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{{short description|Danish footballer and manager (born 1952)}}
{{For|the Danish racing driver|Allan Simonsen (racing driver)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name                = Allan Simonsen
| image               = Allan Simonsen 20121027.JPG
| caption             = Simonsen in 2012
| full_name           = Allan Rodenkam Simonsen
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1952|12|15}}
| birth_place         = [[Vejle]], Denmark
| height              = 1.65 m
| position            = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| youthyears1         =
| youthclubs1         =
| years1              = 1971–1972
| clubs1              = [[Vejle Boldklub|Vejle]]
| caps1               = 42
| goals1              = 16<ref name="vbstat">Simonsen played a total 208 league games and scored 86 league goals, according to his [http://www.vejle-boldklub.dk/index.php?gammel_spillere=5992 Vejle Boldklub profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402095210/http://www.vejle-boldklub.dk/index.php?gammel_spillere=5992 |date=2 April 2015 }}. He played 166 league matches and scored 70 league goals from 1983 to 1989, according to [http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/19468.html National-Football-Teams.com]. This leaves 42 league games and 16 goals from 1971 to 1972.</ref>
| years2              = 1972–1979
| clubs2              = [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]]
| caps2               = 178
| goals2              = 76<ref name="fd"/>
| years3              = 1979–1982
| clubs3              = [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
| caps3               = 98
| goals3              = 31<ref name="nft" />
| years4              = 1982–1983
| clubs4              = [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]]
| caps4               = 16
| goals4              = 9<ref name="nft"/>
| years5              = 1983–1989
| clubs5              = [[Vejle Boldklub|Vejle]]
| caps5               = 166
| goals5              = 70<ref name="vbstat"/>
| totalcaps           = 500
| totalgoals          = 202
| nationalyears1      = 1971–1972
| nationalteam1       = [[Denmark national under-21 football team|Denmark U-21]]
| nationalcaps1       = 6
| nationalgoals1      = 0<ref name="dbu"/>
| nationalyears2      = 1972–1986
| nationalteam2       = [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]]
| nationalcaps2       = 55
| nationalgoals2      = 20<ref name="dbu"/>
| manageryears1       = 1991–1994
| managerclubs1       = [[Vejle Boldklub|Vejle]]
| manageryears2       = 1994–2001
| managerclubs2       = [[Faroe Islands national football team|Faroe Islands]]
| manageryears3       = 2001–2004
| managerclubs3       = [[Luxembourg national football team|Luxembourg]]
| manageryears4       = 2011–2013
| managerclubs4       = [[FC Fredericia|Fredericia]] (General manager)
| manageryears5       = 2013
| managerclubs5       = [[FC Fredericia|Fredericia]] (caretaker)
}}

'''Allan Rodenkam Simonsen''' (born 15 December 1952) is a Danish former [[association football|footballer]] and manager. He most prominently played as a [[striker (association football)|striker]] for German [[Bundesliga]] club [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]], winning the 1975 and 1979 [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]]s, as well as for [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] in Spain, winning the 1982 [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|Cup Winners' Cup]]. Simonsen is the only footballer to have scored in the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]], UEFA Cup, and Cup Winners' Cup finals. Simonsen was named 1977 [[European Footballer of the Year]].

For the [[Denmark national football team|Denmark national team]], Simonsen was [[cap (sport)|capped]] 55 times, scoring 20 goals. He represented Denmark at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]], [[1984 UEFA European Football Championship|1984 European Championship]] and [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986 World Cup]] tournaments. He was voted into the [[Denmark national football team#Hall of Fame|Danish Football Hall of Fame]] in November 2008.

==Club career==
===Vejle===
Born in [[Vejle]], Simonsen started playing football with Vejle FC, before he joined the youth team of local top-flight club [[Vejle Boldklub|Vejle BK]] (VB) in 1963.<ref name="hof"/> He made his senior debut for VB on 24 March 1971 in a 3–1 home win against [[KB Karlskoga FF|Karlskoga FF]].<ref name="vb">{{Cite web|url=https://vejle-boldklub.dk/|title=Vejle Boldklub – Topfodbold i Regionen}}</ref> He won the 1971 and 1972 [[Danish football champions|Danish championship]] with the club, as well as the 1972 [[Danish Cup]] to complete [[Double (association football)|The Double]]. Following an impressive three goals in six matches at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]], Simonsen moved to Germany to play professionally for defending [[Bundesliga|German Bundesliga]] champions [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]].

