danish professional football club
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Football club

Football Club Nordsjælland, normally known as FC Nordsjælland, Nordsjælland ( danish pronunciation : [ ˈnoɐ̯ɕeˌlænˀ ] ) or FCN, is a master Danish football team from the North Zealand town of Farum. Founded as Farum Boldklub from the fusion of the township ‘s two football clubs Farum IK and Stavnsholt BK in 1991, the golf club changed its name to FC Nordsjælland in 2003. [ 6 ] FCN plays in the Danish Superliga, winning its first decoration in the 2002–03 season, taking third station. Since then, the Wild Tigers have made four appearances in Europe under both the old UEFA Cup format in 2003–04, 2008–09 and in the UEFA Europa League during the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons. In 2010, the cabaret won its first danish Cup [ 7 ] and successfully defended it the follow year in 2011, beating Midtjylland in both finals. [ 6 ] [ 8 ] FCN won the 2011–12 danish Superliga in May 2012 which qualified the team to participate in the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League. Nordsjælland plays its home matches at Right to Dream Park, which has a capacity of 10,100 of which 9,800 seat and 300 stand spectators. [ 4 ] [ 9 ]

history [edit ]

Farum BK ( 1991–2003 ) [edit ]

refer to caption Farum Boldklub badge. Established on 1 January 1991 from the fusion of two football clubs, Farum Idræts Klub ( formed in 1910 ) and Stavnsholt Boldklub af 1974, [ 3 ] [ 6 ] both from the former Farum municipality ( now consolidated with Værløse as the Furesø municipality ), Farum BK would become one of the few successful mergers in Danish football, but not without controversy. [ 6 ] The club was an enterprise of Farum residents [ 10 ] including mayor Peter Brixtofte, who took a personal sake in the club by arranging sponsorship. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] The cabaret kit out colours became a combination of the two merged clubs, the red and blank of Stavnsholt with the chicken and gloomy of F.I.K. combined into a kit with yellow and loss leach shirts and darkness blue shorts and socks, which is however used in some shape to this day. Colours were not the lone thing the newly formed baseball club inherited, as Thomas Andreasen who had been with Stavnsholt BK was carried over into the newly Farum police squad, Andreasen would go on to make a record 295 appearances, playing from the Denmark Series all the way to the Danish Superliga, until his departure from the clubhouse in 2007. [ 10 ] Farum BK was placed in the second group of the Denmark Series, the one-fourth tier in the Danish football pyramid, though it gained promotion to the first group after the club ‘s inaugural temper. [ 6 ] Jørgen Andersen, a erstwhile goalkeeper for Hvidovre, took over as the golf club ‘s first oral sex coach in 1992. The clubhouse stayed in the Denmark Series first group for six years. Under the guidance of director Jørgen Tideman, who took over in 1994, Farum qualified for promotion into the 2nd Division in the 1997–98 season and subsequently turned professional for the beginning clock in golf club history. [ 6 ] [ 10 ] Farum ‘s first full season as a master club was a fruitful one, edging out Aalborg Chang and Skive by one luff, gaining promotion for the second meter in two years into the 1st Division. [ 6 ] The club ‘s meteoric rise was slowed at inaugural with the new challenge of playing in the danish second tier, though it was not stopped however, ending the 1999–2000 crusade with a estimable eighth-place finish, winning the like number of games as it lost. Farum, however, remained ineffective to make any screen of impingement in the danish Cup, having lost in the beginning round for the previous three years since making its debut in the tournament in the 1997–98 season. The following year saw some progression in both the league and cup, improving on the former year ‘s coating by finishing fifth, three spots and nine points behind second-placed promotion winners Vejle, deoxyadenosine monophosphate well as breaking out of the first round of the danish Cup to finally fall to Fremad Amager in the third round following a 2–1 loss. With the 2001–02 season, unconventional bus Christian Andersen was brought in to manage the team, building on the bridgehead the club had gained in the 1st Division. Jeppe Tengbjerg played a pivotal function, brought in from B.93 the previous year. He scored 16 goals, becoming Farum ‘s circus tent goalscorer of the season and third gear overall in the league. The team went on to earn promotion into the Superliga after finishing in moment place, 11 points net of third-placed Sønderjylland, one degree behind first-place winners Køge, scoring a team total of 69 goals, the highest in the division that season, and losing alone four games. Farum ‘s 2002–03 appearance in the top flight of danish football would be its first and last under the Farum BK appoint. It ended the season in one-third place, qualifying for the UEFA Cup for the first time in its history. [ 6 ] The club ‘s accomplishment, however, was overshadowed by the scandal involving Peter Brixtofte, who had arranged for the municipality to intentionally overpay for social welfare services bought from individual companies that in return would sponsor the Farum football team. [ 6 ] [ 11 ] [ 13 ] Brixtofte was forced to step down as chair and the club came close to bankruptcy. [ 10 ]

