{{Short description|Association football club in Copenhagen, Denmark}} {{Redirect|B.93||B93 (disambiguation)}} {{About|the men's professional football team|the women's team associated to the same club|Boldklubben af 1893 (women)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = B.93 | image = Boldklubben93logo.png | image_size = 250px | fullname = Boldklubben af 1893 | short name = B.93 | nickname = Byens Ægte Hold (The True City Team) | founded = {{start date and age|1893|5|19|df=y}} | ground = Østerbro Stadion, Copenhagen | capacity = 7,000 | chairman = Pernille Marcussen | manager = Kasper Lorentzen | league = 1st Division | season = 2024–25 | position = 1st Division, 9th of 12 | pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1= | leftarm1=FFFFFF|body1=FFFFFF|rightarm1=FFFFFF|shorts1=000080|socks1=000080 | pattern_la2=_whitelower|pattern_b2=_thinwhitesides|pattern_ra2=_whitelower | leftarm2=F02539|body2=F02539|rightarm2=F02539|shorts2=F02539|socks2=F02539 | website = {{URL|https://www.b93.dk/}} }} '''Boldklubben af 1893''', commonly referred to as '''B.93''', is a football club based in Østerbro, Copenhagen, Denmark.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jørgensen |first1=Palle "Banks" |title=Boldklubben af 1893 – fodbold 1896-1999: en fodboldkrønike fra den spæde begyndelse til Superligaen |date=1999}}</ref> The team competes in the Danish 1st Division, the second level of the Danish football league system. The club has won nine league titles and one Danish Cup.
B.93 was originally founded as a cricket club on 19 May 1893, and was named '''Cricketklubben af 1893''' at its inception. Football was introduced in 1896, at which point the club adopted its current name. Tennis was added in 1901. The cricket division was later discontinued, but the football and tennis divisions remain among the country's larger clubs by membership.
The club's football division, with 1,834 members, was the fifth-largest football club under DBU Copenhagen in Denmark in 2023.<ref>{{cite web |last1=DBU København Kommunikation |title=Medlemstal: Top 10 klubber |url=https://www.dbukoebenhavn.dk/nyheder/2023/april/medlemstal-top-10-klubber/ |website=DBU |access-date=8 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240808105042/https://www.dbukoebenhavn.dk/nyheder/2023/april/medlemstal-top-10-klubber/ |archive-date=8 August 2024 |language=da |date=4 November 2023}}</ref>
==History== Founded in 1893 as a cricket club, B.93 began playing football in 1895 and entered DBU's first-team tournament in 1896, marking the beginning of its official football history.<ref name="1895til1900">{{cite web |title=1895 – 1900 fodboldsæsonerne |url=https://b93.dk/1895-1900-fodboldsaesonerne/ |website=Boldklubben af 1893 |access-date=8 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518065742/https://b93.dk/1895-1900-fodboldsaesonerne/ |archive-date=18 May 2024 |language=da-DK}}</ref> The club participated continuously in the top league from the start of the Denmark tournament in 1927 until 1954, when it was relegated to the 2nd Division. B.93 enjoyed its most successful period during the 1930s, earning the nickname ''Champagneholdet'' ("The Champagne Team") and winning five Danish championships.<ref>{{cite news |title=24.dec: Danmarksmesterskabet skal hjem |url=https://bold.dk/fodbold/klubber/b-93/nyheder/24dec-Danmarksmesterskabet-skal-hjem |access-date=8 August 2024 |work=bold.dk |date=24 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007091831/https://bold.dk/fodbold/klubber/b-93/nyheder/24dec-Danmarksmesterskabet-skal-hjem |archive-date=7 October 2023 |language=da}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Vindere af 3F Superligaen |url=https://www.dbu.dk/turneringer-og-resultater/landsdaekkende-turneringer-herrer/3f-superliga/ |website=DBU |access-date=8 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803090943/https://www.dbu.dk/turneringer-og-resultater/landsdaekkende-turneringer-herrer/3f-superliga/ |archive-date=3 August 2024 |language=da}}</ref>
