Aarhus Gymnastikforening

AGF

Full name	Aarhus Gymnastikforening
Nickname(s)	GF, De Hvide, De Hviie(The Whites)
Short name	AGF
Founded	1880 (1880)
Ground	NRGi Park, Aarhus (Capacity: 20,032)
Chairman	Torben Bjerre-Madsen
Manager	Peter Sørensen
League	Danish Superliga
2010–11	Danish 1st Division, 1st (promoted)
Home colours Away colours

Aarhus Gymnastikforening (AGF or AGF Aarhus) is one of the oldest sport clubs in Denmark. AGF participates in a variety of activities in both individual and team sports. 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 has struggled with poor results and a string of bad management decisions since its impressive 1995–96 season. The club currently plays in the best tier of the league system, the Danish Superliga.

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). AGF has played a total of 52 matches in European Cups: 18 matches in the former European Champions' 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 December 8, 2011

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Steffen Rasmussen (captain) 2 DF Anders Nielsen 3 DF Mark Howard 4 DF Atle Roar Håland 6 DF Adam Eckersley 7 MF Stephan Petersen 8 MF Hjalte Nørregaard 9 MF Søren Berg 10 MF Martin Jørgensen (Vice-captain) 11 FW Peter Graulund 14 FW Søren Larsen 15 FW Morten Moldskred 16 DF Jens Jønsson 17 MF Osama Akharraz

No. Position Player 18 DF Arthur Sorin 20 FW Aron Jóhannsson 21 DF Jerry Lucena 22 MF Davit Skhirtladze 23 GK Emil Ousager 24 MF Gega Diasamidze 25 MF Kasper Povlsen 26 MF Emil Scheel 27 DF Anders Kure 30 FW Davit Devdariani 31 GK Anders Rasmussen 32 MF Edafe Egbedi 37 DF Mikkel Kirkeskov 38 MF Casper Sloth

• AGF have reserved squad number 12 for the fans, since the fans are the "twelfth man" on the pitch. The initiative came from members of the official fanclub.

Out on loan

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

No. Position Player 32 FW Sanel Kapidžić (on loan to FC Fredericia)

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:

• John Amdisen
• Leon Andreasen
• Søren Andersen
• Jan Bartram
• Lars Bastrup
• Morten Donnerup
• Henning Enoksen, 0 1960 Summer Olympics
• Henry From, 0 1960 Summer Olympics
• Aage Rou Jensen
• Erik Kuld Jensen, 0 1948 Summer Olympics
• Henning Jensen
• Gunnar Kjeldberg, 0Danish League topscorer (1955–56)
• Per Knudsen, 0 1948 Summer Olympics
• Bjørn Kristensen
• Michael Lumb
• Lars Lundkvist, 0Den 10 caps (1978–83)
• Johnny Mølby
• Hans Christian Nielsen, 0 1960 Summer Olympics
• Kent Nielsen
• Jørgen Olesen
• Frank Olsen, 0Den 9 caps (1979–81)
• Torben Piechnik
• Jakob Poulsen
• Flemming Povlsen
• Morten "Duncan" Rasmussen
• Troels Rasmussen
• Marc Rieper
• Kim Sander, 0Den 2 caps (1980)
• John Sivebæk
• John Stampe, 0Den 1 cap (1985)
• Brian Steen Nielsen
• Claus Thomsen
• Thomas Thorninger
• Stig Tøfting
• Bent Wolmar

• Shane Cansdell-Sherriff
• Scott Sellars
• Nando Rafael
• Dioh Williams
• Willy Scheepers
• Håvard Flo
• Jan Halvor Halvorsen
• Erik Solér
• Bojan Djordjic
• Tobias Grahn
• Kári Árnason
• Helgi Sigurðsson
• Michael Doyle
• Liam Miller
• Josta Dladla
• Benny Feilhaber
• Jeremiah White

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
1996–97	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

AGF in Europe

Up to date as of 29 August 2010

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Score
1955/56	Champions' Cup	1/8		Stade de Reims	0-2 H, 2-2 A
1956/57	Champions' Cup	Q		OGC Nice	1-1 H, 1-5 A
1957/58	Champions' Cup	Q		Glenavon FC	0-0 H, 3-0 A
		1/8		Sevilla FC	0-4 A, 2-0 H
1960/61	Champions' Cup	Q		Legia Warszawa	3-0 H, 0-1 A
		1/8		Fredrikstad FK	3-0 H, 1-0 A
		1/4		SL Benfica	1-3 A, 1-4 H
1961/62	Cup Winners' Cup	1/8		SV Werder Bremen	0-2 A, 2-3 H
1965/66	Cup Winners' Cup	1R		Vitória Setúbal	2-1 H, 2-1 A
		1/8		Celtic FC	0-1 H, 0-2 A
1979/80	UEFA Cup	1R		Stal Mielec	1-1 H, 1-0 A
		2R		FC Bayern Munich	1-2 H, 1-3 A
1983/84	UEFA Cup	1R		Celtic FC	0-1 A, 1-4 H
1984/85	UEFA Cup	1R		Widzew Łódź	0-2 A, 1-0 H
1985/86	UEFA Cup	1R		KSV Waregem	2-5 A, 0-1 H
1987/88	Champions' Cup	1R		Jeunesse d'Esch	4-1 H, 0-1 A
		1/8		SL Benfica	0-0 H, 0-1 A
1988/89	Cup Winners' Cup	1R		Glenavon FC	4-1 A, 3-1 H
		1/8		Cardiff City	2-1 A, 4-0 H
		1/4		FC Barcelona	0-1 H, 0-0 A
1992/93	Cup Winners' Cup	1R		AIK Stockholm	3-3 A, 1-1 H
		1/8		Steaua Bucharest	3-2 H, 1-2 A
1995	UEFA Intertoto Cup	Group		Górnik Zabrze	4-1 H
		Group		Karlsruher SC	0-3 A
		Group		FC Basel	2-1 H
		Group		Sheffield Wednesday	1-3 A
1996/97	Cup Winners' Cup	1R		Olimpija Ljubljana	1-1 H, 0-0 A
1997/98	UEFA Cup	2Q		Újpest FC	0-0 A, 3-2 H
		1R		FC Nantes	2-2 H, 1-0 A
		2R		FC Twente	1-1 H, 0-0 A
2001	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R		Publikum Celje	1-0 H, 1-7 A

The fans of AGF

AGFs official fan club is AGF Fanclub Aarhus, founded 9th 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), Nysir-Aarhus, AGF Fanclub Odder and Aarhus Youth (Danish: Aarhusiansk Ungdom).

External links

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