AaB Football
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AaB Fodbold, also referred to as Aalborg BK or AaB, is a professional football team
of Danish
sports conglomerate Aalborg Boldspilklub
, located in Aalborg
. They play in the Danish Superliga
and have won three Danish Superliga championships and two Danish Cup
trophies.
AaB became the first Danish team ever to participate in the UEFA Champions League
Group Stage in 1995. AaB also qualified for the 2008–09 Champions League and qualified for the UEFA Cup
same season with their 3rd place in the Champions League group stage.
. The club came back to the best league in 1963, and except from the years of 1972, 1978 and 1981–1986, Aalborg BK has since been a part of the various editions of the Danish football championship. Despite its many years in the Danish championship, the club never won a championship title, but Aalborg BK won the Danish Cup
competition in 1966 and 1970. Paid football was introduced in Denmark by the Danish Football Association
in 1978. As Aalborg BK returned to the best Danish league, the club founded the professional branch of AaB A/S in 1987 to run a professional football team.
Through the 1990s, the club won its first two Danish championships. In the Danish Superliga 1994-95
season, 24 goals from league topscorer Erik Bo Andersen
secured the championship title for the team of coach Poul Erik Andreasen
. The club was initially eliminated by Dynamo Kyiv
in the qualification matches for the UEFA Champions League 1995-96
, but following a bribing scandal Kyiv was banned from the tournament and Aalborg BK entered in their place. Aalborg BK thus became the first Danish team to compete in the UEFA Champions League. As they managed a 2–1 home win over Panathinaikos
and a 2–2 draw with Porto in the six matches the club played in the initial group stage, Aalborg BK was eliminated. Erik Bo Andersen left the club for Scottish
club Rangers
, but in Søren Frederiksen
, the club found its next goal-getter. Though not the league top scorer, Frederiksen scored 17 goals in the Danish Superliga 1998-99
which the club won under guidance of Swedish
coach Hans Backe
. Once again, Aalborg BK faced Dinamo Kyiv in the Champions League qualification, but this time they fell short, losing 1–2 at home and drawing 2–2 in Kyiv after a late Aalborg BK goal was disallowed for being behind the goal line.
Since then, the club established itself in the top half of the Superliga and won a bronze medal and qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007
. Aalborg BK beat Honka
on the away goals rule
(2–2 in Finland
and 1–1 in Denmark
) in the second round, and in the third and final round Aalborg BK faced Gent and drawed, 1–1, in the away game but beat them 2–1 in the following home match. Thus they "won" a place in the UEFA Cup
's second qualification round and met Helsinki
, the first match ended 2–1 to Helsinki, but in the last match Aalborg BK won 3–0 and were thus ready for the UEFA Cup 2007-08. Drawing the Italian team Sampdoria
in the First Round, which have Antonio Cassano
and Vincenzo Montella
as notable players, made the task seem impossible. Aalborg BK made it again on the away goals rule (getting 2–2 in Genoa
and managing 0–0 in Aalborg
), and qualified for the group stage – being the first Danish team ever, to send an Italian team "out of Europe." In the group stage Aalborg BK was seeded in the lowest pot, and drew Anderlecht
, Tottenham Hotspur, Getafe
, and Hapoel Tel Aviv. Drawing with Anderlecht at home, and losing 2–3 to Tottenham (after being ahead 2–0 after the first half) forced Aalborg BK to win at home against Getafe, a match Aalborg BK lost 1–2.
In the 2007–2008 season Aalborg BK won their third Danish Championship. League top scorer was Jeppe Curth
from Aalborg BK. Aalborg BK qualified for the qualification to the UEFA Champions League and in the first round Aalborg BK easily eliminated Modriča
7–1. In the final round before the group stage, Aalborg BK defeated Kaunas
2–0 both at home and away and reached the group stage of the Champions League for the second time, the first time a Danish team has achieved this. In the group stage, they finished third in Group E, ahead of Celtic
with 6 points.
Their first match in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup was against Spanish side Deportivo La Coruña. Aalborg BK won the first leg at home 3–0 and the second leg on Estadio Riazor 1–3 beating Deportivo securing a 6–1 aggregate. Aalborg BK thereby earned a place among the last 16 teams where they faced Manchester City. After a 2–0 loss in Manchester
in the first leg Aalborg BK fought back to tie the score with a 2–0 win at home. The tie ended in agony however, as Aalborg BK were defeated by 4–3 on penalties.
was opened on 18 July 1920 with a north-south aligned playing field. The first spectator seats was built in 1927, and in 1937 a wooden terrace for 3,000 standing spectators was built. In 1960, the stadium burned down and a new east-western aligned concrete stadium was opened in 1962. In recent years the stadium have been enlarged and rebuilt so that it now has modern facilities and roof over all spectator stands. The stadium currently has the capacity of 16,000 people (7,700 seats) or 10,500 people (all seats).
