Football Club Nordsjælland, commonly known as FC Nordsjælland, Nordsjælland () or FCN, is a professional Danish
football
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team from the
North Zealand
North Zealand, also North Sealand ( da, Nordsjælland), refers to the northern part of the Danish island of Zealand which is not clearly defined but generally covers the area north of Copenhagen. The Danish tourist authorities have recently in ...
town of
Farum
Farum is a town on the northeast of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark, 20 km northwest of Copenhagen. The town has a population of 20,312 (1 January 2022). . Founded as ''Farum Boldklub'' from the merger of the town's two football clubs Farum IK and Stavnsholt BK in 1991, the club changed its name to FC Nordsjælland in 2003.
FCN plays in the
Danish Superliga
The Danish Superliga ( da, Superligaen, ) is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each yea ...
, winning its first medal in the
2002–03 season, taking third place. Since then, the ''Wild Tigers'' have made four appearances in Europe under both the old
UEFA Cup
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format in
2003–04,
2008–09 and in the UEFA Europa League during the
2010–11 and
2011–12 seasons. In
2010
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, the club won its first
Danish Cup
The Danish Cup ( da, Landspokalturneringen; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955.
The winner will quali ...
and successfully defended it the following year in
2011
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, beating
Midtjylland
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in both finals.
FCN won the
2011–12 Danish Superliga in May 2012 which qualified the team to participate in the
2012–13 UEFA Champions League.
Nordsjælland plays its home matches at
Right to Dream Park, which has a capacity of 10,100 of which 9,800 seating and 300 standing spectators.
History
Farum BK (1991–2003)
Established on 1 January 1991 from the merger of two football clubs, Farum Idræts Klub (formed in 1910) and Stavnsholt Boldklub af 1974,
both from the former
Farum municipality
Farum municipality was a municipality (Danish '' kommune'') in the northeast of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. On January 1, 2007 it merged with Værløse municipality to form the new Furesø municipality as a consequence of Denmark's ...
(now consolidated with
Værløse
Værløse () is a town in Furesø Municipality in the northwestern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. As of 1 January 2022, it has a population of 13,069. Situated on the west side of the Hillerød Motorway, between Farum Lake to the north and Søn ...
as the
Furesø municipality Furesø could refer to:
* Furesø municipality, Denmark
* Furesø (lake)
Furesø is a lake in Northeastern Zealand, Denmark and the deepest lake in Denmark. It defined Farum municipality's southeast border and is the site of Nicolai Eigtved's 1 ...
), Farum BK would become one of the few successful mergers in Danish football, but not without controversy.
The club was an initiative of
Farum
Farum is a town on the northeast of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark, 20 km northwest of Copenhagen. The town has a population of 20,312 (1 January 2022). residents
including mayor
Peter Brixtofte
Peter Brixtofte (11 December 1949 – 2016) was a Danish politician who was member of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget) representing Venstre from 1973 to 1977, from 1979 to 1981, during 1983 and from 1990 to 8 February 2005. Brixtofte served as ...
, who took a personal interest in the club by arranging sponsorship.
The club kit colours became a combination of the two merged clubs, the red and white of Stavnsholt with the yellow and blue of F.I.K. combined into a kit with yellow and red striped shirts and dark blue shorts and socks, which is still used in some form to this day. Colours were not the only thing the newly formed club inherited, as Thomas Andreasen who had been with Stavnsholt BK was carried over into the new Farum squad, Andreasen would go on to make a record 295 appearances, playing from the
Denmark Series all the way to the
Danish Superliga
The Danish Superliga ( da, Superligaen, ) is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each yea ...
, until his departure from the club in 2007.
Farum BK was placed in the second group of the
Denmark Series, the fourth tier in the
Danish football pyramid, though it gained promotion to the first group after the club's maiden season.
Jørgen Andersen, a former goalkeeper for
Hvidovre
Hvidovre is the main town in Hvidovre Municipality, Denmark. The town, a suburb of Copenhagen, is about 10 km southwest of the capital's center. It is the 2nd biggest suburb of Copenhagen, only beaten by Frederiksberg.
History
Hvidovre has ...
, took over as the club's first head coach in 1992. The club stayed in the Denmark Series first group for six years. Under the guidance of manager Jørgen Tideman, who took over in 1994, Farum qualified for promotion into the
2nd Division in the 1997–98 season and subsequently turned professional for the first time in club history.
