HB Køge (Danish pronunciation: [ˈkʰøː(j)ə]) is a professional Danish football club based primarily in the town of Herfølge, and secondly in the town of Køge, both in the Køge Municipality, part of 'Region of Zealand', in the eastern part of Zealand, south of Copenhagen. It was created through the merger of Herfølge Boldklub and Køge Boldklub in 2009.

HB Køge
Full nameHerfølge Boldklub Køge[1][2]
Nickname(s)HBK, Svanerne (The Swans), Herfølge-Køge
FoundedJuly 1, 2009
merger of Herfølge Boldklub
and Køge Boldklub
GroundKøge Idrætspark
Capacity8,000 (3,440 seated)
OwnerCapelli Sport
ManagerNicklas Pedersen
League1. Division
2022–231. Division, 8th
WebsiteClub website

History edit

The Danish 1st Division club Herfølge Boldklub and bankrupt club Køge Boldklub decided in March 2009 to merge.[3] The club played their first season as a merged club in the 2009–10 season of the Danish Superliga.[4] The season ended in relegation.

In the following 1st Division season, they finished second and returned to the Superliga.[5] Following the promotion manager Aurelijus Skarbalius left the club for a job as assistant manager of Brøndby IF and was replaced by Tommy Møller Nielsen.[6] The club's second appearance in the Danish Superliga ended in another relegation.[7]

The 2012–13 season started with a series of bad results, and this led to the sacking of Møller Nielsen in September 2012 after a 5–0 defeat against Lyngby Boldklub.[8] He was replaced by his assistant Per Frandsen, who led the club to two consecutive sixth-place finishes before leaving for a youth job at Brøndby IF in June 2014.[9]

Players edit

Current squad edit

As of 3 February 2024[10]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF   DEN Marcus Gudmann
3 DF   NED Gabriël Çulhacı
4 DF   DEN Hans Christian Bonnesen
5 DF   DEN Casper Gedsted
6 MF   DEN Janus Seehusen
7 MF   DEN Mike Jensen
8 MF   DEN William Madsen
9 FW   TUN Youssef Dhaflaoui
10 MF   DEN Christian Tue Jensen
11 FW   DEN Joachim Rothmann
12 MF   DEN Berkant Bayrak
13 DF   DEN Sebastian Larsen
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF   DEN Efe Bayrak
16 DF   DEN Silas Hald
17 FW   DEN Basem Alkhoudari
18 DF   DEN Yahyie Shirzai
19 FW   MKD Erkan Semovski
21 FW   DEN Niklas Jakobsen
22 DF   DEN Mattias Jakobsen
24 MF   DEN Casper Jørgensen
25 DF   DEN Vinicius Faloni
26 FW   CUW Jafar Arias
27 FW   DEN Ifenna Dorgu
29 GK   KAZ Dulat Talyspayev

Youth players in use 2023-24 edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
26 MF   DEN Lukas Schmidt
28 DF   DEN Gabriel Larsen
No. Pos. Nation Player
28 DF   DEN Emil Villumsen

Out on loan edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

Club officials edit

Name Position
  Nicklas Pedersen Manager
  Gregg Ryder Assistant Manager
  Jean Abdo Match Analyst
  Heidi E. Johansen First Team Goalkeeping Coach
  Per Rud Director of Sports

Managers edit

Partnership edit

References edit

  1. ^ "HB Køge". Weltfussballarchiv.com. Data Sports Group. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Herfølge Boldklub Køge". Futbol24.com. Futbol24.com. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Pressemeddelelse: HB Køge fik A/licens". Archived from the original on 2009-06-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "HB Køge skal spille i Herfølge". Archived from the original on 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  5. ^ "Auris svaner tilbage i Superligaen". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
  6. ^ "Møller Nielsen erstatter Skarbalius". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
  7. ^ "AGF-islænding sender HB Køge ned". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
  8. ^ "HB Køge smider Tommy Møller på porten". Archived from the original on 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
  9. ^ "Brøndby hapser HB Køge-træner". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
  10. ^ HBKoge.dk // Truppen Archived 2019-09-20 at the Wayback Machine at hbkoge.dk
  11. ^ "Sukirto rankomis su Danijos klubu" (in Lithuanian). FK Utenis. 4 May 2017. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2017.

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