FC Horsens, founded 31 October 1987 as a merger between Dagnæs IF and B 1940, is a 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...

 football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club, based in southern Horsens

Horsens

Horsens is a Danish city in east Jutland. It is the site of the council of Horsens municipality. The city's population is 53,807 and the Horsens municipality's population is 82,835 ....

. They are currently playing in the Jutland Series, but have also played in both the Denmark Series

Denmark Series

The Denmark Series is the 4th tier of football in Denmark. Teams are divided into three pools of fourteen teams each. The top two teams in each pool are promoted to the Danish 2nd Division West or Danish 2nd Division East, as is appropriate for each club geographically...

 as well as the Qualification Series. FC Horsens competed in the 2005 and 2006 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...

 tournaments.

At youth level, the club is a part of the AC Horsens

AC Horsens

AC Horsens is a professional Danish football team, playing in the Danish Superliga championship. They play on Forum Horsens Stadion in Horsens. The club was founded in 1994, as a superstructure on Horsens fS and the merger of Dagnæs IF and B 1940; FC Horsens.-History:When the new team started in...

 superstructure

Superstructure

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. However at senior level, it is an independent club. One of FC Horsens most notably former players is the present AC Horsens goalkeeper Søren Jochumsen

Søren Jochumsen

Søren Jochumsen is a Danish professional football player, who plays as a goalkeeper for AC Horsens in the Danish Superliga championship. Despite his lack of height, he is known as one of the most reliable goalkeepers of the league....

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