Henning Boel (born 15 August 1945) is aDanish formerfootball player, who played professionally in the United States and Scotland. He most notably won the 1970Scottish Cup withAberdeen, and was inducted into theAberdeen FC "Hall of Fame" as one of the founding members in 2003. Boel also played 15 games for theDanish national team.

Boel began his footballing career, playing as adefender, for amateur clubIkast FS in his childhood town ofIkast.^[1] While at Ikast, Boel became a regular in the Danish national team, earning five Under-21 caps and 13 of his 15 full caps from 1965 to 1967. When the professionalNorth American Soccer League was founded in 1968, Boel moved to the US, playing three games forBoston Beacons, then fifteen for theWashington Whips. As theDanish FA had a strict rule of amateurism for the Danish national team, Boel was automatically barred from playing any further national team games.

He was recruited by Scottish teamAberdeen in early 1969, having been spotted during the club's tour of the US the previous summer. During his time in Aberdeen, Boel became a favourite of the Scottish team's fans,^[2] and was a part of the Aberdeen team which won the1969–70 Scottish Cup trophy, beatingCeltic 3–1 in the final, which he himself feels is his greatest footballing achievement.^[3]

Boel resumed his international career, albeit briefly, in 1971. When the Danish rule of amateurism was abolished in May 1971, Boel was a part of the first Danish national team composed of professional players. The Danish team lost 0–5 toPortugal, and Boel played his 15th and last national team game as Denmark lost 1–2 toBelgium two weeks later. An injury sustained in aUEFA Cup tie againstBorussia Mönchengladbach in 1972 signalled the end of his time in Scotland as he found it difficult to regain his place in the Aberdeen side.

Having recovered from his injury, Boel returned to the Boston area after his time at Aberdeen. He went on to play for theBoston Minutemen from 1974 to 1975. He later served aspublic relations representative^[3] and manager^[4] for theNew England Tea Men. He finished his career where it started, back in Denmark with Ikast. Following his retirement from the game, he worked in the sports equipment and the telecommunications industries.^[3]

• Henning Boel national team profile at theDanish Football Association(in Danish)
• NASL stats

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• Washington Whips players
• Boston Minutemen players
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