Køge Nord

Køge Nord FC (abbreviated KNFC) is a Danish association football club, located in Ølby between a railroad and a highway, Køge Bugt Motorvejen, in the northern suburbs of Køge, Køge Municipality, and playing their home games at Rishøj Stadium (also known as Lyngvejens Stadium), which can hold approx. 1,000 standing spectators around a fenced football field with no grandstands. The East Zealandian club was originally formed as a football department in 1971 under the sports club, Rishøj Idrætsforening, before being refounded as an independent association football club under the name Rishøj Boldklub in 2004, and getting its current name in the summer of 2017. As of the 2023–24 season, the club's first team play in Serie 1 after having been relegated from the Zealand Series in 2023. The club did not draw great attention to itself during its early years, where it was playing in the lower ranking regional leagues. In 1986, a steady climb began from the SBU Series 5 (level 10) to finally reaching the highest regional league, Zealand Series, in 1995 for the first time in the club's history, which was followed by participation in the 1996/97 edition of the Danish Cup. The senior men's team was promoted to the nationwide professional league divisions, Danmarksturneringen i fodbold, for the first time in 2010, where they played in the Danish 2nd Division for five seasons with two 3rd place spots (2012–13 (east) and 2013–14 (west)) in the final table as their best overall achievements in the Danish football league system, before being relegated to the lower ranking amateur levels in 2015. In the 2015/16 edition of the Danish Cup, the club reached the fourth round (round of 16), before being defeated at Tingbjerg Idrætspark by Aarhus GF.