Boldklubben Skjold af 1915 is a Danish

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club based in

Østerbro Østerbro () is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen Municipality, Denmark. It is located just north of the city centre, outside the old city gate Østerport which, after it was moved around 1700, used to be located close to present-day ...

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. Founded in 1915, the club has over 1,400 members making it one of Denmark's biggest football clubs in terms of membership. BK Skjold's teams use either

Fælledparken The park Fælledparken in Copenhagen, Denmark, was created 1906–1914 by landscape architect Edvard Glæsel in cooperation with the Copenhagen Municipality on the commons (Danish: ''fælled'') previously named ''Nørrefælled'' and ''Østerfæ ...

or Ryparken for their training sessions.

History

In the 2011–2012 season Skjold played in the

Danish 2nd Division West The 2nd Division () is a professional association football league for men and the third division in Denmark. It is organised by the Divisionsforeningen on behalf of the Danish Football Association (Danish FA; DBU) as part of the nation-wide Danma ...

, the third-tier, due to a random draw after the promotions from the 4th tier league

Danmarksserien The Denmark Series () is the fifth tier in the Danish football league system. Teams are divided into four groups of ten. The top team in each following promotion group is promoted to the Danish 3rd Division. The bottom three teams in each group ...

resulted in an unbalance in teams playing in the East and West 2nd divisions. 18 teams were to play in the

Danish 2nd Division East The 2nd Division () is a professional association football league for men and the third division in Denmark. It is organised by the Divisionsforeningen on behalf of the Danish Football Association (Danish FA; DBU) as part of the nation-wide Danm ...

while only 14 teams were to play in the

. To solve this problem, the

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drew two random teams from the eastern division to play in the western division – This resulted in BK Skjold and

Lolland-Falster Alliancen Lolland-Falster is a common term for the two islands Lolland and Falster. The islands are only separated by the narrow strait ''Guldborgsund'', and as such have traditionally been grouped together. Both the Gedser-Rostock and Rødby-Puttgarden fer ...

joining the

. Skjold played their first game in

on 7 August 2011 versus heavy favourites and

Jutland Jutland (; , ''Jyske Halvø'' or ''Cimbriske Halvø''; , ''Kimbrische Halbinsel'' or ''Jütische Halbinsel'') is a peninsula of Northern Europe that forms the continental portion of Denmark and part of northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein). It ...

-based

Thisted FC Thisted Fodbold Club () is an association football club based in the town of Thisted, North Jutland, Denmark, that competes in the Danish 2nd Division, the third tier of the Danish football league system. Founded in 1989, it is shortly known as ' ...

and the game ended 2–2. On 5 June 2012, Skjold were relegated to

, along with local

rivals,

Boldklubben af 1893 Boldklubben af 1893, commonly referred to as B.93, is a football club based in Østerbro, Copenhagen, Denmark. The team competes in the Danish 1st Division, the second level of the Danish football league system, after achieving promotion in t ...

Former BK Skjold players

Per Frandsen Per Frandsen (; born 6 February 1970) is a Danish professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player who is the head coach of Danish Superliga club Hvidovre IF, Hvidovre. Most notably, he won the 19 ...

* Pierre-Emile Højbjerg *

Yussuf Poulsen Yussuf Yurary Poulsen (; born 15 June 1994) is a Danish professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Denmark national football team, Denmark national t ...

* Kenneth Zohore * Nicolai Vallys

External links

* Football clubs in Denmark Football clubs in Copenhagen Association football clubs established in 1915 1915 establishments in Denmark Østerbro {{Denmark-footyclub-stub