“Danish club football has the potential to climb up among the 9-11 best nations in Europe, we must at least pass Norway.” This is the statement of Daniel Rommedahl, the former Danish football politician with the greatest international influence in relation to the development at club level in Denmark. Now warnings are being sounded.
On Thursday, Bodø/Glimt sent M. Tel-Aviv home with frostbite and a 3-1 loss in the Europa League. Danish Bold takes us through the situation where the unheard of has happened: Denmark has been passed by the “mountain monkeys in the north”.
“Norway is ahead of Denmark. That’s the picture right now. And it is a historic snapshot of the situation on the international club scene, where Bodø Glimt’s success in the European club tournaments has made the difference in Norway crawling past Denmark for the first time, Bold begins.
Which draws a historical retrospective.
“The development is a big warning to Danish club football and the Danish self-understanding. IFK Göteborg and Malmö FF created great results back in time, just as Rosenborg was also a regular part of the Champions League in the 90s, but in this millennium the Nordic competitors have been behind Denmark, but that is just not the case right now, Bold sums up.
Norway is number 11, while Denmark is only number 16 on the international ranking list.
Danish Daniel Rommedahl, who has been involved in expanding UEFA’s format to the Conference League, explains how this could have happened.
“Denmark has historically been better positioned than both Norway and Sweden. Norway’s progress shows that it is not unrealistic to climb high in the rankings based only on one team’s performance (Bodø Glimt).
The Bodø/Glimt phenomenon has changed the balance of forces in Scandinavia, which is very difficult for the Danes to digest.
