FC Midtjylland
Full name | Football Club Midtjylland | |||
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Nickname(s) | Ulvene (The Wolves) Hedens Drenge (The Boys of the Moor) | |||
Short name | FCM | |||
Founded | 2 February 1999 | |||
Ground | MCH Arena | |||
Capacity | 12,148 | |||
Owner | Anders Holch Povlsen | |||
Chairman | Cliff Crown | |||
Manager | Thomas Thomasberg | |||
League | Danish Superliga | |||
2022–23 | Danish Superliga, 7th of 12 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Football Club Midtjylland (Danish:
Club history
FC Midtjylland was founded by Johnny Rune, a carpenter and owner of a private business in the wood-supply industry, and Steen Hessel, an authorized Mercedes-Benz dealer.[1]
The two men wanted to unite the football clubs
In 2000, Midtjylland were promoted to the top-flight Danish Superliga after a season in which the team had gathered more points than any other team in the history of the first division.
In July 2014,
During a celebration of the inauguration of the Club's new FCM House, Dream 99 on 15 August 2023, it was announced that HEARTLAND, holding company for the Danish clothing chain Bestseller, purchased Benham's shares and became majority owner of the club, as well as Portuguese side C.D. Mafra. It was also announced that FCM would embark with a women's football program in 2024.[6]
Scouting and developing
Midtjylland have built a reputation of finding and developing promising talents, and have a highly regarded youth academy.[7]
In July 2004, Midtjylland was the first Danish club to establish their own football academy, similar to that of French side
In 2008, Danish centre-back
Other notable sales of academy products include Pione Sisto to Celta Vigo, Rasmus Nissen to Ajax, Andreas Poulsen to Borussia Mönchengladbach and Mikkel Duelund to Dynamo Kyiv.
Stadium
In 2004, the team moved to a new stadium in Herning with a capacity of 11,432 spectators. Midtjylland was the first Danish club to sell the stadium naming rights to a sponsor, resulting in the name "SAS Arena" which has since been changed to MCH Arena. The stadium's opening match was on 27 March; it proved to be a success, with Midtjylland beating AB 6–0. Five of the goals were scored by Egyptian striker Mohamed Zidan.
On 22 June 2022, the club started an expansion of MCH Arena that will add a new hospitality lounge and 11 new VIP boxes. The expansion will increase the total capacity by 720 seats, taking the capacity from 11,432 to a total of 12,152. The expansion is believed to be finished in December 2023.
Supporters
Black Wolves is the official fanclub of FC Midtjylland.[14] It was founded in the beginning of August 1999, as the official fanclub of Ikast FS 1993 "Yellow Flames" changed their name at an extraordinary general meeting. Ultra Boys Midtjylland is the first unofficial faction in Midtjylland, established in 2007 and later renamed Ultras Midtjylland. In 2014, Midtjylland got its second unofficial faction, a youth faction called Midtjylland Ungdom. As of today, there are three unofficial factions: Zartow, Chaos Crew, and Midtjylland Ungdom. Collectively, all FC Midtjylland supporters go under the name of Hedens Drenge.
Hedens Drenge is currently Midtjylland’s largest fan-based social media account, with a following of around 11,000 on Instagram and Facebook combined.
The club's main rival is Viborg FF. This rivalry is often referred to as The Battle of the Heath, The Battle of Hatred, and The Derby of Midtjylland. The derby is claimed to be the second biggest in Denmark behind that of FC København and Brøndby IF.
