Randers FC
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| Full name | Randers Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Hestene (The horses) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Short name | RFC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | January 1 2003 (merger) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Essex Park Randers, Randers (Capacity 12,000) |
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| Chairman |  Jacob Nielsen |
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| Manager |  Colin Todd |
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| League | Danish Superliga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006-07 | Superliga, 8th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 on January 1 2003, 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.
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[edit] History
The club was formed on January 1 2003 as a merger between Dronningborg Boldklub (founded 1928), Hornbæk Sportsforening (founded 1945), Kristrup Boldklub (founded 1908), Randers Freja (founded 1898), Randers KFUM (founded 1920) and Vorup-Frederiksberg Boldklub (founded 1915), continuing Randers Freja's (at the time) 1st division-team.
In mid 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] Honours
- Winner (4): 1967, 1968, 1973, 2005-06
[edit] Achievements
- 13 seasons in the Highest Danish League
- 37 seasons in the Second Highest Danish League
- 14 seasons in the Third Highest Danish League
[edit] Current squad
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[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 33 10 8 15 41 53 38 quarter-final 2007-2008 1D 1 4 4 0 0 13 1 12 ongoing
