Danish Football Association

The Danish Football Association (DBU) (Danish: Dansk Boldspil-Union) is the governing body of football in Denmark. It is the organization of the Danish football clubs and runs the professional Danish football leagues and the men's and women's national teams. It is based in Brøndby, and is a founding member of both FIFA and UEFA. DBU was founded in 1889, but did not register games officially before the 1908 Summer Olympics. This means, that the win in the 1906 Intercalated Olympics tournament was not officially recorded by DBU.

Yearly honours

DBU awards the best national team players each year, with an award to the best senior team player, as well as the best player in three of DBU's six national youth teams.

Player of the Year

Since 1963, DBU has awarded the Danish Player of the Year in a vote amongst the Danish players. In the time of amateur football, only players in the domestic league could achieve the prize, and even after the emergence of paid football in 1978, no players in foreign clubs were eligible for the award. When the award was finally opened to all Danish players, domestic and abroad, in 1983, national team captain Morten Olsen was the first player to win the Player of the Year award taking all Danish players into consideration. The record number of award wins is four, by Brian Laudrup (1989, 1992, 1995, and 1997).

Young Players of the Year

Sponsored by Arla Foods, the awards were initially known as Mælkens talentpriser (the milk's talent awards) in order to promote the line of dairy products of the company then known as "MD Foods". DBU found new sponsor DONG, an oil company, in 2004 but Arla went on to sponsor the prize which was renamed Arla's talentpriser (Arla's talent awards) in 2005.

Year	U/21	U/19	U/17
1987	*Johnny Mølby, Vejle BK	Anders Maibom, B 1909	Diego Tur, B 1903
1988	*Henrik Risom, Vejle BK	Jens Madsen, Brøndby IF	Ronnie Ekelund, Brøndby IF
1989	*Brian Steen Nielsen, AB	*Jacob Laursen, Vejle BK	Jeppe Tengbjerg, KB
1990	Steen Nedergaard, Odense BK	Martin & Michael Johansen KB	Kenni Sommer, Silkeborg IF
1991	*Miklos Molnar, Servette FC	Christian Duus, Silkeborg IF	Jesper Søgaard, Vejle BK
1992	*Jakob Kjeldbjerg, Silkeborg IF	Thomas Jensen, Aalborg BK	Simon Karkov, Esbjerg fB
1993	*Jesper Kristensen, Brøndby IF	Ulrik Laursen, Odense BK	Michael Kremer, Brøndby IF
1994	*Thomas Rytter, Lyngby FC	*Jon Dahl Tomasson, Køge BK	Carsten Lektonen, Odense BK
1995	*Niclas Jensen, Lyngby FC	*Jesper Grønkjær, Aalborg BK	Dan Anton Johansen, Brøndby IF
1996	*Martin Jørgensen, Aarhus GF	Stefan K. Hansen, FC København	*Kasper Bøgelund, Odense BK
1997	*Ole Tobiasen, Ajax Amsterdam	*Lars Jacobsen, Odense BK	Jesper Håkansson, BK Frem
1998	Mikkel Jensen, Brøndby IF	*Peter Løvenkrands, AB	Tom Christensen, Aarhus GF
1999	Christian Magleby, Lyngby FC	Hjalte Bo Nørregaard, FC København	Claus Pedersen, Odense BK
2000	*Martin Albrechtsen, AB	Allan Olesen, Brøndby IF	Martin Bergvold, KB
2001	*Christian Poulsen, FC København	*Rasmus Würtz, Skive IK	Kasper Lorentzen, Brøndby IF
2002	*Jan Kristiansen, Esbjerg fB	Jeppe Curth, Feyenoord	Michael Jakobsen, B 93
2003	*Stephan Andersen, AB	Morten Rasmussen, Aarhus GF	Lasse Qvist, Lyngby BK
2004	*Thomas Kahlenberg, Brøndby IF	Søren Christensen, Nykøbing FA	Nicklas Bendtner, Arsenal
2005	*Daniel Agger, Liverpool	Magnus Troest, FC Midtjylland	Rasmus S. Christiansen, Lyngby BK

*) Players who reached, and played at least one match for, the senior national team.

DBU Competitions

Men's

Leagues
- SAS Ligaen (The SAS League)
- Viasat Sport Divisionen (The Viasat Sport Division)
- 2. Division (The 2nd Divisions) (East and West groups)
- Danmarksserien (The Denmark Series) (2 groups)
- Kvalifikationsrækken (The Qualification series) (3 groups)
Cups
- Landspokalturneringen (The national trophy cup)

Women's

3F Ligaen (The 3F League)
1. Division (1st Division)
Danmarksserien (The Denmark Series) (3 groups)
3F Cup

External links

Official site in Danish and English

UEFA | Football in Denmark