Niels Frederiksen (; born 5 November 1970) is a Danish professional
football manager
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Management includes the activities ...
. He last worked as the head coach of
Danish Superliga
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club
Brøndby IF.
Frederiksen began his career as a head coach at
Lyngby Boldklub
Lyngby Boldklub () is a Danish professional football club founded in 1921. It is based at Lyngby Stadion in Kongens Lyngby, Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, a northern suburb of Copenhagen. From 1994 to 2001 the club was known as Lyngby FC. The club ...
in 2009 after having spent almost two decades as a youth coach in
B 1913
Boldklubben 1913 is a Danish football club which plays in Albani Series. They play at Campus Road, in Odense on Funen. B1913 spent one season in the ''1961–62 European Cup'', which is the club's most notable international appearance.
From ...
,
B.93, and Lyngby. He remained in the post as head coach, and later manager, for the club for nearly four years. He then coached
Esbjerg
Esbjerg (, ) is a seaport town and seat of Esbjerg Municipality on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. By road, it is west of Kolding and southwest of Aarhus. With an urban population of 71,698 (1 January 2022) , leading them to a fifth place in the domestic league as well as their best European result ever: the
Europa League
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round of 32 where the club was knocked out by
Fiorentina
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. He was relieved of his duties in 2015. He was later put in charge of the
Denmark national under-21 team, before being appointed head coach of Brøndby in June 2019, replacing
Alexander Zorniger
Alexander Zorniger (born 8 October 1967) is a German football manager of Greuther Fürth and retired player who played as a midfielder.
Coaching career Early career
Zorniger started his coaching career with stints as head coach of Normannia Gm ...
. He would go on to lead the club to their first
Danish Superliga
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title in 16 years in the 2020–21 season.
Frederiksen is noted for his exceptional work with young talents, developing players such as
Andreas Christensen
Andreas Bødtker Christensen (born 10 April 1996) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for La Liga club Barcelona and the Denmark national team.
Christensen began his career at Skjold Birkerød and later joined Br ...
,
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 ...
,
Yussuf Poulsen
Yussuf Yurary Poulsen (; born 15 June 1994) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Denmark national team. He sometimes uses ''Yurary'' as his shirt name.
After starting his professiona ...
and
Christian Nørgaard in Lyngby, and
Martin Braithwaite
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Having begun his career ...
at Esbjerg.
He has furthermore shown flexibility in regards to
formations, employing a
3–4–3 formation at Denmark U21,
but also utilising a classic
4–4–2
In association football, the formation of a team refers to the position players take in relation to each other on a pitch. As association football is a fluid and fast-moving game, a player's position (with the exception of the goalkeeper) in a ...
. In Brøndby, Frederiksen started out employing a
4–3–3
In association football, the formation of a team refers to the position players take in relation to each other on a pitch. As association football is a fluid and fast-moving game, a player's position (with the exception of the goalkeeper) in a ...
, but since adjusted this to a dynamic
3–5–2 with attacking wingbacks,
Andreas Maxsø
Andreas Beyer Maxsø (; born 18 March 1994) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Major League Soccer club Colorado Rapids and the Denmark national team. He is known for his strength, leadership and aerial ability.
...
as the anchor in defense and a fast and more stationary centre forward as the main
forwards. Frederiksen is a proponent of ''
pressing'', in what he has called a ''balanced press''. This implies striking a balance between immediately attempting to win back possession high up the pitch, and falling back and regrouping in defence.
Frederiksen has cited his main influences inside football as
José Mourinho "for his arrogance",
Sir Alex Ferguson
Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson (born 31 December 1941) is a Scottish former football manager and player, best known for managing Manchester United from 1986 to 2013. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest football managers of all tim ...
"for his long time success" and
Jürgen Klopp
Jürgen Norbert Klopp (; born 16 June 1967) is a German professional football manager and former player who is the manager of club Liverpool. He is widely regarded as one of the best managers in the world.
Klopp spent most of his playing ...
, due to his development of young players and his tactics. Outside football, he has been inspired by
Socrates
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and the 2011 film ''
Moneyball'' starring
Brad Pitt.
Managerial career
B.93
Frederiksen started coaching at age 20, coaching youth teams at
B 1913
Boldklubben 1913 is a Danish football club which plays in Albani Series. They play at Campus Road, in Odense on Funen. B1913 spent one season in the ''1961–62 European Cup'', which is the club's most notable international appearance.
