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{{short description|Danish professional football club}}
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| fullname = Akademisk Boldklub Gladsaxe
| nickname = ''Akademikerne'' (The Academics)
| short name = AB
| founded = {{Start date and age|1889}}
| ground = [[Gladsaxe Stadium]],<br />[[Gladsaxe]]
| capacity = 13,507 (7,707 seated)
| chairman = [[Brian Joseph Grieco]]
| manager = [[Joey Guðjónsson]]
| league = [[Danish 2nd Division]]
| season = [[2023–24 Danish 2nd Division|2023–24]]
| position = 5th of 12
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'''Akademisk Boldklub Gladsaxe''' ('''AB''') is a [[Denmark|Danish]] [[professional]] [[football (soccer)|football]] club from [[Gladsaxe]] north of [[Copenhagen]],
currently playing at the 3rd highest level of Danish domestic football in the [[Danish 2nd Division]] group 1.

The club was established on February 26, 1889, through a merger of [[Frederiksberg Studenternes Kricketklub]] and [[Polyteknisk Boldklub]]. AB is nine time [[Danish Superliga#Danish champions 1913-2005|Danish Champions]], eight time [[Copenhagen Football Championship|Copenhagen Champions]], one time [[Danish Cup|Danish Cup Champions]] and six times [[KBUs Pokalturnering|Copenhagen Cup Champions]], and the club is thus one of the most successful in Danish football.
 
The club has training and club facilities in [[Bagsværd]] north of [[Copenhagen]] and plays its home matches at [[Gladsaxe Stadium]], also called ''Stade de Lundberg'', named after one of the club's pioneers, [[Knud Lundberg]].
 
Since the foundation, AB has played in a green and white kit and had an owl as mascot. The club's official fan club is named [[AB Forever]] and was founded in 1995.
 
AB is one of the oldest football clubs in Denmark and is originally from Copenhagen. Here the club had training facilities on [[Østerbro]] from 1903 to 1922. From 1923 to 1965 the club had training facilities on [[Nørrebro]]. In 1965, AB moved to Gladsaxe where the club belongs today. Most of the club's titles were won in the time in Copenhagen, especially in the 1890s and the 1940s.
 
The club participated in the foundation of the [[Danish Football Association]] in 1889 and has over the years developed many football players who have played on the [[Denmark national football team|Denmark national team]], including [[Harald Bohr]], [[Karl Aage Hansen]], [[Knud Lundberg]], [[Kresten Bjerre]] and [[René Henriksen]]. Harald Bohr's brother, the Nobel Prize winning physicist [[Niels Bohr]], did not make it to the national team, but indeed played for the club, as a goalkeeper.<ref>{{cite web |title=National service for footballers |date=2005-07-27 |website=[[The Guardian]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527043508/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2005/jul/27/theknowledge.panathinaikos |archive-date=2023-05-27 |url-status=live |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2005/jul/27/theknowledge.panathinaikos}}</ref>

== History ==
=== The foundation ===
Akademisk Boldklub was founded on February 26, 1889, through a merger of the two academic sports clubs [[Fredericia Studenternes Kricketklub]] and [[Polyteknisk Boldklub]]. Fredericia Studenternes Kricketklub was a cricket club founded in 1884 by graduating students from the Latin School in [[Fredericia]]. When they became students in 1883, they moved to [[Copenhagen]] to study at the [[University of Copenhagen]]. The following year, they founded the club so that they could play cricket again.<ref name="AB_125">{{cite book|author1=Thomsen, Allan M.|author2=Dalgaard, Karl Aage|year=2014|title=AB 125 years – 1889-2014|place=Bagsværd, Denmark|publisher=Academic Boldklub|isbn=9788792772053}}</ref>
 
Like most other clubs at the time, Fredericia Studenternes Kricketklub originally only had cricket on the program. However, from around 1887, football became more popular in Denmark as [[Frederik Markmann]], chairman of the board of [[Københavns Boldklub]], took the initiative to translate the laws of the [[English Football Association]] to Danish in collaboration with three clubmates and [[Holger Forchhammer]] from Fredericia Studenternes Kricketklub. The club got football on the program from then on and participated in Københavns Boldklub's [[Medal Football Competition]].
 
Holger Forchhammer and his brother {{Ill|Johannes Forchhammer (footballer)|lt=Johannes|da|Johannes Forchhammer (DBU)}} were key people in Fredericia Studenternes Kricketklub at that time. Holger Forchhammer took initiative to start a collaboration with [[Herlufsholm Kostskole]], where Holger's father was the rector, to recruit talented players to the team. Holger also became board member of AB's first board and chairman of the [[National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark]] from 1897 to 1899, while Johannes became chairman of the [[Danish Football Association]] from 1894 to 1897.<ref name="AB_125" />
 
With the introduction of football on the program, the club opened for admission from other schools than Fredericia Studenternes Kricketklub. Eventually, the number of Copenhageners in the club grew larger and the name of the club became unrepresentative of its member. Therefore, members of Fredericia Studenternes Kricketklub and Polyteknisk Boldklub were convened on February 26, 1889, for a joint meeting between the two clubs in order to arrange a merger. Polyteknisk Boldklub was a somewhat younger club from 1885 which consisted of students and graduates from [[Technical University of Denmark]]. The result of the meeting was a merger between the two clubs and the foundation of Akademisk Boldklub.<ref name="AB_125" />
 
In relation to the merger, new requirements for becoming a member of AB were introduced. The admission requirement was that one had an entrance examination from a Scandinavian university or from the Technical University of Denmark. However, an exemption could be granted for this requirement if the board decided unanimously to register a member or if 15 members of the club recommended a person.<ref name="AB_125" />
 
At the establishment of AB, the club got a new logo with an owl as a mascot. The owl is a symbol of wisdom and learning<ref name="owl">{{cite web|url=http://denstoredanske.dk/Symbolleksikon/Dyr/ugle|title=Owl|author=Gyldendal|date=July 9, 2012|access-date=August 15, 2018|archive-date=August 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814090841/http://denstoredanske.dk/Symbolleksikon/Dyr/ugle|url-status=live}}</ref> and has been the club's mascot since the foundation. The newly established club played in a green and white kit, as did the Fredericia Studenternes Kricketklub.<ref name="AB_125" />

=== The early years ===
Shortly after the foundation, on April 1, 1889, AB moved to new premises on [[Østerbro]] in Copenhagen<ref name="AB_historie">{{cite web|url=http://www.ab-fodbold.dk/klubben/historie/|title=Historie|author=Akademisk Boldklub Gladsaxe|access-date=August 15, 2018|archive-date=August 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810205232/http://www.ab-fodbold.dk/klubben/historie/|url-status=dead}}</ref> where the club during the year grew to have 104 active members and 15 passive members.<ref name="AB_125" />
 
On March 5, 1889, AB played its first official football match. The match was played at Blegdamsfælleden in Copenhagen, and AB won 2–0 against the opponent [[BK Frem]].<ref name="AB_125" />
 
In 1889, AB participated in the establishment of the [[Danish Football Association]] together with 21 football clubs from Copenhagen and five from the province. On April 27, 1889, AB won the Danish Football Association's first tournament, defeating the until then invincible club Københavns Boldklub. In the period 1890–1900, AB had great success and won the [[Copenhagen Football Championship]] eight times.<ref name="AB_125" />
 
In 1890 AB played the first Danish-Swedish football match in the history when [[Halmstads BK]] was defeated 3–0 away from home.<ref name="AB_125" />
 
Football was not yet played at schools at the time, and AB therefore started a junior department with the intention of recruiting talented young players. However, the department had to close again in 1897 due to the bad behavior of its members. In 1899, the club tried again and this time it had more success as the department's member count rose to 70 during the first year. The first two members of the new junior department were brothers [[Niels Bohr]] and [[Harald Bohr]], who both later came to play on AB's first-team squad. Harald Bohr already debuted at AB's first-team squad at the age of 16, where he became known as the first dribble in Danish football and was dubbed ''Lille Bohr'' by the press. He always played with a white handkerchief in the pocket, which he used to measure the wind direction and strength before and during matches. Harald, who later became a world renowned mathematician, played four international matches with the Denmark national team during his career. Niels Bohr became more famous outside the football field as a [[Nobel Prize winners|Nobel Prize winner]] and in his work as a professor, which was illustrated in a match against German football team [[Mittweida Tecnicum]]. In the match, Niels Bohr played as a goalkeeper, and as the ball rarely came near AB's goal, he spent the time leaning against one of the goal posts. Suddenly, a long ball was kicked toward AB's goal, which the crowd expected Niels Bohr to collect. However, he did not respond before a spectator shouted at him and the ball had already gone into the goal. After the game, he admitted that his thoughts were on a mathematical problem that he had attempted to solve by making calculations on the inside of the post.<ref name="AB_100">{{cite book|author=Provis, Thomas|year=1989|title=100 års leg med bolden – fra Niels Bohr til Per Frimann|place=Bagsværd, Denmark|publisher=Akademisk Boldklub|isbn=8798318802}}</ref>

===Getting a pitch on Østerbro===
In 1902, AB set up a work committee aimed at making AB a pitch owning club like neighboring club [[Københavns Boldklub]] and [[Boldklubben af 1893|B93]] had just become. The committee collected DKK 60,000 for the financing of the facilities, which came primarily from interest free bond loans from supporters of the club. In autumn 1902, the club rented six acres of land at Lammefælleden on Østerbro in Copenhagen by [[Copenhagen Municipality]] for the establishment of the new training facilities, which was put into service already in 1903.<ref name="AB_100" />
 
Shortly after the establishment of the new training facilities, AB also got a new home ground. Interest in sports was increasing in the early 19th century, and for this reason, the mayor of Copenhagen [[Jens Jensen (trade unionist)|Jens Jensen]] in 1906 presented a proposal for the establishment of a sports park, which was granted DKK 1,264,450 for the construction of. In 1911, [[Københavns Idrætspark]] was completed and the facility became home to theDenmark national team and several Copenhagen football clubs, including AB.<ref name="AB_125" />
 
AB's football game developed drastically as the club went from the uneven grounds they had played on so far to good fields on the new facilities. The good results AB had achieved so far in the Copenhagen Football Championship, however, did not survive in the period after the move to Østerbro. A highlight in the period after moving to Østerbro was when the team played 2–2 against professional [[Middlesbrough F.C.]] from [[England]]. In 1912, the poor results reached a new low point when AB ended last in the domestic tournament and had to play a relegation match against [[Østerbros Boldklub]]. AB won the relegation match 3–1 and was thus rescued from relegation.<ref name="AB_125" />
 
In the 1910s, the results began to improve again, and in 1914, AB participated in its first [[KBUs Pokalturnering|Copenhagen Cup final]], but lost 3–4 to KB. In 1919, the luck eventually turned when AB won its first [[Danish Superliga#Danish champions 1913-2005|Danish Championship]] after defeating [[B 1901]] 3–0 in the final. KBU's tournament, which led to the final of the Danish domestic football tournament, was won in a convincing way with 11 wins and only one defeat and a goal score of 46–16. In 1921, AB again won the Danish Championship when [[Aarhus Gymnastikforening|AGF]] was defeated 3–0 by a team consisting of many of the same players who had won the championship two years earlier.<ref name="AB_125" />
 
During the years on Østerbro, AB and BK Frem collaborated on arranging so-called "English matches", as KB and B93 had also done it where professional foreign clubs were invited to a football tournament in Copenhagen. The English matches generated large spectator revenues for the arranging clubs due to the great interest in seeing the professional English teams.<ref name="AB_125" />

===Moving to Nørrebro===
[[File:Akademisk Boldklub vs Kjøbenhavns Boldklub at Københavns Idrætspark on 18 March 1928 during KBUs Mesterskabsrække match.png|thumb|Match between AB and KB on March 18, 1928, in Københavns Idrætspark.|alt=AB-KB]]
In 1919, the [[Copenhagen Magistrate]] terminated the lease of the ground of AB's training facilities as of October 1, 1919. AB was therefore seized to suddenly be completely without a training facility after having had training facilities on Østerbro for 16 years. AB did however negotiate an amendment to the agreement, which meant that the club could use the facility until the ground was taken into service but had to accept a reduction of notice for the termination of the ground to one month. On January 1, 1922, the magistrate finally terminated the lease as construction was planned. AB was then again referred to play on uneven fields without any facilities.<ref name="AB_100 "/>
 