FC Nordsjælland ( 2003–present ) [edit ]

refer to caption The full-time score at Farum Park. In March 2003, Farum BK was bought by AKP Holding, the holdings ship’s company of local anesthetic businessman Allan K. Pedersen, and in an feat to distance the club from the Brixtofte scandal, Farum BK was re-branded as FC Nordsjælland, [ 10 ] named after the North Zealand ( danish : Nordsjælland ) region to clarify the club was to represent both the region american samoa well as the town in which the club is based. [ 6 ] To reinforce the condition as a regional team, a net of local football clubs from the surrounding area was created, consisting of around 66 teams, with the aim to highlight new talent in the region and bring it to national attention via FC Nordsjælland. The network is known as Fodbold Samarbejde Nordsjælland ( FSN ). [ 3 ] [ 6 ] The club ‘s irregular class in the Superliga, first as Nordsjælland, struggled to improve on the former class ‘s excursion. With its worst goal remainder since turning master, not one FCN player ended in the circus tent ten goal scorers, fighting to avoid delegating for most of the season, ending the campaign in ninth place. The Wild Tiger fans, however, were rewarded with european football with the club ‘s first appearance in the UEFA Cup ; it beat armenian team Shirak 6–0 on aggregate in the qualify round, but were eliminated in the first round by Greek team Panionios. [ 6 ] Christian Andersen was sacked at the end of the 2003–04 season, replaced by Johnny Petersen as head coach. The following two years under Johnny Petersen were spent avoiding relegation, with no achiever to speak of in either the Superliga or danish Cup. Petersen ‘s reign was not wholly imperfectly, as he was noted for creating a thoroughly young team and the emergence of players Mads Junker and Anders Due. For the 2006–07 season, Morten Wieghorst was promoted from adjunct to head bus, [ 12 ] a position the erstwhile Celtic player would retain for five years. Wieghorst ‘s first dilemma in charge of FCN was to fill the gap left by top scorer Mads Junker, sale to Dutch side Vitesse the previous winter. Morten Nordstrand came in on a free from nearby Lyngby after scoring 29 goals in the 1st Division that previous temper. Nordstrand would go on to make an moment impact, topping the goal scorers charts for the first half of the 2006–07 season and earning himself a address astir to the Denmark national team. [ 12 ] Helping the club to a fifth-place finish up, Nordstrand ended the season with 18 goals after appearing in every league match that season. danish champions Copenhagen purchased the actor at the end of the temper for a then criminal record 15 million danish norwegian krone, becoming the largest transfer fee always paid for a player between two danish clubs. With lower-than-average attendance and issues silent arising from the Brixtofte scandal, president Allan Kim Pedersen confirmed there had been discussions to move the club north to Hillerød, where it would be able expand to other sports such as internal-combustion engine field hockey and basketball. [ 14 ] The move, however, never materialized. Nordsjælland would find itself in a similar placement the follow season, again having sold its star striker Martin Bernburg to Copenhagen. The team only managed a ninth-place end, yet qualified for the UEFA Cup for the second clock via the UEFA Respect Fair Play rankings. [ 6 ] 2008–09 would become a good year for the Wild Tigers in terms of cup competitions, making it to the quarter-finals in the danish Cup for the second prison term in its history, and improving on its previous european outing with wins over TVMK Tallinn and Queen of the South, though belated being knocked out by greek side Olympiacos 0–7 aggregate. [ 6 ] In October 2008, Allan K. Pedersen sold FC Nordsjælland from AKP Holding to himself for a report 500,000 danish norwegian krone, shortly before his holding company went bankrupt, a monetary value Pedersen, however, denies. Following an investigation from his creditors, it was found that the sale was forced through without the bank ‘s consent, and that the value for which the golf club was sold was besides gloomy, which ultimate reduced the finances the creators received for the sale. FCN was reevaluated to be worth 35 million norwegian krone at the time of sale. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] [ 17 ] The case has gone to the Supreme Court and is yet to be resolved ; it speculated that it could take one-to-four years. [ 18 ] The 2009–10 temper saw Nordsjælland lift its beginning trophy, the danish Cup. FCN was not drawn against another Superliga team until the quarter-final meet with Silkeborg, where it won 3–1 in extra time. The team would go on to front Midtjylland in Nordsjælland ‘s first cup final examination, winning in extra time [ 6 ] 2–0 with goals from raw signing Nicolai Stokholm and Bajram Fetai, [ 19 ] and qualifying for european contest in the newly remodeled UEFA Europa League. The team would repeat this feat the follow season, facing Midtjylland once again in the finals of the danish Cup and winning the trophy for the second clock [ 6 ] with a 3–2 succeed. This would be Morten Wieghorst ‘s last trophy with the Wild Tigers, however ; he moved to manage the Denmark under-21 national team at the end of the 2010–11 political campaign.

