Kastrup Boldklub (Kastrup BK or KB for short) is a Danish association football club based in the

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of Kastrup ( Tårnby Municipality) on

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. As of the 2017/18-season, the club's first senior men's team play in

Denmark Series The Denmark Series ( da, Danmarksserien) is the fifth tier in the Danish football league system. Teams are divided into four groups of ten. The top team in each group is promoted to the Danish 3rd Division. The bottom three teams in each group are ...

( level 4). The club was founded on 4 May 1933 as Boldklubben Funkis and changed to the current name in 1941. The senior men's football team have since 1985 primarily played their home games at Kastrup Idrætsanlæg located at Røllikevej, Kastrup next to the club house, but have previously played their matches at

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during their tenure in the higher ranking leagues, and occasionally still do. Kastrup Boldklub has spent a total of 9 seasons in the highest football league in Denmark, the last in 1987. Their best result was set in the 1979 season, when the first team finished in fourth place in the top league and thus qualified for the 1980 Intertoto Cup. The club has participated in two elite superstructures,

Amager United Amager ( or, especially among older speakers, ) in the Øresund is Denmark's most densely populated island, with more than 212,000 inhabitants (January 2021) a small appendage to Zealand. The protected natural area of ''Naturpark Amager'' (includi ...

(2002–2006) and

FC Amager FC Amager (or FCA) was a Danish football club, formed on 1 July 2008, which declared itself bankrupt on 30 March 2009.BK Fremad Amager Boldklubben Fremad Amager (meaning in English: The Ball Club Forward Amager ; abbreviated Fremad A) is a Danish professional football club based in the district of Amager Vest, Copenhagen. As of the 2020–21 season, the club's senior men's tea ...

and

AB Tårnby Amager Boldklub Tårnby (; commonly known as AB Tårnby) is an association football club based in the town of Tårnby, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark, that competes in the Danish 3rd Division, the fourth tier of the Danish football league s ...

(previously Tårnby Boldklub). The Tårnby-based club has fielded eight active players on the national football teams, seven youth male players for the teams of Under-17, Under-19, Under-21, Denmark national amateur football team, Denmark national B-football team, and a senior player (

Adam Fogt Adam Fogt (born 9 April 1993) is a Danish futsal player and footballer who plays as a forward for Kastrup Boldklub. In September 2018, he made his debut for the Denmark national football team, as the regular squad withdrew following a players' u ...

) on the

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, including one female player on a youth team.

Head coach history

The person responsible for direction of the first senior team has traditionally been given the title of head coach/trainer.

Achievements

: *9 ''seasons'' in the '' Highest Danish League'' *5 ''seasons'' in the '' Second Highest Danish League'' *13 ''seasons'' in the '' Third Highest Danish League'' *4 ''seasons'' in the ''Fourth Highest Danish League''

Club's honours

Domestic

* 2nd Division (II) ** Winners (1):

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

* 3rd Division East (III) ** Winners (1):

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...

(IV) ** Winners (1):

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

(Group 1) ** Runners-up (1): 2015–16 (Group 1) * Copenhagen Series (IV/V) ** Winners (6): 1954–55, 1959, 1966, 1967, 1985, 2013–14 ** Runners-up (3): 1964, 1984, 2011–12 * Mellemrækken (''V'' under KBU) ** Winners (1): 1952–53 * Triangelpokalen ** Winners (2): 1949, 1950 : Won by reserve team

References

External links

Official website for the amateur section
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