With police chief [[J. Parker]] as new chairman of AB from 1922, AB managed to find new training facilities in 1923. The Danish state's gymnastics institute was opened at [[Nørre Allé]] on [[Nørrebro]] in Copenhagen on March 10, 1923. At the institute, training facilities were to be set up, which AB was allowed to manage for an area of 10 barrels of land. To fund the new facilities, AB set up a funding committee. The committee experienced great support from many well-known people in the academic world, which helped raise awareness about the need for funding. [[Copenhagen Municipality]] supported with a loan of DKK 40,000 and AB had itself saved DKK 40,000 through a lending fund. DKK 20,000 was missing, which was generously granted as a loan by neighbor club BK Frem. Work on the new facilities began in June 1923, and on September 13, 1924, the facilities, designed by architect [[Carl Brummer]], were officially opened.<ref name="AB_100" />
 
On the sports front, AB's football team did mediocre in the years following the move to Nørrebro, as the team for many years ended in the middle and bottom of the row. In the mid-1930s, the luck began to return to the football team. In 1936, AB was runner-up in the Danish Championship and won its first Copenhagen Cup when KB was defeated 3–1 in the final. The cup championship gave the players a will to get even better, and the team practiced hard over the winter to improve. The practice helped as the club won its third Danish Championship in 1937.<ref name="AB_125" />
 
At the end of the 1920s, the number of members in the youth department increased steadily, and AB began to level divide the teams. With a strong coach team led by [[Carl Hansen (footballer)|Carl "Skomager" Hansen]], the youth department achieved great success in this period and won the juniors tournament in 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1937 and 1938.<ref name="AB_125" />

=== Golden era ===
[[File:Frem vs AB ca1940.jpg|thumb|Match between AB and BK Frem around 1940.|alt=AB-BK Frem]]
 
In 1939, AB celebrated the club's 50th anniversary on restaurant [[Nimb]] in Copenhagen. At the same time, the club began a period of great success. In 1939, the advent of the [[World War II]] could be felt in Europe. On the sports front, the war meant that much international sports cooperation was interrupted, but also that interest in sports increased as the offer of leisure activities was limited. Membership in AB increased to over 1,000 during the war period. The attendance to AB's matches was about 30,000 during this period, and in 1944, a total of 43,000 spectators saw AB play the final in the Danish Championships against BK Frem.<ref name="AB_60">{{cite book|author=Akademisk Boldklub|year=1949|title=Akademisk Boldklub: 1939-1949|place=Copenhagen, Denmark|publisher=Andersen & Pedersen}}</ref>
 
During the 1940s, a new generation of talented players such as [[Knud Bastrup-Birk]], [[Georg Dahlfeldt]] and [[Karl Aage Hansen]] were raised, which helped ensure AB great success in the following years. The team already had a strong base of established players, consisting of among others [[Eyolf Kleven]] and [[Knud Lundberg]] who were in the national team in three sports (football, handball and basketball). With the former AB player [[Arne Kleven]] as coach, AB won several Copenhagen Cup finals and Danish Championships in the 1940s. The club won the Danish Championship in 1943, 1945 and 1947, silver medals in 1942, 1944 and 1949, and bronze medals in 1946 and 1948. AB won the Danish Cup final in 1942, 1944, 1945 and 1949, and were furthermore in the final in 1946. At the [[Olympic Games]] in [[London]] in 1948 where the Denmark national team won bronze, AB had six players on the team: [[Karl Aage Hansen]], [[Knud Bastrup-Birk]], [[Knud Lundberg]], [[Poul Petersen (footballer)|Poul Petersen]], [[Ivan Jensen]] and [[Holger Seebach]].<ref name="AB_125" /> In December 1948, AB's first-team squad went on a training trip to [[Barcelona]] in Spain and [[Algiers]] in Algeria where the team played two matches against [[FC Barcelona]] each of which was attended by around 40.000 spectators. The first match ended 1–1, while the second match was lost 1–2.<ref name="AB_60" />
 
AB's success continued into the 1950s where a new generation of players ensured that AB between 1950 and 1958 each year was ranked top 4. The club became Danish Champions in 1951 and 1952, and the Copenhagen Cup was won in 1950, while the club participated in the Cup final in 1953 and 1956. In 1960, [[Knud Lundberg]] ended his career as 40-year-old after 340 matches for AB's first-team squad. AB was relegated to the second tier for the first time ever in 1960 but got promoted back to the first tier the following year.<ref name="AB_125" />

===Moving out to Gladsaxe===
In 1958 the [[Danish Ministry of Education]] terminated the lease of the ground of AB's training facilities. This happened despite the fact that the ministry had previously stated that AB did not have to fear a resignation. In spite of protests from AB's board of directors and the fact that AB through the club's contribution to student sport throughout the previous 70 years had exempted the university from carrying out this task, the Ministry chose to terminate the lease for the entire area as of April 1, 1962 The ministry could not relocate AB to another area in Copenhagen.<ref name="AB_100" />
 
The club was allowed to use the facilities for a period of time despite the termination of the lease, but the prospect of being left without training facilities pushed the club to negotiate a move of the club with communes in Copenhagen's suburbs. [[Gladsaxe Municipality]] met the club with both goodwill and realism and thus became AB's new base. The move to Gladsaxe was helped by the mayor of the city [[Erhard Jacobsen]] who wanted to make Gladsaxe a pioneer municipality, which involved getting an elite sports club to the municipality. At the same time, there was a great deal of support for the move from the municipal council, the sports committee, the engineers of the municipality and [[Bagsværd Idrætsforening]], which offered to join an association with AB.<ref name="AB_100" />
 
After pulling and opposition among both the members of AB and Bagsværd Idrætsforening, the two clubs held a founding general assembly on January 17, 1962, where the association became a reality. For AB, the association and relocation involved a union change from [[DBU Copenhagen]] to [[DBU Zealand]]. At the same time, the association meant that university affiliation was no longer required to become a member of the club. The association with Bagsværd Idrætsforening also meant that AB got handball on the program so that the club offered four sports – football, cricket, tennis and handball.<ref name="AB_100" />
 
When the negotiations about moving AB to Gladsaxe finally went through, the construction of new training facilities began in [[Bagsværd]]. The facilities included eight football pitches and an indoor hall, which was the largest in [[Northern Europe]] at the time. In 1965 the new facilities were ready, and AB's relocation from Nørrebro to Gladsaxe was a reality. From then on, AB had training facilities at Skovdiget in Bagsværd and the first-team squad's home matches were played on [[Gladsaxe Stadium]].<ref name="AB_100" />
 
The relocation to Gladsaxe quickly came to create challenges for AB. On the social level, a new community had to be built. Economically, AB became indebted due to the high costs of establishing the new training facilities as well as falling revenues due to low attendance rates at home matches and a slowdown in member-uptake.<ref name="AB_125" />
 
On the sports front, the relocation to Gladsaxe offered both ups and downs. AB's youth team won the Danish Championship in 1963 for the first time in the club's history. A large part of the team later went on to play on the club's first-team squad, which won AB's latest Danish Championship in 1967 under the leadership of [[Mario Astorri]]. The team played technical and forward-playing football, which they had learnt in their youth years in AB. In 1970, AB was one goal short of winning the club's 10th Danish Championship.<ref name="AB_125" />
 
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, AB participated in European football in the [[UEFA Champions League]] and [[UEFA Europa League]]. In 1968, AB achieved its best results in European football in the history of the club when the team qualified for the 2nd round of Champions League after having defeated the Swiss football club FC Zürich 4–3 overall in the tournament's 1st round. The opponent in the 2nd round was Greek AEK Athens. AB lost 0–2 overall after having played 0–0 away in the first match. The home match was interrupted by protesters who ran on the field to demonstrate against the Military Junta in Greece.<ref name="AB_125" />
 
In the following years, AB experienced a prolonged downturn. From 1974 to 1985, AB was stuck in the second tier, and in 1985 AB was relegated even further to the third tier of Danish football for the first time ever in the history of the club. The decision to introduce professional football in Denmark in 1978 became tough for AB, as the club struggled to adapt to the new reality.<ref name="AB_125" />

===Success in the 1990s===
In the early 1990s, AB again experienced success as a team of talented players who had been in AB for many years, helped promote AB to the best Danish league. These players remained in AB even though they had offers from many other clubs. Among these players were [[René Henriksen]] who later became the Denmark national team's captain, [[Peter Rasmussen (footballer, born 1969)|Peter Rasmussen]] who has the match club record with 394 matches and later became the club's CEO, and [[Peter Frandsen]] who played 392 matches for AB and later became coach for the first-team squad. This team of strong AB players helped promote AB to the second tier in 1993 under the leadership of former Danish champion with AB [[Johnny Petersen]]. The team ended as number three in [[Danish 2nd Division|2nd division East]], thus qualifying for two playoff matches against [[Nørresundby Boldklub]]. The matches ended 3–3 in the away and 2–2 at home, and AB was thus promoted to a better row for the first time since 1972.<ref name="AB_125" />
 
After a couple of seasons in [[Danish 1st Division|1st Division]], [[Tonni Nielsen]] was appointed as new coach in AB in 1996, and he helped lead the team to the cup final. AB had previously knocked out [[Brøndby IF]] in the quarterfinals before losing to [[F.C. Copenhagen]] in the final. AB also got promoted to [[Danish Superliga|the best Danish row Superligaen]] in 1996 – just two years after having promoted to the second tier. AB was thus back in the best Danish series for the first time since 1973. In 1997, [[Christian Andersen (footballer)|Christian Andersen]] became the new head coach. Christian Andersen represented forward-playing and technically based football, which AB became known for in the late 1990s. The success of the team culminated in 1999 when AB ended on a third place in the league and became Danish Cup Champions after having won 2–1 against [[AaB Fodbold|AaB]].<ref name="AB_125" /><ref name="superligaen_25">{{cite book|author=Carlsen, Søren H.|year=2016|title=Superligaen i 25 år|place=Aarhus, Denmark|publisher=Turbine|isbn=9788740607420}}</ref>
 
In 2000, AB won bronze medals again, and in 2001, AB participated in the cup final but lost to [[Silkeborg IF]].<ref name="AB_historie" /> At the end of the 1990s, AB had a team consisting of many young talented players, many of whom won the Danish Football Association's talent prize. [[Peter Løvenkrands]] won in 1998, [[Martin Albrechtsen]] won in 2000 and [[Stephan Andersen]] won in 2003.<ref name="DBU_talentprice">{{cite web|url=https://www.dbu.dk/landshold/ungdomslandshold_herrer/dbus_talentpris|title=DBU's Talentpris|author=DBU|access-date=August 15, 2018|archive-date=August 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811135319/https://www.dbu.dk/landshold/ungdomslandshold_herrer/dbus_talentpris|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
After a few years of mediocre results, AB was relegated to the second tier in 2004.

