Aarhus Gymnastikforening

AGF

Aarhus Gymnastikforening Aarhus Gymnastikforening
Full name	Aarhus Gymnastikforening
Nickname(s)	GF, De Hvide (The Whites)
Short name	AGF
Founded	1880
Ground	NRGi Park, Aarhus
Capacity	21,000
Chairman	Lars Windfeld
Manager	Ove Pedersen
League	Danish Superliga
2007-08	Danish Superliga, 10th
Home colours Away colours

Aarhus Gymnastikforening (AGF or AGF Aarhus) is one of the most successful and one of the oldest sport clubs in Denmark. AGF participates in a variety of activities in both single- and teamsports. AGF is best known for its football team which has the longest streak in the Danish top division and also holds the record for most number of cup wins. However, the club have struggled with poor results and a string of bad management decisions since its impressive 1995-96 season and was finally relegated to the second division in 2006. After only one season in that division, however, they secured promotion to the Danish Superliga for the 2007-2008 season.

AGF has twice reached the quarter-final stage in European Cups: In 1961, losing to SL Benfica in the European Champion Clubs' Cup (1-4 home and 1-3 away), and in 1989, losing to FC Barcelona in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (0-1 home, 0-0 away). AGF has played a total of 52 matches in European Cups: 18 matches in the former European Champion Clubs' Cup, 18 in the Cup-Winners’ Cup (a Danish club record), 14 in the UEFA Cup and two preliminary round matches for the UEFA Cup.

Current squad

Up to date as of 2008-08-31

The players in bold have senior international caps.

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	DEN	Steffen Rasmussen (captain)
2	DF	DEN	Frederik Krabbe
4	DF	DEN	Kim Madsen
5	DF	DEN	Ole Budtz
6	DF	DEN	Ulrik Lindkvist
7	MF	DEN	Lars Pleidrup
8	MF	ISL	Kári Árnason
9	FW	LBR	Dioh Williams
10	FW	GER	Nando Rafael
11	FW	DEN	Peter Graulund
14	MF	DEN	Jakob Poulsen
15	MF	USA	Jeremiah White
16	DF	DEN	Dan Thomassen
17	MF	USA	Benny Feilhaber
18	DF	GUA	Gustavo Cabrera

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	DEN	Jens Gjesing
20	MF	DEN	Niels Kristensen
21	MF	PHI	Jerry Lucena
22	DF	DEN	Cheick Sarr
23	FW	DEN	Michael Vester
24	FW	GHA	Razak Salifu
25	MF	DEN	Kasper Povlsen
27	DF	DEN	Anders Kure
28	MF	DEN	Michael Lumb
31	GK	DEN	Jesper Rask
33	GK	DEN	Morten Hyldgaard
34	FW	DEN	Morten Beck Andersen
35	FW	DEN	Dennis Høegh
36	MF	DEN	Jesper Blicher
--	MF	GEO	Davit Devdariani
--	DF	FRA	Arthur Sorin (from 2009-01-01)

Noted players

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

• Brian Steen Nielsen
• Claus Thomsen
• Flemming Povlsen
• Frank Olsen (footballer), Den 9 caps (1979-1981)
• Hans Christian Wedelsted Nielsen, Den 25 caps (1958-1961)
• Henry From
• Henning Enoksen
• Henning Jensen
• Jan Bartram
• John Stampe, Den 1 cap (1985)
• John Sivebæk
• Johnny Mølby
• Jørgen Olesen
• Kent Nielsen
• Kim Sander, Den 2 caps (1980)
• Lars Bastrup
• Leon Andreasen
• Martin Jørgensen
• Marc Rieper
• Morten Donnerup
• Per Knudsen, Den 2 caps (1948 and 1952)
• Peter Kjær
• Stig Tøfting
• Torben Piechnik
• Troels Rasmussen
• Aage Rou Jensen

• Scott Sellars

• Liam Miller
• Michael Doyle

• Willy Scheepers

• Håvard Flo
• Jan Halvor Halvorsen
• Erik Solér

• Olof Persson

Trivia

AGF have reserved jersey number 12 for the fans, since the fans are the "twelfth man" on the pitch.

Honours

National Honours

• Danish Superliga (or equivalent)
  • Winners (5): 1954-55, 1955-56, 1956-57, 1960, 1986
  • Runners-up (8): 1920-21, 1922-23, 1924-25, 1944-45, 1964, 1982, 1984, 1995-96
  • Bronze (11): 1933, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1962, 1978, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1997,
• Danish Cup
  • Winners (9): (Danish Cup Record): 1954-55, 1956-57, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1964-65, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1991-92, 1995-96
  • Runners-up (2): 1958-59, 1989-90

Sources: [1], [2]

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
1996-1997	1D	3	33	14	10	9	75	51	52	last 16
1997-1998	1D	8	33	11	10	12	53	52	43
1998-1999	1D	10	33	11	10	12	45	55	43
1999-2000	1D	10	33	9	9	15	36	55	36
2000-2001	1D	8	33	13	5	15	54	58	44
2001-2002	1D	10	33	7	10	16	42	56	31	last 16
2002-2003	1D	10	33	10	10	13	49	59	40
2003-2004	1D	8	33	11	3	19	45	67	36
2004-2005	1D	9	33	11	6	16	47	53	39	quarter-final
2005-2006	1D	12	33	4	10	19	36	63	22	4th round	relegated
2006-2007	2D	2	30	18	5	7	58	38	59		promoted
2007-2008	1D	10	33	7	8	18	33	51	29

External links

• Official website in English
• Official website for the football department
• Official Fanclub
• GF-Forum,Unofficial messageboard
• Unofficial Fanclub

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