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Revision as of 17:31, 12 August 2016

FC Midtjylland
File:FC Midtjylland.png
Full nameFootball Club Midtjylland
Nickname(s)Ulvene (The Wolves)
Short nameFCM
Founded2 February 1999; 25 years ago (2 February 1999)
GroundMCH Arena, Herning
Capacity11,800
OwnerMatthew Benham
ChairmanRasmus Ankersen
ManagerJess Thorup
LeagueDanish Superliga
2015–16Danish Superliga, 3rd
WebsiteClub website
European away colours
Current season

FC Midtjylland (Danish: [ˈmid̥jylanˀ], "Central Jutland") is a professional Danish football team from Herning and Ikast in the Mid-Western part of Jutland. The team was a result of a merger between Ikast FS (which also includes tennis, badminton and handball clubs) and Herning Fremad. FC Midtjylland plays in the Danish Superliga, and won the national league for the first time in 2015.

Club history

Stadium of FC Midtjylland. MCH Arena

FC Midtjylland was founded by Johnny Rune, a carpenter and owner of a private business in the wood-supply industry, and Steen Hessel, an authorized Mercedes Benz dealer.

The two men wanted to unite the football clubs Ikast FS (founded 1935) and Herning Fremad (founded 1918) – clubs that for decades had been strong rivals, but had never played any significant role in Danish football. Ikast FS had some success in the late 70s and 80s, but that was about it. At least 10 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 press conference the next day.

In 2000 FC Midtjylland were promoted to the Danish Superliga, after a season in which the team had gathered more points than any other team in the history of the 1st division.

In July 2014, Matthew Benham (owner of English Championship side Brentford) became the majority shareholder of FC Midtjylland's parent company FCM Holding.[1] In the season 2014–15 they won the Championship in the Danish Superliga.

Scouting and developing

FC Midtjylland have generally built a reputation of finding and developing promising talents.[citation needed]

In July 2004, FC Midtjylland was the first Danish club to have its own football academy, similar to that of French side FC Nantes Atlantique.[citation needed] The academy attracts players from throughout Denmark, as well as players from a partnering club in Nigeria – F.C. Ebedei. The club has developed a network of over 100 clubs located in the western part of Jutland.[citation needed]

In 2008 Simon Kjær, a talent of the academy, was sold to U.S. Città di Palermo in Italy. The transfer fee was approximately DKK 30 million, equal to 4 million €.[2] In 2010 Sune Kiilerich, another talent of the academy, was sold to U.C. Sampdoria and Winston Reid, an academy product and New Zealand international, was sold to West Ham United F.C. for DKK 32 million, equal to 4.26 million €.[3][4] Vice-Captain Erik Sviatchenko was also sold for 1.5 million to Celtic

Stadium

In 2004 the team moved to a new stadium in Herning with a capacity of approximately 12,000 spectators. FC Midtjylland was the first Danish club to sell the stadium name to a sponsor, resulting in the name MCH Arena.

The opening match on 27 March proved to be a success with FC Midtjylland beating AB 6–0. Five of the goals were scored by Egyptian striker, former AB player Mohamed Zidan and the stadium has been nicknamed the Zidan arena.

Supporters

Black Wolves is the official fanclub of FC Midtjylland.[5] It was founded in the beginning in August 1999, as the official fanclub of Ikast FS 1993 "Yellow Flames" changed their name at an extraordinary general meeting. Ultra Boys Midtjylland is the first ultra firm in Midtjylland. It was established in 2007 and later renamed to Ultras Midtjylland. In 2014 Midtjyland got its second ultra firm, a youth department called Midtjylland Ungdom.

Recent history

Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes
2008–09 SL 4 33 16 7 10 55 46 55 3rd Round
2009–10 SL 6 33 14 5 14 41 41 47 Finalist
2010–11 SL 4 33 13 10 10 50 42 49 Finalist
2011–12 SL 3 33 17 7 9 50 40 58 1/16 Finals UEFA Europa League Third Qualifying Round
2012–13 SL 6 33 12 11 10 51 47 47 quarter-final UEFA Europa League Playoff Round
2013–14 SL 3 33 16 7 10 61 38 55 Fourth round
2014–15 SL 1 33 22 5 6 64 34 71 Fourth round UEFA Europa League Playoff Round
2015–16 SL 3 33 17 8 8 57 33 59 Fourth round UEFA Champions League Third Qualifying Round, UEFA Europa League Round of 32
2016–17 SL X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UEFA Europa League First Qualifying Round

