FC Midtjylland
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| Full name | Football Club Midtjylland | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Ulvene (The Wolves) | |||
| Short name | FCM | |||
| Founded | 1999 | |||
| Ground | SAS Arena, Herning (Capacity: 11,809) |
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| Chairman | Bo Olesen | |||
| Manager | Thomas Thomasberg | |||
| League | Danish Superliga | |||
| 2007-08 | Danish Superliga, 2nd | |||
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FC Midtjylland is a Danish football team from Herning and Ikast. The team is a result of a merger between Ikast FS (which also includes tennis, badminton and handball clubs) and Herning Fremad. Currently FC Midtjylland play in the Danish Superliga.
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[edit] Club history
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FC Midtjyllands founding fathers were Mr. Johnny Rune: a carpenter and owner of a private business in the wood-supply industry, and Mr. Ejner Hessel: an authorized Mercedes Benz dealer.
On Tuesday April 6 1999 the two men gathered with a vision of uniting the football clubs Ikast FS (founded 1935) and Herning Fremad (founded 1918) – clubs who for decades had been strong rivals but none of which had ever played any significant role in Danish football. Ikast FS had some success in the late 70s and 80s, but that was about it. At least 10 years had passed with the two clubs being unable to agree on a merger, but after long and hard negotiations between the two gentlemen and other parties the deal was sealed, and announced at a press conference the next day.
Since then, FC Midtjylland have gone from one success to the other. In 2000 FC Midtjylland were promoted to the Danish Superliga, after a season in which the team had gathered more points than any other team in the history of the 1st division.
FC Midtjylland in 2007 made a financial expansion in the region of 10 million EUR, to secure its current status as a challenger to the national football throne of Brøndby IF and F.C. Copenhagen.
[edit] Scouting and developing
FC Midtjylland have generally built a reputation of finding and developing promising talents.
In July 2004 FC Midtjylland was the first Danish club to have its own football academy, similar to that of French side FC Nantes Atlantique. The academy attracts players from all of Denmark, as well as players from a partnering club in Nigeria - FC Ebedei. FC Midtjylland have also gained support from a network of over 100 clubs predominantly situated in the western part of the Jutland peninsula.
In 2008 Simon Kjær, a talent of the academy, was sold to Palermo in Italy.
[edit] Achievements
On the pitch the Club has been runner-up twice in the Danish Cup final, and finished second twice and third twice in the Superliga.
The best international result was in the 2002-03 season, where the team reached the 2nd qualifying round of the UEFA cup, but lost to RSC Anderlecht of Belgium.
On 14 Aug 2008 they beat Manchester City 1-0 in Manchester, in the 2nd Qualifying Round 1st leg of the UEFA cup. It was Manchester City's first ever loss at home to a foreign team, having only ever lost at home in European Competition to Chelsea. Manchester City won the return leg in Denmark 1-0 after Danny Califf scored a last minute own-goal. Neither team was able to score in extra time and Midtjylland eventually lost the tie on penalties.
[edit] Stadium
In 2004 the team moved to a new stadium in Herning with a capacity of approximately 12000 spectators. FC Midtjylland was the first Danish club to sell the stadium name to a sponsor, resulting in the name SAS Arena.
The opening match on March 27th proved to be a success with FC Midtjylland beating AB Copenhagen 6-0. Five of the goals were scored by Egyptian striker and 2008 African nations cup winner for Egypt Mohamed Zidan. He was later involved in a record breaking transfer from FC Midtjylland to SV Werder Bremen in Germany valued at around 4 million Euros, and was one of the top scorers in the German Bundesliga 2006-07 season, scoring 13 goals while being on loan at FSV Mainz 05.
[edit] Satellite club
Nigerian outfit FC Ebedei are affiliated with FC Midtjylland and the Ghana based club FC Midtjylland Maamobi United.
[edit] Current squad
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[edit] Youth team
[edit] Players out on loan
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[edit] Retired numbers
- 14
Mohamed Zidan, Striker, 2003-2004 - 32
Kristian Bak Nielsen, Defender, 2000-2007
[edit] Former Players
- Simon Busk Poulsen
- Rasmus Daugaard
- Simon Kjær
- Thomas Røll Larsen
- David Nielsen
- Peter Sand
- Morten Skoubo
- Peter Skov-Jensen
- Dennis Sørensen
- Christian Traoré
- Magnus Troest
[edit] Season results
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Season Pos. P W D L GF GA PTS Danish Cup European Notes 1999-2000 1D 1 30 24 4 2 78 17 76 5th round promoted 2000-2001 SL 4 33 14 11 8 54 43 53 Semifinal 2001-2002 SL 3 33 16 9 8 47 27 57 5th round UC R1 2002-2003 SL 7 33 11 11 11 49 45 44 Runner-up UC R2 2003-2004 SL 6 33 14 6 13 65 51 48 4th round 2004-2005 SL 3 33 17 6 10 49 40 57 Runner-up 2005-2006 SL 7 33 10 11 12 42 52 41 5th round UC R1 2006-2007 SL 2 33 18 9 6 58 39 63 Quarterfinal 2007-2008 SL 2 33 18 8 7 53 36 62 Semifinal UC R1
[edit] Honours
[edit] Achievements
- 9 seasons in the Highest Danish League
- 1 season in the Second Highest Danish League
[edit] References
- ^ hka (2009-07-06). "Heinze lejes ud til SIF" (in Danish). FC Midtjylland. http://www.fcm.dk/index.php?ID=1&nyhedID=4911&mode=laes_nyhed&topID=. Retrieved on 2009-07-06.
[edit] External links
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