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Football Club Copenhagen ( da, Football Club København, ), commonly known as FC København, FC Copenhagen, Copenhagen or simply FCK, is a professional Danish football club in Copenhagen, Denmark. FCK was founded in 1992 as a superstructure on top of Kjøbenhavns Boldklub and Boldklubben 1903. F.C. Copenhagen has won 14 Danish Football Championships and 8
Danish Cup The Danish Cup ( da, Landspokalturneringen; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955. The winner will qual ...
s. In European football F.C. Copenhagen has reached the group stage of the UEFA Champions League and the group stage of the UEFA Europa League more times than any other Danish club and are the only Danish club who has reached the knockout stage of the Champions League. As of December 2022, Copenhagen are the highest ranked Scandinavian club in the UEFA team rankings list. Copenhagen plays its matches at the Parken Stadium, which also serves as the venue for Denmark national football team matches. Since their foundation, FCK have developed a fierce rivalry with
Brøndby IF Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening (, usually abbreviated to Brøndby IF (), is a professional association football club based in Brøndbyvester, Capital Region of Denmark. The club was founded in 1964 as a merger between two local clubs and was pr ...
. The
Copenhagen Derby The Copenhagen Derby is a Danish football rivalry between Brøndby and Copenhagen. Matches ''As of 28 October 2021'' Abbreviations *DSL – Danish Superliga *DC – Danish Cup *RL – Royal League Total This gives a total of: Other stat ...
games between the two sides have attracted some of the biggest crowds in Danish football history.


History


Early success

Football Club Copenhagen is, in many ways, both an old and a new club. Even though the club was established in 1992, it is rooted in more than 100 years of club tradition. The club's first team represents two separate clubs: Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (continental Europe's oldest football club) founded in 1876 and Boldklubben 1903 founded in 1903. Due to financial difficulties throughout the clubs in the Copenhagen area in the 1980s and Kjøbenhavns Boldklub's on the verge of bankruptcy, the two old Copenhagen clubs got together and established the superstructure which is FC København. Copenhagen used Boldklubben's club license to play in the
Danish Superliga The Danish Superliga ( da, Superligaen, ) is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each yea ...
championship, while Kjøbenhavns Boldklub became the official reserve team of the club. With the rebuilding of the Parken Stadium, Denmark's national team stadium, the new club had a modern stadium to play at from the beginning. The initial ambition of the club was continually to qualify for one of the European competitions each season. To reach this goal, the club needed a solid economy, a relatively big fan base and an "attractive and positive style of football." Benny Johansen managed the club and started its maiden season well. FCK made its first appearance in the European tournaments when it beat Swiss team
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2–1 in the
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UEFA Intertoto Cup. FCK won the Intertoto Cup that year and thereby qualified for the
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, where it was eliminated in the second round by French team
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. The club won the 1992–93 Superliga season one point ahead of
Odense Boldklub Odense Boldklub (; also known as Odense BK or the more commonly used OB) is a Danish professional football club based in the city Odense. The club has won three Danish championships and five Danish Cup trophies. OB play in the Danish Superliga ...
and two points ahead of third-place
Brøndby IF Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening (, usually abbreviated to Brøndby IF (), is a professional association football club based in Brøndbyvester, Capital Region of Denmark. The club was founded in 1964 as a merger between two local clubs and was pr ...
. For the 1993–94 Superliga season, expectations were high. The season opened with a 0–6 thrashing at the hands of Italian team Milan in the 1993–94 Champions League qualification. FCK went on winter break after the first half of the Superliga season in third place. In the spring of 1994, Copenhagen gained on leading team
Silkeborg IF Silkeborg Idrætsforening, (; commonly known as Silkeborg IF or SIF in short) is a professional football club based in Silkeborg, Denmark. The club was founded in 1917, reached the highest level of Danish football in 1987, and afterwards becam ...
. In the penultimate match of the season, the two teams met at the Parken Stadium. In front of a record-setting attendance of 26,679, FCK won the match 4–1. The club was one point ahead of Silkeborg, but because FCK lost 3–2 to Odense in the final game of the season, it had to settle for second place.


Years of underachievement

For the next three seasons, Copenhagen had little success in the Superliga, despite winning two
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s. The team won the 1995 Cup final against
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with a 5–0 win, qualifying for European football once again, despite mediocre results in the league. Kim Brink took over as manager in 1996, but despite winning the second Cup trophy for the club, the eighth-place finish in the 1996–97 Superliga season prompted another change in managers.


