Danish Football Hall of Fame

The Danish Football Hall of Fame () is the national association football hall of fame in Denmark.

The award was established in 2006, as a way to award the best footballers, teams, and coaches throughout the history of the Danish national football team. Beginning in 2008, the award has been handed out at the annual Danish Football Awards. The yearly television broadcast event was originally organized by the DBU in November from 2008 to 2013, and later moved to February. In addition to receiving the award, all Hall of Fame members are invited to leave a footprint in bronze to decorate the entrance hall at the "House of Football" () at DBU headquarters in Brøndby.

A committee of six people (representing the newspapers, authors of football books, active players of the national team, TV2, the DBU, and a Hall of Fame member), each year has the job to award one or two new members for the Hall of Fame. The six current committee members are , Jesper Møller, Michael Laudrup, Katrine Pedersen, Søren Olsen, and .

When the DBU celebrated its 125-year anniversary in May 2014, it decided to honor the anniversary by awarding nine additional Hall of Fame Members, all playing during the first half of the DBU national team's existence, from 1908 to 1964. Because of financial restraints, the DBU cancelled the planned televised broadcast of the Football Award in February 2015, and for the same reason opted not to award any new Hall of Fame members in this specific year.

Members Players

Year Inductee Position Goals 2006 Michael Laudrup MF 1982–1998 104 37 2008 Allan Simonsen FW 1972–1986 55 20 Karl Aage Præst FW 1945–1949 24 17 2009 Peter Schmeichel GK 1987–2001 129 1 2010 Harald Nielsen FW 1959–1960 14 15 Preben Elkjær FW 1977–1988 69 38 2011 Per Røntved DF 1970–1982 75 11 2012 Brian Laudrup MF 1987–1998 82 21 2013 Søren Lerby MF 1978–1989 67 10 Frank Arnesen MF 1977–1987 52 14 2014 Poul Nielsen FW 1910–1925 38 52 Nils Middelboe MF 1908–1920 15 7 Sophus Nielsen FW 1908–1919 20 16 Sophus Hansen GK 1911–1920 31 0 Carl Hansen FW 1918–1921 7 0 Pauli Jørgensen FW 1925–1939 47 44 Knud Lundberg FW 1944–1956 38 10 Eigil Nielsen GK 1940–1951 28 0 Poul Pedersen FW 1953–1964 50 17 2015 Morten Olsen DF 1970–1989 102 4 Henry From GK 1957–1961 31 0 Jens Peder Hansen FW 1949–1961 38 18 Ole Madsen FW 1958–1969 50 42 John Hansen FW 1948 8 10 Aage Rou Jensen FW 1945–1957 30 11 2016 Karl Aage Hansen FW 1943–1948 22 17 Jørgen Leschly Sørensen FW 1946–1949 14 8 Henning Enoksen FW 1958–1967 54 29 Lone Smidt Nielsen FW 1977–1988 57 22 Susanne Augustesen FW 1971 4 4 2017 Henning Jensen FW 1972–1980 21 9 2019 Johnny Hansen DF 1965–1978 45 3 2021 Lars Høgh GK 1983–1995 8 0 2022 Ulrik le Fevre MF 1965–1976 37 7 Jørgen Olesen MF 1951–1962 42 2 Katrine Pedersen MF 1994–2013 210 9 2023 Jan Mølby MF 1982–1990 33 2 Michael Rohde FW 1915–1931 40 22 Fritz Tarp DF 1918–1934 44 0 Valdemar Laursen MF 1918–1934 44 1 2024 Helle Jensen FW 1987–1996 77 38 Merete Pedersen FW 1993–2009 136 35 Jon Dahl Tomasson FW 1997–2010 112 52 2025 Thomas Helveg DF 1994–2007 108 2 Lene Terp DF 1993–2003 105 4 2026 Bonny Madsen DF 1987–1997 70 3 Karina Sefron DF 1988–1998 71 0

Managers

Year Inductee Years as manager 2011 Sepp Piontek 1979–1990 2014 Richard Møller Nielsen 1990–1996 2025 Poul Højmose 1999–2005

Squads Year Inductee 2006 1992 UEFA Euro men's national team 2009 1980s men's national team 2019 1948 Olympic men's national team 1960 Olympic men's national team 1971 World Cup women's national team

See also Danish Football Manager of the Year Danish Football Player of the Year Danish Sports Name of the Year

References

Sources

External links Football Hall of Fame