Lyngby Boldklub is a professional Danish
footballAssociation football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
club founded in 1921. It is based at
Lyngby StadionLyngby Stadion is a combined football and athletics stadium in Kongens Lyngby, Denmark. It is owned by the municipality of Lyngby-Taarbæk. It is the home of the football club Lyngby Boldklub, and Trongårdens IF athletics association...
in
Kongens LyngbyKongens Lyngby is the main city in the affluent Danish municipality of Lyngby-Taarbæk. Just north of Copenhagen, the city lies in the northern part of Denmark's largest island, Zealand...
,
DenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
. From 1994 to 2001 the club was known as Lyngby FC.
History
The club was first founded on April 8. 1906 but it was disbanded again in 1915 due to problems with where they were allowed to play. On March 30. 1921 30 young people who made up the football department of Lyngby IF decided to break away and start their own club. They named it Lyngby Boldklub af 1921. They played at Lundtofte Flyveplads and used the hangars as locker rooms.
In 1923 the club moved in on the area where
Lyngby StadionLyngby Stadion is a combined football and athletics stadium in Kongens Lyngby, Denmark. It is owned by the municipality of Lyngby-Taarbæk. It is the home of the football club Lyngby Boldklub, and Trongårdens IF athletics association...
is located now.
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 0-2,0-0 in the second round after beating
KS ElbasaniKlubi i Futbollit or KF Elbasani is an Albanian football club, which plays in the city of Elbasan. The club was founded in 1913, from the fusion of two teams, "Aferdita Elbasan" and "Perparimi Elbasan", under the name "Klubi Futbollit Urani Elbasan"....
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 CupThe UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for European clubs that had not qualified for one of the two major UEFA competitions, the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. The competition was discontinued...
without loss of points.
The club won its second Danish championship in 1992 on
Gentofte StadionGentofte Stadion is a multi-purpose stadium in Gentofte, Denmark . The stadium holds 15,000 people...
. In 1996 the club was eliminated from the
UEFA CupThe UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
by Club Brügge, even though playing a 1-1 draw in Belgium. 1996 was also the year when Lyngby's chairmen,
Flemming ØstergaardFlemming Ammentorp Østergaard is a retired businessman, best known as long-time chairman of Parken Sport & Entertainment, who owns the football club F.C. Copenhagen...
and Michael Kjær sold team captain
LarsenHenrik Larsen , nicknamed Store Larsen , is a Danish former professional football player who was last the manager of Lyngby Boldklub.-Biography:...
to FC Copenhagen. The sale sparked harsh protests among the fans. In 1997
ØstergaardFlemming Ammentorp Østergaard is a retired businessman, best known as long-time chairman of Parken Sport & Entertainment, who owns the football club F.C. Copenhagen...
and Kjær left Lyngby to become chairmen in FC Copenhagen. They were joined by striker
JónssonTodi Adam Jónsson is a Faroese football striker who is playing for Faroese side KÍ.- Club career :He spent a large portion of his career at the Danish Superliga side FC Copenhagen, having arrived in 1997 from Lyngby BK together with the new CEO Flemming Østergaard...
.
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
amateurAn amateur is generally considered a person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science, without pay and often without formal training....
league Danmarksserien, just below the three Danish pro leagues. In 2003 the team was promoted to the
2nd DivisionThe 2nd Division is the third tier Danish football league, just after the 1st Division.It was founded in 1945, after World War II, as the second-best Danish football division. When the Danish Superliga was founded in 1991, the 2nd Division became the third level league...
(the third best league), as winner of Danmarksserien, and on June 18, 2005 the team gained promotion to the
1st DivisionThe 1st Division has been the name of the second highest football league in Denmark since 1991. From 1945 to 1991 the 1st Division was the name of the highest level of football in Denmark...
by finishing 3rd in the 2nd Division.
