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Geography of association football
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The following article gives a list of association football confederations, sub-confederations and associations around the world. The sports international governing body is FIFA, but those not affiliated to FIFA are also included in this article. In the Americas, leagues are organised as either multi-stage tournaments or separate Apertura and Clausura stages. The football associations listed in this section are members of FIFA-affiliated confederations, all UEFA associations are affiliated with FIFA. All CONMEBOL associations are affiliated with FIFA, the football associations in this section represent fully or partially recognized sovereign states or dependent territories, but are not part of FIFA or a FIFA confederation. Beneath the national level, governance of football may be divided up into regional or territorial associations, other non-national associations represent stateless populations, diasporas or micronations. Details of these are listed at non-FIFA international football
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UEFA
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The Union of European Football Associations is the administrative body for association football in Europe, although several member states are primarily or entirely located in Asia. It is one of six continental confederations of world footballs governing body FIFA, UEFA consists of 55 national association members. Until 1959 the main headquarters were located in Paris, and later in Bern, in 1995, UEFA headquarters were transferred to Nyon, Switzerland. Henri Delaunay was the first general secretary and Ebbe Schwartz the first president, UEFA was founded on 15 June 1954 in Basel, Switzerland after consultation between the Italian, French, and Belgian associations. The European football union began with 25 members, that number doubled by the early 1990s, UEFA membership coincides for the most part with recognition as a sovereign country in Europe, although there are some exceptions. Some UEFA members are not sovereign states, but form part of a recognized sovereign state in the context of international law. Some UEFA members are transcontinental states, countries which had been members of the Asian Football Confederation were also admitted to the European football association, particularly Israel and Kazakhstan. Additionally some UEFA member associations allow teams from outside their associations main territory to take part in their domestic competition, saarland Football Union 1954–1956 German football association of the German Democratic Republic 1954–1990 Football Federation of the Soviet Union 1954–1991, in 1992 became Russian Football Union. The newly independent 14 Soviet Republics created their own football associations, Football Association of Yugoslavia 1954–1992, became Football Association of Serbia and Montenegro. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia and Slovenia became independent, Football Association of Serbia and Montenegro 1992–2006, became Football Association of Serbia. Montenegro, which became independent, created its own football association, the main competition for mens national teams is the UEFA European Football Championship, started in 1958, with the first finals in 1960, and known as the European Nations Cup until 1964. It is also called UEFA or the EURO, UEFA also runs national competitions at Under-21, Under-19 and Under-17 levels. For womens national teams, UEFA operates the UEFA Womens Championship for senior sides as well as Womens Under-19. UEFA also organized the UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup with CAF for youth teams in an effort to boost youth football, UEFA launched the UEFA Regions Cup, for semi-professional teams representing their local region, in 1999. In futsal there is the UEFA Futsal Championship and UEFA Futsal Under-21 Championship, the Italian, German, Spanish and French mens national teams are the sole teams to have won the European football championship in all categories. A second, lower-ranked competition is the UEFA Europa League and this competition, for national knockout cup winners and high-placed league teams, was launched by UEFA in 1971 as a successor of both the former UEFA Cup and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. A third competition, the UEFA Cup Winners Cup, which had started in 1960, was absorbed into the UEFA Cup in 1999, in womens football UEFA also conducts the UEFA Womens Champions League for club teams. The competition was first held in 2001, and known as the UEFA Womens Cup until 2009, the UEFA Super Cup pits the winners of the Champions League against the winners of the Europa League, and came into being in 1973
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Promotion and relegation
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In sports leagues, promotion and relegation is a process where teams are transferred between two divisions based on their performance for the completed season. In some leagues, playoffs or qualifying rounds are used to determine rankings. This process can continue through several levels of divisions, with teams being exchanged between levels 1 and 2, levels 2 and 3, levels 3 and 4, the number of teams exchanged between the divisions is almost always identical. Such variations will almost inevitably cause an effect through the lower divisions. Even in the absence of such circumstances, the pyramid-like nature of most European football league systems can still create knock-on effects at the regional level. The system is said to be the characteristic of the European form of professional sports league organization. Promotion and relegation have the effect of allowing the maintenance of a hierarchy of leagues and divisions and they also maintain the importance of games played by many low-ranked teams near the end of the season, which may be at risk of relegation. In contrast, a low-ranked US or Canadian teams final games serve little purpose, although not intrinsic to the system, problems can occur due to the differing monetary payouts and revenue-generating potential that different divisions provide to their clubs. For example, financial hardship has sometimes occurred in leagues where clubs do not reduce their wage bill once relegated, some leagues offer parachute payments to its relegated teams for the following year. The payouts are higher than the money received by some non-relegated teams and are designed to soften the financial hit that clubs take whilst dropping out of the Premier League. However, in many cases these parachute payments just serve to inflate the costs of competing for promotion among the lower division clubs as newly relegated teams retain a financial advantage. If these are not satisfied, a team may be promoted in their place. While the primary purpose of the system is to maintain competitive balance. On several occasions, the Italian Football Federation has relegated clubs found to have involved in match-fixing. This occurred most recently in 2006, when the initial champions Juventus were relegated to Serie B. An exception is the proposed UEFA Nations League, which will feature promotion and relegation across four levels, in tennis, the Davis Cup has promotion and relegation where each group uses a knockout tournament format in which first-round losers play off to avoid relegation. In the United States, Canada, and Australia, teams are not promoted or relegated. The USL set up two leagues, now known as the United Soccer League and the Premier Development League, although the system is now in place, it is not compulsory and is rarely used
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Danish 1st Division