Recent history
Season | League | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Cup | Europe |
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2008–09 | SL | 4 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 55 | 46 | 55 | Third round | |
2009–10 | SL | 6 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 41 | 41 | 47 | Finalist | |
2010–11 | SL | 4 | 33 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 50 | 42 | 49 | Finalist | |
2011–12 | SL | 3 | 33 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 50 | 40 | 58 | 1/16 Finals | UEFA Europa League Third Qualifying Round |
2012–13 | SL | 6 | 33 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 51 | 47 | 47 | Quarter-finals | UEFA Europa League Playoff Round |
2013–14 | SL | 3 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 61 | 38 | 55 | Fourth round | |
2014–15 | SL | 1 | 33 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 64 | 34 | 71 | Fourth round | UEFA Europa League Playoff Round |
2015–16 | SL | 3 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 57 | 33 | 59 | Fourth round | UEFA Champions League Third Qualifying Round UEFA Europa League Round of 32 |
2016–17 | SL | 4 | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 67 | 53 | 54 | Semi-finals | UEFA Europa League Playoff Round |
2017–18 | SL | 1 | 36 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 80 | 39 | 85 | Semi-finals | UEFA Europa League Playoff Round |
2018–19 | SL | 2 | 36 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 76 | 43 | 71 | Champion | UEFA Champions League Second Qualifying Round UEFA Europa League Playoff Round |
2019–20 | SL | 1 | 36 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 61 | 29 | 82 | Third Round | UEFA Europa League Third Qualifying Round |
2020–21 | SL | 2 | 32 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 57 | 33 | 60 | Semi-finals | UEFA Champions League Second Qualifying Round |
2021–22 | SL | 2 | 32 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 59 | 33 | 65 | Champion | UEFA Champions League Second Qualifying Round
UEFA Europa League Group Stage UEFA Europa Conference League Knockout Round |
2022–23 | SL | 7 | 32 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 55 | 39 | 51 | Fourth round | UEFA Champions League Third Qualifying Round
UEFA Europa League Group Stage & Knockout Round |
Honours
- Danish Superliga
- 1st Division
- Winners (1): 1999–2000
- Danish Cup
Players
Current squad
As of 1 February 2024[15][16] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Youth players in use 2023/24
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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Youth team
Notable players
- 1990s
- Søren Skriver (1994–2004)
- Frank Kristensen (1997–2011, 2013–2014)
- Peter Skov-Jensen (1999–2005)
- 2000s
- Mohamed Zidan (2003–2005)
- Danny Califf (2008–2009)
- Mads Albæk (2004–2013)
- Kristijan Ipša (2008–2013)
- Winston Reid (2005–2010)
- Mikkel Thygesen (2004–2007, 2007–2011)
- Jonas Lössl (2008–2014, 2021–)
- Simon Kjær (2007–2008)
- 2010s
- Petter Andersson (2012–2016)
- Rafael van der Vaart (2016–2018)
- Sylvester Igboun (2010–2015)
- Paul Onuachu (2013–2019)
- Frank Onyeka (2018–2021)
- Jakob Poulsen (2010–2012, 2014–2019)
- Rasmus Nissen (2012–2018)
- Morten "Duncan" Rasmussen (2012–2016)
- Pione Sisto (2013–2016, 2020–)
- Bill Hamid (2018–2020)
- Tim Sparv (2014–2020)
- 2020s
- Evander (2019-2022)
- Anders Dreyer (2020–2021, 2022)
- Vagner Love(2022)
Personnel
Current technical staff
Role | Name |
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Head coach | Thomas Thomasberg |
Assistant coach | Niels Lodberg |
Goalkeeping coach | Lasse Heinze |
Chief Analyst | Sören Bjerg |
Opponent Analyst | Oliver Heil |
Management
Role | Name |
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Director of Football | Svend Graversen |
Sporting Director | Kristian Bach Bak |
Head of academy coaching | Jan Knudsen |
Coaches
- Ove Pedersen (1 July 1999 – 30 June 2002)
- Troels Bech (1 July 2002 – 31 December 2003)
- Erik Rasmussen (1 Jan 2004 – 30 June 2008)
- Thomas Thomasberg (1 July 2008 – 11 August 2009)
- Allan Kuhn (12 Aug 2009 – 15 April 2011)
- Glen Riddersholm (16 April 2011– 25 June 2015)
- Jess Thorup (12 July 2015 – 10 October 2018)
- Kenneth Andersen (10 October 2018 – 19 August 2019)
- Brian Priske (19 August 2019 – 29 May 2021)
- Bo Henriksen (31 May 2021 – 28 July 2022)
- Henrik Jensen (28 July 2022 – 24 August 2022)
- Albert Capellas (24 August 2022 – 13 March 2023)
- Thomas Thomasberg (23 March 2023 - present)
FC Midtjylland in European competition
FC Midtjylland's first competitive European match was on 9 August 2001 in the 2001–02 UEFA Cup, playing Northern Ireland's Glentoran to a 1–1 draw in the first leg of the Qualifying Round before ultimately advancing to the First Round where they were eliminated by Sporting CP. In 2016 Midtjylland reached the Round of 32 of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League, where they achieved a 2–1 home victory over Manchester United but would end up losing 6–3 on aggregate following the second leg.
Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate | |
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2001–02 | UEFA Cup | QR | Glentoran | 1–1 | 4–0 | 5–1 | |
1R | Sporting CP | 0–3 | 2–3 | 2–6 | |||
2002–03 | UEFA Cup | QR | Pobeda | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | |
1R | Varaždin | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |||
2R | Anderlecht | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–6 | |||
2005–06 | UEFA Cup | 1Q | B36 Tórshavn | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–3 | |
1R | CSKA Moscow | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–6 | |||
2007–08 | UEFA Cup | 1Q | Keflavík ÍF | 2–1 | 2–3 | 4–4 (a) | |
2Q | Haka | 5–2 | 2–1 | 7–3 | |||
1R | Lokomotiv Moscow | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–5 | |||
2008–09 | UEFA Cup | 1Q | Bangor City | 4–0 | 6–1 | 10–1 | |
2Q | Manchester City | 0–1 ( a.e.t. )
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1–0 | 1–1 (2–4 p) | |||
2011–12 | UEFA Europa League | 2Q | The New Saints | 5–2 | 3–1 | 8–3 | |
3Q | Vitória de Guimarães | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | |||
2012–13 | UEFA Europa League | PO | Young Boys | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 | |
2014–15 | UEFA Europa League | PO | Panathinaikos | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–6 | |
2015–16 | UEFA Champions League | 2Q | Lincoln Red Imps | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
3Q | APOEL | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 (a) | |||
UEFA Europa League | PO | Southampton | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | ||
Group D | Napoli
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1–4 | 0–5 | 2nd | |||
Club Brugge | 1–1 | 3–1 | |||||
Legia Warsaw | 1–0 | 0–1 | |||||
R32 | Manchester United | 2–1 | 1–5 | 3–6 | |||
2016–17 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | Sūduva Marijampolė
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1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
2Q | Vaduz | 3–0 | 2–2 | 5–2 | |||
3Q | Videoton | 1–1 ( a.e.t )
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1–0 | 2–1 | |||
PO | Osmanlıspor
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0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | |||
2017–18 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | Derry City | 6–1 | 4–1 | 10–2 | |
2Q | Ferencváros
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3–1 | 4–2 | 7–3 | |||
3Q | Arka Gdynia | 2–1 | 2–3 | 4–4 (a) | |||
PO | Apollon Limassol
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1–1 | 2–3 | 3–4 | |||
2018–19 | UEFA Champions League | 2Q | Astana | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | |
UEFA Europa League | 3Q | The New Saints | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | ||
PO | Malmö FF | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–4 | |||
2019–20 | UEFA Europa League | 3Q | Rangers | 2–4 | 1–3 | 3–7 | |
2020–21 | UEFA Champions League | 2Q | Ludogorets Razgrad | — | 1–0 | — | |
3Q | Young Boys | 3–0 | — | — | |||
PO | Slavia Prague | 4–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | |||
Group D | Atalanta
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0–4 | 1–1 | 4th | |||
Liverpool | 1–1 | 0–2 | |||||
Ajax | 1–2 | 1–3 | |||||
2021–22 | UEFA Champions League | 2Q | Celtic | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | |
3Q | PSV Eindhoven | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–4 | |||
UEFA Europa League | Group F | Braga | 1–3 | 3–2 | 3rd | ||
Red Star Belgrade | 1–1 | 1–0 | |||||
Ludogorets Razgrad | 1–1 | 0–0 | |||||
UEFA Europa Conference League | KPO | PAOK | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 (3–5 p) | ||
2022–23 | UEFA Champions League | 2Q | AEK Larnaca | 1–1 | 1–1 ( a.e.t. )
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2–2 (4–3 p) | |
3Q | Benfica | 1–3 | 1–4 | 2–7 | |||
UEFA Europa League | Group F | Lazio
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5–1 | 1−2 | 2nd | ||
Feyenoord | 2−2 | 2−2 | |||||
Sturm Graz | 2−0 | 0–1 | |||||
KPO | Sporting CP | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–5 | |||
2023–24 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 2Q | Progrès Niederkorn | 2−0 | 1–2 ( a.e.t. )
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3–2 | |
3Q | Omonia | 5−1 | 0–1 | 5–2 | |||
PO | Legia Warsaw | 3–3 | 1–1 ( a.e.t. )
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4–4 (5–6 p) |
UEFA club coefficient ranking
- As of 26 July 2023[17]
Rank | Team | Points |
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58 | Monaco |
24.000 |
59 | Galatasaray | 23.500 |
60 | Midtjylland | 23.000 |
61 | Partizan | 23.000 |
62 | Leicester | 23.000 |
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External links
- Official website
- Ikast FS's website (archived 19 June 2005)
- Herning Fremad's website
- Black Wolves – Official fanclub
- Messecenter Herning's website (Archived 3 October 2005 at the Wayback Machine)