List of F.C. Copenhagen managers

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

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History

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

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

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]

NameNationalityFromToRecordHonours
PWDLFA%W
Benny Johansen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1 July 199230 June 19948745162615612151.721 Superliga Championship
Keld Kristensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1 July 19946 September 1994 [2] 8125121812.50
Benny Johansen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6 September 199430 June 19953315810575045.451 Danish Cup
Michael Schäfer Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1 July 199530 June 199637141013525937.84
Kim Brink Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1 July 199630 June 199743171412535239.531 Danish Cup
Kent Karlsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1 July 199723 September 1998 [3] 553012131117354.54
Kim Brink*Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 23 September 199831 December 199813661291646.15
Christian Andersen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1 January 199916 March 1999 [4] 1001230.00
Kim BrinkFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 16 March 199930 June 200053181421716333.96
Roy Hodgson Flag of England.svg  England 1 July 200030 June 20013518125603051.431 Superliga Championship
Kent Karlsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1 July 200130 August 2001 [5] 10523161350.00
Niels-Christian Holmstrøm*Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 30 August 200117 September 20012011130.00
Hans Backe Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 17 September 2001 [6] 31 December 2005199110563333617955.282 Superliga Championships, 1 Danish Cup, 1 Royal League title
Ståle Solbakken Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1 January 200631 May 2011 [7] 270160545648423859.265 Superliga Championships, 1 Danish Cup, 2 Royal League titles
Roland Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1 June 2011 [7] 8 January 2012 [8] 311858483158.06
Carsten V. Jensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 9 January 2012 [8] 25 May 2012 [9] 18963291450.001 Danish Cup
Ariël Jacobs Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 22 June 2012 [10] 21 August 2013 [11] 51241611825247.061 Superliga Championship
Ståle Solbakken Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 21 August 2013 [11] 10 October 2020 [12] 357203777763336356.863 Superliga Championships, 3 Danish Cups
Hjalte Nørregaard*Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 10 October 2020 [12] 2 November 2020 [13] 32016466.67
Jess Thorup Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2 November 2020 [13] 20 September 202214842252057.141 Superliga Championship
Jacob Neestrup Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 20 September 2022764116191489253.95
Key
* Served as caretaker manager.
† Served as caretaker manager before being appointed permanently.

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