Viby Idrætsforening (; commonly known as Viby IF) is a sports club based in Viby J, Aarhus Municipality, Denmark. Founded in 1918, the club features basketball, gymnastics,

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and tennis. The association football department, however, is the main activity and the largest sport in the club with approximately 500 members, of whom 275 are youth players. Currently, the club's first team plays in the

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, the fifth tier of the

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History

The football team achieved its greatest sporting success in the

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, where the team reached the quarter-finals after, among other, defeating one of the then dominant clubs Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (KB) 2–1 in the round of 16. In the quarter-finals, Viby lost 2–1 to Odense Boldklub (OB). In recent times, Viby also faced prominent top flight Danish Superliga teams in the national cup tournament. In 2008, they met local rivals AGF, who won 8–0, and in 2010 the opponent were UEFA Champions League participants from FC Copenhagen, who won with a more modest score: 4–1. They faced Copenhagen in the Danish Cup again in 2018, which ended in a 3–0 defeat, and faced Randers FC in 2019 in a 2–0 loss. On 18 June 2011, Viby IF achieved promotion to the Danish 2nd Division (third-tier) for the first time in club history. This happened after Viby beat

Frederikshavn fI Frederikshavn forenede Idrætsklubber (also known as FfI or Frederikshavn fI) is a Danish sports club based in Frederikshavn. The club has branches in football, handball, swimming, gymnastics and wrestling. The football team spent a total f ...

2–1 away in the

, and as

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 ...

beat

Aarhus Fremad Aarhus Fremad (, "Aarhus Forward") is an association football club located in Aarhus N, the northern part of Aarhus, Denmark. The team plays in the Danish 2nd Division, the third tier of the Danish football league system. Aarhus Fremad competed i ...

(II) 2–1 at home, Viby took the promotion spot.

References

External links

Official website
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