# HB Køge

HB Køge (Danish pronunciation:) 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 Boldklub and Køge Boldklub in 2009.

## History

The Danish 1st Division club Herfølge Boldklub and bankrupt club Køge Boldklub decided in March 2009 to merge. The club played their first season as a merged club in the 2009–10 season of the Danish Superliga. The season ended in relegation.
In the following 1st Division season, they finished second and returned to the Superliga. Following the promotion manager Aurelijus Skarbalius left the club for a job as assistant manager of Brøndby IF and was replaced by Tommy Møller Nielsen. The club's second appearance in the Danish Superliga ended in another relegation.
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 Boldklub. 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 IF in June 2014.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 1 February 2025
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 | DEN | Berkant Bayrak |
| 3 | DF | DEN | Sebastian Larsen |
| 4 | DF | DEN | Hans Christian Bonnesen |
| 5 | DF | NED | Gabriël Çulhacı |
| 6 | MF | NED | Michael Chacón |
| 7 | MF | DEN | Mike Jensen |
| 8 | MF | DEN | Marc Rochester |
| 10 | FW | DEN | Christian Tue Jensen |
| 12 | GK | KAZ | Dulat Talyspayev |
| 14 | MF | DEN | Viktor Sørensen |
| 15 | DF | DEN | Efe Bayrak |
| 16 | DF | DEN | Silas Hald |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | DEN | Basem Alkhoudari |
| 18 | FW | JOR | Mohamad Al-Naser |
| 19 | FW | MKD | Erkan Semovski |
| 20 | FW | DEN | Alfred Gøthler |
| 21 | MF | DEN | Niklas Jakobsen |
| 22 | DF | DEN | Mattias Jakobsen |
| 23 | DF | DEN | Mads Westergren |
| 24 | MF | DEN | Javany Lawrence |
| 25 | DF | DEN | Vinicius Faloni |
| 26 | FW | CUW | Jafar Arias |
| 28 | MF | DEN | Gabriel Larsen |
| 29 | GK | DEN | Noah Sømmergaard |

### Youth players in use 2024-25

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 |
| 31 | DF | DEN | Emil Villumsen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 32 | DF | DEN | Mads Rasmussen |

### 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 |
| 27 | FW | DEN | Ifenna Dorgu (at Genoa until 30 June 2025) |

## Club officials

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

## Managers

* Aurelijus Skarbalius (2009–2011)
* Tommy Møller Nielsen (2011–2012)
* Per Frandsen (2012–2014)
* Henrik Pedersen (2014–2015)
* Henrik Lehm (2016–2018)
* Morten Karlsen (2018–2019)
* Aurelijus Skarbalius (2020–2021)
* Daniel Agger (2021–2023)
* Nicklas Pedersen (2023–present)

## Partnership

* FK Utenis Utena