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| Full name | Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening | ||
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| Nicknames | Drengene Fra Vestegnen (The boys fromVestegnen) | ||
| Founded | 3 December 1964; 61 years ago (1964-12-03) | ||
| Stadium | Brøndby Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 28,000 | ||
| Owner(s) | Global Football Holdings (50.1%) Jan Bech Andersen (10%) Minority stockholders [<5%] (39.9%) | ||
| Chairman | Jan Bech Andersen | ||
| Head coach | Steve Cooper | ||
| League | Superliga | ||
| 2024–25 | Superliga, 3rd of 12 | ||
| Website | brondby | ||
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Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening (Danish pronunciation:[ˈpʁɶnˌpyˀɐnəsˈitʁætsfɒˌe̝ˀne̝ŋ]), usually abbreviated toBrøndby IF (Danish pronunciation:[ˈpʁɶnˌpyˀˌiˀˈef]), is a Danish professionalfootball club based inBrøndbyvester. Brøndby IF is the professional football section of Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening, which was founded on 3 December 1964 by a merger of the football clubs Brøndbyøster Idrætsforening (founded on 10 October 1928) and Brøndbyvester Idrætsforening (founded on 1 February 1909). The club's first team, which plays in theDanish Superliga, plays its home games atBrøndby Stadium - in the clubs colors of blue and yellow.
The club has excelled both nationally and internationally by reaching the quarter-finals of the European Champions Cup in 1986-87 and the semi-finals of theUEFA Cup 1990–91. In addition, the club qualified for theUEFA Champions League in 1998, where Brøndby beat Bayern Munich in the group stage, and for theUEFA Cup /Europa League several times.
Through the 1980s, Brøndby IF's role in Danish football became more prominent with, among other things, winning theDanish Superliga in 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, and 1991. In 1996–1998, Brøndby IF won three Danish championships in a row. In 1998, the club also won theDanish Cup and thus brought home"The Double". Brøndby IF won the Danish Superliga in 2002 and theDanish Cup in 2005. The team recently won theDanish Cup in 2018 and theDanish Superliga in 2021.
Brøndby have a longstanding rivalry with city neighborsFC Copenhagen, against which they contest theCopenhagen Derby. The fixture is also referred to as the "Battle of Copenhagen" or the "New Firm".
Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening was formed on 3 December 1964 following a merger between two local rivals –Brøndbyøster IF andBrøndbyvester IF. The merger was to be completed as a prerequisite for the construction of a new stadium byBrøndby Municipality.[1] Brøndby IF spent its inaugural season as an amateur club in the 6th tier of the 11 Danish leagues, the Serie 1, where they finished their two first seasons in fourth place. Among the players of the early years was team captainPer Bjerregaard, a doctor who had moved to Copenhagen fromRanders inJutland, and Hans Gregersen, who was the mascot of the team until his death bysyphilis in 1967. In 1967, the club hired coach Leif Andersen who instantly secured promotion toSjællandsserien (theZealand series). After a few mediocre years, a new coach, John Sinding, was brought in, and the club won promotion toDanmarksserien (the Denmark series).
In 1973, Per Bjerregaard stopped his active career at 27 years of age and became chairman of Brøndby; his first action was to sack head coach Sinding. In his place, Brøndby hired former professional andDenmark national team playerFinn Laudrup, who took over as head coach while he still took actively part in the matches as a player. Laudrup joined his brother-in-lawEbbe Skovdahl in the Brøndby team, and he brought his two young sonsBrian andMichael Laudrup with him to the club. Under Finn Laudrup's influence, the club's playing style was changed to a more attacking strategy, even though Laudrup decided to fully concentrate his efforts as a player after only a year. After winning promotion in 1974, Laudrup left Brøndby in the 3rd Division in 1976 to play forKB in the Danish top-flight league (then named the 1st Division) and a year later Michael Laudrup, the brightest talent in Danish football, followed.