===Borussia Mönchengladbach===
[[File:Allan Simonsen (1976).jpg|thumb|upright|left|Simonsen with Borussia Mönchengladbach in 1976]]
In his first two seasons with Borussia Mönchengladbach, Simonsen had a hard time,<ref name="hof"/> as he only played a combined 17 games and scored two goals. However, he was part of the team which won the [[1972–73 DFB-Pokal|1972–73 German Cup]] trophy. He broke into the [[starting line-up]] for the [[1974–75 Bundesliga|1974–75 season]]. He played all 34 games of the season, and scored 18 goals as Mönchengladbach won the Bundesliga championship. Simonsen also scored ten goals in 12 games in the international [[1974–75 UEFA Cup]] competition, including two goals in the [[1975 UEFA Cup Final|5–1 final victory]] against [[FC Twente|Twente]]. In the following season, Simonsen scored 16 goals as Mönchengladbach regained the Bundesliga in the [[1975–76 Bundesliga|1975–76 season]]. He scored four goals in six games of the international [[1975–76 European Cup]] competition, before Mönchengladbach were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Spanish team [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]] on the [[away goals rule]].<ref name="fd">{{Cite web|url=https://www.fussballdaten.de/person/allan-simonsen/|title=Allan Simonsen - Trainer|website=Fussballdaten}}</ref>

1977 was the greatest year in Simonsen's career. In the [[1976–77 European Cup]], Simonsen helped Mönchengladbach to the [[1977 European Cup Final]] against English team [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]].<ref name="fd"/> In the final, Simonsen scored a memorable goal from a powerful shot to level the game at 1–1, but Mönchengladbach eventually lost 3–1.<ref name="hof"/> He was subsequently named the 1977 [[European Footballer of the Year]], becoming the first Danish player to win that award. The race was tight, Simonsen edged past English forward [[Kevin Keegan]] by three points and French midfielder [[Michel Platini]] by four points to win the prestigious prize. The win was notable in that Simonsen's native Denmark was not among the top footballing nations in the 1970s, leaving little room for him to impress at the international tournaments.<ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.francefootball.fr/FF/ballon_or/bo_1977.html 1977 – ALAN SIMONSEN – UN DANOIS POUR L'HISTOIRE] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061128105915/http://www.francefootball.fr/FF/ballon_or/bo_1977.html |date=28 November 2006 }}, ''[[France Football]]'', #1,655, 27 December 1977</ref>

In the following two Bundesliga seasons, Simonsen continued his prolific goalscoring, as Mönchengladbach finished second and eighth respectively. He won another international trophy with Mönchengladbach in 1979, when he scored eight goals in eight games to guide the club to the final games of the [[1978–79 UEFA Cup]]. He scored the deciding goal in the 2–1 [[1979 UEFA Cup Final]] win against [[Red Star Belgrade]].<ref name="fd"/> Simonsen had been approached by Spanish club [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] in 1978, but Mönchengladbach refused to let him go. Instead, Simonsen waited for his contract to expire and moved to Barcelona in 1979, rejecting offers from [[Hamburger SV]], [[Juventus FC|Juventus]], and several [[Arabia]]n clubs.<ref name="worm">Tonny Worm, [http://www.information.dk/166956 Farvel til Catalonien], Information, 26 September 2008</ref>

