Viborg FF

Viborg F.F.

Full name

Viborg Fodsports Forening

Nickname(s)

De Grønne (The Green Ones), Den Gamle Hovedstad (The Old Capital)

Short name

VFF

Founded

1896

Ground

Viborg Stadion, Energi Viborg Arena, Viborg

Capacity

9,566

Managing Director

Morten Jensen

Head Coach

Johnny Mølby

League

Danish Superliga

2015-16

Danish Superliga, 8th

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Viborg F.F. is a Danish professional football club located in Viborg. The full name of the club is Viborg Fodsports Forening (Viborg Footsport Association), but the name is frequently abbreviated as Viborg F.F. or VFF. The club was founded in 1896, but would have to wait more than a century before winning its only countrywide trophy, the 2000 Danish Cup.

History

Viborg F.F. 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 F.F. 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, Aarhus GF were a dominating club in Jutland.

Following the championship, Viborg F.F. 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 F.F. have not been relegated to a tournament lower than the national competitions since 1959. Though the country's best league have been domicile for Viborg F.F., 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 F.F. play their home matches on Viborg Stadion. It 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 F.F.'s 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 teenagers established Fanatikos. In 2004 a new group, Shamrock Ultras, was born.

Current squad

As of 15 July 2016.

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Peter Friis Jensen
2	DF	Jonas Thorsen
3	MF	Christian Keller
4	DF	Jacob Dehn Andersen
5	DF	Mikkel Rask
6	DF	Kristoffer Pallesen
7	MF	Mathias Wichmann
8	MF	George Fochive
9	MF	Oliver Thychosen
10	FW	Jeppe Curth
11	MF	Jonas Kamper
13	MF	Jeppe Grønning

No.	Position	Player
14	MF	Park Jung-Bin
16	FW	Aleksandar Stankov
17	MF	Andreas Bruhn
18	DF	Donny Gorter
20	DF	Søren Reese
21	MF	Osama Akharraz
23	MF	Christian Sivebæk
25	DF	Søren Frederiksen
26	DF	Jeroen Veldmate
28	FW	Serge Déblé
29	FW	Mikkel Vestergaard
33	GK	Sebastian John

Out on loan

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

No.		Position	Player

Retired numbers

Main article: Retired numbers

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

Academy

See FK Viborg.

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–

Achievements

Danish Cup:
- Winners (1): 1999-2000
Danish Super Cup:
- 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.

Viborg FF - official site
Viborg FF Fans - official supporter club site

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