FC Midtjylland

danish association football club based in Herning

football club
FC Midtjylland ( danish : [ ˈmitjyˌlænˀ ], “ central Jutland ” ) is a danish professional football club based in Herning and Ikast in the midwestern function of Jutland. The club is the consequence of a amalgamation between Ikast FS and Herning Fremad. Midtjylland competes in the Danish Superliga, which they have won three times, most recently in 2020.

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Club history [edit ]

FC Midtjylland was founded by Johnny Rune, a carpenter and owner of a private commercial enterprise in the wood-supply industry, and Steen Hessel, an authorized Mercedes-Benz principal. [ 1 ] The two men wanted to unite the football clubs Ikast FS ( establish 1935 ) and Herning Fremad ( establish 1918 ) – clubs that for decades had been impregnable rivals, but had never played any significant character in Danish football. Ikast FS had some achiever in the late 1970s and ’80s and made three danish Cup final appearances, but had never been a top team in the Danish league. At least ten years had passed with the two clubs being unable to agree on a amalgamation, but on 6 April 1999, a deal was finalised and announced at a bid conference the adjacent day. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In 2000, Midtjylland were promoted to the top-flight Danish Superliga after a temper in which the team had gathered more points than any other team in the history of the first division. In July 2014, Matthew Benham ( owner of English club Brentford ) became the majority stockholder of Midtjylland ‘s parent company FCM Holding. [ 4 ] In the 2014–15 season, they won the Danish football backing for the first gear time. late on, they won two league titles in 2017–18 and 2019–20, then qualified to the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League group phase for the beginning clock time in their history. [ 5 ]

Scouting and developing [edit ]

Midtjylland have built a repute of finding and developing promise talents, and have a highly see young academy. [ 6 ] In July 2004, Midtjylland was the first gear danish club to establish their own football academy, like to that of french side Nantes. [ 7 ] The academy attracts players from throughout Denmark, equally well as players from FC Ebedei, a partner club in Nigeria. The club has developed a network of over 100 clubs located in the westerly separate of Jutland. [ 8 ] In 2008, danish centre-back Simon Kjær, a talent of the academy, was sold to Palermo for a transplant tip of approximately DKK30 million ( €4 million ). [ 9 ] In 2010, Sune Kiilerich, another endowment of the academy, was sold to Sampdoria, while Winston Reid, an academy product and New Zealand international, was sold to West Ham United for DKK32 million ( €4.26 million ). [ 10 ] [ 11 ] In 2016, vice-captain Erik Sviatchenko was sold for £ 1.5 million to Celtic. [ 12 ] other luminary sales of academy products include Pione Sisto to Celta Vigo, Rasmus Nissen to Ajax, Andreas Poulsen to Borussia Mönchengladbach and Mikkel Duelund to Dynamo Kyiv.

stadium [edit ]

In 2004, the team moved to a new stadium in Herning with a capacity of approximately 12,000 spectators. Midtjylland was the first danish baseball club to sell the stadium naming rights to a sponsor, resulting in the identify “ SAS Arena ” which has since been changed to MCH Arena. The stadium ‘s open catch was on 27 March ; it proved to be a success, with Midtjylland beating AB 6–0. Five of the goals were scored by egyptian striker Mohamed Zidan .

Supporters [edit ]

Black Wolves is the official fanclub of FC Midtjylland. [ 13 ] It was founded in the beginning of August 1999, as the official fanclub of Ikast FS 1993 “ scandalmongering Flames ” changed their diagnose at an extraordinary cosmopolitan meeting. Ultra Boys Midtjylland is the first extremist firm in Midtjylland, established in 2007 and late renamed Ultras Midtjylland. In 2014, Midtjyland got its irregular extremist firm, a young person department called Midtjylland Ungdom. The club ‘s main rival is Viborg FF, the bowler hat is claimed to be the second gear biggest in Denmark after FC København and Brøndby IF .

late history [edit ]

Honours [edit ]

Players [edit ]

stream team [edit ]

As of 31 August 2021[14][15]

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

Out on lend [edit ]

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

Youth team [edit ]

luminary erstwhile players [edit ]

1990s

2000s

2010s

Coaches [edit ]

FC Midtjylland in european rival [edit ]

FC Midtjylland ‘s first competitive european equal was on 9 August 2001 in the 2001–02 UEFA Cup, playing Northern Ireland ‘s Glentoran to a 1–1 draw in the first leg of the Qualifying Round before ultimately advancing to the First Round where they were eliminated by Sporting CP. In 2016 Midtjylland reached the Round of 32 of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League, where they achieved a 2–1 home victory over Manchester United but would end up losing 6–3 on sum following the second leg .

UEFA club coefficient ranking [edit ]

As of 24 May 2021[16]

Rank
Team
Points

99
Rijeka
13.500

100
Ferencváros
13.500

101
Midtjylland
13.500

102
Saint-Étienne
13.000

103
Nice
13.000