In the
2006-07 seasonThe 2006-07 Danish 1st Division season was the 12th season of the Danish 1st Division league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association. It took place from the first match on July 29, 2006 to the final match on June 24, 2007....
the team won the
Danish 1st DivisionThe 1st Division has been the name of the second highest football league in Denmark since 1991. From 1945 to 1991 the 1st Division was the name of the highest level of football in Denmark...
and is back in the top flight only five and a half seasons after going bankrupt. Another highlight of the 2006-07 season occurred on April 12, 2007 as Lyngby advanced to the semi-finals of the
Danish CupThe Danish Cup is the official "knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955...
for the first time in several years, by winning 1-0 against
AC HorsensAC Horsens is a professional Danish football team, playing in the Danish Superliga championship. They play on Forum Horsens Stadion in Horsens. The club was founded in 1994, as a superstructure on Horsens fS and the merger of Dagnæs IF and B 1940; FC Horsens.-History:When the new team started in...
on
Lyngby StadionLyngby Stadion is a combined football and athletics stadium in Kongens Lyngby, Denmark. It is owned by the municipality of Lyngby-Taarbæk. It is the home of the football club Lyngby Boldklub, and Trongårdens IF athletics association...
.
This club has won the
Danish championshipThe Danish Superliga is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest association football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each year, with 2 teams to be relegated, which proves to be one of the...
twice (
1983The 1983 Danish 1st Division season was the 38th season of the Danish 1st Division league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association...
and
1992The 1991-92 Danish Superliga season was the 2nd season of the Danish Superliga league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association....
) and the
Danish CupThe Danish Cup is the official "knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955...
three times (1984, 1985 and 1990).
Among former players are former Danish internationals
Flemming ChristensenFlemming Christensen is a Danish former football player and former manager of Danish 1st Division club AB. In his active career, Christensen played for Danish clubs AB and Lyngby BK, as well as French club AS Saint-Etienne and FC Aarau from Switzerland...
,
John HeltJohn Helt is a Danish former football player in the midfielder position.-Club career:He made his first team debut in 1978 with Lyngby Boldklub, with whom he won the 1983 Danish championship and 1984 Danish Cup trophies. He moved to play for league rivals Brøndby IF where he won the 1985 Danish...
,
Klaus BerggreenKlaus Berggreen is a Danish former football player, who most prominently played for Italian clubs Pisa and A.S. Roma. He played 46 matches and scored five goals for the Danish national team, and he represented his country at the 1986 World Cup and two European Championship...
,
Ronnie EkelundRonnie Michael Ekelund is a Danish football player in the forward position, who played professionally in both Europe and the United States...
,
Torben FrankTorben Frank is a Danish former footballer, who played in the striker role. He most successfully played for Danish clubs Lyngby Boldklub and Brøndby IF, and won four Danish championships...
,
Jakob Friis-HansenJakob Friis-Hansen is a Danish former international football player.He is an old friend of former England forward Teddy Sheringham.He was formerly a scout for Liverpool FC....
,
Henrik LarsenHenrik Larsen , nicknamed Store Larsen , is a Danish former professional football player who was last the manager of Lyngby Boldklub.-Biography:...
,
Miklos MolnarMiklos Jon Molnar , nicknamed "Danish Dynamite", is a Danish former professional football player who played as a striker for a number of Danish and foreign clubs. He was the top goalscorer of the 1989 and 1997 Danish championships, and won the 2000 MLS Cup with American team Kansas City Wizards...
,
Carsten FredgaardCarsten Fredgaard is a Danish professional football player, who currently plays for AB in the Danish First Division. His position is on the left, mainly as midfielder, but can also act both as a fullback or a winger. He has played for a number of clubs in Danish and English football, winning two...
,
Claus JensenClaus William Jensen is a former Danish professional footballer, who played as a midfielder. Jensen played more than 40 games and scored 8 goals for the Denmark national football team, and represented Denmark at the 2002 World Cup and 2004 European Championship tournaments. He is the cousin of AaB...
,
Bent ChristensenBent Christensen may refer to:* Bent Christensen , Danish film director* Bent Christensen , Danish footballer who played four games for the Danish national team...
,
Peter NielsenPeter Nielsen may refer to:*Peter Nielsen , Danish botanist, mycologist and plant pathologist*Peter Nielsen , Danish footballer*Peter Meinert Nielsen , Danish road bicycle racer...