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The 1st Division is the second highest football league in Denmark, also known as NordicBet Liga for sponsorship reasons. Division was the name of the highest level of football in Denmark, with the formation of the Danish Superliga, the second tier of Danish football became the 1st Division. While all the teams in the Superliga are full-time professional the 1, Division has a mixture of full-time professional and semi-professional teams. The top-ranking teams each year win promotion to the Superliga, while the bottom finishers get relegated to the Danish 2nd Division, tV3 Sport 1 broadcasts one match per week from the league. After World War II the format of the football division in Denmark, the Championship League. There were 10 teams in the top once again, playing each other twice. The 1953–54 season saw the first non-Copenhagen team win the Danish championship, the championship title was not reclaimed by a Copenhagen team in more than ten years, until Akademisk Boldklub won the 1967 season. From 1958, the Danish championship was arranged through one year. From 1958 to 1974, the tournament was expanded to 12 teams, playing each other twice for 22 games per season each, the number of teams was increased to 16 for the 1975 season, which resulted in 30 games per season. In 1986, the number of participants was altered more, this time decreasing the number of teams to 14. In 1991, the Danish Superliga was created and this meant the 1st Division became the second highest league. Together with the Superliga introduction the best Danish leagues changed back to autumn-spring seasons, in 1996, the 1st Division had its first name sponsor, as the league received the official name Faxe Kondi Divisionen after main sponsor Faxe Brewery. The sponsor deal ended in 2001, but from 2004 to mid-2007 it was named Viasat Sport Divisionen, the Sport was omitted upon the closing of the Viasat Sport-channels in Denmark, and the opening of TV2 Sport. The sponsorship finally ended prior to the start of the 2010–11 season, former 1st Division sponsors and logos, Official website
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Danish Cup
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The Danish Cup is the official knockout cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955, the cup has taken name after various sponsors over the years, but is currently known as DBU Pokalen after the Danish Football Association, Dansk Boldspil-Union. The winner will qualify for the UEFA Europa League tournament the following year, the latest edition, 2015–16 Danish Cup, was won by Superliga-side F. C. Copenhagen, beating Superliga-side AGF 2-1 on 5 May 2016 at Parken Stadium. The final traditionally takes place on Kristi Himmelfarts Dag and it is played in the Danish national stadium Parken. However in the 1991 and 1992 seasons the final had been rescheduled to Odense Stadion, the club with most final appearances is AGF with 12 finals, having won 9 of them. Former Danish Cup sponsors and logos, Each club may only have one team in the tournament, if a match ends in a tie, two fifteen-minute extra time periods will be played, with penalty kicks if the tie remains after the extra time. The teams are not seeded, but the lowest placed team from the season will always get the home pitch advantage. 1st round,64 teams 48 teams qualified through preliminary cups held by the regional associations, 1st round,88 teams 48 teams qualified through preliminary cups held by the regional associations. 28 teams from the 2nd divisions 12 teams from the 1st division 2nd round, page on the website of the DBU Cup at UEFA Denmark - List of Cup Finals, RSSSF. com
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UEFA Champions League
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The UEFA Champions League is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations and contested by top-division European clubs. It is one of the most prestigious tournaments in the world, the UEFA Champions League final is the most watched annual sporting event worldwide. The final of the 2012–13 tournament had the highest TV ratings to date, the pre-1992 competition was initially a straight knockout tournament open only to the champion club of each country. During the 1990s, the format was expanded, incorporating a round-robin group stage to include clubs that finished runner-up of some nations top-level league. Clubs that finish next-in-line in each top level league, having not qualified for the UEFA Champions League competition. In its present format, the UEFA Champions League begins in mid-July with three qualifying rounds and a play-off round. The 10 surviving teams enter the stage, joining 22 other teams qualified in advance. The 32 teams are drawn into eight groups of four teams, the eight group winners and eight runners-up proceed to the knockout phase that culminates with the final match in May. The winner of the UEFA Champions League qualifies for the UEFA Super Cup, Real Madrid is the most successful club in the competitions history, having won the tournament 11 times, including its first five seasons. Spanish clubs have accumulated the highest number of victories, followed by England, the competition has been won by 22 different clubs,12 of which have won it more than once. Since the tournament changed name and structure in 1992, no club has managed consecutive wins, Milan were the last holders to defend their title. The reigning champions are Real Madrid, who secured their title in the competition after defeating Atlético Madrid on penalties following a 1–1 draw in the 2016 final. The first pan-European tournament was the Challenge Cup, a competition between clubs in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Mitropa Cup, a competition modelled after the Challenge Cup, was created in 1927, an idea of Austrian Hugo Meisl, and played between Central European clubs. In 1930, the Coupe des Nations, the first attempt to create a cup for national clubs of Europe, was played and organised by Swiss club Servette. Held in Geneva, it brought together ten champions from across the continent, the tournament was won by Újpest of Hungary. Latin European nations came together to form the Latin Cup in 1949 and it was conceived in Paris in 1955 as the European Champion Clubs Cup. The first edition of the European Cup took place during the 1955–56 season, the first European Cup match took place on 4 September 1955, and ended in a 3–3 draw between Sporting CP and Partizan. The first goal in European Cup history was scored by João Baptista Martins of Sporting CP, the inaugural final took place at the Parc des Princes between Stade de Reims and Real Madrid
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UEFA Europa League
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The UEFA Europa League, previously called the UEFA Cup, is an annual football club competition organized by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. Clubs qualify for the competition based on their performance in their national leagues, previously called the UEFA Cup, the competition has been known as the UEFA Europa League since the 2009–10 season, following a change in format. For UEFA footballing records purposes, the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League are considered the same competition, in 1999, the UEFA Cup Winners Cup was abolished and merged with the UEFA Cup. For the 2004–05 competition a group stage was added prior to the knockout phase, the 2009 re-branding included a merge with the UEFA Intertoto Cup, producing an enlarged competition format, with an expanded group stage and changed qualifying criteria. The winner enters at least at the round, and will enter the group stage if the berth reserved for the Champions League title holders is not used. The title has been won by 27 different clubs,12 of which have won the more than once. The UEFA Cup was preceded by the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, which was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971, the competition grew from 11 teams during the first cup to 64 teams by the last cup which was played in 1970–71. It had become so important on the European football scene that in the end it was taken over by UEFA, the UEFA Cup was first played in the 1971–72 season, with an all-English final of Wolverhampton Wanderers versus Tottenham Hotspur, with Spurs taking the first honours. The title was retained by another English club, Liverpool in 1973, Borussia would win the competition in 1975 and 1979, and reach the final again in 1980. Liverpool won the competition for the time in 1976, beating Club Brugge in the final. During the 1980s, IFK Göteborg and Real Madrid won the competition twice each,1989 saw the commencement of the Italian clubs domination, when Maradonas Napoli beat Stuttgart. The 1990s started with two finals, and in 1992, Torino lost the final to Ajax on the away goals rule. Juventus won the competition for a time in 1993 and Internazionale kept the cup in Italy the following year. 1995 saw a third final, with Parma proving their consistency. The only final with no Italians during that decade was in 1996, Parma won the cup in 1999, which ended the Italian club era. Liverpool won the competition for the time in 2001 and Porto triumphed in the 2003 and 2011 tournaments. In 2004, the cup returned to Spain with Valencia being victorious, either side of Sevillas success, two Russian teams, CSKA Moscow in 2005 and Zenit Saint Petersburg in 2008, had their glory and yet another former Soviet club, Ukraines Shakhtar Donetsk, won in 2009. Atlético Madrid would themselves win twice in three seasons, in 2010 and 2012, the latter in another all-Spanish final, in 2013, Chelsea would become the first Champions League holders to win the UEFA Cup/Europa League the following year
