Vejgaard Boldspilklub is an
association football
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club based in
Vejgaard, a suburb of
Aalborg, Denmark, that competes in the
Denmark Series, the fifth tier of the
Danish football league system. Founded in 1925, it is more simply known as 'Vejgaard BK' or 'VB'. The team plays its home matches at
Soffy Road.
The club hosts an annual youth cup, ''VB Efterårs Cup'', which is held the weekend before the Danish
autumn holiday and is for under-13 teams and younger.
Vejgaard Boldspilklub has historically been one of Aalborg's less prominent sides, with mainly
AaB, but also
Aalborg Chang,
Lindholm IF and
Nørresundby Boldklub having had a more illustrious past.
They reached their first promotion into the Danish divisions in 2016.
History
Early history
Vejgaard Boldspilklub was founded on 11 November 1925 by
barber
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Hans Hansen, who became the club's first chairman, and
parish administrator K. Kjeldsteen.
Its first home ground was Vejgaard Stadion, popularly called ''Hullet'' ("The Hole").
During the 1950s,
Ove Flindt Bjerg, who would later play for
Wacker Innsbruck
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History
The ''Fußball-Club Wacker'' ("Valiant") ''Innsbruck'' was established in 1915 by Jakob Hanspeter, Benedikt Hosp, Josef Leitner, Josef Albrecht and ...
,
Karlsruher SC
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and the
San Jose Earthquakes, played for Vejgaard's youth teams.
During this period, the club competed in the
Jutland Series
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, the highest regional division of the
Danish football pyramid.
In March 1980, plans for a new stadium were initiated on a local municipal level.
These were approved on 14 April by
Aalborg mayor
Marius Andersen and became effective as of 15 September 1980.
The plans would eventually lead to the construction of
Soffy Road, the home ground of Vejgaard Boldspilklub today.
Into the third tier (2016–present)
On 25 June 2016, the club reached promotion to the
Danish 2nd Division
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 Foo ...
, the third tier of Danish football, for the first time in their history after beating
Kastrup Boldklub 1–0 in the final match of promotion play-offs.
The matchwinner,
forward Martin Sloth-Hansen who had played for Vejgaard for 16 years, scored the winner deep into extra time.
The promotion meant that Vejgaard had achieved successive promotions, after having promoted to the
Denmark Series, the fourth tier of Danish football, the year prior.
In May 2017, head coach
Henrik Larsen
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He was the joint top scorer at t ...
decided to step down from his position at the end of the
2016–17 season.
Vejgaard would go on to suffer relegation to the
Denmark Series in its first season in the
Danish 2nd Division
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after ending 11th out of 12 in the relegation group league table.
In June 2017, the club appointed
Christian Flindt Bjerg as their new head coach, who had until then coached the
AGF Under-19 team.
Following the relegation, Vejgaard lost their top goalscorer
Frederik Poulsen to Faroe side
ÍF Fuglafjarðar as well as
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
Zander Hyltoft and
utility player Mads Steffens to
Jammerbugt FC
Jammerbugt Fodbold Club is a Danish association football club currently playing in the Danish 2nd Division. They play at Jetsmark Stadion in Pandrup, North Jutland, which has a capacity of 6,000. The club was former known as Jetsmark IF, which ...
.
After one season in the Denmark Series, Vejgaard reached promotion back to the Danish 2nd Division as winners of Group 4, which became a fact after a 1–0 win over
Viby IF
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.
They were placed in Group 1 of the 2nd Division prior to the
2018–19 season.
In December 2018, halfway into the season, Vejgaard promoted former
team captain
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Nicki Fischer to assistant coach to manager Flindt Bjerg.
The team ended in seventh place out of 12 in the group, eight points from
Ringkøbing IF
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at sixth place, which meant that they would once again play in the relegation group in the spring.
Vejgaard had a strong start to the relegation group, winning 1–0 over
BK Marienlyst
Boldklubben Marienlyst, commonly known as BK Marienlyst, Marienlyst, or BM, is an association football club based in Odense, Denmark, that competes in the Denmark Series, the fourth tier of the Danish football league system. Founded in 1922, it ...
in the first match on 22 April 2019. In May, head coach Flindt Bjerg signed a two-year contract extension as he looked to salvage Vejgaard from another relegation. On 1 June, the club eventually secured another season in the third tier after a 2–0 home win at
Soffy Road over
FC Sydvest 05; their third consecutive win. Vejgaard ended fifth in the relegation group, eight points from
Odder IGF
Odder Idræts- og Gymnastikforening is a Danish association football, football club currently playing in the Denmark Series, the fifth tier of Danish football. They play at Spektrum Park in Odder, Jutland, which has a capacity of 1,000.
History
I ...
in the relegation zone.
After the season, director of sports Steen Bukdahl announced his departure from his position – his replacement became Søren Andersen, who signed a one-and-a-half year deal. Vejgaard also lost two first-team profiles to local rivals
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 ...
:
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
s
Nicolai Rask Lassen and
Mathias Andersen, who signed professional contracts there. Despite an impressive spring season, head coach Flindt Bjerg stated that the main aim for the
2019–20 season would be avoiding relegation from the third tier.
The first match of the season ended in a 1–3 away win over
Middelfart Boldklub after playing from 1–0 behind after only two minutes.
After a good start to the season, Vejgaard went into a slump, losing eight matches in a row. In March 2020, the season was affected by the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
At that point, Vejgaard was last in the
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table with 11 points from 17 matches and only two wins to 10 losses for the season.
After the restart, Vejgaard did not manage to turn around their season, and after losing 2–4 to
FA 2000 on 4 July, the club suffered relegation to the
Denmark Series after ending 11th in the relegation group. Following relegation, head coach Flindt Bjerg left to become assistant coach at
Danish 1st Division club
Skive IK
Skive Idræts Klub, commonly known as Skive IK, SIK (especially locally) or simply Skive, is a Danish professional Football team, football club based in Skive, Denmark, Skive, Central Denmark Region. Founded in 1901, the club is affiliated with ...
. Nickolaj Jonstrup, who had until then been managing
Nørresundby FB, was named as his successor.
References
External links
Official website Vejgaard BKnbsp;– clubfacts at the
Danish Football Association's database.
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Association football clubs established in 1925
Football clubs in Denmark
1925 establishments in Denmark
Sport in Aalborg