and five Danish Cups.^[2] AGF also participated in the first edition of the European Cup where they lost to the French team Stade Reims, In 1961 reached AGF the quarter final in the same tournament where AGF lost to the later winners of the tournament portguese Benfica.^[3] AGF was relegated to the 2. division in 1968 and in 1973 but returned to the 1. division in 1976. This was the start of 30 years in the best division.

The introduction of professional football in Denmark had a big influence on the succes AGF experienced from the late 1970s and forward until 1998. With the former Real Madrid star Henning Jensen on the team was AGF close at winning the Danish Football Championship in 1982. AGF played 2-2 against B 93 in the last game of the season sending the championship to Odense Boldklub. In 1984 AGF was again close at winning the championship but lost it by a singe point to the rivals from Vejle Boldklub. Finally in 1986 AGF won its fifth Danish Football Championship. Flemming Povlsen, Jan Bartram and John Stampe was the profiles in the team. In 1987, 1988 and 1992 AGF also won the Danish Cup.

In 1996, with players like Stig Tøfting and Håvard Flo, was AGF again close at winning the Danish Football Championship but AGF was overtaken by Brøndby IF in the second last round of the tournament. AGF got revenge by winning the final of the Danish Cup against Brøndby IF in the same season.

In 1998 finished AGF third in the Danish Superliga but financial problems resulted in some poor results the following years. In 2000 was Peter Rudbæk fired after seven years as manager. From year 2000 and forward experienced AGF some of the worst results which resulted in relegations in the seasons 2005–06, 2009–10 and 2013–14. Every time though AGF secured a quick return to the top-flight.

In the summer of 2014 AGF appointed Jacob Nielsen as new director. Jacob Nielsen had been successful as director of Randers FC where he had managed to secure fine economic results. AGF also hired a new sporting director and Morten Wieghorst as manager. However the 6. December 2015 announced Jacob Nielsen that Morten Wieghorst was fired and former danish champion Glen Riddersholm was hired as manager.

Supporters

AGFs official fan club is AGF Fanclub Aarhus and it was founded on the 9. November 1992. AGF also have several unofficial fan clubs like Vesterbro Hardcore AGF, The Madhouse (Danish: Galehuset), The front (Danish: Forenden), CERES’ AGF fanklub, Nysir-Aarhus, AGF Fanclub Odder and Aarhus Youth (Danish: Aarhusiansk Ungdom).

Honours

National honours

Danish Football Championship
- Winners (5): 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1960, 1986
- Runners-up (8): 1920–21, 1922–23, 1924–25, 1944–45, 1964, 1982, 1984, 1995–96
- Bronze (11): 1933, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1962, 1978, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1997
Danish Cup
- Winners (9): (Record): 1954–55, 1956–57, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1964–65, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1991–92, 1995–96
- Runners-up (2): 1958–59, 1989–90

Sources:,^[4]^[5]

International honours

UEFA Champions League: Quarter Finals 1961
European Cup Winners' Cup: Quarter Finals 1989

Current squad

As of 27 January 2016^[6]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Steffen Rasmussen (captain)
2	DF	Dino Mikanović
3	DF	Niklas Backman
4	MF	Daniel A. Pedersen
5	DF	Alexander Juel Andersen
6	DF	Daniel Christensen
7	MF	Stephan Petersen
8	MF	Aleksandar Čavrić (on loan from Genk)
9	MF	Danny Olsen
10	MF	Kim Aabech
11	FW	Jesper Lange
13	FW	Morten "Duncan" Rasmussen
14	MF	Jens Stage

No.	Position	Player
15	FW	Emil Nielsen (on loan from Rosenborg)
16	MF	Jens Jønsson
17	DF	Oskar Buur
18	DF	Josip Elez (on loan from Lazio)
20	MF	Theódór Elmar Bjarnason
21	FW	Mate Vatsadze
23	GK	Lukas Fernandes
24	MF	Malthe Dahl Overgaard
25	DF	Piscu
27	MF	Michael Zacho
28	DF	Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov
31	GK	Thomas Hagelskjær

