HB Køge

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see HB Køge (women).

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 and Køge Boldklub in 2009.

HB Køge

Full name	Herfølge Boldklub Køge[1][2]
Nickname(s)	HBK, Svanerne (The Swans), Herfølge-Køge
Founded	July 1, 2009 merger of Herfølge and Køge Boldklub
Ground	Køge Idrætspark
Capacity	8,000 (3,440 seated)
Owner	Capelli Sport
Manager	Nicklas Pedersen
League	1st Division
2024–25	1st Division, 10th of 12
Website	www.hbkoge.dk
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

The Danish 1st Division club Herfølge 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 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.^[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 in June 2014.^[9]

Players

Current squad

As of 16 August 2025^[10]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  DEN Berkant Bayrak 2 DF  DEN Laurits Bust 3 DF  DEN Sebastian Larsen 5 DF  NED Gabriël Çulhacı 6 DF  DEN Rasmus Brodersen 7 MF  DEN Mike Jensen 8 MF  DEN Marc Rochester 10 FW  DEN Christian Tue Jensen 11 FW  JOR Mohamad Al-Naser 12 GK  KAZ Dulat Talyspayev 14 MF  DEN Viktor Sørensen 15 DF  DEN Efe Bayrak 16 DF  DEN Silas Hald

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  DEN Basem Alkhoudari 18 FW  DEN Mustafa Salah 19 FW  MKD Erkan Semovski 20 FW  DEN Alfred Gøthler 21 MF  DEN Niklas Jakobsen 22 DF  DEN Mattias Jakobsen 23 DF  DEN Mads Westergren 24 MF  DEN Mads Schütt 25 DF  DEN Vinicius Faloni 27 FW  DEN Ifenna Dorgu 28 MF  DEN Gabriel Larsen 29 GK  DEN Noah Sømmergaard

Youth players in use 2025-26

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 30 MF  DEN Lukas Schmidt

No. Pos. Nation Player 31 DF  DEN Lukas Achton

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player

Club officials

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

• Aurelijus Skarbalius (2009–2011)
• Tommy Møller Nielsen (2011–2012)
• Per Frandsen (2012–2014)
• Henrik Pedersen (2014–2015)
• Henrik Lehm (2016–2018)
• Morten Karlsen (2018–2019)
• Aurelijus Skarbalius (2020–2021)
• Daniel Agger (2021–2023)
• Nicklas Pedersen (2023–present)

Partnership

• Utenis Utena^[11]