Boldklubben Fremad Valby (abbreviated Fremad V) is a Danish

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

club located in the district of

Valby Valby () is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen Municipality, Denmark. It is in the southwestern corner of Copenhagen Municipality, and has a mixture of different types of housing. This includes apartment blocks, terraced housing, area ...

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...

, that also has

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and

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departments. As of the 2024-25 season, the club's first senior men's team play in the

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 ...

( level 6). The club have been playing their home games at

Valby Idrætspark Valby Idrætspark is a sports venue in Valby, Copenhagen, Denmark. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and is the home ground of Boldklubben Frem, Fremad Valby, Politiets Idrætsforening and Vigerslev Boldklub. Va ...

since 1913, at either the venue's exhibition ground or one of several adjacent football fields without a grandstand, and have been featured in their current red and white football kit design since 1910. The club has been described as a

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team focusing on amateurism and including minorities rather than having an elite profile. The senior men's team have previously played in the Danish third highest football league and have reached the third round proper of the

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History

In 1914, the club was an integral part in the foundation of Valby Boldspil-Union (VBU) and later also participated in tournaments organized by Københavns Forstadsklubbers Boldspil Union (KFBU). The club became an extraordinary member of the

Copenhagen Football Association DBU Copenhagen () is the local governing body for association football and futsal in Copenhagen, Denmark. They are responsible for the governance and development of men's and women's football at all levels in the region. DBU Copenhagen is a member ...

(KBU) in 1920 and a full member in 1921, enabling the club to participate in the leagues organized by the regional organization, after a short hiatus between 1921 and 1923. The club reached the

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for the first time in 1966 and obtained promotion to the Danish 3rd Division in 1979. Fremad Valby have played 10 seasons in the third highest football league in Denmark, during two periods 1979–1983 and 1986–1990, but have primarily played in the lower ranking amateur leagues throughout their history. Their best league result dated back to a 2nd place in the 1986 Danish 3rd Division, east group, three points from a promotion to the Danish 2nd highest football league. During their tenure in the professional leagues, the management decided to only have a squad consisting of players with amateur status. The Valby-based club have reached the third round proper of the

on three occasions, in the 1957/58-season, the 1963/64-season and the 1982/83-season. The club's record attendance at their home ground was set in 1987, when 2,095 spectators watched the 1987 Danish 3rd Division match against

BK Fremad Amager Boldklubben Fremad Amager (meaning in English: The Ball Club Forward Amager; abbreviated Fremad A) is a Danish professional football club based in the district of Amager Vest, Copenhagen. As of the 2024–25 season, the club's senior men's team ...

. The player with the largest number of caps for BK Fremad Valby is Steen Pedersen with 401 games, which were amounted during the 1970s and 1980s. The club's women's youth department have been featured in two documentary series on the

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(DR) in 2010 (''Fodboldpigerne'') and 2018 (''Girls United'').

Achievements

*10 ''seasons'' in the '' Third Highest Danish League'' *17 ''seasons'' in the '' Fourth Highest Danish League'' *38.5 ''seasons''^R in the '' Fifth Highest Danish League'' *23 ''seasons''^R in the '' Sixth Highest Danish League'' *9 ''seasons''^R in the '' Seventh Highest Danish League'' * Overview has been updated to include the 2019/20-season. A season is one year long. * ^R: The overview details all seasons played under both the Danish FA and the Copenhagen FA since 1920, and distinguishes between participation in regional and national leagues, converted into the current situation in the

Danish football league system The Danish football league system, also known as the football league pyramid, refers to the hierarchically interconnected league structure for association football in Denmark, in which all divisions are bound together by the principle of promotio ...

References

External links

Official website for the club
{{Copenhagen Series 1904 establishments in Denmark Football clubs in Copenhagen Football clubs in Denmark Sport in Valby