Denmark: Fans honored one of the founders of FC København.

Denmark: Fans honored one of the founders of FC København.

11th of August Harald Nilsen passed away and fans of FCK decided to honor him with a nice choreography.

After Harald's career as professional football player (both international and on the Danish national team) he became involved in professionalising football in Denmark in the 1970s, and in 1977 he and later Danish Minister of Science Helge Sander planned to found a professional Danish football league. As a consequence of these plans, Danish Football Association finally allowed professional football in Denmark from 1978.

Harald Nielsen along with Alex Friedman founded - and became the first chairman of FC København A/S later Parken Sport & Entertainment whose primary activity was the Danish club FC København from 1992–1997, he stepped down from the board in 2007 and became the clubs first honorary member. He was Protektor for the Legends Club and until his death watched all the home matches of FC København from Parken's A-stand.

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Source: FC København Fan Club , Wikipedia