In 1977, Brøndby moved up into the 2nd Division, and were one of the clubs who quickly adapted to the new times of paid football in the best Danish leagues in 1978. Per Bjerregaard persuaded Finn Laudrup into returning to Brøndby in 1981 on a professional contract, and following a season of 85 goals in 30 matches, Brøndby won promotion to the top-flight 1st Division under coachTom Køhlert. Finn Laudrup subsequently ended his career at age 36, but in his place Michael Laudrup returned for the1982 season, being one of ten players leaving KB that year.
Brøndby won their 1st Division debut match 7–1 over fellowpromoted teamB 1909 in a match which featured two goals from Michael Laudrup. He was subsequently called up for the Denmark national team, and on 15 June 1982 he became the first Brøndby player to win acap for the national team. Brøndby finished their first 1st Division season in fourth place with Laudrup the league's third top goal scorer with 15 goals, earning him theDanish Player of the Year award. In 1983, Laudrup was sold toJuventus in the then-biggest transfer deal in Denmark, giving Brøndby the economic foundation to expand further.
After four years in the top division, Brøndby won their first Danish championship in1985 and played its first European match when the club beatHungarian championsBudapest Honvéd 4–1 in the 1986European Cup. In 1986, Brøndby became the first Danish club of fully professionals when ten players were signed full-time, and the club was introduced at theCopenhagen Stock Exchange in 1987.
Throughout the second half of the 1980s, the team dominated the league and did not finish lower than second place until 1992. The team was built around talented Danish players, and from 1987 to 1991 players from Brøndby won the Danish Player of the Year award every year. The recipients formed the backbone of the Denmark national team which later wonUEFA Euro 1992, and was the first goalscorer in the 2–0 Euro 1992 final winJohn "Faxe" Jensen (1987), national team captainLars Olsen (1988), the World's BestGoalkeeper 1992 and 1993 award winnerPeter Schmeichel (1989), four-time Danish Player of the Year award winner Brian Laudrup (1990) and the second goalscorer of theEuro 1992 finalKim Vilfort (1991). The club became used to winning the national title and turned its attention towards European success.
In 1990, Brøndby hired former national team captainMorten Olsen as coach, and under his reign, the1990–91 UEFA Cup became the high point in the short history of the club. Especially the meriting wins over German sidesEintracht Frankfurt andBayer Leverkusen, and Russian clubTorpedo Moscow saw the many Danish profiles shine, and the club was minutes from qualifying for the final match of the tournament. In the 88th minute of the semi-final, however, aRudi Völler goal denied Brøndby a trip to the UEFA Cup final in favour ofRoma. Following the impressive European display by the comparatively small club, important members of the team, including Lars Olsen, top scoringstrikerBent "Turbo" Christensen and star goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel, left the club.
The following year, 1992, was the worst year in the club's history as the intended takeover of the Danish bankInterbank went awry. It was expected that European Cup success would boost the Brøndby stock value in order to finance the buy, but as the club was beaten byDynamo Kyiv in the1991–92 European Cup qualification, the stocks never reached the value necessary to finalize the deal. It had been arranged for financial backers Hafnia Insurance Company to step in and take over the buy in case Brøndby could not finance it, but as Hafnia wentbankrupt, Brøndby were forced to buy Interbank and financial collapse was imminent as club debts amassed to 400 millionDKK.[2] A long-term rescue plan was initiated to save the club, but these events influenced the performance of the team and the championship, now called the Danish Superliga, was not won again until1996.
