Allan Simonsen

...winning the 1975 and 1979 UEFA Cups, as well as for FC Barcelona from Spain, winning the 1982 Cup Winners' Cup. Allan Simonsen is the only footballer to have scored in the European Cup , UEFA Cup, and Cup Winners' Cup finals, and...

In this article: Allan Rodenkam Simonsen, FC Barcelona, Denmark, Monchengladbach, Bundesliga, Vejle, Vejle Boldklub, and 1986 World Cup

...Danish attitude was always going to stop them getting right to the top. There are some many what ifs. What if the wonderful Allan Simonsen had not broken his leg against France in the first game of Euro 84? What if Denmark had not hit...

In this article: Denmark, Frank Arnesen, Sepp Piontek, Morten Olsen, Jesper Olsen, Michael Laudrup, Soren Lerby, FIFA, and World Cup

...unearthed the talents of many outstanding football players, such as Gunter Netzer, Berti Vogts, Jupp Heynckes, Rainer Bonhof, Allan Simonsen, Uli Stielike, and many more. From Player to Coach in Cologne After 1. FC Koln was founded in...

In this article: Gunter Netzer, Jupp Heynckes, Hennes Weisweiler, Bundesliga, Cologne, Rainer Bonhof, FC Koln, and Borussia Monchengladbach

...trysts were surprisingly frequent: the barely fathomable transfers of John Charles from Juventus to Leeds and Allan Simonsen from Barcelona to Charlton spring instantly to mind. Yet those would have knocked into the...

In this article: Roy Keane, Alex Ferguson, Michael Laudrup, Mick Harford, Diego Maradona, Harry Haslam, Sheffield United, Blackburn, Matthew Le Tissier, and Chelsea

...Luxembourg, with Fassa Bortolo picking up the team title. 17 July - The commune of Bettborn is renamed 'Preizerdaul'. 1 November - Allan Simonsen replaces Paul Philipp as coach of the Luxembourg national football team. 9 November - SES...

In this article: SES Astra, SES Global, Luxembourg, Kyoto Protocol, GE Americom, Astra 2C, Tour de Luxembourg, Fassa Bortolo, Clearstream, and Arcelor

...but had never claimed the continent's top trophy. Bob Paisley's side took the lead through Terry McDermott and although Allan Simonsen equalised shortly after half-time, the Reds soon regained the lead through Tommy Smith with Neal...

In this article: Phil Neal, Kevin Keegan, Liverpool, Bob Paisley, Tommy Smith, Terry McDermott, Hamburg, Stadio Olimpico, and All rights reserved

...lads, Tommy Smith and Phil Neal. They brought home the Holy Grail after Terry McDermott's opener had been cancelled out by little Allan Simonsen, the reigning European Footballer of the Year. But it was another mighty mouse of a player,...

In this article: Bob Paisley, Liverpool, Borussia Moenchengladbach, Liverpool, World War II, Bill Shankly, Tommy Smith, Terry McDermott, and Kevin Keegan

...avoid the drop. Around the world Shorter players have made their mark in other parts of the world too. Former Denmark schemer Allan Simonsen, a member of the legendary Borussia Monchengladbach side of the 1970s, is only 1.65m tall, but his...

In this article: Marko Marin, Pele, Lionel Messi, Alain Giresse, Diego Maradona, La Liga, Champions League, Bundesliga, and FIFA World Cup

...in the 1963 UEFA European Championships, they scored zero points in the qualifiers for the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ as former Danish star Allan Simonsen and then Guy Hellers failed to stop the rot, the team conceding 48 goals along the way.

In this article: Ottmar Hitzfeld, Guy Hellers, Luxembourg, Greece, Switzerland, Belarus, and Israel

Allan Simonsen in his Barcelona days (©Getty Images)Photos/Wallpapers » Former Ballon d'Or winner Allan Simonsen is backing his old side FC Barcelona to become the first team in 20 years to lift the European Champion Clubs' Cup in...

In this article: FC Barcelona, Europe, Denmark, All rights reserved, Ballon d'Or, European Champion Clubs' Cup, UEFA European Championship, FIFA World Cup, and Andres Iniesta