Nørresundby Forenede Boldklubber (; commonly known as Nørresundby FB) is an

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club based in the town of

Nørresundby Nørresundby () is a city in Aalborg Municipality, north of Limfjorden, in Vendsyssel, in Denmark. The urban area has a population of 24,436 (1 January 2025). It is located just north of Aalborg, which lies south of Limfjorden. Statistically it ...

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, Denmark, that competes in the

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, the fifth tier of the

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. Founded in 2015 as a merger between Lindholm IF and Nørresundby Boldklub, it is affiliated to the regional football association, DBU Jutland. The team plays its home matches at Lindholm Høje Stadion where it has been based since its foundation. The stadium has a capacity of 1,200.

History

Foundation and background

Plans for a merger between Lindholm IF and Nørresundby Boldklub (NBK) were initiated in November 2008. These plans originated in decades of cooperation between different clubs in

, and took a more definitive form in 2008 with the merger of youth departments between Lindholm, NBK and NUBI. The youth academy was named ''FC Solsiden''. When a concrete merger and the establishment of a superstructure of the senior sides was put to a vote in the three clubs in the spring of 2014, terms were accepted at the general assembly meetings at Lindholm and NBK while NUBI decided to leave to collaboration. The founding date of the new club, named Nørresundby Forenede Boldklubber (Nørresundby FB), was officially set to 1 July 2015. The name was chosen among members of the two parent clubs, as well as the red home colours. One of the two parent clubs, Nørresundby Boldklub, had an illustrious history. Founded on 6 June 1946 as a merger between the two clubs ''Thor'' and ''Velo'', the club spent the following decades in the lower tiers of the

while being mostly known for its strong youth academy. Thus, Danish

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Henning Jensen made his start in the club before signing with

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in 1972. NBK reached the national divisions in 1978, after reaching promotion from the regional leagues in 1978 under new head coach, Scottish

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, who was mostly known for his tenure as a player for

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. After struggling to establish itself in the third division for some seasons, the club stabilised under new head coach Kjeld Seneca who led the side to wins over main rival AaB in a derby which became known as ''Kampen om Limfjorden'' ("The Battle of the

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"). NBK's golden era was between 1988 and 1993 under head coaches Poul Erik Andreasen and later Ove Christensen, who led the team from the fourth division to the second division of Danish football in two years; a division then called ''Kvalifikationsligaen''. NBK suffered relegation in 1993, and would struggle in the two following decades.

References

External links

Official website
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