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FC Midtjylland
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FC Midtjylland is a Danish professional football club based in Herning and Ikast in the midwestern part of Jutland. The team was a result of a merger between Ikast FS and Herning Fremad, Midtjylland competes in the Danish Superliga, which it won for the first time in 2015. FC Midtjylland was founded by Johnny Rune, a carpenter and owner of a business in the wood-supply industry, and Steen Hessel. The two men wanted to unite the football clubs Ikast FS and Herning Fremad – clubs that for decades had been strong rivals, Ikast FS had some success in the late 1970s and 80s, but that was about it. At least ten years had passed with the two clubs being unable to agree on a merger, but on 6 April 1999, a deal was finalized and announced at a conference the next day. In 2000, Midtjylland were promoted to the top-flight Danish Superliga after a season in which the team had gathered more points than any team in the history of the first division. In July 2014, Matthew Benham became the majority shareholder of Midtjyllands parent company FCM Holding, in the 2014–15 season, they won the championship in the Danish Superliga. Midtjylland have generally built a reputation of finding and developing promising talents, in July 2004, Midtjylland was the first Danish club to have its own football academy, similar to that of French side Nantes. The academy attracts players from throughout Denmark, as well as players from a club in Nigeria – F. C. Ebedei. The club has developed a network of over 100 clubs located in the part of Jutland. In 2008, Danish centre-back Simon Kjær, a talent of the academy, was sold to Palermo for a fee of approximately DKK30 million. In 2010, Sune Kiilerich, another talent of the academy, was sold to Sampdoria, while Winston Reid, in 2016, vice-captain Erik Sviatchenko was sold for £1.5 million to Celtic. In 2004, the moved to a new stadium in Herning with a capacity of approximately 12,000 spectators. Midtjylland was the first Danish club to sell the naming rights to a sponsor. The stadiums opening match was on 27 March, it proved to be a success, five of the goals were scored by Egyptian striker former AB player Mohamed Zidan. Black Wolves is the official fanclub of FC Midtjylland and it was founded in the beginning in August 1999, as the official fanclub of Ikast FS1993 Yellow Flames changed their name at an extraordinary general meeting. Ultra Boys Midtjylland is the first ultra firm in Midtjylland, established in 2007, in 2014, Midtjyland got its second ultra firm, a youth department called Midtjylland Ungdom. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality, note, Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules
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F.C. Copenhagen
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Football Club Copenhagen is a professional Danish football club in Copenhagen, Denmark. F. C. Copenhagen is the most successful club in the history of Danish football having won the Danish Football Championship eleven times, Copenhagen is also the highest ranked Scandinavian club in the UEFA team rankings list. In 1992, F. C. Copenhagen was founded through the amalgamation of 15-time Danish football champions Kjøbenhavns Boldklub, Copenhagen plays its matches at the Telia Parken, which also serves as the venue for Denmark national football team matches. Copenhagen qualified for the 2006–07 edition of the UEFA Champions League, three years later, they became the first Danish club ever to reach the knockout stage of the Champions League. Football Club Copenhagen is, in ways, both an old and a new club. Even though that the club was established in 1992, it is rooted in more than 100 years of club tradition, the clubs first team represents two separate clubs, Kjøbenhavns Boldklub founded in 1876 and Boldklubben 1903 founded in 1903. The two Copenhagen clubs merged their first teams to found Copenhagen on 1 July 1992, Copenhagen used Boldklubbens club license to play in the Danish Superliga championship, while Kjøbenhavns Boldklub became the official reserve team of the club. With the rebuilding of the Parken Stadium, Denmarks national team stadium, the initial ambition of the club was continually to qualify for one of the European competitions each season. To reach this goal, the club needed a solid economy, a big fan base. Benny Johansen managed the club and started its maiden season well, FCK made its first appearance in the European tournaments when it beat Swiss team Grasshoppers 2–1 in the 1992 UEFA Intertoto Cup. FCK won the Intertoto Cup that year and thereby qualified for the UEFA Cup, the club won the 1992–93 Superliga season one point ahead of Odense Boldklub and two points ahead of third-place Brøndby IF. For the 1993–94 Superliga season, expectations were high, the season opened with a 0–6 thrashing at the hands of Italian team Milan in the 1993–94 Champions League qualification. FCK went on winter break after the first half of the Superliga season in third place, in the spring of 1994, Copenhagen gained on leading team Silkeborg IF. In the penultimate match of the season, the two met at the Parken Stadium. In front of an attendance of 26,679, FCK won the match 4–1. The club was one point ahead of Silkeborg, but because FCK lost 3–2 to Odense in the game of the season. For the next three seasons, Copenhagen had little success in the Superliga, despite winning two Danish Cups, the team won the 1995 Cup final against Akademisk Boldklub with a 5–0 win, qualifying for European football once again, despite mediocre results in the league. Kim Brink took over as manager in 1996, but despite winning the second Cup trophy for the club, in February 1997, Flemming Østergaard, later given the ironic nickname Don Ø, joined the board of the club as vice chairman and CEO
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Canal 9 (Denmark)
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CANAL9 is a Danish television channel owned by Discovery Networks Northern Europe previously owned by C More Entertainment from 2009 to 2015. The channel share sports rights with Eurosport and 6eren, it was launched as a low-pay sister channel to Canal+ in July 2009. The channel was announced on March 20,2009, there had been some uncertainty as for the distribution for the channel, as neither YouSee nor Telia Stofa and Boxer had expressed interest in distributing the channel. On March 25 it was announced that Canal Digital will broadcast the channel exclusively on satellite, the channel will cost 23,95 DKK, which is slightly less than its competitor TV2 Sport. Canal 9 launched on July 17,2009 with the Danish action movie In China They Eat Dogs, from the start, it was available from Canal Digital, ComX, Smile Content and several community antennas and fiber networks. Canal 9 became available terrestrially in July when it temporarily replaced Kanal København in Copenhagen where it will broadcast until October 31,2009, after this, it will broadcast from Boxers transmitters nationwide. On September 15, it was added to YouSees cable network, on September 9,2009, it was announced that Canal 9 has secured the rights to Handball-Bundesliga. On September 24,2009, it was announced that Canal 9 will show the WTA2009 BGL Luxembourg Open with the top seeded Caroline Wozniacki, on October 22,2009, it was announced that Canal 9 has secured the rights to the 2009 Handball Supercup. On January 12,2010, it was announced that Canal 9 has secured the rights to the 2010 tournament of Copa del Sol, on August 2,2010 it was announced that Canal 9 has the rights to The Championship for the 2010/11 season. On September 11,2010 it was announced that Canal 9 has secured the rights to Lingerie Football League, on January 20,2011, it was announced that Canal 9 has secured the rights to the 2011 tournament of Copa del Sol. On February 15,2011, it was announced that TV4 Sport, on June 22,2011 it was announced that Canal 9 will show some of the matches from the 2011 Copa América but most of the tournament will be shown on Canal+ Sport 1. On June 24,2011, it was announced that Canal 9 will show the WTA2011 Swedish Open with the top seeded Caroline Wozniacki. On July 5,2011, it was announced that Canal+ Sport 1 & Canal 9 has secured the rights to UEFA Europa League for 3 years from the 2012/13 season. On July 12,2011, it was announced that Canal+ Sport 1 & Canal 9 has extended the rights to La Liga for four years till 2015. On July 27,2011, it was announced that the TV miniseries The Kennedys will get Danish TV premiere on Canal 9. On August 13,2011 www. kampanje. com start writing about that Canal 9 will be launched in a Norwegian version on October 1,2011 and vill replace TV4 Fakta in Norway. On September 12,2011, it was announced that Canal 9 had lost one of their strongest football rights, The Danish Superliga from the 2012–13 season, to Viasat and TV2 Sport. On September 21,2011, it was announced that Canal 9 has bought back 66 matches per season from The Danish Superliga from Viasat, valid from season 2012/13 to 2014/15