1960s: Kaj Paulsen (1960) Kjeld Thorst
(1961) Børge Bach (1963) Henning Munk Jensen
(1965) Ove Flindt Bjerg (1967) Lynge Jakobsen (1969)
1980s: Søren Thorst (1983) Torben Boye
(1984) Ib Simonsen (1985) Jes Høgh
(1987)
1990s: Calle Facius (1990) Jens Jessen (1991) Erik Bo Andersen
(1993) Jesper Grønkjær
(1995) Peter Rasmussen
(1995) Jimmy Nielsen
(1996) Søren Frederiksen (1997) Thomas Gaardsøe
(1997) Ståle Solbakken
(1998) Jozo Matovac
(1998) Frank Strandli
(1999) Brian Priske
(1999) Anders Andersson (1999) Andres Oper
(1999)
2000s: Michael Silberbauer
(2001) Thomas Augustinussen
(2001) Kasper Risgård
(2002) Rasmus Würtz
(2003) Indrek Zelinski
(2001) Trond Andersen
(2004) Martin Ericsson
(2004) Túlio de Melo
(2004) Michael Jakobsen (2005) Thomas Enevoldsen
(2005) Rade Prica
(2006) Siyabonga Nomvethe
(2006) Danny Califf
(2006) Cacá
(2006) Benedict Vilakazi
(2007) Andreas Johansson (2007) Karim Zaza
(2007) Lasse Nilsson
(2008) Marek Saganowski
(2008) Daniel Fredheim Holm
(2009) Dennis Marshall (2009)
2010s: Morten "Duncan" Rasmussen (2011) Michael Lumb
(2011)
AaB Fodbold is owned by AaB A/S
.
(1990) Sepp Piontek (1995)
Football (soccer)
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of Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
sports conglomerate Aalborg Boldspilklub
Aalborg Boldspilklub
Aalborg Boldspilklub is a Danish professional sports club based in the city of Aalborg. The club is also known as Aalborg BK or AaB for short. Through time the club has had branches in cricket, tennis and basketball, but currently controls teams in football, American football, ice hockey,...
, located in Aalborg
Aalborg
-Transport:On the north side of the Limfjord is Nørresundby, which is connected to Aalborg by a road bridge Limfjordsbroen, an iron railway bridge Jernbanebroen over Limfjorden, as well as a motorway tunnel running under the Limfjord Limfjordstunnelen....
. They play in the Danish Superliga
Danish Superliga
The Danish Superliga is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest association football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each year, with 2 teams to be relegated, which proves to be one of the...
and have won three Danish Superliga championships and two Danish Cup
Danish Cup
The Danish Cup is the official "knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955...
trophies.
AaB became the first Danish team ever to participate in the UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
Group Stage in 1995. AaB also qualified for the 2008–09 Champions League and qualified for the UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
same season with their 3rd place in the Champions League group stage.
History
Aalborg BK was a part of the top-flight Danish leagues from the 1928–29 season, until the relegation of the club in 19471947 in football (soccer)
The following are the football events of the year 1947 throughout the world.-England:for fuller coverage see 1946-47 in English football*First Division: Liverpool*Second Division: Manchester City* Third Division: Doncaster Rovers...
. The club came back to the best league in 1963, and except from the years of 1972, 1978 and 1981–1986, Aalborg BK has since been a part of the various editions of the Danish football championship. Despite its many years in the Danish championship, the club never won a championship title, but Aalborg BK won the Danish Cup
Danish Cup
The Danish Cup is the official "knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955...
competition in 1966 and 1970. Paid football was introduced in Denmark by the Danish Football Association
Danish Football Association
The Danish Football Association is the governing body of football in Denmark. It is the organization of the Danish football clubs and runs the professional Danish football leagues and the men's and women's national teams. It is based in the city of Brøndby and is a founding member of both FIFA...
in 1978. As Aalborg BK returned to the best Danish league, the club founded the professional branch of AaB A/S in 1987 to run a professional football team.