From ...
in his hometown
Odense
Odense ( , , ) is the third largest city in Denmark (behind Copenhagen and Aarhus) and the largest city on the island of Funen. As of 1 January 2022, the city proper had a population of 180,863 while Odense Municipality had a population of 20 ...
.
Frederiksen's arrived in
B.93 from
Østerbro
Østerbro () (literally, "Eastern Bridge") is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is located just north of the city centre, outside the old city gate Østerport which, after it was moved around 1700, used to be located clos ...
,
Copenhagen
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in 1997, where he was put in charge of some youth divisions. Between 2000 and 2002, he was appointed coach of the under-16 team and followed the players as coach when these reached the under-18 team in 2003–04.
In 2005, Frederiksen was put in charge of the entire youth department of B.93, while he also worked as assistant coach to the first team which competed in the
Danish 2nd Division
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(third highest division). In November 2005, he signed a contract as under-19 coach for
Lyngby Boldklub
Lyngby Boldklub () is a Danish professional football club founded in 1921. It is based at Lyngby Stadion in Kongens Lyngby, Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, a northern suburb of Copenhagen. From 1994 to 2001 the club was known as Lyngby FC. The club ...
, and he left B.93 in late 2005.
Lyngby
Frederiksen began coaching the
Lyngby Boldklub
Lyngby Boldklub () is a Danish professional football club founded in 1921. It is based at Lyngby Stadion in Kongens Lyngby, Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, a northern suburb of Copenhagen. From 1994 to 2001 the club was known as Lyngby FC. The club ...
under-17 and under-19 sides beginning 1 January 2006. During his first season, he led the under-19 team to a second place in the table in the national championship, while they reached third place in 2007. In February 2008, Frederiksen was promoted to the position of head of talent in Lyngby – the club's first since 2004 where
Birger Jørgensen held the position. He also joined the board of the Lyngby Boldklub
aktieselskab
''Aktieselskab'' (; abbr.: A/S, or a/s, Unicode ; literally meaning: "stock company") is the Danish name for a stock-based corporation. An ''aktieselskab'' may be either publicly traded or private.
Liability
The shareholders of an ''aktiesel ...
.
Lyngby Boldklub's first team competed in the
Danish 1st Division (second highest division) in 2009, where the club's objective was promotion to the
Danish Superliga
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. After a poor start to the season, head coach
Henrik Larsen
Henrik Larsen (born 17 May 1966), nicknamed ''Store Larsen'' (''Big Larsen''), is a Danish football manager and former professional player, who played as a midfielder. He was last the manager of Lyngby Boldklub.
He was the joint top scorer at t ...
was sacked on 23 March 2009. On the same day, Frederiksen was promoted from head of talent to head coach for the first team.
Lyngby ended the
2008–09 season in sixth place, 21 and 19 points, respectively, behind
Herfølge Boldklub
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and
Silkeborg IF
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who reached promotion. He continued coaching the first team during the
2009–10 season while managing an
HR unit within
Danske Bank where he had also become
chief operating officer
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.
Frederiksen and Lyngby Boldklub reached promotion during that season, after reaching second place in the table, only behind
AC Horsens and ahead of
FC Fredericia
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in third place.
After reaching promotion to the Superliga, Frederiksen signed a one-year contract extension with Lyngby on 1 July 2010. While working as head coach at the highest level, he took leave as COO in Danske Bank and would only do
consulting
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Consulting servic ...
assignments. During the
2010–11 season, Lyngby was engaged in a relegation battle but managed to avoid this in the final fixture of the season, on 29 May 2011 in a 2–0 home win over
OB. The club ended in eighth place in the league table.
In early June 2011, Frederiksen became a full-time permanent employee in Lyngby. This happened after he signed a three-year contract extension, keeping him part of the club until June 2014.
By 1 September 2011, Frederiksen was released from his employment obligations in the
Danske Bank Group, and the following week he was appointed manager of Lyngby, where he was also put in charge of transfers.
The same year, he received his
UEFA Pro Licence
UEFA, the governing body for football in Europe, mandates several coaching licences for professional managers, each valid for coaching at a certain level. These include the UEFA Pro Licence, the UEFA A Licence, and the UEFA B Licence. They are is ...
.
