AGF

Full name	Aarhus Gymnastikforening
Nickname(s)	GF, De Hvi'e (The Whites)
Short name	AGF
Founded	1880
Ground	NRGi Park, Aarhus (Capacity: 21,000)
Chairman	Jan Christensen
Manager	Erik Rasmussen
League	Danish Superliga
2008-09	Danish Superliga, 6th
Home colours Away colours

Aarhus Gymnastikforening (AGF or AGF Aarhus) is historically one of the most successful and 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 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 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 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.

[edit] Current squad

Up to date as of 3 July 2009^[1]

No. Position Player 1 GK Steffen Rasmussen (captain) 2 DF Frederik Krabbe 3 DF Mark Howard 4 DF Kim Madsen 5 DF Anders Nielsen 6 DF Ulrik Lindkvist 7 MF Lars Pleidrup 9 FW Dioh Williams 10 FW Nando Rafael 11 FW Peter Graulund 14 MF Jakob Poulsen 15 MF Jeremiah White 16 DF Dan Thomassen 17 MF Benny Feilhaber 18 DF Arthur Sorin (on loan to Sedan) 19 MF Jens Gjesing

No. Position Player 20 MF Niels Kristensen 21 MF Jerry Lucena 23 GK Anders Rasmussen 24 MF Kristian Lassen 25 MF Kasper Povlsen 27 DF Anders Kure 28 MF Michael Lumb 30 MF Davit Devdariani 31 GK Jesper Rask 32 FW Sanel Kapidžić 34 DF Alexander Jackson Møller 35 FW Dennis Høegh 36 MF Jesper Blicher (on loan to Næstved BK) 37 DF Mikkel Kirkeskov 38 MF Casper Sloth

[edit] Notable former players

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

[edit] Trivia

AGF have reserved jersey number 12 for the fans, since the fans are the "twelfth man" on the pitch. The initiative came from members of the official fanclub.

[edit] Honours

[edit] 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]

[edit] International Honours

• UEFA Champions League: Quarter Finals 1961
• European Cup Winners' Cup: Quarter Finals 1989

[edit] Achievements

• 65 seasons in the Highest Danish League
• 9 seasons in the Second Highest Danish League

[edit] Recent history

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Notes
1996-1997	1D	3	33	14	10	9	75	51	52	last 16
1997-1998	1D	8	33	11	10	12	53	52	43
1998-1999	1D	10	33	11	10	12	45	55	43
1999-2000	1D	10	33	9	9	15	36	55	36
2000-2001	1D	8	33	13	5	15	54	58	44
2001-2002	1D	10	33	7	10	16	42	56	31	last 16
2002-2003	1D	10	33	10	10	13	49	59	40
2003-2004	1D	8	33	11	3	19	45	67	36
2004-2005	1D	9	33	11	6	16	47	53	39	quarter-final
2005-2006	1D	12	33	4	10	19	36	63	22	4th round	relegated
2006-2007	2D	2	30	18	5	7	58	38	59		promoted
2007-2008	1D	10	33	7	8	18	33	51	29
2008-2009	1D	6	33	13	6	14	39	44	45

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website in English
• Official website for the football department
• Official Fanclub
• GF-Forum,Unofficial messageboard
• Unofficial Fanclub