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The Danish Football Hall of Fame (Danish: Fodboldens Hall of Fame) is the national association football hall of fame in Denmark.

The award was established in 2006, as a way to award the best footballers, teams, and coaches throughout the history of the Danish national football team. Beginning in 2008, the award has been handed out at the annual Danish Football Awards. The yearly television broadcast event was originally organized by the DBU in November from 2008 to 2013, and later moved to February. In addition to receiving the award, all Hall of Fame members are invited to leave a footprint in bronze to decorate the entrance hall at the "House of Football" (Danish: Fodboldens hus) at DBU headquarters in Brøndby.[1]

A committee of six people (representing the newspapers, authors of football books, active players of the national team, TV2, the DBU, and a Hall of Fame member), each year has the job to award one or two new members for the Hall of Fame. The six current committee members are Frits Ahlstrøm [da], Jesper Møller, Michael Laudrup, Katrine Pedersen, Søren Olsen, and Carsten Werge [da].[2]

When the DBU celebrated its 125-year anniversary in May 2014, it decided to honor the anniversary by awarding nine additional Hall of Fame Members, all playing during the first half of the DBU national team's existence, from 1908 to 1964. Because of financial restraints, the DBU cancelled the planned televised broadcast of the Football Award in February 2015, and for the same reason opted not to award any new Hall of Fame members in this specific year.[3]

Members

Players

Michael Laudrup was the first inductee
Susanne Augustesen was one of the first women inducted, in 2016
Katrine Pedersen, inducted in 2022, is the women's record holder for caps with 210
More information Year, Inductee ...
Year Inductee Position Years Apps Goals Ref.
2006 Michael LaudrupMF1982–199810437 [4][5]
2008 Allan SimonsenFW1972–19865520 [6][7]
Karl Aage Præst[a]FW1945–19492417 [6][8]
2009 Peter SchmeichelGK1987–20011291 [9][10]
2010 Harald NielsenFW1959–19601415 [11][12]
Preben ElkjærFW1977–19886938 [13][14]
2011 Per RøntvedDF1970–19827511 [15][16]
2012 Brian LaudrupMF1987–19988221 [17][18]
2013 Søren LerbyMF1978–19896710 [19][20]
Frank ArnesenMF1977–19875214 [21][22]
2014 Poul NielsenFW1910–19253852 [23][24]
Nils MiddelboeMF1908–1920157 [25][26]
Sophus NielsenFW1908–19192016 [25][27]
Sophus HansenGK1911–1920310 [25][28]
Carl HansenFW1918–192170 [25][29]
Pauli JørgensenFW1925–19394744 [25][30]
Knud LundbergFW1944–19563810 [25][31]
Eigil NielsenGK1940–1951280 [25][32]
Poul PedersenFW1953–19645017 [25][33]
2015 Morten OlsenDF1970–19891024 [34][35]
Henry FromGK1957–1961310 [36][37]
Jens Peder HansenFW1949–19613818 [38][39]
Ole MadsenFW1958–19695042 [40][41]
John HansenFW1948810 [38][42]
Aage Rou JensenFW1945–19573011 [38][43]
2016 Karl Aage HansenFW1943–19482217 [44][45]
Jørgen Leschly SørensenFW1946–1949148 [44][46]
Henning EnoksenFW1958–19675429 [44][47]
Lone Smidt NielsenFW1977–19885722 [48][49]
Susanne AugustesenFW197144 [48][50]
2017 Henning JensenFW1972–1980219 [51][52]
2019 Johnny HansenDF1965–1978453 [53][54]
2021 Lars HøghGK1983–199580 [55][56]
2022 Ulrik le FevreMF1965–1976377 [57][58]
Jørgen OlesenMF1951–1962422 [59][60]
Katrine PedersenMF1994–20132109 [61][62]
2023 Jan MølbyMF1982–1990332 [63][64]
Michael RohdeFW1915–19314022 [65][66]
Fritz TarpDF1918–1934440 [65][67]
Valdemar LaursenMF1918–1934441 [68][69]
2024 Helle JensenFW1987–19967738 [70][71]
Merete PedersenFW1993–200913635 [72][73]
Jon Dahl TomassonFW1997–201011252 [74][75]
2025 Thomas HelvegDF1994–20071082 [76][77]
Lene TerpDF1993–20031054 [78][79]
2026 Bonny MadsenDF1987–1997703 [80][81]
Karina SefronDF1988–1998710 [80][82]
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  1. [a]
    Spelled as either Karl Aage Præst or Carl Aage Præst

Managers

Sepp Piontek was the first manager inducted, in 2011
More information Year, Inductee ...
Year Inductee Years as manager Ref.
2011 Sepp Piontek1979–1990 [83][84]
2014 Richard Møller Nielsen1990–1996 [85][86]
2025 Poul Højmose1999–2005 [87][88]
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Squads

More information Year, Inductee ...
Year Inductee Ref.
2006 1992 UEFA Euro men's national team [89]
2009 1980s men's national team [90]
2019 1948 Olympic men's national team [91]
1960 Olympic men's national team [92]
1971 World Cup women's national team [93]
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