Dalum Idrætsforening is a Danish

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club currently playing in the

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, the fifth tier of the Danish divisions. They play at Dalum Stadion in southern parts of

Odense Odense ( , , ) is the third largest city in Denmark (after Copenhagen and Aarhus) and the largest city on the island of Funen. As of 1 January 2025, the city proper had a population of 185,480 while Odense Municipality had a population of 210, ...

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, a stadium with a capacity of 4,000. Founded in 1931, the club rose to prominence in the late 1990s, playing two seasons in the second tier,

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and six seasons in the third tier

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from 1998 to 2006, and again from 2015–16.

History

Starting from the 2006–07 season, they merged with B 1909 and

B 1913 Boldklubben 1913 is a Danish football club which plays in the fifth-tier Denmark Series. They play at Campus Road, in Odense on Funen. B1913 spent one season in the ''1961–62 European Cup'', which is the club's most notable international appe ...

, with new team

FC Fyn FC Fyn was a Danish football club from Odense on Funen. The club was founded in 2006 and its first appearance was in the 2006–07 season. FC Fyn played their home matches at Odense Atletikstadion, which is the current home ground of B 1909 a ...

their combined first team. This club dissolved in 2013. In April 2023, Dalum were mentioned among the worst teams of Europe of the 2022–23 season, having recorded 23 losses out of 23 games, 0 points and a goal difference of –77. They soon after broke their remarkable losing record, beating

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 Denmark Series, the fifth tier of the Danish football league system. ...

3–0 on 22 April 2023.

References

External links

Official site (in Danish)Dalum IF
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