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Eurosport 2
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Eurosport 2 is a European sports television network. It is a channel to Eurosport 1 and Eurosport News. Several different versions of the channel exist across Europe, where television rights for sport differ, Eurosport 2 launched on 10 January 2005. The deal also includes rights for the entire 2011 season to be broadcast on the channel, Eurosport 2 HD, a high-definition version of the channel is also available. Eurosport DK was a Danish television channel owned by Discovery Networks Northern Europe, the channel replaced Canal 8 Sport and Eurosport 2 in Denmark on 1 July 2015. On 15 February 2016, the channel was replaced by Eurosport 2, Eurosport Norway is a norwegian television channel that replaces Eurosport 2 since September 3. rd 2015. It is owned by Discovery Networks Norway and sends norwegian eliteserien and other eurosport programming
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Danish Superliga
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The Danish Superliga is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest football league in Denmark and is contested by 14 teams each year. Founded in 1991, the Danish Superliga replaced the Danish 1st Division as the highest league of football in Denmark, from the start in 1991,10 teams were participating. The opening Superliga season was played during the spring of 1991, from the summer of 1991, the tournament structure would stretch over two years. The 10 teams would play each other twice in the first half of the tournament and this practice was abandoned before the 1995–96 season, when the number of teams competing were increased to 12, playing each other thrice for 33 games per Superliga season. For the first season of this new structure, Coca-Cola became the sponsor of the league. After a single season under that name, Faxe Brewery became sponsors, before the 2001–02 season, Scandinavian Airlines System became the head sponsor, and the name of the tournament changed to SAS Ligaen. From January 2015 the Danish Superliga is known as Alka Superliga, logos used for naming rights agreements for the league, From 1996 through 2016, the league included 12 clubs which played each other three times. The two teams with the fewest points at the end of the season were relegated to the Danish 1st Division, during this era, each team played every other team at least once at home and once away plus once more either at home or away. The top six teams of the season played 17 matches at home and 16 away while the teams in 7th to 10th place plus the two newly promoted teams played 16 matches at home and 17 away. Following the 2015–16 season, the league was expanded to 14 teams, accomplished by relegating only the last-place finisher in that season, the 2016–17 season is the first for a new league structure. It begins with the playing a full home-and-away schedule, resulting in 26 matches for each team. At that time, the splits into a six-team championship playoff. All teams table points and goals carry over fully into the playoffs, in the championship playoff, each team plays the others home and away again. The top team at the end of the playoff is Superliga champion, the second-place team enters the UEFA Europa League in the first qualifying round. The third-place team advances to a playoff match for another Europa League place. The qualifying playoff is split into two groups, with the teams finished the regular season in 7th, 10th, 11th, and 14th in one group and those finishing 8th, 9th, 12th. Each group plays home-and-away within its group, the top two teams from each group then enter a knockout tournament, with each match over two legs
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Danish language
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There are also minor Danish-speaking communities in Norway, Sweden, Spain, the United States, Canada, Brazil and Argentina. Due to immigration and language shift in urban areas, around 15–20% of the population of Greenland speak Danish as their home language. Along with the other North Germanic languages, Danish is a descendant of Old Norse, until the 16th century, Danish was a continuum of dialects spoken from Schleswig to Scania with no standard variety or spelling conventions. With the Protestant Reformation and the introduction of printing, a language was developed which was based on the educated Copenhagen dialect. It spread through use in the system and administration though German. Today, traditional Danish dialects have all but disappeared, though there are variants of the standard language. The main differences in language are between generations, with youth language being particularly innovative, Danish has a very large vowel inventory comprising 27 phonemically distinctive vowels, and its prosody is characterized by the distinctive phenomenon stød, a kind of laryngeal phonation type. The grammar is moderately inflective with strong and weak conjugations and inflections, nouns and demonstrative pronouns distinguish common and neutral gender. As in English, Danish only has remnants of a case system, particularly in the pronouns. Its syntax is V2, with the verb always occupying the second slot in the sentence. Danish is a Germanic language of the North Germanic branch, other names for this group are the Nordic or Scandinavian languages. Along with Swedish, Danish descends from the Eastern dialects of the Old Norse language, Scandinavian languages are often considered a dialect continuum, where there are no sharp dividing lines between the different vernacular languages. Like Norwegian and Swedish, Danish was significantly influenced by Low German in the Middle Ages, Danish itself can be divided into three main dialect areas, West Danish, Insular Danish, and East Danish. Danish is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Swedish, both Swedes and Danes also understand Norwegian better than they understand each others languages. By the 8th century, the common Germanic language of Scandinavia, Proto-Norse, had some changes. This language was called the Danish tongue, or Norse language. Norse was written in the alphabet, first with the elder futhark. From the 7th century the common Norse language began to undergo changes that did not spread to all of Scandinavia, most of the changes separating East Norse from West Norse started as innovations in Denmark, that spread through Scania into Sweden and by maritime contact to southern Norway
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Danish football champions