Through the 1990s, the club won its first two Danish championships. In the Danish Superliga 1994-95
Danish Superliga 1994-95
The 1994-95 Danish Superliga season was the 5th season of the Danish Superliga league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association....
season, 24 goals from league topscorer Erik Bo Andersen
Erik Bo Andersen
Erik Bo Andersen is a Danish former professional footballer who played six matches for the Danish national team and represented Denmark at the 1996 European Championship...
secured the championship title for the team of coach Poul Erik Andreasen
Poul Erik Andreasen
Poul Erik Andreasen is a Danish ex-football player and manager, who managed the Danish Superliga side Aalborg BK during their 1994-95 Superliga victory. In 1996-1999 he coashed Norwegian Viking FK from Stavanger. He is currently a youth coach at AaB...
. The club was initially eliminated by Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football...
in the qualification matches for the UEFA Champions League 1995-96
UEFA Champions League 1995-96
The 1995–96 UEFA Champions League was the 41st season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, and the fourth since its rebranding as the UEFA Champions League. The tournament was won by Juventus, who beat defending champions Ajax on penalties in the final for their first championship...
, but following a bribing scandal Kyiv was banned from the tournament and Aalborg BK entered in their place. Aalborg BK thus became the first Danish team to compete in the UEFA Champions League. As they managed a 2–1 home win over Panathinaikos
Panathinaikos FC
Panathinaikos Football Club is a Greek professional football club based in Athens. Founded in 1908, they play in the Super League Greece and are one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Greek football history. They have won 20 Greek Championships and 17 Greek Cups.Panathinaikos is the most...
and a 2–2 draw with Porto in the six matches the club played in the initial group stage, Aalborg BK was eliminated. Erik Bo Andersen left the club for Scottish
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
club Rangers
Rangers F.C.
Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...
, but in Søren Frederiksen
Søren Frederiksen
Søren Frederiksen is a Danish former association footballer, who has scored a record 134 goals in the Danish Superliga championship. He played six games and scored one goal for the Denmark national football team....
, the club found its next goal-getter. Though not the league top scorer, Frederiksen scored 17 goals in the Danish Superliga 1998-99
Danish Superliga 1998-99
The 1998-99 Danish Superliga season was the 9th season of the Danish Superliga league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association. It took place from the first match on July 26, 1998 to final match on June 16, 1999....
which the club won under guidance of Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
coach Hans Backe
Hans Backe
Hans Backe is a Swedish former soccer player. He is currently the head coach of New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer....
. Once again, Aalborg BK faced Dinamo Kyiv in the Champions League qualification, but this time they fell short, losing 1–2 at home and drawing 2–2 in Kyiv after a late Aalborg BK goal was disallowed for being behind the goal line.
Since then, the club established itself in the top half of the Superliga and won a bronze medal and qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007
UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007
The UEFA Intertoto Cup 2007 was the 19th and penultimate edition of the competition and took 50 entries. Three rounds were held, and 11 teams qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. The draw took place at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 23 April 2007...
. Aalborg BK beat Honka
FC Honka
FC Honka is a Finnish football club, based in Tapiola, Espoo. It was promoted into the Finnish premier division , for the first time in its history, at the end of the 2005 season. The club's manager is Mika Lehkosuo, and it plays its home matches at Tapiolan urheilupuisto...
on the away goals rule
Away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal...
(2–2 in Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
and 1–1 in Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
) in the second round, and in the third and final round Aalborg BK faced Gent and drawed, 1–1, in the away game but beat them 2–1 in the following home match. Thus they "won" a place in the UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
's second qualification round and met Helsinki
HJK Helsinki
Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi , internationally known as HJK Helsinki, is a Finnish football club, based in the capital Helsinki...
, the first match ended 2–1 to Helsinki, but in the last match Aalborg BK won 3–0 and were thus ready for the UEFA Cup 2007-08. Drawing the Italian team Sampdoria
U.C. Sampdoria
Unione Calcio Sampdoria is an Italian association football club based in Genoa. The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s, Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria...
in the First Round, which have Antonio Cassano
Antonio Cassano
Antonio Cassano is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A club Milan as a striker. Nicknamed Il Gioiello di Bari Vecchia , he is known for his short temper as much as his ability on the pitch, which led to the coining of the neologism Cassanata by his former coach, Fabio Capello, in November...
and Vincenzo Montella
Vincenzo Montella
Vincenzo Montella is a retired Italian footballer. Currently he is the youngest head coach of Serie A, after being named at the helm of Sicilian outfit Catania on 9 June 2011....
as notable players, made the task seem impossible. Aalborg BK made it again on the away goals rule (getting 2–2 in Genoa
Genoa
Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
and managing 0–0 in Aalborg
Aalborg
-Transport:On the north side of the Limfjord is Nørresundby, which is connected to Aalborg by a road bridge Limfjordsbroen, an iron railway bridge Jernbanebroen over Limfjorden, as well as a motorway tunnel running under the Limfjord Limfjordstunnelen....
