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).

Copenhagen

Full name	Football Club København
Nickname(s)	Byens Hold (The Team of the City); The Lions
Short name	FCK Copenhagen
Founded	1 July 1992; 33 years ago (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	http://www.fck.dk/
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Honours

National

• Danish Superliga
  • Winners (15) (shared record): 1992–93, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23
  • Runners-up (7): 1993–94, 2001–02, 2004–05, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2019–20
• Danish Cup
  • Winners (9) (shared record): 1994–95, 1996–97, 2003–04, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2022–23
  • Runners-up (4): 1997–98, 2001–02, 2006–07, 2013–14
• 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
  • Winners (1): 2014
  • Runners-up (2): 2020, 2022

Regional

• Royal League
  • Winners (2): 2004–05, 2005–06
  • Runner-up: 2006–07^[1]

Players

Current squad

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

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

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

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

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

Staff

Current technical staff

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

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.