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The Danish football champions are the winners of the highest league of football in Denmark. The title has been contested since 1913, in a form of competitions. Since 1991, the winners have found through the Danish Superliga championship. The Danish football championship is governed by the Danish Football Association, the early Danish football championships were decided in a single game, and the competition was not nationwide until its structure was altered before the 1927–28 season. Until the 1950s, the winners list included teams exclusively from the Copenhagen area, kjøbenhavns Boldklub thus won 12 of its record 15 Danish championships before the 1954–55 season, when Køge Boldklub became the first non-Copenhagen team to be crowned Danish football champions. A Danish champion has been every year since 1913, except for 1915 and 1928. In 1915, the tournament was not played because of World War I, in 1928, there was no rule defined for the possibility that two or more teams had the same number of points at the end of the tournament, when three clubs all ended in first place. Upon its founding in 1889, the Danish Football Association inaugurated The Football Tournament contested by Copenhagen clubs only, the first Danish championship, the National Football Tournament, was played from 1912 to 1913. As the Copenhagen clubs were stronger than the teams, this meant the final game ended up being contested by two clubs from Copenhagen. Before the 1927–28 season, the first nationwide tournament, the Denmark Tournament, was inaugurated,20 teams were divided into five groups of four teams. They played each other once, and the five group winners qualified for a championship deciding group, here they again played each other once, and the top placed team was declared champions after seven games in all. This lasted only two years before the system was changed and the tournament renamed to the Championship League for the 1929–30 season. The teams were divided into two leagues, a series of ten teams and a promotion series with a varying number of clubs each year. This meant that the number of competing for the championship was fixed for the course of the tournament. The lowest placed team in the series and the top placed team in the promotion series would swap places between each season. From the start of the competition in 1929–30, the clubs played each other once to give a total of nine games a season, during the German occupation of Denmark in World War II from 1940–45, the championship was again decided in a single final. The format varied throughout the occupation, as a number of teams played in three separate tournaments. The best placed teams in each tournament would go on to a string of play-off games, from the 1945–46 season, the competition reverted to the Championship League format, with the tournament now named the 1st Division
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Danish Football Association
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The Danish Football Association 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 it is based in the city of Brøndby and is a founding member of both FIFA and UEFA. The DBU has also been the body of futsal in Denmark since 2008. The DBU was founded in 1889 and was the first Football Association outside of Great Britain, however, it did not register games officially before the 1908 Summer Olympics, meaning that the win in the 1906 Intercalated Olympics tournament was not officially recorded by the DBU. Greenland is not a member of FIFA or any continental federation, the 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 the DBUs six national youth teams. Player of the Year Since 1963, the DBU has awarded the Danish Player of the Year in a vote amongst the Danish players, the record number of award wins is four, by Brian Laudrup. DBU found new sponsor DONG, an oil company, in 2004, official site in Danish and English Denmark at FIFA site Denmark at UEFA site
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Association football
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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball. It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies making it the worlds most popular sport, the game is played on a rectangular field with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by getting the ball into the opposing goal, players are not allowed to touch the ball with their hands or arms while it is in play, unless they are goalkeepers. Other players mainly use their feet to strike or pass the ball, the team that scores the most goals by the end of the match wins. If the score is level at the end of the game, the Laws of the Game were originally codified in England by The Football Association in 1863. Association football is governed internationally by the International Federation of Association Football, the first written reference to the inflated ball used in the game was in the mid-14th century, Þe heued fro þe body went, Als it were a foteballe. The Online Etymology Dictionary states that the word soccer was split off in 1863, according to Partha Mazumdar, the term soccer originated in England, first appearing in the 1880s as an Oxford -er abbreviation of the word association. Within the English-speaking world, association football is now usually called football in the United Kingdom and mainly soccer in Canada and the United States. People in Australia, Ireland, South Africa and New Zealand use either or both terms, although national associations in Australia and New Zealand now primarily use football for the formal name. According to FIFA, the Chinese competitive game cuju is the earliest form of football for which there is scientific evidence, cuju players could use any part of the body apart from hands and the intent was kicking a ball through an opening into a net. It was remarkably similar to football, though similarities to rugby occurred. During the Han Dynasty, cuju games were standardised and rules were established, phaininda and episkyros were Greek ball games. An image of an episkyros player depicted in low relief on a vase at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens appears on the UEFA European Championship Cup, athenaeus, writing in 228 AD, referenced the Roman ball game harpastum. Phaininda, episkyros and harpastum were played involving hands and violence and they all appear to have resembled rugby football, wrestling and volleyball more than what is recognizable as modern football. As with pre-codified mob football, the antecedent of all football codes. Non-competitive games included kemari in Japan, chuk-guk in Korea and woggabaliri in Australia, Association football in itself does not have a classical history. Notwithstanding any similarities to other games played around the world FIFA have recognised that no historical connection exists with any game played in antiquity outside Europe. The modern rules of football are based on the mid-19th century efforts to standardise the widely varying forms of football played in the public schools of England
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Football in Denmark
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Association football is the national sport of Denmark, with 331,693 players and 1,647 clubs registered under the Danish FA. The game was introduced into Denmark by British sailors, the top four levels in Denmark are governed by the Danish Football Association. The top 3 are collectively called Danmarksturneringen, and share a set of rules more geared towards professional football. Until the 2004-05 season, there was only one 2nd division and, until 2015-16 season, second squads are generally only allowed to reach the Denmark Series, however 8 second squads of the Superliga teams are allowed to participate in the 2nd Division. If the first squad of a team is relegated from the Superliga to the 1st Division, if a second squad finishes in a promotion spot and is not eligible for the promotion, the next eligible team will be promoted. Therefore, both 2nd Divisions and Denmark Series can be won by the team more than once in a row. From the 2010-11 season the clubs in the Superliga will have their own reserve competition, the Superliga clubs other teams will be playing no higher than in the Denmark Series. The lower divisions are controlled by the regional associations, the format is generally two series, followed by Serie 1, Serie 2 and so forth. The number of lower series vary from 3 in LFBU to 6 in JBU, the following table pictures the JBU structure as of the 2016-17 season. The following teams have advanced to elimination rounds in the European Cup, quarter-finals, AGF Aarhus, Brøndby IF The following teams have advanced to elimination rounds in the UEFA Champions League. Group Stage, Aalborg BK, Brøndby IF, F. C. Copenhagen, FC Nordsjælland Round of 16, F. C. Copenhagen The following teams have advanced to elimination rounds in the UEFA Cup
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Coca-Cola
