Boldklubben 1908 (B.1908 for short) is a Danish

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club based in the district of

Amager Vest Amager Vest (English:West Amager) is one of the ten administrative districts of Copenhagen Municipality, Denmark. It located on in the north-western part of the island of Amager, the largest island in the Øresund. The district is bordered b ...

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. The club's first team play in

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, the fifth tier of Danish football. The club play their home matches at

Sundby Idrætspark Sundby Idrætspark is a sports complex, that consists of a combined association football and athletics stadium (referred to as ''Sundby Stadium''), three sports halls, tennis courts (clay and synthetic), and a swimming hall (referred to as ''Sundb ...

, which has a capacity of 7,200. Founded in 1908, the club was a part of Danish second-tier football through the 1930s, had a spell in the top-flight War Tournaments during

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, before experiencing a revival in the 1980s and 1990s, entering the third-tier Danish 2nd Division.

History

The club was founded on 24 May 1908 by several boys among them the four Jansen brothers - Hans, Jens, Crilles, and Edvard - aged 10 to 15 years old, choosing Harry Osbeck as the first chairman. The club's first match was won 3–0 against ''Thingvalla''. In 1912, the team was co-founder of regional football association, Amager Boldspil-Union (ABU), winning the first tournament under the new association's auspices.

Team colours and crest

Boldklubben 1908's team colours are black and white. The club's current logo was introduced in May 2014 and resembles the club's first logo. File:B 1908.png , 2nd logo, 19??–2014 File:blank.png , 3rd logo, 2014–''present''

Club's honours

Domestic

National leagues

** Runners-up (1):

1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the ...

** Group 1 Winners (3):

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

, 2008–09

Regional leagues

Copenhagen Series Copenhagen Series for men (), unofficially also known as Københavnerserien and often shortened to KS serien and KS Herre, is the highest division for men organised by the regional football association DBU København (DBUK) and one of the sixth-h ...

( DBUK level 1) ** Winners (4): 1944–45, 1945–46, 1955–56,

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...

** Runner-up (7): 1947–48, 1948–49,

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the thir ...

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Janu ...

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...

1969 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1969th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 969th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 20th century, and the ...

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

* Amagermesterskabet (

ABU Abu or ABU may refer to: Aviation * Airman Battle Uniform, a utility uniform of the United States Air Force * IATA airport code for A. A. Bere Tallo Airport in Atambua, Province of East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia People * Abu (Arabic term), a kun ...

level 1) ** Winners (1): 1912

Cups

* Forstadsklubbernes Pokalturnering ** Winners (2): 1918, 1919 * KBUs Sommerpokalturnering ** Winners (3):

1933 Events January * January 11 – Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independen ...

1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...

1940 A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280. Events Below, events related to World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January *Janu ...

** Runners-up (1):

1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...

* Fælledklubbernes Pokalturnering ** Winners (1): 1927 * Amager Boldspil-Unions Pokalturnering (ABU) ** Winners (1): 1927, 1928

Achievements

: *4 ''seasons'' in the '' Highest Danish League'' *8 ''seasons'' in the '' Second Highest Danish League'' *13 ''seasons'' in the '' Third Highest Danish League''

References

External links

1908 This is the longest year in either the Julian or Gregorian calendars, having a duration of 31622401.38 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or ephemeris time), measured according to the definition of mean solar time. Events January * January ...

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