Stævnet

Stævnet
Full name Det Internationale Fodboldstævne
(The International Event of Football)
Nickname(s) Copenhagen XI
Founded 1904
Dissolved 1994
Ground Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark
Capacity ca. 50,000
League Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
1963-64 1st round

Stævnet (Danish: the event or the meeting) or Copenhagen XI were a Danish association football representative team which had its prime before 1970, however it was active until 1994.[1] Stævnet participated in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the precursor of today's UEFA Cup, in 1955-58, 1958-60, 1961-62, 1962-63 and 1963-64.

The Copenhagen XI only competed in the above mentioned editions of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cups. All other tournaments involving a Copenhagen team were contested by individual clubs from Copenhagen. Usually Stævnet would feature players from its member clubs exclusively, but players were often borrowed from other Danish clubs. In the two matches against Chelsea F.C. in 1958 the team featured 8 and 7 Frem players respectively.

Most of the matches played by Stævnet were exhibition matches either against its Danish competitor Alliancen, or against foreign, often British, teams, sometimes displaying a common Stævnet/Alliancen team.

On May 10, 1960 it played the Brazilian 1958 World Champions in an unofficial international arranged in collaboration with the Danish FA and Alliancen. The Brazilian team won the match by 4-3. The Danish goals were scored by Harald Nielsen (2) and Henning Enoksen (1).[2]

Member clubs

Stævnet had a total of 11 member clubs.[3] The clubs written in bold are denoted as the Stævnet Clubs (Danish: Stævneklubberne). These clubs are considered core members.

Year of membership is annoted in brackets.

Match details

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Spain CF Barcelona 6-2 Stævnet - December 25, 1955[4]

Scorers: 1-0 Areta 8', 2-0 Areta 10', 3-0 Tajeda 32', 4-0 Villaverde 41', 5-0 Kubala 59', 5-1 Lundberg (pen) 65', 6-1 Areta 81', 6-2 Lundberg 85'.

Stævnet 1-1 CF Barcelona Spain - April 26, 1956[4]

Scorers: 1-0 Lundberg (pen) 60', 1-1 Villaverde 85'.

Barcelona won the group with 3pts vs 1pt

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Stævnet/BK Frem 1-3 Chelsea F.C. England - September 30, 1958[5][6]

Team: Bent Koch (Frem) - Arne Kjeldsen (Frem), Verner Nielsen (AB) - Harald Gronemann (Frem), George Lees (Frem), Egon Henriksen (Frem) - Knud Petersen (Frem), Mogens Machon (Brønshøj BK), Søren Andersen (Frem), John Hansen (Frem), Jens Peder Hansen (Esbjerg fB).
Scorers: 0-1 Harrison 24', 1-1 Gronemann 26', 1-2 Greaves 54', 1-3 Nicholas 90'.

England Chelsea F.C. 4-1 Stævnet/BK Frem - November 4, 1958[5][7]

Team: Per Henriksen (Frem) - Arne Kjeldsen (Frem), Christen Brøgger (AB) - Harald Gronemann (Frem), George Lees (Frem), Egon Henriksen (Frem) - Jens Peder Hansen (Esbjerg fB), Villy Schøne Hansen (Skovshoved), Søren Andersen (Frem), John Hansen (Frem), Poul Mejer (Vejle B).
Scorers: 1-0 own goal (Lees) 5', 1-1 V.S. Hansen 7', 2-1 Greaves 40', 3-1 Greaves 72'.

Chelsea won 7-2 on aggregate

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Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb 2-2 Stævnet - September 7, 1961[8]

Scorers: 1-0 Remete 29', 1-1 Rasmussen 31', 1-2 Andersen 40', 2-2 V. Markovic 70'.

Stævnet 2-7 Dinamo Zagreb Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia - October 4, 1961[8]

Scorers: Stævnet: Sørensen, Ravn ; Dinamo Zagreb: D. Jerkovic (2), Cvetkovic (2), Santek, Knel, Matua.

Zagreb won 9-4 on aggregate

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Scotland Hibernian F.C. 4-0 Stævnet - October 3, 1962[9]

Scorers: 1-0 Byrne 17', 2-0 Baker 20', 3-0 M. Stevenson 24', 4-0 own goal (Rønnov) 30'.

Stævnet 2-3 Hibernian F.C. Scotland - October 23, 1962[9]

Scorers: 1-0 Dyrmose 17', 1-1 Byrne 33', 1-2 M. Stevenson 47', 1-3 M. Stevenson 63', 2-3 Christensen 67'.

