Lyngby Boldklub

Lyngby

Full name	Lyngby Boldklub af 1921
Nickname(s)	De kongeblå (the royal blues), Vikingerne (the Vikings)
Founded	1921 (1921)
Ground	Lyngby Stadion, Lyngby
Capacity	10,000 (3.111 seated)
Chairman	Tommy Petersen Friends of Lyngby
Head coach	Morten Karlsen
League	Danish Superliga
2023–24	Danish Superliga, 10th of 12
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Lyngby Boldklub (Danish pronunciation: [ˈløŋˌpyˀ ˈpʌlˀtkʰlup]) is a professional football club based in Lyngby, Denmark, founded in 1921. It is based at Lyngby Stadion. The club play in Danish Superliga. From 1994 to 2001 the club was known as Lyngby FC. The club has won the Danish championship twice (1983 and 1992) and the Danish Cup three times (1984, 1985 and 1990).

History

The club was first founded on 8 April 1906 but it was disbanded again in 1915 due to problems with where they were allowed to play. On 30 March 1921, 30 young people from the football department of Lyngby IF decided to break away and start their own club. They named it Lyngby Boldklub af 1921. For the first few years, they played at Lundtofte Flyveplads, using the flight hangars as locker rooms. In 1949 the club moved to the area where the present-day Lyngby Stadion is located.

Lyngby was the first club in Denmark to wear the club's name on the kits, which happened in 1961. In 1983 the club became Danish champions for the first time and in 1984 the club played in the European Cup losing to Sparta Prague with 1–2,0–0 in the second round after beating KS Elbasani in the first round with 3–0,3–0. In 1986 the club was the first one to win its group in the UEFA Intertoto Cup without loss of points.

The club won its second Danish championship in 1992 on Gentofte Stadion. In 1996 the club was eliminated from the UEFA Cup by Club Brügge, even though playing a 1–1 draw in Belgium. 1996 was also the year when Lyngby's chairmen, Flemming Østergaard and Michael Kjær sold team captain Larsen to FC Copenhagen. The sale sparked harsh protests among the fans. In 1997 Østergaard and Kjær left Lyngby to become chairmen in FC Copenhagen. They were joined by striker Jónsson.

In December 2001 the club went bankrupt and was forced to finish the season using only amateur players. Hardly surprising, the team finished the season in last place and was subsequently relegated an additional two leagues due to the bankruptcy. As a result, the team went straight from playing in the Superliga to playing in the amateur league Danmarksserien, just below the three Danish pro leagues. In 2003 the team was promoted to the 2nd Division (the third best league), as winner of Danmarksserien, and on 18 June 2005 the team gained promotion to the 1st Division by finishing 3rd in the 2nd Division.

In the 2006–07 season the team won the Danish 1st Division thus returning to the top flight only five and a half seasons after going bankrupt. Another highlight of the 2006–07 season occurred on 12 April 2007 as Lyngby advanced to the semi-finals of the Danish Cup for the first time in several years, by winning 1–0 against AC Horsens on Lyngby Stadion.

Lyngby achieved a third place in the 2016-17 season, just a season after being promoted from the 1. Division. In the second half of the 2017-18 season, however, the club experienced financial difficulties, due to irregularities at the club owner, Hellerup Finans, which later went bankrupt. This led to the departure of several key players, before, on 9 February 2018, the club was bought and saved by a group of local business people and fans known collectively as Friends of Lyngby. This was not enough for Lyngby to hold its place in the Superliga, as the club lost two play-off matches against 1. Division number 3, Vendsyssel FF, being relegated to 1. Division. Just over a year later, on 2 June 2019, fortunes were reversed, as Lyngby, finishing 3rd in 1. Division, won 3–2 on aggregate against Vendsyssel FF, securing its re-promotion to the top flight.

Lyngby BK's starting eleven gather moments before the first of two Superliga play-off matches against Vendsyssel FF (30 May 2019)

On May 28, 2024, it was announced that Philadelphia based Union Sports and Entertainment had entered into a strategic partnership with Lyngby Boldklub, also acquiring a minority stake in the club.

