Viborg FF

Viborg Fodsports Forening was established on 1 April 1896. The club originally encompassed several sports, including cricket, gymnastics, boxing, and others. Football was not initially a sport included within the club; however, the club won Mesterrækken in 1924, which was highest football league on the Jutland peninsula in Denmark at the time. By 1929, as other sports had separated into other independent organisations, football remained as the club's only sport. For the following decades, Viborg FF competed in the regional Danish leagues before finally reaching the national divisions in 1959, when it qualified for the 4th division after several unsuccessful attempts. Erik Bundgaard was one player involved in the club's achievement, and his 421 matches played for the club were a record until 2008, when Jakob Glerup surpassed his mark.

During the early 1970s, Viborg FF was relegated from the national divisions to the Danmarksserien, but returned to the national divisions in 1974. Since this time, the club has stayed within the national divisions of the Danish football pyramid. After a series of promotions, Viborg reached the Danish 1st Division in 1980, which was then the highest division in Danish football. After only one season, the club were relegated to the 2nd Division and would not return to the 1st Division until 1989. After several years of progress and investing in their youth football programs, Viborg returned to the top level in 1993, gaining promotion to the newly established Danish Superliga, which had been created in 1991. Once again, however, the club were relegated after only one season. In 1995, the club again returned to the Superliga where they would remain for more than a decade.

Viborg FF's highest achievement came during the 1999–2000 Danish Cup. With a 1–0 victory over AaB in the final, the club won the biggest football tournament in the country. The club was given the opportunity to play in the Danish Super Cup in the season following their cup win, defeating Herfølge BK on penalties. The club received an invitation to the UEFA Cup for the 2000–01 tournament, marking their participation in continental football for the first time in the club's history. Their participation would be short-lived however, as they were eliminated in the second round by Spanish club Rayo Vallecano. The same season, the club established full-time professional contracts for all its playing staff. By 2002, Viborg FF had fully established a youth academy of their own in FK Viborg.

While Viborg FF continued to enjoy varying degrees of success in the years after, including a 4th place finish in 2005–06, the club was once again relegated in the spring of 2008. After several more years in the 1st Division, the club became a yo-yo club for the next several years with two promotions and two more relegations between the 2012–13 and the 2016–17 seasons. The club captured their fourth 1st Division title during the 2020–21 season and once more returned to the Superliga. Their first season back in the Superliga proved to be successful as the club reached the UEFA Conference League, after defeating AaB in a European play-off match. The club advanced to the play-off round following victories over Lithuan club FK Sūduva and Faroese-side B36 Tórshavn, before losing 6–1 on aggregate to eventual-tournament winner West Ham United. As of the 2026–27 season, the club remains in the top-flight.