,
Niclas JensenNiclas Christian Monberg Jensen is a former Danish professional football player and current football agent. He played as a left back, and most notably won three Danish Superliga championships with F.C. Copenhagen...
and current internationals
Dennis RommedahlDennis Rommedahl is a Danish footballer, who currently plays as a right winger for Brøndby IF. He has played 112 matches and scored 21 goals for the Danish national side. Rommedahl was selected for the Danish squads at the 2002 World Cup, Euro 2004 and the 2010 World Cup...
,
Thomas KristensenThomas Fauerskov Kristensen is a Danish footballer who plays for Danish Superliga club F.C. Copenhagen as a midfielder. Kristensen has been capped five times for the Danish national team.-Club career:...
,
Morten NordstrandMorten Nordstrand Nielsen is a Danish professional football player, who plays as a striker for the Danish Superliga side F.C. Copenhagen. He has played eight times for the Denmark national football team.-Biography:...
and Mikkel Bechmann. Swedish international
Marcus AllbäckMarcus Christian Allbäck , is a Swedish legend and coach, who currently is assistant coach for the Sweden national football team and plays as striker for the Division 1 Södra club Örgryte IS. He is a well-travelled striker known for his sharp finishing ability...
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.
As of 2007 the club's
Old BoysThe terms Old Boys and Old Girls are the usual expressions in use in the United Kingdom for former pupils or alumni of primary and secondary schools. While these are traditionally associated with independent schools, they are also used for some schools in the state sector...
team is among the best in Denmark featuring several well known players such as
Michael LaudrupMichael Laudrup is a retired Danish footballer, who works as a manager and last coached La Liga side RCD Mallorca. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of football. His most prominent run of football came with Spanish club Barcelona, with whom he won four straight La...
,
Brian LaudrupBrian Laudrup is a Danish former football player and current football commentator, pundit and analyst on TV3+. Along with former international goalkeeper Lars Høgh, Laudrup manages a football academy for marginalized youth...
and aforementioned
BerggreenKlaus Berggreen is a Danish former football player, who most prominently played for Italian clubs Pisa and A.S. Roma. He played 46 matches and scored five goals for the Danish national team, and he represented his country at the 1986 World Cup and two European Championship...
and
LarsenHenrik Larsen , nicknamed Store Larsen , is a Danish former professional football player who was last the manager of Lyngby Boldklub.-Biography:...
.
The club is renowned for their youth program and the club won the U-18 league in the 2006 season. Several current A-international players started their careers in Lyngby including
Morten NordstrandMorten Nordstrand Nielsen is a Danish professional football player, who plays as a striker for the Danish Superliga side F.C. Copenhagen. He has played eight times for the Denmark national football team.-Biography:...
,
Dennis RommedahlDennis Rommedahl is a Danish footballer, who currently plays as a right winger for Brøndby IF. He has played 112 matches and scored 21 goals for the Danish national side. Rommedahl was selected for the Danish squads at the 2002 World Cup, Euro 2004 and the 2010 World Cup...
and
Thomas KristensenThomas Fauerskov Kristensen is a Danish footballer who plays for Danish Superliga club F.C. Copenhagen as a midfielder. Kristensen has been capped five times for the Danish national team.-Club career:...
. Though
Niclas JensenNiclas Christian Monberg Jensen is a former Danish professional football player and current football agent. He played as a left back, and most notably won three Danish Superliga championships with F.C. Copenhagen...
started his career in
B 93Boldklubben af 1893 is a Danish football club currently playing in the Danish 2nd Division East. They play at the 7,000 seat Østerbro Stadion in Østerbro, Copenhagen.-Achievements:* Danish championship titles :...
his career didn't really take off until he joined Lyngby in 1992 when he was 18.
Honours
- Danish Champions
- Winner (2): 1983, 1992
- Runner-up (3): 1981, 1985, 1991
- 3rd place (3): 1984, 1988, 1989
- Danish Cup
The Danish Cup is the official "knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955...
