Kastrup Boldklub

Kastrup Boldklub (Kastrup BK or KB for short) is a Danish association football club based in the suburb of Kastrup (Tårnby Municipality) on Amager. As of the 2017/18-season, the club's first senior men's team play in Denmark Series (level 4). The club was founded on 4 May 1933 as Boldklubben Funkis and changed to the current name in 1941.^[3] The senior men's football team have since 1985 primarily played their home games at Kastrup Idrætsanlæg located at Røllikevej, Kastrup next to the club house, but have previously played their matches at Tårnby Stadium during their tenure in the higher ranking leagues, and occasionally still do.^[1][2][4] Earlier in the their history, the club was located at John Tranums Alle.^[4]

Kastrup Boldklub

Full name	Kastrup Boldklub (mother club) Kastrup Boldklub Elite ApS (professional section)
Nickname(s)	Ama'rkanerne
Short name	KB
Founded	4 May 1933; 91 years ago (1933-05-04)
Ground	Kastrup Idrætsanlæg at Røllikevej Tårnby
Chairman	Jackie Lauridsen (amateur & professional section)
Manager	Dirch Lund
League	Denmark Series, Group 2
2017–18	Denmark Series, Group 1, 7th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Kastrup club members' building located at Kastrup Idrætsanlæg ved Røllikevej.^[1][2]

Kastrup Boldklub has spent a total of 9 seasons in the highest football league in Denmark, the last in 1987. Their best result was set in the 1979 season, when the first team finished in fourth place in the top league and thus qualified for the 1980 Intertoto Cup. The club has participated in two elite superstructures, Amager United (2002–2006) and FC Amager (2008–2009) and enjoy long-standing rivalries against neighbouring clubs BK Fremad Amager and AB Tårnby (previously Tårnby Boldklub). The Tårnby-based club has fielded eight active players on the national football teams, seven youth male players for the teams of Under-17, Under-19, Under-21, Denmark national amateur football team, Denmark national B-football team, and a senior player (Adam Fogt) on the Denmark national football team, including one female player on a youth team.^[5][6]

Head coach history

The person responsible for direction of the first senior team has traditionally been given the title of head coach/trainer.

Name	Nationality	From	To	Refs
Svend Gunnarson	Denmark	195?	1956	[7]
Kaj Frandsen	Denmark	1 July 1956	195?	[7]
Niels-Christian Holmstrøm	Denmark	1978	1979
Torben Nielsen	Denmark	1 January 1981	198?	[8]
Knud Petersen	Denmark	1980s		[4]
Ove Petersen	Denmark	—	—
Finn Hartmann	Denmark	—	—
Michael Lagermann	Denmark	2003?	30 June 2009	[9]
Kjeld Uhre Møller	Denmark	1 July 2009	2009	[9]
Jesper Heyde	Denmark	1 January 2010	31 December 2011	[10][11][12]
Michael Lagermann	Denmark	1 January 2012	30 June 2012	[12][13]
Michael Bo Nielsen	Denmark	1 July 2012	May 2013	[13][14]
Kenneth Matz	Denmark	May 2013	31 December 2014	[14][15]
Per Mouritsen	Denmark	1 January 2015	30 June 2015	[15][16]
Francois Pignot	France	1 July 2015	30 June 2018	[16][17]
Dirch Lund	Denmark	1 July 2018	present	[17]

Achievements

For a statistical breakdown by season, see List of Kastrup Boldklub seasons.

• 9 seasons in the Highest Danish League^[18]
• 5 seasons in the Second Highest Danish League^[18]
• 13 seasons in the Third Highest Danish League^[18]
• 4 seasons in the Fourth Highest Danish League^[18]

Club's honours

Domestic

• 2nd Division (II)
  • Winners (1): 1975
• 3rd Division East (III)
  • Winners (1): 1974
• Denmark Series (IV)
  • Winners (1): 1969 (Group 1)
  • Runners-up (1): 2015–16 (Group 1)
• Copenhagen Series (IV/V)
  • Winners (6): 1954–55, 1959, 1966, 1967, 1985^‡, 2013–14
  • Runners-up (3): 1964, 1984^‡, 2011–12
• Mellemrækken (V under KBU)
  • Winners (1): 1952–53
• Triangelpokalen
  • Winners (2): 1949,^[19] 1950^[19]

^‡: Won by reserve team

References

1. Tårnby Kommune. "Kastrup Idrætsanlæg ved Røllikevej". www.taarnby.dk. Archived from the original on 2016-01-25.
2. DBU København. "Spillestedernes historie – Røllikevej". www.dbukoebenhavn.dk. Archived from the original on 2016-01-23.
3. "FCM gulerod for Kastrup-talenter". bold.dk. 5 December 2012.
4. Engstrøm, Rune (March 2022). "Kastrupfans : Kong Flip og de andre fra storhedstiden" (PDF). Glemmer Du (in Danish) (2). Tårnby Kommunes Lokalhistoriske Tidsskrift: 8–9, 14, 20. ISSN 1397-5412.
5. "Landshold - Landsholdsdatabasen Spiller Information". www.dbu.dk (in Danish). Danish Football Association (DBU). Archived from the original on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
6. "Friendlies - Slovakia-Denmark - Line-ups". www.uefa.com (in Danish). UEFA. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
7. "Glæde på Amager - chok for Hvidovre" (in Danish). No. 117, 69. årgang. Aftenbladet (København). 15 February 1956. p. 14, Sport.
8. "Sporten: 18-årige kåret som årets spiller i HGI" (in Danish). No. 107. årgang, nr. 48. Frederiksborg Amts Avis. 17 November 1980. p. 10.
9. "'Lager' færdig i Kastrup" (in Danish). Amager Bladet. 9 June 2009. p. 26, Sektion 1.
10. Schneider, Jacob (3 November 2009). "Jesper Heyde på plads i Kastrup Boldklub" (in Danish). Amager Bladet. p. 35, Sektion 1.
11. Schneider, Jacob (22 November 2011). "Heyde retur til otterne" (in Danish). Amager Bladet. p. 67, Sektion 1.
12. Schneider, Jacob (15 November 2011). "Heyde stopper, 'Lager' retur" (in Danish). Dinby.dk.
13. "Telegrammer: Nielsen ny Kastrup-træner" (in Danish). Amager Bladet. 3 July 2012. p. 47, Sektion 1.
14. Schneider, Jacob (14 May 2013). "Matz kaldt ind som redningsmand" (in Danish). Amager Bladet. p. 58, Sektion 1.
15. Schneider, Jacob (2 December 2014). "Ny træner-duo til Kastrup". minby.dk (in Danish). Amager. Archived from the original on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
16. Jacob, Schneider (23 June 2015). "Skov redder Kastrup i afsked". minby.dk (in Danish). Amager. Archived from the original on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
17. Schneider, Jacob (27 June 2018). "Lund og Gernsøe ny trænerduo i Kastrup". minby.dk (in Danish). Amager. Archived from the original on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
18. haslund.info. "Deltagelse i Danmarksturneringen – Kastrup Boldklub". www.haslund.info. Archived from the original on 2014-05-19.
19. Jensen, Holger Darmer (1960). Tårnby Boldklub – 25 års jubilæumsskrift – 1935 21. april 1960. Sundby Bogtrykkeri. p. 11.

External links

• Official website (in Danish)