Aarhus Gymnastikforening

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AGF

Full name

Nickname(s)

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

Short name

AGF

Founded

1880

Ground

NRGi Park, Aarhus

Capacity

20,032

Chairman

Lars Fournais

Manager

Peter Sørensen

League

Danish Superliga

2012–13

Danish Superliga, 7th

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Aarhus Gymnastikforening (AGF or AGF Aarhus) is one of the oldest sport clubs in Denmark. As the name also reveal, the club was founded in 1880, mainly with Gymnastics but also Fencing as the main sports, though AGF later introduced a variety of other activities in both individual and team sports.

AGF is best known for its Association football team which was introduced in 1902 and has the longest streak in the Danish top division and also holds the record for most number of cup wins. However, the club struggled with poor results and a string of bad management decisions after its impressive 1995–96 season, which eventually lead to relegation from the Superliga in 2005–06 and again in 2009–10, though both times securing a quick return to top-flight level. The club currently plays in the top-tier of the league system, the Danish Superliga.

AGF has twice reached the quarter-final stage in European Cups: In 1961, losing to S.L. Benfica in the European Champion Clubs' Cup (1–4 home and 1–3 away), and in 1989, losing to FC Barcelona in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (0–1 home, 0–0 away). AGF has played a total of 52 matches in European Cups: 18 matches in the former European Champions' Cup, 18 in the Cup-Winners’ Cup (a Danish club record), 14 in the UEFA Cup and two preliminary round matches for the UEFA Cup. In the 2011–12 season AGF qualified for European football for the first time in 15 years. They will begin their campaign in the second qualifying round of the 2012-13 UEFA Europa League.

Current squad

3 September 2013^[1]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Steffen Rasmussen (captain)
2	DF	Petri Pasanen
3	DF	Johan Lædre Bjørdal
5	DF	Alexander Juel Andersen
6	DF	Adam Eckersley
7	MF	Stephan Petersen
8	MF	Hjalte Nørregaard
9	MF	Danny Olsen
10	MF	Martin Jørgensen (vice-captain)
11	FW	Jesper Lange
14	FW	Søren Larsen
15	DF	Dominic Oduro (on loan from Manchester City)
16	DF	Jens Jønsson

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	Osama Akharraz
18	DF	Arthur Sorin
21	FW	Mate Vatsadze
22	FW	Davit Skhirtladze
23	GK	Emil Ousager
25	MF	Kasper Povlsen
27	DF	Anders Kure
28	FW	Marcus Solberg
30	FW	Davit Devdariani
32	MF	Edafe Egbedi
37	DF	Mikkel Kirkeskov
38	MF	Casper Sloth

Out on loan

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

No.		Position	Player

Retired numbers

Main article: Retired numbers in football

12 – AGF Fanclub Aarhus

Notable former players

AGF has a long list of notable players with international experience, many of whom have represented the Danish national football team, some of the most memorable are listed here:

Hans Christian Nielsen, 1960

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 (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 (Jan 1, 2004–Dec 31, 2005)
Brian Steen Nielsen & Jesper Tollefsen (2005)
Ove Pedersen (Jan 1, 2006–Dec 31, 2008)
Erik Rasmussen (Jan 1, 2009–May 20, 2010)
Peter Sørensen (July 1, 2010–)

Honours

National honours

Danish Superliga (or equivalent)
- 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): (Danish Cup 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:,^[2]^[3]

International honours

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

Achievements

65 seasons in the Highest Danish League
9 seasons in the Second Highest Danish League

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

AGF in Europe

Up to date as of 29 July 2012^[4]

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

UEFA Intertoto Cup

Group stage winners are marked in bold. AGF Aarhus won their group in 1981, 1982, 1984.

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1967	Group	VSS Košice	1–1	1–3	2–4
	Group	Dynamo Dresden	1–2	1–2	2–4
	Group	AIK Stockholm	1-2	0-1	1–3
1979	Group	Pirin Blagoevgrad	2–0	0–2	2–2
	Group	Katowice	0–0	0–1	0–1
	Group	Austria Salzburg	2-0	2-2	4–2
1981	Group	IK Brage	2–1	1–0	3–1
	Group	LASK Linz	1–0	1–1	2–1
	Group	Zbrojovka Brno	4-2	0-3	4–5
1982	Group	Werder Bremen	2–1	1–4	3–5
	Group	Plastika Nitra	1-0	4-3	5–3
	Group	Sturm Graz	6–1	0–3	6–4
1983	Group	Maccabi Netanya	1–2	1–3	2–5
	Group	Shimshon Tel Aviv	2-1	2-1	4–2
	Group	FC Lucerne	8–3	0–1	8–4
1984	Group	Lillestrøm	2–2	2–2	4–4
	Group	Baník Ostrava	1-0	2-1	3–1
	Group	Wismut Aue	2–1	2–1	4–2
1985	Group	Górnik Zabrze	2–3	1–2	3–5
	Group	Zalaegerszegi	4–4	0–1	4–5
	Group	Young Boys	4–7	1–0	5–7
1986	Group	Újpesti Dozsa	2–3	0–1	2–4
	Group	Grasshopper	2–1	1–4	3–5
	Group	Admira Wacker	1–0	2–0	3–0
1987	Group	Carl Zeiss Jena	1–1	2–2	3–3
	Group	Vasas Budapesti	1–0	1–2	2–2
	Group	Lausanne	2–1	1–1	3–2
1988	Group	Carl Zeiss Jena	2–0	2–2	4–2
	Group	Rad Belgrade	3–0	0–3	3–3
	Group	FC Tirol	0–1	3–3	3–4
1990	Group	Vasas Budapesti	2–0	2–0	4–0
	Group	First Vienna	1–2	1–1	2–3
	Group	Gefle IF	0–0	0–0	0–0
1992	Group	Váci Izzó	0–1	0–2	0–3
	Group	Slovan Bratislava	2–0	2–2	4–2
	Group	Kiruna FF	1–1	1–1	2–2
1993	Group	Sigma Olomouc	–	1–2	–
	Group	Oțelul Galați	4–0	–	–
	Group	Austria Salzburg	5–1	–	–
	Group	Young Boys	–	2–3	–
1995	Group	Górnik Zabrze	4–1	–	–
	Group	Karlsruher SC	–	0–3	–
	Group	FC Basel	2–1	–	–
	Group	Sheffield Wednesday	–	1–3	–
2001	1R	Publikum Celje	1–0	1–7	2–7