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Kasper Hjulmand was named Wieghorst ‘s successor in June 2011, promoted from the coaching staff. [ 6 ] In planning for the 2011–12 season, the early Lyngby head coach brought in two danish internationals in Mikkel Beckmann ( from relegated Randers ) and Patrick Mtiliga ( on a spare from Málaga ). FCN sought to improve on the former temper ‘s sixth-place finish up and to defend its Danish Cup claim for the irregular year running. It would go on to play in the Europa League for second year in a rowing, exiting the rival in the third passing round after losing to Sporting CP 2–1 aggregate, which had besides eliminated Nordsjælland from Europe the previous season. [ 6 ]
FCN celebrating the championship FCN started the new temper in dependable shape, peaking ampere gamey as second in the Superliga, and an undefeated play at home in all competitions until 30 October, including an impressive 0–0 draw with portuguese side Sporting CP, making the start of the 2011–12 campaign one of its best starts in late years. For the first meter in club history, a sum of five players were called up to the Denmark national team [ 6 ] to face Sweden and Finland in November : Mikkel Beckmann, Andreas Bjelland and debutantes Tobias Mikkelsen, Jesper Hansen and Jores Okore. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] [ 22 ] FCN ended the season as Superliga champions for the first time in its history. [ 6 ]
FCN against Juventus in the UEFA Champions League In 2012–13, for the first time FCN participated in the UEFA Champions League, where it was drawn into a difficult group alongside defending champions Chelsea, Serie A champions Juventus and ukrainian Premier League champions Shakhtar Donetsk. FCN played all its home matches at the Danish home stadium, Parken. It gained one point from the group degree – playing 1–1 against Juventus at home thanks to a direct free-kick finish from Beckmann. In the last group match, a controversial goal from Luiz Adriano became the talking point of the couple .

Players [edit ]

current team [edit ]

As of 22 December 2021[23][24]

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

young person players in use [edit ]

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Out on lend [edit ]

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Leaving players [edit ]

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Incoming players [edit ]

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retired numbers [edit ]

erstwhile players [edit ]

club captains [edit ]

Since 2001, seven players have held the side as clubhouse captain for Farum BK or FC Nordsjælland. The beginning recorded captain was Michael Elbæk. All recorded captains to date have been of danish nationality. The captain to have lifted the most trophies for FCN is Nicolai Stokholm, who won the danish Cup on two occasions. Stokholm is besides the current and longest-serving captain, having taken over from Henrik Kildentoft when the former arrived at the club in 2009 .

stadium [edit ]

Nordsjælland plays its home matches in Right to Dream Park, which has a capacity of 10,100 attendances ( 9,800 seated ). The stadium is the first in Denmark with artificial turf .

club officials [edit ]