Honours

• Danish Champions
  • Winner (2): 1983, 1991–92
  • Runners-up (3): 1981, 1985, 1991
  • 3rd place (4): 1984, 1988, 1989, 2016–17
• Danish Cup
  • Winner (3): 1983–84, 1984–85, 1989–90
  • Runners-up (2): 1969–70, 1979–80
• Danish 1st Division
  • Winner (2): 2006–07, 2015–16
  • Runners-up (3): 1979, 2009–10, 2021–22
  • 3rd place (3): 2005–06, 2014–15, 2018–19
• Zealand Series
  • Winner (9): 1946–47, 1952–53, 1956–57, 1959, 1969^‡, 1973^‡, 1975^‡, 1980^‡, 2005^‡
  • Runners-up (4): 1941–42, 1943–44, 1948–49, 1949–50

^‡: Won by reserve team

Achievements

• 23 seasons in the Highest Danish League
• 7 seasons in the Second Highest Danish League
• 17 seasons in the Third Highest Danish League

European record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1982–83	UEFA Cup	1R	Brage	1–2	2–2	3–4
1984–85	European Cup	1R	Labinoti Elbasani	3–0	3–0	6–0
		2R	Sparta Praha	0–0	1–2	1–2
1985–86	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Galway United	1–0	3–2	4–2
		2R	Red Star Belgrade	2–2	1–3	3–5
1986–87	UEFA Cup	1R	Neuchâtel Xamax	0–2	1–3	1–5
1990–91	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Wrexham	0–0	0–1	0–1
1992–93	UEFA Champions League	1R	Rangers	0–2	0–1	0–3
1996–97	UEFA Cup	QR	Mura	0–0	2–0	2–0
		1R	Club Brugge	1–1	0–2	1–3
1999–2000	UEFA Cup	QR	Birkirkara	7–0	0–0	7–0
		1R	Lokomotiv Moscow	1–2	0–3	1–5
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	1QR	Bangor City	1–0	3–0	4–0
		2QR	Slovan Bratislava	2–1	1–0	3–1
		3QR	Krasnodar	1–3	1–2	2–5

Players

Current squad

As of 24 August 2024

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	DEN	Brian Hämäläinen
4	DF	FRA	Baptiste Rolland
5	DF	BEL	Lucas Lissens
6	DF	DEN	Andreas Bjelland
7	DF	GHA	Willy Kumado
8	MF	DEN	Mathias Hebo
9	FW	GHA	Malik Abubakari
10	FW	DEN	Rezan Corlu
11	FW	DEN	Magnus Warming
12	DF	DEN	Magnus Jensen
13	MF	DEN	Casper Winther
14	MF	DEN	Lauge Sandgrav
15	FW	DEN	Michael Opoku
17	FW	USA	Jonathan Amon

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	DEN	Gustav Fraulo
21	FW	ISL	Sævar Atli Magnússon
23	DF	DEN	Pascal Gregor
24	MF	DEN	Tobias Storm
25	MF	DEN	Peter Langhoff
26	FW	DEN	Frederik Gytkjær
27	FW	DEN	Adam Vendelbo
30	MF	DEN	Marcel Rømer (captain)
31	GK	GER	Jonas Krumrey (on loan fron Red Bull Salzburg)
32	GK	DEN	Jannich Storch
33	MF	GHA	Enock Otoo
40	GK	DEN	David Jensen

Youth players in use 2023/24

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Out on loan

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	DEN	Gustav Mortensen (at Vendsyssel until 30 June 2025)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	DEN	Johan Meyer (at Esbjerg fB until 30 June 2025)
—	FW	DEN	Nikolai Baden Frederiksen (at Göteborg until 31 December 2024)

Former players

Among former players are former Danish internationals Flemming Christensen, John Helt, Klaus Berggreen, Ronnie Ekelund, Torben Frank, Jakob Friis-Hansen, Henrik Larsen, Miklos Molnar, Claus "Kuno" Christiansen, Carsten Fredgaard, Claus Jensen, Bent Christensen, Peter Nielsen, Niclas Jensen, Dennis Rommedahl, Thomas Kristensen, Morten Nordstrand, Anders Christiansen, Mikkel Beckmann and Yussuf Poulsen. Swedish international Marcus Allbäck briefly played for the club in the late 1990s. Four Lyngby players were on the Danish team that won the 1992 European Football Championship, while Rommedahl and Bechmann were included in the Danish squad for the World Cup in South Africa, 2010.

On 10 September 2021, Lyngby Boldklub celebrated their centenary by organising a Legends match. The match was played by former notable players including Miklos Molnar, Klaus Berggreen, Henrik Larsen, and others who had played for the club in the past.