- Winner (3): 1984, 1985, 1990
- Runner-up (2): 1970, 1980
- Danish 1st Division
The 1st Division has been the name of the second highest football league in Denmark since 1991. From 1945 to 1991 the 1st Division was the name of the highest level of football in Denmark...
- Winner (1) : 2007
- Runner-up (1) : 1979
- 3rd place (1) : 2006
Achievements
- 23 seasons in the Highest Danish League
The Danish Superliga is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest association football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each year, with 2 teams to be relegated, which proves to be one of the...
- 7 seasons in the Second Highest Danish League
The 1st Division has been the name of the second highest football league in Denmark since 1991. From 1945 to 1991 the 1st Division was the name of the highest level of football in Denmark...
- 17 seasons in the Third Highest Danish League
The 2nd Division is the third tier Danish football league, just after the 1st Division.It was founded in 1945, after World War II, as the second-best Danish football division. When the Danish Superliga was founded in 1991, the 2nd Division became the third level league...
Former notable players
| Klaus Berggreen Klaus Berggreen is a Danish former football player, who most prominently played for Italian clubs Pisa and A.S. Roma. He played 46 matches and scored five goals for the Danish national team, and he represented his country at the 1986 World Cup and two European Championship...
Carsten FredgaardCarsten Fredgaard is a Danish professional football player, who currently plays for AB in the Danish First Division. His position is on the left, mainly as midfielder, but can also act both as a fullback or a winger. He has played for a number of clubs in Danish and English football, winning two...
John HeltJohn Helt is a Danish former football player in the midfielder position.-Club career:He made his first team debut in 1978 with Lyngby Boldklub, with whom he won the 1983 Danish championship and 1984 Danish Cup trophies. He moved to play for league rivals Brøndby IF where he won the 1985 Danish...
Claus JensenClaus William Jensen is a former Danish professional footballer, who played as a midfielder. Jensen played more than 40 games and scored 8 goals for the Denmark national football team, and represented Denmark at the 2002 World Cup and 2004 European Championship tournaments. He is the cousin of AaB...
Niclas JensenNiclas Christian Monberg Jensen is a former Danish professional football player and current football agent. He played as a left back, and most notably won three Danish Superliga championships with F.C. Copenhagen...
Mads JunkerMads Junker is a Danish football striker playing for Roda JC, a team playing in the Dutch Eredivisie. He has played six matches for the Danish national team...
Flemming ChristensenFlemming Christensen is a Danish former football player and former manager of Danish 1st Division club AB. In his active career, Christensen played for Danish clubs AB and Lyngby BK, as well as French club AS Saint-Etienne and FC Aarau from Switzerland...
Henrik LarsenHenrik Larsen , nicknamed Store Larsen , is a Danish former professional football player who was last the manager of Lyngby Boldklub.-Biography:...
Miklos MolnarMiklos Jon Molnar , nicknamed "Danish Dynamite", is a Danish former professional football player who played as a striker for a number of Danish and foreign clubs. He was the top goalscorer of the 1989 and 1997 Danish championships, and won the 2000 MLS Cup with American team Kansas City Wizards...
Peter NielsenPeter Nielsen is a Danish former football player, now a coach. He won 10 international caps and scored one goal for the Denmark national football team, with whom he won Euro 1992, though he didn't play at the tournament....
Morten NordstrandMorten Nordstrand Nielsen is a Danish professional football player, who plays as a striker for the Danish Superliga side F.C. Copenhagen. He has played eight times for the Denmark national football team.-Biography:...
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Dennis RommedahlDennis Rommedahl is a Danish footballer, who currently plays as a right winger for Brøndby IF. He has played 112 matches and scored 21 goals for the Danish national side. Rommedahl was selected for the Danish squads at the 2002 World Cup, Euro 2004 and the 2010 World Cup...
Thomas RytterThomas Rytter Jakobsen is a retired Danish footballer who played as a right-back. In 2001 he won the Danish Superliga championship with F.C. Copenhagen, and most prominently played for Spanish club Sevilla and German club Wolfsburg...
