AGF Fodbold (women)

AGF Fodbold, commonly known as AGF, is a Danish women's football team based in Aarhus, Jutland. The team plays in the Danish top-division A-Liga.

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Aarhus Gymnastikforening.

AGF

Full name	Aarhus Gymnastikforening
Nicknames	De hviie (The Whites) Byens hold (The City's Team)
Short name	AGF
Founded	1 July 2020; 5 years ago (2020-07-01)
Ground	Aarhus Stadium, Aarhus
Capacity	19,433
Owner	AGF A/S (80%)
Chairman	Jacob Nielsen
Coach	Claus Struck
League	A-Liga
2024–25	A-Liga, 6th of 8
Website	AGF
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Founded in March 2020 as the first ever Aarhus Gymnastikforening women's football club, the team has a long history in the top tier of Danish women's football. The club originated as Hjortshøj-Egå Idrætsforening (HEI) in the 1970s, competing in the first top tier tournament in 1975. HEI were very successful in the 1980s and 1990s, winning six of their hitherto ten league titles in the '80s, with six straight titles from 1986–1991.

In 2001, HEI decided to merge their team with IK Skovbakken, and played their last half-season as HEI that autumn.^[1] Skovbakken took home eight bronze medals in the league before merging with Vejlby IK in 2017 to form VSK Aarhus. After three seasons and one bronze medal in the league, VSK then merged with IF Lyseng and AGF in 2020 to create the club as it is known today. The goal with the 2020 merger to create a stronger team representing the region of Aarhus to compete in the top flight of Danish football, with backing from AGF. The club inherited VSK's license and placement in the league.^[2]

The club is owned by AGF Kvindefodbold ApS, a shareholding company established for this specific purpose, of which AGF A/S owns 80% and VSK Aarhus and IF Lyseng each own 10%.^[3]

Players

Current squad

As of 17 August 2025^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  DEN Marie Gade 4 DF  DEN Sofie Vendelbo (captain) 5 DF  DEN Johanne Guldbæk 6 MF  DEN Sarah Sundahl 7 FW  DEN Cecilie Winther Johansen 9 FW  DEN Signe Holt Andersen 11 MF  DEN Line Aarhus 12 MF  DEN Signe Baattrup 14 DF  DEN Cecilie Harsløf 15 FW  DEN Sophia Parkegaard 16 FW  DEN Mie Lerche 17 MF  DEN Ea Rasmussen

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  DEN Elvira Nejmann 19 MF  DEN Sofie Jørgensen 20 DF  DEN Johanne Krøger 22 GK  DEN Maya Dybro 24 MF  DEN Silke Lynge Larsen 25 DF  DEN Julie Mathiasen 26 DF  DEN Laura Kjærsgård 45 DF  DEN Cecilie Harslof — DF  DEN Clara Littrup Jensen —  DEN Pernille Madsen —  DEN Karla Nørgaard

Management

First team

As of 9 August 2025^[5]

Role	Name
Head Coach	Claus Struck
Assistant Coach	Marie Lynge Olesen
Assistant Coach	Søren Holm
Goalkeeping Coach	Noah Grau
Fitness Coach	Rasmus Aslak
	Søren Enrico Drescher Petersen
Kit Manager	Lars Pedersen
	Andreas Aschenberg Frandsen
	Anja Kjærsgård
Medical Staff
Team Doctor	Jacob Sorwad Outrup
	Morten Eaton Mølgaard
Physiotherapist	Simon Bæk
	Mathias Brun Sørensen

Managers

Incomplete

Years	Name
2025–	Claus Struck
2023–2025	Michael Schjønberg
2023	Nichlas Ørbæk Knudsen (interim) Peter Pedersen (interim)
2021–2022	Katrine Pedersen
2021	Steen Petterson
2020	Allan Frederiksen
	Allan Nørgaard
	Anders Nim[a]
VSK Aarhus
2018–2019	Hans Paarup
2017–2018	Henrik Varbøl Andersen
IK Skovbakken
2016–2017	Henrik Varbøl Andersen
2014–2016	Kim Leth Andersen
2013	Peter Pedersen
2012–2013	Carsten Karkov
2007–2009	Jakob Michelsen
2002–2004	Tom Søjberg
Hjortshøj-Egå (HEI)
–2002	Benny Rosenqvist
1990–1991	Henriette Jensen & Ove Sass Hansen
1989	Ragner Nielsen
–1988	Poul Højmose
	Ernst Beck

Source: Danish Football Association

1. Nim coached the team from the spring championship play-offs until September; Nørgaard in September; and Frederiksen in November.