Farum's first full season as a professional club was a fruitful one, edging out
Aalborg Chang
Aalborg Chang is a Danish association football club based in the city of Aalborg, that competes in the Jutland Series, one of the sixth tiers of the Danish football league system, and the top tier of the regional DBU Jutland football association ...
and
Skive by one point, gaining promotion for the second time in two years into the
1st Division.
The club's meteoric rise was slowed at first with the new challenge of playing in the Danish second tier, though it was not stopped however, ending the 1999–2000 campaign with a respectable eighth-place finish, winning the same number of games as it lost. Farum, however, remained unable to make any sort of impact in the
Danish Cup
The Danish Cup ( da, Landspokalturneringen; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955.
The winner will quali ...
, having lost in the first round for the previous three years since making its debut in the tournament in the 1997–98 season. The following year saw some progression in both the league and cup, improving on the previous year's finish by finishing fifth, three spots and nine points behind second-placed promotion winners
Vejle
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, as well as breaking out of the first round of the Danish Cup to eventually fall to
Fremad Amager
Boldklubben Fremad Amager (meaning in English: The Ball Club Forward Amager ; abbreviated Fremad A) is a Danish professional football club based in the district of Amager Vest, Copenhagen. As of the 2020–21 season, the club's senior men's tea ...
in the third round following a 2–1 loss.
With the
2001–02 season, unconventional coach
Christian Andersen was brought in to manage the team, building on the foothold the club had gained in the 1st Division.
Jeppe Tengbjerg
Jeppe Tengbjerg (born 28 December 1973) is a Danish football manager and former football player. In his playing career, Tengbjerg represented a number of Danish clubs, as well as Dutch clubs SC Cambuur and Excelsior Rotterdam.
In 2005, he start ...
played a pivotal role, brought in from
B.93 the previous year. He scored 16 goals, becoming Farum's top goalscorer of the season and third overall in the league. The team went on to earn promotion into the
Superliga after finishing in second place, 11 points clear of third-placed
Sønderjylland
Southern Jutland ( da, Sønderjylland; German: Südjütland) is the name for the region south of the Kongeå in Jutland, Denmark and north of the Eider (river) in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The region north of the Kongeå is called da, Nør ...
, one point behind first-place winners
Køge
Køge (, older spelling ''Kjøge'') is a seaport on the coast of Køge Bugt (''Bay of Køge'') 39 km southwest of Copenhagen. It is the principal town and seat of Køge Municipality, Region Sjælland, Denmark. In 2022, the urban area had a ...
, scoring a team total of 69 goals, the highest in the division that season, and losing only four games.
Farum's
2002–03 appearance in the top flight of Danish football would be its first and last under the Farum BK name. It ended the season in third place, qualifying for the
UEFA Cup
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for the first time in its history.
The club's achievement, however, was overshadowed by the scandal involving Peter Brixtofte, who had arranged for the municipality to deliberately overpay for welfare services bought from private companies that in return would sponsor the Farum football team.
Brixtofte was forced to step down as chairman and the club came close to bankruptcy.
FC Nordsjælland (2003–present)
![Full time score 01](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Full_time_score_01.JPG)
In March 2003, Farum BK was bought by AKP Holding, the holdings company of local businessman
Allan K. Pedersen, and in an effort to distance the club from the Brixtofte scandal, Farum BK was re-branded as FC Nordsjælland,
named after the
North Zealand
North Zealand, also North Sealand ( da, Nordsjælland), refers to the northern part of the Danish island of Zealand which is not clearly defined but generally covers the area north of Copenhagen. The Danish tourist authorities have recently in ...
(Danish: Nordsjælland) region to clarify the club was to represent both the region as well as the town in which the club is based.
To reinforce the status as a regional team, a network of local football clubs from the surrounding area was created, consisting of around 66 teams, with the aim to highlight young talent in the region and bring it to national attention via FC Nordsjælland. The network is known as Fodbold Samarbejde Nordsjælland (FSN).
The club's second year in the Superliga, first as Nordsjælland, struggled to improve on the previous year's outing. With its worst goal difference since turning professional, not one FCN player ended in the top ten goal scorers, fighting to avoid relegation for most of the season, ending the campaign in ninth place. The ''Wild Tiger'' fans, however, were rewarded with European football with the club's first appearance in the UEFA Cup; it beat Armenian team
Shirak 6–0 on aggregate in the qualifying round, but were eliminated in the first round by Greek team
Panionios
Panionios G.S.S. Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ.), the ''Pan- Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'' (Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis'') ...
