AGF Fodbold (women)

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AGF
Full nameAarhus Gymnastikforening
Nickname(s)De hviie (The Whites)
Byens hold (The City's Team)
Short nameAGF Women
Founded1 July 2020;3 years ago (2020-07-01)
Ground Vejlby Stadion, Aarhus
Capacity5,000
ChairmanMarie Greve
Manager Katrine S. Pedersen
League Elitedivisionen
2021–22 7th
Website Club website

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.

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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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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

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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.