FC Djursland

FC Djursland is an association football club based in the town of Grenaa, Denmark, that competes in the Denmark Series, the fourth tier of the Danish football league system. The club is a merger established in Djursland in 2009, originally between five parent clubs. Today, three clubs remain in the merger: Grenaa IF, AC Norddjurs and Østdjurs 91. FC Djursland is affiliated to DBU Jutland, and plays its home matches at Grenaa Idrætscenter where it has been based since 2009.

FC Djursland
Full nameFodbold Club Djursland
Nickname(s)Hajerne (The Sharks)
Founded5 November 2009 (2009-11-05)[1]
GroundGrenaa Idrætscenter
ChairmanHenning Meisler
ManagerRobert Sørensen
LeagueDenmark Series
2018–19Denmark Series Group 4, 7th of 10
WebsiteClub website

History

Foundation

FC Djursland was presented on 5 November 2009 as a cooperative superstructure between Grenaa IF, Østdjurs 91, AC Norddjurs, Åstrup/Hammelev IF and Kolind Pederstrup. Vice-mayor of Grenaa Municipality and an active member of Grenaa IF, Keld Overgaard Jensen, functioned as a driving force in the merger.[2] Djursland Bank became attached to the new club as the main sponsor for the first three years of its existence.[2] Åstrup/Hammelev IF, one of the parent clubs of the merger, had already been established in 1995 as a superstructure of the clubs Åstrup IF and Hammelev IF,[3] and chairman of the club, Søren Slemming, stated after the realisation of FC Djursland that a merger would not be damaging to the parent clubs, as they already had established an extensive cooperation agreement in the youth teams.[2] FC Djursland would compete on the existing DBU licence Grenaa IF, who at that point competed in the Denmark Series, the fourth tier of Danish football.

The goal of the new club was, as former chairman of FC Djursland, Benny Sørensen stated, to bring football in the Djursland area into the higher divisions. This could only be achieved by uniting a number of regional clubs in the collaboration, which, in time, could form a counterweight to the dominance of the larger clubs in Aarhus and Randers, AGF and Randers FC.[4]

Between third and fourth tiers (2010–2015)

The team played their first match against AGF on 27 June at Grenaa Idrætscenter.[5][1] They would, during their debut season, reach promotion to the Danish 2nd Division, the third tier of the Danish football league system. However, they would only last one season at the third level, suffering relegation by only one point on the last day of the season after losing 2–1 at Tjørring IF who had already been relegated.[6][7] Following the relegation back to the Denmark Series, club captain Martin Andersen, who had scored five goals the season before, left the club to become player-assistant at Nørager Boldklub.[8] Furthermore, FC Djursland lost their top goalscorer Christoffer Hansen, who signed with Blokhus FC on a two-year deal after having scored 16 goals.[9] Heading into the new season, the goal was direct promotion back into the third tier but after struggling in the first half of the season, the club hauled in a key addition, Iddi Alkhag, who came with previous experience from the Danish Superliga and would take on the role as player-assistant.[10] The season ended with a disappointing midtable finish; 8th place in Group 3.[11] In the Danish Cup, FC Djursland were knocked out early on after a crushing 1–8 loss to Randers FC.[12]

Two months into the 2012–13 season, Emmanuel Ake, another player with multiple years of experience at the highest level, joined FC Djursland.[13] With him as their star player, the club reached promotion to the Danish 2nd Division by finishing third in Group 3, which was achieved in the final round of regular season after drawing 2–2 against Aalborg Freja.[14]

Personnel
FC Djursland logo outside club facilities.

Current technical staff
PositionName
Chairman of the Board Henning Meisler[15][16]
Vice-chairman Carl-Eric Würtz Pallesen[15]
Commercial Director Morten Torp[15]
Director of football Nicolaj R. Poulsen[15]
Head Coach Robert Sørensen[17][15]
Assistant Coach Felipe Soares[18][15]
Goalkeeping Coach Jacob Kliver[15]

Honours

Domestic

Achievements

League summary
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References
  1. "FC Djursland - Historie". fcdjursland.dk. FC Djursland. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  2. Frausing, Holger (6 November 2009). "Djursland vil i 1. division". stiften.dk. Århus Stiftstidende. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  3. "FC Djursland". haslund.info. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  4. Blond, Mikael (23 December 2012). "23.dec: Hajerne sigter efter 1. division". bold.dk. bold.dk. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  5. Ohlsen, Lars (22 May 2009). "FC Djursland møder AGF". tv2ostjylland.dk. TV 2/Østjylland. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  6. "2. Division Vest - Stillinger (2011) //". dbu.dk. Danish Football Union. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  7. Blond, Mikael (11 June 2011). "Holstebro, Middelfart og Djursland dømt ude". bold.dk. bold.dk. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  8. Hagelskjær, Mads (17 June 2011). "FC Djursland mister anfører". bold.dk. bold.dk. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  9. Baunsgaard, Casper (14 July 2011). "Blokhus hapser Djursland-topscorer". bold.dk. bold.dk. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  10. Blond, Mikael (20 January 2020). "Iddi Alkhag fortsætter i DS". bold.dk. bold.dk. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  11. "Herre-DS, Pulje 3 (2012) //". dbu.dk. Danish Football Union. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  12. Helmin, Jesper (9 August 2011). "Randers smadrede Djursland i pokalen". bold.dk. bold.dk. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  13. Blond, Mikael (16 September 2012). "Emmanuel Ake til dansk DS-klub". bold.dk. bold.dk. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  14. Blond, Mikael (15 June 2013). "FC Djursland, Odder og GVI i 2. division". bold.dk. bold.dk. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  15. "FC Djursland - Organisation". fcdjursland.dk. FC Djursland. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  16. "FC Djursland foretager rokade i den daglige ledelse for at udbrede samarbejdet på Djursland". fcdjursland.dk. FC Djursland. 7 July 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  17. Andersen, Søren (10 October 2017). "Rutineret træner skal stå i spidsen for FC Djursland". syddjurs.lokalavisen.dk. Lokalavisen. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  18. Schultz, Martin (22 October 2019). "Seriefodbold: Felipe Soares ny træner i Grenaa IF før nedrykningsdrama". syddjurs.lokalavisen.dk. Lokalavisen. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
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