Amager Boldklub Tårnby (; commonly known as AB Tårnby) is an

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club based in the town of

Tårnby Tårnby () is a town in Denmark, the seat of Tårnby Municipality in the Capital Region of Denmark. It is located approximately south of central Copenhagen on the island of Amager. Neighbouring settlements include the Copenhagen suburb of Sundb ...

, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark, that competes in the

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, the fourth tier of the Danish football league system. Founded in 2009 as a merger between

Tårnby Boldklub Tårnby Boldklub (or Taarnby Boldklub, ) were a Danish football club based in Tårnby on Amager, which played their home games at Taarnby Stadium. The club was formed on 21 April 1935 as Arbejdernes Idræts Klub Tårnby (AIK Tårnby) and becam ...

and

AB 70 Amager Boldklub af 1970 is a Denmark, Danish defunct association football club, now a part of AB Tårnby. They played at Vestamager Idrætscenter on Amager, Copenhagen, which has a capacity of 1,000. Founded in 1970, the club played three season ...

, it is affiliated to the regional football association, DBU Copenhagen. The team plays its home matches at Tårnby Stadium where it has been based since its foundation. The stadium has a capacity of 10,000.

History

On 1 January 2009,

merged with neighboring

Amager Boldklub af 1970 Amager Boldklub af 1970 is a Danish defunct association football club, now a part of AB Tårnby. They played at Vestamager Idrætscenter on Amager, Copenhagen, which has a capacity of 1,000. Founded in 1970, the club played three seasons in t ...

(AB70), and the new association was named AB Tårnby. In the 2019–20 Denmark Series, AB Tårnby ended first in their respective group. In June 2020, after the season was resumed following the

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, AB Tårnby played two promotion matches with the second position team Karlslunde IF. AB Tårnby tied their first match against Karlslunde but won the second match 2–1 at their home ground earning them promotion to the Danish 2nd Division.

Players

(C)

Honours

Domestic

National leagues

* Denmark Series ** Winners (1) 2014–15 (q) ** Winners (1): 2019–20 (q)

References

Tårnby Municipality 2010 establishments in Denmark Football teams in Denmark {{Denmark-footyclub-stub