===Barcelona===
Simonsen spent three successful seasons with Barcelona.<ref name="hof"/> In his first Barcelona season, Simonsen was the top goal scorer of the team with ten goals in 32 games,<ref>[http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=plan&IDEquipo=5&IDTemporada=079&IDDivision=1 F.C. Barcelona – Liga BBVA Squad season 1979–1980] at [[Liga de Fútbol Profesional|LFP]]</ref> as Barcelona finished in fourth place in the [[1979–80 La Liga]] season. The following season saw several new players at Barcelona, and the club won the 1981 [[Copa del Rey]]. Simonsen's ten goals saw him as third top goalscorer behind new players [[Quini]] (20) and [[Bernd Schuster]] (11),<ref>[http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=plan&IDEquipo=5&IDTemporada=080&IDDivision=1 F.C. Barcelona – Liga BBVA Squad season 1980–1981] at [[Liga de Fútbol Profesional|LFP]]</ref> as Barcelona finished in fifth place in the [[1980–81 La Liga]] season. Simonsen was second goal scorer behind Quini,<ref>[http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=plan&IDEquipo=5&IDTemporada=081&IDDivision=1 F.C. Barcelona – Liga BBVA Squad season 1981–1982] at [[Liga de Fútbol Profesional|LFP]]</ref> as the club finished second in the [[1981–82 La Liga]] season. He also helped Barcelona reach the final of the continental [[1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup]] competition. In the [[1982 European Cup Winners' Cup Final|2–1 final victory]] against [[Standard Liège]],<ref>James M. Ross, [https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec198182.html European Cup Winners' Cup 1981–82], [[RSSSF]], 9 January 2008</ref> Simonsen scored the deciding goal on a header to help Barcelona lift the trophy.<ref name="hof"/>

===Charlton Athletic===
When Barcelona signed Argentinian forward [[Diego Maradona]] in 1982, Spanish league restrictions meant Simonsen was to compete with Maradona and Bernd Schuster for only two places allowed for foreign players in each starting line-up. Simonsen saw it as a personal insult, and asked Barcelona for his contract to be annulled.<ref name="worm"/> He made a shock move to [[Football League Second Division|English Second Division]] side [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]] for £300,000 in October 1982.<ref name="fourfourtwo"/> He rejected offers from Real Madrid and [[Tottenham Hotspur]], in order to play for a club with less stress and attention.<ref name="worm"/> Despite scoring nine times in 16 appearances, the club had trouble funding his transfer and wages after three months, and he was put up for sale.<ref name="fourfourtwo">[http://fourfourtwo.com/blogs/fourfourtwoview/archive/2009/06/13/the-transfers-that-rocked-the-world-part-iv.aspx The transfers that rocked the world: Part IV]. His £1,300 per week wages had not been paid, and as a result, he was free to leave the club for nothing.</ref> His £1,300 per week wages had not been paid, and as a result, he was free to leave the club for nothing.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 December 2023 |title=Forgotten EFL: When Charlton Athletic Signed a Ballon d’Or Winner - The Real EFL |url=https://therealefl.co.uk/2023/12/23/forgotten-efl-when-charlton-athletic-signed-a-ballon-dor-winner/ |access-date=26 December 2023 |language=en-GB}}</ref> Simonsen then chose to return to his childhood club VB in 1983.

===Return to Vejle===
He missed the last half of the 1984 season for VB because of an injury he sustained at the [[UEFA Euro 1984|1984 European Championship]], but the club managed to win the 1984 Danish championship without him. He returned as a profile of the top-flight [[Danish football champions#1st Division .281946.E2.80.931990.29|Danish 1st Division]], but never reached his former form.<ref name="hof"/> Simonsen retired from football in 1989 at age 37, and played his last game for VB in November 1989. He played a total 282 games and scored 104 goals, including 208 games and 89 goals in the league, for Vejle Boldklub.<ref name="vb"/>

==International career==
Simonsen debuted for the [[Denmark national football team|Danish national team]] under manager [[Rudi Strittich]] in the July 1972 [[friendly match]] against [[Iceland national football team|Iceland]]. He scored two goals as Denmark won 5–2, and Simonsen was included in the Danish squad for the [[1972 Summer Olympics]]. At the Olympics, he scored three goals in the first three matches to help Denmark advance beyond the first group stage. In the second group stage, Simonsen ran out of steam and he was substituted at half time in two of the last three games as Denmark were eliminated.<ref name="dbu">[http://www.dbu.dk/landshold/landsholdsdatabasen/PlayerInfo/3497&allmatch=1#match Allan Simonsen – Alle hold (Alle kampe)] at [[Danish Football Association]]</ref>

