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FC Midtjylland (Danish: [ˈmitjyˌlænˀ], "Central Jutland") is a Danish professional football club based in Herning and Ikast in the midwestern part of Jutland. The club is the result of a merger between Ikast FS and Herning Fremad. Midtjylland competes in the Danish Superliga, which they have won three times, most recently in 2020.

Midtjylland

Full name	Football Club Midtjylland
Nickname(s)	Ulvene (The Wolves) Hedens Drenge (The Boys of the Moor)
Short name	FCM
Founded	2 February 1999; 23 years ago (1999-02-02)
Ground	MCH Arena
Capacity	11,432
Owner	Matthew Benham Anders Holch Povlsen
Chairman	Cliff Crown
Head coach	Albert Capellas
League	Danish Superliga
2021–22	Danish Superliga, 2nd of 12
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

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 Ikast FS (founded 1935) and Herning Fremad (founded 1918) – clubs that for decades had been strong rivals, but had never played any significant role in Danish football. Ikast FS had some success in the late 1970s and '80s and made three Danish Cup final appearances, but had never been a top team in the Danish league. At least ten years had passed with the two clubs being unable to agree on a merger, but on 6 April 1999, a deal was finalised and announced at a press conference the next day.[2][3]

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, Matthew Benham (owner of English club Brentford) became the majority shareholder of Midtjylland's parent company FCM Holding.[4] In the 2014–15 season, they won the Danish football championship for the first time. Later on, they won two league titles in 2017–18 and 2019–20, then qualified to the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League group stage for the first time in their history.[5]

Scouting and developing

Midtjylland have built a reputation of finding and developing promising talents, and have a highly regarded youth academy.[6]

In July 2004, Midtjylland was the first Danish club to establish their own football academy, similar to that of French side Nantes.[7] The academy attracts players from throughout Denmark, as well as players from FC Ebedei, a partnering club in Nigeria. The club has developed a network of over 100 clubs located in the western part of Jutland.[8]

In 2008, Danish centre-back Simon Kjær, a talent of the academy, was sold to Palermo for a transfer fee of approximately DKK30 million (€4 million).[9] In 2010, Sune Kiilerich, another talent of the academy, was sold to Sampdoria, while Winston Reid, an academy product and New Zealand international, was sold to West Ham United for DKK32 million (€4.26 million).[10][11] In 2016, vice-captain Erik Sviatchenko was sold for £1.5 million to Celtic.[12]

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

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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.[13] 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
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

Honours

• Danish Superliga
  • Winners (3): 2014–15, 2017–18, 2019–20
  • Runners-up (5): 2006–07, 2007–08, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22
• 1st Division
  • Winners (1): 1999–2000
• Danish Cup
  • Winners (2): 2018–19, 2021–22
  • Runners-up (4): 2002–03, 2004–05, 2009–10, 2010–11

Players

Current squad

As of 9 September 2022[14][15]

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 Jonas Lössl 4 DF  DEN Stefan Gartenmann 5 MF  URU Emiliano Martínez (loan from RB Bragantino) 6 DF  SWE Joel Andersson 7 MF  DEN Pione Sisto 8 MF  SWE Kristoffer Olsson (loan from Anderlecht) 9 FW  GUI Sory Kaba 10 MF  BRA Evander 11 FW  DEN Gustav Isaksen 14 DF  DEN Henrik Dalsgaard 16 GK  ISL Elías Rafn Ólafsson 17 DF  DEN Mads Døhr Thychosen 18 MF  ZAM Edward Chilufya 19 MF  CIV Chris Kouakou

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  DEN Valdemar Andreasen 22 DF  DEN Pontus Texel 24 MF  DEN Oliver Sørensen 26 DF  COL Pablo Ortíz 28 DF  DEN Erik Sviatchenko (captain) 29 DF  BRA Paulinho 30 MF  NGA Mark Ugboh 35 MF  BRA Charles 36 FW  DEN Anders Dreyer 39 FW  COL Juan Felipe Moreno 44 DF  DEN Nikolas Dyhr 73 DF  BRA Juninho 74 FW  BRA Júnior Brumado

Youth players in use

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 FW  DEN Gustav Christensen 21 MF  DEN Andreas Nibe

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  DEN Aral Şimşir (at Lillestrøm until 31 December 2022) — FW  DEN Victor Lind (at HamKam until 31 December 2022) — DF  DEN Oliver Olsen (at Fredericia until 30 June 2023) — GK  DEN Valdemar Birksø (at Fredericia until 30 June 2023)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  BRA Marrony (at Fluminense until 30 June 2023) — FW  DEN Frederik Heiselberg (at Fredericia until 30 June 2023) — DF  DEN Viktor Bak (at Hobro until 30 June 2023) — DF  CIV Ousmane Diomande (at Mafra until 30 June 2023)

Youth team

See: FC Midtjylland Academy

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

• Anders Dreyer (2020–2021, 2022)
• Vagner Love (2022)

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)
• Albert Capellas (24 August 2022 – )

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
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.)	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	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	1–0	1–0	2–0
		2Q	Vaduz	3–0	2–2	5–2
		3Q	Videoton	1–1 (a.e.t)	1–0	2–1
		PO	Osmanlıspor	0–1	0–2	0–3
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Derry City	6–1	4–1	10–2
		2Q	Ferencváros	3–1	4–2	7–3
		3Q	Arka Gdynia	2–1	2–3	4–4 (a)
		PO	Apollon Limassol	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	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 (p)
2022–23	UEFA Champions League	2Q	AEK Larnaca	1–1	1–1 (a.e.t.)	2–2 (4–3 p)
		3Q	Benfica	1–3	1–4	2–7
	UEFA Europa League	Group F	Lazio	5–1	1-2
			Feyenoord	2-2	2-2
			Sturm Graz	3 Nov	0–1

UEFA club coefficient ranking

As of 30 May 2022[16]

Rank	Team	Points
85	Espanyol	19.228
86	Athletic Bilbao	19.228
87	Midtjylland	19.000
88	Molde	19.000
89	Zorya Luhansk	18.000

References

External links

• Official website
• Ikast FS's website
• Herning Fremad's website
• Black Wolves – Official fanclub
• Messecenter Herning's website

На других языках

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[de] FC Midtjylland

Der FC Midtjylland ist ein dänischer Fußballverein. Er ging 1999 aus dem Zusammenschluss der 1. Mannschaften von Herning Fremad (gegründet 1918) und Ikast FS (gegründet 1935) hervor.

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- [en] FC Midtjylland

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[es] FC Midtjylland

El Football Club Midtjylland es un equipo de fútbol de Dinamarca. Está situado en la ciudad de Herning, en la región de Jutlandia Central. Fue fundado en 1999 a partir de la fusión de 2 clubes juega en la máxima categoría de su país, la Superliga Danesa.

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[ru] Мидтьюлланн

«Мидтью́лланн» (дат. Football Club Midtjylland) — датский профессиональный футбольный клуб из города Хернинг. Образован в 1999 году в результате слияния местных футбольных клубов «Икаст» и «Хернинг Фремад». Домашние матчи проводит на стадионе «МСХ Арена» общей вместимостью свыше 11 000 зрителей.

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