Ebbe Skovdahl

Ebbe Skovdahl
Personal information
Full name Ebbe Skovdahl Hansen
Date of birth (1945-07-05)5 July 1945
Place of birth Copenhagen, Denmark
Date of death 23 October 2020(2020-10-23) (aged 75)
Place of death Karlslunde, Denmark
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
195?–1971 Vanløse 130 (?)
1971–1977 Brøndby 89 (?)
Managerial career
1977–1977 Brøndby (3rd team)
1978–1980 Hvalsø
1980–1981 Glostrup
1982–1985 Brønshøj
1986–1987 Brøndby
1987–1988 Benfica
1988–1989 Brøndby
1990–1991 Vejle
1992–1999 Brøndby
1999–2002 Aberdeen
2003–2005 Frem
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ebbe Skovdahl Hansen (5 July 1945 – 23 October 2020) was a Danish football manager. He most prominently was a successful manager at Brøndby, for whom he had also played in his active years. He helped turn the side into the most dominant Danish team in the 1990s, and he also managed the club in several European campaigns with regular successful UEFA Cup runs, and a UEFA Champions League qualification. He won numerous Danish Superliga and Danish Cup titles.