The rebuilding of the team was led by head coachEbbe Skovdahl, who deployed the team in a4-4-2 formation. The return to the club of Euro 1992 veterans John Jensen and captain Lars Olsen combined with the emergence of goalkeeperMogens Krogh and strikerEbbe Sand got the club back on its feet. The rebuilding culminated in the1995–96 UEFA Cup elimination ofLiverpool, though Roma once again knocked Brøndby out. Including that year, Brøndby won three Danish championships in a row, andthe next year's UEFA Cup saw one of the biggest upsets in Brøndby history, as a 3–1 home defeat toKarlsruher SC was changed to an aggregate win when Brøndby beat the team ofEuro 1996 winnerThomas Häßler 5–0 away in Germany. Most importantly for the club's economy, Brøndby qualified for the new format of the European Cup, rebranded as theUEFA Champions League.[A]
The Champions League qualification meant six guaranteed matches in agroup stage with three of the biggest teams of Europe, and when they were paired withBarcelona and later finalistsManchester United andBayern Munich, Brøndby faced very economically attractive matches. Despite winning 2–1 over Bayern in the first match of the group stage, Brøndby conceded 18 goals in 6 matches and were eliminated with a single win to their name.
Skovdahl decided to take a stab at coaching at Scottish clubAberdeen and Brøndby took a moreScandinavian approach, in search of stable success in the European competitions with Norwegian clubRosenborg the role model.[3] The club hired Norwegian managerÅge Hareide in 2000, who proclaimed a shift in line-up to a more attacking4–3–3 system. With Hareide came a handful of Scandinavian players of whom especiallySweden national team playerMattias Jonson became a fan favourite.
The year 2000 was also the year the club finalized a planned expansion of Brøndby Stadion from a 20,000 to a 29,000 capacity, making it the second largest stadium in Denmark, only trailing theParken Stadium ofF.C. Copenhagen. At the cost of 250 million DKK, the vast expenditure was seen as a sign that the club was out of its former financial crisis.[4] The building project was finalized in Autumn 2000, and on 22 October, 28,416 spectators saw Brøndby beatAkademisk Boldklub 4–2 in the opening match of the rebuilt stadium.
Hareide's visions of a 4–3–3 system never worked out, and the team soon returned to the well-known 4–4–2 setup. As he slowly lost hold of a ten-point lead to rivals F.C. Copenhagen, gained in a great first half of the2001–02 Superliga season, Hareide took his leave in spring 2002 before the last matches of the season.[5] He was replaced by youth team coach Tom Køhlert, who, though reluctant to take the job, gave first team debuts to the top youth team players, most notablyThomas Kahlenberg, who helped the club narrowly secure the championship win ongoal difference.
In the 2002–03 pre-season, Brøndby announced that Danish iconMichael Laudrup was taking the manager seat in his old club withJohn Jensen, also a club legend, as his assistant. In their first season, there were massive cuts from the very large squad; ten players were put in the reserves squad or sold and a talent squad was established. The club was to rely even more home grown players as Brøndby was already famous for developing very talented players. In the process, Laudrup told several players to find new clubs as he thought they would not fit in the playing style he wanted to implement.
During the Laudrup era, Brøndby won theDouble in 2005. The club was relatively successful in the European competitions asSchalke 04 was beaten 2–1[6] in the2003–04 UEFA Cup but was later beaten by Laudrup's former club Barcelona, 0–1.[7]
In May 2006, it was announced that Laudrup and Jensen could not agree with the board of Brøndby regarding an extension of their contracts, and the duo left the club.[8]
The two were replaced by Dutch coachRené Meulensteen, who had a rough start in charge of the first team.[9] Together with newly appointed Anders Bjerregaard – son of directorPer Bjerregaard – Meulensteen bought a number of questionable players in the final days of the summer transfer window. In the first matches, the new coach struggled with injuries among the key players and the team had problems living up to the expectations.
Meulensteen resigned after six months, leaving Brøndby in seventh position halfway through the2006–07 Superliga. The official explanation for his departure was that his family could not settle in Denmark,[10] but soon after, the former coach revealed major infrastructural problems in the club's organization, calling the club "a very sick patient requiring immediate attention",[11] as well as cliques inside the first team. In order to solve the clique problems, he had gone to director Per Bjerregaard to fire three key players –Marcus Lantz,Thomas Rytter and one club manPer Nielsen – in order to reestablish the balance in the first team squad, a demand Danish football experts later described as the quickest way of getting sacked.[12]
Tom Køhlert took the managerial reins once more, this time as a permanent solution on a two-and-a-half-year contract.