Seasons

As of the 2024–2025 season

Key
	Champions		Promotion
	Silver		Relegation
	Bronze

Incomplete

Season	Tier	#	W	D	L	F	A	Pts.	Cup	UWCL
As Hjortshøj-Egå IF (HEI)
1975	2[a]
1976	1
1977	1
1978	1
1979	1
1980	1
1981	1
1982	1	1st
1983	1	2nd
1984	1	1st
1985	1	3rd
1986	1	1st
1987	1	1st
1988	1	1st
1989	1	1st
1990	1	1st
1991	1	1st
1992	1	2nd
1993	1	3rd
1994	1	2nd of 8
1995	1	2nd of 8
1996	1	2nd of 8
1996–97	1	1st of 8
1997–98	1	1st of 8
1998–99	1	2nd of 8	22	1	5	94	26	67
1999–00	1	3rd of 8
2000–01	1	3rd of 8	17	3	8	76	37	54
As IK Skovbakken[b]
2001–02	1	3rd of 8	19	5	4	112	34	62
2002–03	1	4th of 8	13	1	7	65	36	40
2003–04	1	3rd of 8	13	1	7	70	39	40
2004–05	1	3rd of 8	10	4	7	62	39	34
2005–06	1	4th of 8	7	5	9	29	41	26
2006–07	1	5th of 8	5	3	13	34	52	18
2007–08	1	4th of 10
2008–09	1	3rd of 10
2009–10	1	3rd of 10
2010–11	1	3rd of 10
2011–12	1	3rd of 10
2012–13	1	4th of 10
2013–14	1	4th of 8	2	1	7	9	29	17
2014–15	1	4th of 8	5	2	3	17	15	33
2015–16	1	4th of 8	1	4	5	8	26	20
2016–17	1	3rd of 8	4	1	5	13	19	17
As VSK Aarhus
2017–18	1	4th of 8	4	1	5	12	13	15
2018–19	1	3rd of 8	4	2	4	17	21	20
2019–20	1	6th of 8	1	0	4	7	15	5
AGF
2020–21	1	7th of 8	8	2	0	29	9	26
2021–22	1	7th of 8	7	3	0	24	5	24
2022–23	1	7th of 8	8	1	1	31	11	25
2023–24	1	5th of 8	8	3	13	32	45	27
2024–25	1	6th of 8	3	2	5	22	38	27
2025–26	1

1. HEI were promoted into the Women's Series (non-league) from the 1975 season, which is now the 4th tier. At the time it was the 2nd tier, however, as it is today it was non-league, as the league had one tier until 1993 when the 1st Division was established.
2. For the 2001 autumn, the club was represented by Hjortshøj-Egå IF (HEI), before the team merged with Skovbakken in January 2002 and appeared as Skovbakken thenceforth.

Sources

• Danish Football Association (in Danish)
• Statistics - Tipsbladet
• De jyske fodboldklubbers historie [History of the Jutlandic football clubs] (PDF) (in Danish) (1st ed.). DBU. 1 April 2006. pp. 333–334.
• "Dansk fodbold: Kvindefodbold". Berlingske.dk (in Danish). 3 June 1999. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2025.

Honours

Incomplete

AGF Fodbold honours

Honour	No.	Years
A-Liga	10	1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996–97, 1997–98
	6	1983, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998–99
	13	1985, 1993, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2016–17, 2018–19
Danish Women's Cup	3	1993, 1994, 2008–09
	4	1997, 2003, 2006, 2010