Flemming Østergaard joins the board

In February
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,
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, later given the nickname "Don Ø," joined the board of the club as vice chairman and
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. After a successful
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, generating DKK 75 million, FCK was introduced on the
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in November 1997. The 1997–98 season marked the first season that Copenhagen averaged more than 10,000 spectators at home, and the club bought their stadium Parken for DKK 138 million in June 1998. The self-acclaimed "best manager in Denmark," Christian Andersen, began managing the club in January
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. After 75 controversial days, however, he was fired in March 1999; Sports Director Niels-Christian Holmstrøm explained Andersen had created frustration among the players. In 1999, Copenhagen made its impact in Europe when it faced English side
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in the second round UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. In the first leg away at Stamford Bridge,
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gave Copenhagen the lead nine minutes before the end of the match, but Chelsea scored in the last minute of the game. Chelsea later won the second game at Parken with a goal by the Dane
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, knocking out FCK. At the post-match press conference, it was announced that Chelsea's Brian Laudrup was signing with Copenhagen in January 1999, with Bjarne Goldbæk moving in the other direction for Chelsea. A four-time
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award winner, Laudrup, however, could not help Copenhagen improve their league position, and the club ended the year in seventh in the 1998–99 Superliga season. Laudrup only stayed for just six months at the club before signing for
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at the end of the season. In the 1999–2000 season, F.C. Copenhagen struggled to make any significant impact and finished eighth in the league.


Champions again

In the winter
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, South African striker Sibusiso Zuma was signed from South African side Orlando Pirates, and in May 2000, English manager Roy Hodgson became the new manager. From the 2000–01 season, the club started to improve. The club won its second Superliga championship, winning 3–1 in the last
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match of the season, at the Parken Stadium. The 2–0 goal was a
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by Zuma, who received the ball at his chest, bounced it in the air and in the same motion executed the overhead kick, volleying the ball into the far corner out of Brøndby goalkeeper Mogens Krogh's reach. This was later voted the Danish goal of the year, and was voted the best Superliga goal of the decade in December 2009 and was in 2013 voted as the greatest moment in the history of FCK. Roy Hodgson broke his contract with Copenhagen a few weeks after having won the championship, signing with Italian team
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, and he was replaced by Swede Kent Karlsson. The 2001 season is also remembered for a highly dramatic event. During training on 13 March 2001 charismatic midfielder
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suffered a heart attack. He was rapidly attended to by club doctor Frank Odgaard who found that his heart had stopped beating and started to administer cardiac massage. Upon the ambulance's arrival, Solbakken was pronounced clinically dead at the scene, but on the way to the hospital in the ambulance he was revived nearly seven minutes later. He survived the episode and had a pacemaker fitted. Shortly after, on medical advice, he announced his playing retirement, but would later return to the club and become its most successful manager. Copenhagen faced Italian team Lazio for qualification to the 2001–02 Champions League qualification. A 2–1 win for FCK in the first game proved moot, as Lazio ultimately progressed with a 5–3 aggregate score. Copenhagen thus entered the
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, where it defeated Dutch giants Ajax 1–0 on a goal from left back
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. In the next round, however, German team
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eliminated Copenhagen. The 2001–02 Superliga season also ended in disappointment for København, as Brøndby won the championship on
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after FCK had caught up with Brøndby's ten-point lead after the first half of the season. In the second-last round of the 2002–03 Superliga season, FCK faced Brøndby at
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. In extra time, Hjalte Nørregaard scored his first goal for Copenhagen and brought the championship back to Parken. In the Champions League second qualifying round in 2004–05, FCK won the first match against Slovenian club
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2–1, but later lost at Parken 0–5. Under Backe, Copenhagen went on to win the 2004 and 2006 Danish championships and the 2004 Danish Cup. Copenhagen also won the inaugural 2004–05 edition of the
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tournament, beating Swedish team
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on penalty shootout in the 2005 final. Copenhagen repeated the achievement in the 2006 edition of the tournament, this time beating Norwegian team
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1–0 in the 2006 final. Backe became the longest-serving coach for FCK before leaving the club in December 2005. Former Copenhagen player
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took over as manager.