), and qualified for the group stage – being the first Danish team ever, to send an Italian team "out of Europe." In the group stage Aalborg BK was seeded in the lowest pot, and drew Anderlecht
R.S.C. Anderlecht
Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, usually known as Anderlecht or RSCA , is a Belgian professional football club based in Anderlecht in the Brussels Capital Region. Anderlecht plays in the Belgian Pro League and is the most successful Belgian football team in European competitions as well as in the...
, Tottenham Hotspur, Getafe
Getafe CF
Getafe Club de Fútbol is a Spanish La Liga football club based in Getafe, a city in the Madrid metropolitan area, founded in 1946 and refounded in 1983.In the top level since 2004-05, it holds home games at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez....
, and Hapoel Tel Aviv. Drawing with Anderlecht at home, and losing 2–3 to Tottenham (after being ahead 2–0 after the first half) forced Aalborg BK to win at home against Getafe, a match Aalborg BK lost 1–2.
In the 2007–2008 season Aalborg BK won their third Danish Championship. League top scorer was Jeppe Curth
Jeppe Curth
Jeppe Lund Curth is a Danish footballer, who plays for Aalborg Boldspilklub in the Danish Superliga. He has played 43 matches and scored 15 goals for various Danish youth national teams, most recently the Danish national under-21 team....
from Aalborg BK. Aalborg BK qualified for the qualification to the UEFA Champions League and in the first round Aalborg BK easily eliminated Modriča
FK Modrica
FK Modriča Maxima is a football club playing in the town of Modriča, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.The club was founded in 1922 and it is currently active in the First League of the Republika Srpska. Modriča Maxima won the first place in First League of RS in 2002/03 season, which...
7–1. In the final round before the group stage, Aalborg BK defeated Kaunas
Kaunas
Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the center of a powiat in Trakai Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. During Russian Empire occupation...
2–0 both at home and away and reached the group stage of the Champions League for the second time, the first time a Danish team has achieved this. In the group stage, they finished third in Group E, ahead of Celtic
Celtic F.C.
Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...
with 6 points.
Their first match in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup was against Spanish side Deportivo La Coruña. Aalborg BK won the first leg at home 3–0 and the second leg on Estadio Riazor 1–3 beating Deportivo securing a 6–1 aggregate. Aalborg BK thereby earned a place among the last 16 teams where they faced Manchester City. After a 2–0 loss in Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
in the first leg Aalborg BK fought back to tie the score with a 2–0 win at home. The tie ended in agony however, as Aalborg BK were defeated by 4–3 on penalties.
Stadium
Since 1920, Aalborg BK has played its games at Aalborg Stadion. The stadiumStadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...
was opened on 18 July 1920 with a north-south aligned playing field. The first spectator seats was built in 1927, and in 1937 a wooden terrace for 3,000 standing spectators was built. In 1960, the stadium burned down and a new east-western aligned concrete stadium was opened in 1962. In recent years the stadium have been enlarged and rebuilt so that it now has modern facilities and roof over all spectator stands. The stadium currently has the capacity of 16,000 people (7,700 seats) or 10,500 people (all seats).
Current squad
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- Up to date as of 7 August 2011
Noted players
1930s: Egon Johansen (1936)1960s: Kaj Paulsen (1960) Kjeld Thorst
Kjeld Thorst
Kjeld Thorst is a Danish former association football player and manager. During his club career he played as a striker for Aalborg Boldspilklub , scoring 88 goals in 265 games, and winning the 1966 Danish Cup with the club...
(1961) Børge Bach (1963) Henning Munk Jensen
Henning Munk Jensen
Henning Munk Jensen is a Danish former association football player in the defender position. He most prominently played professionally for Dutch team PSV Eindhoven, as well as 392 games for AaB in Denmark during the 1960s...