After losing 2–4 toHorsens on 26 August, their 23rd consecutive away match without a victory, the team was met by approximately 200 furious fans and cries like "die mercenaries" and "we are Brøndby, who are you?" on their return to Brøndby.[13][14]
On 31 August 2007, Per Bjerregaard announced that he resigned from the position as director of Brøndby IF, and instead took over as chairman of the board. Shortly after his resignation, Peter Schmeichel announced that he was ready to purchase Brøndby and become a director. The announcement divided the fans. Some praised the former player for trying to save the club, while others criticized him for bringing investor Aldo Petersen along, a keen supporter and former stockholder of rivals F.C. Copenhagen. Schmeichel's offer, however, was rejected. On 1 April 2008, Hermann Haraldsson was appointed to the vacant position.[15]
Following a disappointing beginning of the2007–08 Superliga season with only five points gained from seven matches, manager Tom Køhlert made it clear in August 2007 that theDanish Cup now had a higher priority for the club.[16] The change of priorities was successful, and Brøndby won their first domestic title in almost three years on 1 May 2008 whenEsbjerg were defeated 3–2 in the final of the2007–08 Danish Cup. Soon after, manager Køhlert declared his job complete, prompting club chairman Bjerregaard to search for his replacement. On 16 June 2008, the club announced the appointment of former player and head coach of Horsens,Kent Nielsen.[17] Nielsen took charge of the first team on 1 January 2009. Former legendary coach Køhlert in the meantime led Brøndby to the first place, where they stayed until Nielsen arrived.
On 1 July 2008, KasiGroup replaced Codan as the main sponsor of the club. The partnership involved a cooperation withUNICEF, making Brøndby the third club in Europe next to Barcelona and Swedish sideHammarby to wear the UNICEF logo on their shirts. Furthermore, KasiGroup entered a sponsorship for the stadium and promised substantial funds for strengthening the first-team squad. During the 2008 summer transfer window, this contributed to Brøndby signing five new players with national team experience in order to strengthen the team.
On 30 December 2009, KasiGroup owner Jesper Nielsen got in trouble with Brøndby and refused to pay the remainder of the pledged money. On 31 August 2012, Brøndby told the Danish media B.T. that KasiGroup owed the club more than DKK 45 million (€6,000,000 / £5,000,000).[18] Nielsen told B.T. that he could recognize the amount but that his lawyer thought they could make a settlement at a much lower figure than the 45 million. Nielsen was the owner ofAG København, which went bankrupt on 31 July 2012. He was thus chased both by Brøndby and the Danish tax authorities, and a lawsuit followed.[19] The case came to a close years later, in 2018, when Brøndby IF and Nielsen reached a multi-million Danish kroner settlement depending on Nielsen's active arbitration case against jewellery manufacturerPandora.[20]
In May 2013, the club was again close to bankruptcy, but was taken over and saved by a small group of investors led by Ole Abildgaard and Aldo Pedersen.[21] On 10 April 2014, the new main investor, Jan Bech Andersen, took over as chairman and replaced the board with his own team.[22] On 14 July 2014, the club announced they had signed a one-year contract with Danish betting company Bet25 as their main sponsor, with the option to extend the contract for an additional two years.[23] The deal was said to be worth "a significant amount in the million Danish kroner range".[24] The deal includes a strategic partnership between Brøndby and Bet25. As part of the contract, Danish telecommunications companyTDC A/S (which owns 51% of Bet25), installedWi-Fi in Brøndby Stadion in December 2014. On 15 January 2015, it was announced Brøndby and Bet25 extended their contract until summer 2017.[25]
In 2016,Thomas Frank announced his resignation as Brøndby IF manager after chairman Jan Bech Andersen had discredited him on an online chat-forum under the name of "Oscar", the case being referred to as "Oscar-gate" by the media. Bech Andersen stepped down as chairman after the incident but continued as board member.[26]