European ambitions

For the 2006–07 season, Danish national team player
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reinforced Copenhagen. FCK looked forward to the 2006–07 Champions League qualifiers, where it beat
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. For the first time in the club's history, FCK entered the group stage of the Champions League, being grouped with
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, Benfica and
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, all former winners of the trophy. Despite not losing a game at Parken (Benfica 0–0, Manchester United 1–0 and Celtic 3–1), FCK failed to qualify from the Champions League group stage after losing all of its away games. On 9 May, Copenhagen defeated Brøndby 1–0 and won its fifth Danish championship in seven years with four games to spare in the league. In the 2007–08 season, Copenhagen lost the third qualification round of the Champions League with a 1–3 aggregate score to Benfica. After beating
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3–2, FCK qualified for the group stages of the
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, where it played Panathinaikos (H),
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(A),
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(H) and
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. Copenhagen fell to Panathinaikos and Atlético, but a win against Lokomotiv meant that the club needed only a draw against Aberdeen to qualify for the next round. However, a 0–4 defeat to Aberdeen put them out of the tournament. In the 2007–08 Superliga season, Copenhagen finished third, with AaB taking the title. In the 2008–09 season, Copenhagen began strong. The team qualified for the 2008–09 UEFA Cup group stage by eliminating Northern Ireland club
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, Lillestrøm and
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. In the group, FCK lost at home to Saint-Étienne and drew 1–1 against Valencia. With a 1–1 draw against Rosenborg and a win over
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, Copenhagen qualified for the knockout phase of the competition, where it drew 2–2 in the first leg of the round of 32 against Manchester City on 19 February 2009. The club lost 1–2 in the second leg, a loss that ended its European season. In the domestic league, FCK battled for first place with Brøndby and Odense. Eventually, Copenhagen won the Cup final against AaB and claimed the league title with one game to spare in the tournament, thus securing the
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for the second time in the club's history. 2010 proved to be yet another European success. Even though the team lost the 2009–10 Champions League playoff match to
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with a 2–3 aggregate loss, the team had already qualified to the 2009–10 Europa League group stage by eliminating
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and Stabæk. Copenhagen lost away to
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, won 1–0 at home against
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, 0–1 away loss against PSV and by beating Cluj at home 2–0 and 3–0 away over Sparta, Copenhagen qualified for the
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to face Marseille. The match-up, however, resulted in two 1–3 losses for Copenhagen, thus eliminating them from the competition. The team's qualification to the 2010–11 Champions League was secured after it beating BATE Borisov (0–0 / 3–2) and Rosenborg (1–2 / 1–0). The team thus entered the
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in Group D and met Barcelona, Panathinaikos and
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. After a 3–1 win against Panathinaikos in their last group stage match, they qualified for the
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—thereby becoming the first-ever Danish club to reach the stage in the Champions League—where
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defeated them.


