17 Facts About FC Copenhagen

1.

Football Club Copenhagen, commonly known as FC København, FC Copenhagen, Copenhagen or simply FCK, is a professional Danish football club in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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2.

FC Copenhagen has won 14 Danish Football Championships and 8 Danish Cups.

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3.

In European football FC Copenhagen has reached the group stage of the UEFA Champions League and the group stage of the UEFA Europa League more times than any other Danish club and are the only Danish club who has reached the knockout stage of the Champions League.

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4.

FC Copenhagen plays its matches at the Parken Stadium, which serves as the venue for Denmark national football team matches.

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5.

FC Copenhagen used Boldklubben's club license to play in the Danish Superliga championship, while Kjøbenhavns Boldklub became the official reserve team of the club.

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6.

In 1999, FC Copenhagen made its impact in Europe when it faced English side Chelsea in the second round UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

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7.

FC Copenhagen was rapidly attended to by club doctor Frank Odgaard who found that his heart had stopped beating and started to administer cardiac massage.

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8.

Under Backe, FC Copenhagen went on to win the 2004 and 2006 Danish championships and the 2004 Danish Cup.

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9.

FC Copenhagen fell to Panathinaikos and Atletico, but a win against Lokomotiv meant that the club needed only a draw against Aberdeen to qualify for the next round.

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10.

FC Copenhagen were subsequently placed in a group with Leicester City, FC Porto and Club Brugge.

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11.

FC Copenhagen won the league with the closest competition, Brøndby, finishing 24 points behind them.

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12.

FC Copenhagen reached the cup final, where they met arch-rivals Brøndby.

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13.

FC Copenhagen opened the scoring via Andreas Cornelius's first ever goal against the club, with Brøndby responding just 10 minutes later with an equaliser.

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14.

FC Copenhagen secured the win with two goals in rapid succession, in the 83rd and 85th minutes, both long balls from defence to attack, scored by Santander and Cornelius respectively, thus resulting in the club from the capital winning their third consecutive cup final, along with their second consecutive domestic double.

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15.

FC Copenhagen finishing second in Group B contested with FC Lugano, Dynamo Kyiv and Scandinavian rivals Malmo FF.

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16.

FC Copenhagen were then drawn against Scottish outfit Celtic in the first knockout round of the UEFA Europa League.

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17.

FC Copenhagen launched an esports division called North in 2017, with a Danish team in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

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