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Nickolai Lund

Nickolai Kønig Lund (born 28 May 1988) is a Danish football manager currently serving as head coach of Danish Superliga club Viborg. In addition to various assistant roles, he also led Team Viborg [da] between 2012 and 2015.

Nickolai Lund
Personal information
Full name Nickolai Kønig Lund[1]
Date of birth (1988-05-28) 28 May 1988 (age 38)
Team information
Current team
 Viborg
Managerial career
Years Team
2012–2015 Team Viborg [da]
2025– Viborg

Career

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Lund grew up in Sminge, a village near Silkeborg, and started his coaching career at Silkeborg IF.[2] In 2012, he became head coach of Team Viborg [da], a team competing in the Danish Women's 1st Division at the time.[3] He guided the club back to the Elitedivision in 2015,[4][5] the top division of women's football in Denmark. However, in his final match in charge, Team Viborg lost 2–1 to Vejle and were relegated back to the 1st Division.[6]

After serving as a youth coach with Randers and later Silkeborg,[7] Lund moved back to Viborg to join the men's first team under head coach Jacob Neestrup.[8] He joined as the club's under-15 team while also serving as an analyst for the first team.[9][10] He was named as assistant coach, as well as a transition coach, on 10 July 2019.[9]

While working to acquire his UEFA Pro Licence, Lund left Viborg to join Copenhagen as assistant on 7 June 2023,[11] reuniting with Neestrup who had become the club's head coach in 2022.[12] He was later fired from Copenhagen[13][14] in January 2025 due to problems with the team's set pieces.[15]

After the 2024–25 season ended, Lund returned to Viborg under head coach Jakob Poulsen as an assistant.[16] By June 2025, he was promoted alongside fellow assistants Pål Fjelde and Ralf Pedersen to take charge of Viborg's first team after Poulsen departed Viborg to fill a vacant head coaching role at fellow Superliga club AGF.[17] On 16 July, after Viborg sports director Mads Agesen stated the club was unlikely to find a permanent head coach before the opening game of the club's 2025–26 season,[18] Lund was promoted to interim head coach for the club's match against Copenhagen.[19] His debut as interim head coach resulted in a 3–2 loss.[20]

Viborg announced on 24 July 2025 that Lund had been promoted to head coach, no longer being an interim. He signed a three-year deal with the club.[21][22] His first competitive win for the club came on 3 August with a 2–0 win against Brøndby.[23] Following the 22nd round of the 2025–26 season, Viborg were confirmed for the championship round for only the second time under the league's format.[24] Viborg ultimately finished the season in 5th place, having lost four of their final six matches and narrowly missing out on a European play-off spot.[25]

Personal life

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Lund has two children, announcing the birth of his second child in September 2025.[26]

Career statistics

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As of match played 17 May 2026
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
G W D L Win %
Team Viborg [da] 15 July 2012 15 June 2015 6632925048.5 [27]
Viborg 16 July 2025 present 3916617041.0 [28]
Career total 105481542045.7