B.93 experienced a notable decline in prominence from the mid-20th century. The club's most recent stint in the top league was during the 1998–99 season. Prior to that, B.93 had played in the top league uninterrupted from 1975 to 1983.<ref>{{cite web |title=B.93: Bedste herrehold |url=https://www.dbukoebenhavn.dk/om-os/historie/klubber/b/b-93/bedste-herrehold/ |website=DBU |access-date=8 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007091826/https://www.dbukoebenhavn.dk/om-os/historie/klubber/b/b-93/bedste-herrehold/ |archive-date=7 October 2023 |language=da}}</ref> A highlight of this period was in 1982, when B.93 reached the Danish Cup final. The club defeated B 1903 over two legs at Københavns Idrætspark, with the first match ending 3–3 after extra time and the replay won 1–0.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pokalturneringen 1981/1982 – Finale |url=https://www.haslund.info/10_danmark/40_pokalturneringen/1981_1982/finale.asp |website=Haslund |access-date=8 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007133859/https://www.haslund.info/10_danmark/40_pokalturneringen/1981_1982/finale.asp |archive-date=7 October 2023}}</ref> This victory secured B.93 a place in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, where the club eliminated East German club Dynamo Dresden in the first round but was subsequently defeated by Belgium's Waterschei Thor in the second round.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hansen |first1=Steffen |title=B.93 – Dynamo Dresden: Da dynamoen blev slukket af 'Den Hvide Dame' |url=https://bulibold.dk/b93-dynamo-dresden-dynamoen-slukket-hvide-dame/ |access-date=8 August 2024 |work=bulibold.dk |date=21 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129145106/https://bulibold.dk/b93-dynamo-dresden-dynamoen-slukket-hvide-dame/ |archive-date=29 November 2023 |language=da-DK}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ahlstrøm |first1=Frits |title=Historisk målskytte i dansk fodbold er død |url=https://www.tv3sport.dk/sport/fodbold/nyheder/historisk-malskytte-i-dansk-fodbold-er-dod |access-date=8 August 2024 |work=TV3 SPORT |date=10 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240808113347/https://www.tv3sport.dk/sport/fodbold/nyheder/historisk-malskytte-i-dansk-fodbold-er-dod |archive-date=8 August 2024 |language=da}}</ref>
The early 2000s were marked by financial difficulties for B.93.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ritzaus Bureau |title=B93 afværger konkurs på målstregen |url=https://www.bt.dk/sport/b93-afvaerger-konkurs-paa-maalstregen |access-date=8 August 2024 |work=B.T. |date=7 February 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007190434/https://www.bt.dk/sport/b93-afvaerger-konkurs-paa-maalstregen |archive-date=7 October 2023 |language=da}}</ref> In February 2002, the club faced a bankruptcy crisis, which was averted when IT millionaire Thomas Olsen and former Denmark international Preben Elkjær took over the professional company B.93 Copenhagen A/S.<ref>{{cite news |title=Preben Elkjær B 93-direktør |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/preben-elkjaer-b-93-direktoer |access-date=8 August 2024 |work=DR |date=12 March 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404043215/https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/preben-elkjaer-b-93-direktoer |archive-date=4 April 2024 |language=da-DK}}</ref> However, the partnership ended in June 2004, leading to a decline in the club's performance and relegation from the second tier in 2005.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Laursen |first1=Anders |title=B93 rykker ned i 2. division |url=https://www.dr.dk/sporten/fodbold/b93-rykker-ned-i-2-division |access-date=8 August 2024 |work=DR |date=5 June 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007135754/https://www.dr.dk/sporten/fodbold/b93-rykker-ned-i-2-division |archive-date=7 October 2023 |language=da-DK}}</ref> The decline continued, and in 2012, B.93 were relegated from the 2nd Division East, falling outside divisional football for the first time in its history.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Elbech |first1=Søren |title=B 93 ude af DM for første gang! |url=https://www.danskfodbold.com/nyheder.php?ID=710 |access-date=8 August 2024 |work=danskfodbold.com |date=10 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231206195423/https://www.danskfodbold.com/nyheder.php?ID=710 |archive-date=6 December 2023 |language=da}}</ref> Despite this setback, the club was promoted from the Denmark Series the following year and has remained a divisional team since.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Blond |first1=Mikael |title=B93 tilbage i divisionerne |url=https://bold.dk/fodbold/stillinger/3-division/nyheder/B93-tilbage-i-divisionerne |access-date=8 August 2024 |work=bold.dk |date=5 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007190409/https://bold.dk/fodbold/stillinger/3-division/nyheder/B93-tilbage-i-divisionerne |archive-date=7 October 2023 |language=da}}</ref>
===Achievements=== * '''35''' ''seasons'' in the ''Highest Danish League'' * '''28''' ''seasons'' in the ''Second Highest Danish League'' * '''11''' ''seasons'' in the ''Third Highest Danish League''
