FC Nordsjælland
Football Club Nordsjælland, commonly known as FC Nordsjælland, Nordsjælland (Danish pronunciation: [ˈnoɐ̯ɕeˌlænˀ]) or FCN, is a professional Danish football team from the North Zealand town of Farum. Founded as Farum Boldklub from the merger of the town's two football clubs Farum IK and Stavnsholt BK in 1991, the club changed its name to FC Nordsjælland in 2003. In international competitions, the club can be transliterated as Nordsjaelland.
| Full name | Football Club Nordsjælland | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Tigrene (The Tigers) | ||
| Short name | FCN | ||
| Founded | 1991 | ||
| Ground | Right to Dream Park, Farum | ||
| Capacity | 10,300 | ||
| Owner | Pathways Group (99%) | ||
| Chairman | Tom Vernon | ||
| Head coach | Johannes Hoff Thorup | ||
| League | Danish Superliga | ||
| 2022–23 | Danish Superliga, 2nd of 12 | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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FCN plays in the Danish Superliga, winning its first medal in the 2002–03 season, taking third place. Since then, the Wild Tigers have made four appearances in Europe under both the old UEFA Cup format in 2003–04, 2008–09 and in the UEFA Europa League during the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons. In 2010, the club won its first Danish Cup and successfully defended it the following year in 2011, beating Midtjylland in both finals. FCN won the 2011–12 Danish Superliga in May 2012 which qualified the team to participate in the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League. In 2023 the team was No. 2 in the league, only 1 point behind Brøndby.
Nordsjælland plays its home matches at Right to Dream Park, which has a capacity of 10,100 of which 9,800 seating and 300 standing spectators.