Aarhus Gymnastikforening

AGF
	Aarhus Gymnastikforening
Full name	Aarhus Gymnastikforening
Nickname(s)	GF, De Hvide, De Hviie(The Whites)
Short name	AGF
Founded	1880; 144 years ago
Ground	NRGi Park, Aarhus
Chairman	Torben Bjerre-Madsen
Manager	TmT (footballer)
League	Danish Superliga
2010–11	Danish 1st Division, 1st (promoted)

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

As March 7, 2012^[1]

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)
3	DF	ENG	Mark Howard
4	DF	NOR	Atle Roar Håland
6	DF	ENG	Adam Eckersley
7	MF	DEN	Stephan Petersen
8	MF	DEN	Hjalte Nørregaard
9	MF	DEN	Søren Berg
10	MF	DEN	Martin Jørgensen
11	FW	DEN	Peter Graulund
14	FW	DEN	Søren Larsen
15	FW	NOR	Morten Moldskred
16	DF	DEN	Jens Jønsson
17	MF	DEN	Osama Akharraz


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	FRA	Arthur Sorin
20	FW	ISL	Aron Jóhannsson
21	DF	PHI	Jerry Lucena
22	MF	GEO	Davit Skhirtladze
23	GK	DEN	Emil Ousager
25	MF	DEN	Kasper Povlsen
26	MF	DEN	Emil Scheel
27	DF	DEN	Anders Kure
30	FW	GEO	Davit Devdariani
31	GK	DEN	Anders Rasmussen
32	FW	NGA	Edafe Egbedi
37	DF	DEN	Mikkel Kirkeskov
38	MF	DEN	Casper Sloth

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
32	FW	DEN	Sanel Kapidžić (on loan to FC Fredericia)

Retired numbers

12 – AGF Fanclub Aarhus

Notable former players

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

Hans Christian Nielsen, 1960

Managers

A. G. Pettersson (1919-22)
Mr. Brown (1922-24)
Harald Hansen (1925-27)
Alfred Rasmussen (1927-31)
Fritz Molnar (1932-35)
William von Würden (1936-37)
Søren Jensen (1938-39)
Knud Aage Andersen (1939-40)
Gerhard Müller (1941-51)
Peter Vesterbak (1952-54)
Géza Toldi (1954-56)
Peter Vesterbak (1956-58)
Walther Pfeiffer (1959-60)

Géza Toldi (1960-64)
Henry From (1965-66)
Erik Kuld Jensen (1967-68)
Kaj Christensen (1969-73)
Jimmy Strain (1974)
Henry From (1974-75)
Jørn Bjerregaard (1976)
Erik Christensen (1977-79)
Poul Erik Bech (1980-83)
Jürgen Wähling (1984-86)
Jens Harmsen (1986)
Allan Hebo Larsen (1987-88)
Jens Harmsen (1989)

Ole Brandenborg (1990)
Lars Lundkvist (1990–93)
Peter Rudbæk (1993–00)
Lars Lundkvist & Kent Nielsen (2000)
Ove Christensen (2000–01)
John Stampe (2001–02)
Hans Petersen (2002)
Poul Hansen (2002–03)
Sören Åkeby (2003–05)
Brian Steen Nielsen & Jesper Tollefsen (2005)
Ove Pedersen (2006–08)
Erik Rasmussen (2009–10)
Peter Sørensen (2010–)

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^[2]

European Champion Clubs' Cup / UEFA Champions League

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1955/56	1/8	Stade de Reims	0-2	2-2	2–4
1956/57	Q	OGC Nice	1-1	1-5	2–6
1957/58	Q	Glenavon FC	0-0	3-0	3–0
	1/8	Sevilla FC	2-0	0-4	2–4
1960/61	Q	Legia Warszawa	3-0	0-1	3–1
	1/8	Fredrikstad FK	3-0	1-0	4–0
	1/4	SL Benfica	1-4	1-3	2–7
1987/88	1R	Jeunesse d'Esch	4-1	0-1	4–2
	1/8	SL Benfica	0-0	0-1	0–1

UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1979/80	1R	Stal Mielec	1-1	1-0	2–1
	2R	FC Bayern Munich	1-2	1-3	2–5
1983/84	1R	Celtic FC	1-4	0-1	1–5
1984/85	1R	Widzew Łódź	1-0	0-2	1–2
1985/86	1R	KSV Waregem	0-1	2-5	2–6
1997/98	2Q	Újpest FC	3-2	0-0	3–2
	1R	FC Nantes	2-2	1-0	3–2
	2R	FC Twente	1-1	0-0	1–1

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1961/62	1/8	SV Werder Bremen	2-3	0-2	2–5
1965/66	1R	Vitória Setúbal	2-1	2-1	4–2
	1/8	Celtic FC	0-1	0-2	0–3
1988/89	1R	Glenavon FC	3-1	4-1	7–2
	1/8	Cardiff City	4-0	2-1	6–1
	1/4	FC Barcelona	0-1	0-0	0–1
1992/93	1R	AIK Stockholm	1-1	3-3	4–4
	1/8	Steaua Bucharest	3-2	1-2	4–4
1996/97	1R	Olimpija Ljubljana	1-1	0-0	1–1

Intertoto Cup

Season	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1995	Group	Górnik Zabrze	4–1	–	–
	Group	Karlsruher SC	–	0–3	–
	Group	FC Basel	2–1	–	–
	Group	Sheffield Wednesday	–	1–3	–
2001	1R	Publikum Celje	1–0	1–7	2–7

The fans of AGF

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

References

^ "Truppen" (in Danish). AGF. Retrieved 2011-12-08.
^ "EUROPÆISK STATISTIK" (in Danish). superstats.dk. Retrieved 2010-08-29.

External links

[1] "Truppen" (in Danish). AGF. Retrieved 2011-12-08.

[2] "EUROPÆISK STATISTIK" (in Danish). superstats.dk. Retrieved 2010-08-29.

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