.
Christian Andersen was sacked at the end of the
2003–04 season, replaced by
Johnny Petersen
Johnny Petersen (born 27 November 1947) is a Danish football manager and former player who most recently was caretaker manager of Akademisk Boldklub. As a player, he represented Akademisk Boldklub and B 93 in his native country and FC St. Pau ...
as head coach.
The following two years under Johnny Petersen were spent avoiding relegation, with no success to speak of in either the Superliga or Danish Cup. Petersen's reign was not completely amiss, as he was noted for creating a good young team and the emergence of players
Mads Junker
Mads Junker (born 21 April 1981) is a Danish football pundit and former footballer who played as a striker. He played seven matches for the Danish national team.
During his career, and increasingly after his retirement in 2015, Junker worked a ...
and
Anders Due
Anders Due Hansen (born 17 March 1982) is a retired Danish footballer who currently is the assistant manager of Nykøbing FC. He played as a left midfielder and is the cousin of Danish national team and former Bolton, Charlton and Fulham midfie ...
. For the
2006–07 season,
Morten Wieghorst
Morten Wieghorst (born 25 February 1971) is a Danish association football manager and former player. He is currently the assistant coach for the Denmark national football team. He is the former head coach of the Denmark national under-21 footba ...
was promoted from assistant to head coach,
a position the former
Celtic
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Language and ethnicity
*pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia
**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
* Celtic music
*Celtic nations
Sports Fo ...
player would retain for five years.
Wieghorst's first dilemma in charge of FCN was to fill the gap left by top scorer Mads Junker, sale to Dutch side
Vitesse the previous winter.
Morten Nordstrand
Morten Nordstrand Nielsen (; born 8 June 1983) is a Danish former professional footballer, who played as a striker. He is currently the assistant coach of F.C. Copenhagen U17. He has played eight times for the Denmark national football team.
C ...
came in on a free from nearby
Lyngby
Kongens Lyngby (, Danish for "the King's Heather Town"; short form Lyngby) is the seat and commercial centre of Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. Lyngby Hovedgade is a busy shopping street and the site of ...
after scoring 29 goals in the 1st Division that previous season. Nordstrand would go on to make an instant impact, topping the goal scorers charts for the first half of the 2006–07 season and earning himself a call up to the
Denmark national team.
Helping the club to a fifth-place finish, Nordstrand ended the season with 18 goals after appearing in every league match that season.
Danish champions Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...
purchased the player at the end of the season for a then record 15 million
Danish kroner, becoming the largest transfer fee ever paid for a player between two Danish clubs.
With lower-than-average attendance and issues still arising from the Brixtofte scandal, chairman Allan Kim Pedersen confirmed there had been discussions to move the club north to
Hillerød
Hillerød () is a Denmark, Danish town with a population of 35,357 (1 January 2022)[ice hockey
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and
basketball
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. The move, however, never materialized.
Nordsjælland would find itself in a similar position the following season, again having sold its star striker
Martin Bernburg
Martin Løfqvist Bernburg (; born 26 December 1985) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a striker. He previously notably played for FC Nordsjælland and Brøndby IF and also gained caps for the Danish national team.
Club ...
to Copenhagen. The team only managed a ninth-place finish, yet qualified for the UEFA Cup for the second time via the
UEFA Respect Fair Play ranking
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Qualific ...
s.
2008–09 would become a good year for the ''Wild Tigers'' in terms of cup competitions, making it to the quarter-finals in the Danish Cup for the second time in its history, and improving on its previous European outing with wins over
TVMK Tallinn and
Queen of the South, though later being knocked out by Greek side
Olympiacos
Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...
0–7 aggregate.
In October 2008, Allan K. Pedersen sold FC Nordsjælland from AKP Holding to himself for a reported 500,000
Danish kroner, shortly before his holding company went bankrupt, a price Pedersen, however, denies. Following an investigation from his creditors, it was found that the sale was forced through without the bank's consent, and that the value for which the club was sold was too low, which ultimate reduced the finances the creators received for the sale. FCN was reevaluated to be worth 35 million kroner at the time of sale. The case has gone to the
Supreme Court
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and is yet to be resolved; it speculated that it could take one-to-four years.
