Silkeborg IF 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...

 professional football club based in the city of Silkeborg

Silkeborg

Silkeborg is a city in central Denmark. Located in Silkeborg municipality in Jutland, the city has a population of 42,724 . The development of Silkeborg as a modern city may be traced to the foundation of the paper mill by Michael Drewsen on the Gudenaa in 1844...

, in the middle of Jutland

Jutland

Jutland , historically also called Cimbria, is the name of the peninsula that juts out in Northern Europe toward the rest of Scandinavia, forming the mainland part of Denmark. It has the North Sea to its west, Kattegat and Skagerrak to its north, the Baltic Sea to its east, and the Danish–German...

. Silkeborg IF plays 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...

. The club was founded in 1917 and they first reach the highest level of football in Denmark in 1987, at that time called 1st division today known as Superligaen. Since then, they only had a short spell in the second highest level between 2003-04 and 2007-09. Silkeborg IF has been mostly successful in the 1990s, achieving a first place in the league in 1993-94, a second place in 1997-98 as well as a 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...

 victory in 2001. They have qualified for Europe several times, but have lost to great teams like Spartak Moscow

FC Spartak Moscow

FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...

 (in 1996), AS Roma (in 1998) and Real Zaragoza

Real Zaragoza

Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. is a Spanish association football team from Zaragoza in Spain. Founded on 18 March 1932, Real Zaragoza have spent the majority of their 78 year history in the Spanish top-flight. Real Zaragoza are Spain's 9th highest ranked team in overall league points...

 (in 2001).
Silkeborg IF colours are red and white. They play their home games at Silkeborg Stadion

Silkeborg Stadion

Silkeborg Stadion is a Danish football stadium in the town of Silkeborg, located in the middle of Jutland. It is home to the Danish Superliga club Silkeborg IF....

 where there is room for 10,000 spectators, of whom about 5,500
seating.

Achievements

• 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...
  
  : (1)

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...

 1993-1994

• 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...
  
  : (1)

2001

• Intertoto Cup
  UEFA Intertoto Cup
  The 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...
  
  : (1)

1996

Current squad

Former coaches

Viggo Jensen

Viggo Jensen

Alexander Viggo Jensen was a Danish weightlifter, shooter, gymnast, and athlete. He was the first Danish Olympic champion, at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens....

 (1987–1992) Bo Johnasson (1992–1994) Bo Nielsson (1994) Frank Petersen (1995) Preben Elkjær (1995–1996) Sepp Piontek (1997–1999) Benny Johansen

Benny Johansen

Benny Johansen is a Danish former football player and manager. He won the Danish championship twice as a player for B 1903 and once as a manager of FC Copenhagen...

 (1999–2001) Morten Bruun

Morten Bruun

Morten Bruun is a Danish retired football player, who played in a defending or midfielder role. He spent his entire club career at Silkeborg IF, with whom he won the 1994 Danish Superliga and 2001 Danish Cup trophies. He played 424 matches and scored 35 goals for the club from 1988 to 2001...

 (2001–2002) Viggo Jensen

Viggo Jensen

Alexander Viggo Jensen was a Danish weightlifter, shooter, gymnast, and athlete. He was the first Danish Olympic champion, at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens....

 (2002–2006) Peder Knudsen (2006) Preben Lundbye

Preben Lundbye

Preben Lundbye is a Danish football coach for Holstebro BK and previously for Silkeborg IF. As a football player for Hvidovre IF he won the Danish Championship back in 1973. He ended his career in 1975 due to an injury....

 (2007) Peder Knudsen (2007–2008) Troels Bech

Troels Bech

Troels Bech is a Danish football manager and a former player, who managed Odense BK to the 2002 Danish Cup trophy. He was the manager of Danish club Esbjerg fB until November 2008 and took over Danish club Silkeborg IF in January 2009...

 (2008–Present)

