Nykøbing FC

Nykøbing FC is a Danish professional association football club based in Nykøbing Falster on Falster. The club competes in Danish 2nd Division, the third tier of the Danish football league system, and plays its home games at the Lollands Bank Park.

Nykøbing FC

Full name	Nykøbing Football Club
Nickname(s)	Alliancen (The Alliance) (between 1994 and 2013)
Short name	NFC
Founded	1 July 2013; 11 years ago (1 July 2013)
Ground	Lollands Bank Park, Nykøbing Falster
Capacity	10,000 (2,000 seated)
Chairman	Axel Castenschiold
Manager	Claus Jensen
League	Danish 2nd Division
2023–24	2nd Division, 6th of 12
Website	https://nykobingfc.com/
Home colours Away colours

History

Mergers (1994–2013)

Nykøbing FC was formed on 1 July 2013 by a merger of regional teams B.1901 and B.1921. The move was initiated with the goal of developing youth football in Guldborgsund Kommune in order to strengthen the first team and thereby retain divisional status.^[1] Before taking the name Nykøbing FC, the club was known as Nykøbing Falster Alliancen (NFA), which was also a superstructure between B.1901 and B.1921 founded on 1 January 1994. Later on, between 2006 and 2013, this club also went under the name Lolland Falster Alliancen (LFA).^[2]

Lolland Falster Alliancen had, before the foundation of Nykøbing FC, had a tumultuous existence between the second tier and third tier. On 18 June 2006, their 4–3 defeat to Lyngby Boldklub in the last game of the season resulted in relegation to the third tier, after having spent three years in the second tier.^[3] However, they spent just one season at this level, and were promoted back to the second division after beating KB 5–0 on 3 June 2007.^[3]

Superliga 2020 (2015–present)

In 2015, two years after the launch of the new merger between B.1901 and B.1921, Nykøbing FC launched the project Superliga 2020, with a declared goal of promotion to the Danish Superliga by 2020. The project was launched when Danish celebrities – chef Claus Meyer, comedian Mick Øgendahl and former footballer Claus Jensen – invested millions in the club and became major shareholders.^[4][5] This vision was readjusted in 2019, instead targeting promotion to the Danish Superliga by 2022 with 50% of the team being homegrown.^[6] On 7 January 2020, Claus Jensen combined his role as investor in the club with a new role as club manager, while head coach Brian Rasmussen assumed the position of first team coach.^[7]

Nykøbing achieved national prominence in 2021 when they knocked top-flight FC Copenhagen out of the Danish Cup with a shocking 3–0 win.^[8]

Season to season

Season Tier Division Place Danish Cup 2013/14 3 3 9th Third round 2014/15 3 3 5th Second round 2015/16 3 3 3rd First round 2016/17 2 2 7th Second round 2017/18 2 2 8th Second round 2018/19 2 2 8th Third round 2019/20 2 2 10th Third round

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• 4 seasons in Danish 1st Division
• 3 seasons in Danish 2nd Division

Current squad

As of 3 September 2024^[9]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  DEN Tobias Brogaard 2 DF  DEN Oliver Angus 3 DF  DEN Kasper Jensen 4 DF  DEN Anton Basbas Pedersen 5 DF  DEN Villads Eskildsen 6 DF  DEN Thor Høholt 7 MF  DEN Lucas Nyman 8 MF  DEN Jonathan Pank Iversen 9 FW  DEN Asger Højmark 10 MF  DEN Emil Wass 11 FW  DEN Benjamin Kold 14 MF  DEN Magnus Nykjær 15 MF  DEN Rasmus Berner 17 DF  DEN Simon Madsen

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  DEN Milas Frederiksen 19 FW  DEN Victor Koch 20 FW  DEN William Lohse 21 DF  DEN Elias Nilsson 22 FW  DEN Marcus Rasmussen 23 DF  DEN Oskar Gärtig 25 GK  DEN Jeppe Rasmussen 26 GK  DEN Valde Skov 27 DF  DEN Oskar Balsløv 28 FW  DEN Oliver Baltzer 29 DF  DEN Noah Larsen — DF  DEN Oliver Svendsen — MF  DEN Marcus Hansen (loan from Esbjerg)

Youth players in use 2024–25

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 31 FW  DEN Kristoffer Tribler Edvardsen 31 DF  DEN Laurits Jensen

Current technical staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Claus Jensen
Assistant manager	Sam Rafique
Assistant manager	Jan Jacobsen
First team coach	Joachim Wagner
Goalkeeping coach	Sebastian Olsen
Team manager	Jeanette Friis
Physiotherapist	Emil Becker Ringtved

Last updated: February 2020
Source: Nykøbing FC

Stadium

Nykøbing FC play its home matches at the Nykøbing Falster Idrætspark named CM Arena for sponsorship reasons. It has a capacity of approximately 10,000 and was inaugurated in 1987.

Famous players

Note: this list includes players that have appeared in at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status.

Jordan Wilson Lars Pleidrup Kasper Jensen Søren Christensen

Anders Due Jonas Kamper Esben Hansen Kim Christensen

See also: Category:Nykøbing FC players

Coaches

Nykøbing Falster Alliancen Finn Petersen (1994–96), (1998–99) Jan Øster (1996) Peter Bonde (1997–98) Jesper "Købmand" Pedersen (2000) Carsten Broe (2000–06)

Lolland-Falster Alliancen Tom Nielsen (2006–07) Jens Olsen (2008) Per Berg Larsen (2008), (2008) Jesper Hansen (2008) Jesper Tollefsen (2009–11) Jeppe Tengbjerg (2011–13) Jan Jacobsen (2013–14)

Nykøbing FC Jens Olsen (2014–19) Brian Rasmussen (2019–20) Claus Jensen (2020–)

References

1. "Historie – Nykøbing FC". www.nykobingfc.com (in Danish). Retrieved 2 February 2020.
2. "About NFC: History – Lolland Falster Alliancen". www.nykobingfc.com (in Danish). Retrieved 21 January 2019.
3. Scheuermann, Frederik (15 December 2018). "15. December: En vanvittig nedrykning og et hurtigt comeback". Nykøbing FC. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
4. "Kendt trekløver poster millioner i Nykøbing FC" [Famous trio invest millions in Nykøbing FC] (in Danish). dr.dk. 17 May 2015.
5. "Nykøbing FC Special: 2020-planen er ikke et "projekt" – det er det første skridt af mange" [Nykøbing FC Special: The 2020 Plan Is Not a "Project" – It's The First Step of Many] (in Danish). mediano.nu. 7 March 2018.
6. "Nykøbing justerer sin vision: Superliga i 2022" [Nykøbing readjust vision: Superliga by 2022] (in Danish). bold.dk. 26 July 2019.
7. "Claus Jensen bliver manager i Nykøbing FC" [Claus Jensen becomes manager in Nykøbing FC] (in Danish). bold.dk. 7 January 2020.
8. Dvinge, Nicolai (22 September 2021). "FCK i kæmpe pokal-ydmygelse – TV 2". TV2 Sport (in Danish). Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
9. "Truppen". Nykøbing FC. Retrieved 10 January 2020.

External links

• Official club website