Solbakken returns

Copenhagen won the
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to secure a direct place in the
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of the 2013–14 Champions League. However, after a horrific start to the
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season, FCK fired manager Ariël Jacobs, rehiring
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as his replacement. Solbakken was given a two-year contract with the option for a further two-year extension. In the Champions League, the club was placed into Group B alongside Real Madrid, Juventus and
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. FCK secured four points by drawing 1–1 against Juventus at home and winning 1–0 at home over Galatasaray after a great goal by
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. The club, however, conceded its first-ever Champions League group stage home defeat after falling 0–2 to Real Madrid in the last round of the group stage. Copenhagen finished the 2013–14 league in second place, despite having been situated third for numerous weeks. A 3–2 away win against
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saw them closing in on the second place. In the last round of the league, FCK beat
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3–2 at home whilst Midtjylland lost their game 3–1, ensuring Copenhagen's seizure of second place and its subsequent spot in the qualifying round of the 2014–15 Champions League. After a busy summer transfer window with numerous new players arriving at the club, Copenhagen was drawn against Ukrainian outfit
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in the third qualifying round of the 2014–15 Champions League. After an aggregate victory of 2–0 over Dnipro, Copenhagen was drawn against German club
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in the play-off round. The Germans, however, defeated Copenhagen 7–2 aggregate, dropping Copenhagen to contention in the 2014–15 Europa League. FCK drew Italian club Torino, Club Brugge and Finnish side
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. Its campaign started well, securing a deserved 2–0 victory over HJK at home from two goals by
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. Copenhagen's next two games were against Torino and Club Brugge respectively; it lost 1–0 against Torino and played to a 1–1 draw against Brugge after conceding a late goal in injury time in both matches. Copenhagen then failed to secure an important win against Brugge at home, a match they lost 0–4, setting up a must-win situation for FCK against HJK to progress to the round of 32. Copenhagen, however, failed—
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managed to secure a 2–1 victory for HJK, their second win in the group, with another late goal. The result eliminated Copenhagen. The 2014–15 season ended with Copenhagen winning the
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and finishing second in the Superliga. The 2015–16 season began with FCK bringing in six new players, most notably Danish international and former AaB player
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. By placing second in 2014–15, Copenhagen began in the second qualifying round of the
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, where they were drawn against Welsh club Newtown, defeating them 5–1 on aggregate to qualify them for the next round against Czech outfit Baumit Jablonec. The opening game of the
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ended in a 2–1 away win for FCK against Esbjerg fB through goals from
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and
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. Despite a 0–1 away win over Baumit Jablonec, Copenhagen lost its home game 2–3, resulting in a 3–3 aggregate loss on the
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. This marked the first time in ten years that Copenhagen failed to qualify for either the Champions League or Europa League. On 5 May, the
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was won, after a 2–1 win Over AGF, with goals from
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and
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. After winning the title the previous season, Copenhagen would compete in the 2016-17 Champions League qualifiers. In the playoff round they met
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, and was faced with the challenge on getting revenge after their tie against them in 2009. The first leg at Parken stadium ended 1–0 to the home team, and in the second leg, Copenhagen equalised in the 86th minute via
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's shot from a wide angle, qualifying for the group stage, with an aggregate score of 2–1. Copenhagen were subsequently placed in a group with
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, FC Porto and Club Brügge. They would after 2 wins, 1 loss and 3 draws, finish 3rd in their group and move on to the 2016–17 Europa League Round of 32 where they met Ludogorats, whom they beat 2–1 on aggregate. In the round of 16, they met
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. In the first leg at home, Copenhagen won 2-1 after a first-minute goal from Rasmus Falk and a goal in the 59th minute by
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. The away leg finished 2–0 to Ajax, and Copenhagen were knocked out of the tournament, with that seasons achievements in the Europa League being their best finish in the competition at the time. Domestically, the season was another season to enjoy for fans of the club. Copenhagen won the league with the closest competition, Brøndby, finishing 24 points behind them. At the time they were crowned champions, following a draw against
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they were unbeaten in the league, with their first loss of the season coming against
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2 rounds later, and subsequently another loss against
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the round right after. Copenhagen also reached the cup final, where they met arch-rivals Brøndby. Copenhagen opened the scoring via
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's first ever goal against the club, with Brøndby responding just 10 minutes later with an equaliser. Copenhagen secured the win with two goals in rapid succession, in the 83rd and 85th minutes, both long balls from defence to attack, scored by Santander and Cornelius respectively, thus resulting in the club from the capital winning their third consecutive cup final, along with their second consecutive domestic double. In September 2019, the club announced that it would change its name in European competitions and would subsequently be known as F.C. Copenhagen with UEFA changing their abbreviation 'KOB' to 'CPH'. Winning the
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placed Copenhagen in the second qualifying round of the
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, beating Welsh outfit The New Saints. The following round against
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ended 2–2 on aggregate, with Copenhagen pulling the shortest straw and going out in penalties, thus sending Copenhagen to the UEFA Europa League instead. Here Latvian team Riga were beaten 3–2 on aggregate thus securing qualification for the Group Stage. Copenhagen finishing second in Group B contested with
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, Dynamo Kyiv and Scandinavian rivals
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. Copenhagen were then drawn against Scottish outfit
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in the first knockout round of the UEFA Europa League. The first match in
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finished 1–1, whilst Copenhagen won the return leg 3–1 at
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. The opponent for the next round were the Turkish club Istanbul Başakşehir. The game ended 1–0 with Copenhagen falling to a late penalty converted by Edin Višća. The subsequent return match in Copenahagen was temporarily put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 5 August 2020, Copenhagen won 3–0 over Istanbul Başakşehir to reach the quarter-finals for the first time in their history. In the quarter-finals, Copenhagen lost 0–1 to
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with a penalty from Bruno Fernandes coming in after extra time. After poor results in the beginning of the 2020-21 Danish Superliga, and failure to qualify for the 2020-21 Europa League, Ståle Solbakken was sacked by the club, and Hjalte Bo Nørregaard took over as caretaker manager, until
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was appointed in November 2020.