He played a crucial part for the Danish national team under manager [[Sepp Piontek]], in Denmark's qualifying campaign for the 1984 European Championship. Denmark trailed [[England national football team|England]] in their [[UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying Group 3|qualifying group]] by a single point with a game in hand before the two teams met at England's home ground [[Wembley Stadium]] in September 1983. Simonsen scored one of the most important Danish goals ever in this game, as he converted a [[Penalty kick (association football)|penalty kick]] against English goalkeeper [[Peter Shilton]].<ref name="hof"/> The 1–0 win eventually secured the Danish national team qualification for their first international tournament since the 1972 Olympic Games, and the first European Championship participation since the [[1964 UEFA European Football Championship|1964 tournament]]. It effectively ended England's hopes of qualification for the tournament,<ref>{{YouTube|QwpkNtDspr0}}</ref> as was confirmed by Denmark's later victory against Greece. Simonsen subsequently finished third in the vote for the 1983 European Footballer of the Year award.<ref>José Luis Pierrend, [https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy83.html European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1983], [[RSSSF]], 26 March 2005</ref>

The 1984 European Championship main tournament was a short experience for Simonsen, as he broke his leg in a challenge by [[Yvon Le Roux]] in Denmark's first match against [[France national football team|France]].<ref name="hof"/> Even without Simonsen, Denmark reached the semi-finals. He was once more a part of the Danish national team at the 1986 World Cup, Denmark's first World Cup participation. He only played a single match at the tournament, coming on as a substitute against
West [[Germany national football team|Germany]], as younger players had surpassed him. He played a farewell match against [[Germany national football team|Germany]] in September 1986 before ending his national team career.<ref name="dbu"/>

Simonsen played a total 55 games for the Danish national team and scored 20 goals, according to the [[Danish Football Association]].<ref name="dbu"/> However, some sources chose to include Simonsen's appearance in a February 1981 charity match, to tally his national team career as 21 goals in 56 games.<ref name="hof">[http://www.sportenshalloffame.dk/Default.aspx?ID=50 Allan Simonsen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426084854/http://www.sportenshalloffame.dk/Default.aspx?ID=50 |date=26 April 2013 }} at Danish Sports Hall of Fame</ref> The match was [[Italy national football team|Italy]] vs. Europe for the benefit of the [[1980 Irpinia earthquake|Irpinia earthquake]] victims. Simonsen started the game, scored a goal, and was substituted at half time as Europe won 3–0.<ref>Maurizio Mariani, [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/ital-intres1980.html Italy – International Matches 1980–1989], [[RSSSF]], 6 June 2002</ref>

==Managerial career==
Following his retirement, Simonsen went on to coach his former club Vejle Boldklub from 1991 to 1994. During his time at the club, VB were relegated from the new top-flight [[Danish Superliga]] to the now second-tier Danish 1st Division. He later coached the national teams of the [[Faroe Islands national football team|Faroe Islands]] from 1994 to 2001 and [[Luxembourg national football team|Luxembourg]] from 2001 to 2004.<ref name="hof"/>

In 2011, he became General Manager of the [[Danish 1st Division]] team [[FC Fredericia|Fredericia]]. When Fredericia sacked manager [[Thomas Thomasberg]] on 8 April 2013, Simonsen and [[Steen Thychosen]] took charge of the team as caretaker managers.<ref name="fcf">[http://www.bold.dk/nyt/Fredericia-fyrer-Thomasberg Fredericia fyrer Thomasberg], bold.dk, 8 April 2013</ref> At the end of the [[2012–13 Danish 1st Division|2012–13 season]], Simonsen left both his positions at Fredericia.<ref name="fcf2">[http://www.bold.dk/nyt/Allan-Simonsen-takker-af-i-Fredericia Allan Simonsen takker af i Fredericia], bold.dk, 20 June 2013</ref>

==Career statistics==
[[File:Allan-simonsen-2000.jpg|thumb|upright|Simonsen in a Vejle BK jersey in 2000]]