===Economic crisis===
AB's latest upturn was started by talented players who helped AB advance through the rows, but the sustained success was also sparked by the transformation of AB from an amateur union into a professional football business. This process was initiated by the three new board members [[Bent Jakobsen]], [[Denis Jørgen Flemming Holmark]] and [[Torben Mærsk]] who in short time raised large capital sums through a stock exchange introduction of the club.<ref name="jp_1">{{cite news|first=Jan B.|last=Jensen|title=Akademikere i en brydningstid|date=April 9, 1998|work=Jyllands-Posten|location=Copenhagen}}</ref>
 
In the 1997/98 season, the board introduced full-time professionalism in AB, and great efforts were made to achieve success in the league with the appointment of Christian Andersen as head coach and with the purchase of several profiles. The board wanted to make AB a power factor in Danish football again through a business plan based on buying and selling players, sporting success, TV revenues, entrance fees, merchandise sales and talent development.<ref name="regnskab_1997" >{{cite web|url=https://datacvr.virk.dk/data/offentliggorelse?dl_ref=Y3ZyLmRrOi8vcGRmcy8yNDIwODAzNjtBL1MyNDA0Mzc7MTk5NjA3MDE7MTk5NzA2MzA7UjtS|title=Årsregnskab 1996/97 (18. regnskabsår)|author=Akademisk Boldklubs Fodboldanpartsselskab|date=1997|access-date=August 15, 2018|archive-date=August 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811164141/https://datacvr.virk.dk/data/offentliggorelse?dl_ref=Y3ZyLmRrOi8vcGRmcy8yNDIwODAzNjtBL1MyNDA0Mzc7MTk5NjA3MDE7MTk5NzA2MzA7UjtS|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
On November 24, 1997, AB was transformed from a private limited company to a limited company, and the share capital was also expanded to DKK 36,700,000. The money was invested in significant upgrades of the team, staff and facilities. At the same time, a drastic expansion of Gladsaxe Stadium, which was intended to create a foundation for a modern football business, was initiated.<ref name="regnskab_1998">{{cite web|url=https://datacvr.virk.dk/data/offentliggorelse?dl_ref=Y3ZyLmRrOi8vcGRmcy8yNDIwODAzNjtBL1MyNDA0Mzc7MTk5NzA3MDE7MTk5ODA2MzA7UjtS|title=Årsregnskab 1997/98 (19. regnskabsår)|author=Akademisk Boldklubs Fodboldaktieselskab|date=1998|access-date=August 15, 2018|archive-date=August 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811163647/https://datacvr.virk.dk/data/offentliggorelse?dl_ref=Y3ZyLmRrOi8vcGRmcy8yNDIwODAzNjtBL1MyNDA0Mzc7MTk5NzA3MDE7MTk5ODA2MzA7UjtS|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
In 1998, the new board members pushed the CEO for six years, [[Henrik Mostrup]], out of the management and instead appointed the former AB profile [[Per Frimann]] as new CEO.<ref name="jp_1" /> Shortly after – in November 1998 – AB was introduced on [[Copenhagen Stock Exchange]] where the club brought DKK 93,000,000 to course 115.<ref name="regnskab_1999">{{cite web|url=https://datacvr.virk.dk/data/offentliggorelse?dl_ref=Y3ZyLmRrOi8vcGRmcy8yNDIwODAzNjtBL1MyNDA0Mzc7MTk5ODA3MDE7MTk5OTA2MzA7UjtS|title=Årsregnskab 1998/99 (20. regnskabsår)|author=Akademisk Boldklubs Fodboldaktieselskab|date=1999|access-date=August 15, 2018|archive-date=August 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811164409/https://datacvr.virk.dk/data/offentliggorelse?dl_ref=Y3ZyLmRrOi8vcGRmcy8yNDIwODAzNjtBL1MyNDA0Mzc7MTk5ODA3MDE7MTk5OTA2MzA7UjtS|url-status=live}}</ref>
In the following years, huge amounts of money were invested in new players. At the same time, many profiles were sold to balance the accounts.<ref name="regnskab_2000">{{cite web|url=https://datacvr.virk.dk/data/offentliggorelse?dl_ref=Y3ZyLmRrOi8vcGRmcy8yNDIwODAzNjtBL1MyNDA0Mzc7MTk5OTA3MDE7MjAwMDA2MzA7UjtS|title=Årsregnskab 1999/2000 (21. regnskabsår)|author=Akademisk Boldklubs Fodboldaktieselskab|date=2000|access-date=August 15, 2018|archive-date=August 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811164340/https://datacvr.virk.dk/data/offentliggorelse?dl_ref=Y3ZyLmRrOi8vcGRmcy8yNDIwODAzNjtBL1MyNDA0Mzc7MTk5OTA3MDE7MjAwMDA2MzA7UjtS|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="regnskab_2001" >{{cite web|url=https://datacvr.virk.dk/data/offentliggorelse?dl_ref=Y3ZyLmRrOi8vcGRmcy8yNDIwODAzNjtBL1MyNDA0Mzc7MjAwMDA3MDE7MjAwMTA2MzA7UjtS|title=Årsregnskab 2000/01 (22. regnskabsår)|author=Akademisk Boldklubs Fodboldaktieselskab|date=2001|access-date=August 15, 2018|archive-date=August 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811163726/https://datacvr.virk.dk/data/offentliggorelse?dl_ref=Y3ZyLmRrOi8vcGRmcy8yNDIwODAzNjtBL1MyNDA0Mzc7MjAwMDA3MDE7MjAwMTA2MzA7UjtS|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="regnskab_2002">{{cite web|url=https://datacvr.virk.dk/data/offentliggorelse?dl_ref=Y3ZyLmRrOi8vcGRmcy8yNDIwODAzNjtBL1MyNDA0Mzc7MjAwMTA3MDE7MjAwMjA2MzA7UjtS|title=Årsregnskab 2001/02 (23. regnskabsår)|author=Akademisk Boldklubs Fodboldaktieselskab|date=2002|access-date=August 15, 2018|archive-date=August 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811164012/https://datacvr.virk.dk/data/offentliggorelse?dl_ref=Y3ZyLmRrOi8vcGRmcy8yNDIwODAzNjtBL1MyNDA0Mzc7MjAwMTA3MDE7MjAwMjA2MzA7UjtS|url-status=live}}</ref>
However, AB had bought too many players too expensive, which meant that no money was earned. Despite the large equity from the IPO in 1998 and several large million sales to international top clubs, there were nevertheless blood-red numbers in the annual accounts, especially in the early years of the 2000s. In the 2000/2001 annual account, the deficit was DKK 36,392,000. The same year, measures to reduce operating expenses were therefore initiated.<ref name="regnskab_2001" /> At the same time, rumors came up about possible bankruptcy and a merger with FCK, but this was however rejected.<ref name="bold_ab">{{cite web |url = https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/ab-afviser-konkurs-og-fusion/ |title = AB afviser konkurs og fusion |author = bold.dk |date = October 5, 2001 |access-date = August 15, 2018 |archive-date = August 11, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180811162910/https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/ab-afviser-konkurs-og-fusion/ |url-status = live }}</ref> In 2001, Per Frimann resigned as CEO of AB and moved to a role as sports director.<ref name="regnskab_2001" /> In 2002, the deficit was still high at DKK 21,472,000. Per Frimann chose to resign as sports director on April 19, 2002.<ref name="regnskab_2002" />
 
Despite further efforts to balance the economy, AB continued to have a major deficit of DKK 15,941,000 in 2003. During this period, the chairman of the board [[Mogens Trygve Lied Flagstad]] and vice-chairman of the board [[Allan Kim Pedersen]] initiated an investigation of the possibilities of a merger with [[Farum Boldklub]] to improve the club's future economic basis. However, both left the board after the amateur club's main board had informed the professional club's board and the public that it was critical of the investigation.<ref name="regnskab_2003">{{cite web|url=https://datacvr.virk.dk/data/offentliggorelse?dl_ref=Y3ZyLmRrOi8vcGRmcy8yNDIwODAzNjtBL1MyNDA0Mzc7MjAwMjA3MDE7MjAwMzA2MzA7UjtS|title=Årsregnskab 2002/03 (24. regnskabsår)|author=Akademisk Boldklubs Fodboldaktieselskab|date=2003|access-date=August 15, 2018|archive-date=August 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811163711/https://datacvr.virk.dk/data/offentliggorelse?dl_ref=Y3ZyLmRrOi8vcGRmcy8yNDIwODAzNjtBL1MyNDA0Mzc7MjAwMjA3MDE7MjAwMzA2MzA7UjtS|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
In the following years, a slimming of the company was initiated, which was necessary after the overuse of capital in the previous years. The slimming meant, however, that the club had to sell the last profiles such as [[Nicolai Stokholm]], [[Rasmus Daugaard]], [[Mohamed Zidan]] and [[Stephan Andersen]]. As a consequence, the results got worse and in 2004, AB was relegated to the second tier.<ref name="regnskab_2004">{{cite web|url=https://datacvr.virk.dk/data/offentliggorelse?dl_ref=Y3ZyLmRrOi8vcGRmcy8yNDIwODAzNjtBL1MyNDA0Mzc7MjAwMzA3MDE7MjAwNDA2MzA7UjtS|title=Årsregnskab 2003/04 (25. regnskabsår)|author=Akademisk Boldklubs Fodboldaktieselskab|date=2004|access-date=August 15, 2018|archive-date=August 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811164429/https://datacvr.virk.dk/data/offentliggorelse?dl_ref=Y3ZyLmRrOi8vcGRmcy8yNDIwODAzNjtBL1MyNDA0Mzc7MjAwMzA3MDE7MjAwNDA2MzA7UjtS|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== AB in recent times ===
While again playing in the Danish 1st Division, AB launched ''Vision 2010'' with the goal of returning to the best Danish league by 2010. At that time AB had a talented team of many players from the club's academy, which in 2008 had won the Danish Championship for youth players. The vision was close to be realized with a third place in 2009 and a fourth place in 2010, but it failed and left AB again in financial problems. In subsequent years, AB experienced poorer results, and for three consecutive years – from 2012 to 2014 – the existence in the second tier was saved in the final round of the tournament. In 2012, AB was rescued from relegation by defeating [[Hobro IK]] 3–1. In 2013 the club saved its existence by defeating [[Lyngby FC]] 4–2. In 2014, the rescue was secured by playing 3–3 with [[HB Køge]]. In 2015, AB were finally relegated and moved down to the third tier for the first time since 1994.

The [[2015–16 Danish 2nd Divisions|2015-16]] season was a successful one for the club as it bounced back from relegation to win promotion back to the [[Danish 1st Division]] at the first time of asking under the dutiful charge of manager [[Per Frandsen]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/ab-tilbage-i-naestbedste-raekke/|title=AB tilbage i næstbedste række|last=bold.dk|website=bold.dk|access-date=August 14, 2018|archive-date=May 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529113448/http://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/ab-tilbage-i-naestbedste-raekke/|url-status=live}}</ref> Despite this, however, the beginning of the season proved challenging with the club suffering a heavy defeat in the first round of the [[Danish Cup]] at the hands of rivals [[Lyngby Boldklub]] and only finishing third in its group behind [[Hvidovre IF]] and [[Hellerup IK]] to progress to the Spring promotion group.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/08/12/denmark/dbu-pokalen/akademisk-boldklub/lyngby-boldklub/2070030/|title=AB vs. Lyngby - 12 August 2015 - Soccerway|website=uk.soccerway.com|language=en|access-date=2017-04-15|archive-date=2018-08-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814203945/https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/08/12/denmark/dbu-pokalen/akademisk-boldklub/lyngby-boldklub/2070030/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Concerns remained after a 1–0 defeat to [[Aarhus Fremad]] in the opening game of the Spring promotion round, although they quickly dissipated over the following months as AB strolled to the [[Danish 2nd Division]] title with promotion finally confirmed after a 2–1 win over Aarhus Fremad.

The season came to a close following a remarkable 6–4 home victory over second placed [[Fremad Amager]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/ab-tilbage-i-naestbedste-raekke/|title=AB tilbage i næstbedste række|last=bold.dk|website=bold.dk|access-date=2017-04-15|archive-date=2016-05-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529113448/http://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/ab-tilbage-i-naestbedste-raekke/|url-status=live}}</ref> Whilst the game saw AB lift the [[Danish 2nd Division]] trophy after the final whistle, it also proved a poignant moment for the club with a number of well regarded players, including cult hero [[Simon Bræmer]], saying their farewells.

The next season, AB could not sustain the success and ended last in 1st Division, thus relegating back to 2nd Division.
 
