Herlev Idrætsforening – Fodbold is a Danish
football
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club located in the northwestern
Copenhagen
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suburb,
Herlev
Herlev is a suburb about 9 km northwest of Copenhagen city centre. It is the site of the municipal council of Herlev Municipality, Denmark.
Sports
Herlev is the hometown of former Vancouver Canuck Jannik Hansen.
Herlev is known for its ...
. The club's senior team participates in the
Denmark Series
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and is member of the local association
DBU Zealand under 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 ...
(DBU). Their home ground is
Herlev Stadium. The football team functions as a subdivision of the multi-sports club Herlev Idrætsforening (HI), since 1949 HI has been an umbrella organisation for almost all sports clubs in
Herlev Municipality
Herlev Kommune is a suburban municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand (''Sjælland'') in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 12 km², and has a total population of 27,851 (1 April 2014) ...
. The sports club has over 600 members.
External links
Official site
Football clubs in Denmark
Association football clubs established in 1923
1923 establishments in Denmark
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