(1965) Ove Flindt Bjerg (1967) Lynge Jakobsen (1969)
1980s: Søren Thorst (1983) Torben Boye
Torben Boye
Torben Boye is a Danish former professional football player, who played his entire career for Danish Superliga club Aalborg Boldspilklub . Boye has set a number of records for the club, including most played games, as he played 560 matches for AaB...
(1984) Ib Simonsen (1985) Jes Høgh
Jes Høgh
Jes Høgh is a former Danish football player. He played 57 matches and scored 1 goal for the Danish national football team, and Høgh represented Denmark at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, as well as the UEFA Euro 1996 and UEFA Euro 2000 tournaments...
(1987)
1990s: Calle Facius (1990) Jens Jessen (1991) Erik Bo Andersen
Erik Bo Andersen
Erik Bo Andersen is a Danish former professional footballer who played six matches for the Danish national team and represented Denmark at the 1996 European Championship...
(1993) Jesper Grønkjær
Jesper Grønkjær
Jesper Grønkjær is a former Danish professional football player. A pacey winger, he was able to play on the right or left wing and as a second striker. Grønkjær played a total 400 league games for a number of European clubs, most notably winning the 1999 Dutch Cup with Ajax Amsterdam and playing...
(1995) Peter Rasmussen
Peter Rasmussen (footballer)
Peter Rasmussen is a Danish former association football player. He won the 1995 Danish Superliga with AaB and played 254 games and scored 68 goals in two stints with the club, abrupted by two seasons with VfB Stuttgart in the German Bundesliga. He ended his career with Viborg FF in 1998...
(1995) Jimmy Nielsen
Jimmy Nielsen
Jimmy Nielsen is a Danish professional footballer currently playing for Sporting Kansas City in Major League Soccer....
(1996) Søren Frederiksen (1997) Thomas Gaardsøe
Thomas Gaardsøe
Thomas Gaardsøe Christensen is a Danish professional footballer, currently playing for Esbjerg fB.Gaardsøe most notably won the 1999 Danish Superliga with Aalborg Boldspilklub, and played abroad for English clubs Ipswich Town and West Bromwich Albion...
(1997) Ståle Solbakken
Ståle Solbakken
Ståle Solbakken is a Norwegian football coach and a former player. He was named 2004 Norwegian Manager of the Year, and has won five Danish Superliga championships with Copenhagen....
(1998) Jozo Matovac
Jozo Matovac
Jozo Matovac was a professional Swedish international football defender, who was capped 8 times for Sweden. The clubs he represented were Helsingborgs IF, Aalborg BK, Örgryte IS, BK Häcken and Gunnilse IS. He played mostly as central-back. Today he is manager of Swedish club Gunnilse IS.-External...
(1998) Frank Strandli
Frank Strandli
Frank Strandli is a Norwegian former professional footballer.He signed for league champions Leeds in 1993 and scored on his debut, coming off the bench against Middlesbrough. His Leeds career never really got any better than this and he failed to live up to the expectations this 'dream start'...
(1999) Brian Priske
Brian Priske
Brian Priske Pedersen is a Danish retired football player. He played 24 matches for the Denmark national football team from 2003 to 2007, and represented Denmark at the 2004 European Championship tournament.-Club career:...
(1999) Anders Andersson (1999) Andres Oper
Andres Oper
Andres Oper is an Estonian footballer who plays as a striker. He played in AEK Larnaca. He has set the goalscoring record for the Estonian national team, by scoring 36 goals in 117 matches.-Early career:...
(1999)
2000s: Michael Silberbauer
Michael Silberbauer
Michael Silberbauer is a Danish professional footballer, currently playing for Young Boys Bern in the Swiss Super League. He can play as right wing and central midfielder...
(2001) Thomas Augustinussen
Thomas Augustinussen
Thomas Augustinussen is a Danish professional footballer. He began his career as a striker, but moved gradually into the holding midfielder position. He made his senior debut with AaB, with whom he played 283 games and won the 2008 Danish Superliga championship...
(2001) Kasper Risgård
Kasper Risgård
Kasper Winde Risgård is a Danish footballer who plays as a midfielder currently on a contract with the Danish Superliga club SIF.-AaB:...
(2002) Rasmus Würtz
Rasmus Würtz
Rasmus Østergaard Würtz is a Danish footballer who plays in midfield for AaB in the Danish Superliga. He won the 2009 Superliga championship with F.C. Copenhagen...
