Vendsyssel FF

Vendsyssel Forenede Fodboldklubber is a professional football club based in Hjorring, Denmark. The team competes in the Danish 1st Division, the second tier of Danish football. The club plays home matches at Nord Energi Arena, which has a capacity of 7,500. The club is playing on a license from Hjorring IF, which used to belong to FC Hjorring. The club is a cooperation between Hjorring IF and Frederikshavn fI.

History

The roots of Vendsyssel FF can be traced to 9 November 1886, where Hjorring Gymnastikforening was founded. After multiple mergers, the club was named Hjorring IF in 1921. The club's existence has been marked by relative anonymity, bouncing between the lower divisions of the Danish football pyramid. Renamed FC Hjorring in 2006, the club, however, soon found success, secured promotion in their 2009–10 Danish 2nd Divisions campaign. This meant their first promotion to the Danish 1st Division, the second tier in the Danish football league system.

In May 2013, the Danish Football Association announced that FC Hjorring's licence would be revoked due to poor economy, resulting in a relegation to the Danish 2nd Divisions. FC Hjorring appealed the decision, which was successful, as the Danish Football Association assessed that the financial situation had improved sufficiently in order to renew the licence for the 2010-11 Danish 1st Division.

On 24 June 2013, FC Hjorring announced a merger with Frederikshavn fI, which would subsequently change the name of the club to Vendsyssel FF. On 3 March 2014, Frederikshavn fI officially announced that they would step out of the merger on the senior level, but that they intended to continue a partnership with Vendsyssel FF on the youth level.

In the summer of 2018 the club earned its first promotion to the highest tier in Danish football by beating Lyngby BK in two games in the Superliga playoffs, after losing in the playoffs the year before to AC Horsens. They only lasted one season in the Superliga, however, as they were relega