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Hillerød Hillerød () is a Denmark, Danish town with a population of 35,357 (1 January 2022) The club is playing their home games at Hillerød Stadium (previously known as Selskov Stadium) at either the exhibition ground (known as ''bane 1''), that can hold 5,000 standing spectators or at a fenced football field (known as ''bane 2''), that can hold approx. 1,500 spectators and features 240 seats. After having been founded as a multi-sports club under the name Ullerød Gymnastikforening (abbreviated UGF) in 1937, the club changed their name to Hillerød G&IF in 1968. With the introduction of a women's football department in 1970, the men's football department was then referred to as Hillerød GI Herrefodbold until 2009, when the senior men's team was renamed Hillerød Fodbold. A slow ascent from the lower regional league levels started in the 1970s, reaching the highest regional division,

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, in 1977, and the highest amateur league,

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, in 1992. After a series of promotions and relegations between the fourth, fifth and sixth

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from the late 1970s up until the late 2000s, the team was sent back to the third best regional league in the 2011/12-season, before they one season later secured four promotions over the course of six seasons to reach the national professional leagues in 2017. As of the 2018/19-season, the club's first men's team play in

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after winning promotion to the third level from the

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in the 2016/17-season for the first time in the club's history. At the 1990/91-edition of the

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, the Hillerød-based team reached the fourth round (round of 16), where they were ultimately defeated at

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by

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. The Hillerød-based club has fielded two active players on the national football teams, a youth player for the Under-17 and Under-19 teams, and a senior player ( Christopher Jakobsen) on the

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.

History

Ullerød GF (1937–1968)

During the 1920s, the Danish

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movement had introduced a new

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structure, consisting of eight hours of work with six weekly work days (compared to the previous situation of 10-12 work hours with 6-7 work days per week), which was a noticeable change, giving the

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a lot of extra

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and starting a wave of health interest across the country. Vagn Christensen — a

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in the period 1936–1940 at Grundtvigs Højskole located at Frederiksværksgade 119, who had previously been on the first Danish

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team sent abroad to perform — noticed an interest in the local community and the idea of establishing a sport club, using the school's old, little gym hall as a base, grew in the fall of 1936. To get a better feeling of the local interest, Vagn Christensen and a small group of initiative takers invited a wide range of interested parties for the first real meeting, which was held on 12 December 1936 at Frederiksborg Højskole (since 1937 known as Grundtvig Højskole). Due to the huge interest present at the meeting, a decision was immediately made to form a work group, consisting of Niels Jensen, Oskar Petersen, Marie Madsen, Martin Petersen and Linda Sørensen, who were tasked to design the new laws and just one day later call for an additional founding meeting of a new gymnastics club. The club was officially founded on 11 January 1937 at the club's first

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meeting held at Grundtvig Højskole and was named Ullerød Gymnastik Forening (abbreviated UGF), reflecting the club's location at the district of Ullerød in the western part of

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and

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was added to the club's repertoire. In the first season, one men's association football team was created. In 1940, Ullerød GF moved in to their first club house located at Frejasvej, containing a small meeting room on the ground floor and a changing room on the first floor, next to an association football field, that was also used for (outdoor) handball.

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became part of the sports club in 1938 or 1939. As a consequence of the new sport activities being included, a reorganisation was decided by the board in 1941, that created five independent sports departments (for athletics, gymnastics for women, gymnastics for men, handball and association football) and one unifying main organisation. At the 25 years anniversary, the club had approximately 800 members, where 500 members were attached to the gymnastics department, which at the time was one of

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's largest departments membership wise. During the early mid 1960s, the local politicians at the city and parish councils expressed their wishes for a merger between Ullerød GF and

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in connection with the upcoming merger in 1966 between the local municipalities; the central Hillerød Købstadskommune and the surrounding Frederiksborg Slotssogns Kommune and Nørre Herlev Kommune, but the proposal for the club merger was eventually rejected with a large majority by the board and members. Up until the 1960s, the then small football department did not draw great attention to itself, playing in the lower ranking regional leagues, primarily the SBU's A-række, with players such as Edvin Nilsson, Svend A. Nielsen og Charly Hansen as the most prominent names in the club's first thirty years. In the 1966/67-season of the

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, the club reached the first proper round under the

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for the first time, where it was defeated 4–0 by

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, while reaching the SBU's Serie 1 in 1967 following two consecutive promotions.