Stadium

FCK owns its stadium, the national arena Parken Stadium. It was built in 1992, the same year the club was founded. Until the stadium opened (as Parken) in September 1992, the club played its first home matches at the smaller
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, which is located adjacent to Parken. Parken has 38,065 seats, 4,000 fewer seats than the original capacity of 42,305.


Supporters

After 2000, the club has regularly attracted one of the highest attendances in Scandinavia. The official fan club, F.C. København Fan Club has more than 20,000 members. "FCKFC" was founded on 24 October 1991, approximately half a year before FCK played its first match. Furthermore, there are many unofficial "factions" connected to Copenhagen, the biggest being ''Urban Crew'', ''Copenhagen Cooligans'' and ''Copenhagen Casuals''. These are also reported to have friendships with factions from
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,
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, IFK Helsinki and
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. For the 2006–07 season, there were 23,795 spectators on average. For many years, the lower part of the "C-stand" at Parken, ''Nedre C'', has been the main stand for the supporters of FCK. In 2006, a part of the lower "B-stand" was made a separate fan section for the fans who wanted to create more of an atmosphere and named ''Sektion 12''. In general, most of FCK's supporters are from, and live, in the Copenhagen area, unlike their rivals, Brøndby IF, who have a reported 57% of their fanbase coming from Jutland. The area Sektion 12 on the lower "B-stand" grew so popular that the fans in a dialogue with the club made it bigger. That meant that the former family-area in the stadium in the other part of the "B-stand" got the whole new area called the "D-stand". The Sektion 12 area on the whole lower "B-stand" grew more and more popular which meant that the fans had a new dialogue with the club. That dialogue went well for the supporters and the club supported the suggestion of making the upper "B-stand" the second part of Sektion 12. Sektion 12 on the whole "B-stand" is now Northern Europe's biggest active stand.


Honours


National

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**Winners (14): 1992–93, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10,
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,
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, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2021–22 **Runners-up (7): 1993–94, 2001–02, 2004–05, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2019–20 *
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**Winners (8): 1994–95, 1996–97, 2003–04, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 **Runners-up (4): 1997–98, 2001–02, 2006–07, 2013–14 * Danish League Cup **Winners: 1996 **Runners-up (2): 2005, 2006 *
Danish Super Cup The Danish Super Cup was played for by the Danish League champions and the Danish Cup Winners. Winners *1994 : Brøndby IF 4-0 Silkeborg IF *1995 : F.C. Copenhagen 2-1 Aalborg BK *1996 : Brøndby IF 4-0 AGF *1997 : Brøndby ...
**Winners (3): 1995, 2001, 2004 *Ørestad Cup **Winners (2): 2000, 2002 * The Atlantic Cup **Winners (1): 2014 **''Runners-up'' (2):
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,
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Regional

*
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**Winners (2): 2004–05, 2005–06 **Runner-up: 2006–07


Copenhagen in European competitions

Copenhagen's first competitive European match was on 16 September 1992, in the
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, beating MP 10–1 before losing to
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in the second round. In their first ever UEFA Champions League group stage match, they beat
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1–0 at home, via a goal in the 73rd minute by
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. Since then, the club has quickly become the most successful Danish team in European competition, reaching the group stage of the UEFA Champions League five times and advancing to the Round of 16 in
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. They also reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Europa League in 2019–20 which they lost to Manchester United 1–0 in extra time.


UEFA club coefficient ranking

''As of 31 December 2022, Source
UEFA club coefficients
'


Players


Current squad


Out on loan


Reserves and youth teams

:''See F.C. Copenhagen Reserves and Youth Team''


Captains


FC Copenhagen All Stars

In 2014, 32,000 fans participated in a fan vote selecting their 11 all-time favourite Copenhagen players.