(2003) Indrek Zelinski
Indrek Zelinski
Indrek Zelinski is an Estonian football manager and retired football striker.-Club career:When he was 12 years old, he started his career under a youth coach, Märt Siigur, in his hometown...
(2001) Trond Andersen
Trond Andersen
Trond Andersen is a former Norwegian footballer, who played as a central defender or holding midfielder. He is most notable for his time in England at Wimbledon.-Club career:...
(2004) Martin Ericsson
Martin Ericsson
Martin Ericsson is a Swedish professional footballer, who plays as an attacking midfielder for IF Elfsborg in Allsvenskan. He has played seven matches for the Sweden national football team....
(2004) Túlio de Melo
Túlio de Melo
Túlio Vinícius Fróes de Melo , commonly known as Túlio de Melo, is a Brazilian football striker who currently plays for Lille OSC in the French Ligue 1.- Early career & Breakthrough :...
(2004) Michael Jakobsen (2005) Thomas Enevoldsen
Thomas Enevoldsen
Thomas Enevoldsen is a Danish professional football midfielder, who currently plays for the Dutch Eredivisie side FC Groningen...
(2005) Rade Prica
Rade Prica
Rade Stanislav Prica is a Swedish footballer currently playing for Rosenborg BK of Norway.Prica is the only player who has won league championships in the three Scandinavian countries - Sweden, Denmark and Norway.- Club career :...
(2006) Siyabonga Nomvethe
Siyabonga Nomvethe
Siyabonga Eugene Nomvethe is a South African soccer player who has played in several European leagues, and now represents Moroka Swallows in the Premier Soccer League...
(2006) Danny Califf
Danny Califf
Daniel Benjamin "Danny" Califf is an American soccer player who currently plays for the Philadelphia Union in Major League Soccer.-Youth and College:...
(2006) Cacá
Lucas de Deus Santos
Lucas de Deus Santos , nicknamed Cacá, is a Brazilian professional football midfielder who currently plays for Primeira Liga side U.D...
(2006) Benedict Vilakazi
Benedict Vilakazi (soccer)
Benedict Vilakazi is a football player from South Africa who plays in central midfield for South African club side Mamelodi Sundowns...
(2007) Andreas Johansson (2007) Karim Zaza
Karim Zaza
Karim Zaza is a Danish-Moroccan professional footballer, who currently plays for the Danish 1st Division side FC Hjørring. Born in Denmark to Moroccan parents, he established himself as one of the top goalkeepers of Danish football with three consecutive Danish Goalkeeper of the Year awards from...
(2007) Lasse Nilsson
Lasse Nilsson
Lasse Nilsson is a Swedish footballer who currently plays for the Elfsborg in the Swedish Allsvenskan.- Career :His former teams are IK Brage, IF Elfsborg, sc Heerenveen, Aalborg Boldspilklub and AS Saint-Étienne....
(2008) Marek Saganowski
Marek Saganowski
Marek Mirosław Saganowski is a Polish football player who plays as a striker for ŁKS Łódź.-Poland:Saganowski was born in Łódź, Poland and began his career in 1994 with his local club ŁKS Łódź, playing there for six seasons, with brief loan spells at Feyenoord in 1996 and at Hamburg in early 1997...
(2008) Daniel Fredheim Holm
Daniel Fredheim Holm
Daniel Fredheim Holm is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Rosenborg BK in the Norwegian Premier League. He is the half-brother of former Vålerenga colleague Thomas Holm, and the son of former footballer Paal Fredheim.-Club career:Fredheim-Holm was transferred from Skeid to...
(2009) Dennis Marshall (2009)
2010s: Morten "Duncan" Rasmussen (2011) Michael Lumb
Michael Lumb
Michael Lumb is a Danish footballer who is playing for Zenit Saint Petersburg.-Aarhus:Lumb was born in Aarhus, Denmark to a Danish mother and an English father. He is a left back...
(2011)
Current management
AaB Fodbold- Sports director Lynge Jakobsen (1996–)
- Head coach Kent Nielsen (2010–)
- Assistant coach Patrik Johansson (2009–)
AaB Fodbold is owned by AaB A/S
AaB A/S
Aalborg Boldspilklub A/S is a Danish sports corporation based in Aalborg Denmark. Founded July 1, 1987, AaB A/S is most noted for ownership of the professional football team AaB Fodbold. Other holdings include professional handball and hockey teams, a retail sports chain, a conference and sports...