In April 2016, the board of directors presentedStrategi 6.4 (Strategy 6.4), a plan for the future course of the club. The main value presented was "community" (Danish:"fællesskab"), and a vision for Brøndby IF was also laid out. Between 2016 and 2019, the club was to make theSuperliga championship playoff every year, become more transparent and reach economic viability by the end of the period.[27] Finally, between 2020 and 2023, Brøndby was to reachEuropean football every season and continue to improve in areas of community, transparency and economy.[27] In addition, the team should strive for a tactic with strong pressing and return to having one of the best youth academies in Denmark again.[28]
On 17 May 2016, Brøndby named German coachAlexander Zorniger as their new head coach.[29] His first two seasons as head coach resulted in two second-place league finishes and aDanish Cup win. The focal point of Brøndby under Zorniger was an extreme form of the GermanGegenpressing tactic, popularly translated tooverfaldsfodbold (assault football) in Denmark; a style which proved to be a success.[30] During the2017–18 season, Brøndby mounted an eventful title charge to eventually finish second behindFC Midtjylland after being top of the table in the penultimate round.[31] Zorniger was sacked in February 2019, following a poor start to the new campaign.[32] His position had earlier been called into question after a match againstHobro IK in December 2018, where Brøndby's starting lineup featured no Danes. After the match, Zorniger criticised the Brøndby youth department for lacking quality and the Danish mentality for being poor.[33]Martin Retov andMatthias Jaissle, former assistants under Zorniger, were appointed as caretaker managers the next day.[34][35]
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In June 2019, formerDenmark national U21 coach,Niels Frederiksen, was presented as the new head coach of Brøndby IF.[36] A month later,Carsten "CV" Jensen was appointed asDirector of Football in Brøndby, and became the person responsible for meeting the requirements of implementingStrategi 6.4.[37] In Frederiksen'sfirst season, Brøndby ended in fourth place of the league table, as the team failed to reach qualification to theEuropa League.[38] However, the team was largely seen to be in a rebuilding phase, with the departures of important first-team player such asKamil Wilczek,Dominik Kaiser andHany Mukhtar in the January transfer window, and the emergence of younger players such asMorten Frendrup,Jesper Lindstrøm andAnis Ben Slimane in the starting lineup.[39]
On 24 May 2021, Brøndby won its first Danish league title in 16 years with a 2–0 win overNordsjælland. Brøndby finished the season ahead ofMidtjylland and arch-rivalFC Copenhagen.[40]
In August 2022, chairman of the club Jan Bech Andersen sold over half of his shares to Global Football Holdings (GFH), an American sports investment company owned byDavid Blitzer.[41] Andersen continued as chairman of the board.[42] On 14 November, Frederiksen was dismissed from his position after Brøndby ended 2022 in 10th place in the league table.[43] In January 2023, Brøndby announcedJesper Sørensen, formerly Frederiksen's assistant coach, as their new head coach.[44] On the final matchday of the championship round in the2023–24 season, Brøndby lost 3–2 at home againstAGF, which resulted in them losing the title to Midtjylland by just one point.[45]
On 8 October 2024, director of footballCarsten V. Jensen left the position by mutual consent. Vice chairman Scott McLachlan took over as caretaker.[46] Sørensen was dismissed on 11 December 2024, withFrederik Birk taking over first as caretaker and since as permanent head coach.[47] On 30 December 2024, Brøndby announced Benjamin Schmedes as their new director of football.[48]Steve Cooper has been named head coach in September 2025.[49]
Brøndby have always played their matches at Brøndby Stadion. A part of the merging of Brøndbyvester IF and Brøndbyøster IF was a promise by the Brøndby municipality mayor to build a ground, and in 1965 it was ready for the club to play in. Through the first years in the secondary Danish leagues, the stadium was little more than a grass field with anathletics track circling the field of play. It was not until 1978 that the main stand was built, sporting a capacity of 1,200 seated spectators. As newly promoted to the top Danish league in 1982, concrete terraces opposite the main stand were constructed, allowing for a crowd of 5,000 additional people. Following the first years of success in the top-flight, the athletic track was discarded and a further 2,000 seats were installed on top of the concrete stands from 1989 to 1990.
