FC Nerds

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FC Nerds
Created by
  • Palle Strøm
  • Keld Reinicke
Original work FC Zulu
Owner Nordisk Film
Years2004–2008
Films and television
Television seriesFC Nerds (independent international versions, see below)
Miscellaneous
Genre

FC Nerds is a reality television sports franchise developed by Nordisk Film that originated in Denmark in 2004 from the television program FC Zulu . The show follows a number of nerdy young men with no experience in playing association football being trained by a famous football player in order to face a football club in the country's highest national league after a few months.

The format has been nominated for the Rose d'Or and, in 2005, an International Emmy Award in the Non-Scripted Entertainment category. [1]

Several international versions of the show spawned, including in Australia, Belgium, Finland, Germany, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Sweden. Teams from these international versions would sometimes compete against the Danish FC Zulu team.

International versions

  Currently in production
  No longer in production
Country/RegionLocal titleNetwork(s)Coach(es)Original run
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Nerds FC SBS TV
14 April 2006 – 4 August 2007
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium FC Nerds VT4 Johan Boskamp 2 April – 21 May 2008
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark FC Zulu TV 2 Zulu 13 September 2004 – 30 October 2006
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland FC Nörtit Subtv Atik Ismail 2006
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Borussia Banana – Helden im Strafraum RTL II Lothar Matthäus 6 September – 25 October 2005
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Knattspyrnufélagið Nörd Sýn
2006
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Atletico Ananas Nederland 2 (BNN) Peter van Vossen 2005
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Tufte IL
(part of Heia Tufte! )
TVNorge 2005 – 2006
FK Zebra TV 2 Zebra Egil Olsen 1 October – 19 November 2008
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Paketes FCUnknownUnknownUnknown
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden FC Z ZTV
TV6
2005 – 2007

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References

  1. ""Young Andersen" and "FC Nerds" nominated for the Emmy Awards". Egmont Group . October 17, 2005. Archived from the original on July 20, 2008. Retrieved August 27, 2024.