In June 2012, AB was rescued from bankruptcy by a majority in [[Gladsaxe Municipality Council]].<ref name="BT">{{cite web|url=https://www.bt.dk/fodbold/afsloering-ulovlig-stoette-reddede-ab-fra-konkurs|title=Afsløring: Ulovlig støtte reddede AB fra konkurs|author1=Jørgensen, Uffe O.|author2=Sorgenfri, Søren|publisher=BT|date=December 20, 2013|access-date=August 13, 2018|archive-date=August 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811134838/https://www.bt.dk/fodbold/afsloering-ulovlig-stoette-reddede-ab-fra-konkurs|url-status=live}}</ref> As a result of the cooperation with Gladsaxe Municipality, the club changed its name in September 2012 to ''Akademisk Boldklub Gladsaxe'' to mark the club's association with the local area.<ref name="TV2_navneskifte">{{cite web|url=http://sport.tv2.dk/2012-09-28-dansk-traditionsklub-skifter-navn|title=Dansk traditionsklub skifter navn|author=Jensen, Mike K.|publisher=TV2|date=September 28, 2012|access-date=August 15, 2018}}</ref>
 
AB currently has about 1,500 members and a profiled youth division which has raised talents such as [[Nicolai Jørgensen]], [[Oliver Lund]], [[Klaus Lykke]] and [[Lukas Lerager]].<ref name="AB_moderklub">{{cite web|url=http://administration.abgladsaxe.dk/pages/webside.asp?articleGuid=271150|title=AB's historie|author=Akademisk Boldklub|access-date=August 15, 2018|archive-date=August 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811133735/http://administration.abgladsaxe.dk/pages/webside.asp?articleGuid=271150|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
AB operates [[Copenhagen Sport & Event Park]] centered around the facilities on [[Gladsaxe Stadium]].<ref name="AB_cse">{{cite web|url=http://www.ab-fodbold.dk/klubben/cph-sport-eventpark/|title=Copenhagen Sport & Eventpark|author=Akademisk Boldklub Gladsaxe|access-date=August 15, 2018|archive-date=August 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811133625/http://www.ab-fodbold.dk/klubben/cph-sport-eventpark/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In November 2022, AB was sold to the British-American investor group [[Five Castles Football Group LLC]].<ref name="AB_fcfg">{{cite web|url=https://www.ab-fodbold.dk/nyheder/nyheder/221128-akademisk-boldklub-gladsaxe-as-har-en-ny-hovedaktionaer/|title=Akademisk Boldklub Gladsaxe A/S har en ny hovedaktionær|author=Akademisk Boldklub Gladsaxe|access-date=December 1, 2022|archive-date=November 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128191833/https://www.ab-fodbold.dk/nyheder/nyheder/221128-akademisk-boldklub-gladsaxe-as-har-en-ny-hovedaktionaer/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[consortium]] consists of 59 individual investors, most of whom are [[New York metropolitan area|New York City]]-based and each contributed between $10,000 to $30,000.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/07/nyregion/akademisk-boldklub-new-york-owners.html Keh, Andrew. "Why These New Yorkers’ Favorite Soccer Team Is in Denmark: They Own It.," ''The New York Times'', Sunday, April 7, 2024.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240410161031/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/07/nyregion/akademisk-boldklub-new-york-owners.html |date=April 10, 2024 }} Retrieved April 10, 2024.</ref>

==Stadium==
[[File:Gladsaxe Stadion kamp opvarmning.jpg|thumb|''Gladsaxe Stadium'' where AB plays their home matches.|alt=Gladsaxe Stadium]]
AB plays their home matches at Gladsaxe Stadium ({{langx|da|Gladsaxe Stadion}}). The stadium is located on Gladsaxevej 200, [[Søborg]], Gladsaxe Municipality, in Copenhagen, and is primarily used for football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 13,507, of which 7,707 are covered seats. The rail size is 105 x 68 meters, and the lighting is 700 lux.

The construction of the stadium was started in 1938, and the stadium was inaugurated on May 26, 1940, under the name ''Gladsaxe Idrætspark Marielyst''. The stadium was expanded and renovated beginning on November 16, 1998. This renewal of the stadium included constructing a new long side with both upper and lower grandstand, a sponsor lounge and two end stands with only standing room without a roof. At the same time, the running course around the pitch was removed. The stadium was subsequently inaugurated under its new name, ''Gladsaxe Stadium'', on September 12, 1999. The opposite stand of the newly constructed stand is from the 1960s. Gladsaxe Stadium is also called ''Stade de Lundberg'', named after one of the club's pioneers, [[Knud Lundberg]].<ref name="AB_125" />

The stadium spectator record was set on April 18, 2004, with 10,039 spectators in the Superliga match between AB and [[FC Copenhagen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/kamp/ab-vs-fc-koebenhavn/7433/|title=AB - FCK|author=bold.dk|access-date=16 August 2018|archive-date=24 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624175439/https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/kamp/ab-vs-fc-koebenhavn/7433/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Honours==
 
* '''[[Danish Superliga#Danish champions 1913-2005|Danish Champions]]:'''<ref name="DM">{{cite web|url=http://www.danskfodbold.com/medaljer.php|title=Medaljefordelingen i Danmarksmesterskabet|author=danskfodbold.com|access-date=August 14, 2018|archive-date=August 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807220733/http://www.danskfodbold.com/medaljer.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
** '''Winners (9):''' 1919, 1921, 1937, 1943, 1945, 1947, 1951, 1952, 1967
** '''Silver (10):''' 1917, 1932, 1936, 1942, 1944, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1957, 1970
** '''Bronze (8):''' 1929, 1939, 1946, 1948, 1954, 1956, 1999, 2000
* '''[[Danish Cup]]:'''<ref name="Pokalturneringen">{{cite web|url=https://www.dbu.dk/turneringer_og_resultater/landsdaekkende_turneringer_herrer/dbu_pokalen/landspokalvindere|title=Pokalvindere|author=DBU|access-date=August 14, 2018|archive-date=August 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807221851/https://www.dbu.dk/turneringer_og_resultater/landsdaekkende_turneringer_herrer/dbu_pokalen/landspokalvindere|url-status=dead}}</ref>
** '''Winners (1):''' 1999
** '''Runners-up (3):''' 1956, 1995, 2001
* '''[[Danish Super Cup]]:'''<ref name="AB_SC">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/densupcuphist.html|title=Denmark – List of Super Cup Finals|author=RSSSF|access-date=August 14, 2018|archive-date=October 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004025241/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/densupcuphist.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
** '''Winners (1):''' 1999
* '''[[Copenhagen Football Championship|Copenhagen Champions]]:'''
** '''Winners (8):''' 1890, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1899, 1900
** '''Silver (5):''' 1891, 1897, 1898, 1901, 1908
** '''Bronze (3):''' 1904, 1905, 1907
* '''[[KBUs Pokalturnering|Copenhagen Cup]]:'''
** '''Winners (6):''' 1936, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1949, 1950
** '''Runners-up (6):''' 1914, 1915, 1925, 1931, 1946, 1953
*'''51''' ''seasons'' in the ''[[Danish Superliga|Highest Danish League]]''
*'''29''' ''seasons'' in the ''[[Danish 1st Division|Second Highest Danish League]]''
*'''11''' ''seasons'' in the ''[[Danish 2nd Division|Third Highest Danish League]]''

==Results==
The table below is an overview of AB's seasons in the Danish domestic football tournament since it was established in 1927.
{|
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{|class="wikitable"
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|- style="text-align: left; background: white; color: black;"
! Season
! Division
! Level
! Position
! Note

|-
|[[2023–24 Danish 2nd Division|2023–24]]||2. division, oprykningsspil||3rd tier||5||
|-

|-
|[[2022–23 Danish 2nd Division|2022–23]]||2. division, oprykningsspil||3rd tier||5||
|-

|-
|[[2021–22 Danish 2nd Division|2021–22]]||2. division, oprykningsspil||3rd tier||5||
|-

|-
|[[2020–21 Danish 2nd Divisions|2020–21]]||2. division, group 2||3rd tier||3||
|-

|-
|[[2019–20 Danish 2nd Divisions|2019–20]]||2. division, oprykningsspil||3rd tier||7||
|-

|-
|[[2018–19 Danish 2nd Divisions|2018–19]]||2. division, oprykningsspil||3rd tier||5||
|-

|-
|[[2017–18 Danish 2nd Divisions|2017–18]]||2. division, nedrykningsspil||3rd tier||2||
|-
 
|-
|[[2016–17 Danish 1st Division|2016–17]]||1. division||2nd tier||12||↓ Relegation
|-
 
|-
|[[2015–16 Danish 2nd Divisions|2015–16]]||2. division, oprykningsspil||3rd tier||1||↑ Promotion
|-
 
|-
|[[2014–15 Danish 1st Division|2014–15]]||1. division||2nd tier||11||↓ Relegation
|-
 
|-
|[[2013–14 Danish 1st Division|2013–14]]||1. division||2nd tier||10||
|-
 
|-
|[[2012–13 Danish 1st Division|2012–13]]||1. division||2nd tier||10||
|-
 
|-
|[[2011–12 Danish 1st Division|2011–12]]||1. division||2nd tier||11||
|-
 
|-
|[[2010–11 Danish 1st Division|2010–11]]||1. division||2nd tier||9||
|-
 
|-
|[[2009–10 Danish 1st Division|2009–10]]||1. division||2nd tier||4||
|-
 
|-
|[[2008–09 Danish 1st Division|2008–09]]||1. division||2nd tier||3||
|-
 
|-
|[[2007–08 Danish 1st Division|2007–08]]||1. division||2nd tier||6||
|-
 
|-
|[[2006–07 Danish 1st Division|2006–07]]||1. division||2nd tier||10||
|-
 
|-
|[[2005–06 Danish 1st Division|2005–06]]||1. division||2nd tier||12||
|-
 
|-
|[[2004–05 Danish 1st Division|2004–05]]||1. division||2nd tier||11||
|-
 
|-
|[[2003–04 Danish Superliga|2003–04]]||Superligaen||1st tier||12||↓ Relegation
|-
 
|-
|[[2002–03 Danish Superliga|2002–03]]||Superligaen||1st tier||9||
|-
 
|-
|[[2001–02 Danish Superliga|2001–02]]||Superligaen||1st tier||5||
|-
 
|-
|[[2000–01 Danish Superliga|2000–01]]||Superligaen||1st tier||10||
|-
 
|-
|[[1999–2000 Danish Superliga|1999–2000]]||Superligaen||1st tier||3||style="background: #cc9966"|Bronze
|-
 
|-
|[[1998–99 Danish Superliga|1998–99]]||Superligaen||1st tier||3||style="background: #cc9966"|Bronze
|-
 
|-
|[[1997–98 Danish Superliga|1997–98]]||Superligaen||1st tier||5||
|-
 
|-
|[[1996–97 Danish Superliga|1996–97]]||Superligaen||1st tier||10||
|-
 
|-
|[[1995–96 Danish 1st Division|1995–96]]||1. division||2nd tier||2||↑ Promotion
|-
 
|-
|[[1994–95 Danish 1st Division|1994–95]]||1. division, kvalifikationsligaen||2nd tier||7||
|-
 
|-
|[[1993–94 Danish 1st Division|1993–94]]||1. division||2nd tier||6||
|-
 
|-
|[[1992–93 Danish 2nd Divisions|1992–93]]||2. division||3rd tier||3||↑ Promotion
|-
 
|-
|[[1991–92 Danish 2nd Divisions|1991–92]]||2. division vest, slutspil||3rd tier||2||
|-
 
|-
|[[1990–91 Danish 2nd Divisions|1991–92]]||2. division øst, grundspil||3rd tier||5||
|-
 
|-
|[[1991 Danish 2nd Divisions|1991]]||2. division øst||3rd tier||3||
|-
 
|-
|[[1990 Danish 3rd Divisions|1990]]||3. division øst||3rd tier||2||
|-
 
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|[[1989 Danish 3rd Divisions|1989]]||3. division øst||3rd tier||5||
|-
 
|-
|[[1988 Danish 3rd Divisions|1988]]||3. division øst||3rd tier||12||
|-
 
|-
|[[1987 Danish 3rd Divisions|1987]]||3. division øst||3rd tier||7||
|-
 
|-
|[[1986 Danish 3rd Divisions|1986]]||3. division øst||3rd tier||3||
|-
 
|-
|[[1985 Danish 2nd Division|1985]]||2. division||2nd tier||13||↓ Relegation
|-
 
