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AGF

Full name	Aarhus Gymnastikforening
Nickname(s)	GF, De Hvide, De Hviie (The Whites), Byens Hold (The City's Team)
Short name	AGF
Founded	1880; 139 years ago (1880) (sports club) 1902; 117 years ago (1902) (football team)
Ground	Ceres Park, Aarhus
Capacity	20,032
Chairman	Jacob Nielsen
Manager	David Nielsen
League	Danish Superliga
2017–18	Danish Superliga, 10th
Website	Club website
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. However AGF is best known for its football team, which was introduced in 1902.

AGF has won 5 Danish Football Championships and a record 9 Danish Cups. In 1961 AGF reached the quarterfinal of the European Cup. In 1989 AGF again reached a European quarterfinal this time in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

History

AGF played its first football match against Aarhus Idrætsklub Olympia in November 1902, a 5–2 loss. Six years later, the club 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 home matches at the newly build Aarhus Stadion, where the club has played ever since. In 1941, the club moved from the clubhouse at Dalgas Avenue to Fredensvang in the suburb Viby.^[1]
For three seasons in a row from 1949-51 AGF finished in third place in the top division. 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 and five Danish Cups.^[2] 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 same tournament where it lost to eventual tournament winners Benfica.^[3] AGF was relegated to the 2. division in 1968 and in 1973 but returned to the 1. division in 1976. This was the start of 30 years in the top division.

The introduction of professional football in Denmark had a big influence on the success 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 B 93 in the last game of the season sending the championship to Odense Boldklub. In 1984 AGF was again close to clinching the championship but lost it by a single 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^{[clarification needed]} 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. In 2000, Peter Rudbæk was fired after seven years as manager. From 2000 onwards, the club experienced some of its worst ever results, which led to relegations in the 2005–06, 2009–10 and 2013–14 season. Each time, however, the club secured a quick return to the top-flight.

In the summer of 2014, AGF appointed Jacob Nielsen as its new director. Nielsen had been successful as director of Randers where he had managed to secure fine economic results. AGF also hired a new sporting director and Morten Wieghorst as manager. On 6 December 2015, however, Nielsen announced that Wieghorst was fired and that former Danish champion Glen Riddersholm was hired as his replacement.

With Glen Riddersholm as manager AGF finished the 2015-16 season in tenth place having won 3 games, drawn 7, and lost 5 in the remainder of the season. AGF qualified for 2016 cup final losing 2-1 to FC Copenhagen. In the 2016-17 season AGF finished 11th after having played relegation play-off matches in the new league structure introduced that season.

On 30 September 2017 Riddersholm was fired due to inconsistent results. At that point AGF was 7th in the league having started the 2017-18 season with 4 wins, 5 defeats, and 2 draws. Riddersholm's last match was a 5-1 win against FC Helsingør. New manager was David Nielsen who started with 4 consecutive league defeats but finished the season in 7th place after losing a European play-off final against FC Copenhagen 4-1.

Supporters

AGF's official fan club is AGF Fanclub Aarhus, founded on 9 November 1992. AGF also has several unofficial fan clubs, such as 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).

Honours

National honours

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  Danish Football Championship
  
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    Winners (5): 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1960, 1986
    
  
  
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    Runners-up (8): 1920–21, 1922–23, 1924–25, 1944–45, 1964, 1982, 1984, 1995–96
    
  
  
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    Bronze (11): 1932–33, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1962, 1978, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1996–97
    
  
  


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  Danish Cup
  
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    Winners (9) – record: 1954–55, 1956–57, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1964–65, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1991–92, 1995–96
    
  
  
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    Runners-up (3): 1958–59, 1989–90, 2015–16
    
  
  

Sources:^[4][5]

International honours

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  European Cup/UEFA Champions League
  
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    Quarter-finalists (1): 1960–61
    


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  European Cup Winners' Cup
  
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    Quarter-finalists (1): 1988–89
    


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  The Atlantic Cup
  
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    Winners (1): 2018
    

Players

Current squad

As of 11 January 2019^[6]

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 Óscar Whalley 2 DF Dino Mikanović 3 DF Niklas Backman (captain) 5 DF Frederik Tingager 7 MF Jakob Ankersen 8 MF Mustafa Amini 9 FW Ryan Mmaee (on loan from Standard Liège) 10 MF Martin Spelmann 11 MF Tobias Sana 13 DF Alexander Munksgaard 14 MF Jens Stage (vice-captain) 16 DF Casper Højer Nielsen 17 MF Adama Guira 18 DF Jesper Juelsgård

No. Position Player 19 FW Mustapha Bundu 20 FW Patrick Mortensen 21 FW André Riel 22 MF Benjamin Hvidt 24 MF Youssef Toutouh 29 MF Bror Blume 31 GK Kasper Thiesson Kristensen 33 DF Daniel Thøgersen 34 MF Nimo Gribenco 35 MF Kasper Lunding 37 DF Sebastian Hausner 44 FW Magnus Kaastrup 73 GK Kamil Grabara (on loan from Liverpool)