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Head coaches
The following managers have coached AaB since it re-entered the Danish top-flight in 1986: Peter Rudbæk (started 1983) Poul Erik AndreasenPoul Erik Andreasen
Poul Erik Andreasen is a Danish ex-football player and manager, who managed the Danish Superliga side Aalborg BK during their 1994-95 Superliga victory. In 1996-1999 he coashed Norwegian Viking FK from Stavanger. He is currently a youth coach at AaB...
(1990) Sepp Piontek (1995)
- Per Westergaard (1996) Lars SøndergaardLars SøndergaardLars Søndergaard , is a former Danish football player and now manager.- References :...
(1997) Hans BackeHans BackeHans Backe is a Swedish former soccer player. He is currently the head coach of New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer....
(1998) Peter Rudbæk (2000) Poul Erik AndreasenPoul Erik AndreasenPoul Erik Andreasen is a Danish ex-football player and manager, who managed the Danish Superliga side Aalborg BK during their 1994-95 Superliga victory. In 1996-1999 he coashed Norwegian Viking FK from Stavanger. He is currently a youth coach at AaB...
(2002) Søren Kusk Larsen (2003) Erik Hamrén (2003–2008) Bruce RiochBruce RiochBruce David Rioch is an English-born football manager and former player. He was manager of Aalborg BK in the Danish Superliga, until his sacking on 23 October 2008....
(2008) Allan KuhnAllan KuhnAllan Hjortdal Kuhn , known simply as Allan Kuhn, is a Danish association football coach and former player. He is the assistant manager of Randers FC in the Danish Superliga championship. He was the head coach of FC Midtjylland from 2009 to 2011...
(2008) Magnus PehrssonMagnus PehrssonMagnus Pehrsson is a Swedish former football player and the current head coach of Allsvenskan team Djurgårdens IF.-Playing career:...
(2009–2010) Kent Nielsen (2010–)
Honours
- Danish SuperligaDanish SuperligaThe Danish Superliga is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest association football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each year, with 2 teams to be relegated, which proves to be one of the...
- Winners: 1994–95Danish Superliga 1994-95The 1994-95 Danish Superliga season was the 5th season of the Danish Superliga league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association....
, 1998–99Danish Superliga 1998-99The 1998-99 Danish Superliga season was the 9th season of the Danish Superliga league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association. It took place from the first match on July 26, 1998 to final match on June 16, 1999....
, 2007–08Danish Superliga 2007-08The 2007–08 Danish Superliga season was the 18th season of the Danish Superliga league championship, which determined the winners of the Danish football championship. It was governed by the Danish Football Association. It started with the first match on July 18, 2007 and ended with the final match... - 3rd place: 1935–36, 1969Danish 1st Division 1969-League standings:-References:*...
, 2006–07Danish Superliga 2006-07The 2006–07 Danish Superliga season was the 17th season of the Danish Superliga league championship, which determined the winners of the Danish football championship. It was governed by the Danish Football Association. It took place from the first match on July 19, 2006 to the final match on May...
- Winners: 1994–95
- Danish CupDanish CupThe Danish Cup is the official "knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955...
- Winners: 1966, 1970
- Runners-up (8): 1967, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1999, 2000, 2004Danish Cup 2003-04The Danish Cups results of the 2003-2004 season. The final was played on May 20.FC København ended as cup winner, but when they also won the Danish Superliga, the UEFA Cup-spot went to the cup runner-up Aalborg BK.-1st round:...
, 2009Danish Cup 2008-09The Danish Cup 2008–09 was the 53rd season of only Danish football cup competition. It was the first time since 2004 that the cup had a sponsor name: the daily Newspaper Ekstra Bladet has signed a 3-year contract with the Danish Football Association , making the official name Ekstra Bladet Cup...
- UEFA Champions LeagueUEFA Champions LeagueThe UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
- 3rd qualification round: 1999–2000
- Group stage: 1995–96UEFA Champions League 1995-96The 1995–96 UEFA Champions League was the 41st season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, and the fourth since its rebranding as the UEFA Champions League. The tournament was won by Juventus, who beat defending champions Ajax on penalties in the final for their first championship...
, 2008–09
- UEFA CupUEFA CupThe UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
- Round of 16: 2008–09
- Group stage: 2007–08
- 1st round: 1993–94, 1999–2000, 2004–05UEFA Cup 2004-05The 2004–05 UEFA Cup season was won by CSKA Moscow, coming from behind in the final against Sporting Clube de Portugal. It was the first win by a Russian side in any European competition, and was even more impressive considering that the final was held at the José Alvalade Stadium, the home of...