References

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  1. ↑ "Nickolai Kønig Lund" (in Danish). Silkeborg IF. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  2. ↑ Helligsø, Michael (26 May 2025). "Fodboldtræner med Silkeborg-fortid vender retur til superligaklub" [Football coach with Silkeborg past returns to super league club]. Midtjyllands Avis (in Danish). Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  3. ↑ Kristensen, Danny (15 July 2012). "Ny træner til Team Viborg" [New coach for Team Viborg]. Viborg Folkeblad (in Danish). Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "Silkeborg Efterskole satser massivt på pigefodbold" [Silkeborg Efterskole is investing heavily in girls' football]. fodboldforpiger.dk (in Danish). 5 January 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  5. ↑ Hald, Christian (4 May 2015). "Klar til næste skridt som træner" [Ready for the next step as a coach]. Viborg Folkeblad (in Danish). Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  6. ↑ Kristensen, Danni (15 June 2015). "Tre års arbejde sluttede værst tænkeligt" [Three years of work ended in the worst possible way]. Viborg Folkeblad (in Danish). Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  7. ↑ Hald, Christian (10 July 2019). "Viborg FF har fundet assistenttræner – men der kommer én mere" [Viborg FF has found an assistant coach – but there will be one more]. Viborg Folkeblad (in Danish). Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "Ændring i trænerstaben: Nickolai Lund vender tilbage til VFF" [Change in the coaching staff: Nickolai Lund returns to VFF] (in Danish). Viborg FF. 26 May 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  9. 1 2 "Nickolai Lund bliver assistent- og transitionstræner i VFF" [Nickolai Lund becomes assistant and transition coach in VFF]. Viborg FF (in Danish). 10 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  10. ↑ "Viborg FF Talent - Informationshæfte 2018" (PDF). Viborg FF. p. 4. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  11. ↑ "Nickolai Lund joins F.C. Copenhagen as assistant coach". FC Copenhagen. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  12. ↑ "Jacob Neestrup appointed new F.C. Copenhagen head coach". FC Copenhagen. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  13. ↑ "FCK fyrer assistenttræner efter dødboldproblemer" [FCK fires assistant coach after set-piece problems]. Berlingske (in Danish). 9 January 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  14. ↑ "Assistant coach Nickolai Lund leaves FCK". FC Copenhagen. 9 January 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  15. ↑ "Ny FCK-assistent har fokus på at udrydde dødboldproblem" [New FCK assistant focuses on eradicating the set-piece problem]. Berlingske (in Danish). 23 January 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  16. ↑ Schmidt, Martin; Porse, Kristian (26 May 2025). "Fyret i FCK: Viborg henter Lund hjem" [Fired in FCK: Viborg brings Lund home]. bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  17. ↑ Mølby, Morten (20 June 2025). "Jakob Poulsen er ny cheftræner i AGF" [Jakob Poulsen is the new head coach of AGF] (in Danish). DR. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  18. ↑ Thrane, Kasper Aleksander (15 July 2025). "Tre dage før sæsonstart har Viborg stadig ingen cheftræner: 'Vigtigst at finde den rette'" [Three days before the start of the season, Viborg still has no head coach: 'The most important thing is to find the right one'] (in Danish). DR. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  19. ↑ Mielcke, Thomas (16 July 2025). "Viborg FF bekræfter: Der kommer ingen ny cheftræner inden premiere" [Viborg FF confirms: There will be no new head coach before the premiere]. Viborg Folkeblad (in Danish). Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  20. ↑ Ravn, Oliver Bilberg; Nielsen, Morten Løvig (18 July 2025). "De forsvarende mestre åbner Superligasæsonen med sejr i Viborg" [The defending champions open the Superliga season with a victory in Viborg] (in Danish). DR. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  21. ↑ "Nickolai Lund bliver cheftræner for VFF" [Nickolai Lund becomes head coach of VFF] (in Danish). Viborg FF. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  22. ↑ Bagger, Sebastian Taarsted (24 July 2025). "Viborg gør midlertidig træner til ny cheftræner" [Viborg makes interim coach new head coach] (in Danish). DR. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  23. ↑ Wehlast, Mads Glenn (3 August 2025). "Viborgs nye chef: Vi kan slå alle i Superligaen" [Viborg's new boss: We can beat anyone in the Superliga]. bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  24. ↑ "Viborg og FCN stryger i mesterskabsspillet efter FCK-koks" [Viborg and FCN cruise into the championship round after an FCK blunder]. Politiken (in Danish). Ritzau. 1 March 2026. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
  25. ↑ "AGF sluttede af med et brag" [AGF ended with a bang]. Tipsbladet (in Danish). 17 May 2026. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  26. ↑ Kristensen, Danni (28 September 2025). "Blev far og fik tre point: Bevæget Viborg FF-chef havde en perfekt weekend" [Became a father and got three points: Emotional Viborg FF coach had a perfect weekend]. Viborg Stifts Folkeblad (in Danish). Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  27. ↑
  28. ↑ "2025-2025 Viborg Stats, All Competitions". FBref.com. Retrieved 15 February 2026.
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