When Brøndby played matches against other successful European teams in the 1990–91 UEFA Cup, the then capacity of up to 10,000 spectators was quickly dwarfed by the ticket interest. As the Denmark national stadiumIdrætsparken in Copenhagen was being rebuilt, the club found no other way to host the matches but to get a dispensation to usescaffolding stands, which boosted the stadium capacity to 18,000 in the semi-final leg of the tournament, a 0–0 draw with Roma. Following the European adventure, the club inaugurated its end stands in 1992, allowing for a total of 22,000 spectators.
In May 1998, the club bought Brøndby Stadion from the Brøndby municipality for 23.5 million DKK[50] and immediately spent double that amount to modernize the stadium. When the club qualified for the1998–99 UEFA Champions League, the stadium was still under construction and the matches were moved to archrival F.C. Copenhagen'sParken Stadium. In 2000, all stands were standardized and built to the same height, allowing for crowds of 29,000 at domestic matches and 22,000 in the European matches, which allow onlyall-seated crowds. Since then, the stadium has seen a number of lesser or larger infrastructural and technical enhancements, and the February 2004 European match against Barcelona was played in front of a 26,031-spectator crowd.
Brøndby are the most widely popular football club in Denmark, with a 2015 study having showed that Brøndby matches have by far the most viewers, both in terms of attendance and TV ratings, with Brøndby's rivalsFC Copenhagen coming in second.[51] Copenhagen have in recent years surpassed Brøndby in terms of attendance by several thousands.[52]
Brøndby Support is the official fanclub of Brøndby IF.[53] It was founded in 1993 and has approximately 12,000 members.[54]
Fanafdelingen is in some ways the spiritual successor to Brøndby Supporters Trust, which was a supporters trust with the dedicated goal of gaining influence in the club. Brøndby Supporters Trust managed to gain a board seat in the professional club in 2013. In 2018 BST was given the task of organising the groups of Brøndby Supporters Trust, Alpha Brøndby, Brøndby Support and Svinget under a common umbrella organisation. As a result of this, Fanafdelingen was born. Fanafdelingen, among other things, organises a yearly election for the board seat for the fan representative in the club.
Brøndby is also renowned for itsultra fanscene. The most prominent group isAlpha. Founded in 2006, the group is placed in the centre of theSouthside Stand and are the main organizers of songs, flags, banners andtifo.[55] Other prominent groups areSuburban Casuals,Southside United,Svinget,Deling 43 andFri Sport.
