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Aarhus Gymnastikforening (Script error: No such module "IPA".; commonly known as AGF Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a professional sports club based in Aarhus, Jutland, Denmark. Founded in 1880, it is one of the oldest clubs in the country where gymnastics and fencing were featured as its main sports. However, AGF is mostly known for its football department, which was established in 1902. Currently, the club's first team plays in the Danish Superliga, the top flight of the Danish football league system.

AGF has won five Danish Football Championships and nine Danish Cups. In 1961, AGF reached the quarter-finals of the European Cup where they were knocked out by later winners, Benfica. In 1989, AGF again reached a European quarter-final, this time in the European Cup Winners' Cup, where they lost 1–0 on aggregate to later winners FC Barcelona. They won the Atlantic Cup twice, in 2018 and 2020.

History

AGF played its first football match against Aarhus Idrætsklub Olympia in November 1902, a 5–2 loss. Six years later, the club won the Jutland Football Championship by winning 3–2 over Ringkøbing IF in the final. AGF won the Jutland Football Championship seven times and was in three finals of the Danish Football Championship before AGF became a member of the newly founded Denmark Tournament in 1927.

In 1911, AGF got its own clubhouse after which the club bought the pitches at Dalgas Avenue. In 1920, AGF began to play its home matches at the newly built Aarhus Stadium, where the club has played ever since. In 1941, the club moved from the clubhouse at Dalgas Avenue to Fredensvang in the suburb of Viby J.[1] For three consecutive seasons (1949 to 1951) AGF finished in third place in the top division. After spending the 1952–53 season in the 2nd Division, AGF returned strongly to the 1st Division and in the next 12 seasons won four Danish Football Championships and five Danish Cups.[2] AGF also participated in the first edition of the European Cup, where they lost 4–2 on aggregate to French club Reims with three goals scored by Léon Glovacki.[3] In 1961, AGF reached the quarter-final in the same tournament where they lost to eventual tournament winners Benfica.[4] AGF were relegated to the 2nd Division in 1968 and in 1973 but returned to the 1st Division in 1976. This was the start of 30 continuous years in the top division.[5]

The introduction of professional football in Denmark had a major influence on the success AGF experienced from the late 1970s and forward until 1998. With former Real Madrid star Henning Jensen on the team, AGF were close at winning the Danish Football Championship in 1982.[6] AGF drew 2–2 against B.93 in the last game of the season which sent the championship to OB.[7] In 1984, AGF were again close to clinching the championship but lost by a single point to the rivals from Vejle Boldklub.[8] Finally in 1986, AGF won their fifth Danish Football Championship. Flemming Povlsen, Jan Bartram and John Stampe were the key players of the team these years.[9] In 1987, 1988 and 1992 AGF also won the Danish Cup.[10]

In 1996, with players such as Stig Tøfting and Håvard Flo, AGF were again close to winning the Danish Football Championship, but lost the title to Brøndby IF in dramatic fashion on the second to last matchday when opposing goalkeeper Mogens Krogh headed in the 3–3 equaliser.[11] AGF would, however, win the Danish Cup that season by beating Brøndby.[12]

In 1998, AGF finished third in the Danish Superliga but financial problems resulted in poor results the following years. In 2000, Peter Rudbæk was fired after seven years as manager.[13] From 2000 onwards, the club experienced some of its worst ever results, which led to relegations in the 2005–06, 2009–10 and 2013–14 seasons. Each time, however, the club secured a quick return to the top-flight.[5][14]

In the summer of 2014, AGF appointed Jacob Nielsen as their new director. Nielsen had been successful as director of Randers where he had managed to secure good economic results.[15] AGF also hired a new sporting director and Morten Wieghorst as manager.[16] On 6 December 2015, however, Nielsen announced that Wieghorst was fired and that former Danish champion Glen Riddersholm was hired as his replacement.[17]

With Riddersholm as manager AGF finished the 2015–16 season in tenth place having won three games, drawn seven, and lost five in the remainder of the season. AGF qualified for 2016 cup final, in which they lost 2–1 to FC Copenhagen.[18] In the 2016–17 season, AGF finished 11th after having played relegation play-off matches in the new league structure introduced that season.

On 30 September 2017, Riddersholm was fired due to inconsistent results. At that point AGF was seventh in the league having started the 2017–18 season with four wins, five defeats, and two draws.[19] Riddersholm's last match was a 5–1 win against FC Helsingør.[19] New manager was David Nielsen who started with four consecutive league defeats but finished the season in seventh place after losing a European play-off final against FC Copenhagen 4–1. After reaching eighth place in 2018–19 season, the club managed to win the bronze medal in the 2019–20 season.

