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, 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, in 2009–10 and in 2013–14, though every time securing a quick return to top-flight level. 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).

Current squad

As of 27 January 2016^[1]

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

No.	Position	Player
14	MF	Jens Stage
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
25	DF	Piscu
28	DF	Dzhamaldin Khodzhaniyazov
31	GK	Thomas Hagelskjær

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:

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)

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): (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
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^[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

↑ AGF squad, agf.dk
↑ www.haslund.info – Bedste rćkke – Guld, sřlv og bronze
↑ www.haslund.info – Pokalturneringen – Finalehold
↑ "EUROPÆISK STATISTIK" (in Danish). superstats.dk. Retrieved 29 August 2010.

External links

2015–16 Danish Superliga teams

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

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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