AGF Fodbold (women)
Danish football club
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Aarhus Gymnastikforening Fodbold (commonly known as AGF) is a Danish women's football team based in Aarhus, Denmark. The team competes in the A-Liga, the top flight of the Danish Women's Football League.
Byens hold (The City's Team)
Founded in March 2020 as the first ever Aarhus Gymnastikforening women's football club, the team has a long history in the top tier of Danish Women's Football League. The club originated as Hjortshøj-Egå Idrætsforening (HEI) in the 1970s, competing in the first top tier tournament in 1975. HEI were very successful in the 1980s and 1990s, winning six of their hitherto ten league titles in the '80s, with six straight titles from 1986–1991.
In 2001, HEI decided to merge their team with IK Skovbakken, and played their last half-season as HEI that autumn.[1] Skovbakken took home eight bronze medals in the league before merging with Vejlby IK in 2017 to form VSK Aarhus.[2][3][4][5] After three seasons and one bronze medal in the league, VSK then merged with IF Lyseng and AGF in 2020 to create the club as it is known today. The club inherited VSK's license and placement in the league.[6][7] The goal with the 2020 merger was to create a stronger team representing the region of Aarhus to compete in the top flight of Danish football, with backing from AGF.[8][9][10]
The club is owned by AGF Kvindefodbold ApS, a shareholding company established for this specific purpose, of which AGF A/S owns 80% and VSK Aarhus and IF Lyseng each owned 10% until 2024 where Lyseng left the club, relinquishing its 10% share.[11][12]
Players
Current squad
- As of 16 August 2026[13]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Management
First team
- As of 1 July 2026[14]
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Head Coach | Søren Kiillerich |
| Head of Coaching First Team Coach |
Anders Fedder Kristensen |
| Goolkeeping Coach | Søren Holm |
| Fitness Coach | Rasmus Aslak |
| Team Manager | Anja Kjærsgård |
| Lars Pedersen | |
| Head of Football Operations | Vibe Schøler |
| Medical Staff | |
| Team Doctor | Jacob Sorwad Outrup |
| Morten Eaton Mølgaard | |
| Physiotherapist | Cecilie Munk Jylov |
| Mathias Brun Sørensen | |
Club officials
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Head of Football | Daniel Lauridsen |
Managers
Incomplete
| Years | Name |
|---|---|
| 2026– |  Søren Kiillerich |
| 2025–2026 | Claus Struck |
| 2023–2025 | Michael Schjønberg |
| 2023 | Nichlas Ørbæk Knudsen (interim) Peter Pedersen (interim) |
| 2021–2022 | Katrine Pedersen |
| 2021 | Steen Petterson |
| 2020[a] | Allan Nørgaard & Allan Frederiksen (interim) |
| Anders Nim | |
| VSK Aarhus | |
| 2018–2019 | Hans Paarup |
| 2017–2018 | Henrik Varbøl Andersen |
| IK Skovbakken | |
| 2016–2017 | Henrik Varbøl Andersen |
| 2014–2016 | Kim Leth Andersen |
| 2013 | Peter Pedersen |
| 2012–2013 | Carsten Karkov |
| –2012 | Brian Sørensen |
| 2009– | Axel Lund Petersen |
| 2007–2008 | Jakob Michelsen |
| 2002–2004 | Tom Søjberg |
| Hjortshøj-Egå (HEI) | |
| –2002 | Benny Rosenqvist |
| 1990–1991 | Henriette Jensen & Ove Sass Hansen |
| 1989 |  Ragner Nielsen |
| –1988 | Poul Højmose |
| Ernst Beck | |
Source: Danish Football Association
- Nim coached the team from the spring championship play-offs until September; Nørgaard and Frederiksen in September and November.