Esbjerg fB
On 2 May 2013,
Esbjerg fB
Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber (; commonly known as Esbjerg fB or EfB in short) is a Danish professional football club based in Esbjerg, West Jutland, that plays in the 2nd division, the third-tier of the Danish football league system. Found ...
announced that Frederiksen would succeed
Jess Thorup
Jess Thorup (born 21 February 1970) is a Danish professional football manager and former player, who most recently managed Danish Superliga club FC Copenhagen.
Playing career
Thorup progressed through the youth academy of Odense Boldklub (OB). He ...
as the club's head coach from the start of the
2013–14 Danish Superliga
The 2013–14 Danish Superliga season was the 24th season of the Danish Superliga, which decided the Danish football championship.
Teams
AC Horsens and Silkeborg IF finished the 2012–13 season in 11th and 12th place, respectively, and wer ...
season. In his first season, he led Esbjerg to the round of 32 in the
Europa League
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, where they lost 2–4 over two legs to Italian side
Fiorentina
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. This came after advancing from the group stage in second place by beating
Standard Liège
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They are one of the most ...
(2–1; 2–1) and
Elfsborg
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(2–1; 1–0), and losing two matches to group winners,
Red Bull Salzburg (1–2; 0–3).
Esbjerg had qualified to the group stage after winning 5–3 on aggregate over French club
Saint-Étienne.
In the domestic league, his first season was also successful, ending in a fifth-placed finish which qualified the club for contention in the
2014–15 Europa League second round.
In the following season, Esbjerg knocked out Kazakh side
Kairat Almaty 2–1 on aggregate in the second qualifying round, before facing Polish club
Ruch Chorzów in the third round. In the first leg, Esbjerg drew 0–0 away. However in the second leg, a last-minute goal by
Łukasz Surma
Łukasz Surma (born 28 June 1977 in Kraków) is a retired Polish footballer (defensive midfielder). He is the current record holder in number of appearances in Polish Ekstraklasa. He played 559 matches.
Career
He was a captain of Legia Warsaw f ...
for Ruch Chorzów to make it 2–2 to win on away goals, ended Esbjerg's hopes of advancing in the tournament. In the domestic league, Esbjerg had sold some profiles such as
Jakob Ankersen
Jakob Ankersen (born 22 September 1990) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a winger for AC Horsens. He is the twin brother of FC Copenhagen player Peter Ankersen.
Career Esbjerg fB
On 24 June 2009, alongside his twin brother sig ...
,
Eddi Gomes and
Martin Pušić during the winter transfer window, and partly due to this the club struggled against relegation. In the last fixture of the season, Esbjerg avoided relegation after a 2–1 win over relegation rivals,
FC Vestsjælland
FC Vestsjælland, also known as FCV Vikings, was a professional Danish association football club that played in the Danish 1st Division until its closure in 2015. They played their home matches at Harboe Arena Slagelse in Slagelse, which has a c ...
.
On 10 August 2015, Frederiksen was dismissed by Esbjerg with the side placed last in the Danish Superliga table after four matches into the
2015–16 season, with chairman Søren Poulsen citing "lacking" domestic results as the reason behind the dismissal. Frederiksen was succeeded by
Jonas Dal.
Denmark U21
In August 2015, Frederiksen was named manager of the
Denmark under-21 team, signing a two-year contract. In his first game in charge, they lost 1–2 to
Germany
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in a
friendly at
Stadion Lohmühle
The Lohmühle – officially the Dietmar-Scholze-Stadion an der Lohmühle as of the 2020-21 3. Liga season - is a football stadium in Lübeck, Germany. It is the home ground of VfB Lübeck, located in the ''Holstentor Nord'' district, which is i ...
in
Lübeck
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,
Schleswig-Holstein
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. Under Frederiksen, Denmark qualified for the
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
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in
2017
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and
2019
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, where they were knocked out in the group stages, finishing third and second, respectively.