Michael SchäferMichael Schäfer is a Danish former football player and now manager. In his active career, he played 482 games for Danish club Lyngby BK, as well as three games for the Denmark national football team. At the moment he is a teacher at Virum Skole in Denmark.-Biography:Born in Rødovre in eastern...
Mads TimmMads Timm is a Danish footballer, who is player-coach, playing as a forward, for Danish Serie 1 club Kerteminde Boldklub.-Playing career:...
Morten WieghorstMorten Wieghorst is a Danish association football manager and former player. He is the manager of the Denmark national under-21 football team and the former manager of FC Nordsjælland in the Danish Superliga whom he guided to the 2010 and 2011 Danish Cup trophy.During his active career, Wieghorst...
Bosun AyeniBosun Ayeni is a Nigerian professional football midfielder. He currently plays at Brønshøj Boldklub.On 2008-03-28 he was fired from SønderjyskE after headbutting Kenneth Fabricius twice.-External links:* at Danmarks Radio *...
Emeka EzeugoEmeka Ezeugo is a former Nigerian football defender and midfielder.-Career:The Nigerian who has played professionally in five continents most famously for Connecticut Wolves , East Bengal, Kolkata, India, Peru and Dhaka Mohammedan during a successful 15-year playing career.The Nigerian starred for...
Lars BohinenLars Roar Bohinen is a Norwegian former footballer.-Club level:His first professional club was Vålerenga, and he played for Viking, Young Boys Bern, Nottingham Forest, Blackburn Rovers, Derby County...
Marcus AllbäckMarcus Christian Allbäck , is a Swedish legend and coach, who currently is assistant coach for the Sweden national football team and plays as striker for the Division 1 Södra club Örgryte IS. He is a well-travelled striker known for his sharp finishing ability...
Tobias GrahnTobias Grahn is a Swedish professional football midfielder.- Career :On 18 February 2007, Grahn played his first La Liga match for Gimnàstic against Racing de Santander. He made his debut for Hertha on 25 August 2007 in the 2–0 loss to Arminia Bielefeld in the Bundesliga...
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Current squad
Season-by-season results
| Season |
Pos |
Pts |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 00-01: Faxe Kondi Ligaen |
#9/12 |
44 |
33 |
12 |
8 |
13 |
40 |
53 |
| 99-00: Faxe Kondi Ligaen |
#7/12 |
47 |
33 |
14 |
5 |
14 |
51 |
55 |
| 98-99: Faxe Kondi Ligaen |
#4/12 |
52 |
33 |
14 |
10 |
9 |
55 |
60 |
Green denotes promotion,
red denotes relegation.
Former coaches
Jørgen Hvidemose (1981–87) Hans Brun Larsen (1987) Kim Lyshøj (1987–90)
Kent KarlssonKent Karlsson is a Swedish football coach and former player.He was capped 38 times for the national team and played at the 1974 FIFA World Cup....
(1991–92)
Michael SchäferMichael Schäfer is a Danish former football player and now manager. In his active career, he played 482 games for Danish club Lyngby BK, as well as three games for the Denmark national football team. At the moment he is a teacher at Virum Skole in Denmark.-Biography:Born in Rødovre in eastern...
(1992–95)
Benny LennartssonBenny Lennartsson is a Swedish football coach.He has managed Örebro SK, Lyngby FC and Bristol City among others.-References:...
(1995–98)
Poul HansenPoul Hansen is a Danish football manager, currently director of sports at Odense Boldklub. He was awarded Danish Football Manager of th Year in 1999.He has been the manager of Haderslev FK, Ikast fS, Lyngby FC, and AGF Aarhus...
(1998–01) Hasse Kuhn (2001–03) Bent Christensen (2003–05)
Kasper HjulmandKasper Hjulmand is a Danish football manager and a former player. He is the manager of Danish Superliga club FC Nordsjælland.-Career:...
(2006–08)
Henrik LarsenHenrik Larsen , nicknamed Store Larsen , is a Danish former professional football player who was last the manager of Lyngby Boldklub.-Biography:...
(2008–09)
External links
Official website Official fansite Match report from 2010/11 season