AGF Fodbold (women)

AGF
Full nameAarhus Gymnastikforening
Nickname(s)De hviie (The Whites)
Byens hold (The City's Team)
Short nameAGF Women
Founded1 July 2020; 4 years ago (2020-07-01)
GroundVejlby Stadion, Aarhus
Capacity5,000
ChairmanMarie Greve
ManagerMichael Schjønberg
LeagueElitedivisionen
2021–227th
Websitehttp://www.agf.dk/

AGF Fodbold Women; commonly known as AGF, is a Danish women's football based in Aarhus, Jutland, who plays in the Danish top-division Elitedivisionen.

The club was founded in March 2020, were the clubs VSK Aarhus, IF Lyseng and Aarhus Gymnastikforening decided to have make up a women's team, who should be playing in the best top-division in Denmark Elitedivisionen. The club took over VSK's place in the league.[1] The club must appear under the AGF's jerseys and under the name AGF Women.

It is an established and joint-stock company 'AGF Kvindefodbold ApS', where AGF A/S owns 80% and VSK Aarhus and IF Lyseng each own 10%.[2]

The women's league team will train and play matches at Vejlby Stadium, the men's youth team will have Lyseng Stadion as home stadium.

Team

Current squad

As of 13 April 2022[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Denmark DEN Katrine Svane
2 DF Norway NOR Tina Fremo
3 DF New Zealand NZL Ally Green
4 DF United States USA Julianne Ross
5 DF Australia AUS Matilda McNamara
6 MF Denmark DEN Sarah Sundahl
10 MF Denmark DEN Mathilde Rasmussen
11 MF Norway NOR Nathalie Jørgensen
12 DF Denmark DEN Sofie Kamp
14 FW Denmark DEN Benedicte Moss
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF Denmark DEN Mariann Høgh
17 MF Denmark DEN Kathrine Spanner
18 MF Denmark DEN Maria Denius
19 DF Denmark DEN Sofie Obel
20 MF Denmark DEN Emma Andersen
21 MF Denmark DEN Julie Poulsen
23 DF Denmark DEN Christina Ravn (captain)
25 FW Denmark DEN Julie Mathiasen
— MF United States USA Brianna Visalli

References

  1. ^ "AGF og Jyllands to største klubber etablerer kvindehold". agf.dk. 11 March 2020. Archived from the original on 1 July 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  2. ^ "AGF går ind i kvindefodbold: Nyt hold i den bedste danske række". DR. 11 March 2020.
  3. ^ "AGF - Gjensidige Kvindeliga". agf.dk. Retrieved 21 August 2021.


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