The
2009–10 season saw Nordsjælland lift its first trophy, the
Danish Cup
The Danish Cup ( da, Landspokalturneringen; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955.
The winner will quali ...
. FCN was not drawn against another Superliga team until the quarter-final meeting with
Silkeborg
Silkeborg () is a Danish town with a population of 49,747 (1 January 2022).[Midtjylland
The Central Denmark Region ( da, Region Midtjylland), or more directly translated as the Central Jutland Region and sometimes simply Mid Jutland, is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish muni ...]
in Nordsjælland's first cup final, winning in extra time
2–0 with goals from new signing
Nicolai Stokholm
Nicolai Stokholm (born 1 April 1976) is a Danish former professional association footballer, who played as a midfielder. He played for FC Nordsjælland, having moved from Viking FK in the winter 2008–09. He made his debut for the Denmark nati ...
and
Bajram Fetai,
and qualifying for European competition in the newly remodeled UEFA Europa League. The team would repeat this feat the following season, facing Midtjylland once again in the finals of the Danish Cup and winning the trophy for the second time
with a 3–2 win. This would be Morten Wieghorst's last trophy with the ''Wild Tigers'', however; he moved to manage the
Denmark under-21 national team at the end of the
2010–11 campaign.
Kasper Hjulmand
Kasper Hjulmand (born 9 April 1972) is a Danish football manager and a former player. He is the head coach for the Denmark national team.
Playing career
A defender, Hjulmand began his career with Randers Freja in 1987 where he played four ye ...
was named Wieghorst's successor in June 2011, promoted from the coaching staff.
In preparation for the
2011–12 season, the former Lyngby head coach brought in two Danish internationals in
Mikkel Beckmann (from relegated
Randers
Randers () is a city in Randers Municipality, Central Denmark Region on the Jutland peninsula. It is Denmark's sixth-largest city, with a population of 62,802 (as of 1 January 2022).[Patrick Mtiliga
Patrick Jan Mtiliga (; born 28 January 1981) is a Danish retired professional footballer and currently the Assistant Academy Director of FC Nordsjælland. He played as a defender, most frequently used as a left-back. He played six games for the ...]
(on a free from
Málaga
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). FCN sought to improve on the previous season's sixth-place finish and to defend its Danish Cup title for the second year running. It would go on to play in the Europa League for second year in a row, exiting the competition in the third qualifying round after losing to
Sporting CP
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2–1 aggregate, which had also eliminated Nordsjælland from Europe the previous season.
![FCNmesterskab](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/FCNmesterskab.jpg)
FCN started the new season in good form, peaking as high as second in the Superliga, and an undefeated run at home in all competitions until 30 October, including an impressive 0–0 draw with Portuguese side Sporting CP, making the start of the 2011–12 campaign one of its best starts in recent years. For the first time in club history, a total of five players were called up to the Denmark national team
to face
Sweden
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and
Finland
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in November:
Mikkel Beckmann,
Andreas Bjelland
Andreas Bjelland (born 11 July 1988) is a Danish-Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Lyngby. He represented Denmark at international level and was part of the Danes' Euro 2012 squad. He is also adept as a full back ...
and debutantes
Tobias Mikkelsen
Tobias Pilegaard Mikkelsen (; born 18 September 1986) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a winger, he last played for Helsingborgs IF in the Allsvenskan. He has eight senior caps for Denmark, as well as a total of 11 youth ...
,
Jesper Hansen and
Jores Okore
Tetchi Jores Charlemagne Ulrich Okore (; born 11 August 1992), known as Jores Okore, is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Changchun Yatai.
Okore is considered a capable and aggressive defender, who is known for his ...
. FCN ended the season as Superliga champions for the first time in its history.
![FCNCHL](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/FCNCHL.jpg)
In 2012–13, for the first time FCN participated in the
UEFA Champions League
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 ...
, where it was drawn into a difficult group alongside defending champions
Chelsea
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Canada
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United Kingdom
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,
Serie A
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champions
Juventus
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and
Ukrainian Premier League
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champions
Shakhtar Donetsk
Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was f ...
. FCN played all its home matches at the Danish national stadium,
Parken
Parken Stadium, also known simply as Parken and as Telia Parken (2014–2020), is a football stadium in the Indre Østerbro (''Inner Østerbro'') district of Copenhagen, Denmark, built from 1990 to 1992. The stadium, which features a retractable ...