Seasons
- As of the 2025–26 season
| Key | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Champions |
Promotion | ||
 Silver |
Relegation | ||
 Bronze |
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Incomplete
| Season | Tier | # | W | D | L | F | A | Pts. | Cup | UWCL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIVISION WEST (2nd of 2)[a] | ||||||||||
| As Hjortshøj-Egå IF (HEI) | ||||||||||
| 1975 | 4[b] | |||||||||
| 1976 | 1 | 6th of 10 | 20 | 38 | 15 | |||||
| 1977 | 1 | 6th of 10 | 21 | 24 | 14 | |||||
| 1978 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1979 | 1 | 3rd of 10 | 31 | 20 | 21 | |||||
| 1980 | 1 | |||||||||
| SINGLE-DIVISION LEAGUE[c] | ||||||||||
| 1981 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1982 | 1 | 1st of 12 | ||||||||
| 1983 | 1 | 2nd of 12 | ||||||||
| 1984 | 1 | 1st of 12 | ||||||||
| 1985 | 1 | 3rd of 12 | ||||||||
| 1986 | 1 | 1st of 12 | ||||||||
| 1987 | 1 | 1st of 12 | ||||||||
| 1988 | 1 | 1st of 12 | ||||||||
| 1989 | 1 | 1st of 12 | ||||||||
| 1990 | 1 | 1st of 12 | ||||||||
| 1991 | 1 | 1st of 12 | ||||||||
| 1992 | 1 | 2nd of 12 | ||||||||
| 1993 | 1 | 3rd | ||||||||
| 1994 | 1 | 2nd of 8 | ||||||||
| 1995 | 1 | 2nd of 8 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 128 | 7 | 77 | ||
| 1996 | 1 | 2nd of 8 | ||||||||
| 1996–97 | 1 | 1st of 8 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 157 | 25 | 79 | ||
| 1997–98 | 1 | 1st of 8 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 115 | 24 | 77 | ||
| 1998–99 | 1 | 2nd of 8 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 94 | 26 | 67 | ||
| 1999–00 | 1 | 3rd of 8 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 99 | 31 | 55 | ||
| 2000–01 | 1 | 3rd of 8 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 76 | 37 | 54 | ||
| As IK Skovbakken[d] | ||||||||||
| 2001–02 | 1 | 3rd of 8 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 112 | 34 | 62 | ||
| 2002–03 | 1 | 4th of 8 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 65 | 36 | 40 | ||
| 2003–04 | 1 | 3rd of 8 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 70 | 39 | 40 | ||
| 2004–05 | 1 | 3rd of 8 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 62 | 39 | 34 | ||
| 2005–06 | 1 | 4th of 8 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 41 | 26 | ||
| 2006–07 | 1 | 5th of 8 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 34 | 52 | 18 | ||
| 2007–08 | 1 | 4th of 10 | ||||||||
| 2008–09 | 1 | 3rd of 10 | ||||||||
| 2009–10 | 1 | 3rd of 10 | ||||||||
| 2010–11 | 1 | 3rd of 10 | ||||||||
| 2011–12 | 1 | 3rd of 10 | ||||||||
| 2012–13 | 1 | 4th of 10 | ||||||||
| 2013–14 | 1 | 4th of 8 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 17 | ||
| 2014–15 | 1 | 4th of 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 33 | ||
| 2015–16 | 1 | 4th of 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 20 | ||
| 2016–17 | 1 | 3rd of 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 17 | ||
| As VSK Aarhus | ||||||||||
| 2017–18 | 1 | 4th of 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 15 | ||
| 2018–19 | 1 | 3rd of 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 20 | ||
| 2019–20 | 1 | 6th of 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 5 | ||
| AGF | ||||||||||
| 2020–21 | 1 | 7th of 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 9 | 26 | ||
| 2021–22 | 1 | 7th of 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 24 | ||
| 2022–23 | 1 | 7th of 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 25 | ||
| 2023–24 | 1 | 5th of 8 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 27 | ||
| 2024–25 | 1 | 6th of 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 38 | 27 | ||
| 2025–26 | 1 | 5th of 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 26 | ||
| 2026–27 | 1 | Season in progress | ||||||||
- The league was originally divided into two groups of 10 teams, representing the east and the west of the country.
- HEI were promoted into the Denmark Series (the non-league 2nd tier) from the 1975 season, which is now the 4th tier, as a 2nd league tier was established in 1993, and a 3rd tier in 2021.
- From the 1981 season onwards, the league was changed to a single division encompassing the 12 best teams from across the country.
- For the 2001 autumn, the club was represented by Hjortshøj-Egå IF (HEI), before the team merged with Skovbakken in January 2002 and appeared as Skovbakken thenceforth.
- Sources
- Danish Football Association (in Danish)
- Statistics - Tipsbladet
- De jyske fodboldklubbers historie [History of the Jutlandic football clubs] (PDF) (in Danish) (1st ed.). DBU. 1 April 2006. pp. 333–334.
- "Dansk fodbold: Kvindefodbold". Berlingske.dk (in Danish). 3 June 1999. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
Honours
Incomplete
| Honour | No. | Years |
|---|---|---|
| A-Liga | 10 | 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996–97, 1997–98 |
| 6 | 1983, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998–99 | |
| 13 | 1985, 1993, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2016–17, 2018–19 | |
| Danish Women's Cup | 3 | 1993, 1994, 2008–09 |
| 4 | 1997, 2003, 2006, 2010 |
See also
- Aarhus Gymnastikforening, men's team