Condition: 8/10 Excellent. Some small bobbles & pulls scattered around

Size: Adult's Medium

Chest Measurement: 38-40 Inches / 97-101 CM

Manufacturer: Hummel

Colour: Red, white trim

Material: Polyester

Seasons: 2000/2001 & 2001/2002

Player: N/A

Patches: N/A

Official Hummel home football shirt from the 2000/01 international season.

Condition of this original football jersey is 8/10 - Excellent. Some small bobbles & pulls scattered around (see photos).

Morten Olsen was named the new manager for Denmark in 2000 and the team was quickly dubbed the "Olsen Gang", a reference to the series of Danish movies based around the main character Egon Olsen and his genius (criminal) plans. The nickname was also used for the Danish team as an alternative to the more commonly used "Danish Dynamite", already in those days when Olsen played as a captain.

Denmark's tactics shifted from the preferred 4–4–2 formation practised by Bo Johansson to an even more attacking style with an emphasis on the wingers available at the time, namely Jesper Grønkjær and Dennis Rommedahl. Accordingly, the Olsen's preferred formation has been either a 4–3–3 or a 4–2–3–1. Olsen even possessed an outspoken opposition to the 4–4–2 system, as he threatened to leave his position as head coach in the event he was asked to deploy Denmark in that formation. 

To support the development of players for the new tactical 4–3–3 system, all national youth teams also changed their formation. Another change Olsen brought to the national team was to stress the importance of only using fit players who had been granted regular playing time at their club. However, at times he was forced to compromise from this principle, as the pool of players available in the relatively small nation did not always provide him viable substitute options.

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