More than 500 players have represented Brøndby in the Danish leagues, cups and the European competitions since 1964.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Starting from 1980, the club has annually named its player of the year.[57] Players still playing for the club are marked inbold:
Brian ChrøisOle ØstergaardMichael LaudrupJohn WidellBjarne JensenClaus NielsenOle MadsenLars OlsenBjarne Jensen (2)Henrik JensenPeter SchmeichelKim Vilfort
Uche OkechukwuJes HøghOle BjurAllan NielsenSøren ColdingEbbe SandKim DaugaardMogens KroghDan Anton Johansen
Krister Nordin
Aurelijus SkarbaliusPer NielsenMartin RetovJohan ElmanderPer Nielsen (2)
Mark HowardThomas RasmussenStephan AndersenMichael Krohn-DehliMichael Krohn-Dehli (2)Mike JensenSimon Makienok
Lukas HradeckyRiza DurmisiFrederik RønnowChristian Nørgaard
Kamil WilczekKamil Wilczek (2)Andreas MaxsøMikael UhreMads HermansenNicolai Vallys
Patrick PentzNoah NarteySince Michael Laudrup became the first player to represent Brøndby on the Denmark national team in June 1982, more than 80 players have donned the national team jersey of their respective countries. Apart from Denmark, players fromNigeria,Norway,Lithuania,Burkina Faso,Sweden,Faroe Islands,Morocco,Iceland,Zambia,Australia,Gambia,United States,Finland,North Macedonia,South Africa,Costa Rica,Poland,Hungary,Czech Republic,Kosovo,South Korea,Tunisia andParaguay have represented their countries. The players are displayed on the "Wall of Honour", according to their year of national team debut.[58] Players still playing for the club are marked inbold:
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| Name | Role |
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 Steve Cooper | Head coach |
| Henrik HansenAlan TateBen Dawson | Assistant coach |
| Kevin Mensah | Individual coach |
 Justin Merz | Goalkeeper coach |
| David TiveyBennet Kästner | Fitness coach |
| Søren Frederiksen | Analysts |
| Leif Mortensen | Team manager |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Jan Bech Andersen | Chairman of Board |
| Scott McLachlan | Vice chairman |
| Vacant | CEO |
| Mikkel Jønsen | CFO |
| Benjamin Schmedes | Executive Football Director |
The person responsible for direction of the first senior team has traditionally been given the title ofhead coach/trainer.
| Name | Nationality | From | To | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egon Knudsen | Denmark | 1964 | 1967 | |
| Leif Andersen | 1967 | 1969 | ||
| Ib Jensen | 1969 | 1970 | ||
| John Sinding | 1970 ~1975 | 1972 ~1975 | ||
| Finn Laudrup ‡ | ~1973 | ~1973 | ||
| Mogens Johansen | ~1973 | ~1973 | ||
| Kaj Møller | ~1974 | ~1974 | ||
| Jørgen Hvidemose | 1975 | 1980 | ||
| Tom Køhlert | 1 January 1981 1 January 1999 † 15 April 2002 † 21 January 2007 † | 30 June 1985 30 June 1999 † 30 June 2002 † 31 December 2008 † | ||
| Ebbe Skovdahl | 1 January 1986 1 July 1988 1 January 1992 | 30 June 1987 31 December 1989 30 June 1999 | ||
| Birger Peitersen | 1987 | 1988 | ||
| Morten Olsen | 1 January 1990 | 10 May 1992 | ||
| Åge Hareide |  Norway | 1 January 2000 | 15 April 2002 | [1] |
| Michael Laudrup | Denmark | 1 July 2002 | 30 June 2006 | |
| René Meulensteen |  Netherlands | 1 July 2006 | 17 January 2007 | |
| Kent Nielsen | Denmark | 1 January 2009 | 26 March 2010 | |
| Henrik Jensen | 26 March 2010 | 24 October 2011 | ||
| Aurelijus "Auri" Skarbalius | Lithuania | 25 October 2011 9 March 2016 † | 10 June 2013 30 June 2016 † | |
| Thomas Frank | Denmark | 11 June 2013 | 9 March 2016 | |
| Alexander Zorniger | Germany | 1 July 2016 | 18 February 2019 | |
| Martin Retov † | Denmark | 18 February 2019 | 1 June 2019 | |
| Niels Frederiksen | 1 June 2019 | 14 November 2022 | [61][62] | |
| Jesper Sørensen | 2 January 2023 | 11 December 2024 | [63][64] | |
| Frederik Birk | 8 January 2025 | 9 September 2025 | [65][66] | |
| Steve Cooper | Wales | 9 September 2025 | Present |
| Season | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Cup | Europe | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995–96 | SL | 1 | 33 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 71 | 32 | 67 | Runner-Up | Third Round UEFA Cup |
| 1996–97 | SL | 33 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 57 | 38 | 68 | Semi-Finals | Quarter-Finals UEFA Cup | |
| 1997–98 | SL | 33 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 81 | 33 | 76 | Winners | First Round UEFA Cup | |
