FC Sønderborg is a Danish football club based in

Sønderborg (; german: Sonderburg ) is a Danish town in the Region of Southern Denmark. It is the main town and the administrative seat of Sønderborg Municipality (Kommune). The town has a population of 27,766 (1 January 2022),Southern Jutland Southern Jutland ( da, Sønderjylland; German: Südjütland) is the name for the region south of the Kongeå in Jutland, Denmark and north of the Eider (river) in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The region north of the Kongeå is called da, Nø ...

. Affiliated to the multiple regional clubs, they currently only feature youth teams. Until 2020, FC Sønderborg had a first team led by manager

Kim Poulsen Kim Poulsen (born 22 March 1959) is a Danish football manager and former amateur player was most recently manager of the Tanzania national football team. Managerial career Early career Poulsen only played amateur football as an active player.

, but the team withdrew from competition citing too little interest from parent clubs in providing senior players. The vision of FC Sønderborg is to "create an elite environment for U13-U19 players in

Sønderborg Municipality Sønderborg Municipality (german: Sonderburg), is a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in Region of Southern Denmark partially on the Jutland peninsula and partially on the island of Als in south Denmark, at the border with Germany. The municipa ...

," through a cooperation between 11 local clubs with around 2,500 members in total.

History

In February 2009, FC Sønderborg was founded through a merger of 11 regional teams in order to create an elite youth academy for the under-13 to under-19 talents in

. In 2010, this initiative was extended to the senior teams. In the fall of 2019, with FC Sønderborg facing relegation from the fifth-tier

Jutland Series Jutland Series ( da, Jyllandsserien, JS, Herre Jyllandsserien) is the highest division for men organized by the regional association DBU Jylland and one of the fifth-highest divisions overall in the Danish football league system. The Jutland Asso ...

, manager Kim Poulsen criticised the historical lack of ambition in Sønderborg in creating an environment for divisional football. The first team withdrew from competition in April 2020, citing lacking interest from parent clubs in providing senior players. Instead, Poulsen stated that the club would focus increasingly on youth development and strengthen cooperation with

Danish Superliga The Danish Superliga ( da, Superligaen, ) is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each y ...

club

SønderjyskE SønderjyskE is a Danish sport corporation. They have a football team ( SønderjyskE Fodbold, based in Haderslev), two handball teams ( SønderjyskE Håndbold, one male based in Sønderborg, one female based in Aabenraa) and an ice hockey t ...

References

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sonderborg FC Sønderborg Football clubs in Denmark Association football clubs established in 2009 2009 establishments in Denmark FC Sonderborg