Stadium

Their home ground is Aarhus Stadium, renamed Ceres Park for sponsorship reasons since 2015, which has a capacity of 19,433.[20]

Honours

National honours

Sources:[21][22]

International honours

Players

Current squad

As of 3 February 2025[23]

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1 GK Template:Fba/core Jesper Hansen
2 DF Template:Fba/core Felix Beijmo
3 DF Template:Fba/core Henrik Dalsgaard
5 DF Template:Fba/core Frederik Tingager
6 MF Template:Fba/core Nicolai Poulsen
7 MF Template:Fba/core Mads Emil Madsen
8 MF Template:Fba/core Mikael Anderson
9 FW Template:Fba/core Patrick Mortensen (captain)
10 MF Template:Fba/core Kristian Arnstad
11 MF Template:Fba/core Gift Links
14 DF Template:Fba/core Tobias Mølgaard
15 FW Template:Fba/core Youssouph Badji
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Template:Fba/core Kevin Yakob
19 DF Template:Fba/core Eric Kahl
20 MF Template:Fba/core Mikkel Duelund
22 GK Template:Fba/core Leopold Wahlstedt
23 MF Template:Fba/core Tobias Bach
26 DF Template:Fba/core Jacob Andersen
27 MF Template:Fba/core Michael Akoto
29 MF Template:Fba/core Frederik Brandhof
31 FW Template:Fba/core Tobias Bech
32 GK Template:Fba/core Jonathan Hutters
40 DF Template:Fba/core Jonas Jensen-Abbew
47 FW Template:Fba/core Frederik Emmery

Youth players in use 2024-25

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37 DF Template:Fba/core Frej Elkjær Andersen
52 FW Template:Fba/core Tómas Óli Kristjánsson
55 DF Template:Fba/core Christian Storch
No. Pos. Nation Player
60 MF Template:Fba/core Oskar Haugstrup
61 FW Template:Fba/core Stefan Tchamche

Out on loan

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No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Template:Fba/core Aksel Halsgaard (at Roskilde until 30 June 2025)
DF Template:Fba/core Luka Callø (at Kolding until 30 June 2025)
MF Template:Fba/core Mathias Sauer (at Egersunds IK until 30 June 2025)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Template:Fba/core Sigurd Haugen (at Hansa Rostock until 30 June 2025)
FW Template:Fba/core Janni Serra (at Nürnberg until 30 June 2025)
FW Template:Fba/core Richmond Gyamfi (at Hobro until 30 June 2025)

Retired numbers

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Former Notable players

Coaches

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Seasons

Some matches is regular seasons were played as knockout matches, as a result these are shown in the regular league columns instead of the cup column and with position replaced with win/loss.

