HB Køge (Danish pronunciation: [ˈkʰøː(j)ə]) 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 was created through the merger of Herfølge Boldklub and Køge Boldklub in 2009.

HB Køge
Full nameHerfølge Boldklub Køge[1][2]
Nickname(s)HBK, Svanerne (The Swans), Herfølge-Køge
FoundedJuly 1, 2009
merger of Herfølge Boldklub
and Køge Boldklub
GroundKøge Idrætspark
Capacity8,000 (3,440 seated)
OwnerCapelli Sport
ManagerNicklas Pedersen
League1st Division
2023–241st Division, 10th of 12
Websitehttp://hbkoge.dk/

History

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The Danish 1st Division club Herfølge Boldklub and bankrupt club Køge Boldklub decided in March 2009 to merge.[3] The club played their first season as a merged club in the 2009–10 season of the Danish Superliga.[4] The season ended in relegation.

In the following 1st Division season, they finished second and returned to the Superliga.[5] Following the promotion manager Aurelijus Skarbalius left the club for a job as assistant manager of Brøndby IF and was replaced by Tommy Møller Nielsen.[6] The club's second appearance in the Danish Superliga ended in another relegation.[7]

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 Boldklub.[8] He was replaced by his assistant Per Frandsen, who led the club to two consecutive sixth-place finishes before leaving for a youth job at Brøndby IF in June 2014.[9]

Players

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Current squad

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As of 1 February 2025[10]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 MF   DEN Berkant Bayrak
3 DF   DEN Sebastian Larsen
4 DF   DEN Hans Christian Bonnesen
5 DF   NED Gabriël Çulhacı
6 MF   NED Michael Chacón
7 MF   DEN Mike Jensen
10 MF   DEN Christian Tue Jensen
12 GK   KAZ Dulat Talyspayev
15 DF   DEN Efe Bayrak
16 DF   DEN Silas Hald
17 FW   DEN Basem Alkhoudari
18 FW   JOR Mohamad Al-Naser
19 FW   MKD Erkan Semovski
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW   DEN Niklas Jakobsen
22 DF   DEN Mattias Jakobsen
24 FW   DEN Javany Lawrence
25 DF   DEN Vinicius Faloni
26 FW   CUW Jafar Arias
28 DF   DEN Gabriel Larsen
29 GK   DEN Noah Sømmergaard
DF   NED Michael Mulder
FW   DEN Alfred Gøthler
MF   DEN Viktor Sørensen
DF   DEN Mads Westergren
MF   DEN Marc Rochester

Youth players in use 2024-25

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
31 DF   DEN Emil Villumsen
No. Pos. Nation Player
32 DF   DEN Mads Rasmussen

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
27 FW   DEN Ifenna Dorgu (at Genoa until 30 June 2025)

Club officials

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Name Position
  Nicklas Pedersen Manager
  Gregg Ryder Assistant Manager
  Jean Abdo Match Analyst
  Heidi E. Johansen First Team Goalkeeping Coach
  Per Rud Director of Sports

Managers

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Partnership

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References

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  1. ^ "HB Køge". Weltfussballarchiv.com. Data Sports Group. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Herfølge Boldklub Køge". Futbol24.com. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Pressemeddelelse: HB Køge fik A/licens". Archived from the original on 2009-06-27.
  4. ^ "HB Køge skal spille i Herfølge". Archived from the original on 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  5. ^ "Auris svaner tilbage i Superligaen". 24 May 2011. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
  6. ^ "Møller Nielsen erstatter Skarbalius". 8 June 2011. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
  7. ^ "AGF-islænding sender HB Køge ned". 6 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
  8. ^ "HB Køge smider Tommy Møller på porten". 3 September 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
  9. ^ "Brøndby hapser HB Køge-træner". 11 June 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
  10. ^ HBKoge.dk // Truppen Archived 2019-09-20 at the Wayback Machine at hbkoge.dk
  11. ^ "Sukirto rankomis su Danijos klubu" (in Lithuanian). FK Utenis. 4 May 2017. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
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