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Viborg

Full name	Viborg Fodsports Forening
Nickname(s)	The Greens
Short name	VFF
Founded	1 April 1896; 122 years ago (1896-04-01)
Ground	Viborg Stadion, Viborg
Capacity	9,566
Managing Director	Morten Jensen
Head Coach	Steffen Højer
League	Danish 1st Division
2017–18	Danish 1st Division, 4th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Viborg Fodsports Forening ("Viborg Footsport Association"), or Viborg F.F. and VFF for short, is a Danish professional football club based in Viborg. The club was founded in 1896, but would have to wait more than a century before winning its only national trophy, the 2000 Danish Cup.

History

Viborg FF was founded in 1896, with several other sports apart from football - among other things were gymnastics, cricket, field hockey, boxing, athletics, skiing, weight-lifting, and wrestling.

The first big sporting highlight of the club came in 1924, when Viborg FF won the championship in Mesterrækken (The Champion Division), which were the best regional division in Jutland. A big title win at the time when, among others, AGF were a dominating club in Jutland.

Following the championship, Viborg dropped somewhat out of the picture, but never more than the club has always been on the Danish footballing map. It was a big relief for the club when it was promotion to the national competitions (4th Division) for the first time in 1959, following many closely missed attempts at qualification. One of the players taking part in the promotion was Erik Bundgaard, whose 421 matches for VFF is still club record.

Except for a couple of seasons in the start of the 1970s, Viborg has not been relegated to a tournament lower than the national competitions since 1959. Though the country's best league have been domicile for Viborg, during the last couple of years the club has been moving up and down between the country's two best leagues.

The finest achievements of the club came in the 1999–2000 season, where the Superliga bronze medals were missed by the smallest margin. Instead, the team was celebrated as winner of the Danish Cup, the DONG Cup. They then added the Danish Super Cup, beating champions Herfølge Boldklub in a penalty shoot out.

Colours and badge

Viborg F.F.'s colours are green and white.

Stadium

Viborg plays its home matches at Viborg Stadion, which has a capacity of 9,566 spectators, all seated. The biggest stand is the eastern stand (2,792 seats) and the smallest is the southern (2,040 seats). The field size is 105 x 68 m, the same size as the national stadium, Parken. The light is 1200 lux. The sound comes from an Ascon PA-system. There is undersoil heating installed at the venue, which UEFA has approved as an international stadium.

Supporters

Viborg FF has no official fanclub. A former official fanclub is The Green Pride. It was one of the largest in Denmark with over 500 members. There is a small continuation of The Green Pride active in Viborg to this day.

The first ultra group was established in 2002, when a group of young adults established Fanatikos. In 2004 a new group, Shamrock Ultras, was born.

Players

Current squad

As of 7 February 2019.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 2 DF Alexander Fischer 3 DF Mikkel Knudsen 4 DF Jacob Dehn Andersen 5 DF Nikko Boxall 6 DF Oliver Fredsted 7 MF Oliver Thychosen 8 FW Mikkel Agger 9 FW Morten Beck Guldsmed 10 MF Jeff Mensah 11 MF Emil Scheel 13 MF Jeppe Grønning 14 FW Jung-Bin Park 15 FW Andreas Albers 16 FW Nicklas Røjkjær

No. Position Player 17 DF Jacob Bonde 19 MF Casper Gandrup 21 FW Mikkel Vestergaard 23 MF Christian Sivebæk 24 DF Simon Trier 25 GK Ingvar Jónsson 27 FW Christian Moses 29 MF Frederik Brandhof 30 DF Nikolaj Leth 31 MF Tobias Bech Kristensen 32 MF Mads Kjellerup 33 MF Sebastian Mourier 48 GK Lucas Lund Pedersen — GK Can Dursun

Retired numbers

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  22 Søren Frederiksen, Forward, (1989–94, 1995–96, 1998, 2001–05)

