Lyngby Boldklub

History

The club traces its origins to 8 April 1906, but that early club was disbanded in 1915 due to problems with where they were allowed to play. On 30 March 1921, thirty young people from the football department of Lyngby IF broke away and formed Lyngby Boldklub af 1921. For the first few years they played at Lundtofte Flyveplads, using flight hangars as locker rooms. In 1949 the club moved to the area where Lyngby Stadion now stands.

Lyngby became the first Danish club to wear the club's name on its kits, doing so in 1961. The club won its first Danish championship in 1983 and the following year played in the European Cup, losing to Sparta Prague in the second round after eliminating KS Elbasani. In 1986 Lyngby became the first club to win its UEFA Intertoto Cup group without losing a point. The second Danish championship came in 1992, secured on Gentofte Stadion.

In 1996 the club was eliminated from the UEFA Cup by Club Brügge despite a 1–1 draw in Belgium. That same year, chairmen Flemming Østergaard and Michael Kjær sold team captain Larsen to FC Copenhagen, sparking fan protests. Østergaard and Kjær left for FC Copenhagen in 1997, joined by striker Jónsson. In December 2001 the club went bankrupt and finished the season with amateur players, finishing last and being relegated two additional leagues to the amateur Danmarksserien.

Promotion to the 2nd Division came in 2003, and to the 1st Division in 2005. The 2006–07 season saw Lyngby win the Danish 1st Division, returning to the top flight five and a half seasons after bankruptcy, and also reach the Danish Cup semi-finals. In 2014, Hellerup Finans took over the squad, and its chairman Torben Jensen became chairman of the squad.

Players

Lyngby Boldklub has produced a remarkable number of Danish internationals, with four of its players featuring on the 1992 European Championship-winning squad. Dennis Rommedahl and Mikkel Beckmann later represented Denmark at the 2010 World Cup. Swedish striker Marcus Allbäck also had a brief stint with the club in the late 1990s. The club marked its 100th anniversary on 10 September 2021 with a Legends match featuring former stars like Miklos Molnar, Klaus Berggreen, and Henrik Larsen. Lyngby is especially known for its youth academy, which launched the careers of players such as Yussuf Poulsen, Christian Nørgaard, Lasse Schöne, and Andreas Bjelland. In the mid-2000s, its Old Boys team was among Denmark's best, including Michael and Brian Laudrup alongside Berggreen and Larsen.