|-
|[[1984 Danish 2nd Division|1984]]||2. division||2nd tier||4||
|-
 
|-
|[[1983 Danish 2nd Division|1983]]||2. division||2nd tier||6||
|-
 
|-
|[[1982 Danish 2nd Division|1982]]||2. division||2nd tier||5||
|-
 
|-
|[[1981 Danish 2nd Division|1981]]||2. division||2nd tier||8||
|-
 
|-
|[[1980 Danish 2nd Division|1980]]||2. division||2nd tier||5||
|-
 
|-
|[[1979 Danish 2nd Division|1979]]||2. division||2nd tier||4||
|-
 
|-
|[[1978 Danish 2nd Division|1978]]||2. division||2nd tier||10||
|-
 
|-
|[[1977 Danish 2nd Division|1977]]||2. division||2nd tier||13||
|-
 
|-
|[[1976 Danish 2nd Division|1976]]||2. division||2nd tier||9||
|-

|-
|[[1975 Danish 2nd Division|1975]]||2. division||2nd tier||10||
|-

|-
|[[1974 Danish 2nd Division|1974]]||2. division||2nd tier||6||
|-
 
|-
|[[1973 Danish 1st Division|1973]]||1. division||1st tier||11||↓ Relegation
|-
 
|-
|[[1972 Danish 2nd Division|1972]]||2. division||2nd tier||1||↑ Promotion
|-
 
|-
|[[1971 Danish 1st Division|1971]]||1. division||1st tier||12||↓ Relegation
|-
 
|-
|[[1970 Danish 1st Division|1970]]||1. division||1st tier||2||style="background: silver"|Silver
|-
 
|-
|[[1969 Danish 1st Division|1969]]||1. division||1st tier||6||
|-
 
|-
|[[1968 Danish 1st Division|1968]]||1. division||1st tier||9||
|-
 
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|[[1967 Danish 1st Division|1967]]||1. division||1st tier||1||style="background: gold"|Gold
|-
 
|-
|[[1966 Danish 1st Division|1966]]||1. division||1st tier||6||
|-
 
|-
|[[1965 Danish 2nd Division|1965]]||2. division||2nd tier||1||↑ Promotion
|-
 
|-
|[[1964 Danish 1st Division|1964]]||1. division||1st tier||11||↓ Relegation
|-
 
|-
|[[1963 Danish 1st Division|1963]]||1. division||1st tier||9||
|-
 
|-
|[[1962 Danish 1st Division|1962]]||1. division||1st tier||7||
|-
 
|-
|[[1961 Danish 2nd Division|1961]]||2. division||2nd tier||2||↑ Promotion
|-
 
|-
|[[1960 Danish 1st Division|1960]]||1. division||1st tier||11||↓ Relegation
|-
 
|-
|[[1959 Danish 1st Division|1959]]||1. division||1st tier||7||
|-
 
|-
|[[1958 Danish 1st Division|1958]]||1. division||1st tier||8||
|-
 
|-
|[[1956-57 Danish 1st Division|1956–57]]||1. division||1st tier||2||style="background: silver"|Silver
|-
 
|-
|[[1955-56 Danish 1st Division|1955–56]]||1. division||1st tier||3||style="background: #cc9966"|Bronze
|-
 
|-
|[[1954-55 Danish 1st Division|1954–55]]||1. division||1st tier||2||style="background: silver"|Silver
|-
 
|-
|[[1953-54 Danish 1st Division|1953–54]]||1. division||1st tier||3||style="background: #cc9966"|Bronze
|-
 
|-
|[[1952-53 Danish 1st Division|1952–53]]||1. division||1st tier||4||
|-
 
|-
|[[1951-52 Danish 1st Division|1951–52]]||1. division||1st tier||1||style="background: gold"|Gold
|-
 
|-
|[[1950-51 Danish 1st Division|1950–51]]||1. division||1st tier||1||style="background: gold"|Gold
|-
 
|-
|[[1949-50 Danish 1st Division|1949–50]]||1. division||1st tier||2||style="background: silver"|Silver
|-
 
|-
|[[1948-49 Danish 1st Division|1948–49]]||1. division||1st tier||2||style="background: silver"|Silver
|-
 
|-               
|[[1947-48 Danish 1st Division|1947–48]]||1. division||1st tier||3||style="background: #cc9966"|Bronze
|-
 
|-
|[[1946-47 Danish 1st Division|1946–47]]||1. division||1st tier||1||style="background: gold"|Gold
|-
 
|-
|[[1945-46 Danish 1st Division|1945–46]]||1. division||1st tier||3||style="background: #cc9966"|Bronze
|-
 
|-
|[[Kreds III 1944-45 (football)|1944–45]]||Kreds III, slutrunden||1st tier||1||style="background: gold"|Gold
|-
 
|-
|[[Kreds III 1943-44 (football)|1943–44]]||Kreds III, slutrunden||1st tier||2||style="background: silver"|Silver
|-
 
|-
|[[Kreds III 1942-43 (football)|1942–43]]||Kreds III, slutrunden||1st tier||1||style="background: gold"|Gold
|-
 
|-
|[[Kreds III 1941-42 (football)|1941–42]]||Kreds III, slutrunden||1st tier||2||style="background: silver"|Silver
|-
 
|-
|[[Kreds III 1940-41 (football)|1940–41]]||Kreds III||1st tier||7||
|-
 
|-
|[[Mesterskabsserien 1939-40 (football)|1939–40]]||Mesterskabsserien||1st tier||8||
|-
 
|-
|[[Mesterskabsserien 1938-39 (football)|1938–39]]||Mesterskabsserien||1st tier||3||style="background: #cc9966"|Bronze
|-
 
|-
|[[Mesterskabsserien 1937-38 (football)|1937–38]]||Mesterskabsserien||1st tier||5||
|-
 
|-
|[[Mesterskabsserien 1936-37 (football)|1936–37]]||Mesterskabsserien||1st tier||1||style="background: gold"|Gold
|-
 
|-
|[[Mesterskabsserien 1935-36 (football)|1935–36]]||Mesterskabsserien||1st tier||2||style="background: silver"|Silver
|-
 
|-
|[[Mesterskabsserien 1934-35 (football)|1934–35]]||Mesterskabsserien||1st tier||4||
|-
 
|-
|[[Mesterskabsserien 1933-34 (football)|1933–34]]||Mesterskabsserien||1st tier||5||
|-
 
|-
|[[Mesterskabsserien 1932-33 (football)|1932–33]]||Mesterskabsserien||1st tier||6||
|-
 
|-
|[[Mesterskabsserien 1931-32 (football)|1931–32]]||Mesterskabsserien||1st tier||2||style="background: silver"|Silver
|-
 
|-
|[[Mesterskabsserien 1930-31 (football)|1930–31]]||Mesterskabsserien||1st tier||4||
|-
 
|-
|[[Mesterskabsserien 1929-30 (football)|1929–30]]||Mesterskabsserien||1st tier||5||
|-
 
|-
|[[Slutrunden 1928-29 (football)|1928–29]]||Slutrunden||1st tier||3||style="background: #cc9966"|Bronze
|-
 
|-
|[[2. kreds 1927-28 (football)|1927–28]]||2. kreds||1st tier||4||
|-
 
|}
|}
<small>Table last updated: 16 June 2024.<ref name="danmarksturneringen">{{cite web|url=http://www.haslund.info/10_Danmark/31_klubber/ab.asp|title=Deltagelse i Denmarksturneringen – AB|author=haslund.info|access-date=June 16, 2024|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806074340/http://haslund.info/10_danmark/31_klubber/ab.asp|url-status=live}}</ref></small>

==International appearances==

{|class="wikitable"
|+ align="left"|

[[UEFA Champions League|UEFA Champions League / European Champion Clubs' Cup]]

|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="width:100px; background:#cfc;"|Season
! style="width:80px; background:#cfc;"|Round
! style="width:200px; background:#cfc;"|Opponent
! style="width:40px; background:#cfc;"|Nation
! style="width:60px; background:#cfc;"|Home
! style="width:60px; background:#cfc;"|Away
! style="width:20px; background:#cfc;"|W
! style="width:20px; background:#cfc;"|D
! style="width:20px; background:#cfc;"|L
! style="width:50px; background:#cfc;"|Goals
! style="width:30px; background:#cfc;"|Ref.

|- style="background:#fcc; text-align:center;"
|rowspan="2"|1968–1969
||1.||[[FC Zürich]]||{{flagicon|Switzerland}}||1-2||3-1||1||0||1||4-3||rowspan="2"|<ref name="AB_CL_68-69">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec196869.html|title=Champions' Cup 1968-69|author=RSSSF|access-date=August 14, 2018|archive-date=July 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720231527/https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec196869.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|- style="background:#fcc; text-align:center;"
|2.||[[AEK Athens F.C.]]||{{flagicon|Greece}}||0-2||0-0||0||1||1||0-2
|- style="background:#ffc; text-align:center;"
|'''Total'''||colspan="3"|-||1-4||3-1||1||1||2||4-5||-
|}

{|class="wikitable"
|+ align="left"|

[[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup]]

|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="width:100px; background:#cfc;"|Season
! style="width:80px; background:#cfc;"|Round
! style="width:200px; background:#cfc;"|Opponent
! style="width:40px; background:#cfc;"|Nation
! style="width:60px; background:#cfc;"|Home
! style="width:60px; background:#cfc;"|Away
! style="width:20px; background:#cfc;"|W
! style="width:20px; background:#cfc;"|D
! style="width:20px; background:#cfc;"|L
! style="width:50px; background:#cfc;"|Goals
! style="width:30px; background:#cfc;"|Ref.

|- style="background:#fcc; text-align:center;"
|1971–1972||1.||[[Dundee F.C.]]||{{flagicon|Scotland}}||0-1||2-4||0||0||2||2-5||<ref name="AB_EL_71-72">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec197172.html|title=UEFA Cup 1971-72|author=RSSSF|access-date=August 14, 2018|archive-date=October 6, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091006084131/http://www.rsssf.com/ec/ec197172.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|- style="background:#ffc; text-align:center;"
|1999–2000||1.||[[Grasshopper Club Zürich]]||{{flagicon|Switzerland}}||0-2||1-1||0||1||1||1-3||<ref name="AB_EL_99-00">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec199900.html|title=UEFA Cup 1999-2000|author=RSSSF|access-date=August 14, 2018|archive-date=August 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804235731/https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec199900.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|- style="background:#fcc; text-align:center;"
|rowspan="2"|2000–2001||Qual.||[[B36 Tórshavn]]||{{flagicon|Faroe Islands}}||8-0||1-0||2||0||0||9-0||rowspan="2"|<ref name="AB_EL_00-01">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec200001.html|title=UEFA Cup 2000-01|author=RSSSF|access-date=August 14, 2018|archive-date=June 5, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605152102/http://www.rsssf.com/ec/ec200001.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|- style="background:#fcc; text-align:center;"
|1.||[[SK Slavia Prague]]||{{flagicon|Czech Republic}}||0-2||0-3||0||0||2||0-5
|- style="background:#ffc; text-align:center;"
|'''Total'''||colspan="3"|-||8-5||4-8||2||1||5||12-13||-
|}

{|class="wikitable"
|+ align="left"|

[[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup]]

|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="width:100px; background:#cfc;"|Season
! style="width:80px; background:#cfc;"|Round
! style="width:200px; background:#cfc;"|Opponent
! style="width:40px; background:#cfc;"|Nation
! style="width:60px; background:#cfc;"|Home
! style="width:60px; background:#cfc;"|Away
! style="width:20px; background:#cfc;"|W
! style="width:20px; background:#cfc;"|D
! style="width:20px; background:#cfc;"|L
! style="width:50px; background:#cfc;"|Goals
! style="width:30px; background:#cfc;"|Ref.