Retired numbers

Main article: Retired numbers in football

12 – AGF Fanclub Aarhus

List of AGF Managers

A. G. Pettersson (1919–22)
Mr. Brown (1922–24)
Harald Hansen (1925–27)
Alfred Rasmussen (1927–31)
Fritz Molnar (1932–35)
William von Würden (1936–37)
Søren Jensen (1938–39)
Knud Aage Andersen (1939–40)
Gerhard Müller (1941–51)
Peter Vesterbak (1952–54)
Géza Toldi (1954–56)
Peter Vesterbak (1956–58)
Walther Pfeiffer (1959–60)
Géza Toldi (1960–64)
Henry From (1965–66)
Erik Kuld Jensen (1967–68)
Kaj Christensen (1969–73)
Jimmy Strain (Denmark) (1974)
Henry From (1974–75)
Jørn Bjerregaard (1976)
Erik Christensen (1977–79)
Poul Erik Bech (1980–83)
Jürgen Wähling (1984–86)
Jens Harmsen (1986)
Allan Hebo Larsen (1987–88)
Jens Harmsen (1989)
Ole Brandenborg (1990)
Lars Lundkvist (1990–93)
Peter Rudbæk (1993–00)
Lars Lundkvist & Kent Nielsen (2000)
Ove Christensen (2000–01)
John Stampe (2001–02)
Hans Petersen (2002)
Poul Hansen (2002–03)
Sören Åkeby (1 January 2004 – 31 December 2005)
Brian Steen Nielsen & Jesper Tollefsen (2005)
Ove Pedersen (1 January 2006 – 31 December 2008)
Erik Rasmussen (1 January 2009 – 20 May 2010)
Peter Sørensen (1 July 2010 – 26 February 2014)
Jesper Fredberg (27 February 2014 – 30 May 2014)
Morten Wieghorst (30 May 2014 – 5 December 2015)
Glen Riddersholm (6 December 2015 – Present)

Records

Since 1927 AGF has played 68 seasons at the highest level in danish football which is a record. AGF has also played 1.632 matches in the best danish football league which also is a record.^[7]

Biggest victory: 13-1 against Fremad Amager, 28. October 1934
Biggest defeat: 0-9 against B 93, 7. April 1946, 0-9 against B 1913 20. October 1940 and 0-9 against KB, 15. September 1968.
Most undefeated games in a row: 26 (4. November 1985 – 9. November 1986)
Most undefeated home games in a row: 26 (19. March 1995 – 16. August 1996)
Most home victories in a row: 15 (7. September 1952 – 10. May 1953)
Most games in a row without a victory: 16 (9. June 1968 – 7. April 1969)
Most lost games in a row: 11 (22. August 1968 – 3. November 1968)
Attendance record: 23.990. AGF – Esbjerg fB 0-4, (23. October 1962)
Most matches: John Stampe 444 matches (1977-1991)
Most seasons: Aage Rou Jensen 19 seasons (1943-1961)
Most titles: John Amdisen, 4 Danish Football Championships and 5 Danish Cups (1955-1965)
Youngest player: Navid Dayyani, 16 years 244 days, (19. October 2003)
Oldest player: Erik Boye, 39 years 59 days, (6. April 2003)

Recent history

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Notes
1995–96	1D	2	33	18	12	3	61	28	66	Winner
1996–97	1D	3	33	14	10	9	75	51	52	last 16
1997–98	1D	8	33	11	10	12	53	52	43
1998–99	1D	10	33	11	10	12	45	55	43
1999–00	1D	10	33	9	9	15	36	55	36
2000–01	1D	8	33	13	5	15	54	58	44
2001–02	1D	10	33	7	10	16	42	56	31	last 16
2002–03	1D	10	33	10	10	13	49	59	40
2003–04	1D	8	33	11	3	19	45	67	36
2004–05	1D	9	33	11	6	16	47	53	39	quarter-final
2005–06	1D	12	33	4	10	19	36	63	22	4th round	relegated
2006–07	2D	2	30	18	5	7	58	38	59		promoted
2007–08	1D	10	33	7	8	18	33	51	29
2008–09	1D	6	33	13	6	14	39	44	45
2009–10	1D	11	33	10	8	15	36	47	38		relegated
2010–11	2D	1	30	22	6	2	66	25	72	quarter-finals	promoted
2011–12	1D	5	33	12	12	9	47	40	48	4th round
2012–13	1D	7	33	11	8	14	50	49	41	4th round
2013–14	1D	11	33	9	5	19	38	60	32	quarter-final	relegated
2014–15	2D	2	33	17	10	6	59	33	61	3rd round	promoted