===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref name="nft">{{NFT|19468|name=Simonsen, Allan|accessdate=}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
! colspan="2" |National
Cup
! colspan="2" |League
Cup
! colspan="2" |Continental
! colspan="2" |Other
! colspan="2" |Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
|-
| rowspan="5" |Vejle
|1969-1970
| rowspan="4" |[[Danish 1st Division|Danish First Division]]
|6
|4
|1
|0
| colspan="2" | -
| colspan="2" | -
| colspan="2" | -
|7
|4
|-
|1970-1971
|13
|6
|2
|0
| colspan="2" | -
| colspan="2" | -
| colspan="2" | -
|15
|6
|-
|1971-1972
|16
|9
|5
|1
| colspan="2" | -
| colspan="2" | -
| colspan="2" | -
|21
|10
|-
|1972-1973
|20
|14
|3
|2
| colspan="2" | -
|2
|0
|1
|0
|26
|16
|-
! colspan="2" |'''Total'''
!'''55'''
!'''33'''
!'''11'''
!'''3'''
! colspan="2" |'''-'''
!'''2'''
!'''0'''
!'''1'''
!'''0'''
!'''69'''
!'''36'''
|-
| rowspan="8" |[[Borussia Mönchengladbach]]||1972–73|| rowspan="7" |[[Bundesliga]]||8||0
|2
|0
|3
|0
|2
|0
| colspan="2" | -
|15
|0
|-
|1973–74||9||2
|2
|0
|0
|0
|3
|3
| colspan="2" | -
|14
|5
|-
|1974–75||34||18
|2
|1
| colspan="2" | -
|12
|10
| colspan="2" | -
|48
|29
|-
|1975–76||34||16
|4
|2
| colspan="2" | -
|6
|4
| colspan="2" | -
|44
|22
|-
|1976–77||34||12
|1
|0
| colspan="2" | -
|9
|5
| colspan="2" | -
|45
|17
|-
|1977–78||31||17
|5
|3
| colspan="2" | -
|6
|5
| colspan="2" | -
|42
|25
|-
|1978–79||28||11
|3
|3
| colspan="2" | -
|10
|9
| colspan="2" | -
|41
|23
|-
! colspan="2" |Total!!178||76
!19
!9
!3
!0
!48
!36
! colspan="2" |-
!249
!121
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]||1979–80|| rowspan="3" |[[La Liga]]||32||10
|2
|0
|0
|0
|5
|4
| colspan="2" | -
|41
|14
|-
|1980–81||33||10
|9
|2
|0
|0
|2
|0
| colspan="2" | -
|44
|12
|-
|1981–82||33||11
|2
|1
|0
|0
|9
|5
| colspan="2" | -
|44
|17
|-
! colspan="2" |Total!!98||31
!13
!3
! colspan="2" |-
!16
!9
! colspan="2" |-
!129
!43
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]]||1982–83||[[Football League Second Division|Second Division]]||16||9
|2
|4
|1
|2
| colspan="2" | -
| colspan="2" | -
|19
|15
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!16
!9
!2
!4
!1
!2
! colspan="2" |-
! colspan="2" |-
!19
!15
|-
| rowspan="8" |[[Vejle BK|Vejle]]||1983|| rowspan="7" |[[Danish First Division|First Division]]||28||13
|5
|7
| colspan="2" | -
| colspan="2" | -
|3
|1
|37
|21
|-
|1984||13||6
|4
|3
| colspan="2" | -
| colspan="2" | -
|1
|1
|18
|10
|-
|1985||30||16
|3
|4
| colspan="2" | -
| colspan="2" | -
|4
|4
|37
|24
|-
|1986||24||13
|3
|2
| colspan="2" | -
|2
|1
|3
|0
|30
|16
|-
|1987||25||13
|3
|4
| colspan="2" | -
| colspan="2" | -
|2
|2
|30
|19
|-
|1988||23||4
|5
|3
| colspan="2" | -
| colspan="2" | -
|5
|4
|33
|11
|-
|1989||23||5
|5
|2
| colspan="2" | -
| colspan="2" | -
|4
|1
|32
|6
|-
! colspan="2" |Total!!166||70
!28
!25
! colspan="2" |-
!2
!1
!22
!13
!217
!107
|-
! colspan="3" |Career total!!458||186
!73
!44
!4
!2
!68
!46
!23
!13
!683
!323
|}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="nft"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/den-recintlp.html|title=Denmark - Record International Players|website=[[RSSSF]]}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="15"|[[Denmark national football team|Denmark]]
|1972||9||5
|-
|1973||0||0
|-
|1974||2||1
|-
|1975||1||0
|-
|1976||2||1
|-
|1977||2||2
|-
|1978||1||1
|-
|1979||4||1
|-
|1980||5||2
|-
|1981||7||3
|-
|1982||1||0
|-
|1983||7||4
|-
|1984||6||0
|-
|1985||4||0
|-
|1986||4||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total||55||20
|}

