Alkmaar Zaanstreek, better known as AZ Alkmaar or simply and most common in the Netherlands as AZ, is a Dutch professional football club from Alkmaar and the Zaan district. The club plays in the Eredivisie, the highest professional football league in the Netherlands.
Niels Poul "Tist" Nielsen was a Danish footballer who is the joint all-time best goalscorer for the Denmark national team with 52 goals in 38 matches.
AC Horsens is a professional Danish football team, playing in the Danish 1st Division from 2023–24 after relegation from Danish Superliga in 2022–23. They play on Casa Arena Horsens in Horsens. The club was founded in 1994, as a superstructure on Horsens fS, Stensballe IK and FC Horsens. Both Stensballe IK and FC Horsens has later left the cooperation, and only Horsens fS remains.
The 1st Division is the second-highest football league in Denmark, also known as NordicBet Liga for sponsorship reasons. From 1945 to 1991, the 1. Division was the name of the highest level of football in Denmark. With the formation of the Danish Superliga, the 1st Division became the second tier of Danish football. While all the teams in the Superliga are full-time professional the 1. Division has a mixture of full-time professional and semi-professional teams.
Association football is the most popular sport in Denmark, with 331,693 players and 1,647 clubs registered under the Danish FA. The game was introduced into Denmark by British sailors. Kjøbenhavns Boldklub is the oldest club outside of the United Kingdom, having been founded on 26 April 1876.
Nîmes Olympique is a French association football club based in Nîmes. The club was founded on 10 April 1937 and currently plays in Ligue 2, the second level of French football. The Stade des Antonins is the club’s home stadium.
Morten Nordstrand Nielsen is a Danish former professional footballer, who played as a striker. He is currently the assistant coach of F.C. Copenhagen U17. He has played eight times for the Denmark national football team.
Henning Jensen was a Danish football player who played professionally for German club Borussia Mönchengladbach, Spanish club Real Madrid and Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam where he won the domestic league championship in each country. He scored nine goals in 21 games for the Denmark national football team from 1972 to 1980.
Maarten Martens is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, either as an attacking midfielder or winger. Martens was known for his flair, dribbling and goalscoring ability as well as his precise passing and creativity. He previously played for Belgian clubs Anderlecht and Cercle Brugge, Dutch clubs RKC Waalwijk and AZ, as well as Greek club PAOK. At international level, he has represented the Belgium national team.
Johannes "Jan" Wilhelmus Peters is a Dutch former professional footballer and coach.
Jens Peter Hansen, alternatively spelled Jens Peder Hansen was a Danish footballer who played 465 games and scored 150 goals for Esbjerg fB in Denmark. He was the top goalscorer of the 1951 Danish football championship, and played 38 games and scored 18 goals for the Denmark national football team. He represented Denmark at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He also played for the Denmark national under-21 football team.
Bo Jannik Nyby Hansen is a Danish former football player in the striker position. He scored 52 goals in 143 games for Danish club Brøndby IF and 16 goals in 119 games for English club Bolton Wanderers. Hansen played one game for the Denmark national football team.
Jørgen Christian Thomdahl Olesen was a Danish association football player, who played 42 games and scored two goals for the Denmark national football team. Born in Aarhus, he played his entire career as a midfielder for local club Aarhus Gymnastik Forening (AGF). He was also part of Denmark's squad at the 1952 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches. He died in the Aarhus suburb Viby in June 1999, 75 years old.
Denni Robin Avdić is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Vasalunds IF.
The 1964 Danish 1st Division was the 37th season of Denmark's top-flight association football division since the establishment of Danmarksturneringen's nation-wide league structure in 1927, and the 51st edition of the overall Danish national football championship since its inception in 1912. Governed by the Danish FA, the season was launched on 26 March 1964 with a clash between last season's third-placed B 1903 and Østerbro-based and local rivals B.93 with the last round of six matches concluding on 15 November 1964. Esbjerg fB were the defending league champions, having won their third consecutive league title last season, while BK Frem and B.93 entered as promoted teams from the 1963 Danish 2nd Division. Fixtures for the 1964 season were announced by the Danish FA's tournament committee on 6 January 1964, featuring a nine weeks long summer break.
Robert Mühren is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for Eredivisie club Volendam.
Pantelis Chatzidiakos is a Greek Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Eredivisie club AZ and the Greece national team.
Vangelis Pavlidis is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a centre forward for Eredivisie club AZ and the Greece national team.
Jos Jonker is a Dutch former professional footballer. A midfielder, he played for Vitesse '22, Telstar, FC Den Haag and AZ '67 during his career. He also gained two caps for the Netherlands national team.