Hillerød G&IF (1968–2009)

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The club was renamed Hillerød Gymnastik- og Idrætsforening (abbreviated HGI) in the spring of 1968 after the debate regarding a name change had been initiated in 1962. A reference to only one of several sports was kept in the name to signify the importance of the gymnastics department and its strong foundation within the club. The need for a name change was in part justified by a judgment from the Zealand FA, that ruled in favour of the away team, Køge, whose players were not able to find the playing ground for Ullerød GF during a league match in the 1960s, thinking that the home team were playing their matches in the district of Ullerød. The club's first real club house was inaugurated in October 1968 at Selskov Stadium, funded partly by grants from Frederiksborg Slotssogn (on the condition that the work would be done by volunteers) and following a two year long construction period, that was started in 1966, and which underway was affected by a

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in February 1967. After the sport club introduced a women's football department in 1970, the men's association football department started being referred as Hillerød GI Herrefodbold, while the women's department was referred to as Hillerød GI Damefodbold. At the club's 40 years anniversary in 1977, the number of memberships were grown to approximately 2,100, with 1,000 members attached to the gymnastics department. The football department introduced the youth tournament, ''Copenhagen Tivoli Cup'', in 1991. In the spring of 2000, the club house at Hillerød Stadium burnt down and a new club house was not built until some years later, featuring several more changing rooms and a weight training center. In the 1970s, Hillerød G&IF surpassed the local rivals,

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as the leading club in Hillerød. While Frederiksborg IF was regarded as the city's old renowned

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sports club, both the sports management and the active

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s at Ullerød GF/Hillerød G&IF viewed themselves as being a

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club — which in practice was embodied by the local politicians and business community being more responsive and supportive towards Frederiksborg IF. Hillerød G&IF's senior men's team won their regional Series 1 league group in the 1976-season, including winning the Zealand Series 1 League Championship the same year, securing a promotion to the

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in the upcoming 1977-season for the first time in the club's history under the guidance of playing head coach Finn Wiberg. The team managed to compete in the top regional league for three years until a relegation in the 1979-season sent them back to the second highest league level on Zealand. Wiberg left the club after the 1979-season, but returned for a second round at the club in 1983, managing to secure the club's return to the

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for a second time.

Hillerød Fodbold (2009–present)

Initially, Hillerød Fodbold was started in January 2007 as a youth cooperation between four clubs; Hillerød GI, KBK Hillerød, Gadevang and Ålholm IF. Beginning from 1 July 2009 the senior men's football team of Hillerød G&IF were now renamed Hillerød Fodbold. At the end of the 2009/10-season, the entire senior team consisted of homegrown club players. A completely new team with a low average age was put together for the 2011/12-season, consisting of six U19-players and 22 years old team captain. In November 2015 the youth and reserve men's teams of Hillerød G&IF were also renamed and changed their shirt colours from blue/yellow to orange/black.

Ground

During the first season, the men's association football team played on a grass field behind Grundtvig High School, at the location of the current Teglværksvej. The spot was not ideal, and after a year they instead found a grass field located at the end of Birgitte Gøyesvej down to Pøleåen (a stream running through the district of Ullerød) — due to the location, the field was hence nicknamed ''skråningen'' (

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: the gravel pit). Frederiksborg Slotssogn stood behind the construction of a new sports facility at Selskov Stadium, which opened in 1958, consisting of a couple of association football fields and a small changing room on a hill. The North Zealandian club moved to the stadium the same year. Selskov Stadium was expanded in 1977, when an old to nearby Gadevang was closed (moving the road from being an extension of Ødamsvej to becoming an extension of Selskovsvej) and three new association football fields were established close to Frydenborgvej. The expansion involved an area, that consisted of underground marsh lands and a water connection from Gribskov towards the lake at

