DBU Bredde is a special interest organization for grassroots association football in Denmark (Danish: breddefodbold) and the six regional associations under the Danish Football Association (DBU); DBU Bornholm, DBU Copenhagen, DBU Funen, DBU Jutland, DBU Lolland-Falster and DBU Zealand.[2][1] DBU Bredde is one of three formal members of the Danish FA (the others being Divisionsforeningen and Kvindedivisionsforeningen), is subject to the laws and regulations of the national association, and elects two out of seven members to the board of the Danish FA.[2][3][4] The nation-wide organization consists of a board of representatives and a board of directors (the chairmen of each regional football association and an observer), representing their member's political and strategic interests towards the Danish FA, men's professional football represented by Divisionsforeningen (DF), women's elite football represented by Kvindedivisionsforeningen (KDF), referees represented by Danish Football Referee Association (DFU), and the national and local municipalities.[5][6] Areas of co-operation between the members include the education of coaches and referees, counseling on club development, and volunteering.[1][7][8]
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| Formation | 1970[1] |
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| Type | Sports organisation |
| Headquarters | DBU Allé 1, 2605 Brøndby |
| Location |
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Membership | DBU Bornholm DBU København DBU Fyn DBU Jylland DBU Lolland-Falster DBU Sjælland |
| Bent Clausen (DBU Jutland) | |
Formerly called | Foreningen af Lokalunioner i Danmark (1970–2019) |
Founded in 1970 as Foreningen af Lokalunioner i Danmark (FLU), it was renamed DBU Bredde on 3 March 2019.[1][9]
History
editFounding, disagreements and new relegations
editThe organization was originally established as Foreningen af Lokalunioner i Danmark (FLU) in 1970 to promote co-operation on common affairs between the Danish FA's six regional football associations and to ensure the development of Danish grassroots association football.[1][10][11] In 1981, it was formalized that the FLU became one of the two members of the national football association alongside the Divisionsforeningen (representing the Danish elite clubs).[1][12] Beginning with the 1982-season, common tournament regulations at a regional level went into effect, although special rules for some of the regional associations meant that they were not completely aligned.[12] Changes to a regional football tournament's rules had to be approved at the FLU's annual meeting, before they officially could take effect locally.[13]
During the 1980s, there were ongoing discussions between the elites and grassroots on how much influence the elite should have especially with regard to the number of votes the Divisionsforeningen should have at the Danish FA's Board of Representatives meeting and the number of representatives on the national football association's board – the grassroots clubs held greater representation than the Divisionsforeningen.[4] In 1991, the FLU put forward a proposal for a structural change that would organizationally divide the Danish FA into a grassroots and an elite section with the Danish FA on top, which was confirmed the same year.[4] The participants at FLU's Board of Representatives meeting held on 7 February 1998 at Vissenbjerg adopted an amendment, which halved the FLU's board from twelve to six members, meaning that moving forwards there would only be one representative from each of the DBU's regional associations.[14] On 3 March 2019, the name was changed to DBU Bredde after an approval by the Danish FA's board of directors at a board of representatives meeting.[1][9]
In the early years of professional football in Denmark, amateur clubs received up to DKK 30,000 in compensation, when a home-grown player signed his first contract with a Danish club.[15] However, the Bosman ruling abolished this so-called national transfer system, making it voluntary for Danish professional clubs to send so-called training compensation and solidarity constribution checks to amateur clubs for a player's development.[15] In 2006, the FLU proposed a national transfer system inspired by FIFA's rules for international transfers, that was implemented in 2001, and the national regulations already in use since 2005 and 2006 in Swedish and Norwegian football, but it was rejected by the Divisionsforeningen and never truly debated.[16][15] On 26 January 2013, a new agreement negotiated between the FLU and Divisionsforeningen went into effect that guaranteed compensation financially via a fixed distribution key for amateur clubs' training and talent development, if a Danish football player signed a contract with a Danish professional club, and when the player was sold to another club.[6]
Organizational reformation
editAs a consequence of the constant disagreements between the elite and grassroots members of the national association, it became publicly known ahead of the DBU's representatives meeting on 22 February 2003 at Odense, that the DBU's management would be working towards structural changes, which included dissolving five of the existing regional associations and creating two new large units representing East and West Denmark, with the proposed border being at Little Belt, reducing the numbers of clubs in the Danmarksturneringen i fodbold and reducing the number of DBU board members.[11][17] On 20 June 2015, a new agreement, referred to as Breddeaftalen, regarding grassroots football was reached with the Danish FA, that would give the FLU more responsibility and greater influence with regard to children's and youth football, club counseling and grassroots education, among other things.[8][7][18] These tasks previously lay with the grassroots department of the Danish FA at their offices in Brøndby.[9] A central element in that agreement was to set up a committee to prepare a modernization proposal for a reformation of FLU with the intent of strengthening the political, strategic and administrative organization and grassroots football development.[9] The proposal made involved reorganizing the FLU at a regional level to only include two new regional members in West and East Denmark by merging DBU Jylland and DBU Fyn into DBU Bredde Vest, and merging DBU Sjælland, DBU København, DBU Lolland-Falster and DBU Bornholm into DBU Bredde Øst, which would officially take effect on 1 January 2022.[19] The agreement on the reform was made on the condition that it was approved at delegate and council meetings in all six regional associations. Five regional associations had already voted in favor of the reform proposal in 2021. On 17 August 2021, DBU København voted against the proposal.[19]
List of chairpersons
edit- Henning R. Jensen (1989–1998), DBU Jutland[13][14]
- Benny Hansen (1998–2009), DBU Jutland[13][20][14]
- Kurt Bagge-Hansen (2009–2014), DBU Zealand[16]
- Henrik Ravnild (2014–2018), DBU Copenhagen[21]
- Lars Albæk (2018–2022), DBU Bornholm[3][1]
- Bent Clausen (2022–present), DBU Jutland[22]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h "Om DBU Bredde". dbubornholm.dk (in Danish). DBU Bornholm. Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ^ a b "DBUs medlemmer og organer: §5 Unionens medlemmer og øvrige organisationer, klubber og tredjemænd og disses regelsæt; §14 Bestyrelsens sammensætning". DBU's Love (PDF) (in Danish). Dansk Boldspil-Union (DBU). 29 February 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ a b Mortensen, Maja Mohr (2 March 2018). "FLU vælger bornholmsk formand" (in Danish). TV 2/Bornholm. Archived from the original on 2 March 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ a b c Olsen, David Holt; Grønkjær, Allan B. (11 September 2009). "Dansk fodboldshistorie 3: Acceptér, at du kan tabe en fodboldkamp. Og gør det med værdighed!" (PDF). Dansk Fodboldhistorie, del 3 (in Danish). www.idrottsforum.org: 2–3. ISSN 1652-7224.