Retired numbers

12 – AGF Fanclub Aarhus

List of AGF managers

^{[citation needed]}

• A. G. Pettersson (1919–22)


• Mr. Brown (1922–24)


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  Harald Hansen (1925–27)


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  Alfred Rasmussen (1927–31)


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  Fritz Molnar (1932–35)


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  William von Würden (1936–37)


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  Søren Jensen (1938–39)


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  Knud Aage Andersen (1939–40)


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  Gerhard Müller (1941–51)


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  Peter Vesterbak (1952–54)


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  Géza Toldi (1954–56)


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  Peter Vesterbak (1956–58)


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  Walther Pfeiffer (1959–60)


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  Géza Toldi (1960–64)


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  Henry From (1965–66)


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  Erik Kuld Jensen (1967–68)


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  Kaj Christensen (1969–73)


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  Jimmy Strain (Denmark) (1974)


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  Henry From (1974–75)


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  Jørn Bjerregaard (1976)


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  Erik Christensen (1977–79)


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  Poul Erik Bech (1980–83)


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  Jürgen Wähling (1984–86)


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  Jens Harmsen (1986)


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  Allan Hebo Larsen (1987–88)


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  Jens Harmsen (1989)


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  Ole Brandenborg (1990)


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  Lars Lundkvist (1990–93)


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  Peter Rudbæk (1993–00)


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  Lars Lundkvist & Kent Nielsen (2000)


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  Ove Christensen (2000–01)


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  John Stampe (2001–02)


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  Hans Petersen (2002)


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  Poul Hansen (2002–03)


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  Sören Åkeby (1 January 2004 – 31 December 2005)


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  Brian Steen Nielsen & Jesper Tollefsen (2005)


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  Ove Pedersen (1 January 2006 – 31 December 2008)


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  Erik Rasmussen (1 January 2009 – 20 May 2010)


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  Peter Sørensen (1 July 2010 – 26 February 2014)


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  Jesper Fredberg (27 February 2014 – 30 May 2014)


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  Morten Wieghorst (30 May 2014 – 5 December 2015)


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  Glen Riddersholm (6 December 2015 – 30 September 2017)


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  David Nielsen (2 October 2017 – present)

Records

Since 1927, AGF has played 68 seasons at the highest level in Danish football, which is a record. AGF has also played 1.632 matches in the best danish football league which also is a record.^[7]

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  Biggest victory: 13–1 against Fremad Amager, 28. October 1934


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  Biggest defeat: 0–9 against B 93, 7. April 1946, 0–9 against B 1913 20. October 1940 and 0–9 against KB, 15. September 1968.


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  Most undefeated games in a row: 26 (4. November 1985 – 9. November 1986)


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  Most undefeated home games in a row: 26 (19. March 1995 – 16. August 1996)


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  Most home victories in a row: 15 (7. September 1952 – 10. May 1953)


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  Most games in a row without a victory: 16 (9. June 1968 – 7. April 1969)


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  Most lost games in a row: 11 (22. August 1968 – 3. November 1968)


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  Attendance record: 23.990. AGF – Esbjerg fB 0–4, (23. October 1962)


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  Most matches: John Stampe 444 matches (1977–1991)


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  Most seasons: Aage Rou Jensen 19 seasons (1943–1961)


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  Most titles: John Amdisen, 4 Danish Football Championships and 5 Danish Cups (1955–1965)


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  Youngest player: Navid Dayyani, 16 years 244 days, (19. October 2003)


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  Oldest player: Erik Boye, 39 years 59 days, (6. April 2003)

Recent history

^{[citation needed]}

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-finals
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-finals	relegated
2014–15	2D	2	33	17	10	6	59	33	61	3rd round	promoted
2015–16	1D	10	33	8	13	12	47	49	37	runner-up
2016–17	1D	11	36	12	9	15	51	50	45	quarter-finals
2017–18	1D	7	36	14	9	13	45	49	51	3rd round

AGF In European Competition

AGF's first competitive European match was on September 21, 1955, in the 1955-56 European Cup, dropping a 0-2 decision to France's Stade Reims, eventually losing on aggregate 2-4 in the first round. Since then, the club has participated in numerous UEFA competitions, advancing as far as the quarter-finals of the 1960-61 European Cup and 1988-89 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

UEFA club coefficient ranking

As of 06.06.2017, Source: [1]

Rank	Team	Points
249	FC Botoşani	5.370
250	FK Sarajevo	5.300
251	AGF	5.300
252	FC Torpedo Zhodino	5.225
253	Anorthosis Famagusta FC	5.210

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to AGF.

• Official website in English


• Official website for the football department