The fans of AGF

AGFs official fan club is AGF Fanclub Aarhus, founded 9 November 1992. AGF also have several unofficial fan clubs and support websites like Morethanaclub, GF-Forum.dk, AGFFAN.dk, 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).

References

↑ "Truppen" (in Danish). AGF. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
↑ www.haslund.info – Bedste rćkke – Guld, sřlv og bronze
↑ www.haslund.info – Pokalturneringen – Finalehold
↑ "EUROPÆISK STATISTIK" (in Danish). superstats.dk. Retrieved 2010-08-29.

External links

v t e Danish Superliga · 2013–14

AaB AGF Brøndby Copenhagen Esbjerg Midtjylland Nordsjælland OB Randers SønderjyskE Vestsjælland Viborg

v t e Football in Denmark

Danish Football Association (DBU)

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

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

v t e AGF – current squad

1 S. Rasmussen 2 Pasanen 3 Bjørdal 5 A.J. Andersen 6 Eckersley 7 Petersen 8 Nørregaard 10 M. Jørgensen 11 Lange 14 Larsen 15 Oduro 16 Jønsson 17 Akharraz 18 Sorin 21 Vatsadze 22 Skhirtladze 23 Ousager 24 Putros 25 Povlsen 26 Scheel 27 Kure 28 Solberg 30 Devdariani 31 A. Rasmussen 32 Egbedi 37 Kirkeskov 38 Sloth Coach: Sørensen

v t e 2013–14 UEFA Europa League

Playing in the round of 32	Ajax Anzhi Makhachkala AZ Basel Benfica Chornomorets Odesa Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Dynamo Kyiv Eintracht Frankfurt Esbjerg Fiorentina Genk Juventus Lazio Ludogorets Razgrad Lyon Maccabi Tel Aviv Maribor Napoli PAOK Porto Real Betis Red Bull Salzburg Rubin Kazan Sevilla Shakhtar Donetsk Slovan Liberec Swansea City Tottenham Hotspur Trabzonspor Valencia Viktoria Plzeň

Eliminated in the group stage	APOEL Apollon Limassol ~~Beşiktaş~~ Bordeaux Dinamo Zagreb Elfsborg Estoril ~~Fenerbahçe~~ Freiburg Kuban Krasnodar Legia Warsaw Maccabi Haifa Paços de Ferreira Pandurii Târgu Jiu PSV Eindhoven Rapid Wien Rijeka Shakhter Karagandy Sheriff Tiraspol Standard Liège St. Gallen Thun Tromsø Vitória Guimarães Wigan Athletic Zulte Waregem

Eliminated in the play-off round	Aktobe Astra Giurgiu Atromitos Braga Dila Gori Dinamo Tbilisi Feyenoord FH Grasshopper Jablonec Kukësi FC Minsk Molde Nice Nõmme Kalju Nordsjælland Partizan Pasching Petrolul Ploiești Qarabağ Saint-Étienne Skënderbeu Korçë Śląsk Wrocław Spartak Moscow Stuttgart Udinese Vojvodina Žalgiris Vilnius

Eliminated in the third qualifying round	Asteras Tripolis Botev Plovdiv Breiðablik Bursaspor Club Brugge Differdange 03 Dinamo Minsk Gefle Häcken Hajduk Split Hapoel Ramat Gan Hapoel Tel Aviv Lech Poznań Malmö FF Metalurh Donetsk Milsami Orhei Mladost Podgorica Motherwell Randers Red Star Belgrade Široki Brijeg Skoda Xanthi St. Johnstone Strømsgodset Trenčín Ventspils Vitesse Žilina Zürich

Eliminated in the second qualifying round	Aalborg Anorthosis Beroe Stara Zagora Chikhura Sachkhere Dacia Chișinău Debrecen Derry City Göteborg Hibernian Hødd Honka Honvéd IBV Inter Baku Irtysh Pavlodar Jagodina Jeunesse Esch Khazar Lankaran KR Levadia Linfield Lokomotiva Olimpija Ljubljana Omonia Piast Gliwice Prestatyn Town Pyunik Rosenborg Rudar Pljevlja Sarajevo Senica Shakhtyor Salihorsk Skonto Sparta Prague Sturm Graz Turnovo Utrecht Valletta Víkingur Zrinjski Mostar

Eliminated in the first qualifying round	Airbus UK Broughton Astana Bala Town Čelik Nikšić Celje Crusaders Drogheda United Domžale Dudelange Flora Gandzasar Glentoran HB Hibernians ÍF Inter Turku Kruoja Pakruojis La Fiorita Laçi Levski Sofia Libertas Liepājas Metalurgs Mariehamn Metalurg Skopje Mika Narva Trans FC Santa Coloma UE Santa Coloma Sliema Wanderers St Patrick's Athletic Sūduva Marijampolė Teteks KF Teuta FC Tiraspol Torpedo Kutaisi Vaduz Videoton

Qualifying phase and play-off round Group stage Knockout phase Final

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