Youth players

Lyngby Boldklub is also renowned for its youth program, and several current and former A-international players started their careers in Lyngby. These include Yussuf Poulsen, Frederik Sørensen, Christian Gytkjær, Andreas Bjelland, Lasse Schöne, Morten Nordstrand, Dennis Rommedahl and Thomas Kristensen. Though Niclas Jensen started his career in B 93 his career didn't really take off until he joined Lyngby in 1992 aged 18.

Old boys

In the mid-2000s, the club's Old Boys team was among the best in Denmark featuring several well-known players such as Michael Laudrup, Brian Laudrup and aforementioned Berggreen and Larsen.

Season-by-season results

Season	Pos	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22-23: Superligaen	#10/12	28	32	6	10	16	30	49	-19
21-22: 1. Division	#2/12	63	32	18	9	5	62	29	33
20–21: Superligaen	#11/12	26	32	6	8	18	36	63	-27
19–20: Superligaen	#11/14	34	32	9	7	16	34	54	-20
18–19: 1. Division	#3/12	52	33	15	7	11	51	47	+4
17–18: Superligaen	#14/14	23	32	4	11	17	35	65	-30
16–17: Superligaen	#3/14	58	36	17	7	12	42	35	+7
15–16: 1. Division	#1/12	64	33	19	7	7	59	37	+22
14–15: 1. Division	#3/12	51	33	14	9	10	49	37	+12
13–14: 1. Division	#3/12	57	33	18	3	12	58	41	+18
12–13: 1. Division	#4/12	56	33	17	5	11	55	42	+13
11–12: Superligaen	#11/12	28	33	8	4	21	32	60	−28
10–11: SAS Ligaen	#8/12	38	33	10	8	15	42	52	−10
09-10: Viasat Sport Divisionen	#2/16	62	30	19	5	6	59	39	+20
08-09: Viasat Sport Divisionen	#6/16	50	30	14	8	8	50	26	+24
07-08: SAS Ligaen	#12/12	18	33	3	9	21	33	69	−36
06-07: Viasat Sport Divisionen	#1/16	64	30	19	7	4	71	43	+28
05-06: Viasat Sport Divisionen	#3/16	59	30	18	5	7	68	44	+24
04-05: 2. Division	#3/16	58	30	18	4	8	67	32	+35
03-04: 2. Division	#11/16	37	30	9	10	11	51	62	−11
02-03: Danmarksserien 1	#1/16	72	30	23	3	4	84	37	+47
01-02: SAS Ligaen	#12/12	15	33	2	9	22	25	92	−67
00-01: Faxe Kondi Ligaen	#9/12	44	33	12	8	13	40	53	−13
99-00: Faxe Kondi Ligaen	#7/12	47	33	14	5	14	51	55	−4
98–99: Faxe Kondi Ligaen	#4/12	52	33	14	10	9	55	60	−5
97–98: Faxe Kondi Ligaen	#6/12	45	33	13	6	14	53	62	−9
96–97: Faxe Kondi Ligaen	#9/12	40	33	10	10	13	50	61	−11
95–96: Coca-Cola Superligaen	#4/12	53	33	14	8	11	61	35	+26

Green denotes promotion, red denotes relegation.

Former coaches

• Jørgen Hvidemose (1981–87)
• Hans Brun Larsen (1987)
• Kim Lyshøj (1987–90)
• Kent Karlsson (1991–92)
• Michael Schäfer (1992–95)
• Benny Lennartsson (1995–98)
• Poul Hansen (1998–01)
• Hasse Kuhn (2001–03)
• Bent Christensen (2003–05)
• Kasper Hjulmand (2006–08)
• Henrik Larsen (2008–09)
• Niels Frederiksen (2009–13)
• Johan Lange (2013)
• Jack Majgaard (2013–15)
• Søren Hermansen (2015) (interim)
• David Nielsen (2015–17)
• Thomas Nørgaard (2017–18)
• Mark Strudal (2018)
• Christian Nielsen (2018–20)
• Carit Falch (2020–21)
• Freyr Alexandersson (2021–24)
• Magne Hoseth (2024)
• David Nielsen (2024)
• Morten Karlsen (2024–Present)

External links

• (in Danish) Official website
• (in Danish) Official fansite (archived 25 August 2005)