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| Short name | DBU |
| Founded | 18 May 1889; 136 years ago (1889-05-18) |
| Headquarters | Brøndbyvester |
| FIFA affiliation | 21 May 1904 |
| UEFA affiliation | 1954 |
| President | Jesper Møller (2014–) |
| Website | www |
TheDanish Football Association (Danish:Dansk Boldspil-Union;abbr.DBU) is the governing body offootball in Denmark. It is the organization ofDanish football clubs and runs the professional Danish football leagues, alongside themen's andwomen's national teams. Based in the city ofBrøndby, it is a founding member of bothFIFA andUEFA. The DBU has also been the governing body offutsal in Denmark since 2008.
The DBU was founded on 18 May 1889 and was the first national football association outside Great Britain and Ireland.[1] However, it did not register games officially before the1908 Summer Olympics, meaning that the win in the1906 Intercalated Olympics tournament was not officially recorded by the DBU.[2]
The following is a list of presidents since its creation in 1905.[3][4]
| President | Term |
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| Frederik Markmann | 1889–1890 |
| Harald Hilarius-Kalkau | 1890–1894 |
| Johannes Forchhammer | 1894–1897 |
| Albert Albertsen | 1897–1911 |
| Ludvig Sylow | 1911–1918 |
| Louis Østrup | 1918–1935 |
| Kristian Middelboe | 1935–1940 |
| Leo Frederiksen | 1940–1948 |
| Kristian Middelboe | 1948–1950 |
| Ebbe Schwartz | 1950–1964 |
| Vilhelm Skousen | 1965–1977 |
| Carl Nielsen | 1977–1990 |
| Hans Erik Jensen | 1990–1991 |
| Poul Hyldgaard | 1991–2002 |
| Allan Hansen | 2002–2014 |
| Jesper Møller | 2014–present |
The DBU is separated into six regional associations[5], based on the formercounties of Denmark:
TheFaroe Islands andGreenland, which are autonomous territories within Denmark, have their own football associations and are not part of the DBU. Greenland is not a member of FIFA or any continental federation, but the Faroe Islands are a member of both FIFA and UEFA.
TheDenmark national football teams representsDenmark in internationalfootball competitions and is controlled by the DBU. As of June 2021[update],[6] the teams consist of:
The DBU awards the bestnational team players each year, with an award to the best senior team player, as well as the best player in three of the DBU's six national youth teams.
Since 1963, the DBU has awarded the DanishPlayer of the Year in a vote amongst the Danish players. In the time of amateur football, only players in the domestic league could achieve the prize, and even after the emergence of paid football in 1978, no players in foreign clubs were eligible for the award. When the award was finally opened to all Danish players, domestic and abroad, in 1983, national team captainMorten Olsen was the first player to win thePlayer of the Year award taking all Danish players into consideration. The record number of award wins is four, byBrian Laudrup (1989, 1992, 1995, and 1997).
The Young Players of the Year Awards on the other hand are sponsored byArla Foods.[7] The awards were initially known asMælkens talentpriser (the Milk Talent Awards) in order to promote the line ofdairy products of the company then known as MD Foods. DBU found new sponsorDONG (later DONG Energy), an oil company, in 2004 but Arla went on to sponsor the prize which was renamedArla's talentpriser (the Arla Talent Awards) in 2005.[8][9][10]
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In 2017, the negotiations regarding terms and salary with the women's national team broke down, causing DBU to cancel the world cup qualification match againstSweden. The team lost the match 3–0 due to forfeit, and DBU was handed a fine by the UEFA disciplinary committee.[11] After the parties eventually reached a collective bargaining agreement, Denmark finished second in their group and advanced to the playoffs, but failed to qualify for the2019 FIFA Women's World Cup after losing 4–1 on aggregate to the Netherlands in theplayoff semi-finals.[12]
Following the2018 FIFA World Cup, the agreement between the DBU and the men's national team expired, leading to a dispute over commercial rights. In September 2018, the DBU selected a temporary squad consisting of lower-league and futsal players for a friendly againstSlovakia, which they lost 3–0.[13] The regular national team players returned for the subsequent UEFA Nations League match against Wales after a temporary truce was signed. A new six-year collective bargaining agreement was finalized in late September 2018, lasting until 2024.[14]
The badge remains in use on the Danish men's national team kits, featuring in recent tournaments such as the2022 FIFA World Cup andUEFA Euro 2024.
Equal Team Pay
In June 2024, prior toUEFA Euro 2024, the DBU and the players' union (Spillerforeningen) agreed to a new four-year deal ensuring equal basic pay for the men's and women's national teams. As part of the agreement, the men's team refused a pay rise to fund equal match fees for the women's team. Additionally, the men's team accepted a 15% reduction in insurance coverage to fund a 50% upgrade in coverage for the women's team and the men's U21 team.[15][16]
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