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Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink produced by The Coca-Cola Company. The drinks name refers to two of its ingredients, which were kola nuts and coca leaves. The current formula of Coca-Cola remains a secret, although a variety of reported recipes. The Coca-Cola Company produces concentrate, which is sold to licensed Coca-Cola bottlers throughout the world. The bottlers, who hold exclusive territory contracts with the company, produce the product in cans and bottles from the concentrate, in combination with filtered water. A typical 12-US-fluid-ounce can contains 38 grams of sugar, the bottlers then sell, distribute and merchandise Coca-Cola to retail stores, restaurants and vending machines throughout the world. The Coca-Cola Company also sells concentrate for soda fountains of major restaurants, the Coca-Cola Company has on occasion introduced other cola drinks under the Coke name. Based on Interbrands best global brand study of 2015, Coca-Cola was the third most valuable brand. In 2013, Coke products were sold in over 200 countries worldwide, confederate Colonel John Pemberton, who was wounded in the American Civil War and became addicted to morphine, began a quest to find a substitute for the problematic drug. The prototype Coca-Cola recipe was formulated at Pembertons Eagle Drug and Chemical House and he may have been inspired by the formidable success of Vin Mariani, a French coca wine. It is also worth noting that a Spanish drink called Kola Coca was presented at a contest in Philadelphia in 1885, the patent for this Spanish drink was bought by Coca-Cola in 1953. In 1885, Pemberton registered his French Wine Coca nerve tonic, in 1886, when Atlanta and Fulton County passed prohibition legislation, Pemberton responded by developing Coca-Cola, a nonalcoholic version of French Wine Coca. The first sales were at Jacobs Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia, Pemberton claimed Coca-Cola cured many diseases, including morphine addiction, indigestion, nerve disorders, headaches, and impotence. Pemberton ran the first advertisement for the beverage on May 29 of the year in the Atlanta Journal. By 1888, three versions of Coca-Cola – sold by three separate businesses – were on the market, a co-partnership had been formed on January 14,1888 between Pemberton and four Atlanta businessmen, J. C. Mayfield, A. O. Not codified by any signed document, a statement given by Asa Candler years later asserted under testimony that he had acquired a stake in Pembertons company as early as 1887. John Pemberton declared that the name Coca-Cola belonged to his son, Charley, Charleys exclusive control over the Coca Cola name became a continual thorn in Asa Candlers side. Candlers oldest son, Charles Howard Candler, authored a book in 1950 published by Emory University, in this definitive biography about his father, Candler specifically states
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Faxe Kondi
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Faxe Kondi is a Danish soft drink produced by Faxe Bryggeri. Marketed as a drink, as it contains both glucose and sugar, as well as caffeine, it has been produced since 1971. Originally it was sold in bottles, because Faxe Bryggeri was a beer company. There is also a light-version, Faxe Kondi Free, and three energy drinks, Faxe Kondi Booster, Faxe Kondi Booster Blue and Faxe Kondi Booster Red. The Faxe drinks hold a strong market position in Greenland. Faxe Kondi holds a 33 percent market share in the country, from 1996 to 2001, Faxe Bryggeri sponsored the Faxe Kondi name in the Danish Superliga and Danish 1st Division. Danish official site Royal Unibrew market summary
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Scandinavian Airlines
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Scandinavian Airlines, often shortened to SAS is the flag carrier of Sweden, Norway and Denmark, and the largest airline in Scandinavia. Part of the SAS Group and headquartered at the SAS Frösundavik Office Building in Solna, Sweden, the airlines main hub is at Copenhagen-Kastrup Airport, with connections to over 50 cities in Europe. Stockholm-Arlanda Airport and Oslo Airport, Gardermoen are the major hubs. Minor hubs also exist at Bergen Airport, Flesland, Göteborg Landvetter Airport, Stavanger Airport, Sola and Trondheim Airport, SAS Cargo is an independent, wholly owned subsidiary of Scandinavian Airlines and its main office is at Copenhagen Airport. In 2012, SAS carried 25.9 million passengers, achieving revenues of SEK36 billion and this makes it the eighth-largest airline in Europe. The SAS fleet consists of Airbus A319, A320, A321, A330 and A340, Boeing 737 Next Generation, in addition, SAS also wetleases ATR72, Saab 2000 and Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft. The airline was founded in 1946 as a consortium to pool the operations of Svensk Interkontinental Lufttrafik, Det Norske Luftfartselskap. The consortium was extended to cover European and domestic cooperation two years later, in 1951, all the airlines were merged to create SAS. SAS is also one of the members of the worlds largest alliance. Operations started on 17 September 1946, in 1948 the Swedish flag carrier AB Aerotransport joined SAS and the companies coordinated European operations and finally merged to form the SAS Consortium in 1951. When established, the airline was divided between SAS Danmark, SAS Norge and SAS Sverige, all owned 50% by private investors, in 1954 SAS was the first airline to start scheduled flights on a polar route. The DC-6B flew from Copenhagen to Los Angeles, California, United States with stops in Søndre Strømfjord, Greenland, by summer 1956 frequency had increased to three flights per week. It was popular with Hollywood celebrities and film people. Thanks to a structure that allowed free transit to other European destinations via Copenhagen. In 1957 SAS started a second polar route when a DC-7C flew from Copenhagen to Tokyo, Japan, SAS publicized this service as round-the-world service over the North Pole. SAS entered the jet age in 1959 when the Caravelle entered service, in 1971, SAS put its first Boeing 747 jumbo jet into service. In 1989, SAS acquired 18. 4% of Texas Air Corporation, parent company of Continental Airlines, during the 1990s, SAS also bought a 20% stake in British Midland. SAS bought 95% of Spanair, the second largest airline in Spain, in May 1997 SAS formed the global Star Alliance network with Air Canada, Lufthansa, Thai Airways International and United Airlines
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AaB Fodbold
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AaB Fodbold, also referred to as Aalborg BK or AaB, is a professional football team of Danish sports conglomerate Aalborg Boldspilklub, located in Aalborg. They play in the Danish Superliga and have won four Danish Superliga championships, the last trophy they won was the double in 2014, the Danish cup and championship. AaB became the first Danish team ever to participate in the UEFA Champions League group stage in 1995, AaB also qualified for the 2008–09 Champions League and qualified for the UEFA Cup in the same season by finishing in 3rd place in their Champions League group. Aalborg BK was a part of the top-flight Danish leagues from the 1928–29 season, until the relegation of the club in 1947. The club came back to the best league in 1963, and except from the years of 1972,1978 and 1981–1986, Aalborg BK has since been a part of the various editions of the Danish football championship. Despite its many years in the Danish championship, the club never won a championship title, paid football was introduced in Denmark by the Danish Football Association in 1978. As Aalborg BK returned to the best Danish league, the founded the professional branch of AaB A/S in 1987 to run a professional football team. Through the 1990s, the club won its first two Danish championships, in the Danish Superliga 1994-95 season,24 goals from league topscorer Erik Bo Andersen secured the championship title for the team of coach Poul Erik Andreasen. Aalborg BK thus became the first Danish team to compete in the UEFA Champions League, as they managed a 2–1 home win over Panathinaikos and a 2–2 draw with Porto in the six matches the club played in the initial group stage, Aalborg BK was eliminated. Erik Bo Andersen left the club for Scottish club Rangers, but in Søren Frederiksen, though not the league top scorer, Frederiksen scored 17 goals in the Danish Superliga 1998-99 which the club won under guidance of Swedish coach Hans Backe. Since then, the club established itself in the top half of the Superliga and won a bronze medal and qualified for the 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup. Aalborg beat Honka on the away goals rule in the second round, drawing the Italian team Sampdoria in the First Round, which have Antonio Cassano and Vincenzo Montella as notable players, made the task seem impossible. Aalborg made it again on the away goals rule, and qualified for the group stage – being the first Danish team ever, in the group stage Aalborg BK was seeded in the lowest pot, and drew Anderlecht, Tottenham Hotspur, Getafe, and Hapoel Tel Aviv. Drawing with Anderlecht at home, and losing 2–3 to Tottenham forced Aalborg to win at home against Getafe, in the 2007–08 season, Aalborg won their third Danish Championship and qualified for the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds. In the second qualifying round, Aalborg easily eliminated FK Modriča 7–1 on aggregate, in the group stage, they were drawn in Group E along with defending champions Manchester United, Villarreal and Celtic. Aalborg finished third in the group, ahead of Celtic, with 6 points and their first match in their UEFA Cup run was against Spanish side Deportivo de La Coruña. Aalborg BK won the first leg at home 3–0 and the leg at the Estadio Riazor 1–3. Aalborg BK thereby earned a place among the last 16 teams, after a 2–0 loss in Manchester in the first leg Aalborg BK fought back to tie the score with a 2–0 win at home