|- style="background:#fcc; text-align:center;"
|rowspan="2"|1970–1971||1.||[[Sliema Wanderers]]||{{flagicon|Malta}}||7-0||3-2||2||0||0||10-2||rowspan="2"|<ref name="AB_ICFC_70-71">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec197071.html|title=Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1970-71|author=RSSSF|access-date=August 14, 2018|archive-date=July 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720231521/https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec197071.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|- style="background:#fcc; text-align:center;"
|2.||[[RSC Anderlecht]]||{{flagicon|Belgium}}||1-3||0-4||0||0||2||1-7
|- style="background:#ffc; text-align:center;"
|'''Total'''||colspan="3"|-||8-3||3-6||2||0||2||11-9||-
|}

{|class="wikitable"
|+ align="left"|

[[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]

|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="width:100px; background:#cfc;"|Season
! style="width:80px; background:#cfc;"|Round
! style="width:200px; background:#cfc;"|Opponent
! style="width:40px; background:#cfc;"|Nation
! style="width:60px; background:#cfc;"|Home
! style="width:60px; background:#cfc;"|Away
! style="width:20px; background:#cfc;"|W
! style="width:20px; background:#cfc;"|D
! style="width:20px; background:#cfc;"|L
! style="width:50px; background:#cfc;"|Goals
! style="width:30px; background:#cfc;"|Ref.

|- style="background:#ffc; text-align:center;"
|rowspan="3"|1968||rowspan="3"|Group Stage||[[FC Tirol Innsbruck]]||{{flagicon|Austria}}||1-0||0-2||1||0||1||1-2||rowspan="3"|<ref name="AB_IC_68">{{cite web|url=http://www.mogiel.net/EC/intertoto-history/1968.php|title=Intertoto Cup 1968|author=RSSSF|access-date=August 14, 2018|archive-date=December 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221060859/http://www.mogiel.net/EC/intertoto-history/1968.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
|- style="background:#ffc; text-align:center;"
|[[FC Lausanne-Sport]]||{{flagicon|Switzerland}}||2-2||0-1||0||1||1||2-3
|- style="background:#ffc; text-align:center;"
|[[Eintracht Braunschweig]]||{{flagicon|Germany}}||0-2||0-0||0||1||1||0-2

|- style="background:#fcc; text-align:center;"
|rowspan="3"|1971||rowspan="3"|Group Stage||[[Hertha BSC]]||{{flagicon|Germany}}||0-4||1-3||0||0||2||1-7||rowspan="3"|<ref name="AB_IC_71">{{cite web|url=http://www.mogiel.net/EC/intertoto-history/1971.php|title=Intertoto Cup 1971|author=RSSSF|access-date=August 14, 2018|archive-date=April 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180416102225/http://www.mogiel.net/EC/intertoto-history/1971.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
|- style="background:#fcc; text-align:center;"
|[[FC Zürich]]||{{flagicon|Switzerland}}||1-2||1-4||0||0||2||2-6
|- style="background:#fcc; text-align:center;"
|[[FK AS Trenčín]]||{{flagicon|Slovakia}}||0-4||1-3||0||0||2||1-7

|- style="background:#ffc; text-align:center;"
|1998||2.||[[FC Vorskla Poltava]]||{{flagicon|Ukraine}}||2-2||1-1||0||2||0||3-3 ([[Away goal rule|a]])||<ref name="AB_IC_98">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uic98.html|title=UEFA Intertoto Cup 1998|author=RSSSF|access-date=December 4, 2018|archive-date=July 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713102200/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uic98.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

|- style="background:#fcc; text-align:center;"
|- style="background:#fcc; text-align:center;"
|2002||1.||[[BATE Borisov]]||{{flagicon|Belarus}}||0-2||0-1||0||0||2||0-3||<ref name="AB_IC_02">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uic02.html|title=UEFA Intertoto Cup 2002|author=RSSSF|access-date=August 14, 2018|archive-date=July 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713102158/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uic02.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

|- style="background:#ffc; text-align:center;"
|'''Total'''||colspan="3"|-||6-18||4-15||1||4||11||10-33||-
|}
<small>Table last updated: 14 August 2018.</small>

==Players==
{{see also|List of Akademisk Boldklub players}}
''As of 1 February 2025''<ref name="AB_foerstehold">{{cite web|url=https://ab-fodbold.dk/truppen/|title=Førsteholdstrup|author=Akademisk Boldklub Gladsaxe|access-date=September 5, 2024|archive-date=October 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004004100/https://ab-fodbold.dk/truppen/|url-status=live}}</ref>

{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=1|nat=DNK|name=[[Marcus Bobjerg]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=2|nat=NED|name=[[Yaël Liesdek]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=3|nat=DNK|name=Mikkel Nielsen|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=4|nat=DEU|name=Adrien Koudelka|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=DNK|name=Rasmus Brodersen|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=DNK|name=[[Daniel A. Pedersen]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=DNK|name=Noah Engell|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=DNK|name=Emil Mygind Jensen|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=DNK|name=[[Marco Harboe Ramkilde|Marco Ramkilde]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=ISL|name=Ægir Jarl Jónasson|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=DNK|name=Søren Ilsøe|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=DNK|name=Albert Gaub-Jakobsen|pos=GK}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=JAP|name=[[Yushi Yamaya]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=IRL|name=Onesime Tembe|pos=FW}}
{{fs player|no=22|nat=ISL|name=[[Ágúst Hlynsson]]|pos=MF}}
{{fs player|no=23|nat=CAN|name=[[Steven Simpson]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=30|nat=DNK|name=Casper Grening|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=34|nat=DNK|name=[[Mikkel Brund]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=35|nat=DNK|name=Pachanga Kristensen|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=37|nat=DNK|name=Frederik Lindgaard|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=41|nat=DNK|name=Tobias Hageltorn|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=43|nat=DNK|name=Noah Ibsen|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=88|nat=CAN|name=[[O'Vonte Mullings]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=99|nat=CAN|name=Nick Christoffersen|pos=GK}}
{{Fs end}}

===Youth players in use 2024-25===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=DNK|name=Elias Arif Helms|pos=GK}}
{{fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=45|nat=DNK|name=Noah Maale|pos=MF}}
{{Fs end}}

===Out on loan===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=DNK|name=Christian Wagner|pos=FW|other=at [[Thisted FC]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs player|no=97|nat=DNK|name=Ahmed Hassan|pos=FW|other=at [[Ishøj IF]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{fs mid}}
{{fs player|no=99|nat=DNK|name=Jesper Sørensen|pos=GK|other=at [[Argja Bóltfelag]] until 31 October 2025}}
{{Fs end}}

==Coaching staff==
* [[Joey Guðjónsson]]
* [[Fabiana Alcalá]]
* [[Fannar Berg Gunnólfsson]]
* [[Christoffer Ebbe Olsen]]
* [[Allan Petersen]]
* [[Kim Villy Nielsen]]
* [[Joakim Starnas]]
* [[Rasmus Ishøj Ibsen]]
* Andreas Søndergaard

<small>Table last updated: 5 September 2024.<ref name="AB_organisation">{{cite web|url=http://www.ab-fodbold.dk/2-division/organisation/|title=Organisation|author=Akademisk Boldklub Gladsaxe|access-date=September 5, 2024|archive-date=August 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805204305/https://www.ab-fodbold.dk/2-division/organisation/|url-status=dead}}</ref></small>

==National team players==
The table below is an overview of current and previous AB players who have represented their national team.

