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{{Short description|Reality sports television franchise}}
{{onesource|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox media franchise
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| title           = FC Nerds
| creator         = {{Plainlist|
* Palle Strøm
* Keld Reinicke
}}
| owner           = [[Nordisk Film]]
| origin          = ''[[FC Zulu]]''
| years           = 2004–2008
| tv_series       = ''FC Nerds'' (independent international versions, [[#==International versions|see below]])

| otherlabel1     = Genre
| otherdata1      = {{flatlist|
* [[Reality television|Reality]]
* [[Sports entertainment]]
}}
| website         =
}}
'''''FC Nerds''''' is a [[reality television]] sports franchise developed by [[Nordisk Film]] that originated in [[Denmark]] in 2004 from the television program ''[[FC Zulu]]''. The show follows a number of [[Nerd|nerdy]] young men with no experience in playing [[association football]] being trained by a famous football player in order to face a [[Football club (association football)|football club]] in the country's highest national league after a few months.

The format has been nominated for the [[Rose d'Or]] and, in 2005, an [[International Emmy Awards|International Emmy Award]] in the [[International Emmy Award for Best Non-Scripted Entertainment|Non-Scripted Entertainment]] category.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.egmont.com/Film+TV/News/Young+Andersen+and+FC+Nerds+nominated+for+the+Emmy+Awards.htm|title="Young Andersen" and "FC Nerds" nominated for the Emmy Awards|date=October 17, 2005|website=[[Egmont Group]]|url-status=dead|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20080720090824/http://www.egmont.com/Film%2BTV/News/Young%2BAndersen%2Band%2BFC%2BNerds%2Bnominated%2Bfor%2Bthe%2BEmmy%2BAwards.htm|archive-date=July 20, 2008|access-date=August 27, 2024}}</ref>

Several international versions of the show spawned, including in [[Australia]], [[Belgium]], [[Finland]], [[Germany]], [[Iceland]], the [[Netherlands]], [[Norway]], [[Spain]] and [[Sweden]]. Teams from these international versions would sometimes compete against the Danish FC Zulu team.

==International versions==
:{{Color box|lightgreen|border=darkgray}} Currently in production
:{{Color box|#FFC0CB|border=darkgray}} No longer in production

{| class="wikitable"
|+
! Country/Region
! Local title
! Network(s)
! Coach(es)
! Original run
|-
| bgcolor=#FFC0CB| {{flag|Australia}}
| ''[[Nerds FC]]''
| [[SBS (Australian TV channel)|SBS TV]]
| {{Plainlist|
* [[Andy Harper]] {{small|(series 1)}}
* [[Craig Foster]] {{small|(series 2)}}
}}
| 14 April 2006 – 4 August 2007
|-
| bgcolor=#FFC0CB| {{flag|Belgium}}
| ''[[:nl:FC Nerds|FC Nerds]]''
| [[Play4 (TV channel)|VT4]]
| [[Johan Boskamp]]
| 2 April – 21 May 2008
|-
| bgcolor=#FFC0CB| {{flag|Denmark}}
| ''[[FC Zulu]]''
| [[TV 2 Zulu]]
| {{Plainlist|
* [[Mark Strudal]]
* TNT
}}
| 13 September 2004 – 30 October 2006
|-
| bgcolor=#FFC0CB| {{flag|Finland}}
| ''[[:fi:FC Nörtit|FC Nörtit]]''
| [[MTV Sub|Subtv]]
| [[Atik Ismail]]
| 2006
|-
| bgcolor=#FFC0CB| {{flag|Germany}}
| ''Borussia Banana – Helden im Strafraum''
| [[RTL Zwei|RTL II]]
| [[Lothar Matthäus]]
| 6 September – 25 October 2005
|-
| bgcolor=#FFC0CB| {{flag|Iceland}}
| ''[[Knattspyrnufélagið Nörd]]''
| [[Stöð 2 Sport|Sýn]]
| {{Plainlist|
* [[Logi Ólafsson]]
* Ásmundur Haraldsson
}}
| 2006
|-
| bgcolor=#FFC0CB| {{flag|Netherlands}}
| ''[[:nl:Atletico Ananas|Atletico Ananas]]''
| [[NPO 2|Nederland 2]] ([[BNN (Dutch broadcaster)|BNN]])
| [[Peter van Vossen]]
| 2005
|-
| rowspan="2" bgcolor=#FFC0CB| {{flag|Norway}}
| ''[[:no:Tufte IL|Tufte IL]]''<br/>{{small|(part of ''[[:no:Heia Tufte!|Heia Tufte!]]'')}}
| [[TVNorge]]
| {{Plainlist|
* [[Erik Thorstvedt]]
* [[:no:Klaus Pettersen|Klaus Pettersen]]
}}
| 2005 – 2006
|-
| ''[[:no:FK Zebra|FK Zebra]]''
| [[TV 2 Zebra]]
| [[Egil Olsen]]
| 1 October – 19 November 2008
|-
| bgcolor=#FFC0CB| {{flag|Spain}}
| ''Paketes FC''
| {{N/A|''Unknown''}}
| {{N/A|''Unknown''}}
| {{N/A|''Unknown''}}
|-
| bgcolor=#FFC0CB| {{flag|Sweden}}
| ''[[FC Z]]''
| [[ZTV (Swedish TV channel)|ZTV]]<br />[[TV6 (Swedish TV channel)|TV6]]
| {{Plainlist|
* [[Glenn Hysén]]
* [[:sv:Richard Lidberg|Richard Lidberg]]
}}
| 2005 – 2007
|}

==References==
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