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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