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F.C. Copenhagen is a Danish football club in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is part of the Parken Sport & Entertainment company that, among other things, also owns the professional men's and women's teams of FCK Handball. FCK plays in the Danish Superliga and is one of the most successful clubs in Danish football and the highest ranking Scandinavian club in the UEFA team rankings list, currently ranking as the 63rd best club in Europe. The club is also currently ranked as the 29th best club in the world by the IFFHS FC Copenhagen have won seven Danish Superliga championships, four Danish Cup trophies, and the Scandinavian tournament Royal League twice. They qualified for the 2006-07 edition of the UEFA Champions League, the first time in the clubs history. F.C. Copenhagen was founded in 1992, as a superstructure between 15 time Danish football champions Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (KB) and seven time Danish football champions Boldklubben 1903, both clubs being based in Copenhagen. The club plays its matches at the Parken Stadium, which also serves as the venue for Denmark national football team matches. Since its founding, F.C. Copenhagen have had a fierce rivalry with Copenhagen suburban club Brøndby IF, and the so-called "New Firm" games between the two sides have attracted the biggest crowds in Danish football history. The club's supporters have the reputation of being comparatively upper-class Copenhagen citizens, in contrast to the reputedly more working-class Brøndby IF supporters.