File:AGF Performance Graph.svg
Chart of yearly table positions of AGF in the Danish football league
Season Competition Pos. Pld W D L GF GA Pts Cup
1907–08 Jutland A-Series Semi-Final W 1 N/A 2 0 N/A N/A
Jutland A-Series Final W 1 N/A 7 2 N/A
1908–09 Jutland A-Series Semi-Final W 1 N/A 4 1 N/A N/A
Jutland A-Series Final W 1 N/A 3 0 N/A
1909–10 Unknown N/A
1910–11 Unknown N/A
1911–12 Jutland A-Series Circuit Final Qualifiers L 1 N/A 2 3 N/A N/A
1912–13 Unknown DNQ
1913–14 Unknown DNQ
1914–15 Jutland A-Series North Circuit 1 1 3 2 0 1 14 3 4 DNQ
Jutland A-Series North Circuit 1 1st place rematch L 1 N/A 1 4 N/A
1915–16 Jutland A-Series South Circuit 4 3 6 1 2 3 14 19 4 DNQ
1916–17 Jutland A-Series South Circuit 4 2 6 4 1 1 13 8 9 DNQ
1917–18 Jutland A-Series South Circuit 5 2 6 3 1 2 unk. unk. 7 DNQ
1918–19 Jutland A-Series North Circuit 2 1 6 5 0 1 33 7 10 4th
Jutland A-Series North Circuit Semi-final W 1 N/A 4 3 N/A
Jutland A-Series North Circuit Final W 1 N/A 2 0 N/A
Jutland A-Series Final W 1 N/A 4 1 N/A
1919–20 Jutland A-Series North Circuit 3 1 6 6 0 0 25 3 12 DNQ
Jutland A-Series North Circuit Semi-final L 1 N/A 2 3 N/A
1920–21 Jutland A-Series North Circuit 2 1 6 6 0 0 30 0 12 RU
Jutland A-Series North Circuit Semi-final W 1 N/A 6 1 N/A
Jutland A-Series North Circuit Final W 1 N/A 5 3 N/A
Jutland A-Series Final W 1 N/A 2 0 N/A
1921–22 Jutland A-Series North Circuit 2 1 6 5 0 1 30 9 10 3rd
Jutland A-Series North Circuit Final W 1 N/A 4 1 N/A
Jutland A-Series Final W 1 N/A 4 0 N/A
1922–23 Jutland Championship Series 1 10 8 1 1 39 9 17 RU
1923–24 Jutland Championship Series 2 10 6 1 3 24 17 13 DNQ
1924–25 Jutland Championship Series 1 10 6 3 1 22 9 15 RU
1925–26 Jutland Championship Series 4 10 3 3 4 33 26 9 DNQ
1926–27 Jutland Championship North Circuit 3 10 6 0 4 26 23 12 DNQ
1927–28 Danish Championship Tournament 2nd Circuit 2 3 1 2 0 5 3 4 N/A
Jutland Championship North Circuit 2 10 6 2 2 36 17 14
1928–29 Danish Championship Tournament 1st Circuit 1 4 3 1 0 14 3 7 N/A
Danish Championship Tournament Final Round 5 4 0 2 2 3 7 2
Jutland Championship North Circuit 2 10 5 1 4 23 14 11
1929–30 Promotion Series 1 6 5 0 1 21 13 10 N/A
Jutland Championship North Circuit 3 10 6 1 3 23 16 13
1930–31 Championship Series 5 9 4 2 3 33 18 10 N/A
Jutland Championship North Circuit 1 10 8 0 2 44 15 16
Jutland Championship Finals L 2 0 0 2 2 5 0
1931–32 Championship Series 7 9 2 1 6 18 31 5 N/A
Jutland Championship North Circuit 3 10 5 1 4 21 21 11
1932–33 Championship Series 3 9 5 2 2 20 10 12 N/A
Jutland Championship North Circuit 2 14 11 0 3 61 18 22
1933–34 Championship Series 6 9 4 0 5 24 24 8 N/A
Jutland Championship North Circuit 1 14 11 2 1 46 18 24
Jutland Championship Finals W 3 2 0 1 9 4 4
1934–35 Championship Series 6 9 4 1 4 33 23 9 N/A
Jutland Championship North Circuit 1 14 10 1 3 39 21 21
Jutland Championship Finals W 2 2 0 0 5 1 4
1935–36 Championship Series 4 9 4 2 3 20 22 10 N/A
Jutland Championship North Circuit 3 14 6 3 5 32 30 15
1936–37 Championship Series 7 18 5 2 11 28 41 12 N/A
1937–38 Championship Series 8 18 6 3 9 21 34 15 N/A
1938–39 Championship Series 7 18 6 6 6 33 32 18 N/A
1939–40 Championship Series 9 18 5 2 11 26 49 12 N/A
1940–41 Danish Tournament 1st Circuit 5 12 5 3 4 16 35 13 N/A
1941–42 Danish Tournament 1st Circuit 3 18 11 1 6 41 29 23 N/A
Jutland Championship Semi-final D 1 N/A 2 2 N/A N/A
Jutland Championship Semi-final Replay L 1 N/A 0 1 N/A N/A
1942–43 Danish Tournament 1st Circuit 2 18 10 3 5 46 28 23 N/A
Danish Tournament Quarter-final W 1 N/A 1 1 N/A
Danish Tournament Semi-final L 1 N/A 0 2 N/A
Jutland Championship Semi-final W 1 N/A 2 0 N/A
Jutland Championship Final L 1 N/A 2 4 N/A
1943–44 Danish Tournament 1st Circuit 1 18 13 2 3 50 27 28 N/A
Danish Tournament Quarter-final L 1 N/A 1 2 N/A
Jutland Championship Semi-final W 1 N/A 5 0 N/A
Jutland Championship Final D 1 N/A 0 0 N/A
Jutland Championship Final Replay W 1 N/A 3 1 N/A
1944–45 Danish Tournament 1st Circuit 2 6 4 0 2 19 12 8 N/A
Intermediate Round W 1 N/A 4 3 N/A
Danish Tournament Quarter-final W 1 N/A 3 0 N/A
Danish Tournament Semi-final W 1 N/A 3 2 N/A
Danish Tournament Final L 2 0 1 1 3 4 1
1945–46 Danish 1st Division 8 18 6 2 10 26 42 14 N/A
Jutland Championship Semi-final W 1 N/A 3 0 N/A
Jutland Championship Final D 1 N/A 3 3 N/A
Jutland Championship Final Replay W 1 N/A 3 2 N/A
1946–47 Danish 1st Division 5 18 8 4 6 48 43 20 N/A
