HB Køge () is a professional Danish

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

club based primarily in the town of

Herfølge Herfølge is a suburb of the town of Køge, Denmark, located about 5 kilometers south of central Køge, and is a part of Køge Municipality. The suburb is connected to Køge and Næstved by the Lille Syd railway line. Herfølge Church Herføl ...

, and secondly in the town of

Køge Køge (, older spelling ''Kjøge'') is a Danish 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 (Zealand), Denmark. In 2025, the ...

, both in the

Køge Municipality Køge Municipality (, ) is a '' kommune'' in the Region Sjælland on the east coast of the island of Zealand approx. 40 km southwest of Copenhagen. The municipality covers an area of 255 km² (98 sq. miles), and has a total population ...

, part of 'Region of Zealand', in the eastern part of Zealand, south of

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...

. It was created through the merger of

and Køge Boldklub in 2009.

History

The

Danish 1st Division The 1st Division (''1. Division'') is the second-highest football league in Denmark, also known as NordicBet Liga for sponsorship reasons. From 1945 to 1991, the 1. Division was the name of the highest level of football in Denmark. With the for ...

club

and bankrupt club Køge Boldklub decided in March 2009 to merge. The club played their first season as a merged club in the 2009–10 season of the

Danish Superliga The Danish Superliga (, ) is a professional association football league in Denmark and the highest level of the Danish football league system. The league is currently contested by 12 teams each year, with 2 teams relegated. It is the current ...

. The season ended in relegation. In the following 1st Division season, they finished second and returned to the Superliga. Following the promotion manager Aurelijus Skarbalius left the club for a job as assistant manager of Brøndby and was replaced by Tommy Møller Nielsen. The club's second appearance in the

ended in another relegation. 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 Kongens Lyngby (, Danish language, Danish for "the King's Heather Town"; short form Lyngby) is the seat and commercial centre of Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. Lyngby Hovedgade is a busy shopping stre ...

. He was replaced by his assistant

Per Frandsen Per Frandsen (; born 6 February 1970) is a Danish professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player who is the head coach of Danish Superliga club Hvidovre IF, Hvidovre. Most notably, he won the 19 ...

, who led the club to two consecutive sixth-place finishes before leaving for a youth job at Brøndby in June 2014.

Players

Current squad

Youth players in use 2024-25

Out on loan

Club officials

Managers

* Aurelijus Skarbalius (2009–2011) * Tommy Møller Nielsen (2011–2012) *

(2012–2014) * Henrik Pedersen (2014–2015) * Henrik Lehm (2016–2018) * Morten Karlsen (2018–2019) * Aurelijus Skarbalius (2020–2021) *

Daniel Agger Daniel Munthe Agger (; born 12 December 1984) is a Danish professional football coach and former player who is the assistant manager of the Danish national football team. As a player, he played as a centre-back for Brøndby and Liverpool and ca ...

(2021–2023) * Nicklas Pedersen (2023–present)

Partnership

* Utenis Utena

References

External links

Official website
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