Stævnet ( or ''the meeting'') or Copenhagen XI were a Danish

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representative team which had its prime before 1970, however it was active until 1994. Stævnet participated in the

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, the precursor of

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, in 1955–58, 1958–60, 1961–62, 1962–63 and 1963–64. The Copenhagen XI only competed in the above-mentioned editions of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cups. All other tournaments involving a

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team were contested by individual clubs from Copenhagen. Usually Stævnet would feature players from its member clubs exclusively, but players were often borrowed from other Danish clubs. In the two matches against

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the team featured 8 and 7 Frem players respectively. Most of the matches played by Stævnet were

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es either against its Danish competitor Alliancen, or against foreign, often

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, teams, sometimes displaying a common Stævnet/Alliancen team. On 10 May 1960 it played the Brazilian 1958 World Champions in an unofficial international arranged in collaboration with the Danish FA and Alliancen. The Brazilian team won the match by 4–3. The Danish goals were scored by

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(2) and Henning Enoksen (1).''Politikens Oplysning: Danmark-Brasilien 3–4'', Dagbladet Politiken, 2 July 2005, section 1, pp. 18,

Member clubs

Stævnet had a total of 11 member clubs. The clubs written in bold are denoted as the Stævnet Clubs (). These clubs are considered core members. Year of membership is annotated in brackets. * B 93 (1904) * KB (1904) * AB (1912) * B 1903 (1912) * Frem (1912) * Fremad Amager (1949) * ØB (1949) *

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(1955) * Skovshoved (1955) *

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(1964) * KB (1976)

Match details

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

;

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6–2 Stævnet – 25 December 1955 ''Scorers:'' 1–0 Areta 8', 2–0 Areta 10', 3–0 Tajeda 32', 4–0 Villaverde 41', 5–0 Kubala 59', 5–1 Lundberg (

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) 65', 6–1 Areta 81', 6–2 Lundberg 85'. ;Stævnet 1–1

– 26 April 1956 ''Scorers:'' 1–0 Lundberg (

) 60', 1–1 Villaverde 85'. ''Barcelona won the group with 3pts vs 1pt'' – ;Stævnet/

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1–3

– 30 September 1958

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consider this an official Frem match featuring a few players borrowed from other clubs. ''Team:'' Bent Koch ( Frem) – Arne Kjeldsen (Frem), Verner Nielsen ( AB) – Harald Gronemann (Frem), George Lees (Frem), Egon Henriksen (Frem) – Knud Petersen (Frem), Mogens Machon ( Brønshøj BK), Søren Andersen (Frem), John Hansen (Frem), Jens Peder Hansen (

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).
''Scorers:'' 0–1 Harrison 24', 1–1 Gronemann 26', 1–2 Greaves 54', 1–3

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90'. ;

4–1 Stævnet/

– 4 November 1958 ''Team:'' Per Henriksen ( Frem) – Arne Kjeldsen (Frem), Christen Brøgger ( AB) – Harald Gronemann (Frem), George Lees (Frem), Egon Henriksen (Frem) – Jens Peder Hansen (

), Villy Schøne Hansen ( Skovshoved), Søren Andersen (Frem), John Hansen (Frem), Poul Mejer ( Vejle B).
''Scorers:'' 1–0 ''

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'' ( Lees) 5', 1–1 V.S. Hansen 7', 2–1 Greaves 40', 3–1 Greaves 72'. ''Chelsea won 7–2 on aggregate'' – ;

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2–2 Stævnet – 7 September 1961 ''Scorers:'' 1–0 Remete 29', 1–1

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70'. ;Stævnet 2–7

– 4 October 1961 ''Scorers:'' Stævnet:

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, Ravn ; Dinamo Zagreb: Jerković (2), Cvitković (2), Šantek, Knez, Matuš. ''Zagreb won 9–4 on aggregate'' – ; Hibernian F.C. 4–0 Stævnet – 3 October 1962 ''Scorers:'' 1–0 Byrne 17', 2–0 Baker 20', 3–0 M. Stevenson 24', 4–0

( Rønnov) 30'. ;Stævnet 2–3 Hibernian F.C. – 23 October 1962 ''Scorers:'' 1–0 Dyrmose 17', 1–1 Byrne 33', 1–2 M. Stevenson 47', 1–3 M. Stevenson 63', 2–3 Christensen 67'. ''Hibernian won 7–2 on aggregate'' – ;Stævnet 1–7

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– 25 September 1963 ''Scorers:'' 0–1

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9', 0–2

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24', 0–3

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27', 0–4

35', 0–5

40', 0–6

46', 0–7

71', 1–7 Ole Jørgensen 81'. ;

2–3 Stævnet – 22 October 1963 ''Scorers:'' 1–0 Skirton 1', 2–0

30', 1–2 Dyrmose 30', 2–2 Dyrmose 78', 2–3 Dyrmose 88'. ''Arsenal won 9–4 on aggregate''

Noted friendlies

;Stævnet 2–3

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– 25 May 1911 ''Note:'' Grand opening of Idrætsparken
– ;Stævnet 1–2 Rangers F.C. – 5 June 1921 ''Scorers:'' Stævnet: S. Thorsteinsson
''Attendance:'' 22,000
– ;Stævnet vs.

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– 1947 ''Blackpool team:''

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– ;Stævnet/ Alliancen 1–2

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– 1954''Jasjin er død'',

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, 22 March 1990, section 3, pp. 7, ''Dynamo Moscow team:'' Lev Yashin
''Scorers:'' Stævnet/Alliancen: Poul Erik Petersen
''Attendance:'' 50,000
– ;Stævnet 3–4

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– 10 May 1960''Ubesejret mod Brasilien'', Dagbladet Politiken, 3 July 1998, sommermagasinet, pp. 6, ''Stævnet:'' Henry From ( Aarhus GF), Poul Andersen (

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), Hans Christian Nielsen (Aarhus GF), Poul Jensen ( Vejle B) – Bent Hansen ( B 1903), Flemming Nielsen ( AB) – Poul Pedersen (AIA Aarhus), John Danielsen ( B 1909),

(Frederikshavn fl), Henning Enoksen (Vejle B), Jørn Sørensen ( KB)
''Brazil:'' Gilmar, Djalma Santos, Bellini, Vítor,

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, Zito,

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Garrincha Manuel Francisco dos Santos (28 October 1933 – 20 January 1983), nicknamed Mané Garrincha, best known as simply Garrincha (, "little bird"), was a Brazilian professional association football, footballer who played as a Midfielder#Winger, righ ...

, Quarentinha,

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, Pepe.
''Scorers:'' 1–0 H. Nielsen, 1–1 Quarentinha, 2–1 H. Nielsen, 2–2 Pepe, 2–3 Quarentinha, 2–4

, 3–4 Enoksen.
''Attendance:'' 52,000
– ;Stævnet 4–5 Benfica – 21 August 1962Køge Boldklubs historie 1927 – 2007
at ''Køge Boldklub's website''

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