Randers Sportsklub Freja (often abbreviated Randers Freja) is a Danish multi-sport club fielding teams in athletics, handball, table tennis and football.

History

Randers Freja was founded in 1898, and was accepted to JBU in 1907.

The football department went by the name Randers Freja FC in a period during late 1990s. In 2003, the department merged with five other local football clubs and formed Randers FC. The club's football department still exist, but is now considered the reserve team for Randers FC.
In 2003 the club went into a merger, and is one of the 6 founding clubs to Randers FC

Randers FC

Randers FC is a Danish professional football team based in Randers, which plays in the top-flight Danish Superliga championship. Founded as a merger on January 1, 2003, the club builds upon the license of Randers Freja, a former three-time Danish Cup winning team...

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The handball department became part of Randers HK

Randers HK

Randers HK is a women's handball club based in Randers, Denmark. They compete in GuldBageren Ligaen, the top Danish league for women's teams.- History :...

 in 1996.

Colours

Randers Freja's colour is light blue as Randers FC's reserves, however original club colours are white and blue.

Current squad

As of 20 May 2010

Full squad is available with selection of Randers FC

Randers FC

Randers FC is a Danish professional football team based in Randers, which plays in the top-flight Danish Superliga championship. Founded as a merger on January 1, 2003, the club builds upon the license of Randers Freja, a former three-time Danish Cup winning team...

 players.

Achievements

• 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...
  
  
  • Winner : 3 (1967, 1968, 1973)

• UEFA Cup Winners Cup
  • Quarter finalist: 1968

Notable former players

• Listed according to when they debuted for Randers Freja (year or decade in parentheses):

• Preben "Busser" Nielsen (50s)
• Jens Peter Reggelsen (50s)
• René Møller (60s)
• Poul Bilde (60s)
• Carsten Brandenborg (70s)
• Leif Raaby (70s)
• Jørgen Rasmussen (70s)
• Helge Vonsyld (70s)
• Erik Sørensen (70s)
• Steen Danielsen (70s)
• Per Røntved
  Per Røntved
  Per Christian Røntved is a Danish former footballer, who played professionally for German club SV Werder Bremen from 1972 to 1979. He also played for Danish clubs Brønshøj BK, Randers Freja, and Hvidovre IF...
  
   (1979)
• Lars Elstrup
  Lars Elstrup
  Lars Dahl Elstrup is a Danish former professional footballer, who played for a number of Danish clubs, as well as Dutch club Feyenoord and Luton Town in England...
  
   (1981)
• Morten Bisgaard
  Morten Bisgaard
  Morten Bisgaard is a retired Danish professional football player, who played as a midfielder. He played eight games and scored one goal for the Denmark national football team, and represented his country at the 2000 European Championship...
  
   (1991)
• Jesper Thygesen (youth)
• 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...
  
   (youth)
• Michael Gravgaard
  Michael Gravgaard
  Michael Julius Gravgaard is a Danish former football player, who effectively ended his playing career at FC Nantes in May 2010. Despite the fact of having a contract with FC Nantes until July 2011, his club was not interested to honour the contract, and opted instead in May 2010, to try and file...
  
  (1996)

External links

• Randers Freja - official site
• Randers FC - official site