thumb|B.93's league position since 1945
==Current squad== {{Updated|2 February 2026}} {{Fs start}} {{fs player|no=1|nat=DEN|name=Aris Vaporakis|pos=GK}} {{fs player|no=2|nat=DEN|name=Ludvig Henriksen|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=4|nat=SWE|name=Wilhelm Nilsson|pos=DF}} {{fs player|no=5|nat=DEN|name=Emil Christensen|pos=DF}} {{fs player|no=6|nat=DEN|name=Mikkel Wohlgemuth|pos=MF}} {{fs player|no=8|nat=LVA|name=Kristaps Grabovskis|pos=FW}} {{fs player|no=9|nat=DEN|name=Julius Voldby|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=12|nat=DEN|name=Muhammad Huzaifa|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=DEN|name=Adam Ahmad|pos=FW}} {{fs player|no=15|nat=SWE|name=Carl Björk|pos=FW|other=<small>on loan from Brøndby</small>}} {{fs player|no=16|nat=DEN|name=Tobias Blidegn|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=DEN|name=Lulian Jakupi|pos=FW}} {{fs player|no=18|nat=MKD|name=Fisnik Isaki|pos=MF}} {{fs player|no=20|nat=DEN|name=Andreas Heimer|pos=MF}} {{Fs mid}} {{fs player|no=21|nat=DEN|name=Gustav Højbjerg|pos=DF}} {{fs player|no=22|nat=DEN|name=Sven Leschly|pos=MF}} {{fs player|no=23|nat=DEN|name=Casper Andreasen|pos=FW}} {{fs player|no=24|nat=DEN|name=Emil Møller|pos=DF}} {{fs player|no=25|nat=DEN|name=Julius Christensen|pos=GK}} {{fs player|no=26|nat=DEN|name=Danis Faljic|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=28|nat=DEN|name=Roni Arabaci|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=29|nat=DEN|name=Karl Noppen|pos=DF}} {{fs player|no=30|nat=DEN|name=Vito Hammershøy-Mistrati|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=31|nat=DEN|name=Frederik Ibsen|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=32|nat=DEN|name=Yasin Belhadj|pos=FW}} {{fs player|no=98|nat=DEN|name=Christoffer Henriksen|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=— |nat=GHA|name=Joseph Kinful|pos=DF}} {{Fs end}}
===Youth players in use 2025–26=== {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=29|nat=DEN|name=Karl Noppen|pos=DF}} {{Fs end}}
===Out on loan=== {{Fs start}} {{Fs end}}
==Staff== ===Current technical staff=== {{Fb cs header}} {{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Head Coach |s={{flagicon|DNK}} Kasper Lorentzen}} {{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Assistant Coach |s={{flagicon|DNK}} Emil Dyre}} {{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Assistant Coach |s={{flagicon|DNK}} Jimmi Klitland}} {{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Goalkeeping Coach |s={{flagicon|DNK}} Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard}} {{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Goalkeeping Coach |s={{flagicon|DNK}} Nicolas Nielsen}} {{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Physical Coach |s={{flagicon|DNK}} Jonas Ratze}} {{Fb cs staff |bg= |p=Sport Director |s={{flagicon|DNK}} Lars Lüthjohan}} {{Fb cs footer|u=25 January 2025 |s=[http://fck.dk F.C. Copenhagen]|date=March 2021}}
==Honours== 100px|thumb|Original logo * '''Danish Football Championship''' (Level 1){{efn|name=Superliga|Until 1991, the top division of Danish football was the Danish 1st Division; since then, it has been the Danish Superliga. At the same time, the Danish 1st Division became the second division, and so on.}} ** '''Winners (9):''' 1915–16, 1926–27, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1938–39, 1941–42, 1945–46 **Runners-up (2): 1913–14, 1932–33, * '''2nd Division (1945–1990) / 1st Division (1991–present)''' (Level 2) ** '''Winners (1):''' Spring 1994 **Runners-up (5): 1958, 1963, 1974, 1984, 1997–98 * '''3rd Division East (1945–1990) / 2nd Division (1991–present)''' (Level 3) ** '''Winners (5):''' 1972, 1989, 1991–92 slutspil{{efn|name=slutspil|In the summer of 1991, one of the several changes to the format of the Danmarksturneringen i fodbold was the introduction of the Kvalifikationsligaen in the spring section of the season, which meant that the levels below in the overall Danish football league system was dropped by one, while at the same time being increased by one in the autumn season. This tournament format lasted until the spring of 1995.}}, 1992–93 grundspil{{efn|name=slutspil}}, 1993–94 grundspil{{efn|name=slutspil}} **Runners-up (6): 1970, 1971, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2020–21, 2022–23 * '''Danish Cup''' ** '''Winners (1):''' 1981–82
== Notes == {{notelist}}
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{official|https://b93prof.dk/}} {{in lang|da}}
{{Danish 1st Division}}
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