Tårnby Boldklub (or Taarnby Boldklub, ) were a

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club based in

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, which played their home games at Taarnby Stadium. The club was formed on 21 April 1935 as Arbejdernes Idræts Klub Tårnby (AIK Tårnby) and became member of

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(DAI) on 1 May 1935. After nearly 10 years in DAI, it was decided at a general meeting on 16 January 1944 to change their membership to Københavns Boldspil-Union (KBU) and in this regard change their name to Tårnby Boldklub. The club became an extraordinary member of KBU on 1 July 1944 and a full member in February 1945 and started their first season 1944–45 under the new football association by playing in a newly created 'C-række' consisting of 8 clubs. The club enjoyed rivalries against neighbouring clubs

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and in the early days

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. In 2002 the club together with

became a part of the superstructure

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. In 2006, Kastrup Boldklub, however withdrew from the collaboration and the superstructure was dissolved. On 1 January 2009, the club merged with neibouring

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(AB70), and the new association was named

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 ...

Achievements

*6 ''seasons'' in the '' Third Highest Danish League''

Club's honours

Domestic

* Københavnsserien (V under KBU) ** Winners (2): 1977 (A), 1984 ** Runner-Up (3): 1973 (A), 1976 (A), 1989^‡ * Mellemrækken (''V'' under KBU) ** Winners (1): 1955–56 ** Runners-up (1): 1954–55 * A-rækken (''VI'' under KBU) ** Winners (1): 1952–53 * B-rækken (''VII'' under KBU) ** Winners (1): 1947–48 * Triangelpokalen ** Winners (2): 1951, 1952 * A-rækken (''II'' under DAI) ** Winners (1): 1941–42 * DAI's pokalturnering ** Winners (1): 1941–42 ^‡: Won by reserve team

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tarnby Boldklub Football clubs in Denmark Tårnby Municipality Association football clubs established in 1935 1935 establishments in Denmark 2009 disestablishments in Denmark