Aarhus Fremad is a Danish

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club currently playing in the Danish 2nd Division West

Danish 2nd Division West

The 2nd Division West is a group in the Danish 2nd Division with teams from Jutland and Funen Football Associations. The winners gain promotion for the Danish 1st Division, while the last-place finishers risk relegation into the Denmark Series....

. They play at Riisvangen Stadion in Aarhus

Aarhus

Aarhus or Århus is the second-largest city in Denmark. The principal port of Denmark, Aarhus is on the east side of the peninsula of Jutland in the geographical center of Denmark...

 in Jutland

Jutland

Jutland , historically also called Cimbria, is the name of the peninsula that juts out in Northern Europe toward the rest of Scandinavia, forming the mainland part of Denmark. It has the North Sea to its west, Kattegat and Skagerrak to its north, the Baltic Sea to its east, and the Danish–German...

, which has a capacity of 4,500.

History

The club began as one of the country's first athletics clubs back in 1897 under the name of Aarhus Fodsportsforening "Fremad", later followed, among other things, handball, football department was started in 1947. Recently, a tennis department was also established.

Football department

Aarhus Fremad lived a shadow existence for many years with a low point in 1974, when the first team played in the Series 5, and there were only 9 members and a large debt. A new coach brought new players and sponsors in, and the club soon began to climb through the ranks. Between 1984 and 1997, under the leadership of Kim Poulsen, the club won nine promotions and ended up in the Superligaen as a professional club. In 1999 the first team changed its name to FC Aarhus. In the 2005-06 season, the club was in the top of the 2. Division West and it resulted in the promotion to 1. division.

The club plays at Riisvangen Stadium in the north of Aarhus. The club has yet to 1. Division in the 2007/08 season after having finished just above the relegation line in the 2006/2007 season.

Current squad

Recent history

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup Danish Cup The Danish Cup is the official "knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955...	Notes
1997-1998	1D	10	33	9	6	18	51	73	33
1998-1999	1D	11	33	7	8	18	51	73	29		relegated
7 seasons at lower levels
2006-2007 2006-07 in Danish football -Overview:From the 2006-07 season mergered B 1909, B 1913 and Dalum IF to FC FYN. All three clubs played in the 2005-06 season in 2nd Division West. FC FYN will also play in 2nd Division....	2D	14	15	4	2	9	15	24	14		ongoing

Achievements

• 2 seasons in the Danish Superliga
  Danish Superliga
  The Danish Superliga is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest association football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each year, with 2 teams to be relegated, which proves to be one of the...
  
  
• 7 seasons in the Danish 1st Division
  Danish 1st Division
  The 1st Division has been the name of the second highest football league in Denmark since 1991. From 1945 to 1991 the 1st Division was the name of the highest level of football in Denmark...
  
  
• 3 seasons in the Danish 2nd Division
  Danish 2nd Division
  The 2nd Division is the third tier Danish football league, just after the 1st Division.It was founded in 1945, after World War II, as the second-best Danish football division. When the Danish Superliga was founded in 1991, the 2nd Division became the third level league...