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AC Horsens
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AC Horsens is a professional Danish football team, playing in the Danish Superliga. They play on Casa Arena Horsens in Horsens, the club was founded in 1994, as a superstructure on Horsens fS and the merger of Dagnæs IF and B1940, FC Horsens. As AC Horsens only won two of 14 matches, and finished last in the Qualifying League, they missed their opportunity of instant promotion for the Superliga. In the first half of the 1994–95 1st Division season, AC Horsens finished at the bottom of the table after winning only a single game, and did not proceed to the Qualification League. In the second half of the season, AC Horsens managed three victories, but finished dead last and were relegated to the 2nd Division, AC Horsens spent two seasons in the 2nd Division before winning promotion back to the 1st Division. From the 1997–98 1st Division season forward, AC Horsens established itself as a consistent part of the 1st Division, in July 2001, Horsens hired former Danish international Kent Nielsen as their new manager. The 2002–03 1st Division season did not go well for Den Gule Fare, after the winterbreak halfway through the season, the club was close to relegation to the 2nd Division, but a good ending of the season secured an 11th place, seven points from the relegation zone. In the next season, ACH started out on amazing form, in the 2004–05 1st Division season, Horsens finally succeeded in winning promotion. Though amassing only one point more than in the 2003–04 season, AC Horsens finished in the runner-up spot, in their first year in the Superliga, AC Horsens became famous for their strong defence, as they finished in 10th place and avoided relegation. They drew 13 of 33 matches,8 of them ending 0–0 and they conceded just 41 goals in 33 matches, a statistic only bettered by the defences of the top-three finishing teams that season. The Superliga season of 2006–07 saw AC Horsens take a lead over relegation rivals Vejle Boldklub. In the spring of 2007, a slew of performances were followed by a series of disappointing defeats and draws. Instead, Brazilian Gilberto Macena from the Danish 2nd Division East team Holbæk B&I became the top scorer for AC Horsens, note, Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality
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Aarhus Gymnastikforening
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Aarhus Gymnastikforening 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, AGF, however, is best known for its 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, it reached the quarter-finals of the European Cup, where the club lost to Benfica. In 1989, AGF again reached a European quarter-final, this time losing to Barcelona in the UEFA Cup Winners Cup, AGF played its first football match against Aarhus Idrætsklub Olympia in November 1902, a 5–2 loss. Six years later, the won 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, AGF began to play its matches at the newly build Aarhus Stadion. In 1941, the club moved from the clubhouse at Dalgas Avenue to Fredensvang in the suburb Viby, AGF ended from 1949 to 1951 three times in a row as third in the 1. After spending the 1952–53 season in the 2, division, AGF returned strongly to the 1. Division and in the next 12 seasons won four Danish Football Championships, AGF also participated in the first edition of the European Cup, where it lost to French club Stade de Reims. In 1961, AGF reached the quarter-final in the tournament where it lost to eventual tournament winners Benfica. AGF was relegated to the 2, division in 1968 and in 1973 but returned to the 1. 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 B93 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 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, AGF finished third in the Danish Superliga but financial problems resulted in some poor results the following years
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Esbjerg fB
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Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber is a professional Danish football club from the port city of Esbjerg in West Jutland. The club was formed in 1924, as a merger between Tyggegummi FC1898 and Esbjerg Amatørklub af 1911, the club has training facilities and stadium at Gl. Vardevej in Esbjerg, and plays in blue and white striped shirts, following the departure of long time club player and former head coach Jess Thorup, Niels Frederiksen is the current head coach. Esbjerg fB is one of the successful clubs in Denmark in terms of trophies. They have won the Danish championship five times and three Danish cup titles, the main sponsor is Stofa and the clubs kit sponsor is Nike. The official fanclub of Esbjerg fB is Blue Knights, in 2005 EfB took over the management of the elite ice hockey club, Esbjerg Ishockey Klub. Which is now called EfB Ishockey, Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber was officially established in 1924 as a merger between Esbjerg Boldklub af 1898 and Esbjerg Amatørklub af 1911 after 12 years of competition between the two clubs. The new club was driven by ambition for something bigger, which produced results the day after when the clubs best start-up team defeated Kolding IF with 7–0. The clubs golden years was in the first half of the 1960s with the Austrian coach Rudi Strittich throughout most of the decade, the club won the Danish Championship in 1961,1962,1963 and 1965 and won the DBU national Cup for men in 1964. In the 2010–11 Danish Superliga season EfB finished 12th and was relegated to the Danish 1st Division for the first time since the 1999–00 season, Esbjerg fB plays at Blue Water Arena, which is the name of Esbjerg Stadion at Gl. Vardevej and part of Esbjerg Sports Park, in 2004 a new stand was built on the eastern side of a stadium. A new stadium seating for 18,000 spectators, was completed in August 2009. It is currently the second biggest stadium in Jutland, and the fourth biggest in Denmark, vardevej 62,6700 Esbjerg Year built,1955 Extended / renovated,1999,2004, 2008–09 Capacity,18,000 Pitch Size,105 x 68 meters Lighting,1200 lux. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality, manager, Lars Lungi Sørensen Ass. dk,8 January 2016 Official website
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Hobro IK
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Hobro IK is a Danish football club currently playing in the Danish 1st Division. They play at DS Arena in Hobro, North Jutland, which has a capacity of 10,700, the club finished in last place in the 2015–16 Danish Superliga and was the only team relegated to the 2016–17 Danish 1st Division. As of 31 January 2017 Note, Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules, players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Søren Kusk Calle Facius Søren Kusk Jan Østergaard Jens Hammer Sørensen Jakob Michelsen Klavs Rasmussen Jonas Dal Ove Pedersen Thomas Thomasberg Official website
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Odense Boldklub
