Vendsyssel Forenede Fodboldklubber is a professional

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club based in

Hjørring Hjørring () is a town on the island of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. It is the main town and the administrative seat of Hjørring Municipality in the North Jutland Region. The population is 25,908 (acco ...

, Denmark. The team competes in the

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, the second tier of the

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. The club plays home matches at Nord Energi Arena, which has a capacity of 7,500. The club is playing on a license from Hjørring IF, which used to belong to FC Hjørring. The club is a cooperation between Hjørring IF and

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History

The roots of Vendsyssel FF can be traced to 9 November 1886, where Hjørring Gymnastikforening was founded. After multiple mergers, the club was named Hjørring IF in 1921. The club's existence has been marked by relative anonymity, bouncing between the lower divisions of the Danish football pyramid. Renamed FC Hjørring in 2006, the club, however, soon found success, secured promotion in their

2009–10 Danish 2nd Divisions The 2009-10 season in Danish 2nd Division was divided in two groups. The two winners, Brønshøj BK and FC Hjørring were promoted to the 2010–11 Danish 1st Division, along with the runner-up from the West-division Hobro IK, after they beat their ...

campaign. This meant their first promotion to the

, the second tier in the Danish football league system. In May 2013, the

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announced that FC Hjørring's licence would be revoked due to poor economy, resulting in a relegation to the

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. FC Hjørring appealed the decision, which was successful, as the Danish Football Association assessed that the financial situation had improved sufficiently in order to renew the licence for the 2010-11 Danish 1st Division. On 24 June 2013, FC Hjørring announced a merger with

, which would subsequently change the name of the club to Vendsyssel FF. On 3 March 2014, Frederikshavn fI officially announced that they would step out of the merger on the senior level, but that they intended to continue a partnership with Vendsyssel FF on the youth level. In the summer of 2018 the club earned its first promotion to the highest tier in Danish football by beating

Lyngby BK Lyngby Boldklub () is a professional football club based in Lyngby, Denmark, founded in 1921. It is based at Lyngby Stadion. The club play in the Danish Superliga. From 1994 to 2001 the club was known as Lyngby FC. The club has won the Danish c ...

in two games in the Superliga playoffs, after losing in the playoffs the year before to

AC Horsens Alliance Club Horsens (), commonly referred to as AC Horsens () or simply Horsens, is a Danish professional football club based in Horsens, Central Denmark Region. Founded in 1994, as a superstructure on Horsens fS (founded 1915), Stensballe ...

. They only lasted one season in the Superliga, however, as they were relegated the following season. On the 1st December 2024, Vendsyssel FF got a new ownership group consisting of 20 people. Among them were Colombian rapper Blessd and Danish national team player Joachim Andersen. Former owner Jacob Andersen still owns 15 percent of the ownership in the club. On May 16, 2025, Vendsyssel FF was relegated to the

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Stadium

Vendsyssel FF's Nord Energi Arena, more popularly known as Hjørring Stadion, was opened in 1930 and went through renovations in 2014. Besides being the home ground for Vendsyssel FF, it also functions as home ground for nine-time Danish women's football league winners,

Fortuna Hjørring Fortuna Hjørring is a women's association football team from Hjørring, Denmark. The club was formed in 1966 and play in green and white. Their biggest achievement in European football was reaching the 2002–03 UEFA Women's Cup final where the ...

Players

Current squad

Youth players in use 2024-25

Out on loan

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vendsyssel FF Football clubs in Denmark Hjørring Association football clubs established in 2013 2013 establishments in Denmark Sport in the North Jutland Region