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.
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.
International versions Currently in production No longer in production
+ Country/Region Local title Network(s) Coach(es) Original run Nerds FC SBS TV 14 April 2006 – 4 August 2007 FC Nerds VT4 Johan Boskamp 2 April – 21 May 2008 FC Zulu TV 2 Zulu 13 September 2004 – 30 October 2006 FC Nörtit Subtv Atik Ismail 2006 Borussia Banana – Helden im Strafraum RTL II Lothar Matthäus 6 September – 25 October 2005 Knattspyrnufélagið Nörd Sýn 2006 Atletico Ananas Nederland 2 (BNN) Peter van Vossen 2005 Tufte IL TVNorge 2005 – 2006 FK Zebra TV 2 Zebra Egil Olsen 1 October – 19 November 2008 Paketes FC FC Z ZTVTV6 2005 – 2007
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