Academy

Managerial history

Name Nationality Years Harald Hansen 1926–27 Axel Holm 1930–31 Sofus Nielsen 1932–33 Charlie Pohl 1933–35 Arnold Thisted 1935–37 Valdemar Bodilsen 1937–38 Emil Asmussen 1940–41 Willy Henriksen 1942–44 Valdemar Bodilsen 1945–47 Poul Snedker 1947–49 Aksel Larsen 1949–50 Svend H. Mønster 1950–53 Walter Presch 1953–54 Harry Albertsen 1954–55 Svend H. Mønster 1955–56 Walter Presch 1956–57 Karlo Niilonen 1958–60 Leo Nielsen 1961–63 Rudi Strittich 1964 Erik Schou 1965 Knud Schou 1966–68 Jim Magill 1969 Robert Andreasen 1970–71 Kaj Stærk 1972–74 Eduard Bründl 1975

Name Nationality Years Bent Martin 1976 Erik Bundgaard 1977–79 Svend Hugger 1980–81 Eduard Bründl 1982–83 Erik Bundgaard 1984 Jens Tang Olesen 1984–87 Hans Ove Andersen 1988–89 Peter Rudbæk 1990–93 Roald Poulsen 1993–94 Ole Skouboe 1994 Viggo Jensen 1995 Ove Christensen 1995–99 Kim Poulsen July 1, 1999–Oct 23, 2001 Søren Kusk 2001–03 Benny Lennartsson 2003 Ove Christensen July 1, 2003 – June 30, 2006 Tommy Møller Nielsen Feb 2, 2006–Nov 9, 2007 Anders Linderoth Dec 1, 2006–Nov 30, 2007 Hans Eklund Nov 26, 2007–April 8, 2009 Søren Frederiksen April 8, 2009 – June 30, 2009 Lars Søndergaard July 3, 2009–Nov 24, 2010 Steffen Højer & Søren Frederiksen (interim) Nov 24, 2010–June 30, 2011 Ove Christensen July 1, 2011 – January 31, 2014 Auri Skarbalius Feb 1, 2014–June 30, 2015 Johnny Mølby July 1, 2015–Aug 2, 2017 Steffen Højer Aug 2, 2017–Present

Achievements

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  Danish Cup:
  
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    Winners (1): 1999-2000


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  Danish Super Cup:
  
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    Winners (1): 2000

Recent history

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Notes
1996-97	1D	11	33	6	11	16	31	58	29		relegated
1997-98	2D	1	30	20	7	3	72	29	67		promoted
1998-99	1D	8	33	13	5	15	61	59	44
1999-00	1D	4	33	15	7	11	56	50	52	winner
2000-01	1D	6	33	13	7	13	52	42	46	semi-final
2001-02	1D	8	33	10	11	12	46	45	41	last 16
2002-03	1D	8	33	11	10	12	58	55	43	semi-final
2003-04	1D	7	33	11	9	13	47	44	42	quarter-final
2004-05	1D	7	33	13	9	11	43	45	48	4th round
2005-06	1D	4	33	15	9	9	62	43	54	5th round
2006-07	1D	9	33	8	5	20	34	64	29	semi-final	promoted
2007-08	SL	11	33	5	5	23	29	68	39	2nd round	relegated
2008-09	1D	4	30	17	3	10	59	40	54	third round
2009-10	1D	7	30	10	14	6	30	26	44	fourth round
2010-11	1D	11	30	9	6	15	37	43	33	fourth round
2011-12	1D	4	26	10	10	6	45	34	40	fourth round
2012-13	1D	1	33	17	11	5	60	30	62	second round	promoted
2013-14	SL	12	33	6	10	17	38	63	28	third round	relegated
2014-15	1D	1	33	17	14	2	47	20	65	first round	promoted
2015-16	SL	8	33	11	7	15	34	42	40	fourth round

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Viborg FF.

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  Viborg FF - official site


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  Viborg FF Fans - official supporter club site