Stævnet (Danish: the event or the meeting) or Copenhagen XI were a Danish association football representative team which had its prime before 1970, however it was active until 1994.[1] Stævnet participated in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the precursor of UEFA Cup, in 1955–58, 1958–60, 1961–62, 1962–63 and 1963–64.

Stævnet
Full nameDet Internationale Fodboldstævne
(The International Event of Football)
Nickname(s)Copenhagen XI
Founded1904
Dissolved1994
GroundIdrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark
Capacityca. 50,000
LeagueInter-Cities Fairs Cup
1963–641st round

The Copenhagen XI only competed in the above-mentioned editions of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cups. All other tournaments involving a Copenhagen team were contested by individual clubs from Copenhagen. Usually Stævnet would feature players from its member clubs exclusively, but players were often borrowed from other Danish clubs. In the two matches against Chelsea F.C. in 1958 the team featured 8 and 7 Frem players respectively.

Most of the matches played by Stævnet were exhibition matches either against its Danish competitor Alliancen, or against foreign, often British, teams, sometimes displaying a common Stævnet/Alliancen team.

On 10 May 1960 it played the Brazilian 1958 World Champions in an unofficial international arranged in collaboration with the Danish FA and Alliancen. The Brazilian team won the match by 4–3. The Danish goals were scored by Harald Nielsen (2) and Henning Enoksen (1).[2]

Member clubs

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Stævnet had a total of 11 member clubs.[3] The clubs written in bold are denoted as the Stævnet Clubs (Danish: Stævneklubberne). These clubs are considered core members.

Year of membership is annotated in brackets.

Match details

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Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

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  CF Barcelona 6–2 Stævnet – 25 December 1955[4]

Scorers: 1–0 Areta 8', 2–0 Areta 10', 3–0 Tajeda 32', 4–0 Villaverde 41', 5–0 Kubala 59', 5–1 Lundberg (pen) 65', 6–1 Areta 81', 6–2 Lundberg 85'.

Stævnet 1–1 CF Barcelona   – 26 April 1956[4]

Scorers: 1–0 Lundberg (pen) 60', 1–1 Villaverde 85'.

Barcelona won the group with 3pts vs 1pt

Stævnet/BK Frem 1–3 Chelsea F.C.   – 30 September 1958[5][6]

Team: Bent Koch (Frem) – Arne Kjeldsen (Frem), Verner Nielsen (AB) – Harald Gronemann (Frem), George Lees (Frem), Egon Henriksen (Frem) – Knud Petersen (Frem), Mogens Machon (Brønshøj BK), Søren Andersen (Frem), John Hansen (Frem), Jens Peder Hansen (Esbjerg fB).
Scorers: 0–1 Harrison 24', 1–1 Gronemann 26', 1–2 Greaves 54', 1–3 Nicholas 90'.

  Chelsea F.C. 4–1 Stævnet/BK Frem – 4 November 1958[5][7]

Team: Per Henriksen (Frem) – Arne Kjeldsen (Frem), Christen Brøgger (AB) – Harald Gronemann (Frem), George Lees (Frem), Egon Henriksen (Frem) – Jens Peder Hansen (Esbjerg fB), Villy Schøne Hansen (Skovshoved), Søren Andersen (Frem), John Hansen (Frem), Poul Mejer (Vejle B).
Scorers: 1–0 own goal (Lees) 5', 1–1 V.S. Hansen 7', 2–1 Greaves 40', 3–1 Greaves 72'.

Chelsea won 7–2 on aggregate

  Dinamo Zagreb 2–2 Stævnet – 7 September 1961[8]

Scorers: 1–0 Remete 29', 1–1 Rasmussen 31', 1–2 Andersen 40', 2–2 V. Markovic 70'.

Stævnet 2–7 Dinamo Zagreb   – 4 October 1961[8]

Scorers: Stævnet: Sørensen, Ravn ; Dinamo Zagreb: D. Jerkovic (2), Cvetkovic (2), Santek, Knel, Matua.

Zagreb won 9–4 on aggregate

  Hibernian F.C. 4–0 Stævnet – 3 October 1962[9]

Scorers: 1–0 Byrne 17', 2–0 Baker 20', 3–0 M. Stevenson 24', 4–0 own goal (Rønnov) 30'.

Stævnet 2–3 Hibernian F.C.   – 23 October 1962[9]

Scorers: 1–0 Dyrmose 17', 1–1 Byrne 33', 1–2 M. Stevenson 47', 1–3 M. Stevenson 63', 2–3 Christensen 67'.

