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Danes name mix of youth and experience

  • Saturday, August 16 2008 @ 05:00 pm ACST
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International Cup 2008

The Denmark Vikings have a squad ranging from veterans such as captain Pall Finnson and Danish footy stalwart Erik Krolmark to youth developed over the past decade in the Farum junior program.

All four of the Danish clubs in the DAFL premier league (the other two premier league clubs, Helsingborg and Port Malmö, are in Sweden) are represented, with the Farum Cats supplying 13 players, the North Copenhagen Barracudas 7, the Jutland Shinboners 5 and the Copenhagen Crocodiles 1.

The full squad is:

#NameClubAgeHeight(cm)Weight(kg)
1 Christopher Campion Farum 19 178 75
2 Joachim Secher Farum 17 180 70
3 Peter Bjarnum Farum 23 181 75
4 Troels Cederholm Farum 27 178 78
5 Jonas Holstein Nth Copenhagen 33 185 83
6 Thore Lauritzen Farum 19 179 92
7 Morten Engsbye Farum/Jutland 21 180 75
8 Erik Krolmark (VC) Nth Copenhagen 34 188 88
9 Pàll Finnsson (C) Jutland 33 180 80
10 Jesper Gjørup Nth Copenhagen 34 177 79
11 Mikkel Højgård Farum 19 186 79
12 Kristian Stetter Jutland 31 178 83
13 Christian Rose Farum 28 179 80
14 Troels Ottessen Farum 23 186 85
15 Kasper Holm Nth Copenhagen 21 187 84
16 Nicholai Secher Farum 19 188 80
17 Rene Damborg Jylland 27 171 75
18 Jakob Ibsen Nth Copenhagen 20 187 80
19 Jens Djernes Jylland 19 190 90
20 Rasmus Jacobsen Farum 21 185 86
21 Michael Neugebauer Copenhagen 27 191 85
22 Christian Madsen Farum 19 186 80
23 Eliud K Schmidt Nth Copenhagen 27 183 91
24 Mads Buhl Farum 19 188 89
25 Michael Jensen Farum 27 192 97
26 Niels Schønnemann Nth Copenhagen 26 188 105

Coach: Jim Campion
Assistant Coach: Gavin Hollingworth
Team Manager: Chris Little
Host Club: Geelong