Køge Boldklub is a Danish

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Køge Køge (, older spelling ''Kjøge'') is a seaport on the coast of Køge Bugt (''Bay of Køge'') 39 km southwest of Copenhagen. It is the principal town and seat of Køge Municipality, Region Sjælland, Denmark. In 2022, the urban area had a ...

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 ...

History

In 1954, the club became the first outside

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

to win the Danish Championship. The club declared bankruptcy in February 2009, but continued as an amateur side in the Sjællandsserie. In March 2009 the first team merged with

Herfølge Boldklub Herfølge Boldklub is a Danish football club founded in 1921. It is based in Herfølge, a southern suburb of Køge in the eastern part of Zealand. In 2009, the club shared its licence, and merged its professional football with Køge BK to form ...

, to form

HB Køge HB Køge () 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 ...

Notable former players

Managers

* Eduard Veroik (1935–1936) *

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(1937–1941) * Fritz Molnar (1941–1942) * Sofus Johansen (1942–1945) *

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(1945–1947) *

(1947–1948) * Frank Petersen (1948–1950) * Vestervig Madsen (1950–1952) * Lajos Szendrődi (1952–1955) * János Nagy (1955–1956) *

(1956–1957) *

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(1957–1958) *

Egon Sørensen Egon Sørensen (February 16, 1913 - October 25, 1981) was a Danish amateur football goalkeeper and club manager, who played 18 games for the Denmark national football team. Due to World War II, 6 of his last 9 internationals were matches agains ...

(1958–1960) * Edvin Hansen & Willy Koch (1960–1962) * Joszef Szentgyörgyi (1962) * Edvin Hansen (1962–1963) * Mario Astorri (1963–1965) * Barkev Chekerdemian (1965–1967) * Svend Hugger (1968) * Kaj Pilmark (1969) * Willy Schøne (1970–1973) * Edvin Hansen (1974–1977) *

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(1978–1979) * Leif Sørensen (1980–1982) * Jan B. Poulsen (1983–1986) * Peter Poulsen (1987–1988) * Heinz Hildebrandt (1988–1990) * Jan Jakobsen (1990–1991) * Eigil Hansen (1991) * Leif Sørensen (1991–1992) * Hardy Gynild (1992) * Erik Rasmussen (1993–1997) *

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(1997–1999) * Henrik Jensen (1999–2003) *

John 'Tune' Kristiansen John 'Tune' Kristiansen (born 12 February 1955) is a Danish professional Association football manager, until recently was working as head coach of Boldklubben Frem. As an active footballer, Tune played in the forward position. He started his c ...

(2003–2004) *

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(2004–2006) *

Henrik Larsen Henrik Larsen (born 17 May 1966), nicknamed ''Store Larsen'' (''Big Larsen''), is a Danish football manager and former professional player, who played as a midfielder. He was last the manager of Lyngby Boldklub. He was the joint top scorer at t ...

(2006–2008) * Jimmy Kastrup (2008–2009)

Achievements

* Danish championship titles:

1954 Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

*34 ''seasons'' in the '' Highest Danish League'' *25 ''seasons'' in the '' Second Highest Danish League'' *6 ''seasons'' in the '' Third Highest Danish League''

References

External links

Official site
Football clubs in Denmark 1927 establishments in Denmark {{Denmark-footyclub-stub