Aarhus Gymnastikforening
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| Full name | Aarhus Gymnastikforening | |||
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| Nickname(s) | GF, De Hvide, De Hviie (The Whites), Byens Hold (The City's Team) | |||
| Short name | AGF | |||
| Founded |
1880 (sports club) 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 | |||
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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 and 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]
AGF ended from 1949 to 1951 three times in a row as third in the 1. 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 best 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 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.
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
- Danish Football Championship
- Danish Cup
- Winners (9) - record: 1954–55, 1956–57, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1964–65, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1991–92, 1995–96
- Runners-up (3): 1958–59, 1989–90, 2015–16
International honours
- UEFA Champions League: Quarter-finals, 1961
- European Cup Winners' Cup: Quarter-finals, 1989
- The Atlantic Cup: Winner, 2018
Players
Current squad
- As of 4 October 2018[6]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Retired numbers
12 – 
List of AGF managers
- A. G. Pettersson (1919–22)
- Mr. Brown (1922–24)
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]
- Biggest victory: 13–1 against Fremad Amager, 28. October 1934
- 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.
- Most undefeated games in a row: 26 (4. November 1985 – 9. November 1986)
- Most undefeated home games in a row: 26 (19. March 1995 – 16. August 1996)
- Most home victories in a row: 15 (7. September 1952 – 10. May 1953)
- Most games in a row without a victory: 16 (9. June 1968 – 7. April 1969)
- Most lost games in a row: 11 (22. August 1968 – 3. November 1968)
- Attendance record: 23.990. AGF – Esbjerg fB 0–4, (23. October 1962)
- Most matches: John Stampe 444 matches (1977–1991)
- Most seasons: Aage Rou Jensen 19 seasons (1943–1961)
- Most titles: John Amdisen, 4 Danish Football Championships and 5 Danish Cups (1955–1965)
- Youngest player: Navid Dayyani, 16 years 244 days, (19. October 2003)
- Oldest player: Erik Boye, 39 years 59 days, (6. April 2003)
Recent history
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 10 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
| Rank | Team | Points |
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| 249 |  | 5.370 |
| 250 |  | 5.300 |
| 251 | | 5.300 |
| 252 |  | 5.225 |
| 253 |  | 5.210 |
References
- ↑ "Mindernes Allé". www.agffodbold.dk. Archived from the original on 17 June 2009. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
- ↑ "Ungarsk magi på banen". Århus Stiftstidende. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
- ↑ "Verdens bedste kom forbi". Agffodbold.dk. Archived from the original on 2012-05-27. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
- ↑ www.haslund.info – Bedste rćkke – Guld, sřlv og bronze Archived 2 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ www.haslund.info – Pokalturneringen – Finalehold Archived 2 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ AGF squad, agf.dk
- ↑ "Rangliste 1927–2012". Haslund.info. Archived from the original on 8 August 2010.
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