Association football is the most popular sport in Denmark, with 331,693 players and 1,647 clubs registered () under the

Danish FA The Danish Football Union ( da, Dansk Boldspil-Union; DBU) is the governing body of football in Denmark. It is the organization of the Danish football clubs and runs the professional Danish football leagues and the men's and women's national ...

. The game was introduced into Denmark by British sailors. Kjøbenhavns Boldklub is the oldest club outside of the United Kingdom, having been founded on 26 April 1876. Denmark hosted the

1984 European Competition for Women's Football The 1984 European Competition for Women's Football was won by Sweden on penalties against England. It comprised four qualifying groups, the winner of each going through to the semi-finals which were played over two legs, home and away. As only sixt ...

, the 1991 UEFA Women's Euro, the

2000 UEFA Cup Final The 2000 UEFA Cup Final was a football match that took place on 17 May 2000 at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark to decide the winner of the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup. The game event pitted Galatasaray of Turkey and Arsenal of England, and was the ...

, and the 2003 UEFA Women's Cup Final.

Men's league system

The Copenhagen Football Championship, known as Fodboldturneringen, was established in 1889 as the first domestic league by the

Danish Football Association The Danish Football Union ( da, Dansk Boldspil-Union; DBU) is the governing body of football in Denmark. It is the organization of the Danish football clubs and runs the professional Danish football leagues and the men's and women's national t ...

(DBU). Since its founding, many other regional leagues was founded in Denmark. A national league championship was first established in 1927 with the first season being held as 1927–28 Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen. The different leagues was linked together to create a pyramidal structure allowing promotion and relegation between different levels. The top four levels in Denmark are governed by the

and, the first three divisions by its professional body

Divisionsforeningen Foreningen af Divisionsklubber i Danmark ( en, Danish League), commonly referred to as Divisionsforeningen or shortened to DF (or FDD), is a trade, special interest and employers' organization for men's professional association football in Den ...

. The top 3 are collectively called ''Danmarksturneringen i fodbold'' (literally: the Denmark Tournament in Football), and share a common set of rules more geared towards professional football. Reserve teams are allowed in the league structure, but can only reach the

Denmark Series The Denmark Series ( da, Danmarksserien) is the fifth tier in the Danish football league system. Teams are divided into four groups of ten. The top team in each group is promoted to the Danish 3rd Division. The bottom three teams in each group are ...

. The Danish Superliga clubs' reserve teams, primarily, have their own reserve competition. The lower divisions are controlled by the six regional associations. The number of divisions in the lower series under the auspices of the local football association vary greatly depending on the association's size.

Competition records

UEFA Champions League

The following teams have advanced to elimination rounds in the UEFA Champions League. *Group stage: Aalborg BK ( 1995–96, 2008–09),

Brøndby IF Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening (, usually abbreviated to Brøndby IF (), is a professional association football club based in Brøndbyvester, Capital Region of Denmark. The club was founded in 1964 as a merger between two local clubs and was p ...

( 1998–99), F.C. Copenhagen ( 2006–07,

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, 2013–14, 2016–17), Nordsjælland (

2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

F.C. Midtjylland FC Midtjylland (, "Central Jutland") is a Danish professional football club based in Herning and Ikast in the western part of Jutland. The club is the result of a merger between Ikast FS and Herning Fremad. Midtjylland competes in the Danish Supe ...

(

2020–21 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen ...

) *Round of 16: Copenhagen (

)

UEFA Cup/Europa League

The following teams have advanced to elimination rounds in the UEFA Cup (now Europa League). *Semi-finals:

( 1990–91) *Quarter-finals: Boldklubben 1903 ( 1991–92), Odense BK ( 1994–95),

( 1996–97), Copenhagen ( 2019–20) *Round of 16: Aalborg BK ( 2008–09)

UEFA Europa Conference League

The following teams have advanced to elimination rounds in the UEFA Europa Conference League. *Round of 16: Copenhagen ( 2021–22) *Knock out round: Midtjylland ( 2021–22), Randers ( 2021–22) Defunct:

European Cup

The following teams have advanced to elimination rounds in the

European Cup The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...

. *Quarter-finals:

AGF Aarhus Aarhus Gymnastikforening (; commonly known as AGF ), is a professional sports club based in Aarhus, Jutland, Denmark. Founded in 1880, it is one of the oldest clubs in the country and gymnastics and fencing are featured as its main sports. How ...

( 1960–61),

( 1986–87)

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

The following teams have advanced to elimination rounds in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. *Quarter-finals:

B1909 Boldklubben 1909, known as B1909, is a Danish association football club currently playing in the Denmark Series. They play at Gillested Park in Odense on Funen, which has a capacity of 6,000. Founded in 1909, the club spent a total 38 seasons in ...

( 1962–63), Randers Freja ( 1968–69), Vejle BK ( 1977–78),

( 1988–89)

References

External links

Danish Football Association

Jutland Football History

Peders fodboldstatistik
extensive match database
www.haslund.info
season by season results and tables

- Danish Football League Tables, Records & Statistics Database. {{League systems