European cup history

Season	Cup	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
1991	UEFA Intertoto Cup UEFA Intertoto Cup The 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	Hammarby IF Hammarby IF Hammarby Fotboll is a Swedish football club based in Johanneshov - just south of Södermalm, the southernmost district of Stockholm city centre...	4-1	1-3
		Group	Energie Cottbus Energie Cottbus FC Energie Cottbus is a German association football club based in Cottbus, Lusatia . It was founded in 1963 as SC Cottbus in what was, at the time, East Germany...	4–1	0–1
		Group	Dukla Banska Bystrica	1–3	2–0
1993	UEFA Intertoto Cup UEFA Intertoto Cup The 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	FC Zürich		2–0
		Group	VfL Bochum VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as simply VfL Bochum, is a German association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia.-Founding to World War II:...	2–2
		Group	FC Tirol	1–1
		Group	Slovan Bratislava ŠK Slovan Bratislava ŠK Slovan Bratislava is a football club based in Bratislava, Slovakia, that plays in the Corgoň liga. Founded as 1. ČsŠK Bratislava in 1919, the club changed its name to Slovan Bratislava in 1953...		2–1
1994	UEFA Intertoto Cup UEFA Intertoto Cup The 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	Halmstads BK Halmstads BK Halmstads Bollklubb, also called HBK or just Halmstad, is a Swedish football club located in Halmstad in the southwest of Sweden. The club, formed 6 March 1914, competes in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan, and has won 4 national championship titles and 1 national cup title...		2–0
		Group	Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Netanya F.C. is an Israeli football club based in Netanya. Established in 1934, the club were founding members of the Israeli League in 1949. After winning their first championship in 1970, the club's golden period lasted until the late 1980s, including four more league titles and a double...	0–0
		Group	Sparta Prague		4–1
		Group	Lokomotiv Sofia	7–2
1994–95	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...	1Q	Dynamo Kiev	0–0	3–1	1-3
1995–96	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...	1Q	Crusaders	4–0	1–2	6-1
		2Q	Sparta Prague	1–2	0–1	2-2
1996	UEFA Intertoto Cup UEFA Intertoto Cup The 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	Charleroi Charleroi Charleroi is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. , the total population of Charleroi was 201,593. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of and had a total population of 522,522 as of 1 January 2008, ranking it as...		2–4
		Group	Zaglebie Lubin Zaglebie Lubin KGHM Zagłębie Lubin is a Polish professional football club based in Lubin, Poland. It was founded on September 10, 1945 as OMTUR Lubin.-History:In 2007 Zagłębie became league champions for a second time ....	0–0
		Group	SV Ried SV Ried SV Ried is an Austrian association football club from Ried im Innkreis. The team plays its home matches at the 7,680 capacity Keine-Sorgen Arena. The club currently plays in the Bundesliga after winning promotion from the Erste Liga in the 2004/05 season...		0–3
		Group	Conwy United	4–0
		Final	Uralmash FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast FC Ural is a Russian football club. The club is based in Yekaterinburg but represents all Sverdlovsk Oblast. The club is in the Russian First Division.-Club colours:-History:...	0-1	1-2	2-2
1996–97	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...	1Q	Segesta Sisak	0–1	1–2	2-2
		2Q	Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...	1–2	3–2	3-5
1997	UEFA Intertoto Cup UEFA Intertoto Cup The 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	Grazer AK Grazer AK Grazer AK, founded 18 August 1902 as Grazer Athletik-Sport Klub , is an Austrian sports club, from the city of Graz in the federal state of Styria . The football section is one of the most traditional Austrian clubs, most successful in the decade 1995 – 2005...		2–0
		Group	Hrvatski Dragovoljac	5–0
		Group	SC Bastia SC Bastia Sporting Club de Bastia is a French association football club based in Bastia on the island of Corsica. The club currently plays in the Championnat National, the third division of French football. Bastia previously had stints in both Ligue 1 and Ligue 2...		1–0
		Group	Ebbw Vale	6–1
1998-99	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...	1Q	NK Mura Murska Sobota	2–0	0–0	2-0
		2Q	AS Roma	0–2	1–0	0-3
2000	UEFA Intertoto Cup UEFA Intertoto Cup The 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...	1R	FC Dnepr Mogilev	1–2	2-1	2-4
2001–02	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...	1Q	Real Zaragoza Real Zaragoza Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. is a Spanish association football team from Zaragoza in Spain. Founded on 18 March 1932, Real Zaragoza have spent the majority of their 78 year history in the Spanish top-flight. Real Zaragoza are Spain's 9th highest ranked team in overall league points...	1–2	3–0	1-5

