Boldklubben Skjold af 1915 is a Danish

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club based in

Østerbro Østerbro () (literally, "Eastern Bridge") is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is located just north of the city centre, outside the old city gate Østerport which, after it was moved around 1700, used to be located clo ...

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- Founded in 1915, the club has over 1,400 members making it one of Denmark's biggest football clubs in terms of membership. BK Skjold's teams use either

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Ryparken Ryparken is an area in the northern part of Østerbro, Copenhagen. Close to the ethnic and diverse neighborhood of Nørrebro, yet still in the 2100 Østerbro zip code, Ryparken defies easy definition. The area is well connected both by buses and by ...

for their training sessions. In the 2011–2012 season Skjold played in the

Danish 2nd Division West The 2nd Division ( da, Danmarksturneringens 2. division or Herre-DM 2. division) is a semi-professional association football league for men and the third division in Denmark. It is organised by the Divisionsforeningen on behalf of the Danish Footb ...

, the third-tier, due to a random draw after the promotions from the 4th tier league

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resulted in an unbalance in teams playing in the East and West 2nd divisions. 18 teams were to play in the

Danish 2nd Division East The 2nd Division ( da, Danmarksturneringens 2. division or Herre-DM 2. division) is a semi-professional association football league for men and the third division in Denmark. It is organised by the Divisionsforeningen on behalf of the Danish Footb ...

while only 14 teams were to play in the

. To solve this problem, the

Danish Football Association The Danish Football Union ( da, Dansk Boldspil-Union; DBU) is the governing body of football in Denmark. It is the organization of the Danish football clubs and runs the professional Danish football leagues and the men's and women's national t ...

drew two random teams from the eastern division to play in the western division – This resulted in BK Skjold and

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joining the

. Skjold played their first game in

on 7 August 2011 versus heavy favourites and

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-based

Thisted FC Thisted Fodbold Club () is an association football club based in the town of Thisted, North Jutland, Denmark, that competes in the Danish 2nd Division, the third tier of the Danish football league system. Founded in 1989, it is shortly known as ...

and the game ended 2–2. On 5 June 2012, Skjold were relegated to

, along with local

rivals,

Boldklubben af 1893 Boldklubben af 1893 is a Danish football club currently playing in the Danish 2nd Division. They play at the 7,000 seat Østerbro Stadion in Østerbro, Copenhagen. Achievements * Danish championship titles (9): ** 1916, 1927, 1929, 1930, 19 ...

Former BK Skjold players

Per Frandsen Per Frandsen (born 6 February 1970) is a Danish football manager and former professional football player. He is currently the manager of Hvidovre IF. He won the 1994–95 Danish Cup with F.C. Copenhagen, and played 265 league games as a midfi ...

Pierre-Emile Højbjerg Pierre-Emile Kordt Højbjerg (born 5 August 1995) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Denmark national team. Højbjerg started his career as a youth for Danish clubs BK ...

Yussuf Poulsen Yussuf Yurary Poulsen (; born 15 June 1994) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Denmark national team. He sometimes uses ''Yurary'' as his shirt name. After starting his professiona ...

Kenneth Zohore Albin Kenneth Dahrup Zohore (born 31 January 1994) is a Danish professional footballer who currently plays as a forward for OB. He began his career in his native Denmark, making his professional debut for Copenhagen at the age of 16, becoming th ...

External links

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