:''Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Simonsen goal''.<ref name="dbu"/>
<!---Do not delete repeat entries! Repeat entries represent Simonsen scoring multiple goals in the same match.--->

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Allan Simonsen
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| align="center"|1 || rowspan="2"|3 July 1972 || rowspan="2"|[[Laugardalsvöllur]], [[Reykjavík]], Iceland || rowspan="2"|{{fb|ISL}} || align="center"|2–2 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|5–2 || rowspan="2"|[[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|-
| align="center"|2 || align="center"|4–2
|-
| align="center"|3 || rowspan="2"|27 August 1972 || rowspan="2"|[[Drei Flüsse Stadion]], [[Passau]], Germany || rowspan="2"|{{fb|BRA}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–2 || rowspan="2"|[[1972 Summer Olympics]]
|-
| align="center"|4 || align="center"|3–2
|-
| align="center"|5 || 29 August 1972 || [[Rosenaustadion]], [[Augsburg]], Germany || {{fb|IRN|1964}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|4–0 || 1972 Summer Olympics
|-
| align="center"|6 || 3 September 1974 || [[Idrætsparken]], Copenhagen, Denmark || {{fb|IDN}} || align="center"|4–0 || align="center"|9–0 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|7 || 23 May 1976 || [[Tsirion Stadium]], [[Limassol]], Cyprus || {{fb|CYP}} || align="center"|1–1 || align="center"|5–1 || [[1978 FIFA World Cup qualification|1978 World Cup qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|8 || 1 May 1977 || Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark || {{fb|POL}} || align="center"|1–1 || align="center"|1–2 || 1978 World Cup qualification
|-
| align="center"|9 || 15 June 1977 || Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark || {{fb|SWE}} || align="center"|2–1 || align="center"|2–1 || 1972–77 Nordic Championship
|-
| align="center"|10 || 20 September 1978 || Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark || {{fb|ENG}} || align="center"|1–2 || align="center"|3–4 || [[UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying|1980 European Championship qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|11 || 6 June 1979 || Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark || {{fb|NIR}} || align="center"|3–0 || align="center"|4–0 || 1980 European Championship qualification
|-
| align="center"|12 || 21 May 1980 || Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark || {{fb|ESP|1977}} || align="center"|1–1 || align="center"|2–2 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|13 || 19 November 1980 || Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark || {{fb|LUX}} || align="center"|4–0 || align="center"|4–0 || [[1982 FIFA World Cup qualification|1982 World Cup qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|14 || 15 April 1981 || Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark || {{fb|ROU|1965}} || align="center"|1–1 || align="center"|2–1 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|15 || rowspan="2"|26 August 1981 || rowspan="2"|Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark || rowspan="2"|{{fb|ISL}} || align="center"|2–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–0 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| align="center"|16 || align="center"|3–0
|-
| align="center"|17 || 1 June 1983 || Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark || {{fb|HUN}} || align="center"|3–1 || align="center"|3–1 || [[UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying|1984 European Championship qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|18 || 21 September 1983 || [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], London, UK || {{fb|ENG}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–0 || 1984 European Championship qualification
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| align="center"|19 || 12 October 1983 || Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark || {{fb|LUX}} || align="center"|4–0 || align="center"|6–0 || 1984 European Championship qualification
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| align="center"|20 || 16 November 1983 || [[Olympic Stadium (Athens)|Olympic Stadium]], Athens, Greece || {{fb|GRE}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|2–0 || 1984 European Championship qualification
|}

