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Randers FC is a Danish professional football team based in Randers, which plays in the top-flight Danish Superliga championship. Founded as a merger in 2002, the club builds upon the license of Randers Freja, a former three-time Danish Cup winning team. Randers FC play their games at Essex Park Randers, which has a 12,000 spectator capacity.
[edit] History
The club was formed in 2002 as a merger between Dronningborg BK (founded 1928), Hornbæk SF (founded 1945), Kristrup BK (founded 1908), Randers Freja (founded 1898), Randers KFUM (founded 1920) and Vorup FB (founded 1915), continuing Randers Freja's (at the time) 1st division-team.
In the summer 2005, they bought former Danish national team midfielder Stig Tøfting on a free transfer, after Aarhus GF, his childhood-club, refused to let Tøfting play for them (even for free), because of his violent background with several sentences.
In the 2005-06 season, they were lying reasonably comfortable at the top spot of the Danish 1st Division for much of the year, but was caught by Vejle Boldklub, at the end of the season. They won the Danish Cup by beating Esbjerg fB in the 2006 final. As Cup winners, Randers FC competed in the UEFA Cup, where they were eliminated after a 5-1 ( 2-1 away and 0-3 home) loss on aggregate to Fenerbahçe SK.
[edit] Current squad
- Up to date as of the end of the January 2007 transfer window.
[edit] Recent history
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Season |
|
Pos. |
Pl. |
W |
D |
L |
GS |
GA |
P |
Cup |
Notes |
2004-2005 |
1D |
12 |
33 |
5 |
9 |
19 |
30 |
64 |
24 |
quarter-final |
relegated |
2005-2006 |
2D |
2 |
30 |
19 |
4 |
7 |
64 |
30 |
61 |
winner |
promoted |
2006-2007 |
1D |
8 |
18 |
6 |
4 |
8 |
24 |
26 |
22 |
|
ongoing |
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