| 1998–99 | SL | 2 | 33 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 73 | 37 | 61 | Semi-Finals | Group Stage UEFA Champions League |
| 1999–00 | SL | 33 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 56 | 37 | 54 | Semi-Finals | Third Qualifying Round UEFA Champions League/First Round UEFA Cup | |
| 2000–01 | SL | 33 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 71 | 42 | 58 | Quarter-Finals | First Round UEFA Cup | |
| 2001–02 | SL | 1 | 33 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 74 | 28 | 58 | 5th Round | Third Round UEFA Cup |
| 2002–03 | SL | 2 | 33 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 51 | 32 | 56 | Winners | First Round UEFA Cup |
| 2003–04 | SL | 33 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 55 | 29 | 67 | Semi-Finals | Third Round UEFA Cup | |
| 2004–05 | SL | 1 | 33 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 61 | 23 | 69 | Winners | Second Qualifying Round UEFA Cup |
| 2005–06 | SL | 2 | 33 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 60 | 32 | 67 | Semi-Finals | Third Qualifying Round UEFA Champions League/Group Stage UEFA Cup |
| 2006–07 | SL | 6 | 33 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 50 | 38 | 49 | Fourth Round | First Round UEFA Cup |
| 2007–08 | SL | 8 | 33 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 44 | 44 | 43 | Winners | |
| 2008–09 | SL | 3 | 33 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 55 | 31 | 68 | Semi-Finals | |
| 2009–10 | SL | 33 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 57 | 50 | 52 | Fourth Round | Playoff Round UEFA Europa League | |
| 2010–11 | SL | 33 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 35 | 46 | 36 | Third Round | ||
| 2011–12 | SL | 9 | 33 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 52 | 39 | 51 | Fourth Round | Third Qualifying Round UEFA Europa League |
| 2012–13 | SL | 33 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 39 | 45 | 39 | Semi-Finals | ||
| 2013–14 | SL | 4 | 33 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 47 | 38 | 52 | Second Round | Third Qualifying Round Europa League |
| 2014–15 | SL | 3 | 33 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 43 | 29 | 55 | Quarter-Finals | Playoff Round Europa League |
| 2015–16 | SL | 4 | 33 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 43 | 37 | 54 | Semi-Finals | |
| 2016–17 | SL | 2 | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 62 | 40 | 62 | Runner-Up | Second Qualifying Round Europa League |
| 2017–18 | SL | 36 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 82 | 37 | 81 | Winners | Third Qualifying Round Europa League | |
| 2018–19 | SL | 4 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 60 | 52 | 52 | Runner-Up | Playoff Round Europa League |
| 2019–20 | SL | 36 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 56 | 42 | 56 | Quarter-Finals | Third Qualifying Round Europa League | |
| 2020–21 | SL | 1 | 32 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 58 | 38 | 61 | Fourth Round | |
| 2021–22 | SL | 4 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 40 | 41 | 48 | Quarter-Finals | Europa League Group Stage |
| 2022–23 | SL | 5 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 48 | 52 | 44 | Third Round | Third Qualifying Round Conference League |
| 2023–24 | SL | 2 | 32 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 60 | 35 | 62 | Quarter-Finals | |
| 2024–25 | SL | 3 | 32 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 58 | 46 | 51 | Semi-Finals | Third Qualifying Round Conference League |
Brøndby's first competitive European match was on 17 September 1986 in the1986–87 European Cup, defeatingBudapest Honvéd 4–1 and later onDynamo Berlinen route to a spot in the quarter-finals, where they lost toPorto. Since then, the club has been a regular fixture in European competitions, and reached the group stages of theUEFA Champions League and theUEFA Europa League several times. They also achieved one European semi-final in1991, as well as another European quarter-final in1997.
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| 160 |  Maribor | 10.000 |
| 161 |  Flora Tallinn | 10.000 |
| 162 | Brøndby IF | 9.500 |
| 163 |  Linfield | 9.500 |
| 164 | Austria Wien | 9.500 |
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