Taastrup FC is an

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club based in the town of

Taastrup Taastrup () is a Danish railway town or/and suburb of Copenhagen - 15 km west of the capital's city centre, and formerly the administrative seat of Høje-Taastrup Municipality, Region Hovedstaden. It takes its name from the village of Taastru ...

, Denmark, that competes in the

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 ...

, the fourth tier of the

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. The club is affiliated to

DBU Zealand DBU Zealand ( da, DBU Sjælland) is the local governing body for association football and futsal on Zealand, Denmark. They are responsible for the governance and development of men's and women's football at all levels in the region. DBU Zealand is ...

which is part of the

Danish Football Union 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 ...

, and plays its home matches at Taastrup Idrætspark where it has been based since its establishment.

History

Foundation

The decision to establish a superstructure between the men's teams of the football departments in Tåstrup B.70 and Taastrup IK 90 (TIK 90) was made in the autumn of 2001, which meant that the clubs' teams would go under the name of Taastrup FC in a competitive context from the 2001–02 season.Vedtægter for overbygningsaftale mellem TIK 90 Fodbold og B70 Fodbold
Taastrup FC, 17 March 2004. The cooperation committee responsible for the merger were 10 appointed members each from Tåstrup B.70 and Tåstrup IK 90. Other clubs in

Høje-Taastrup Municipality Høje-Taastrup Kommune is a municipality (Danish language, Danish, ''Municipalities of Denmark, kommune'') in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand (Denmark), Zealand (''Sjælland'') in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 78& ...

opted for the opportunity to join the superstructure and the football department in Høje-Taastrup Idrætsforening (HTI) was initially also enthusiastic about the prospects of joining the merger, but ultimately chose not to participate further in the project. The background for the collaboration was a common desire for more competitive successes in the two clubs, whose respective first teams at the time were in the seventh best tier of Danish football. B.70, however, secured promotion from ''

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'', the second-highest regional level, at the end of the 2001 season, which meant that Taastrup FC could start its existence in the

Zealand Series Zealand Series ( da, Sjællandsserien, SS, Herre Sjællandsserien) is the highest division for men organized by the regional association DBU Sjælland and one of the sixth-highest divisions overall in the Danish football league system. The Zeala ...

in 2002 on B.70's playing license as the highest ranking of the parent clubs' senior teams. Between the two clubs, Taastrup IK 90's football department had the best historic achievements, with their participation in the then third best tier of the

( Danish 3rd Division East) in periods from 1967 to 1973. The partial merger went through a trial-period of four years before the two boards decided in the autumn of 2005 – after preliminary success – to implement a complete merger of the football departments of the two clubs effective as of 1 January 2006. The merger agreement was adopted by a total of 237 votes in favour and 15 votes against an extraordinary general meeting on 26 August 2005.Fodbold-fusion i Tåstrup
Lokalbold.dk, 1 September 2005. The necessary majority of at least two-thirds of the total vote was thus secured by 94%. Subsequently, all members of the merging clubs were invited to the founding general meeting held on 25 October 2005 in Taastrup Medborgerhus. At the general meeting, a number of amendments were made to a draft of the articles of association,Vedtægter for Taastrup Fodbold Club
Taastrup FC, 28 February 2007. after which these were unanimously adopted and the new club, Taastrup FC, was established. Jørgen Wulff Rasmussen was elected the be the club's first chairman, after having been proposed by the parent clubs' respective boards, for a period valid until the first annual general meeting was to be held on 28 February 2006, where he was re-elected to the position.

References

External links

Official site
{{Denmark Series Football clubs in Denmark Høje-Taastrup Municipality Association football clubs established in 2005 2005 establishments in Denmark