Hedensted Idrætsforening is a Danish

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club based in

Hedensted Hedensted is a Danish town in Region Midtjylland and the seat of Hedensted Municipality. Its population, including its northern neighbouring town Løsning, is 12,220.

. It was founded in 1928, and its first team competed in the

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, the fifth tier of the

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. The club is a part of the DBU Jutland regional association. Hedensted IF has more than 800 paying members, making it one of the largest sports clubs in Jutland and Denmark as a whole.

History

Founded in 1928 by I.S. Hüttel and E. Bjørnmose, who with a single used ball established the club on a rented field with a membership fee of DKK 1 per season, Hedensted IF grew into a staple of the local community. Its 75th anniversary was celebrated with a match against Vejle Boldklub, which was lost 10–0 as 400 spectators were present. There are six senior teams in the club. Today the first team competes in the

under the leadership of coaches Kasper Adelfred and Brian Rasmussen, the latter having played professionally for Vejle Boldklub, B 1903 and FC Copenhagen. The biggest match in Hedensted IF's history was against Lyngby Boldklub at home in the third round of the 2017–18 Danish Cup – the first time in club history that they played a competitive match against a club from the top tier Danish Superliga. The match ended with Hedensted being knocked out of the cup with the result 1–3. Three years later, on 12 October 2020, Hedensted managed to knock out second-tier

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club

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in the second round of the cup, winning 3–1. They eventually lost 1–5 in the following round to Fremad Amager – the club's first loss of the year, as they led their

group.

References

1928 establishments in Denmark Association football clubs established in 1928

Hedensted IF Hedensted Idrætsforening is a Danish Association football, football club based in Hedensted. It was founded in 1928, and its first team competed in the Denmark Series, the fifth tier of the Danish football league system. The club is a part of the ...

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