Aabyhøj Idrætsforening (; commonly known as Aabyhøj IF), is a

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based in

Aabyhøj Aabyhøj , or Åbyhøj, is a neighborhood of Aarhus, Denmark. It is part of the postal district of Aarhus V and has a population of approximately 11,000 people and is home to Aabyhøj IF football club and Aabyhøj Basketball. History Aabyhøj lit ...

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, Denmark. Founded in 1919 as Aabyhøj Idrætsforening "Thrott" by a group of local young men, the club mainly features

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. The men's team competes in the

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, the fifth tier of the

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and the highest division of the regional

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association. A club focusing mainly on youth development, Aabyhøj IF has brought forward players such as

John Stampe John Stampe Møller (16 February 1957 – 29 July 2012) was a Danish football player and coach. He played 444 games (and scored 12 goals) for AGF Aarhus and 1 game for the Denmark national team. He later managed his former club AGF.

, John Amdisen, Finn Overby, Lars Jensen, Tom Bonde, Claus Christiansen,

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, Henrik Bundgaard and

Frederik Krabbe Frederik Krabbe (born 10 March 1988) is a Danish former professional Association football, footballer who played as a right-back. Career Krabbe started playing professional football with Aarhus Gymnastikforening, AGF in 2005, initially playing ...

History

Having been founded on 8 July 1919 as Aabyhøj Idrætsforening "Thrott", the club had its first home ground at Åby Østergård close to Silkeborgvej, a main boulevard in

Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus municipality, Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and app ...

. The name ''Thrott'' comes from the , which means "strength". The club became a member of Jydsk Boldspil-Union (JBU) in 1920, and in September of that year, Aabyhøj IF played its first noteworthy matches in a tournament against teams from AGF,

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Aarhus 1900 Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus municipality, Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and app ...

, Vejlby IK. At this point, a wrestling department had already formed in the club, which still today bears the name ''Thrott''. Later, tennis,

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, boxing and

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were added as new departments, and the club also featured a women's department with

Danish longball Danish longball ( Danish: ''Langbold'', Swedish: ''Långboll'', Norwegian: ''Slåball'') is a bat-and-ball game similar to brännboll played in Denmark, Sweden and Norway founded by Graham Evans. It is also played in some British secondary sch ...

and gymnastics. Because the departments could not agree on financial distribution, the club split in three parts as the wrestling and tennis departments became independent clubs. In 1921, Aabyhøj IF moved their home ground to an area between Silkeborgvej and Åbyvej, where a stadium was opened in 1929. A new stadium – Aabyhøj Stadium – was opened on 2 July 1944, where the club continues to play its home games. A clubhouse was built adjacent to the stadium in 1969; the club's 50th anniversary. Despite Aabyhøj IF never having made the higher divisions of Danish football, the club has become an established institution in

References

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