Hibernian won 7–2 on aggregate

Stævnet 1–7 Arsenal F.C.   – 25 September 1963[10][11]

Scorers: 0–1 MacLeod 9', 0–2 Baker 24', 0–3 Strong 27', 0–4 Strong 35', 0–5 Strong 40', 0–6 Baker 46', 0–7 Baker 71', 1–7 Ole Jørgensen 81'.

  Arsenal F.C. 2–3 Stævnet – 22 October 1963[11]

Scorers: 1–0 Skirton 1', 2–0 Baker 30', 1–2 Dyrmose 30', 2–2 Dyrmose 78', 2–3 Dyrmose 88'.

Arsenal won 9–4 on aggregate

Noted friendlies

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Stævnet 2–3 Sheffield Wednesday   – 25 May 1911

Note: Grand opening of Idrætsparken

Stævnet 1–2 Rangers F.C.   – 5 June 1921

Scorers: Stævnet: S. Thorsteinsson
Attendance: 22,000

Stævnet vs. Blackpool   – 1947

Blackpool team: Stanley Matthews

Stævnet/Alliancen 1–2 FC Dynamo Moscow   – 1954[12]

Dynamo Moscow team: Lev Yashin
Scorers: Stævnet/Alliancen: Poul Erik Petersen
Attendance: 50,000

Stævnet 3–4 Brazil   – 10 May 1960[2][13][14][15]

Stævnet:[16] Henry From (Aarhus GF), Poul Andersen (Skovshoved IF), Hans Christian Nielsen (Aarhus GF), Poul Jensen (Vejle B) – Bent Hansen (B 1903), Flemming Nielsen (AB) – Poul Pedersen (AIA Aarhus), John Danielsen (B 1909), Harald Nielsen (Frederikshavn fl), Henning Enoksen (Vejle B), Jørn Sørensen (KB)
Brazil: Gilmar, Djalma Santos, Bellini, Vítor, Nílton Santos, Zito, Chinesinho, Garrincha, Quarentinha, Pelé, Pepe.
Scorers: 1–0 H. Nielsen, 1–1 Quarentinha, 2–1 H. Nielsen, 2–2 Pepe, 2–3 Quarentinha, 2–4 Chinesinho, 3–4 Enoksen.
Attendance: 52,000

Stævnet 4–5 Benfica   – 21 August 1962[17]

See also

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Footnotes and references

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  1. ^ Flodin, Jan (2003). Boldklubben 1903 : – ægte samhold gav den styrke : en farverig beretning om 100 år i sort og hvidt. H. Friis. p. 14.
  2. ^ a b Politikens Oplysning: Danmark-Brasilien 3–4, Dagbladet Politiken, 2 July 2005, section 1, pp. 18,
  3. ^ Jørgensen, Palle "Banks" (2002). Landsholdets 681 profiler fra 1908 til i dag. TIPS-Bladet. p. 3.
  4. ^ a b "Messebyturneringen 1955 – 58". Peders fodboldstatistik. Archived from the original on 1 March 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  5. ^ a b Boldklubben Frem consider this an official Frem match featuring a few players borrowed from other clubs.
  6. ^ "Frem-Chelsea, 30/09/1958 Kl. 19:00". Boldklubben Frem website. 30 March 2007.
  7. ^ "Chelsea-Frem, 04/11/1958 Kl. 19:30". Boldklubben Frem website. 30 March 2007.
  8. ^ a b "Messebyturneringen 1961 – 62". Peders fodboldstatistik. Archived from the original on 1 March 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  9. ^ a b "Messebyturneringen 1962 – 63". Peders fodboldstatistik. Archived from the original on 29 February 2004. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  10. ^ Arsenal’s first competitive match in Europe, Arsenal F.C., August 22, 2006
  11. ^ a b "Messebyturneringen 1963 – 64". Peders fodboldstatistik. Archived from the original on 1 March 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  12. ^ Jasjin er død, Berlingske Tidende, 22 March 1990, section 3, pp. 7,
  13. ^ This is considered an official international by the Brazilian Football Confederation
  14. ^ Ubesejret mod Brasilien, Dagbladet Politiken, 3 July 1998, sommermagasinet, pp. 6,
  15. ^ "Brazil internationals 1959–1960". rsssfbrasil. Archived from the original on 25 May 2005. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  16. ^ Subject to inacurracy. Based on the names given by the rsssfbrasil
  17. ^ Køge Boldklubs historie 1927 – 2007 at Køge Boldklub's website
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