Brøndby
Frederiksen returned to club management at the beginning of the
2019–20 season with
Brøndby IF, when the club announced him as their new head coach on 1 June. However, Frederiksen would have to lead the
Denmark under-21 team through the
2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship before starting in his new position. In Brøndby, he had a mixed start and the club suffered a string of poor results in September. This saw him change the formation from a
4–3–3
In association football, the formation of a team refers to the position players take in relation to each other on a pitch. As association football is a fluid and fast-moving game, a player's position (with the exception of the goalkeeper) in a ...
to a
3–5–2 in early October, which resulted in a derby win over
FC Copenhagen
Football Club Copenhagen ( da, Football Club København, ), commonly known as FC København, FC Copenhagen, Copenhagen or simply FCK, is a professional Danish football club in Copenhagen, Denmark. FCK was founded in 1992 as a superstructure on ...
. Frederiksen's defense consisted of
Hjörtur Hermannsson
Hjörtur Hermannsson (; born 8 February 1995) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Serie B club Pisa and the Iceland national team.
Club career Fylkir
Born in Reykjavík, Iceland, Hermannsson began his caree ...
,
Andreas Maxsø
Andreas Beyer Maxsø (; born 18 March 1994) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Major League Soccer club Colorado Rapids and the Denmark national team. He is known for his strength, leadership and aerial ability.
...
and
Sigurd Rosted, which neutralised Copenhagen-strikers
Nicklas Bendtner and
Michael Santos. After winning the subsequent league match 3-0 over Frederiksen's former club,
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 ...
, he stated that the 3-5-2 was a system suited for his team's abilities.
In January 2020,
sporting director
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Carsten V. Jensen sold key players
Kamil Wilczek and
Dominik Kaiser
Dominik Kaiser (born 16 September 1988) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Career
Early career
Born in Mutlangen, West Germany, Kaiser was raised in Waldstetten and played for various clubs, such as TGSV Wal ...
to
Göztepe and
Hannover 96, respectively, which brought forward Frederiksen's key strengths; the development of young players. The altering of the first-team meant that talents such as
Morten Frendrup and
Anis Ben Slimane began to play a larger role for the club in the spring of 2020.
Frederiksen had a strong start to the
2020–21 season with Brøndby, who won the first four matches including
stoppage time wins over
Nordsjælland
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and main rivals FC Copenhagen. At the winter break, the team were in joint first place of the league table alongside
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 ...
, but had been knocked out of the cup by second tier club
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 ...
.
With Frederiksen's contract expiring in June 2021, speculation arose on his contractual situation and whether his contract would be extended or not.
He eventually signed an extension with Brøndby on 21 January 2021; a two-year deal running until June 2023. He led Brøndby to their first league title in 16 years, after beating
Nordsjælland
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 ...
2–0 on 24 May 2021, to secure the club's 11th championship.
Due to Brøndby's poor performance in the first half of the
2022–23 season, Frederiksen was dismissed on 14 November 2022, the day following the final game before the winter break, a 2–0 loss to
Viborg.
Personal life
During his tenure as coach and head of talent in Lyngby Boldklub, Frederiksen received his
UEFA Pro Licence
UEFA, the governing body for football in Europe, mandates several coaching licences for professional managers, each valid for coaching at a certain level. These include the UEFA Pro Licence, the UEFA A Licence, and the UEFA B Licence. They are is ...
in 2011, and has since functioned as a coaching instructor in the
Danish Football Union
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 te ...
.
Frederiksen has a
master's degree
A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice. in
economics
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Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analyzes ...
from
University of Southern Denmark
The University of Southern Denmark ( da, Syddansk Universitet, lit=South Danish University, abbr. SDU) is a university in Denmark that has campuses located in Southern Denmark and on Zealand.
The university offers a number of joint programmes in ...
,
and worked in
Danske Bank for several years, while having a part-time job as youth coach at
B.93 and
Lyngby Boldklub
Lyngby Boldklub () is a Danish professional football club founded in 1921. It is based at Lyngby Stadion in Kongens Lyngby, Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, a northern suburb of Copenhagen. From 1994 to 2001 the club was known as Lyngby FC. The club ...
.
Niels Frederiksen indtræder i A/S-bestyrelsen
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His favourite club is Borussia Dortmund
Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund (), BVB (), or simply Dortmund (), is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional fo ...
, who he started supporting in 2011.
Managerial statistics
Honours
Brøndby
*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 ye ...
: 2020–21
References
External links
Niels Frederiksen profile
at the Danish Football Union website
*
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1970 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Odense
Danish football managers
Lyngby Boldklub managers
Esbjerg fB managers
Brøndby IF managers
Danske Bank people
Danish Superliga managers
Danish 1st Division managers