Flemming Serritslev (born 18 February 1947) is a Danish

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, coach and manager who is currently head coach of the Fiji national team.

Biography

Serritslev played most of his career for

Vejle Boldklub Vejle Boldklub is a Danish professional football club based in Vejle in Jutland. Formed in 1891, the club is one of the most successful clubs in Danish football history, having won the Danish championship five times and the Danish cup title six t ...

in a successful period. Thus, Serritslev was part of a team that won the Danish championship in 1972 and the

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in 1972, 1975 and 1977. As manager Flemming Serritslev ensured Danish side B1909 a place in the best Danish league in 1990. In 1992, he became assistant manager of the Danish national team before he went on to become head coach of the Danish U21 team. In 2006 Serritslev returned to his childhood club

Vejle Vejle () is a city in Denmark, in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of Vejle Fjord, where the Vejle River and Grejs River and their valleys converge. It is the site of the councils of Vejle Municipality ('' kommune'') and th ...

as sports manager. However, Serritslev and the new board at the club could not work together and Serritslev left

only six-month after his appointment. On 1 July 2010, he was appointed as technical manager of Mes Kerman in

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and also head coach of Mes B. On 25 August 2011, after the resignation of Mes head coach Samad Marfavi, he was appointed as caretaker manager of club but was replaced with

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without managing team in any match. On 23 November 2015, he became new manager of the

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. On 5 June 2016, he guided

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to the semi finals of the

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for the first time. Papua New Guinea beat

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2–1, before losing the final to

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in a penalty shoot-out.

Honours

As manager

Papua New Guinea

Runners-up:

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Managerial statistics

References

External links

Flemming Serritslev Interview

Flemming Serritslev Interview with Bold
1947 births Living people Danish footballers Vejle Boldklub players Danish football managers Ikast FS managers Expatriate football managers in Nigeria Boldklubben 1909 managers Expatriate football managers in Fiji Fiji national football team managers Kolding IF managers Association football midfielders Danish expatriate football managers Footballers from Copenhagen {{Denmark-footy-bio-stub