As of 10 January 2017[29][30]
Administration
  • Chairmen: Tom Vernon
  • Financial director: Carsten Pedersen
  • Administration management: Ole Palmå
  • Commercial director: Hanne Rolighed
  • Sporting director: Carsten V. Jensen
  • Technical director: Flemming Pedersen
  • Sporting administration: Michael Nyegaard
  • Media officer: Kristoffer Skadhauge
  • Head of youth department: Kenneth Rasmussen
  • FCN academy leader: Jan Laursen
  • FCN affiliate clubs: Dan Pedersen
Coaching and medical staff
  • Head coach: Flemming Pedersen
  • Assistant manager: Frank Hjorteberg
  • Assistant manager: Dramani Mas-Ud Didi
  • Player coach: Michael Essien
  • Fitness coach: Mathias Zangenberg
  • Goalkeeping coach: Pablo Moreno
  • Head team Assistant: Jacob Schwabe
  • Physiotherapists: Jacob Penalver & Joachim Dilling
  • Doctor: Jesper Petersen
  • Dietician: Lars Skotte

managerial history [edit ]

Key

* Served as caretaker manager.
† Served as caretaker manager before being appointed permanently.

Honours [edit ]

National tournaments [edit ]

Runners up (1): 2001–02
Runners up: 1996

International tournaments [edit ]

friendly tournaments [edit ]

Season results [edit ]

FC Nordsjælland in european rival [edit ]

FC Nordsjælland ‘s inaugural competitive european equal was on 14 August 2003, in the 2003–04 UEFA Cup, beating Shirak F.C. 4–0 at home. In total, the club has participated in european competitions in seven different seasons, reaching deoxyadenosine monophosphate far as the Group stage of the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League. however, as of August 2018, they have never qualified for the group degree after starting from a qualifying attack. [ 34 ]

Fodbold Samarbejde Nordsjælland [edit ]

refer to caption Fodbold Samarbejde Nordsjælland badge for clubs in the FSN network.

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The Fodbold Samarbejde Nordsjælland ( Football Cooperation North Zealand or FSN in short ) is a net of affiliate clubs headed by FC Nordsjælland, in which to highlight talent, youth development, cooperation and community in the North Zealand region. Where club participating receive benefits from FCN such as loan moves, friendlies, tickets to games, trade, coach visits, training camps and coaching courses. In return, FC Nordsjælland get access to a large scouting network of young person players, which has helped develop many young endowment to become young person internationals, who have gone on to play professionally in the danish Superliga and beyond. FSN has besides played an important function in the attendance rebel in Farum Park .

Affiliated clubs [edit ]

As of 6 February 2013[35]
  • Allerød FK
  • Alsønderup IF
  • Ålholm Fodbold
  • Ølsted IF
  • Ølstykke FC
  • Ballerup IF
  • BFC Lundegården
  • Blistrup SI
  • Brødeskov IF
  • Blovstrød IF
  • BSV
  • Dalby IF
  • Dragør BK
  • Døllefjelde Musse IF
  • Elite 3000
  • Espergærde IF
  • FA 2000
  • Farum BK
  • Faxe Ladeplads IF
  • FC Holte
  • FC Jonstrup
  • FIF Hillerød
  • Frederikssund IK
  • Frem Hellebæk
  • G77 Gundsømagle
  • Gilleleje FK
  • Gørløse SI
  • Grantoften IF
  • Græsted IF
  • Gundsølille IF
  • Gundsømagle 77
  • Gurre IK
  • Hasle IF
  • Hørsholm-Usserød IK
  • Helsinge Fodbold
  • Helsingør IF
  • Hillerød GI
  • Hornbæk IF
  • Humlebæk BK
  • Hundested IK
  • IF Skjold Birkerød
  • IS Skævinge
  • Jyllinge FC
  • Jægersborg BK
  • Kalundborg GB
  • Karlebo IF
  • KBK Hillerød
  • Kirke Hyllinge IF
  • Kirke Værløse IF
  • KFUM Roskilde
  • Kr. Værløse IF
  • Lolland-Falster Alliancen
  • Lynge Uggeløse IF
  • Måløv BK
  • NB Bornholm
  • Nordstevns GI
  • Nødebo IF
  • Nivå Kokkedal FK
  • Oppe Sundby IF
  • ORI Fodbold
  • Raklev GI
  • Ramløse Fodbold
  • Skovshoved IF
  • Slangerup og Omegns IF
  • Slangslunde-Ganløse IF
  • Snekkersten IF
  • Store Lyngby IF
  • Tikøb IF
  • Uvelse IF
  • Værløse BK
  • Vejby-Tisvilde Fodbold