Jutland Championship Semi-final L 1 N/A 1 3 N/A
1947–48 Danish 1st Division 4 18 8 4 6 38 38 20 N/A
Jutland Championship Semi-final L 1 N/A 0 1 N/A
1948–49 Danish 1st Division 3 18 8 3 7 36 31 19 N/A
Jutland Championship Semi-final W 1 N/A 3 1 N/A
Jutland Championship Final W 1 N/A 4 0
1949–50 Danish 1st Division 3 18 12 2 4 44 24 26 N/A
Jutland Championship Semi-final W 1 N/A 7 1 N/A
Jutland Championship Final W 1 N/A 1 0 N/A
1950–51 Danish 1st Division 3 18 5 8 5 31 28 18 N/A
1951–52 Danish 1st Division 10 18 4 4 10 22 27 12 N/A
1952–53 Danish 2nd Division 1 18 16 1 1 53 14 33 N/A
1953–54 Danish 1st Division 7 18 7 3 8 31 31 17 N/A
1954–55 Danish 1st Division 1 18 12 1 5 38 24 25 W
1955–56 Danish 1st Division 1 18 12 2 4 48 25 26 SF
1956–57 Danish 1st Division 1 27 17 5 5 55 31 39 W
1958 Danish 1st Division 6 22 9 7 6 36 28 25 R4
1959 Danish 1st Division 5 22 10 2 10 39 39 22 RU
1960 Danish 1st Division 1 22 13 6 3 52 32 32 W
1961 Danish 1st Division 5 22 11 2 9 40 38 24 W
1962 Danish 1st Division 3 22 11 5 6 59 41 27 R3
1963 Danish 1st Division 5 22 10 3 9 45 40 23 R4
1964 Danish 1st Division 2 22 14 2 6 49 34 30 QF
1965 Danish 1st Division 8 22 7 7 8 37 45 21 W
1966 Danish 1st Division 4 22 11 3 8 45 41 25 R4
1967 Danish 1st Division 10 22 6 4 12 36 44 16 R3
1968 Danish 1st Division 12 22 1 4 17 10 51 6 R4
1969 Danish 2nd Division 5 22 9 5 8 30 30 23 R4
1970 Danish 2nd Division 3 22 12 3 7 41 23 27 R2
1971 Danish 2nd Division 1 22 12 6 4 50 23 30 R4
1972 Danish 1st Division 8 22 8 5 9 28 40 21 R3
1973 Danish 1st Division 12 22 5 7 10 25 36 17 SF
1974 Danish 2nd Division 7 22 8 7 7 34 29 23 R3
1975 Danish 2nd Division 3 30 17 7 6 63 48 41 R3
1976 Danish 2nd Division 2 30 16 5 9 49 32 37 R4
1977 Danish 1st Division 9 30 11 7 12 45 46 29 R2
1978 Danish 1st Division 3 30 15 9 6 52 39 39 R2
1979 Danish 1st Division 9 30 9 10 11 47 44 28 QF
1980 Danish 1st Division 4 30 14 8 8 50 40 36 QF
1981 Danish 1st Division 4 30 14 10 6 47 33 38 QF
1982 Danish 1st Division 2 30 16 8 6 61 37 40 R4
1983 Danish 1st Division 3 30 16 4 10 55 39 36 R3
1984 Danish 1st Division 2 30 15 10 5 50 30 40 R4
1985 Danish 1st Division 3 30 15 6 9 54 30 36 R4
1986 Danish 1st Division 1 26 17 7 2 49 22 41 QF
1987 Danish 1st Division 3 26 15 6 5 43 22 36 W
1988 Danish 1st Division 8 26 11 6 9 37 29 28 W
1989 Danish 1st Division 5 26 10 13 3 39 22 33 QF
1990 Danish 1st Division 7 26 9 10 7 31 25 28 RU
1991 Danish Superliga 3 18 6 8 4 29 26 20 R3
1991–92 Danish Superliga regular season 5 18 6 7 5 19 19 19 W
Danish Superliga playoffs 4 14 5 3 6 18 15 13+10
1992–93 Danish Superliga regular season 6 18 6 7 5 24 21 19 R5
Danish Superliga playoffs 6 14 4 3 7 24 29 11+10
1993–94 Danish Superliga regular season 8 18 5 5 8 30 31 15 SF
Danish Superliga playoffs 8 14 3 2 9 11 23 8+8
1994–95 Danish Superliga regular season 8 18 5 5 8 21 35 15 R4
Danish Superliga playoffs 4 14 5 4 5 21 23 14+8
1995–96 Danish Superliga 2 33 18 12 3 61 28 66 W
1996–97 Danish Superliga 3 33 14 10 9 75 51 52 R5
1997–98 Danish Superliga 8 33 11 10 12 53 52 43 QF
1998–99 Danish Superliga 10 33 11 10 12 45 55 43 R5
1999–00 Danish Superliga 10 33 9 9 15 36 55 36 R4
2000–01 Danish Superliga 8 33 13 5 15 54 58 44 R4
2001–02 Danish Superliga 10 33 7 10 16 42 56 31 R5
2002–03 Danish Superliga 10 33 10 10 13 49 59 40 R4
2003–04 Danish Superliga 8 33 11 3 19 45 67 36 R4
2004–05 Danish Superliga 9 33 11 6 16 47 53 39 QF
2005–06 Danish Superliga 12 33 4 10 19 36 63 22 R4
2006–07 Danish 1st Division 2 30 18 5 7 58 38 59 R4
2007–08 Danish Superliga 10 33 7 8 18 33 51 29 R4
2008–09 Danish Superliga 6 33 13 6 14 39 44 45 R4
2009–10 Danish Superliga 11 33 10 8 15 36 47 38 R2
2010–11 Danish 1st Division 1 30 22 6 2 66 25 72 QF
2011–12 Danish Superliga 5 33 12 12 9 47 40 48 R4
2012–13 Danish Superliga 7 33 11 8 14 50 49 41 R4
2013–14 Danish Superliga 11 33 9 5 19 38 60 32 QF
2014–15 Danish 1st Division 2 33 17 10 6 59 33 61 R3
2015–16 Danish Superliga 10 33 8 13 12 47 49 37 RU
2016–17 Danish Superliga 10 32 10 7 15 45 46 37 QF
2017–18 Danish Superliga 7 32 11 8 13 35 43 41 R3
2018–19 Danish Superliga 8 32 12 11 9 46 40 47 R4
2019–20 Danish Superliga 3 36 19 7 10 58 41 64 SF
2020–21 Danish Superliga 4 32 13 9 10 48 42 48 SF
2021–22 Danish Superliga 10 32 6 12 14 31 43 30 R4
2022–23 Danish Superliga 3 32 14 9 9 42 31 51 R4
2023–24 Danish Superliga 5 32 11 11 10 42 46 44 RU

