List of F.C. Copenhagen managers

This is a list of F.C. Copenhagen's managers and their records, from 1992, when the team was founded, to the present day.

History

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The first manager of F.C. Copenhagen was Benny Johansen, who was manager of one of the mother clubs, B 1903, before 1992. Johansen has sat the position twice: the first period ended in 1994, but later same year he substituted Keld Kristensen, who only received 8 matches with the team.

Records

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There have been eight different permanent and two caretaker managers of FCK since 1992; one of the caretakers (Kim Brink) has managed the club in three separate spells. The longest-running manager in terms of time is Hans Backe (2001–2005), who also is the longest-running in terms of games. The only two persons, who has managed FCK, that isn't from Scandinavia is Roy Hodgson and Ariël Jacobs. The most successful permanent manager was Kent Karlsson, in terms of percentage of wins with 55.38%, while Christian Andersen is FCK's least successful (0.00%). Andersen is also the shortest-running permanent manager of FCK, and received only a single match, before he was fired.

Managers

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As of 13 April 2024. Only competitive matches are counted. Wins, losses and draws are results at the final whistle; the results of penalty shoot-outs are not counted.[1]

Name Nationality From To Record Honours
P W D L F A %W
Benny Johansen   Denmark 1 July 1992 30 June 1994 87 45 16 26 156 121 51.72 1 Superliga Championship
Keld Kristensen   Denmark 1 July 1994 6 September 1994[2] 8 1 2 5 12 18 12.50
Benny Johansen   Denmark 6 September 1994 30 June 1995 33 15 8 10 57 50 45.45 1 Danish Cup
Michael Schäfer   Denmark 1 July 1995 30 June 1996 37 14 10 13 52 59 37.84
Kim Brink   Denmark 1 July 1996 30 June 1997 43 17 14 12 53 52 39.53 1 Danish Cup
Kent Karlsson   Sweden 1 July 1997 23 September 1998[3] 55 30 12 13 111 73 54.54
Kim Brink*   Denmark 23 September 1998 31 December 1998 13 6 6 1 29 16 46.15
Christian Andersen   Denmark 1 January 1999 16 March 1999[4] 1 0 0 1 2 3 0.00
Kim Brink   Denmark 16 March 1999 30 June 2000 53 18 14 21 71 63 33.96
Roy Hodgson   England 1 July 2000 30 June 2001 35 18 12 5 60 30 51.43 1 Superliga Championship
Kent Karlsson   Sweden 1 July 2001 30 August 2001[5] 10 5 2 3 16 13 50.00
Niels-Christian Holmstrøm*   Denmark 30 August 2001 17 September 2001 2 0 1 1 1 3 0.00
Hans Backe   Sweden 17 September 2001[6] 31 December 2005 199 110 56 33 336 179 55.28 2 Superliga Championships, 1 Danish Cup, 1 Royal League title
Ståle Solbakken   Norway 1 January 2006 31 May 2011[7] 270 160 54 56 484 238 59.26 5 Superliga Championships, 1 Danish Cup, 2 Royal League titles
Roland Nilsson   Sweden 1 June 2011[7] 8 January 2012[8] 31 18 5 8 48 31 58.06
Carsten V. Jensen   Denmark 9 January 2012[8] 25 May 2012[9] 18 9 6 3 29 14 50.00 1 Danish Cup
Ariël Jacobs   Belgium 22 June 2012[10] 21 August 2013[11] 51 24 16 11 82 52 47.06 1 Superliga Championship
Ståle Solbakken   Norway 21 August 2013[11] 10 October 2020[12] 357 203 77 77 633 363 56.86 3 Superliga Championships, 3 Danish Cups
Hjalte Nørregaard*   Denmark 10 October 2020[12] 2 November 2020[13] 3 2 0 1 6 4 66.67
Jess Thorup   Denmark 2 November 2020[13] 20 September 2022 14 8 4 2 25 20 57.14 1 Superliga Championship
Jacob Neestrup   Denmark 20 September 2022 76 41 16 19 148 92 53.95
Key
* Served as caretaker manager.
† Served as caretaker manager before being appointed permanently.

References

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  1. ^ Lindemann, Klaus V. & Mohr, Henrik. "Nipserstat" (in Danish). Archived from the original on 2006-12-14. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  2. ^ "Benny Johansen tilbage i FCK - Keld Kristensen fyret" (in Danish). /ritzau/.
  3. ^ "Kent Karlsson stopper som træner i FCK" (in Danish). /ritzau/.
  4. ^ "Christian Andersen stopper som træner i FC København" (in Danish). /ritzau/.
  5. ^ "Bevæget farvel til FCK-træner" (in Danish). /ritzau/.
  6. ^ "Hans Backe ny FCK-træner" (in Danish). /ritzau/.
  7. ^ a b "Roland Nilsson tiltræder den 1. juni" (in Danish). F.C. Copenhagen. 2011-05-25. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
  8. ^ a b "Carsten V. Jensen overtager cheftrænerstilling" (in Danish). F.C. Copenhagen. 2012-01-09. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
  9. ^ "Officielt: CV fjernes fra trænersædet" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
  10. ^ "Belgisk mestertræner til F.C. København" (in Danish). F.C. Copenhagen. 2012-06-22. Archived from the original on 2012-06-28. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  11. ^ a b "F.C. København skifter træner" (in Danish). F.C. Copenhagen. 2013-08-21. Retrieved 2013-08-21.
  12. ^ a b "Ståle Solbakken fratræder i F.C. København" (in Danish). F.C. Copenhagen. 2020-10-10. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  13. ^ a b "F.C. Copenhagen appoint Jess Thorup as new head coach" (in Danish). F.C. Copenhagen. 2020-11-02. Retrieved 2021-03-05.