Aarhus Gymnastikforening

Infobox Football club
clubname = AGF


fullname = Aarhus Gymnastikforening
nickname = GF, De Hvide (The Whites)
short name = AGF
founded = 1880
ground = NRGi Park, Aarhus
capacity = 21,000
chairman = Lars Windfeld
manager = Ove Pedersen
league = Danish Superliga
season = 2007-08
position = Danish Superliga, 10th
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Aarhus Gymnastikforening (AGF or AGF Aarhus) is one of the most successful and one of the oldest sport clubs in Denmark. AGF participates in a variety of activities in both single- and teamsports. 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 have struggled with poor results and a string of bad management decisions since its impressive 1995-96 season and was finally relegated to the second division in 2006. After only one season in that division, however, they secured promotion to the Danish Superliga for the 2007-2008 season.

AGF has twice reached the quarter-final stage in European Cups: In 1961, losing to SL 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 Champion Clubs' 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 2008-08-31" [cite web|url=http://www.agffodbold.dk/docs/holdet/Holdet_Visspillere.asp|title=AGF Fodbold Holdet|publisher=AGF Aarhus|language=Danish|accessdate=2007-01-31]

The players in bold have senior international caps.

fs player|no=1|nat=DNK|name=Steffen Rasmussen|pos=GK (captain)

Noted players

AGF has a long list of players, many of whom have represented the Danish national football team, some of the most memorable are listed here:
* Bjørn Kristensen
* Brian Steen Nielsen
* Claus Thomsen
* Flemming Povlsen
* Frank Olsen (footballer), Den 9 caps (1979-1981)
* Hans Christian Wedelsted Nielsen, Den 25 caps (1958-1961)
* Henry From
* Henning Enoksen
* Henning Jensen
* Jan Bartram
* John Stampe, Den 1 cap (1985)
* John Sivebæk
* Johnny Mølby
* Jørgen Olesen
* Kent Nielsen
* Kim Sander, Den 2 caps (1980)
* Lars Bastrup
* Leon Andreasen
* Martin Jørgensen
* Marc Rieper
* Morten Donnerup
* Per Knudsen, Den 2 caps (1948 and 1952)
* Peter Kjær
* Stig Tøfting
* Torben Piechnik
* Troels Rasmussen
* Aage Rou Jensen

*flagicon|Norway Håvard Flo
*flagicon|Norway Jan Halvor Halvorsen
*flagicon|Norway Erik Solér

*flagicon|Netherlands Willy Scheepers

*flagicon|England Scott Sellars

*flagicon|Ireland Liam Miller
*flagicon|Ireland Michael Doyle

Trivia

AGF have reserved jersey number 12 for the fans, since the fans are the "twelfth man" on the pitch.

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, 1989-90Sources: [http://www.haslund.info/danmark/dt/mestre.asp] , [http://www.haslund.info/danmark/pt/vindrang.asp]

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

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References

External links

* [http://www.agffodbold.dk/docs/indhold/default.asp?id=42 Official website in English]
* [http://www.agffodbold.dk Official website for the football department]
* [http://www.agf-fanclub.dk Official Fanclub]
* [http://www.gf-forum.dk GF-Forum,Unofficial messageboard]
* [http://www.morethanaclub.dk Unofficial Fanclub]

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