==Managerial statistics==
Updated 16 June 2016

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!rowspan=2! width=150|Team
!rowspan=2! width=150|From
!rowspan=2! width=150|To
!colspan=5|Record
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!width="40"|G
!width="40"|W
!width="40"|D
!width="40"|L
!width="50"|Win %
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|align="left"|{{flagicon|FAR}} [[Faroe Islands national football team|Faroe Islands]]
|align="left"|1994
|align="left"|2001
{{WDL|52|8|7|37}}
|-
|align="left"|{{flagicon|Luxembourg}} [[Luxembourg national football team|Luxembourg]]<ref>{{cite web |title=List of Luxembourg managers |url=http://www.profootball.lu/Navigation+2/Les+Entra%C3%AEneurs+nationaux.html |website=ProFootball.lu |access-date=5 November 2018}}</ref>
|align="left"|13 February 2002
|align="left"|17 November 2004
{{WDL|27|0|4|23}}
|}

==Honours==
'''Vejle'''
* [[Danish football champions|Danish championship]]: [[1971 Danish 1st Division|1971]], [[1972 Danish 1st Division|1972]], [[1984 Danish 1st Division|1984]]
* [[Danish Cup]]: 1972

'''Borussia Mönchengladbach'''
* [[Bundesliga]]: [[1974–75 Bundesliga|1974–75]], [[1975–76 Bundesliga|1975–76]], [[1976–77 Bundesliga|1976–77]]
* [[DFB-Pokal]]: [[1972–73 DFB-Pokal|1972–73]]
* [[DFL-Supercup]]: [[1977 German Supercup|1977]]
* [[UEFA Cup]]: [[1974–75 UEFA Cup|1974–75]], [[1978–79 UEFA Cup|1978–79]]; runner-up: [[1972–73 UEFA Cup|1972–73]]
* [[European Cup]] runner-up: [[1976–77 European Cup|1976–77]]

'''Barcelona'''
* [[Copa del Rey]]: [[1980–81 Copa del Rey|1980–81]]
* [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]]: [[1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup|1981–82]]

'''Individual'''
* [[Ballon d'Or]]: [[1977 Ballon d'Or|1977]]
* [[Onze d'Or|Onze de Bronze]]: [[Onze d'Or#Winners|1977]]
* [[Kicker (sports magazine)|kicker]] [[Bundesliga]] Team of the Season: 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/197475/startseite.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018212246/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/197475/startseite.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 October 2012|title=Bundesliga Historie 1974/75|language=de|publisher=kicker}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/197576/startseite.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018212252/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/197576/startseite.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 October 2012|title=Bundesliga Historie 1975/76|language=de|publisher=kicker}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/197677/startseite.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018212258/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/bl50/197677/startseite.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 October 2012|title=Bundesliga Historie 1976/77|language=de|publisher=kicker}}</ref>
*''Sport Ideal European XI'': 1977<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1977/12/31/pagina-3/1402284/pdf.html |website=Mundo Deportivo|title=Sport 1977|access-date=4 June 2024 }}</ref>
* [[List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League top scorers|European Cup Top Scorer]]: 1977–78
* [[List of UEFA Cup and Europa League top scorers|UEFA Cup Top Scorer]]: 1978–79
*[[Mundo Deportivo|La Liga Team of The Year]]: 1982<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1982/05/04/pagina-22/1083783/pdf.html |website=Hemeroteca - El Mundo Deportivo |title=Mundo Deportivo La Liga Team of the Year|access-date=30 October 2024 }}</ref>
* [[Denmark national football team#Hall of Fame|Danish Football Hall of Fame]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Allan Simonsen}}
*{{DBU player|3497}}
*[http://www.vejle-boldklub.dk/index.php?gammel_spillere=5992 Vejle Boldklub profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402095210/http://www.vejle-boldklub.dk/index.php?gammel_spillere=5992 |date=2 April 2015 }} {{in lang|da}}
*[http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=fju&cj=4278&d=1&t=080 Official Spanish career profile] {{in lang|es}}
*[https://www.danskfodbold.com/spiller.php?ligaid=2009&spillerid=444 DBU's Officielle Statistikere] {{in lang|da}}

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