Lyngby BK v AGF Århus, Danish Superliga

 

Lyngby BK 2-2 AGF Århus
Danish Superliga
Saturday 1 August 2026, 18:00 kick-off
Lyngby Stadium, Lyngby
Crowd: 7,346

This was my third visit to Lyngby, a leafy northern suburb of Copenhagen, the first being way back in 1986. Today's game was special because it was the club's first home game back in the top league and the visitors were the reigning Danish champions, AGF, from Århus in Jutland. It was a perfect evening for football with sunshine, a cool breeze and a well-filled ground.

Lyngby, like all clubs in the Copenhagen area, live in the shadow of the big two, FC Copenhagen and Brøndby, but have done very well in recent years despite limited resources. They were founded in 1921 and have twice been Danish champions, in 1983 and 1992, plus 3 cup wins. They have also come back from the dead, going bankrupt in 2001, reforming and climbing back through the league system, returning to the top tier in 2010. Their highest position since then was a bronze medal in 2017. They have also been a bit of a yo-yo team in recent years going down to division 1 but quickly returning, as they have just done.

AGF are from Denmark's second city and have a proud record with six championships. Their triumph last season was their first for 40 years and was rightly celebrated by their proud fans. They are almost a permanent member of the top flight apart from a few embarrassing relegations now and again. As in all countries, everyone loves to hate the capital city and so for the fans of AGF there's nothing better than beating the Copenhagen teams. AGF brought a big support with them for today's game filling the away end and half of the east stand and making a lot of noise with the now obligatory drummer leading the show.

Lyngby started the season last week with an impressive battle away to neighbours FC Copenhagen, losing 2-3 but could very easily have grabbed a point. AGF started with a draw at home to the other capital giant Brøndby.

The ground

This is a lovely stadium, not super modern but with plenty charm. It was built in 1949 but has been renovated and extended several times. The official capacity today is 10,000 and the record crowd is 14,794 against local rivals B1903 (now part of FC Copenhagen) in 1991.

The two main stands are all seating and the home fans are mostly concentrated in the bigger west stand where I found my seat. The south end is open terracing and was filled with AGF fans whilst the most interesting part of the ground is the north end. Here you find the clubhouse and changing rooms so the teams come out from the north-east corner. The rest of this end is a wonderful fan zone with kiosks, fan shop, bouncy castle, balls to kick and even a few table football games. It was very lively before the match and many people just stay there for the whole game, especially the kids. The grassy corner areas were also popular today with fans watching from there.

The fans were very vocal but well-behaved and the two sets mingled before and after the match with no signs of the aggression you see at other big games. As usual over here the beer flowed in great volumes and an awful lots of sausages were consumed. One kiosk offered an alternative in the form of pancakes with Nutella. My only complaint about the ground is that the entrances are rather cramped and it's not so obvious how to get in and out of the ground.

The game

This was an intensive and exciting match with plenty of chances at both ends. As in yesterday's match at AB, the visitors equalised in stoppage time to the disappointment of the home team and fans. Lyngby opened well and were very close to scoring after 10 minutes when a hard shot by Lauge Sandgrav hit the bar. AGF replied when James Bogere found himself free on the keeper and looked certain to score but he was forced wide and nothing came of it. 

It was an even match and there were plenty of robust challenges throughout. Then in the 30th minute a shot in the box was blocked by Lyngby defender Buur and a VAR check was made. It looked to me as if the ball simply hit his arm and there wasn't much he could do about it. This is always a difficult decision and after the VAR check the ref pointed to the spot. Could Buur have avoided the contact? I don't think so but technically I suppose it was a penalty. Anyway Kristian Arnstad, whose shot had lead to the penalty, made no mistake from the spot.

The second half played out like the first with intensity, chances and uncompromising challenges. But as the half wore on it was clear that the hosts had the advantage and pressed for a deserved equaliser. Their reward came after 70 minutes with a lovely free kick from Casper "Dani" Winter right into the top far corner. Lyngby went all-out for a winner and took the lead after a penalty from substitute Frederik Gytkær - no VAR check this time - and the home fans were in ecstasy. But fate dealt a cruel blow at the very end when a cross from the left was headed home by Jens Jønsson and that was that,

A very enjoyable match that had plenty of talking points and full value for money. Lyngby have two points from as many games but if they play as well as they did today I'm sure they will soon get a three-pointer.