AGF in Europe

Up to date as of 29 July 2012^[8]

European Champion Clubs' Cup / UEFA Champions League

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1955/56	1/8	Stade de Reims	0–2	2–2	2–4
1956/57	Q	OGC Nice	1–1	1–5	2–6
1957/58	Q	Glenavon FC	0–0	3–0	3–0
	1/8	Sevilla FC	2–0	0–4	2–4
1960/61	Q	Legia Warszawa	3–0	0–1	3–1
	1/8	Fredrikstad FK	3–0	1–0	4–0
	1/4	SL Benfica	1–4	1–3	2–7
1987/88	1R	Jeunesse d'Esch	4–1	0–1	4–2
	1/8	SL Benfica	0–0	0–1	0–1

UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1979/80	1R	Stal Mielec	1–1	1–0	2–1
	2R	FC Bayern Munich	1–2	1–3	2–5
1983/84	1R	Celtic FC	1–4	0–1	1–5
1984/85	1R	Widzew Łódź	1–0	0–2	1–2
1985/86	1R	KSV Waregem	0–1	2–5	2–6
1997/98	2Q	Újpest FC	3–2	0–0	3–2
	1R	FC Nantes	2–2	1–0	3–2
	2R	FC Twente	1–1	0–0	1–1
2012/13	2Q	FC Dila Gori	1–2	1–3	2–5

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1961/62	1/8	SV Werder Bremen	2–3	0–2	2–5
1965/66	1R	Vitória Setúbal	2–1	2–1	4–2
	1/8	Celtic FC	0–1	0–2	0–3
1988/89	1R	Glenavon FC	3–1	4–1	7–2
	1/8	Cardiff City	4–0	2–1	6–1
	1/4	FC Barcelona	0–1	0–0	0–1
1992/93	1R	AIK Stockholm	1–1	3–3	4–4
	1/8	Steaua Bucharest	3–2	1–2	4–4
1996/97	1R	Olimpija Ljubljana	1–1	0–0	1–1

References

↑ "Mindernes Allé". www.agffodbold.dk. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
↑ "Ungarsk magi på banen". Århus Stiftstidende. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
↑ "Verdens bedste kom forbi". Agffodbold.dk. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
↑ www.haslund.info – Bedste rćkke – Guld, sřlv og bronze
↑ www.haslund.info – Pokalturneringen – Finalehold
↑ AGF squad, agf.dk
↑ "Rangliste 1927-2012". Haslund.info.
↑ "EUROPÆISK STATISTIK" (in Danish). superstats.dk. Retrieved 29 August 2010.

External links

2015–16 Danish Superliga teams

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Football in Denmark

Danish Football Association (DBU)

National teams	Denmark League XI M U-21 M U-19 M U-17 Women F U-19

League system	Superliga 1st Division 2nd Divisions East West Denmark Series women: Elitedivisionen

Domestic cups	Danish Cup Danish Supercup Danish League Cup Danish Women's Cup

List of clubs List of venues by capacity List of competitions List of Players of the Year Football records in Denmark

AGF – current squad

1 Rasmussen 3 Backman 2 Mikanović 4 Pedersen 5 A.J. Andersen 6 Christensen 7 Petersen 8 Čavrić 9 Olsen 10 Aabech 11 Lange 15 E. Nielsen 16 Jønsson 17 Buur 18 Elez 19 Duncan 20 Bjarnason 21 Vatsadze 23 Fernandes 25 Piscu 28 Khodzhaniyazov 31 Hagelskjær Stage Coach: Riddersholm

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