Hibernian won 7-2 on aggregate

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Stævnet 1-7 Arsenal F.C. England - September 25, 1963[10][11]

Scorers: 0-1 MacLeod 9', 0-2 Baker 24', 0-3 Strong 27', 0-4 Strong 35', 0-5 Strong 40', 0-6 Baker 46', 0-7 Baker 71', 1-7 Ole Jørgensen 81'.

England Arsenal F.C. 2-3 Stævnet - October 22, 1963[11]

Scorers: 1-0 Skirton 1', 2-0 Baker 30', 1-2 Dyrmose 30', 2-2 Dyrmose 78', 2-3 Dyrmose 88'.

Arsenal won 9-4 on aggregate

Noted friendlies

Stævnet 2-3 Sheffield Wednesday England - May 25, 1911

Note: Grand opening of Idrætsparken
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Stævnet 1-2 Rangers F.C. Scotland - June 5 - 1921

Scorers: Stævnet: S. Thorsteinsson
Attendance: 22,000
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Stævnet vs. Blackpool England - 1947

Blackpool team: Stanley Matthews
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Stævnet/Alliancen 1-2 FC Dynamo Moscow Soviet Union - 1954[12]

Dynamo Moscow team: Lev Yashin
Scorers: Stævnet/Alliancen: Poul Erik Petersen
Attendance: 50,000
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Stævnet 3-4 Brazil Brazil - May 10, 1960[2][13][14][15]

Stævnet:[16] Henry From (Aarhus GF), Poul Andersen (Skovshoved IF), Hans Christian Nielsen (Aarhus GF), Poul Jensen (Vejle B) - Bent Hansen (B 1903), Flemming Nielsen (AB) - Poul Pedersen (AIA Aarhus), John Danielsen (B 1909), Harald Nielsen (Frederikshavn fl), Henning Enoksen (Vejle B), Jørn Sørensen (KB)
Brazil: Gilmar, Djalma Santos, Bellini, Vítor, Nílton Santos, Zito, Chinesinho, Garrincha, Quarentinha, Pelé, Pepe.
Scorers: 1-0 H. Nielsen, 1-1 Quarentinha, 2-1 H. Nielsen, 2-2 Pepe, 2-3 Quarentinha, 2-4 Chinesinho, 3-4 Enoksen.
Attendance: 52,000
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Stævnet 4-5 Benfica Portugal - August 21, 1962[17]

See also

Footnotes and references

  1. ↑ Flodin, Jan (2003). Boldklubben 1903 : - ægte samhold gav den styrke : en farverig beretning om 100 år i sort og hvidt. H. Friis. p. 14.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Politikens Oplysning: Danmark-Brasilien 3-4, Dagbladet Politiken, 2 July 2005, section 1, pp. 18,
  3. ↑ Jørgensen, Palle "Banks" (2002). Landsholdets 681 profiler fra 1908 til i dag. TIPS-Bladet. p. 3.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Messebyturneringen 1955 - 58". Peders fodboldstatistik. Archived from the original on 1 March 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Boldklubben Frem consider this an official Frem match featuring a few players borrowed from other clubs.
  6. ↑ "Frem-Chelsea, 30/09/1958 Kl. 19:00". Boldklubben Frem website. 30 March 2007.
  7. ↑ "Chelsea-Frem, 04/11/1958 Kl. 19:30". Boldklubben Frem website. 30 March 2007.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Messebyturneringen 1961 - 62". Peders fodboldstatistik. Archived from the original on 1 March 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Messebyturneringen 1962 - 63". Peders fodboldstatistik. Archived from the original on 1 March 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  10. ↑ Arsenal’s first competitive match in Europe, Arsenal F.C., August 22, 2006
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Messebyturneringen 1963 - 64". Peders fodboldstatistik. Archived from the original on 1 March 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  12. ↑ Jasjin er død, Berlingske Tidende, 22 March 1990, section 3, pp. 7,
  13. ↑ This is considered an official international by the Brazilian Football Confederation
  14. ↑ Ubesejret mod Brasilien, Dagbladet Politiken, 3 July 1998, sommermagasinet, pp. 6,
  15. ↑ "Brazil internationals 1959-1960". rsssfbrasil. Archived from the original on 25 May 2005. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  16. ↑ Subject to inacurracy. Based on the names given by the rsssfbrasil
  17. ↑ Køge Boldklubs historie 1927 - 2007 at Køge Boldklub's website

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