Brøndby IF

Danish football club based in Copenhagen

Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening short Brøndby IF is a professional association football club based in Brøndbyvester. The club was founded in 1964 when two local clubs merged (Brøndbyøster IF and Brøndbyvester IF).

Brøndby IF
Full nameBrøndbyernes Idrætsforening
Nickname(s)Drengene fra Vestegnen
(The Boys from Vestegnen)
Founded3 December 1964; 60 years ago (1964-12-03)
GroundBrøndby Stadium
Capacity28,000[1] (23,400 seats)
ChairmanJan Bech Andersen
Head coachJesper Sørensen
LeagueDanish Superliga
2023–242nd of 12
WebsiteClub website

Brøndby IF has won 11 Danish championships and 7 Danish Cups. Brøndby reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup 1990-91.

Honours

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  • Winners (11): 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2021
  • Danish Cup
    • Winners (7): 1989, 1994, 1998, 2003, 2005,2008, 2019
  • Danish League Cup
    • Winners (3): 1984, 2005, 2006
  • Danish Super Cup
    • Winners (4): 1994, 1996, 1997, 2002

Current squad

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As of 31 March 2022[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   Austria Patrick Pentz (on loan from Bayer Leverkusen)
2 DF   Norway Sebastian Sebulonsen
3 DF   Norway Henrik Heggheim
4 DF   Denmark Jacob Rasmussen
5 DF   Denmark Rasmus Lauritsen
7 FW   Denmark Nicolai Vallys
8 MF   Denmark Mathias Greve
9 FW   Norway Ohi Omoijuanfo (Vice-captain)
10 MF   Denmark Daniel Wass (2nd Vice-captain)
11 FW   Denmark Filip Bundgaard
14 DF   Denmark Kevin Mensah (Captain)
16 GK   Denmark Thomas Mikkelsen
18 DF   Denmark Kevin Tshiembe
19 MF   Denmark Bertram Kvist
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF   Poland Mateusz Kowalczyk
22 MF   Croatia Josip Radošević
23 MF   United States Christian Cappis
24 DF   Croatia Marko Divković
28 FW   Japan Yuito Suzuki
30 DF   Belgium Jordi Vanlerberghe
31 DF   Suriname Sean Klaiber
32 DF   Denmark Frederik Alves
36 FW   Denmark Mathias Kvistgaarden
37 MF   Denmark Clement Bischoff
40 GK   Denmark Jonathan Ægidius
41 FW   Denmark Oscar Schwartau
99 FW   Ghana Emmanuel Yeboah

Coaching staff

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Name Role
  Jesper Sørensen Head coach
  Frederik Birk Christensen Assistant coach and Chief analyst
  Henrik Hansen Assistant coach
  Casper Ankergren Goalkeeper coach
  Anders Storskov Fitness coach

Records

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  • Home victory, Danish Superliga: 7–0 vs. Herfølge, 11 July 2005
  • Away victory, Danish Superliga: 7–0 vs. Esbjerg, 26 August 2001; 7–0 vs. AGF, 21 August 2016
  • Home loss, Danish Superliga: 1–6 vs. Esbjerg, 14 March 2004
  • Away Loss, Danish Superliga: 0–5 vs. Midtjylland, 29 July 2007
  • Biggest win, European match 9–0 vs. Juvenes/Dogana, 2 July 2015
  • Biggest Loss, European match 0–5 vs. PAOK, 20 August 2015; 0–5 vs. Manchester United, 4 November 1998
  • Highest attendance, Brøndby Stadion: 31,508 vs. Copenhagen, 18 June 2003
  • Highest average home attendance, season: 18,204, 2004–05
  • Most appearances, European matches: 70, Per Nielsen
  • Most appearances, total: 556, Bjarne Jensen
  • Most goals scored, season, Danish Superliga: 28, Ebbe Sand 1997–98
  • Most goals scored, Danish Superliga: 71, Kamil Wilczek
  • Most goals scored, European matches: 12, Ruben Bagger
  • Most goals scored, total: 121, Kim Vilfort

UEFA club ranking

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Current

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As of 24 May 2021, Source: [1]

Rank Team Points
131   Slovan Bratislava 7.500
132   Mainz 7.000
133   Brøndby IF 7.000
134   Konyaspor 7.000
135   Jablonec 7.000

References

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  1. "Stadionoverblik". brondby.com. Brøndby IF. 1 January 2009. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  2. "Superliga-truppen - Brøndby IF". brondby.com. Archived from the original on 19 June 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
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