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Name
! Born
! Position
! Matches
! Nationality
! Ref.
|-
||[[Anis Ben Slimane]]||{{dts|2001-03-16|format=hide}}16-03-2001||Midfielder||16||{{flag|Tunisia}}||align="center"|<ref name="Anis_Ben_Slimane">{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/79738/Anis_Ben_Slimane.html|title=Ben Slimane, Anis|author=National Football Teams|publisher=|date=|access-date=17 January 2022|archive-date=17 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117195227/https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/79738/Anis_Ben_Slimane.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|-
||[[Philip Oslev]]||{{dts|1997-11-27|format=hide}}27-11-1997||Defender||5||{{flag|Burundi}}||align="center"|<ref name="Philip_Oslev">{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/79838/Philip_Oslev.html|title=Oslev, Philip|author=National Football Teams|publisher=|date=|access-date=30 December 2021|archive-date=30 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230103950/https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/79838/Philip_Oslev.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|-
||[[Jabar Sharza]]||{{dts|1994-04-06|format=hide}}06-04-1994||Midfielder||8||{{flag|Afghanistan|2013}}||align="center"|<ref name="jabar_sharza">{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/67533/Jabar_Sharza.html|title=Sharza, Jabar|author=National Football Teams|access-date=October 24, 2019|archive-date=June 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608233504/https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/67533/Jabar_Sharza.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|-
||[[Lukas Lerager]]||{{dts|1993-07-12|format=hide}}12-07-1993||Midfielder||9||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen">{{cite web|url=https://www.dbu.dk/landshold/Landsholdsdatabasen/LBaseClubInfo.aspx?clubid=761|title=Landsholdsdatabasen – AB|author=DBU|access-date=October 24, 2019|archive-date=July 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710200234/https://www.dbu.dk/landshold/Landsholdsdatabasen/LBaseClubInfo.aspx?clubid=761|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|-
||[[Nicolai Jørgensen]]||{{dts|1991-01-15|format=hide}}15-01-1991||Striker||39||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Danny Olsen]]||{{dts|1985-06-11|format=hide}}11-06-1985||Midfielder||1||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Stephan Andersen]]||{{dts|1981-11-26|format=hide}}26-11-1981||Goalkeeper||30||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Emmanuel Ake]]||{{dts|1980-06-11|format=hide}}11-06-1980||Striker||8||{{flag|Kenya}}||align="center"|<ref name="emmanuel_ake">{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/3567/Emmanuel_Ake.html|title=Ake, Emmanuel|author=National Football Teams|access-date=August 20, 2018|archive-date=April 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412062600/https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/3567/Emmanuel_Ake.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|-
||[[Christian Høgni Jacobsen]]||{{dts|1980-05-12|format=hide}}12-05-1980||Striker||50||{{flag|Faroe Islands}}||align="center"|<ref name="faroe_islands">{{cite web|url=http://www.fsf.fo/Default.aspx?ID=151|title=Landsliðsleikarar 1988 - 2018|author=FSF|access-date=August 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090038/http://www.fsf.fo/Default.aspx?ID=151|archive-date=March 27, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|-
||[[Martin Albrechtsen]]||{{dts|1980-03-31|format=hide}}31-03-1980||Defence||4||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Peter Løvenkrands]]||{{dts|1980-01-29|format=hide}}29-01-1980||Striker||22||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Abdul Sule]]||{{dts|1975-01-20|format=hide}}20-01-1975||Striker||6||{{flag|Nigeria}}||align="center"|<ref name="Abdul_Sule">{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/17622/Abdul_Sule.html|title=Abdul Sule|author=National Football Teams|access-date=August 14, 2018|archive-date=August 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811031753/https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/17622/Abdul_Sule.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|-
||[[Michael Johansen]]||{{dts|1972-07-22|format=hide}}22-07-1972||Midfielder||2||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Steven Lustü]]||{{dts|1971-04-13|format=hide}}13-04-1971||Defence||9||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Jan Michaelsen]]||{{dts|1970-11-28|format=hide}}28-11-1970||Midfielder||19||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Claus Thomsen]]||{{dts|1970-05-31|format=hide}}31-05-1970||Midfielder||20||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[René Henriksen]]||{{dts|1969-08-27|format=hide}}27-08-1969||Defence||66||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Brian Steen Nielsen]]||{{dts|1968-12-28|format=hide}}28-12-1968||Midfielder||66||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Per Frimann]]||{{dts|1962-06-04|format=hide}}04-06-1962||Striker||17||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Flemming Christensen]]||{{dts|1958-04-10|format=hide}}10-04-1958||Striker||11||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Benny Nielsen (footballer, born 17 March 1951)|Benny Nielsen]]||{{dts|1951-03-17|format=hide}}17-03-1951||Striker||28||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Johnny Petersen]]||{{dts|1947-11-27|format=hide}}27-11-1947||Midfielder||3||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Henrik Bernburg]]||{{dts|1947-04-09|format=hide}}09-04-1947||Striker||2||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Kresten Bjerre]]||{{dts|1946-02-22|format=hide}}22-02-1946||Midfielder||22||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Max Rasmussen]]||{{dts|1945-12-11|format=hide}}11-12-1945||Midfielder||5||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Flemming Kjærsgaard]]||{{dts|1945-07-12|format=hide}}12-07-1945||Striker||6||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Jan Larsen (footballer)|Jan Larsen]]||{{dts|1945-03-22|format=hide}}22-03-1945||Defence||29||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Erik Sandvad]]||{{dts|1945-01-27|format=hide}}27-01-1945||Midfielder||22||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Niels Yde]]||{{dts|1944-10-02|format=hide}}02-10-1944||Defence||6||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Finn Wiberg]]||{{dts|1943-05-07|format=hide}}07-05-1943||Striker||14||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Flemming Nielsen]]||{{dts|1934-02-24|format=hide}}24-02-1934||Midfielder||26||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Jens-Carl Kristensen]]||{{dts|1933-03-02|format=hide}}02-03-1933||Striker||1||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Ove Bech Nielsen]]||{{dts|1932-08-03|format=hide}}03-08-1932||Striker||8||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Verner Nielsen]]||{{dts|1931-05-14|format=hide}}14-05-1931||Defence||26||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Erik Jensen (footballer)|Erik Jensen]]||{{dts|1930-12-06|format=hide}}06-12-1930||Midfielder||20||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Frank Reckendorff]]||{{dts|1928-10-23|format=hide}}23-10-1928||Striker||4||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Kaj Jørgensen]]||{{dts|1925-10-11|format=hide}}11-10-1925||Goalkeeper||11||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Christen Brøgger]]||{{dts|1925-08-29|format=hide}}29-08-1925||Defence||20||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[James Rønvang]]||{{dts|1925-07-17|format=hide}}17-07-1925||Striker||2||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Dan Ohland-Andersen]]||{{dts|1924-05-15|format=hide}}15-05-1924||Defence||7||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Hartvig Møller]]||{{dts|1924-03-27|format=hide}}27-03-1924||Striker||1||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Steen Blicher (footballer)|Steen Blicher]]||{{dts|1923-11-22|format=hide}}22-11-1923||Midfielder||8||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Ivan Jensen]]||{{dts|1922-11-10|format=hide}}10-11-1922||Midfielder||25||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Holger Seebach]]||{{dts|1922-03-17|format=hide}}17-03-1922||Striker||17||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Karl Aage Hansen]]||{{dts|1921-07-04|format=hide}}04-07-1921||Striker||22||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Poul Petersen (footballer)|Poul Petersen]]||{{dts|1921-04-11|format=hide}}11-04-1921||Defence||34||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Knud Lundberg]]||{{dts|1920-05-14|format=hide}}14-05-1920||Striker||39||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Knud Bastrup-Birk]]||{{dts|1919-12-12|format=hide}}12-12-1919||Defence||18||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Georg Dahlfelt]]||{{dts|1919-04-12|format=hide}}12-04-1919||Midfielder||4||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Svend Albrechtsen]]||{{dts|1917-02-27|format=hide}}27-02-1917||Striker||3||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||Adolph Mølsgaard||{{dts|1914-11-06|format=hide}}06-11-1914||Defence||1||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Willy Larsson]]||{{dts|1914-10-30|format=hide}}30-10-1914||Defence||6||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Eigil Thielsen]]||{{dts|1914-08-17|format=hide}}17-08-1914||Striker||18||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Poul Toft Jensen]]||{{dts|1912-08-14|format=hide}}14-08-1912||Midfielder||13||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Carl Larsen (footballer, born 1911)|Carl Larsen]]||{{dts|1911-03-25|format=hide}}25-03-1911||Midfielder||1||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Poul Sørensen (footballer)|Poul Sørensen]]||{{dts|1910-09-04|format=hide}}04-09-1910||Defence||1||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Svend Sanvig]]||{{dts|1909-12-05|format=hide}}05-12-1909||Midfielder||4||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Sigfred Jensen]]||{{dts|1909-03-06|format=hide}}06-03-1909||Midfielder||6||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Eyolf Kleven]]||{{dts|1908-02-27|format=hide}}27-02-1908||Striker||30||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Palle Christensen]]||{{dts|1902-12-27|format=hide}}27-12-1902||Defence||8||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Harry Bendixen]]||{{dts|1901-10-13|format=hide}}13-10-1901||Defence||16||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Arne Kleven]]||{{dts|1900-01-08|format=hide}}08-01-1900||Midfielder||2||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Edvin Frigast Larsen]]||{{dts|1899-12-20|format=hide}}20-12-1899||Goalkeeper||22||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Otto Moltke (footballer)|Otto Moltke]]||{{dts|1897-07-10|format=hide}}10-07-1897||Defence||1||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Svend Knudsen (footballer)|Svend Knudsen]]||{{dts|1896-01-18|format=hide}}18-01-1896||Midfielder||6||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Svend Holm]]||{{dts|1895-10-25|format=hide}}25-10-1895||Striker||1||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Gunnar Aaby]]||{{dts|1895-07-09|format=hide}}09-07-1895||Midfielder||7||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Henrik Andersen (footballer, born 1894)|Henrik Andersen]]||{{dts|1894-02-11|format=hide}}11-02-1894||Midfielder||2||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Svend Ringsted]]||{{dts|1893-08-30|format=hide}}30-08-1893||Defence||5||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Holger Teilmann]]||{{dts|1893-07-20|format=hide}}20-07-1893||Midfielder||1||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Samuel Thorsteinsson]]||{{dts|1893-01-01|format=hide}}01-01-1893||Midfielder||7||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Sven V. Knudsen]]||{{dts|1892-02-22|format=hide}}22-02-1892||Striker||8||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Ernst Petersen (footballer, born 1890)|Ernst Petersen]]||{{dts|1890-08-16|format=hide}}16-08-1890||Midfielder||3||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Paul Berth]]||{{dts|1890-04-07|format=hide}}07-04-1890||Midfielder||26||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Harald Bohr]]||{{dts|1887-04-22|format=hide}}22-04-1887||Midfielder||4||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|-
||[[Charles Buchwald]]||{{dts|1880-10-22|format=hide}}22-10-1880||Defence||7||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="DBU_landsholdsdatabasen" />
|-
|}
<small>Table last updated: 10 August 2018</small>

==Previous coaches==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Period
! Name
! Nationality
! Ref.
|-
||{{dts|1963|format=hide}}1963–1965||[[Ivan Jensen]]||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-
||{{dts|1965|format=hide}}1965||[[Frank Soo]]||{{flag|England}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-
||{{dts|1966|format=hide}}1966–1968||[[Mario Astorri]]||{{flag|Italy}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-
||{{dts|1968|format=hide}}1968–1969||[[Ernst Netuka]]||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-
||{{dts|1970|format=hide}}1970||[[Karl Aage Hansen]]||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-
||{{dts|1970|format=hide|addkey=1}}1970–1971||[[Jørgen Hvidemose]]||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-
||{{dts|1972|format=hide}}1972||[[Karl Aage Hansen]]||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-
||{{dts|1973|format=hide}}1973–1975||[[Jack Cummings (footballer)|Jack Cummings]]||{{flag|Northern Ireland}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-
||{{dts|1975|format=hide}}1975–1976||[[Niels Erik Rasmussen]]||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-
||{{dts|1977|format=hide}}1977||[[Arne Borsdal]]||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-
||{{dts|1978|format=hide}}1978–1983||[[Christian Andersen (footballer)|Christian Andersen]]||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-
||{{dts|1983|format=hide}}1983||[[Jan Andersen]]||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-
||{{dts|1984|format=hide}}1984||[[Peter Dahl (footballer)|Peter Dahl]]||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-
||{{dts|1985|format=hide}}1985–1986||[[Christian Andersen (footballer)|Christian Andersen]]||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-
||{{dts|1986|format=hide}}1986||[[Henning Kurland]]||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-
||{{dts|1987|format=hide}}1987||[[Kresten Bjerre]]||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-
||{{dts|1988|format=hide}}1988–1990||[[Claus Bo Hansen]]||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-
||{{dts|1990|format=hide}}1990||[[Henning Kurland]]||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-
||{{dts|1990|format=hide|addkey=1}}1990||[[Jan Larsen (footballer)|Jan Larsen]]||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-
||{{dts|1991|format=hide}}1991||[[Peter Jensen (footballer)|Peter Jensen]]||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-
||{{dts|1992|format=hide}}1992–1995||[[Johnny Petersen]]||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-
||{{dts|1995|format=hide}}1995||[[Christian Andersen (footballer)|Christian Andersen]]||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_CA">{{cite web|url=http://www.ab-fodbold.dk/klubben/wall-of-fame/christian-andersen/|title=Christian Andersen|author=Akademisk Boldklub Gladsaxe|access-date=August 14, 2018|archive-date=August 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821132138/http://www.ab-fodbold.dk/klubben/wall-of-fame/christian-andersen/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
||{{dts|1996|format=hide}}1996||[[Tonni Nielsen]]||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-
||{{dts|1997|format=hide}}1997–1998||[[Christian Andersen (footballer)|Christian Andersen]]||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="regnskab_1997" />
|-
||{{dts|1999|format=hide}}1999–2000||[[Ole Mørch]]||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-
||{{dts|2000|format=hide}}2000||[[Peter Frandsen]] / [[Flemming Christensen]]||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-
||{{dts|2001|format=hide}}2001–2002||[[Ove Christensen]]||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-
||{{dts|2003|format=hide}}2003–2005||[[Henrik Jensen (footballer, born 1959)|Henrik Jensen]]||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-
||{{dts|2005|format=hide}}2005–2007||[[Christian Andersen (footballer)|Christian Andersen]] / [[Allan Michaelsen]]||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_CA"/> 
|-
||{{dts|2007|format=hide}}2007||[[Johnny Petersen]]||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-
||{{dts|2007|format=hide|addkey=1}}2007–2010||[[Flemming Christensen]]||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-
||{{dts|2010|format=hide}}2010–2012||[[Kasper Kurland]]||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-
||{{dts|2012|format=hide|addkey=2}}2012||[[Henrik Lehm]]||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-
||{{dts|2013|format=hide}}2013–2015||[[Thomas Nørgaard (football manager)|Thomas Nørgaard]]||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-
||{{dts|2015|format=hide}}2015–2016||[[Per Frandsen]]||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-
||{{dts|2017|format=hide}}2017||[[Søren Bjerg (football manager)|Søren Bjerg]]||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-
||{{dts|2017|format=hide|addkey=1}}2018–2019||[[Michael Madsen (footballer)|Michael Madsen]]||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-
||{{dts|2019|format=hide|addkey=1}}2019–2023||[[Patrick Birch Braune]]||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-
||{{dts|2023|format=hide|addkey=1}}2023||[[Simon Ervolder Andresen]]||{{flag|Denmark}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-
||{{dts|2023|format=hide|addkey=1}}2023–2024||[[David Roufpanah]]||{{flag|Sweden}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-
||{{dts|2024|format=hide|addkey=1}}2024||[[Fabiana Alcalà]]||{{flag|Spain}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-

|-
||{{dts|2024|format=hide|addkey=1}}2024–||[[Joey Guðjónsson]]||{{flag|Iceland}}||align="center"|<ref name="AB_125" />
|-

|}
<small>Table last updated: 16 June 2024</small>

==Supporters==
===Fan club===

AB's official fan club is called [[AB Forever]] and was founded on August 17, 1995. During home matches, the fan club stands on Gladsaxe Stadium's section E. The work on founding fan club started already in the spring of 1993 when a group of youth coaches increasingly felt frustrated over the fact that AB's youth players did not come to the stadium when AB's first team played matches. AB played in the 3rd tier under the leadership of [[Johnny Petersen]] and had great players such as [[René Henriksen]] and [[Peter Rasmussen (footballer, born 1969)|Peter Rasmussen]] on the team. The football was entertaining but there was no atmosphere on the stadium when the team played. The group of youth coaches therefore began organizing themselves with the aim of getting more supporters to the stadium. The group who later established the fan club got its name from the first team's most dangerous player, the striker [[Finn Buchardt]] who has scored 62 goals for AB. In a match against [[Herlev IF]] on June 6, 1993, Finn Buchardt scored four goals in the last 15 minutes of the match, meaning that a potential 2–2 draw was turned to a 6–3 victory. The last 15 minutes of a football match were from then on called "Boogie time" with reference to Finn Buchardt, and the group of fans around the youth coaches subsequently called themselves for "Boogie's friends".<ref name="AB_125" />

As more supporters joined, the need for a more formal organization became apparent, and the group held a founding general assembly on August 17, 1995. The general meeting named AB's first fan club ''AB Forever'' and appointed [[Thomas Gram]] as the fan club's first president. The vision for the fan club was to take distance from violence and to give support to the team in an unconventional way, which were reflected in a variety of humorous songs and a friendly approach to supporting the team.<ref name="AB_125" />

In the following years, the fan club took the initiative to produce and sell merchandise in the form of caps, scarves and T-shirts. However, AB bought the inventory and took over the merchandise sales in 1997.<ref name="AB_forever">{{cite web|url=http://abforever.dk/fanklub|title=History|author=AB Forever|access-date=August 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623170316/http://abforever.dk/fanklub|archive-date=June 23, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Rivalries===

AB's supporters are known for their rivalries with the neighboring clubs of [[Lyngby Boldklub]] and [[Brønshøj Boldklub]].

