F.C. Copenhagen
Football Club Copenhagen, commonly known as FC København, FC Copenhagen, Copenhagen or simply FCK, is a professional Danish football club in Copenhagen, Denmark. The club was founded in 1992, and currently play in the Danish Superliga. They have won 15 Danish Superliga titles (tied with KB) and 9 Danish Cups (the most of any team in Denmark).
Full name | Football Club København | |||
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Nickname(s) | Byens Hold (The Team of the City); The Lions | |||
Short name | FCK Copenhagen | |||
Founded | 1 July 1992 | |||
Ground | Parken Stadium, Copenhagen | |||
Capacity | 38,065 | |||
Owner | Parken Sport & Entertainment A/S | |||
Chairman | Henrik Møgelmose | |||
Head coach | Jacob Neestrup | |||
League | Superliga | |||
2023–24 | Superliga, 3rd of 12 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Honours
changeNational
change- Danish Superliga
- Danish Cup
- Danish League Cup
- Winners: 1996
- Runners-up (2): 2005, 2006
- Danish Super Cup
- Winners (3): 1995, 2001, 2004
- Ørestad Cup
- Winners (2): 2000, 2002
- The Atlantic Cup
Regional
changePlayers
changeCurrent squad
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Youth players in use
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Out on loan
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Captains
changeYears | Captain |
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1992–1993 | Pierre Larsen (DF) |
1993–1994 | Palle Petersen (GK) |
1994–1995 | Allan Nielsen (MF) |
1995–1997 | Iørn Uldbjerg (MF) |
1997–1998 | Henrik Larsen (MF) |
1998–1999 | Peter Nielsen (MF) |
1999–2001 | Michael Mio Nielsen (MF) |
2001–2002 | Christian Lønstrup (MF) |
2002–2003 | Peter Nielsen (MF) |
2004–2005 | Bo Svensson (DF) |
2005–2007 | Tobias Linderoth (MF) |
2007–2008 | Michael Gravgaard (DF) |
2008–2009 | Ulrik Laursen (DF) |
2009–2010 | Hjalte Nørregaard (MF) |
2010–2011 | William Kvist (MF) |
2011–2012 | Mathias Jørgensen (DF) |
2012–2014 | Lars Jacobsen (DF) |
2014–2016 | Thomas Delaney (MF) |
2016–2017 | Mathias Jørgensen (DF) |
2017–2018 | William Kvist (MF) |
2018–2023 | Zeca (MF) |
2023– | Viktor Claesson (MF) |
FC Copenhagen All Stars
changeIn 2014, 32,000 fans participated in a vote to select their 11 all-time favourite Copenhagen players.[4]
Name | Pos | Nat | Years | Games | Goals | League games |
League goals |
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Johan Wiland | GK | 2009–2015 | 192 | 0 | 141 | 0 | |
Zdeněk Pospěch | RB | 2008–2011 | 151 | 16 | 108 | 14 | |
Brede Hangeland | CB | 2006–2008 | 107 | 6 | 63 | 3 | |
Michael Gravgaard | CB | 2005–2008 | 129 | 10 | 79 | 7 | |
Oscar Wendt | LB | 2006–2011 | 204 | 6 | 138 | 6 | |
Tobias Linderoth | CM | 2004–2007 | 127 | 6 | 82 | 4 | |
Christian Poulsen | CM | 2000–2002 2014–2015 |
77 | 12 | 61 | 12 | |
Atiba Hutchinson | CM | 2006–2010 | 215 | 29 | 139 | 22 | |
Sibusiso Zuma | RW | 2000–2005 | 188 | 53 | 145 | 41 | |
Dame N'Doye | CF | 2009–2012 2018–2020 |
217 | 118 | 151 | 90 | |
Jesper Grønkjær | LW | 2006–2011 | 167 | 26 | 114 | 16 |
Staff
changeCurrent technical staff
changeName | Role |
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Jacob Neestrup | Head coach |
Stefan Madsen | Assistant coach |
Hjalte Nørregaard | Assistant coach |
Nickolai Lund | Assistant coach |
Kim Christensen | Goalkeeper coach |
Sune Smith-Nielsen | Sport Director |
Andrew Clark | Head of High Performance and Sports Science |
Lars Højer | Chief scout |
Coaching history
changeAs of 13 April 2024. Only competitive matches are counted. Wins, losses and draws are results at the final whistle; the results of penalty shoot-outs are not counted.[5]
Name | Nationality | From | To | Record | Honours | ||||||
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P | W | D | L | F | A | %W | |||||
Benny Johansen | Denmark | 1 July 1992 | 30 June 1994 | 87 | 45 | 16 | 26 | 156 | 121 | 51.72 | 1 Superliga Championship |
Keld Kristensen | Denmark | 1 July 1994 | 6 September 1994[6] | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 12.50 | |
Benny Johansen | Denmark | 6 September 1994 | 30 June 1995 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 57 | 50 | 45.45 | 1 Danish Cup |
Michael Schäfer | Denmark | 1 July 1995 | 30 June 1996 | 37 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 52 | 59 | 37.84 | |
Kim Brink | Denmark | 1 July 1996 | 30 June 1997 | 43 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 53 | 52 | 39.53 | 1 Danish Cup |
Kent Karlsson | Sweden | 1 July 1997 | 23 September 1998[7] | 55 | 30 | 12 | 13 | 111 | 73 | 54.54 | |
