Allan Simonsen

**Allan Simonsen** (born 15 December 1952) is a former Danish football player. He has played for Denmark national team.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Borussia Mönchengladbach|1972–73|Bundesliga|8|0||
|1973–74|9|2||||
|1974–75|34|18||||
|1975–76|34|16||||
|1976–77|34|12||||
|1977–78|31|17||||
|1978–79|28|11||||
|Barcelona|1979–80|La Liga|32|10||
|1980–81|33|10||||
|1981–82|33|11||||
|Charlton Athletic|1982–83|Second Division|16|9||
|Vejle|1983|First Division|28|13||
|1984|13|6||||
|1985|30|16||||
|1986|24|13||||
|1987|25|13||||
|1988|23|4||||
|1989|23|5||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="15"|Denmark|1972|9|5|
|1973|0|0|||
|1974|2|1|||
|1975|1|0|||
|1976|2|1|||
|1977|2|2|||
|1978|1|1|||
|1979|4|1|||
|1980|5|2|||
|1981|7|3|||
|1982|1|0|||
|1983|7|4|||
|1984|6|0|||
|1985|4|0|||
|1986|4|0|||

- _Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Simonsen goal_.

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|3 July 1972|Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland||2–2|5–2|Friendly||||||||
|2|4–2|||||||||||||
|3|27 August 1972|Drei Flüsse Stadion, Passau, Germany||1–0|3–2|1972 Summer Olympics||||||||
|4|3–2|||||||||||||
|5|29 August 1972|Rosenaustadion, Augsburg, Germany||2–0|4–0|1972 Summer Olympics||||||||
|6|3 September 1974|Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark||4–0|9–0|Friendly||||||||
|7|23 May 1976|Tsirion Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus||1–1|5–1|1978 World Cup qualification||||||||
|8|1 May 1977|Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark||1–1|1–2|1978 World Cup qualification||||||||
|9|15 June 1977|Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark||2–1|2–1|1972–77 Nordic Championship||||||||
|10|20 September 1978|Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark||1–2|3–4|1980 European Championship qualification||||||||
|11|6 June 1979|Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark||3–0|4–0|1980 European Championship qualification||||||||
|12|21 May 1980|Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark||1–1|2–2|Friendly||||||||
|13|19 November 1980|Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark||4–0|4–0|1982 World Cup qualification||||||||
|14|15 April 1981|Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark||1–1|2–1|Friendly||||||||
|15|26 August 1981|Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark||2–0|3–0|Friendly||||||||
|16|3–0|||||||||||||
|17|1 June 1983|Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark||3–1|3–1|1984 European Championship qualification||||||||
|18|21 September 1983|Wembley Stadium, London, UK||1–0|1–0|1984 European Championship qualification||||||||
|19|12 October 1983|Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark||4–0|6–0|1984 European Championship qualification||||||||
|20|16 November 1983|Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece||2–0|2–0|1984 European Championship qualification||||||||

## Managerial statistics

Updated 16 June 2016

|rowspan=2! width=150|Team|rowspan=2! width=150|From|rowspan=2! width=150|To|colspan=5|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|Faroe Islands|align="left"|1994|align="left"|2001|||
|align="left"|Luxembourg|align="left"|13 February 2002|align="left"|17 November 2004|||

## Honours

**Vejle Boldklub**
- Danish championship: 1971, 1972, 1984
- Danish Cup: 1972

**Borussia Mönchengladbach**
- Bundesliga: 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77
- DFB-Pokal: 1972–73
- DFL-Supercup: 1977
- European Cup runner-up: 1976–77
- UEFA Cup: 1974–75, 1978–79; runner-up: 1972–73

**Barcelona**
- Copa del Rey: 1980–81
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1981–82

**Individual**
- Ballon d'Or: 1977
- Onze de Bronze: 1977
- kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77
- _Sport Ideal European XI_: 1977
- European Cup Top Scorer: 1977–78
- UEFA Cup Top Scorer: 1978–79
- Danish Football Hall of Fame

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Allan Simonsen
- **image**: Allan-simonsen-2000.jpg
- **full name**: Allan Rodenkam Simonsen
- **birth place**: Vejle, Denmark
- **height**: 1.65 m
- **position**: Striker (association football), Striker
- **years1**: 1971–1972
- **clubs1**: Vejle Boldklub, Vejle BK
- **caps1**: 42
- **goals1**: 16
- **years2**: 1972–1979
- **clubs2**: Borussia Mönchengladbach
- **caps2**: 178
- **goals2**: 76
- **years3**: 1979–1982
- **clubs3**: FC Barcelona, Barcelona
- **caps3**: 98
- **goals3**: 31
- **years4**: 1982–1983
- **clubs4**: Charlton Athletic F.C., Charlton Athletic
- **caps4**: 16
- **goals4**: 9
- **years5**: 1983–1989
- **clubs5**: Vejle Boldklub, Vejle BK
- **caps5**: 166
- **goals5**: 70
- **totalcaps**: 500
- **totalgoals**: 202
- **nationalyears1**: 1971–1972
- **nationalteam1**: Denmark national under-21 football team, Denmark U-21
- **nationalcaps1**: 6
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 1972–1986
- **nationalteam2**: Denmark national football team, Denmark
- **nationalcaps2**: 55
- **nationalgoals2**: 20
- **manageryears1**: 1991–1994
- **managerclubs1**: Vejle Boldklub, Vejle BK
- **manageryears2**: 1994–2001
- **managerclubs2**: Faroe Islands national football team, Faroe Islands
- **manageryears3**: 2001–2004
- **managerclubs3**: Luxembourg national football team, Luxembourg
- **manageryears4**: 2011–2013
- **managerclubs4**: FC Fredericia, Fredericia (General manager)
- **manageryears5**: 2013
- **managerclubs5**: FC Fredericia, Fredericia (caretaker)