Viborg FF

Viborg FF was founded in 1896, with several other sports apart from football - among other things were gymnastics, cricket, field hockey, boxing, athletics, skiing, weight-lifting, and wrestling.

The first big sporting highlight of the club came in 1924, when Viborg FF won the championship in Mesterrækken (The Champion Division), which was the best regional division in Jutland. A big title win at the time when, among others, AGF were a dominating club in Jutland.

Following the championship, Viborg dropped somewhat out of the picture, but never more than the club has always been on the Danish footballing map. It was a big relief for the club when it was promotion to the national competitions (4th Division) for the first time in 1959, following many closely missed attempts at qualification. One of the players taking part in the promotion was Erik Bundgaard, whose 421 matches for VFF is still club record.

Except for a couple of seasons in the start of the 1970s, Viborg has not been relegated to a tournament lower than the national competitions since 1959. Though the country's best league have been domicile for Viborg, during the last couple of years the club has been moving up and down between the country's two best leagues.

The finest achievements of the club came in the 1999–2000 season, where the Superliga bronze medals were missed by the smallest margin. Instead, the team was celebrated as winner of the Danish Cup, the DONG Cup. They then added the Danish Super Cup, beating champions Herfølge Boldklub in a penalty shoot out.

In 2021, Viborg finished first in the Danish 1st Division, earning promotion to the top tier. Their first season back in the Superliga was immediately successful, as they qualified for the UEFA Europa Conference League. After knocking out Sūduva and B36 Tórshavn, they eventually lost over two ties against Premier League club West Ham United.^[1]

Viborg F.F.'s colours are green and white.

Viborg plays its home matches at Viborg Stadion, which has a capacity of 9,566 spectators, all seated. The biggest stand is the eastern stand (2,792 seats) and the smallest is the southern (2,040 seats). The field size is 105 x 68 m, the same size as the national stadium, Parken. The light is 1200 lux. The sound comes from an Ascon PA-system. There is undersoil heating installed at the venue, which UEFA has approved as an international stadium.

Viborg FF has no official Fanclub. A former official Fanclub is The Green Pride. It was one of the largest in Denmark with over 500 members. There is a small continuation of The Green Pride active in Viborg to this day.

The first ultra group was established in 2002, when a group of young adults established Fanatikos. In 2004 a new group, Shamrock Ultras, was born.

Their main rival is FC Midtjylland and the game is called "Hadets Opgør" (The battle of Hatred) or "det midtjyske derby" (Central Jutland Derby). Viborg fans, see themselves as being the true Central Jutlanders and most Viborg fans are annoyed by the fact that FC Midtjylland call themselves FC Midtjylland (FC Central Jutland).The derby can also be seen as a battle between traditional football and modern football.

First-team squad edit

As of 28 May 2024^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  DEN Lucas Lund Pedersen 3 DF  DEN Mads Lauritsen 4 DF  SUI Nicolas Bürgy 5 DF  SVN Žan Zaletel 6 MF  DEN Mads Søndergaard 7 FW  CPV Serginho 8 FW  NGA Ibrahim Said 9 MF  CUW Nigel Thomas 10 MF  NED Jamie Jacobs 11 FW  BRA Renato Júnior 13 MF  DEN Jeppe Grønning 14 FW  DEN Anosike Ementa 15 FW  DEN Isak Jensen 16 GK  FIN Lasse Schulz (loan from Greuther Fürth)

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  DEN Jakob Bonde 18 MF  GER Jean-Manuel Mbom 20 GK  DEN Kasper Kiilerich 23 DF  DEN Oliver Bundgaard 24 DF  KEN Daniel Anyembe 25 DF  SVN Anel Zulić 27 DF  FRO Martin Agnarsson 28 MF  DEN Magnus Westergaard 29 FW  GHA Malik Abubakari (loan from Malmö) 30 DF  SVN Srđan Kuzmić 37 MF  DEN Jakob Vester 55 DF  CRO Stipe Radić 58 GK  GER Nico Mantl (loan from Red Bull Salzburg)

Youth players in use 2023—24 edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 32 DF  DEN Mathias Nedergaard 33 DF  DEN Lukas Kirkegaard

No. Pos. Nation Player 35 DF  DEN Viktor Hjorth

Out on loan edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  DEN Sofus Berger (at Fredericia until 30 June 2024) — MF  CZE Jan Žambůrek (at Slovan Liberec until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  SWE Marokhy Ndione (at Feirense until 30 June 2024) — FW  POR Paulinho (at Sport Clube União Torreense until 30 June 2024)

Retired numbers edit

• 22 Søren Frederiksen, Forward, (1989–94, 1995–96, 1998, 2001–05)

Academy edit

League edit

• Danish 1st Division
  • Champions: 2020–21

Cup edit

• Danish Cup
  • Winners: 1999–2000
• Danish Super Cup
  • Winners: 2000

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Notes
1996–97	SL	11	33	6	11	16	31	58	29		Relegated
1997–98	1D	1	30	20	7	3	72	29	67		Promoted
1998–99	SL	8	33	13	5	15	61	59	44
1999–2000	SL	4	33	15	7	11	56	50	52	Winners
2000–01	SL	6	33	13	7	13	52	42	46	Semi-final
2001–02	SL	8	33	10	11	12	46	45	41	Last 16
2002–03	SL	8	33	11	10	12	58	55	43	Semi-final
2003–04	SL	7	33	11	9	13	47	44	42	Quarter-final
2004–05	SL	7	33	13	9	11	43	45	48	Fourth round
2005–06	SL	4	33	15	9	9	62	43	54	Fifth round
2006–07	SL	9	33	8	5	20	34	64	29	Semi-final
2007–08	SL	11	33	5	5	23	29	68	39	Second round	Relegated
2008–09	1D	4	30	17	3	10	59	40	54	Third round
2009–10	1D	7	30	10	14	6	30	26	44	Fourth round
2010–11	1D	11	30	9	6	15	37	43	33	Fourth round
2011–12	1D	4	26	10	10	6	45	34	40	Fourth round
2012–13	1D	1	33	17	11	5	60	30	62	Second round	Promoted
2013–14	SL	12	33	6	10	17	38	63	28	Third round	Relegated
2014–15	1D	1	33	17	14	2	47	20	65	First round	Promoted
2015–16	SL	8	33	11	7	15	34	42	40	Fourth round
2016–17	SL	13	32	8	9	15	35	47	33	Third round	Relegated
2017–18	1D	4	33	15	9	9	58	42	54	Second round
2018–19	1D	2	33	17	9	7	61	37	60	Second round
2019–20	1D	2	33	17	8	8	66	44	59	Third round
2020–21	1D	1	32	23	7	2	71	24	76	Second round	Promoted
2021–22	SL	7	32	10	14	8	45	43	44	Fourth round	Qualified for 2022-23 UEFA Europa Conference League
2022–23	SL

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