Records

Since 1927, AGF has played 68 seasons at the highest level in Danish football, which is a record.[26]

Other records

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  • Biggest victory: 13–1 against Fremad Amager, 28. October 1934
  • Biggest defeat: 0–9 against B 93, 7. April 1946, 0–9 against B 1913 20. October 1940 and 0–9 against KB, 15. September 1968.
  • Most consecutive undefeated games: 26 (4. November 1985 – 9. November 1986)
  • Most consecutive undefeated home games: 26 (19. March 1995 – 16. August 1996)
  • Most consecutive home victories: 15 (7. September 1952 – 10. May 1953)
  • Most consecutive games without a victory: 16 (9. June 1968 – 7. April 1969)
  • Most consecutive lost games: 11 (22. August 1968 – 3. November 1968)
  • Attendance record: 23.990. AGF – Esbjerg fB 0–4, (23. October 1962)
  • Most matches: John Stampe 444 matches (1977–1991)
  • Most seasons: Aage Rou Jensen 19 seasons (1943–1961)
  • Most titles: John Amdisen, 4 Danish Football Championships and 5 Danish Cups (1955–1965)
  • Youngest player: Navid Dayyani, 16 years 244 days, (19. October 2003)
  • Oldest player: Erik Boye, 39 years 59 days, (6. April 2003)

AGF in European Competition

AGF's first competitive European match was on 21 September 1955 in the 1955–56 European Cup, losing 0–2 at home to France's Stade Reims & eventually losing on aggregate 2–4 in the first round. Since then, the club has participated in numerous UEFA competitions, advancing as far as the quarter-finals of the 1960–61 European Cup and 1988–89 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote".

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