Jacob Neestrup

Although his first team debut came on 20 September 2006 in the Danish Cup, Neestrup was not promoted to the first team before the summer of 2007. He was injured only two minutes into his professional debut. The injury subsequently ruled him out for eight months. After recovering, Neestrup made his Danish Superliga debut in the last match of the 2006–07 season against Vejle. In May 2010, Neestrup was signed by reigning Icelandic champions Hafnarfjörður. His stint with the club was not successful, being sidelined for large parts of the season due to injuries and a car accident. After six months, he returned to Denmark to sign with fourth-tier Denmark Series club Fremad Amager.

Viborg

On 20 June 2019, it was confirmed that Neestrup had been appointed as the manager of Viborg for the upcoming season. In his first season at the club, he guided the team to a third place in the 2019-20 Danish 1st Division. On 22 December 2020, it was announced that Neestrup would leave Viborg at the end of the year and return to Copenhagen as assistant manager to Jess Thorup. He left Viborg in first place in the 2020–21 Danish 1st Division. He was replaced by Lars Friis, who would go on to win the Danish 1st Division and secure promotion to the Danish Superliga.

Copenhagen

On 20 September 2022, Neestrup was announced as the new manager of Copenhagen following the sacking of Jess Thorup. Despite being placed ninth out of 12, and being ten points off first place when he took over, Neestrup still eventually guided the club to win the Danish Superliga and the Danish Cup. On 12 December 2023, he guided them to the knockout stages of the Champions League, being placed second in a group with Bayern Munich, Galatasaray and Manchester United. In the 2024–25 season, Neestrup and Copenhagen won double again, beating Midtjylland by just a single point in the league and beating Silkeborg in the cup final. In the 2025–26 season, Copenhagen missed the championship group for the first time in the modern Superliga format. After losing the two opening matches in the relegation group to OB and Fredericia, Neestrup was fired and replaced by Bo Svensson. At the time…

Player

Hafnarfjarðar

Iceland Cup: 2010 Iceland Super Cup: 2010 Copenhagen

Danish Superliga: 2006–07, 2008–09 Danish Cup: 2008–09

Manager

Copenhagen

Danish Superliga: 2022–23, 2024–25 Danish Cup: 2022–23, 2024–25