Silkeborg IF

There were many vital matches in the 1993–94 season, but perhaps the most important game for Silkeborg was the tournament's third round match at home against Brøndby. Just before the game, the team's big name Jakob Kjeldberg had been sold to Chelsea,[1] and when Brøndby put themselves ahead 2–0 early in the game, it looked difficult for the home team. But Silkeborg totally turned the match upside down and won 4–2 in front of an enthusiastic audience.[2] During the rest of autumn, SIF delivered one attractive game after another. The team lost only 2 of 18 matches and finished the autumn in 1st place.

The playoffs were a thrilling affair. The superior play in the autumn was followed by a more calculating style. Away from home, SIF ran into a few serious defeats, but, in turn, Silkeborg Stadion was a fortress. Here, SIF won six out of seven games and conceded only one goal. In the second-to-last round, SIF could secure the championship with an away win against the only remaining competitor, Copenhagen. Silkeborg fans flocked to the national arena, Parken Stadium, where the match was witnessed by the largest crowd in history of the Danish Superliga, namely 26,679.[3] The many visiting SIF fans, however, witnessed SIF scoring the first goal of the match but eventually losing 1–4.

The situation before the final round was that SIF should provide a better result than Copenhagen to become champions. At home, SIF played Aalborg BK and won 2–0 on two goals by leading scorer Heine Fernandez. In Odense, OB obtained a lead over Copenhagen in the 2nd half and won 3–2 on a goal in injury time, securing SIF the championship.

Kjær

Zivkovic

Larsen

Bruun

Ottosen

Juhl

Wael

Røll

Pedersen

Poulsen

Pedersen

The 11 starters of the final in the 2000–01 Danish Cup

In 2001, Silkeborg won the Danish Cup with a 4–1 victory against league rivals AB. Behind 0–1 at half-time, the team scored 4 times in the second half of the match by Brian Pedersen, Thomas Poulsen and 2 from Henrik Pedersen. Steven Lustü, who later would become a prominent player for Silkeborg, played the entire game for AB. The following years' results were not very impressive. After the cup victory, the club sold Henrik Pedersen to Bolton Wanderers, Peter Kjær to Beşiktaş and Thomas Røll to Copenhagen. At the same time, Morten Bruun, the player with most caps to his name in the club history, retired. In 2003, the team was relegated to the 1st Division, but returned to the Superliga the following year. For two seasons in a row, the team finished eighth in the league with 12 teams, but in 2007 the team was again relegated. When former player Troels Bech returned to the club as head coach in 2009, however, he transformed the team and helped the club to promotion. Silkeborg finished fifth in the league in 2011, the best result in 15 years.

In the 2018-19 Danish 1st Division Silkeborg IF were crowned champions of the First Division for a third time, ensuring a return to the Danish Superliga for the 2019-20 season following a one year absence.

Danish Striker Ronnie Schwartz was the league’s top scorer for Silkeborg with 17 league goals registered; sharing the golden boot with Roskilde’s Emil Nielsen.

They secured the league title with 61 points, only 1 point clear of nearest rivals Viborg FF ensuring an automatic return to the Superliga.

• Intertoto Cup:
  • Winners (1): 1996

As of 3 June 2020[4]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Oscar Hedvall 3 DF Milan Massop 4 DF Kees Luijckx 5 DF Svenn Crone 6 DF Frederik Møller 7 MF Jeppe Okkels 8 MF Vegard Leikvoll Moberg 9 FW Shkodran Maholli 10 MF Magnus Mattsson 11 FW Emil Holten 14 MF Mark Brink 15 MF Gustav Dahl 17 MF Mads Kaalund

No. Position Player 18 MF Pelle Mattsson 19 MF Nicolai Vallys 21 MF Mads Emil Madsen 22 MF Valance Nambishi 23 MF Filip Lesniak (on loan from AaB) 24 DF Jeppe Gertsen 25 DF Anders Hagelskjær 26 MF Rasmus Carstensen 27 MF Sebastian Jørgensen 29 FW Júnior Brumado (on loan from FC Midtjylland) 30 GK Rafael Romo 31 FW Alexander Lind 32 DF Frederik Alves

• Viggo Jensen (1987–92)
• Bo Johansson (1992–94)
• Bo Nielsson (1994)
• Frank Petersen (1995)
• Preben Elkjær (1995–96)
• Sepp Piontek (1997–99)
• Benny Johansen (1999–01)
• Morten Bruun (2001–02)
• Viggo Jensen (July 2002 – Oct 2006)
• Peder Knudsen (Oct 2006 – Dec 2008)
• Preben Lundbye (2007)
• Troels Bech (Jan 2009 – June 2012)
• Keld Bordinggaard (July 2012 – Nov 2012)
• Viggo Jensen (Nov 2012 – June 2013)
• Jesper Sørensen (July 2013 – December 2014)
• Kim Poulsen (December 2014 – September 2015)
• Peter Sørensen (September 2015 – August 2018)
• Michael Hansen (August 2018 – May 2019)
• Kent Nielsen (June 2019–

Competitive matches only. To matches played March 22, 2017.[5]

#	Name	Career	Goals
1	Henrik Pedersen	1995–2001 and 2008–2012	96
2	Heine Fernandez	1990–1998	96
3	Rajko Lekić	2003–2004 and 2008–2011	76
4	Christian Holst	2008–2014	47
5	Jesper Thygesen	1994–1998 and 2000–2003	45
6	Iddi Alkhag	2001–2007	41
7	Michael Hansen	1991–1996 and 2006–2007	39
8	Morten Bruun	1988–2001	35
9	Ole Skov	1988–1992	35
10	Nocko Joković	1996–1999	33
11	Peter Lassen	1999–2000	33
12	Allan Reese	1991–1997	32
13	Hans Erfurt	1987–1994	31
14	Marvin Pourie	2011–2013	29
15	Jesper Bech	2004–2014	28

Competitive matches only. To matches played March 22, 2017.[6]

#	Name	Career	Appearances
1	Morten Bruun	1988–2001	424
2	Bjarne Jensen		348
3	Dennis Flinta	2005–2007 and 2009–present	329
4	Ingvar Johansen	1979–1993	325
5	Arne Skovbo		308
6	Kurt Nielsen		307
7	Peter Kjær	1993–2001	291
8	Christian Duus	1991–2005	283
9	Henrik Pedersen	1995–2001 and 2008–2012	270
10	Michael Larsen	1992–2003	269
11	Thomas Poulsen	1997–2006	255
12	Brian Skaarup	−1991	254
13	Heine Fernandez	1990–1998	246
14	Jørgen Hansen		245
15	Jesper Thygesen	1994–1998 and 2000–2003	245