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FC Nerds

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FC Nerds
Created by
  • Palle Strøm
  • Keld Reinicke
Original workFC Zulu
OwnerNordisk Film
Years2004–2008
Films and television
Television seriesFC Nerds (independent international versions, see below)
Miscellaneous
Genre

FC Nerds is a reality television sports franchise developed by Nordisk Film that originated in Denmark in 2004 from the television program FC Zulu. The show follows a number of nerdy young men with no experience in playing association football being trained by a famous football player in order to face a football club in the country's highest national league after a few months.

The format has been nominated for the Rose d'Or and, in 2005, an International Emmy Award in the Non-Scripted Entertainment category.[1]

Several international versions of the show spawned, including in Australia, Belgium, Finland, Germany, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Sweden. Teams from these international versions would sometimes compete against the Danish FC Zulu team.

International versions

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  Currently in production
  No longer in production
Country/Region Local title Network(s) Coach(es) Original run
 Australia Nerds FC SBS TV
14 April 2006 – 4 August 2007
 Belgium FC Nerds VT4 Johan Boskamp 2 April – 21 May 2008
 Denmark FC Zulu TV 2 Zulu 13 September 2004 – 30 October 2006
 Finland FC Nörtit Subtv Atik Ismail 2006
 Germany Borussia Banana – Helden im Strafraum RTL II Lothar Matthäus 6 September – 25 October 2005
 Iceland Knattspyrnufélagið Nörd Sýn
2006
 Netherlands Atletico Ananas Nederland 2 (BNN) Peter van Vossen 2005
 Norway Tufte IL
(part of Heia Tufte!)
TVNorge 2005 – 2006
FK Zebra TV 2 Zebra Egil Olsen 1 October – 19 November 2008
 Spain Paketes FC Unknown Unknown Unknown
 Sweden FC Z ZTV
TV6
2005 – 2007

References

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  1. ^ ""Young Andersen" and "FC Nerds" nominated for the Emmy Awards". Egmont Group. October 17, 2005. Archived from the original on July 20, 2008. Retrieved August 27, 2024.