Brøndby IF
Danish association football club
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2024 | Patrick Pentz from Austria was named the most recent Player of the Year for Brøndby IF. |
December 30 2024 | Senior management updated with changes including Jan Bech Andersen as Chairman of the Board, Scott McLachlan as Vice Chairman, Ole Palmå as CEO, and Benjamin Schmedes as Executive Football Director |
December 30 2024 | Brøndby announced Benjamin Schmedes as their new director of football. |
December 11 2024 | Head coach Jesper Sørensen was dismissed, with Frederik Birk initially taking over as caretaker and later becoming the permanent head coach. |
October 8 2024 | Director of football Carsten V. Jensen left his position by mutual consent, with vice chairman Scott McLachlan taking over as caretaker. |
2023 | Brøndby IF won the Atlantic Cup. |
January 2 2023 | Jesper Sørensen becomes head coach on January 2nd, with a contract extending until December 11th, 2024. |
November 14 2022 | Head coach Frederiksen was dismissed after Brøndby ended the year in 10th place in the league table. |
August 2022 | Jan Bech Andersen sold over half of his shares to Global Football Holdings (GFH), an American sports investment company owned by David Blitzer, while remaining chairman of the board. |
May 24 2021 | Brøndby won its first Danish league title in 16 years, defeating Nordsjælland 2-0 and finishing ahead of Midtjylland and FC Copenhagen. |
2020 | Brøndby IF advanced to the Third Qualifying Round of the Europa League. |
2020 | Brøndby IF won their twelfth Danish Football Championship. |
July 2019 | Carsten 'CV' Jensen was appointed as Director of Football in Brøndby, responsible for implementing Strategi 6.4. |
June 1 2019 | Niels Frederiksen takes over as head coach on June 1st, serving until November 14th, 2022. |
February 2019 | Alexander Zorniger was sacked as head coach following a poor start to the season. Martin Retov and Matthias Jaissle were appointed as caretaker managers. |
2018 | Kamil Wilczek from Poland won the first of two consecutive Player of the Year awards for Brøndby IF. |
2018 | Brøndby IF won their sixth Danish Cup. |
2018 | Fanafdelingen was established, bringing together various supporter groups including Brøndby Supporters Trust, Alpha Brøndby, Brøndby Support, and Svinget under a common umbrella organization. |
2018 | Brøndby IF and Jesper Nielsen reach a multi-million Danish kroner settlement regarding the sponsorship dispute. |
2018 | Won the Danish Cup. |
December 2018 | Controversy arose after a match against Hobro IK where Brøndby's starting lineup featured no Danish players, leading to Zorniger criticizing the club's youth department and Danish mentality. |
2017 | Brøndby IF won the Superliga and advanced to the Third Qualifying Round of the Europa League. |
2017 | Brøndby IF won their fifth Danish Cup. |
2017 | Under Zorniger's leadership, Brøndby mounted a title charge in the 2017-18 season, finishing second in the Superliga behind FC Midtjylland after leading the table in the penultimate round. |
2016 | Thomas Frank resigned as Brøndby IF manager after chairman Jan Bech Andersen discredited him on an online chat-forum under the pseudonym 'Oscar', an incident dubbed 'Oscar-gate' by the media. Bech Andersen stepped down as chairman but remained a board member. |
August 21 2016 | Brøndby IF recorded another 7-0 away win, this time against AGF in the Danish Superliga. |
July 1 2016 | Alexander Zorniger becomes head coach on July 1st, managing until February 18th, 2019. |
May 17 2016 | Alexander Zorniger was appointed as the new head coach of Brøndby IF, introducing an extreme German Gegenpressing tactic dubbed 'overfaldsfodbold' (assault football) in Denmark. |
April 2016 | Brøndby IF board of directors presented Strategi 6.4, a strategic plan outlining the club's vision for future development, focusing on community, Superliga championship playoffs, transparency, and economic viability. |
August 20 2015 | Brøndby IF experienced another record European defeat of 0-5, this time against PAOK in the UEFA Europa League play-off round. |
July 2 2015 | Brøndby IF achieved their record European win of 9-0 against Juvenes/Dogana in the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round. |
January 15 2015 | Brøndby and Bet25 extended their sponsorship contract until summer 2017. |
2014 | Lukas Hradecky from Finland became the Player of the Year, further demonstrating the club's diverse player base. |
December 2014 | TDC A/S installed Wi-Fi in Brøndby Stadion as part of the sponsorship deal with Bet25. |
July 14 2014 | The club signed a one-year sponsorship contract with Danish betting company Bet25, with an option to extend for two additional years. |
April 10 2014 | Jan Bech Andersen took over as chairman and replaced the board with his own team. |
2013 | Brøndby Supporters Trust successfully gained a board seat in the professional club. |
June 10 2013 | Aurelijus 'Auri' Skarbalius serves as a caretaker head coach until June 30th, 2016. |
May 2013 | Brøndby IF was close to bankruptcy but was saved by a small group of investors led by Ole Abildgaard and Aldo Pedersen. |
August 31 2012 | Brøndby publicly discloses that KasiGroup owes the club over 45 million Danish kroner, leading to a lawsuit. |
July 31 2012 | AG København, owned by Jesper Nielsen, goes bankrupt. |
2011 | Dennis Rommedahl played for the Denmark national team while at Brøndby IF. |
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