- UEFA Cup Winners' CupUEFA Cup Winners' CupThe UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but...
- 1st round: 1966–67UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1966-67The season 1966-67 of the European Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Bayern Munich in an extra time final victory against Rangers F.C....
, 1970–71UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1970-71The season 1970-71 of the European Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Chelsea in a replay against Real Madrid. Defending champions Manchester City were eliminated by Chelsea in the semi-finals, only the second ever tie in the competition between two clubs from the same country.-...
, 1987–88UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1987-88The season 1987-88 of the European Cup Winners' Cup finished with a shock victory by KV Mechelen in the final against defending champions Ajax. It was their first ever European campaign and their only European title, and although they won the Belgian league the next season financial problems meant...
- 1st round: 1966–67
- UEFA Intertoto CupUEFA Intertoto CupThe UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued...
- Group winners: 1993, 2007
- 49 seasons in the Highest Danish LeagueDanish SuperligaThe Danish Superliga is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest association football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each year, with 2 teams to be relegated, which proves to be one of the...
- 19 seasons in the Second Highest Danish LeagueDanish 1st DivisionThe 1st Division has been the name of the second highest football league in Denmark since 1991. From 1945 to 1991 the 1st Division was the name of the highest level of football in Denmark...
- 5 seasons in the Third Highest Danish LeagueDanish 2nd DivisionThe 2nd Division is the third tier Danish football league, just after the 1st Division.It was founded in 1945, after World War II, as the second-best Danish football division. When the Danish Superliga was founded in 1991, the 2nd Division became the third level league...
Recent history
| Season | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Cup Danish Cup The Danish Cup is the official "knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955... |
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| 1996–97 | SL | 5 | 33 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 46 | 40 | 47 | quarter-final |
| 1997–98 | SL | 7 | 33 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 54 | 48 | 44 | quarter-final |
| 1998–99 | SL | 1 | 33 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 65 | 37 | 64 | final |
| 1999–00 | SL | 5 | 33 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 57 | 40 | 49 | final |
| 2000–01 | SL | 5 | 33 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 51 | 49 | 49 | 5th round |
| 2001–02 | SL | 4 | 33 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 52 | 45 | 54 | quarter-final |
| 2002–03 | SL | 6 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 42 | 45 | 46 | semi-final |
| 2003–04 | SL | 5 | 33 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 55 | 41 | 57 | final |
| 2004–05 2004-05 in Danish football -Events:* 20 July 2004: FC København won the Super Cup at Parken Stadium after a 2-1 victory against AaB.* 24 July 2004: The Superliga kicks off.* 31 July 2004: The 1st Division kicks off.* 31 July 2004: The 2nd Division kicks off.... |
SL | 4 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 59 | 45 | 53 | 5th round |
| 2005–06 2005-06 in Danish football -Events:* 13 July 2005: Brøndby IF won the League Cup at Brøndby Stadion. FC København ended second, and FC Midtjylland third.* 19 July 2005: The Superliga kicks off.* 28 July 2005: Esbjerg fB beats Estonian FC Flora Tallinn 7-2 agg... |
SL | 5 | 33 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 48 | 44 | 45 | semi-final |
| 2006–07 2006-07 in Danish football -Overview:From the 2006-07 season mergered B 1909, B 1913 and Dalum IF to FC FYN. All three clubs played in the 2005-06 season in 2nd Division West. FC FYN will also play in 2nd Division.... |
SL | 3 | 33 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 55 | 34 | 61 | 2nd round |
| 2007–08 2007-08 in Danish football The 2007-08 season in Danish football, starting July 2007 and ending June 2008.-Domestic honours:-European participation:For the first time since the 2002-03 season, the Danish clubs had obtained enough UEFA coefficient points to qualify the third place finisher of the Danish Superliga 2006-07 for... |
SL | 1 | 33 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 60 | 38 | 71 | 4th round |
| 2008–09 | SL | 7 | 33 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 40 | 49 | 39 | final |
| 2009–10 | SL | 5 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 30 | 48 | 4th round |
| 2010–11 | SL | 10 | 33 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 38 | 48 | 35 | quarter-final |
External links
- Aalborg BK UEFA.com Aalborg Boldspilklub af 1885 (Amateur foundation) Aalborg Support Club (Official fanclub of AaB) AaBfan.dk (Amateur news site about AaB)