Nickolai Lund

Nickolai Lund
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-05-28) 28 May 1988
Team information
Current team
 Viborg
Managerial career
Years Team
2012–2015 Team Viborg
2025– Viborg

Nickolai Lund (born 28 May 1988) is a Danish football manager currently serving as head coach of Danish Superliga club Viborg. In addition to various assistant roles, he also led Team Viborg between 2012 and 2015.

Career

Lund grew up in Sminge, an area near Silkeborg and started his coaching career at Silkeborg IF.[1] In 2012, he became head coach of Team Viborg, a team competing in the Danish Women's 1st Division at the time.[2] He guided the club back to the Elitedivision in 2015,[3][4] the top division of women's football in Denmark. However, in his final match in charge, Team Viborg lost 2–1 to Vejle and were relegated back to the 1st Division.[5]

After serving as a youth coach with Randers and later Silkeborg,[6] Lund moved back to Viborg to join the men's first team under head coach Jacob Neestrup.[7] He joined as the club's under-15 team while also serving as an analyst for the first team.[8][9] He was named as assistant coach, as well as a transition coach, on 10 July 2019.[8]

While working to acquire his UEFA Pro Licence, Lund left Viborg to join Copenhagen as assistant on 7 June 2023,[10] reuniting with Neestrup who had become the club's head coach in 2022.[11] He was later fired from Copenhagen[12][13] in January 2025 due to problems with the team's set pieces.[14]

After the 2024–25 season ended, Lund returned to Viborg under head coach Jakob Poulsen as an assistant.[15] By June 2025, he was promoted alongside fellow assistants Pål Fjelde and Ralf Pedersen to take charge of Viborg's first team after Poulsen departed Viborg to fill a vacant head coaching role at fellow Superliga club AGF.[16] On 16 July, after Viborg sports director Mads Agesen stated the club was unlikely to find a permanent head coach before the opening game of the club's 2025–26 season,[17] Lund was promoted to interim head coach for the club's match against Copenhagen.[18] His debut as interim head coach resulted in a 3–2 loss.[19]

Viborg announced on 24 July 2025 that Lund had been promoted to head coach, no longer being an interim. He signed a three-year deal with the club.[20][21] His first competitive win for the club came on 3 August with a 2–0 win against Brøndby.[22]

Career statistics

As of match played 17 August 2025
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
G W D L Win %
Team Viborg 15 July 2012 15 June 2015 66 32 9 25 048.5 [23]
Viborg 16 July 2025 present 5 2 0 3 040.0 [24]
Career total 71 34 9 28 047.9

References

  1. ^ Helligsø, Michael (26 May 2025). "Fodboldtræner med Silkeborg-fortid vender retur til superligaklub" [Football coach with Silkeborg past returns to super league club]. Midtjyllands Avis (in Danish). Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  2. ^ Kristensen, Danny (15 July 2012). "Ny træner til Team Viborg" [New coach for Team Viborg]. Viborg Folkeblad (in Danish). Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  3. ^ "Silkeborg Efterskole satser massivt på pigefodbold" [Silkeborg Efterskole is investing heavily in girls' football]. fodboldforpiger.dk (in Danish). 5 January 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  4. ^ Hald, Christian (4 May 2015). "Klar til næste skridt som træner" [Ready for the next step as a coach]. Viborg Folkeblad (in Danish). Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  5. ^ Kristensen, Danni (15 June 2015). "Tre års arbejde sluttede værst tænkeligt" [Three years of work ended in the worst possible way]. Viborg Folkeblad (in Danish). Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  6. ^ Hald, Christian (10 July 2019). "Viborg FF har fundet assistenttræner – men der kommer én mere" [Viborg FF has found an assistant coach – but there will be one more]. Viborg Folkeblad (in Danish). Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Ændring i trænerstaben: Nickolai Lund vender tilbage til VFF" [Change in the coaching staff: Nickolai Lund returns to VFF] (in Danish). Viborg FF. 26 May 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  8. ^ a b "Nickolai Lund bliver assistent- og transitionstræner i VFF" [Nickolai Lund becomes assistant and transition coach in VFF]. Viborg FF (in Danish). 10 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  9. ^ "Viborg FF Talent - Informationshæfte 2018" (PDF). Viborg FF. p. 4. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  10. ^ "Nickolai Lund joins F.C. Copenhagen as assistant coach". FC Copenhagen. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  11. ^ "Jacob Neestrup appointed new F.C. Copenhagen head coach". FC Copenhagen. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  12. ^ "FCK fyrer assistenttræner efter dødboldproblemer" [FCK fires assistant coach after set-piece problems]. Berlingske (in Danish). 9 January 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  13. ^ "Assistant coach Nickolai Lund leaves FCK". FC Copenhagen. 9 January 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  14. ^ "Ny FCK-assistent har fokus på at udrydde dødboldproblem" [New FCK assistant focuses on eradicating the set-piece problem]. Berlingske (in Danish). 23 January 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  15. ^ Schmidt, Martin; Porse, Kristian (26 May 2025). "Fyret i FCK: Viborg henter Lund hjem" [Fired in FCK: Viborg brings Lund home]. bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  16. ^ Mølby, Morten (20 June 2025). "Jakob Poulsen er ny cheftræner i AGF" [Jakob Poulsen is the new head coach of AGF] (in Danish). DR. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  17. ^ Thrane, Kasper Aleksander (15 July 2025). "Tre dage før sæsonstart har Viborg stadig ingen cheftræner: 'Vigtigst at finde den rette'" [Three days before the start of the season, Viborg still has no head coach: 'The most important thing is to find the right one'] (in Danish). DR. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  18. ^ Mielcke, Thomas (16 July 2025). "Viborg FF bekræfter: Der kommer ingen ny cheftræner inden premiere" [Viborg FF confirms: There will be no new head coach before the premiere]. Viborg Folkeblad (in Danish). Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  19. ^ Ravn, Oliver Bilberg; Nielsen, Morten Løvig (18 July 2025). "De forsvarende mestre åbner Superligasæsonen med sejr i Viborg" [The defending champions open the Superliga season with a victory in Viborg] (in Danish). DR. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  20. ^ "Nickolai Lund bliver cheftræner for VFF" [Nickolai Lund becomes head coach of VFF] (in Danish). Viborg FF. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  21. ^ Bagger, Sebastian Taarsted (24 July 2025). "Viborg gør midlertidig træner til ny cheftræner" [Viborg makes interim coach new head coach] (in Danish). DR. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  22. ^ Wehlast, Mads Glenn (3 August 2025). "Viborgs nye chef: Vi kan slå alle i Superligaen" [Viborg's new boss: We can beat anyone in the Superliga]. bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 3 August 2025.
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  24. ^ "2025-2025 Viborg Stats, All Competitions". FBref.com. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
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