HB Køge

HB Køge
Full nameHerfølge Boldklub Køge[1][2]
Nickname(s)HBK, Svanerne (The Swans), Herfølge-Køge
FoundedJuly 1, 2009
merger of Herfølge
and Køge Boldklub
GroundKøge Idrætspark
Capacity8,000 (3,440 seated)
OwnerCapelli Sport
ManagerNicklas Pedersen
League1st Division
2024–251st Division, 10th of 12
Websitewww.hbkoge.dk

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 and Køge Boldklub in 2009.

History

The Danish 1st Division club Herfølge 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 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.[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 in June 2014.[9]

Players

Current squad

As of 16 August 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 GK Denmark DEN Berkant Bayrak
2 DF Denmark DEN Laurits Bust
3 DF Denmark DEN Sebastian Larsen
5 DF Netherlands NED Gabriël Çulhacı
6 DF Denmark DEN Rasmus Brodersen
7 MF Denmark DEN Mike Jensen
8 MF Denmark DEN Marc Rochester
10 FW Denmark DEN Christian Tue Jensen
11 FW Jordan JOR Mohamad Al-Naser
12 GK Kazakhstan KAZ Dulat Talyspayev
14 MF Denmark DEN Viktor Sørensen
15 DF Denmark DEN Efe Bayrak
16 DF Denmark DEN Silas Hald
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW Denmark DEN Basem Alkhoudari
18 FW Denmark DEN Mustafa Salah
19 FW North Macedonia MKD Erkan Semovski
20 FW Denmark DEN Alfred Gøthler
21 MF Denmark DEN Niklas Jakobsen
22 DF Denmark DEN Mattias Jakobsen
23 DF Denmark DEN Mads Westergren
24 MF Denmark DEN Mads Schütt
25 DF Denmark DEN Vinicius Faloni
27 FW Denmark DEN Ifenna Dorgu
28 MF Denmark DEN Gabriel Larsen
29 GK Denmark DEN Noah Sømmergaard

Youth players in use 2025-26

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
30 MF Denmark DEN Lukas Schmidt
No. Pos. Nation Player
31 DF Denmark DEN Lukas Achton

Out on loan

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

Club officials

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

Managers

Partnership

References

  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.