“Danish club football has the potential to climb up among the 9-11 best nations in Europe, we must at least pass Norway.” This was 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. Warnings were sounded. This was before Bodø/Glimt’s wild victory over FC Twente in the Europa League.
When Bodø/Glimt sent Tel-Aviv home with frostbite and a 3-1 loss in the Europa League in January, Danish Bold dragged us through the situation where the unheard 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.
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).
On Thursday, FC Midtjylland was sent out by Real Sociedad in the Europa League, FC Copenhagen progressed, but this in the Conference League. For Norway, Bodø/Glimt continue in the Europa League after the wild game against FC Twente and give us new points.
Here is the status of the international rankings after Thursday’s matches in Europe, a position that gives an advantage when distributing tickets for games outside Europe:
More about the ranking can be found at Bold