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, which complicated the entire construction process. The increasing number of members and others, who used the stadium and its club house facilities, meant that the city council funded the construction of a new club house (opened in 1986), that was almost twice as big as the previous one. A self-management deal in 1989 between Hillerød G&IF and

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resulted in the establishment of a new independent department on 1 January 1990 with the purpose of managing the sports facilities at Selskov Stadium, and funded by a yearly operating grant from the regional municipality. For several years, up until 1990, the athletic course in the southwest corner of the

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had been used for

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races, often gathering attendances of up to 10,000 people, but new safety regulations and several noise complaints from neighbors resulted in this activity being moved to

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. Speedway had worn out the running tracks at the athletic ground. When the local politicians declined to make a bid for the DGI's Landsstævne in 1998, a decision was made to instead invest DKK 15 million on new sports facilities, about half of the amount was to be used on Selskov Stadium, including the athletic ground at Selskov Stadium. A new athletic ground was inaugurated in 1997. At the same time, the club convinced the local politicians that the most important outdoor activities in the city would be placed at the stadium, which therefore changed its name to Hillerød Stadium. In 2005, Hillerød Municipality constructed a new association field, measuring 120x80 meters and name "''Bane 8''", at the area behind Ødammen in the east section of the sports center, which was officially inaugurated in 2008. The association football men's team are still playing their home games at Hillerød Stadium, historically at the exhibition ground surrounded by terraces (no

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s) and a

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(referred to as ''bane 1'') that can hold approx. 5,000 standing spectators or since the 2000s at a fenced football field, that can host approx. 1,500 spectators, and includes a small four row grandstand (referred to as ''bane 2'') featuring 240 seats. In February 2013, two artificial football turfs were inaugurated at the northern part of the sports facility, which are in use during the winter months.

Crest and colours

The first crest was introduced in the club's inaugural year and mounted on top of the official flag of the club. It had a simple design consisting of a decorative interlacing of the three initials of the club, "UGF" for Ullerød Gymnastikforening, encased in a shield with . As consequence of the name change in 1968, a new crest was introduced, consisting of a pentagon-like shaped blue shield with the club's initials, "HGI" for Hillerød Gymnastik- og Idrætforening in black decoratively shaped to form a circle on top of a yellow ring. In 2009, the club's senior men's team was renamed Hillerød Fodbold, and given new colours and a new crest demonstrating its identification with Hillerød Municipality and a desire to be recognised as one. When the senior men's team was promoted to the 2nd Division in 2017, the logo was revised and an orange/black shield was added around the exiting design, returning to the shield-based design. Logos used in the history of the association football department/club: File:blank.png , Ullerød GF
(1937–19??) File:blank.png , Hillerød G&IF
(1968–30.06.2009) File:blank.png , Hillerød Fodbold
(01.07.2009–30.06.2017) File:Hillerød Fodbold 2017 logo.svg , Hillerød Fodbold
(01.07.2017–present)

Players

Notable former players

Head coach history

The person responsible for direction of the first senior team has traditionally been given the title of head coach/trainer.

Honours

Domestic

National leagues

* 2nd Division (

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level 3) ** ''Best league performance:''
5th place (1): 2017–18 ()

Regional leagues

*

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(

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level 1) ** Winners (2):

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, 2014–15 * Series 1 League Championship (

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level 2) ** Winners (3): 1976, 1983, 2012–13 ** Runners-up (1): 1988 * Series 2 League Championship (

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level 3) ** Runners-up (1): 1966 * Series 3 League Championship (

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level 4) ** Winners (1): 1970

Cups

*

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** ''Best cup performance:''
Round of 16 (1): 1990–91

Achievements

League summary

* 2 ''seasons'' in the '' Third Highest Danish League''

Statistical breakdown season-by-season

¹: League games only, not including championship, promotion and relegation play-offs.

References

External links

*
Official website
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