FC Nerds

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.

  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.