Køge Boldklub is a Danish

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club from

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 ...

Zealand Zealand ( ) is the largest and most populous islands of Denmark, island in Denmark proper (thus excluding Greenland and Disko Island, which are larger in size) at 7,031 km2 (2715 sq. mi.). Zealand had a population of 2,319,705 on 1 Januar ...

History

In 1954, the club became the first outside

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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 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 ...

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

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(1945–1947) * Paul Baumgarten (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 (16 February 1913 – 25 October 1981) was a Denmark, Danish amateur Football (soccer), football goalkeeper (football), goalkeeper and club manager, who played 18 games for the Denmark national football team. Due to World War II, ...

(1958–1960) * Edvin Hansen &

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(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) * Kresten Bjerre (1978–1979) * Leif Sørensen (1980–1982) *

Jan B. Poulsen Jan Børge Poulsen (born 23 March 1946) is a Danish association football, football manager and former player who played as midfielder, spending most of his professional career at Boldklubben Frem. Coaching career During the 1980s Poulsen coached ...

(1983–1986) *

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(1987–1988) * Heinz Hildebrandt (1988–1990) * Jan Jakobsen (1990–1991) * Eigil Hansen (1991) * Leif Sørensen (1991–1992) * Hardy Gynild (1992) * Erik Rasmussen (1993–1997) * Benny Johansen (1997–1999) * Henrik Jensen (1999–2003) * John 'Tune' Kristiansen (2003–2004) * Gregor Rioch (2004–2006) *

Henrik Larsen Henrik Larsen (born 17 May 1966), nicknamed ''Store Larsen'' (''Big Larsen''), is a Danish Association football, football manager and former professional player who played as a midfielder. He was last the manager of Lyngby Boldklub. He was the ...

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

Achievements

* Danish championship titles:

1954 Events January * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head ...

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

* Football clubs in Denmark 1927 establishments in Denmark Association football clubs established in 1927 Sport in Region Zealand {{Denmark-footyclub-stub