Honours

Players

Current squad

As of 26 June 2016[6][7]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Denmark DEN Kian Hansen
3 MF Finland FIN Tim Sparv
6 DF Finland FIN Markus Halsti
7 MF Denmark DEN Jakob Poulsen
8 MF Netherlands NED Rafael van der Vaart
10 FW Austria AUT Martin Pušić
11 MF Denmark DEN Jonas Borring
13 DF Denmark DEN Alexander Munksgaard
14 FW Czech Republic CZE Václav Kadlec
16 GK Sweden SWE Johan Dahlin
17 MF Sweden SWE Kristoffer Olsson
18 DF Denmark DEN Kristian Riis
19 MF Denmark DEN Marco Larsen
20 DF Denmark DEN Rasmus Nicolaisen
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Finland FIN Kaan Kairinen
22 MF Denmark DEN Mikkel Duelund
24 FW Denmark DEN Mads Døhr Thychosen
25 GK Poland POL Patryk Wolański
26 DF Denmark DEN Patrick Banggaard
28 DF Denmark DEN André Rømer
31 GK Denmark DEN Mikkel Andersen
33 FW Nigeria NGA Paul Onuachu
35 MF Republic of the Congo CGO Glorie Rutikanga
36 MF Nigeria NGA Rilwan Hassan
42 MF Nigeria NGA Babajide David
43 DF Denmark DEN Rasmus Nissen
70 DF Czech Republic CZE Filip Novák

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
45 MF Australia AUS Awer Mabil (at Esbjerg fB until 30 June 2017)
— MF Denmark DEN Jonas Gemmer (at AC Horsens until 30 June 2017)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Nigeria NGA Musefiu Ashiru (at Skive IK until 30 June 2016)

Youth team

See: FC Midtjylland Academy

Managers

European competition history

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2001–02 UEFA Cup QR Northern Ireland Glentoran 1–1 4–0 5–1
1R Portugal Sporting Lisbon 0–3 2–3 2–6
2002–03 UEFA Cup QR North Macedonia FK Pobeda 3–0 0–2 3–2
1R Croatia NK Varaždin 1–0 1–1 2–1
2R Belgium Anderlecht 0–3 1–3 1–6
2005–06 UEFA Cup 1Q Faroe Islands B36 Tórshavn 2–1 2–2 4–3
1R Russia CSKA Moscow 1–3 1–3 2–6
2007–08 UEFA Cup 1Q Iceland Keflavík ÍF 2–1 2–3 4–4 (a)
2Q Finland FC Haka 5–2 2–1 7–3
1R Russia Lokomotiv Moscow 1–3 0–2 1–5
2008–09 UEFA Cup 1Q Wales Bangor City 4–0 6–1 10–1
2Q England Manchester City 0–1 (a.e.t) 1–0 1–1 (2–4p)
2011–12 UEFA Europa League 2Q Wales The New Saints 5–2 3–1 8–3
3Q Portugal Vitória S.C. 0–0 1–2 1–2
2012–13 UEFA Europa League PO Switzerland Young Boys Bern 0–3 2–0 2–3
2014–15 UEFA Europa League PO Greece Panathinaikos 1–2 1–4 2–6
2015–16 UEFA Champions League 2Q Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps 1–0 2–0 3–0
3Q Cyprus APOEL 1–2 1–0 2–2 (a)
UEFA Europa League PO England Southampton 1–0 1–1 2–1
Group D Italy Napoli 1–4 0–5 2nd
Belgium Club Brugge 1–1 3–1
Poland Legia Warsaw 1–0 0–1
R32 England Manchester United 2–1 1–5 3–6
2016–17 UEFA Europa League 1Q Lithuania Sūduva Marijampolė 1–0 1–0 2–0
2Q Liechtenstein FC Vaduz 3–0 2–2 5–2
3Q Hungary Videoton 1–1 (a.e.t) 1–0 2–1
PO Turkey Osmanlıspor – – –

References

  1. ^ Murtagh, Jacob (2 July 2014). "Benham remains fully committed to Bees despite Danish project". Get West London. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  2. ^ "??" (in Danish). Tipsbladet.dk. Retrieved 30 December 2015. (subscription required)
  3. ^ "Superligaens transferoverblik". Indkast.dk. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  4. ^ "BBC Sport – Football – New Zealand international Winston Reid joins West Ham". BBC News. 5 August 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Black Wolves : Homepage". Black-wolves.com. Retrieved 30 December 2015./
  6. ^ "Superligatrup | fcm". Fcm.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  7. ^ "DBU's Officielle Statistikere". Danskfodbold.com. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
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