Benny Gall (born 14 March 1971) is a Danish former

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who played as a

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, and the current

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of fourth tier

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club

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. He has previously been the manager of B93's 2nd Division East team and Elite 3000 Helsingør,

. Before his job at

B.93 Boldklubben af 1893, commonly referred to as B.93, is a football club based in Østerbro, Copenhagen, Denmark. The team competes in the Danish 1st Division, the second level of the Danish football league system, after achieving promotion in the ...

, he was the manager of

F.C. Copenhagen Football Club Copenhagen (, ), commonly known as F.C. København, F.C. Copenhagen, Copenhagen, or simply FCK, is a Danish professional football club based in Copenhagen. FCK was founded in 1992 as a superstructure on top of Kjøbenhavns Boldklub ...

's reserve team,

Kjøbenhavns Boldklub Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (known simply as KB) was a Danish professional multi-sports club based in Copenhagen. The club was founded on 26 April 1876 on the grassy fields in outer Copenhagen which later became Fælledparken. Tennis has been played s ...

. He also worked as an assistant coach at

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(AB). Gall, had a sporadically successful playing career in

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and a spell, with

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in England when they were in

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. Galls first club was

BK Fremad Amager Boldklubben Fremad Amager (meaning in English: The Ball Club Forward Amager; abbreviated Fremad A) is a Danish professional football club based in the district of Amager Vest, Copenhagen. As of the 2024–25 season, the club's senior men's team ...

near his home town of

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. Spells at

Brønshøj BK Brønshøj, part of the municipality of Copenhagen, forms, together with Husum, the administrative city district (''bydel'') of Brønshøj-Husum, in Denmark. History The first mention of the village Brønshøj (Brunshoga), is in a letter dated O ...

Dordrecht 90 and

De Graafschap Vereniging Betaald Voetbal De Graafschap, simply known as De Graafschap () is a professional association football club based in Doetinchem, Netherlands. The team competes in the , the second level of the Dutch football league system. Founded o ...

followed, before he moved across to England to join up with Jake Kings

. While not an overly successful period in the club's history, Gall managed almost 40 appearances as he battled for the 1st team jersey with Paul Edwards. By 2001, Gall had returned to his native

finishing his career with

in a player coach capacity.

Honours

;FC Copenhagen *

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: 2002-03, 2003-04, 2005-06 & 2006-07 *

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: 2001

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* 1971 births Living people Danish men's footballers Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Danish Superliga players Kjøbenhavns Boldklub players Brønshøj Boldklub players FC Dordrecht players De Graafschap players Shrewsbury Town F.C. players Esbjerg fB players F.C. Copenhagen players Danish football managers Boldklubben af 1893 managers Boldklubben Avarta managers FC Helsingør managers Footballers from Copenhagen English Football League players Expatriate men's footballers in England {{Denmark-footy-goalkeeper-stub