Kim Brink* | Denmark | 23 September 1998 | 31 December 1998 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 16 | 46.15 | |
Christian Andersen | Denmark | 1 January 1999 | 16 March 1999[8] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.00 | |
Kim Brink† | Denmark | 16 March 1999 | 30 June 2000 | 53 | 18 | 14 | 21 | 71 | 63 | 33.96 | |
Roy Hodgson | England | 1 July 2000 | 30 June 2001 | 35 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 60 | 30 | 51.43 | 1 Superliga Championship |
Kent Karlsson | Sweden | 1 July 2001 | 30 August 2001[9] | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 50.00 | |
Niels-Christian Holmstrøm* | Denmark | 30 August 2001 | 17 September 2001 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0.00 | |
Hans Backe | Sweden | 17 September 2001[10] | 31 December 2005 | 199 | 110 | 56 | 33 | 336 | 179 | 55.28 | 2 Superliga Championships, 1 Danish Cup, 1 Royal League title |
Ståle Solbakken | Norway | 1 January 2006 | 31 May 2011[11] | 270 | 160 | 54 | 56 | 484 | 238 | 59.26 | 5 Superliga Championships, 1 Danish Cup, 2 Royal League titles |
Roland Nilsson | Sweden | 1 June 2011[11] | 8 January 2012[12] | 31 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 48 | 31 | 58.06 | |
Carsten V. Jensen | Denmark | 9 January 2012[12] | 25 May 2012[13] | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 50.00 | 1 Danish Cup |
Ariël Jacobs | Belgium | 22 June 2012[14] | 21 August 2013[15] | 51 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 82 | 52 | 47.06 | 1 Superliga Championship |
Ståle Solbakken | Norway | 21 August 2013[15] | 10 October 2020[16] | 357 | 203 | 77 | 77 | 633 | 363 | 56.86 | 3 Superliga Championships, 3 Danish Cups |
Hjalte Nørregaard* | Denmark | 10 October 2020[16] | 2 November 2020[17] | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 66.67 | |
Jess Thorup | Denmark | 2 November 2020[17] | 20 September 2022 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 20 | 57.14 | 1 Superliga Championship |
Jacob Neestrup | Denmark | 20 September 2022 | 76 | 41 | 16 | 19 | 148 | 92 | 53.95 |
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- * Served as caretaker manager.
- † Served as caretaker manager before being appointed permanently.
Footnotes and references
change- ↑ "Facts". F.C. Copenhagen. Archived from the original on 7 June 2007. Retrieved 8 May 2007.
- ↑ "Byens hold | F.C. Københavns spillertrup". fck.dk. Archived from the original on 7 April 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ↑ "DBU's Officielle Statistikere". Danskfodbold.com. Archived from the original on 14 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ↑ "FC Koebenhavn all stars". F.C. Copenhagen (in Danish). Archived from the original on 11 May 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- ↑ Lindemann, Klaus V. & Mohr, Henrik. "Nipserstat" (in Danish). Archived from the original on 2006-12-14. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
- ↑ "Benny Johansen tilbage i FCK - Keld Kristensen fyret" (in Danish). /ritzau/.
- ↑ "Kent Karlsson stopper som træner i FCK" (in Danish). /ritzau/.
- ↑ "Christian Andersen stopper som træner i FC København" (in Danish). /ritzau/.
- ↑ "Bevæget farvel til FCK-træner" (in Danish). /ritzau/.
- ↑ "Hans Backe ny FCK-træner" (in Danish). /ritzau/.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Roland Nilsson tiltræder den 1. juni" (in Danish). F.C. Copenhagen. 2011-05-25. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Carsten V. Jensen overtager cheftrænerstilling" (in Danish). F.C. Copenhagen. 2012-01-09. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
- ↑ "Officielt: CV fjernes fra trænersædet" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
- ↑ "Belgisk mestertræner til F.C. København" (in Danish). F.C. Copenhagen. 2012-06-22. Archived from the original on 2012-06-28. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "F.C. København skifter træner" (in Danish). F.C. Copenhagen. 2013-08-21. Retrieved 2013-08-21.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Ståle Solbakken fratræder i F.C. København" (in Danish). F.C. Copenhagen. 2020-10-10. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "F.C. Copenhagen appoint Jess Thorup as new head coach" (in Danish). F.C. Copenhagen. 2020-11-02. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
Other websites
change- Official website
- FCKFC (official fanclub) (in Danish)
- Nipserstat – website containing statistical information about games played by FCK (in Danish) (archived 14 December 2006)
- Team profile at UEFA.com
- FC Copenhagen: From pipe dream to European success