Kjøbenhavns Boldklub

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KB

Full name	Kjøbenhavns Boldklub
Short name	KB
Founded	1876 (football introduced 1879)
Ground	Frederiksberg I P Opvisning, Copenhagen (Capacity: —)
Chairman	Niels-Christian Holmstrøm
Manager	Niels Sørensen
League	Series 1 Pool 3
2007-08	2nd Division East, 6th
Home colours Away colours

Kjøbenhavns Boldklub or KB is a Danish sports club based in Copenhagen. The club was founded April 26, 1876 on the grassy fields in outer Copenhagen which later became Fælledparken. Football and cricket has been played in KB since 1879, making KB the oldest football club on Continental Europe and the oldest general sports club on the continent (with more than just one sport). Tennis has been played since 1883, and today the club also has facilities for badminton, swimming and pétanque.

In 1991 KB and B 1903 merged their professional football teams and formed F.C. Copenhagen. Until January 1, 2009, the F.C. Copenhagen reserves played under the KB name.

Contents 1 Logo 2 Football 2.1 Current squad 2.2 Achievements 2.3 Notable Players 2.4 Former Players 3 Further reading 4 External links

[edit] Logo

KB's logo is designed by architect and designer Thorvald Bindesbøl (1846-1908). Bindesbøl also designed the Carlsberg logo, and KB's logo is believed to be sponsored by Carlsberg.

[edit] Football

[edit] Current squad

No. Position Player DF Morten Edvold DF Rasmus Bogh MF Recep Kocak FW Jonas Henriksen FW Morten Thomsen

[edit] Achievements

• Danish championship titles (15):
  • 1913, 1914, 1917, 1918, 1922, 1925, 1932, 1940, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1968, 1974, 1980
• Danish Cup: 1969

• 53 seasons in the Highest Danish League
• 6 seasons in the Second Highest Danish League
• 1 season in the Third Highest Danish League

[edit] Notable Players

• One of Denmark's all-time greatest player, Michael Laudrup, played for the club from 1980-1982 before joining Brøndby IF.
• Nicklas Bendtner, who currently plays for Arsenal in the Premier League was a former trainee at KB between the years of 2002 and 2004.
• Danish national football team all-time top scorer Poul Nielsen (1891–1962) played for KB during all of his career.

[edit] Former Players

• Finn Laudrup
• Nicklas Bendtner
• Martin Bergvold
• Martin Bernburg
• Morten Bertolt
• Jeppe Brandrup
• Dennis Flinta
• William Kvist
• Mads Laudrup
• Jacob Neestrup
• Morten Nielsen
• Poul Nielsen
• Hjalte Nørregaard
• Sladan Peric
• Thomas Schultz
• Nicklas Svendsen
• Thomas Villadsen

• Lee Langeveldt

• Jamil Fearrington

[edit] Further reading

• Jens Jam Rasmussen and Michael Rachlin, "Slaget om København" (The battle of Copenhagen), Denmark, 2005, ISBN 87-91693-55-1.
• Allan Mylius Thomsen, "K.B. – 125 år. Et kalejdoskopisk billede af en boldklub og dens by"

[edit] External links

• Official website

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