Staff


Current technical staff


Coaching history

There have been fifteen different coaches (permanent coaches and caretakers) of FC Copenhagen since 1992. One of the caretakers, Kim Brink, has coached the club during three separate tenures. The only non-Scandinavians to coach FCK are Roy Hodgson and Ariël Jacobs. The longest-running coach is
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who has been in charge of FCK from 2006 to 2011 and from 2013 until 2020. Ståle Solbakken is also the most successful coach, in terms of winning percentage, with a winning percentage at 58.5%. Christian Andersen is FCK's least successful coach with a winning percentage at 0%. Andersen is also the shortest-running permanent coach of FCK as he only was in charge of FCK for just a single match before he was fired.


Records

All-time goal scorers in all official tournaments *1 Dame N'Doye 118 Goals (217 Games) *2
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84 Goals (220 Games) *3 Todi Jónsson 68 Goals (207 Games) *4 Lars Højer 66 Goals (214 Games) *5
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63 Goals (184 Games) *6
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55 Goals (203 Games) *7 Sibusiso Zuma 53 Goals (188 Games) *8
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52 Goals (146 Games) *9 Álvaro Santos 50 Goals (120 Games) *10
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48 Goals (112 Games) *11
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46 Goals (114 Games) *12
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45 Goals (120 Games) *13 David Nielsen 43 Goals (133 Games) *14 Morten Nordstrand 41 Goals (130 Games) *15
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41 Goals (146 Games) *16 Ailton Almeida 37 Goals (139 Games) *17
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35 Goals (110 Games) *18 Hjalte Bo Nørregaard 34 Goals (320 Games) *19 Robert Skov 33 Goals (72 Games) Most matches *Superliga:
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(2005)  – 285 *UEFA tournaments:
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(2005) – 90 *Overall:
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(2005)  – 425 Most goals *Superliga: Dame N'Doye (2009) – 90 *UEFA tournaments: Dame N'Doye (2009) – 21 *Overall: Dame N'Doye (2009) – 118 Biggest victory in the Superliga *6–0 home against
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on 17 March 2002 *7–1 home against Køge on 25 July 2009 Biggest defeat in the Superliga *0–5 away against Silkeborg on 17 April 1994 *0–5 away against Brøndby on 16 May 2005 Biggest victory in European cups *7–0 home against
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on 31 July 2008 (
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) Biggest defeat in European cups *0–6 home against Milan on 20 October 1993 ( Champions League) Attendance record *41,201 spectators against Brøndby on 30 April 2006 Youngest and oldest player playing in the Superliga *Youngest player playing for Copenhagen: Roony Bardghji  – 16 years and 6 days against AGF on 21 November 2021 *Oldest player playing for FC Copenhagen: Per Poulsen – 42 years and 125 days against Brøndby on 18 June 1995 Most Danish national championships won as player and manager *Player:
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– 8 *Manager:
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– 8 ''(In brackets debut year)''


Season results


Esports

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Masters Stockholm 2018. The team ceased operations in February 2021, citing financial difficulties brought on in part by the COVID-19 pandemic.


See also

*
Copenhagen Derby The Copenhagen Derby is a Danish football rivalry between Brøndby and Copenhagen. Matches ''As of 28 October 2021'' Abbreviations *DSL – Danish Superliga *DC – Danish Cup *RL – Royal League Total This gives a total of: Other stat ...


Footnotes and references


Further reading

* Kurt Thyboe, "''FCK – På evig jagt efter den umulige drøm''" (FCK – On eternal hunt for the impossible dream), Denmark, 1999, * Kaare Johnsen and Jan Erik Hansen, "''FC Krøniken''" (The FC Chronicle), Denmark, 2001, * Flemming Østergaard and Lars Werge, "''Don Ø''", Denmark, 2002, * Christian Thye-Petersen and Kasper Steenbach, "''Spillet om FCK''" (The game for FCK), Denmark, 2002, * Jens Jam Rasmussen and Michael Rachlin, "''Slaget om København''" (Battle of Copenhagen), Denmark, 2005, * Flemming Østergaard, "''Varmt hjerte, koldt blod''" (Warm heart, cold blood), Denmark, 2005, * Magazine: "''FCK Balls''", Denmark, 2005–, ISSN 1901-1555


External links


Official websiteFCKFC
(official fanclub)
Nipserstat
(Web site containing statistical information about games played by FCK)
FC Copenhagen: From pipe dream to European success
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