Danish weekend - Game 2 and 3

Friday 1 August 2025, HB Koge Women 2 FC Rosengard 0 - Friendly, Capelli Sport Stadion

Pre-season game for the Danish top flight side against a Swedish top Division team who had already played 12 competitive games this season. However it was the Danish team who looked the sharpest and got their two goals in the 73rd and 78th minute. An easy win in the end. The game was stopped after 19 minutes, was not sure why, but their had been a warning of lightning so the Ref took the two teams off for 20 minutes, even if we did not even get any rain that time. I had a similar experience the following day, so it seems Copenhagen suffers from lightning storms and match officials are prepared after looking at forecast to take teams off the pitch, for their own safety.

£13 cost of 'S' Bahn train for return ticket to Koge, a small, pretty town just south of Copenhagen. Bus or 15 minute walk to the ground, you see the ground as you approach Koge on the train.

The men's team are in the 1st Division and are in the process of improving their stadium. One large seated stand on the side, also has hospitality areas plus all changing rooms and club offices, only stand open for this game, Opposite a new stand is being built but guess a few more months till that is open. Behind one goal, new terracing is being built and looked as if almost completed. Behind the other goal  is a sports hall, so the ground will always be 3 sided. 

With Sweden always being one of the top sides in Women's football was surprised how poor the visitors were.

B.93 1 Hillerod 2 - Danish 1st Division, Sundby Idraetspark

Easy Metro and short bus trip to a large sports complex, B.93 using their ground whilst their own ground in the north of the city is under renovation, they should be moving back north this month - have put some more info on that in the Stadium News post in the International Hopping section.

Stadium is ok, decent large seated stand, food and beer on offer - visiting fans ( all 40 of them) were perched on temporary seating behind one goal, you could stand and watch the game from behind the other goal, the other side saw 5 steps of wooden terracing/bench seating. Athletics track round the G3 pitch but as only 3 lanes, did not cause many issues when it comes to watching the game.

Football wise, score line may look close but the visitors had an easy win, two up after 33 minutes and though the home team had plenty of the ball, they did not really threaten the visiting keeper whilst Hillerod always looked dangerous on the break. B. 93 got a goal back on 43 minutes but tahtw as about as good as it got for them. Floodlights failed after 85 minutes but it was still light and so game was in no danger of being called off, they could not get lights fixed but did turn a smaller set of lights on, probably to help with the TV filming the game as lights were not needed by spectators.