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Odense Boldklub is a Danish professional football club based in the city Odense. The club has won three Danish championships and five Danish Cup trophies, OB play in the Danish Superliga and their home field is EWII Park in Odense on Funen. OBs clubhouse is located in Ådalen near Odense River, OB were founded on 12 July 1887 as Odense Cricketklub, with cricket the only sport. In 1889, football and tennis departments were included in the club, the club were then located in Munke Mose in Odense. OB moved to Ådalen in 1968, where the club still trains today, in 1916, OB won the province championship for the first time and qualified to the semi-final of the Danish championship. They lost this match 3–9 to later champions B.93 from Copenhagen, when the Danish championship was reorganized after the Occupation of Denmark during World War II, OB were placed in the third best league, then named the Danish 3rd Division. After good help from the top goalscorers Svend Jørgen Hansen and Jørgen Leschly Sørensen, Svend Jørgen Hansen became OBs first Danish national team player in 1942, while Jørgen Leschly Sørensen was sold to the professional Italian team Atalanta in 1949. In 1951, OB won their first medals, when the club won silver after runaway champions Akademisk Boldklub, following the early success, it went down hill for the club. OB were relegated to the second-tier Danish 2nd Division in 1955, despite promotions to the Danish 1st Division in 1957 and 1966, the club did not succeed to permanently stay in the top-flight until the promotion in 1975. It did not help that the rivals from B1909 and B1913 stayed in the top of the 1st Division in this period. The intense local rivalry culminated in 1973, when 28,000 spectators watched the 2nd Division match between De Stribede and De røde on Odense Stadion, the match is still the spectator record for an OB home game. In 1974, the club were in their first Danish Cup final, per Bartram from OB were awarded the title as Cup Fighter. In 1975, OB was once promoted to the 1st Division. This time the club had the players to be a top team in the best league under the reign of coach Richard Møller Nielsen, just two years later, OB won their first Danish championship in the 1977 season. OBs midfielder Allan Hansen was the top goalscorer in the 1st Division and he was awarded as 1977 Danish Player of the Year award, the championship win meant that OB played their first European matches in 1978. They competed in the 1978 European Cup, where they lost in the first round to Bulgarian side Lokomotiv Sofia, in 1980, OB won bronze and the Danish championship was won for the second time in 1982. As Ricard Møller Nielsens OB team were one of the teams in Danish football in this period, B1909 finished last in the 1982 1st Division. This made OB the best team of the Funen region, in 1983 OB took the cup to win their – so far – only The Double
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Randers FC
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Randers FC is a Danish professional football team based in Randers, which plays in the top-flight Danish Superliga championship. Founded on 1 January 2003, the club builds upon the license of Randers Freja, following the founding of Randers FC, the club has won the Danish Cup once. Randers plays its match at the 10, 300-capacity AutoC Park Randers, notable players that have played for the club includes Yura Movsisyan, David Ousted, and Djiby Fall. In the first season as a newly created club, Randers ended in fourth place in the Viasat Sport Division with 51 points, the captain of the Denmark national team which won UEFA Euro 1992, Lars Olsen, was coach of the team. The following year, the team ended in second place with 66 points and was promoted to the countrys best league, with only 24 points in 2004–05 season in the SAS Liga, Randers finished in last place. Randers was the first team since 1974 who managed to win the Danish Cup although playing in the second-highest league in Denmark, Tøfting was appointed Assistant Coach in November 2006. Before the start of the 2007–08 season, Randers signed former England national team player Colin Todd as its new manager, Randers started the season in great fashion, winning its first four matches. In the second half of the 2007–08 season, Randers continued to improve in the Danish league, the 2008–09 season started in promising fashion for the club, recording a 3–1 win against the local rivals AGF. Randers continued its solid start with a 1–1 a draw with Copenhagen, in the third round, Randers was to play Brøndby away, the club had never defeated Brøndby away before. Randers won 0–3 following goals from Carsten Fredgaard, Bedi Buval, after the five first rounds, Randers was still undefeated, though at the winter break Randers was placed mid-table. On 4 November 2008 Randers announced that former Danish international John Jensen would become its new manager from 1 July following the ending of Colin Todds contract. Todd, however, expressed his frustration about how Randers had dealt with the situation, Jensen ended up taking the place as manager six months before schedule due to the club having reached an agreement with the then present manager Todd. Jensen was officially announced new manager on 5 January and he started his time in Randers in great fashion, winning the first league game of the season against local rivals AGF 2–1. However, the failed to sustain the winning form when they went to draw against Vejle BK. The teams losing streak culminated in a 1–6 to Nordsjælland, the club, however, responded well to the losing streak and won its following five games, ironically setting a new club winning streak. The season ended with a 3–3 draw away against Danish champions Copenhagen, marc Nygaard claimed the golden boot for 16 goals during the season. Morten Nordstrand was later credited for a goal on penalty in the match, and also had a goal tally of 16. Randers and Faxe decided that Tøfting was not the choice as assistant manager, and, on 1 May 2009
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Vejle Boldklub
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Vejle Boldklub, founded in 1891, is a Danish professional football club from the town of Vejle. The club has won the Danish championship five times and the Danish cup title six times, the clubs homeground is Vejle Stadion in Nørreskoven since 1922. The club has played in red shirts and white shorts since 1911, the main rivals of Vejle Boldklub are AGF from Aarhus and AC Horsens from Horsens. In July 2011, Vejle Boldklub merged with Kolding FC and became Vejle Boldklub Kolding, the merger however was short lived and in June 2013 it was split into Vejle Boldklub and Kolding IF. The club was founded by 23 men from Vejle on 3 May 1891 as a cricket club, football first became a part of the clubs activities in 1902. The period from 1910 to 1920 is often referred to as Vejle Boldklub’s first golden age, in this period the club took part in the Jutland championship final seven times and won it four times in 1912,1913,1914 and 1915. About 15,000 people were seated at Vejle Stadion on 22 May 1952, one of the central players in the Vejle team was Bent Sørensen, who later went on to become the clubs first national team player. On 10 May 10,1956, VB in front of 25,000 people in Parken, Copenhagen, once again Bent Sørensen scored the winner. After this VB played in the best Danish league for 36 years, in 1958 the club won its first Danish championship, and also went on to win the Danish cup. This made VB the first club in Denmark to win the Double, among the stars in the squad was Tommy Troelsen and Henning Enoksen. Tommy Troelsen was only 17 years old when he played in the final, normally 15, 000–20,000 people attended the matches in Vejle those days. K. B. were beaten 8–3 and Odense Boldklub were sent home with a 7–2 defeat, the manager was Frits Gotfredsen and he was the man who started developing the attacking style of play that made VB the most popular club in Denmark in this period. The 1959 season also offered great moments for the history books, the biggest triumph was without a doubt the cup win against AGF. 33,000 people came to the arena to watch the match between the two great clubs from Jutland. VB won the game 1–0, but it has never been decided who scored the winner, both the ball, Henning Enoksen and a couple of AGF players were in the net. However, it was a goal and VB could celebrate the second cup win in two years. At the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960 four VB players were selected in the Danish side which won a silver medal. The four VB players were, Henning Enoksen, Tommy Troelsen, Poul Mejer, the trophy was won through great attacking football, and there was never any doubt that VB would win it
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Vendsyssel FF
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Vendsyssel FF is a Danish football club from Hjørring, Vendsyssel. It currently plays in the Danish 1st Division, the club is playing on a license from Hjørring IF, which used to belong to FC Hjørring. The club is a cooperation between Hjørring Idrætsforening and Frederikshavn fI, note, Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality, note, Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality
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