Danish Football Association

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Logo
Founded 1889
FIFA affiliation 1904
UEFA affiliation 1954
President
Allan Hansen (2002-)
Coach
Men's: Morten Olsen (2000-)
Women's: Peter Bonde (2005-06)

The Danish Football Association (DBU) (Danish: Dansk Boldspil-Union) is the governing body of football in Denmark. It is the organization of the Danish football clubs and runs the professional Danish football leagues and the men's and women's national teams. It is based in Brøndby, and is a founding member of both FIFA and UEFA. DBU was founded in 1889, but did not register games officially before the 1908 Summer Olympics. This means, that the win in the 1906 Intercalated Olympics tournament was not officially recorded by DBU.

Contents

[edit] Yearly honours

DBU awards the best national team players each year, with an award to the best senior team player, as well as the best player in three of DBU's six national youth teams.

[edit] Player of the Year

Since 1963, DBU has awarded the Danish Player of the Year in a vote amongst the Danish players. In the time of amateur football, only players in the domestic league could achieve the prize, and even after the emergence of paid football in 1978, no players in foreign clubs were eligible for the award. When the award was finally opened to all Danish players, domestic and abroad, in 1983, national team captain Morten Olsen was the first player to win the Player of the Year award taking all Danish players into consideration. The record number of award wins is four, by Brian Laudrup (1989, 1992, 1995, and 1997).

[edit] Young Players of the Year

Sponsored by Arla Foods, the awards were initially known as Mælkens talentpriser (the milk's talent awards) in order to promote the line of dairy products of the company then known as "MD Foods". DBU found new sponsor DONG (later DONG Energy), an oil company, in 2004 but Arla went on to sponsor the prize which was renamed Arla's talentpriser (Arla's talent awards) in 2005.[1][2]

Year U/21 U/19 U/17
1987 *Johnny Mølby, Vejle BK Anders Maibom, B 1909 Diego Tur, B 1903
1988 *Henrik Risom, Vejle BK Jens Madsen, Brøndby IF Ronnie Ekelund, Brøndby IF
1989 *Brian Steen Nielsen, AB *Jacob Laursen, Vejle BK Jeppe Tengbjerg, KB
1990 Steen Nedergaard, Odense BK *Martin & *Michael Johansen KB Kenni Sommer, Silkeborg IF
1991 *Miklos Molnar, Servette FC Christian Duus, Silkeborg IF Jesper Søgaard, Vejle BK
1992 *Jakob Kjeldbjerg, Silkeborg IF Thomas Jensen, Aalborg BK Simon Karkov, Esbjerg fB
1993 *Jesper Kristensen, Brøndby IF Ulrik Laursen, Odense BK Michael Kremer, Brøndby IF
1994 *Thomas Rytter, Lyngby FC *Jon Dahl Tomasson, Køge BK Carsten Lektonen, Odense BK
1995 *Niclas Jensen, Lyngby FC *Jesper Grønkjær, Aalborg BK Dan Anton Johansen, Brøndby IF
1996 *Martin Jørgensen, Aarhus GF Stefan K. Hansen, FC København *Kasper Bøgelund, Odense BK
1997 *Ole Tobiasen, Ajax Amsterdam *Lars Jacobsen, Odense BK Jesper Håkansson, BK Frem
1998 Mikkel Jensen, Brøndby IF *Peter Løvenkrands, AB Tom Christensen, Aarhus GF
1999 Christian Magleby, Lyngby FC Hjalte Bo Nørregaard, FC København Claus Pedersen, Odense BK
2000 *Martin Albrechtsen, AB Allan Olesen, Brøndby IF Martin Bergvold, KB
2001 *Christian Poulsen, FC København *Rasmus Würtz, Skive IK Kasper Lorentzen, Brøndby IF
2002 *Jan Kristiansen, Esbjerg fB Jeppe Curth, Feyenoord Michael Jakobsen, B 93
2003 *Stephan Andersen, AB Morten Rasmussen, Aarhus GF Lasse Qvist, Lyngby BK
2004 *Thomas Kahlenberg, Brøndby IF Søren Christensen, Nykøbing FA *Nicklas Bendtner, Arsenal
2005 *Daniel Agger, Liverpool Magnus Troest, FC Midtjylland Rasmus S. Christiansen, Lyngby BK
2006 Niki Zimling, Esbjerg fB Mike Jensen, Brøndby IF Mads Albæk, FC Midtjylland

*) Players who reached, and played at least one match for, the senior national team.

[edit] DBU Competitions

Main article: Football in Denmark

[edit] Men's

[edit] Women's

  • 3F Ligaen (The 3F League)
  • 1. Division (1st Division)
  • Danmarksserien (The Denmark Series) (3 groups)
  • 3F Cup

[edit] External links

Football in Denmark
v  d  e
National association National team U-21 national team Female national team
Superliga 1st Division 2nd Division East/West Cup
List of clubs List of clubs by league List of champions List of stadia


International football
v  d  e

FIFA | World Cup | Confederations Cup | U-20 World Cup | U-17 World Cup | Olympics | Asian Games | African Games | PASO | Lusophony Games | Mediterranean Games | Jeux de la Francophonie | World Rankings | Player of the Year | Teams

     Asia: AFCAsian Cup
     Africa: CAFAfrican Cup of Nations
     North America: CONCACAFGold Cup
     South America: CONMEBOLCopa América
     Oceania: OFCNations Cup
     Europe: UEFAEuropean Championship
     Non-members of FIFA: NFBVIVA World Cup
National Football Associations of Europe (UEFA)
v  d  e

Albania | Andorra | Armenia | Austria | Azerbaijan | Belarus | Belgium | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bulgaria | Croatia | Cyprus | Czech Republic | Denmark | England | Estonia | Faroe Islands | Finland | France | Georgia | Germany | Greece | Hungary | Iceland | Republic of Ireland | Israel | Italy | Kazakhstan | Latvia | Liechtenstein | Lithuania | Luxembourg | FYR Macedonia | Malta | Moldova | Netherlands | Northern Ireland | Norway | Poland | Portugal | Romania | Russia | San Marino | Scotland | Serbia | Slovakia | Slovenia | Spain | Sweden | Switzerland | Turkey | Ukraine | Wales

Provisional membership: Montenegro, Gibraltar