The 2008-09 season is the 119th season of competitive
football in Denmark
Association football () is the most popular sport in Denmark, with 331,693 players and 1,647 clubs registered () under the Danish Football Association, Danish FA. The game was introduced into Denmark by British sailors. Kjøbenhavns Boldklub is ...
.
Domestic competitions
Transfer deals
National team
Players
''The following players appeared for Denmark during the 2008-09 season. All caps and goals are tallied for the 2008-09 season only.''
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Friendly matches
The home team is on the left column; the away team is on the right column.
World Cup qualifiers
Denmark competed in
Group 1 of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament.
[Groups and standings](_blank)
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The home team is on the left column; the away team is on the right column.
League XI national team
On December 5, 2008, a 20-man squad
Denmark League XI national football team
The Denmark League XI is an unofficial national football team run by the Danish Football Association.
The team generally consists of Danish players playing in the Danish Superliga or other leagues if their clubs agree to release them. It is only ...
was named to play the
2009 King's Cup in
Thailand
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. In the following month, a total ten players pulled out of the squad and had to be replaced in turn.
Olsen had initially refrained from selecting players from
AaB due to their participation in the
UEFA Cup
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, and when
F.C. Copenhagen
Football Club Copenhagen (, ), commonly known as F.C. København, F.C. Copenhagen, Copenhagen, or simply FCK, is a Danish professional football club based in Copenhagen. FCK was founded in 1992 as a superstructure on top of Kjøbenhavns Boldklub ...
also advanced in that tournament, Copenhagen players
Mathias Jørgensen
Mathias Jattah-Njie Jørgensen (; born 23 April 1990), commonly known by his mononymous nickname Zanka (), is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or right-back for Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy.
Jørgensen began hi ...
,
Hjalte Bo Nørregaard,
Thomas Kristensen, and
Martin Vingaard
Martin Vingaard (born 20 March 1985) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and current assistant manager of Hillerød Fodbold.
Club career
Vingaard was born in Odense, Denmark, and grew up in the suburb of Fange ...
were replaced. Additionally,
Mikkel Bischoff,
Steffen Kielstrup,
Anders Randrup,
Thomas Rasmussen
Thomas Schultz Rasmussen (born 16 April 1977) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a left wingback. He played eight games for the Denmark national team, both as wingback and attacking midfielder.
Career
Born in Frederiksbe ...
,
Christopher Poulsen
Christopher Poulsen (born 11 September 1981) is a retired Danish professional football player who plays as defender and current manager of Lemming IF. He previously played for Superliga clubs Silkeborg IF and FC Midtjylland.
Player career
Pou ...
, as well as replacement player
Jonas Troest
Jonas Troest (born 4 March 1985) is a retired Danish professional footballer, who played as a centre-back. He played 25 matches for the Denmark under-21 national team. He is the older brother of footballer Magnus Troest.
Career
Troest started ...
, all had to pull out due to injuries.
The team played two games, as it won the tournament. The number of caps and goals reflect performances during the two matches.
Players
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Schedule
See also
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F.C. Copenhagen season 2008-09
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:2008-09 in Danish football