football
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club based in
Kjellerup
Kjellerup is a Danish town with a population of 5,247 (1 January 2025).Central Jutland. It was founded in 1907, and its first team competed in the
Denmark Series
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 ...
, the fifth tier of 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 ...
. The club is a part of the DBU Jutland regional association, and plays its home matches at Bjerget Stadium.
History
The club was formed in summer 1907 under the name ''"Fodboldforeningen Skjold"'', but in 1930 changed the association name to the current. In 1920, the club's program expanded to include
swimming
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,
athletics
Athletics may refer to:
Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competitio ...
,
handball
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and winter sport, but in 1946 it was decided to continue the association as a pure football club and other sports were transferred to the newly formed ''"Kjellerup Gymnastikforening"'' (Kjellerup Gymnastics Association).KIFs oprindelse (in danish) Retrieved 6 July 2011
In the summer of 2011, the club won the
Denmark Series
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 ...
and moved up into
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 ...