Gladsaxe-Hero Boldklub is a

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club based in

Gladsaxe Municipality Gladsaxe Kommune is a municipality (Danish, ''Commune (subnational entity), kommune'') near Copenhagen in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand (Denmark), Zealand (''Sjælland'') in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of , and ...

, Denmark. The club currently competes in the

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History

Gladsaxe-Hero Boldklub is a merger between Boldklubben Hero and Gladsaxe Boldklub in 1979, but the latter was formed (as Søborg Boldklub) on 11 January 1923. In the early 1980s, Gladsaxe-Hero was regarded as one of

Zealand Zealand ( da, Sjælland ) at 7,031 km2 is the largest and most populous island in Denmark proper (thus excluding Greenland and Disko Island, which are larger in size). Zealand had a population of 2,319,705 on 1 January 2020. It is the 1 ...

's best football youth academies, but in the 1988–89 season, Gladsaxe-Hero moved out of the 3rd division, starting a long decline for the club with five relegations in six seasons. Both

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and

Dennis Rommedahl Dennis Rommedahl (; born 22 July 1978) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a right winger. The second-most capped national player for Denmark, he appeared in 126 matches and scored 21 goals for his country, and was a member ...

, the top two all-time most-capped players in Danish history, have played for the clubs youth academy. In 2008, Gladsaxe-Hero signed a partnership agreement with Danish top flight side Brøndby. In 2021, the club won the Zealand championship in series 1, with a 2–1 victory over Herfølge, but moved down from the Zealand series to series 1 last season.

Former players

Flemming Christensen Flemming Christensen (born 10 April 1958) is a Danish former football (soccer) player and manager. Career In his active career, Christensen played for Danish clubs AB and Lyngby BK, as well as French club AS Saint-Etienne and FC Aarau from Swi ...

Henrik Agerbeck Henrik Herbert Agerbeck (born 10 September 1956), known as Henrik Agerbeck, is a Danish former football player in the striker position. He started his career with Kjøbenhavns Boldklub, with whom won the 1974 Danish 1st Division championship. He ...

Ovays Azizi Ovays Azizi ( prs, اویس عزیزي; born 29 January 1992) is an Afghan footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Danish 1st Division club Hillerød and the Afghanistan national team. International career Azizi made his debut for the Afgha ...

* Per Poulsen

References

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