. It gained one point from the group stage – playing 1–1 against Juventus at home thanks to a direct free-kick goal from Beckmann. In the last group match, a controversial goal from
Luiz Adriano
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Born in Porto Alegre, he began his career at hometown club Interna ...
became the talking point of the match.
Players
Current squad
Youth players in use 2022/23
Out on loan
Leaving players
Retired numbers
;26 –
Jonathan Richter (2005–09)
Former players
Club captains
Since 2001, seven players have held the position as club captain for Farum BK or FC Nordsjælland. The first recorded captain was Michael Elbæk. All recorded captains to date have been of Danish nationality. The captain to have lifted the most trophies for FCN is
Nicolai Stokholm
Nicolai Stokholm (born 1 April 1976) is a Danish former professional association footballer, who played as a midfielder. He played for FC Nordsjælland, having moved from Viking FK in the winter 2008–09. He made his debut for the Denmark nati ...
, who won the
Danish Cup
The Danish Cup ( da, Landspokalturneringen; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955.
The winner will quali ...
on two occasions. Stokholm is also the current and longest-serving captain, having taken over from
Henrik Kildentoft when the former arrived at the club in 2009.
Stadium
Nordsjælland plays its home matches in
Right to Dream Park, which has a capacity of 10,100 attendances (9,800 seated). The stadium is the first in Denmark with artificial turf.
Club officials
;Administration
*''Chairmen:'' Tom Vernon
*''Financial director:'' Carsten Pedersen
*''Administration management:'' ?
*''Commercial director:'' Hanne Rolighed
*''Sporting director:'' ?
*''Technical director:'' Flemming Pedersen
*''Sporting administration:'' Michael Nyegaard
*''Media officer:'' Kristoffer Skadhauge
*''Head of youth department:'' Kenneth Rasmussen
*''FCN academy leader:'' Jan Laursen
*''FCN affiliate clubs:'' Dan Pedersen
;Coaching and medical staff
*''Manager:''
Flemming Pedersen
*''Assistant manager:'' ?
*''Assistant manager:''
Dramani Mas-Ud Didi
Mas-Ud Didi Dramani (born 3 March 1966) is a football coach and a retired Ghana international football player. He is the Head coach of the Asante Kotoko. Didi is also a senior Confederation of African Football (CAF) instructor and assessor of c ...
*''Player coach:''
Michael Essien
Michael Kojo Essien (born 3 December 1982) is a Ghanaian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder and is currently a member of Danish Superliga club FC Nordsjælland, Nordsjælland's coaching staff. He was ...
*''Fitness coach:'' Mathias Zangenberg
*''Goalkeeping coach:'' Pablo Moreno
*''Head team Assistant:'' Jacob Schwabe
*''Physiotherapists:'' Jacob Penalver & Joachim Dilling
*''Doctor:'' Jesper Petersen
*''Dietician:'' Lars Skotte
Managerial history
Key
:
* Served as
caretaker manager
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.
:† Served as caretaker manager before being appointed permanently.
Honours
National tournaments
*
Danish Superliga
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::
Champions
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:
2011–12
::Runners up:
2012–13
*
1st Division
::Runners up (1):
2001–02
*
Zealand Series
Zealand Series ( da, Sjællandsserien, SS, Herre Sjællandsserien) is the highest division for men organized by the regional association DBU Sjælland and one of the sixth-highest divisions overall in the Danish football league system. The Zeala ...
::Runners up: 1996
*
Danish Cup
The Danish Cup ( da, Landspokalturneringen; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955.
The winner will quali ...
::Winners:
2009–10,
2010–11
International tournaments
Friendly tournaments
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La Manga Cup
La Manga Cup is a winter football tournament played in La Manga Club, La Manga del Mar Menor (Murcia, Spain). Usual participants are clubs from countries with a summer football season: Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Russia, Ukraine
Uk ...
::Winners:
2012
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Season results
FC Nordsjælland in European competition
FC Nordsjælland's first competitive European match was on 14 August 2003, in the
2003–04 UEFA Cup, beating
Shirak F.C.
Football Club Shirak ( hy, Շիրակ Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ), commonly known as Shirak, is an Armenian professional sports club based in Gyumri. Shirak is known for its professional football team which is one of the oldest football ...
4–0 at home. In total, the club has participated in European competitions in seven different seasons, reaching as far as the Group stage of the
2012–13 UEFA Champions League. However, as of August 2018, they have never qualified for the group stage after starting from a qualifying round.
