Aalborg Chang is a Danish

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club based in the city of

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, that competes in the

Jutland Series Jutland Series ( da, Jyllandsserien, JS, Herre Jyllandsserien) is the highest division for men organized by the regional association DBU Jylland and one of the fifth-highest divisions overall in the Danish football league system. The Jutland Asso ...

, one of the sixth tiers of the

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, and the top tier of the regional

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football association, to which it belongs. It was known as FC Nordjylland from 2001 to 2004. The club, founded in 1912, reached the 1955

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final, and has played a number of seasons in the Danish divisions, most recently the

2003–04 Danish 1st Division The 2003–04 Danish 1st Division season was the 59th season of the Danish 1st Division league championship and the 18th consecutive as a second tier competition governed by the Danish Football Association. The division-champion and runner-up p ...

season.

History

The club was founded in 1912 by three 14-year-olds, and had initially teams in football and

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, until the cricket club split off to become Aalborg Cricketklub in 2001. A

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department was also added. The Chang football team established itself in the Danish divisions during

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. The club grabbed the national headlines in 1955, as Chang reached the final of the inaugural

tournament, while playing in the third-tier of Danish football. They lost the game 0–4 to that year's Danish champions AGF. In the following decades, the club was a constant part of either the Danish divisions or the

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, the single exception being the 1980 season in the ''Jutland Series''. In 2001, former professional footballer Ole Bach Jensen invested in Chang, and a professional team was established under the name FC Nordjylland. In 2004, Ole Bach Jensen withdrew his money, and the club went bankrupt. Aalborg Chang underwent forced relegation from the second-tier

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to the lowest-league Danish Series 6. When former player

Per Krøldrup Per Billeskov Krøldrup (born 31 July 1979) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a defender. He has played 33 games for the Denmark national football team, and was part of their squad for the 2004 European Championship. Cl ...

was transferred between professional European clubs in 2005 and 2006, a part of the

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was taken as

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-mandated monetary compensation to his youth clubs, giving Aalborg Chang an economic kick-start following their bankruptcy.

Seasons

Aalborg Chang has played the following seasons in the Danish divisions:

Notable former players

Notable former coaches

Lynge Jakobsen Lynge Jakobsen (born 10 November 1950) is a Danish former football player and sports director of the professional football club Aalborg BK (AaB), who competes in the best Danish league the Danish Superliga. Aalborg BK won the 2007-08 season and ...

(−1994) *

Søren Kusk Søren Kusk Larsen (born 6 April 1960) is a Danish politician, professional football manager and former player. He represents the Social Democrats in the Aalborg Municipality city council. Football career Kusk played football for AaB, where he ...

(1994–1997) * Per Westergaard (1998–2000) * René Tengstedt & Jari Pedersen (2006–2007) * René Tengstedt (2007–2008)

References

External links

Aalborg Chang homepage
Association football clubs established in 1912 1912 establishments in Denmark Sport in Aalborg {{Denmark-footyclub-stub