F.C. Copenhagen

association football club in Copenhagen, Denmark

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).

Copenhagen
Full nameFootball Club København
Nickname(s)Byens Hold (The Team of the City); The Lions
Short nameFCK
Copenhagen
Founded1 July 1992; 32 years ago (1 July 1992)
GroundParken Stadium, Copenhagen
Capacity38,065
OwnerParken Sport & Entertainment A/S
ChairmanHenrik Møgelmose
Head coachJacob Neestrup
LeagueSuperliga
2023–24Superliga, 3rd of 12
WebsiteClub website

Honours

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National

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Regional

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Players

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Current squad

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As of 5 September 2024[2][3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   England Nathan Trott
2 DF   Indonesia Kevin Diks
4 DF   Zimbabwe Munashe Garananga
5 DF   Brazil Gabriel Pereira
6 DF   Greece Pantelis Hatzidiakos (on loan from Cagliari)
7 MF   Sweden Viktor Claesson (captain)
8 MF   Denmark Magnus Mattsson
9 FW   Russia German Onugkha
10 MF   Norway Mohamed Elyounoussi
11 FW   Sweden Jordan Larsson
12 MF   Denmark Lukas Lerager
13 DF   Mexico Rodrigo Huescas
14 FW   Denmark Andreas Cornelius
15 DF   Peru Marcos López (on loan from Feyenoord)
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF   Brazil Robert (on loan from Cruzeiro)
17 MF   Denmark Victor Froholdt
19 FW   Denmark Amin Chiakha
20 DF   Denmark Nicolai Boilesen
21 GK   Denmark Theo Sander
22 DF   Georgia Giorgi Gocholeishvili (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk)
24 DF   Norway Birger Meling
27 MF   Denmark Thomas Delaney
30 MF   Tunisia Elias Achouri
31 GK   Iceland Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson
33 MF   Denmark Rasmus Falk
36 MF   Denmark William Clem
38 MF   Denmark Oliver Højer
40 MF   Sweden Roony Bardghji

Youth players in use

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
58 DF   Denmark Hjalte Bidstrup

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF   Slovakia Denis Vavro (on loan at VfL Wolfsburg until 30 June 2025)
17 MF   Nigeria Paul Mukairu (on loan at Boluspor until 30 June 2025)
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 FW   France Mamoudou Karamoko (on loan at Újpest FC until 30 June 2025)
46 MF   Denmark Noah Sahsah (on loan at Rosenborg BK until 31 December 2024)

Captains

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Years Captain
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

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In 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
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

Current technical staff

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Name Role
  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

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As 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
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
Key
* Served as caretaker manager.
† Served as caretaker manager before being appointed permanently.

Footnotes and references

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  1. "Facts". F.C. Copenhagen. Archived from the original on 7 June 2007. Retrieved 8 May 2007.
  2. "Byens hold | F.C. Københavns spillertrup". fck.dk. Archived from the original on 7 April 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  3. "DBU's Officielle Statistikere". Danskfodbold.com. Archived from the original on 14 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  4. "FC Koebenhavn all stars". F.C. Copenhagen (in Danish). Archived from the original on 11 May 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  5. Lindemann, Klaus V. & Mohr, Henrik. "Nipserstat" (in Danish). Archived from the original on 2006-12-14. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  6. "Benny Johansen tilbage i FCK - Keld Kristensen fyret" (in Danish). /ritzau/.
  7. "Kent Karlsson stopper som træner i FCK" (in Danish). /ritzau/.
  8. "Christian Andersen stopper som træner i FC København" (in Danish). /ritzau/.
  9. "Bevæget farvel til FCK-træner" (in Danish). /ritzau/.
  10. "Hans Backe ny FCK-træner" (in Danish). /ritzau/.
  11. 11.0 11.1 "Roland Nilsson tiltræder den 1. juni" (in Danish). F.C. Copenhagen. 2011-05-25. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
  12. 12.0 12.1 "Carsten V. Jensen overtager cheftrænerstilling" (in Danish). F.C. Copenhagen. 2012-01-09. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
  13. "Officielt: CV fjernes fra trænersædet" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
  14. "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. 15.0 15.1 "F.C. København skifter træner" (in Danish). F.C. Copenhagen. 2013-08-21. Retrieved 2013-08-21.
  16. 16.0 16.1 "Ståle Solbakken fratræder i F.C. København" (in Danish). F.C. Copenhagen. 2020-10-10. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  17. 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

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