Former notable players

Iddi Alkhag Iddi Alkhag Iddi Leif Deleuran Alkhag is a Danish footballer of Tanzania descent who plays in Greece for Agrotikos Asteras. He has previously played for Esbjerg fB, Silkeborg IF, FC Fredericia, and BK Frem in Denmark, as well as Icelandic club HK...  Troels Bech Troels Bech Troels Bech is a Danish football manager and a former player, who managed Odense BK to the 2002 Danish Cup trophy. He was the manager of Danish club Esbjerg fB until November 2008 and took over Danish club Silkeborg IF in January 2009...  Keld Bordinggaard Keld Bordinggaard Keld Tande Bordinggard is a Danish former football player and current football manager. He was most recently the head coach of the Danish national under-21 team from July 2006 until the U21 European Championship in June 2011...  Morten Bruun Morten Bruun Morten Bruun is a Danish retired football player, who played in a defending or midfielder role. He spent his entire club career at Silkeborg IF, with whom he won the 1994 Danish Superliga and 2001 Danish Cup trophies. He played 424 matches and scored 35 goals for the club from 1988 to 2001...  Peter Degn Peter Degn Peter Degn was a Danish professional football player, who is now retired. He has played 25 games and scored three goals for the Denmark national under-21 football team.-Biography:...  Heine Fernandez Heine Fernandez Heine Fernandez is a Danish former football player, who played the bulk of his career for Viborg FF and Silkeborg IF.-Club career:...  Michael Hansen Michael Hansen Michael Hansen is a Danish former professional football player, who played in the midfielder position. He played 40 games and scored two goals for various Danish youth national teams, and competed with the Denmark national under-21 football team at the 1992 Summer Olympics...  Henrik Ipsen Henrik Ipsen Henrik Ipsen is a Danish professional football goalkeeper, who currently plays for the Danish Superliga club SønderjyskE.-External links:...  Bjarne Jensen Bjarne Jensen Bjarne Jensen is a retired Danish football player, who played the majority of his career in Brøndby IF.He has played four games for the Danish national football team, but never scored any goals....

Peter Kjær Peter Kjær Peter Kjær is a Danish former football player, current television commentator, and sporting director of Silkeborg IF. During his active career as a goalkeeper, he played the bulk of his career with Danish clubs Vejle Boldklub and Silkeborg IF. He played for Turkish club Besiktas before ending his...  Jim Larsen Jim Larsen Jim Larsen is a Danish football player, who plays for Rosenborg BK.On 11 October 2009, Larsen was called up for the Danish national team for a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Hungary, after Per Krøldrup was injured....  Jacob Laursen Jacob Laursen Jacob Thaysen-Laursen is a Danish retired professional football player, who played as a defender. He most notably played for English club Derby County and won the Danish Superliga championship with Silkeborg IF and F.C. Copenhagen...  Martin Laursen Martin Laursen Martin Laursen is a Danish former footballer who played in the centre back position. He played three seasons for Italian club AC Milan, with whom he won the 2003 UEFA Champions League and the 2004 Serie A championship. He also played for Italian clubs Hellas Verona and Parma FC, and was the team...  Thomas Røll Larsen Rajko Lekic Rajko Lekic Radivoje "Rajko" Lekić is a Danish footballer who currently plays for New England Revolution in Major League Soccer....  Jesper Thygesen Jesper Thygesen Jesper Thygesen is a Danish football director, commentator, and former player. From 1991 to 2005, Thygesen played 296 games and scored 45 goals in the Danish Superliga. He played in the midfielder position, and represented Ikast FS, Silkeborg IF, Brøndby IF, and Randers FC, winning the 1998...  Bora Zivkovic Bora Zivkovic Bora Živković is a Danish former professional football player of Serbian ancestry, who is assistant manager of Boye Habekost at FC Hjørring in the Danish 1st Division. He has played 310 games in the Danish Superliga, representing Silkeborg IF for the majority of the games...

Most scoring players

Competitive matches only. To matches played 28 October 2011.

#	Name	Career	Goals
1

}||1990–1998||
|-
|2||style="text-align:left;"|  ||1995-2001 and 2008-present||
|-
|3||style="text-align:left;"|  ||2003-2004 and 2008-2011||
|-
|4||style="text-align:left;"|  ||1994-1998 and 2000-2003||
|-
|5||style="text-align:left;"|  ||2001-2007||
|-
|6||style="text-align:left;"|  ||1991–1997 and 2006-2007||
|-
|7||style="text-align:left;"|  ||1988–2001||
|-
|8||style="text-align:left;"|  ||1988–1992||
|-
|9||style="text-align:left;"|  ||1996–1999||
|-
|10||style="text-align:left;"|  ||1999–2000||
|-
|11||style="text-align:left;"|  ||2008–present||
|-
|12||style="text-align:left;"|  ||1991-1997||
|-
|13||style="text-align:left;"|  ||1987–1994||
|-
|14||style="text-align:left;"|  ||2004–2010||
|-
|15||style="text-align:left;"|  ||2004-2008||
|}

Most appearances

Competitive matches only. To matches played 28 October 2011.

#	Name	Career	Appearances
1		1988–2001
2
3		1979–1993
4
5
6		1993–2001
7		1991–2005
8		1992–2003
9		1997–2006
10		–1991
11		1990–1998
12
13

}||1994–1998 and 2000-2003||
|-
|14||style="text-align:left;"|  ||1995–2001 and 2008-present||
|-
|15||style="text-align:left;"|  ||1990–2000||
|}

External links

• Official Site
• SIFosis – the official supporter group
• SIFnet.dk – a Popular SIF news and supporter Site
• SIF4ever.dk – a Popular Supporter Site
• Silkeborg-IF.dk – a Popular Supporter Site