AB's matches against Brønshøj Boldklub are known as ''Bog Derbies''. A victory in the match gives the winning team the "right" to the nearby bog [[Utterslev Mose]]. The Bog Derby has been played 62 times, with 32 wins to AB, 19 draws and 11 wins to Brønshøj, and a goal score of 127–70 in AB's favor.<ref name="mosederby">{{cite web|url=http://www.bronshojboldklub.dk/Divisionshold/Nyheder/Optakt-AB-Broenshoej3|title=Optakt: AB - Brønshøj|author=Brønshøj Boldklub|access-date=October 18, 2020|archive-date=September 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923023714/http://www.bronshojboldklub.dk/Divisionshold/Nyheder/Optakt-AB-Broenshoej3|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Spectators===
The table below shows the development of spectators at AB's home matches since the season 1996/1997.

{|
|-
|style="vertical-align:top;"|
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Season!!League!!Matches!!Total!!Average!!Highest!!Lowest

|-
|2023/2024
|3rd tier
|11{{efn|Spectator count missing for five matches.}}
|5.177
|471
|757
|298
|-

|-
|2022/2023
|3rd tier
|14{{efn|Spectator count missing for two matches.}}
|8.606
|615
|1.130
|289
|-

|-
|2021/2022
|3rd tier
|15{{efn|Spectator count missing for one match.}}
|6.281
|418
|789
|177
|-

|-
|2020/2021
|3rd tier
|7{{efn|Spectator count is missing for the season's six last matches. Due to [[COVID-19]], the maximum number of allowed spectators was constrained.<ref name="dbu_covid-19-season20-21">{{cite web|url=https://www.dbu.dk/nyheder/2021/april/fantastisk-med-tilskuere-tilbage-paa-stadion/|title=Fantastisk med tilskuere tilbage på stadion|author=DBU|access-date=June 5, 2021|archive-date=June 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605143753/https://www.dbu.dk/nyheder/2021/april/fantastisk-med-tilskuere-tilbage-paa-stadion/|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
|2.934
|419
|860
|310
|-

|-
|2019/2020
|3rd tier
|12{{efn|The season was shortened, and the maximum number of allowed spectators was set to 500 due to [[COVID-19]].<ref name="dbu_covid-19">{{cite web|url=https://www.dbu.dk/nyheder/2020/juni/nu-maa-der-vaere-500-til-fodboldkampe-og-staevner/|title=Nu må der være 500 til fodboldkampe og -stævner|author=DBU|access-date=July 4, 2020|archive-date=July 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704182311/https://www.dbu.dk/nyheder/2020/juni/nu-maa-der-vaere-500-til-fodboldkampe-og-staevner/|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
|4.290
|358
|567
|197
|-

|-
|2018/2019
|3rd tier
|17
|6.649
|391
|969
|267
|-

|-
|2017/2018
|3rd tier
|15
|6.152
|410
|789
|100
|-

|-
|2016/2017
|2nd tier
|16
|9.374
|586
|755
|415
|-

|-
|2015/2016
|3rd tier
|15
|10.894
|726
|1.308
|412
|-

|-
|2014/2015
|2nd tier
|16
|14.971
|936
|1.795
|571
|-

|-
|2013/2014
|2nd tier
|16
|15.505
|969
|2.520
|583
|-

|-
|2012/2013
|2nd tier
|15{{efn|The home match against [[FC Fyn]] is not included as it was not played due to the bankruptcy of the club.<ref name="tipsbladet_fcfyn">{{cite web|url=https://www.tipsbladet.dk/nyhed/1-division/fc-fyn-er-gaaet-konkurs|title=FC Fyn er gået konkurs|author=Tipsbladet|access-date=August 14, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927232345/https://www.tipsbladet.dk/nyhed/1-division/fc-fyn-er-gaaet-konkurs|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
|13.300
|887
|2.057
|377
|-

|-
|2011/2012
|2nd tier
|13
|11.807
|908
|1.409
|621
|-

|-
|2010/2011
|2nd tier
|15
|14.873
|992
|1.646
|478
|-

|-
|2009/2010
|2nd tier
|15
|18.519
|1.235
|2.366
|785
|-

|-
|2008/2009
|2nd tier
|13{{efn|The home matches against [[FC Amager]] og [[Køge BK]] are not included as they were not played because of the bankruptcy of FC Amager<ref name="bold_fcamager">{{cite web|url=https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/Officielt-FC-Amager-konkurs/|title=FC Amager konkurs|author=bold.dk|date=March 28, 2003|access-date=August 14, 2018|archive-date=August 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813182215/https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/Officielt-FC-Amager-konkurs/|url-status=live}}</ref> and the forced relegation of Køge BK due to their merger with [[Herfølge Boldklub]].<ref name="DBU_koegebk">{{cite web|url=https://www.dbu.dk/nyheder/2009/februar/koege_boldklub_suspenderet|title=Køge Boldklub suspenderet|author=DBU|access-date=August 14, 2018|archive-date=August 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813181106/https://www.dbu.dk/nyheder/2009/februar/koege_boldklub_suspenderet|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
|16.555
|1.273
|3.804
|781
|-

|-
|2007/2008
|2nd tier
|15
|12.519
|835
|1.096
|584
|-

|-
|2006/2007
|2nd tier
|15
|16.307
|1.087
|2.120
|609
|-

|-
|2005/2006
|2nd tier
|15
|15.146
|1.010
|2.271
|644
|-

|-
|2004/2005
|2nd tier
|15
|13.397
|893
|1.225
|426
|-

|-
|2003/2004
|1st tier
|16
|46.158
|2.885
|10.039
|1.133
|-

|-
|2002/2003
|1st tier
|17
|52.259
|3.074
|7.321
|1.421
|-

|-
|2001/2002
|1st tier
|16
|42.042
|2.628
|6.017
|1.224
|-

|-
|2000/2001
|1st tier
|17
|52.044
|3.061
|5.346
|1.395
|-

|-
|1999/2000
|1st tier
|17
|78.507
|4.618
|9.125
|2.218
|-

|-
|1998/1999
|1st tier
|17
|54.427
|3.202
|7.115
|1.352
|-

|-
|1997/1998
|1st tier
|16
|48.943
|3.059
|9.304
|1.184
|-

|-
|1996/1997
|1st tier
|16
|33.770
|2.111
|6.119
|585
|-

|}
|}
<small> Table last updated: 16 June 2024.<ref name="tilskuerstatistik">{{cite web|url=https://www.superstats.dk/|title=Tilskuerstatistik|author=SuperStats|access-date=June 16, 2024|archive-date=June 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612072301/https://www.superstats.dk/|url-status=live}}</ref></small>

==Management==
===Chairmen===
The table below is an overview of chairmen of AB's board throughout time.
{|class="wikitable"
! Period
! Person
|-
|?–12/09-1988
|[[Swen Nielsen]]
|-
|20/11-1986–12/09-1988
|[[Allan Gramkow Bidsted]]
|-
|12/09-1988–11/11-1998
|[[Erik Neergaard]]
|-
|11/11-1998–03/03-2000
|[[Denis Jørgen Flemming Holmark]]
|-
|03/03-2000–04/11-2002
|[[Mogens Trygve Lied Flagstad]]
|-
|27/11-2002–28/05-2009
|[[Jens Hjortskov]]
|-
|28/05-2009–30/05-2011
|[[Erik Hovgaard]]
|-
|30/05-2011–15/08-2013
|[[Ronny Saul]]
|-
|15/08-2013–22/05-2014
|[[Pernille Ørskov]]
|-
|22/05-2014–24/11-2014
|[[Ronny Saul]]
|-
|24/11-2014–05/05-2015
|[[Torben Oldenborg]]
|-
|05/05-2015–06/06-2017
|[[Steen Kristensen]]
|-
|06/06-2017–23/11-2022
|[[Torben Oldenborg]]
|-
|23/11-2022–20/08-2024
|[[Jen Hsiang Chang]]
|-
|20/08-2024-
|Brian Joseph Grieco
|}
<small>Table last updated: 1 December 2022.<ref name="virk_1">{{cite web|url=https://datacvr.virk.dk/data/visenhed?enhedstype=virksomhed&id=24208036&soeg=akademisk%20boldklub&type=Alle&language=da|title=UDVIKLINGSSELSKABET AF 01.08. 1975 A/S under konkurs|author=virk.dk|access-date=December 1, 2022|archive-date=August 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810182000/https://datacvr.virk.dk/data/visenhed?enhedstype=virksomhed&id=24208036&soeg=akademisk%20boldklub&type=Alle&language=da|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="virk_2">{{cite web|url=https://datacvr.virk.dk/data/visenhed?enhedstype=virksomhed&id=29217238&soeg=ab%20a/s&type=Alle&language=da|title=AB A/S|author=virk.dk|access-date=December 1, 2022|archive-date=March 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327082805/https://datacvr.virk.dk/data/visenhed?enhedstype=virksomhed&id=29217238&soeg=ab%20a/s&type=Alle&language=da|url-status=live}}</ref>
</small>

===CEOs===
The table below is an overview of CEOs of AB throughout time.
{|class="wikitable"
! Period
! Person
|-
|?–10/08-1989
|[[Sven Erik Hansen]]
|-
|10/08-1989–09/07-1992
|[[Jan Sørensen (board member)|Jan Sørensen]]
|-
|09/07-1992–12/08-1998
|[[Henrik Mostrup]]
|-
|12/08-1998–03/10-2001
|[[Per Frimann]]
|-
|03/10-2001–05/03-2003
|[[Henrik Stephansen Vestergaard]]
|-
|05/03-2003–11/12-2003
|[[Steen Andersen]]
|-
|11/12-2003–01/03-2005
|[[Torben Oldenborg]]
|-
|01/03-2005–30/05-2011
|[[Ronny Saul]]
|-
|30/05-2011–01/08-2011
|[[Alex Thyge Rasmussen]]
|-
|01/08-2011–19/10-2011
|[[Lenni Skov Lindegaard]]
|-
|19/10-2011–01/11-2012
|[[Liselotte Bisbjerg]]
|-
|01/11-2012–2019
|[[Peter Rasmussen (footballer, born 1969)|Peter Rasmussen]]
|-
|2019
|[[Christina Schramm]]
|-
|2020–2022
|[[Dan Axel Holst]]
|-
|2022–2023
|[[Erik Curtis Stover]]
|-
|2023–
|[[Sofie Brandi Petersen]]
|}
<small>Table last updated: 25 October 2023.<ref name="virk_1" /><ref name="virk_2" /></small>

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
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