Gennem 1980'erne skabte det debat om, hvor stor magt eliten skulle have, specificeret i en vedvarende diskussion om antal stemmer til DF på DBU's repræsentantskabsmøde og antal repræsentanter i DBU's bestyrelse, hvor breddeklubberne besad større repræsentation end DF. Og sådan forblev det: Et strukturændringsforslag fremsat af FLU stadfæstede dette i 1991. På den måde var DBU organisatorisk opdelt i en bredde og en elite med sig selv som en slags overligger, hvor de forskellige særinteresser skulle samles og afvejes.
- ^ Kristensen, Jens-Carl (15 March 1991). "800 spillere vil nedlægge arbejdet" (in Danish). Berlingske Tidende. p. 13, Sektion 1.
- ^ a b Anker-Møller, Kristian (31 January 2013). "Amatørklubber sikres kompensation" (in Danish). bold.dk. Archived from the original on 22 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Det betyder nye aftaler for dansk fodbold" (in Danish). No. Sport. Berlingske Tidende. Ritzaus Bureau. 4 March 2017. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ a b Lissner, Søren (28 February 2019). "Det moderne DBU's sorteste stund hærger stadig unionen 4 år senere" (in Danish). Politiken. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Foreningen af Lokalunioner skifter navn til DBU Bredde" (in Danish). DBU Fyn. www.dbufyn.dk. 5 March 2019. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ "Historie : Årsberetninger : 1961-1970 : 1970". www.dbukoebenhavn.dk (in Danish). DBU Copenhagen. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ a b Christensen, Frits (22 February 2003). "Fodboldmøde: DBU-plan om ny struktur" (in Danish). Jyllands-Posten. p. 6, Sektion 2 (Sport).
- ^ a b "Historie : Årsberetninger : 1981-1990 : 1981". www.dbukoebenhavn.dk (in Danish). DBU Copenhagen. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "DBU Jyllands historie". www.dbujylland.dk (in Danish). DBU Jylland. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ a b c "FLU fik ny formand" (in Danish). Ritzaus Bureau. 7 February 1998.
- ^ a b c Larsen, Niels Jørgen (11 February 2011). "Udvalg nærmer sig løsning om talent-betaling" (in Danish). Tipsbladet. www.tipsbladet.dk. Archived from the original on 22 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ a b Larsen, Niels Jørgen; Hansen, Torsten Kjems (1 May 2009). "Storklubber er parat til at betale for talenterne" (in Danish). Tipsbladet. www.tipsbladet.dk. p. 6. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ Kristensen, Jens-Carl (11 March 1990). "Vejle-leder langede ud mod FLU" (in Danish). Berlingske Tidende. p. 11, Sektion 2, Magasin.
- ^ "DBU vedtager historisk aftale i dansk fodbold" (in Danish). TV 2. Ritzaus Bureau. 4 March 2017. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ a b "De københavnske klubber har stemt nej til reformen af DBU Bredde" (in Danish). DBU Bredde Kommunikation. 17 August 2021. Archived from the original on 17 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ "Magtskifte i dansk fodbold: Det siger bosserne om de nye aftaler" (in Danish). DR. Ritzaus Bureau. 4 March 2017. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ Pedersen, Dan; Kailow, Henrik, eds. (April 2018). "Christian Kofoed er ny formand". Fodboldmagasinet København (in Danish) (1). DBU København: 10–11.
DBU København har i forbindelse med formandsskiftet også valgt at frasige sig posten, som formand for Foreningen af Lokalunioner (FLU). Henrik Ravnild har i mange år haft formandsposten, men på det seneste bestyrelsesmøde i FLU blev Lars Albæk fra DBU Bornholm valgt som ny formand.
- ^ Wehlast, Mads Glenn (2 March 2023). "Kæmpe drama i DBU: Klar til at ofre sin makker" (in Danish). Ekstra Bladet. www.ekstrabladet.dk. Archived from the original on 17 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.