SILKEBORG IF
UEFA Europa Conference League Group B, JYSK Park, Thursday 15 September 2022, 9pm CEST (8pm BST)
West Ham United return to Denmark for this UEFA Europa Conference League (UECL) Group B tie with Silkeborg IF, only 22 days after visiting the country to complete a play-off round win over Viborg FF.
Having completed a 6-1 aggregate victory in the Club’s first-ever competitive fixture in Denmark, just 25 miles to the north, David Moyes’ squad head back to the Jutlandic peninsula for the second of six group-stage ties.
Silkeborg dropped into the UECL after losing 2-1 on aggregate to Finnish opponents HJK in the UEFA Europa League play-off round.
Silkeborg have been crowned Danish Superliga champions and Danish Cup winners once each in their history, in 1993/94, and 2001 respectively, while our next European opponents also won the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 1996, defeating Segesta Sisak of Croatia in the final.
This season is the first time Silkeborg have reached the group stage of a major European competition, having finished third in the Superliga Championship round last term.
Silkeborg’s 10,000-capacity JYSK Park stadium opened in July 2017 and has an artificial turf pitch.
Tickets…
West Ham United have been allocated 760 Standard Tickets for this fixture, priced at £12 in all bands.
For both Wheelchair Viewing Spaces and Accessible (AEA), tickets are charged at the relevant price band. Please call our Ticket Office team on 0333 030 0174 or email [email protected].
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Tickets are on General Sale now for our home Premier League fixtures with Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday 1 October and Fulham on Sunday 8 October.
Meanwhile, our UEFA Europa Conference League Group B ties with RSC Anderlecht and Silkeborg IF at London Stadium on Thursday 13 October and Thursday 27 October respectively are on currently sale to Season Ticket Holders at reduced prices ahead of a General Sale starting on Friday 23 September.
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How to get there…
Silkeborg itself does not have an airport, so you will need to fly into one of the three situated within driving distance.
Around 45 miles south of Silkeborg, Billund is most famous for LEGOLAND, but also has an international airport with direct Ryanair flights from London Stansted.
About 75 miles Silkeborg is Aalborg, which can be accessed via short stopover in a number of European cities, depending on which airline you use. Norwegian flies from Gatwick via Copenhagen, while KLM flies from Heathrow via Amsterdam.
And to complete a hat-trick, Aarhus airport is situated around 60 miles east of Silkeborg. Direct flights are available from Stansted with Ryanair.
From all three, you can take a taxi, hire a car or try your luck on the Danish long-distance bus network. There is a direct train to Aarhus, but the airport is another 50-minute train journey from the city!
Once in Silkeborg, take City Bus line 11 towards Nørreskov Bakke – Oslovej runs from Silkeborg Banegård to JYSK Park. Get off at the Lindeparken/Ansvej stop and walk 500 meters to JYSK Park.
If you are driving, please use the car park on Søholt Parkvej and walk along the footpath to JYSK Park.
Supporter information...
West Ham United supporters are advised that they will need to collect their tickets from the Visiting Supporters’ Ticket Office at the JYSK Park located at JYSK park, Ansvej 104, 8600 Silkeborg.
The Ticket Office is located by Entrance/Indgang 1. Collections will be open here from 2pm-5pm on Wednesday and 1pm-5pm on Thursday. The small Ticket House located at Entrance/Indgang 6 will then be open from 5pm-9pm (kick-off).
Please take care of your ticket - There can be no duplicate match tickets issued for this game as there is no facility to provide a duplicate ticket at the stadium. Supporters will receive a voucher prior to travel which can be exchanged for a ticket at the times listed above. Tickets MUST be collected in person by the named ticket holder only. Tickets can only be collected on production of photo ID.
Matchday...
On arrival at JYSK Park for the match, supporters must follow the marked path on the outside of the fence to the away section at Entrance 6. The Away section opens 90 minutes before the start of the match at 6.30pm CEST.
You will be able to bring fireproof banners no bigger than 1.5x10 metres and flags no bigger than 3x3 metres (without a pole) into the stadium.
There is no restriction on bag sizes allowed into the JYSK Park, however they will be thoroughly searched on arrival. You will be allowed to bring battery packs into the stadium.
Hot dogs, sausages with bread and beer, soft drinks and hot drinks, as well as chocolate bars and ice cream, will all be on sale at JYSK Park on matchday. You must be at least 18 years old to buy beer and you must be able to show a valid ID if necessary. You can use cash (DKK) or card to purchase items.
The emergency services contact number in Denmark is 112 and for non-emergency services it is 114.
Where to stay…
Unsurprisingly, virtually all hotel accommodation in Silkeborg itself has already been booked by travelling West Ham United supporters!
There are a few options in and around the town still available on Airbnb , but by the time you read this, even they may have been snapped up.
What to do…
Silkeborg is a town of just under 50,000 inhabitants situated on the Gudenå River in the forest and lake-filled region of Søhøjlandet.
While the surrounding countryside is well worth a visit for a hike in the fresh air, the town itself has a number of sights, including Silkeborg Museum, featuring a mummified corpse of the Tollund Man, who lived in the 4th century BC, and the SS Hjejlen, the world’s oldest operational steamboat, launched in 1861, which carries tourists on pleasure cruises from the town’s harbour.
If you fly into Billund, then as mentioned you can take a trip to the iconic LEGOLAND, the family theme park focusing on the eponymous construction toy.
What’s happened there before…
West Ham United have never visited Silkeborg previously, but we have been to Denmark on a number of occasions.
The first was in May 1927, when we won three friendly matches in Copenhagen. We returned in June 1930 and drew 3-3 with Copenhagen. In May and June 1948, we played five matches in Denmark, losing to Aarhus and Jydsk, but beating Esbjerg, Randers and Aalborg.
We returned for pre-season matches in July 1997, losing 2-1 at Brøndby, and July 2011, winning 1-0 at FC Copenhagen, before visiting Viborg for our UECL play-off round second-leg tie last month, which we won 3-0.