Fodbold Samarbejde Nordsjælland
The Fodbold Samarbejde Nordsjælland (''Football Cooperation North Zealand or FSN'' in short) is a network of affiliated clubs headed by FC Nordsjælland, in which to highlight talent, youth development, cooperation and community in the
North Zealand
North Zealand, also North Sealand ( da, Nordsjælland), refers to the northern part of the Danish island of Zealand which is not clearly defined but generally covers the area north of Copenhagen. The Danish tourist authorities have recently in ...
region. Where clubs participating receive benefits from FCN such as loan moves, friendlies, tickets to games, merchandise, coach visits, training camps and coaching courses. In return, FC Nordsjælland get access to a large scouting network of youth players, which has helped develop many young talent to become youth internationals, who have gone on to play professionally in the
Danish Superliga
The Danish Superliga ( da, Superligaen, ) is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each yea ...
and beyond. FSN has also played an important role in the attendance rise in Farum Park.
Affiliated clubs
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Allerød FK
* Alsønderup IF
* Ålholm Fodbold
* Ølsted IF
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Ølstykke FC
Ølstykke Fodbold Club ; also known as Ølstykke FC or ØFC) is an association football club based in the town of Ølstykke on Zealand, Denmark. The men's team competes in the Series 1, the sixth tier of the Danish football league system and the ...
* Ballerup IF
* BFC Lundegården
* Blistrup SI
* Brødeskov IF
* Blovstrød IF
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BSV
* Dalby IF
* Dragør BK
* Døllefjelde Musse IF
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Elite 3000
In political and sociological theory, the elite (french: élite, from la, eligere, to select or to sort out) are a small group of powerful people who hold a disproportionate amount of wealth, privilege, political power, or skill in a group. D ...
* Espergærde IF
* FA 2000
* Farum BK
* Faxe Ladeplads IF
* FC Holte
* FC Jonstrup
* FIF Hillerød
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Frederikssund IK
* Frem Hellebæk
* G77 Gundsømagle
* Gilleleje FK
* Gørløse SI
* Grantoften IF
* Græsted IF
* Gundsølille IF
* Gundsømagle 77
* Gurre IK
* Hasle IF
* Hørsholm-Usserød IK
* Helsinge Fodbold
* Helsingør IF
* Hillerød GI
* Hornbæk IF
* Humlebæk BK
* Hundested IK
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IF Skjold Birkerød
Idrætsforeningen Skjold Birkerød (; commonly known as Skjold Birkerød), is a sports club based in Birkerød, Denmark. Skjold is mostly known for its association football department, which competes in the Denmark Series, the fourth tier of t ...
* IS Skævinge
* Jyllinge FC
* Jægersborg BK
* Kalundborg GB
* Karlebo IF
* KBK Hillerød
* Kirke Hyllinge IF
* Kirke Værløse IF
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KFUM Roskilde
KFUM's Boldklub Roskilde is an association football club based in the town of Roskilde, Denmark, that competes in the Denmark Series, the fifth tier of the Danish football league system. Founded in 1929, it is affiliated to DBU Zealand. The tea ...
* Kr. Værløse IF
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Lolland-Falster Alliancen Lolland-Falster is a common term for the two islands Lolland and Falster. The islands are only separated by the narrow strait '' Guldborgsund'', and as such have traditionally been grouped together.
Both the Gedser-Rostock and Rødby-Puttgarden f ...
* Lynge Uggeløse IF
* Måløv BK
* NB Bornholm
* Nordstevns GI
* Nødebo IF
* Nivå Kokkedal FK
* Oppe Sundby IF
* ORI Fodbold
* Raklev GI
* Ramløse Fodbold
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Skovshoved IF
Skovshoved Idrætsforening, or Skovshoved IF, is a Danish sports club. The football team is currently playing in the Danish 2nd Divisions. They play at Skovshoved Idrætspark (also referred to as ''Banen ved Krøyersvej'') in Klampenborg north ...
* Slangerup og Omegns IF
* Slangslunde-Ganløse IF
* Snekkersten IF
* Store Lyngby IF
* Tikøb IF
* Uvelse IF
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Værløse BK
* Vejby-Tisvilde Fodbold
Footnotes and references
External links
Official websiteat UEFA
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Nordsjaelland, F.C.
Association football clubs established in 1991
1991 establishments in Denmark
Farum