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() is the most popular sport in

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, with 331,693 players and 1,647 clubs registered () under the

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. The game was introduced into Denmark by British sailors.

Kjøbenhavns Boldklub Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (known simply as KB) was a Danish professional multi-sports club based in Copenhagen. The club was founded on 26 April 1876 on the grassy fields in outer Copenhagen which later became Fælledparken. Tennis has been played s ...

is the oldest club outside of the

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, having been founded on 26 April 1876. Denmark hosted the

1984 European Competition for Women's Football The 1984 European Competition for Women's Football was won by Sweden on penalties against England. It comprised four qualifying groups, the winner of each going through to the semi-finals which were played over two legs, home and away. As only si ...

, the 1991 UEFA Women's Euro, the 1994 European Cup Winners' Cup final, the

2000 UEFA Cup Final The 2000 UEFA Cup Final was a football match that took place on 17 May 2000 at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark to decide the winner of the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup. The game event pitted Galatasaray of Turkey and Arsenal of England, and was t ...

, the

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, as well as three group stage matches and a round of 16 match of the

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Men's league system

The Copenhagen Football Championship, known as Fodboldturneringen, was established in 1889 as the first domestic league by the

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(DBU). Since its founding, many other regional leagues was founded in Denmark. A national league championship was first established in 1927 with the first season being held as

1927–28 Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen The 1927–28 Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen i Fodbold was the 1st edition of the new year-long league structure for the List of Danish football champions, Danish national football championship play-offs, a Danish Football Association, Danish FA-o ...

. The different leagues was linked together to create a pyramidal structure allowing promotion and relegation between different levels. The top four levels in Denmark are governed by the

and, the first three divisions by its professional body

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. The top 3 are collectively called ''Danmarksturneringen i fodbold'' (literally: the Denmark Tournament in Football), and share a common set of rules more geared towards professional football. Reserve teams are allowed in the league structure, but can only reach the

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. The

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clubs' reserve teams, primarily, have their own reserve competition. The lower divisions are controlled by the six regional associations. The number of divisions in the lower series under the auspices of the local football association vary greatly depending on the association's size.

Competition records

UEFA Champions League

The following team has advanced to the knockout phase of the

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. *Round of 16:

FC 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 Boldklu ...

(

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, 2023–24) The following teams have advanced to the group stage of the

. *Group stage:

Aalborg BK Aalborg Boldspilklub is a Danish sports club based in the city of Aalborg. The club is also known as AaB for short (cf. logo) or Aalborg BK. Through time the club has had branches in cricket, tennis, ice hockey, handball, and basketball, but curr ...

( 1995–96, 2008–09),

Brøndby IF Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening (, usually abbreviated to Brøndby IF (), is a Danish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Brøndbyvester. Brøndby IF denotes the professional football section of Brøndbyernes ...

( 1998–99),

( 2006–07, 2013–14, 2016–17),

FC Nordsjælland Football Club Nordsjælland, commonly known as FC Nordsjælland, Nordsjælland () or FCN, is a professional Danish association football, football team from the North Zealand town of Farum. Founded as ''Farum Boldklub'' from the merger of the to ...

(

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FC Midtjylland Football Club Midtjylland (, "Central Jutland") is a Danish professional football club based in Herning and Ikast. The club is the result of a merger between Ikast FS and Herning Fremad. Midtjylland competes in the Danish Superliga, which they ...

(

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)

UEFA Cup/Europa League

The following teams have advanced to the knockout phase of the

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(now Europa League). *Semi-finals:

( 1990–91) *Quarter-finals:

Boldklubben 1903 Boldklubben 1903 or B 1903 was a football club founded on 2 June 1903, located in Copenhagen, Denmark. Seven times winner of the Danish championship (introduced 1913) in 1920, 1924, 1926, 1938, 1969, 1970 and 1976 and twice winner of the D ...

( 1991–92),

Odense BK Odense Boldklub (; also known as Odense BK or the more commonly used OB) is a Danish professional football club based in the city of Odense, in southern Denmark. The club has won three Danish championships and five Danish Cup trophies. OB play ...

( 1994–95),

( 1996–97),

( 2019–20) *Round of 16:

( 2008–09) *Round of 32:

Esbjerg fB Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber (; commonly known as Esbjerg fB or EfB in short) is a Danish professional Association football, football club based in Esbjerg, West Jutland, Jylland, that plays in the Danish 1st Division, 1st division, the sec ...

( 2013–14)

UEFA Europa Conference League

The following teams have advanced to the knockout phase of the

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. *Round of 16:

( 2021–22) *Knockout round play-offs:

( 2021–22),

Randers Randers () is a city in Randers Municipality, Central Denmark Region on the Jutland peninsula. It is List of cities and towns in Denmark, Denmark's sixth-largest city, with a population of 64,511 ().2021–22)

Defunct

European Cup

The following teams have advanced to the knockout phase of the

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. *Quarter-finals:

AGF Aarhus Aarhus Gymnastikforening (; commonly known as AGF ) is a professional sports club based in Aarhus, Jutland, Denmark. Founded in 1880, it is one of the oldest clubs in the country where gymnastics and fencing were featured as its main sports. How ...

( 1960–61),

( 1986–87)

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

The following teams have advanced to the knockout phase of the

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. *Quarter-finals: B1909 ( 1962–63),

Randers Freja Randers Sportsklub Freja (often abbreviated Randers Freja) is a Danish sport club with teams in athletics, handball, table tennis and football. History Randers Freja was founded in 1898, and was accepted into the Jydsk Boldspil-Union, JBU i ...

( 1968–69),

Vejle BK Vejle Boldklub is a Danish professional football club based in Vejle in Jutland. Formed in 1891, the club is one of the most successful clubs in Danish football history, having won the Danish championship five times and the Danish cup title six ...

( 1977–78),

( 1988–89)

References

External links

Danish Football Association

Jutland Football History

Peders fodboldstatistik
extensive match database
www.haslund.info
season by season results and tables

– Danish Football League Tables, Records & Statistics Database. {{League systems

Men's league system

Competition records

UEFA Champions League

UEFA Cup/Europa League

UEFA Europa Conference League

Defunct

European Cup

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

See also

References

External links