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Kjøbenhavns Boldklub or KB is a Danish sports club based in Copenhagen. The club was founded April 26, 1876 on the grassy fields in outer Copenhagen which later became Fælledparken. Football and cricket has been played in KB since 1879, making KB the oldest football club on Continental Europe and the oldest general sports club on the continent (with more than just one sport). Tennis has been played since 1883, and today the club also has facilities for badminton, swimming and pétanque.
In 1991 KB and B 1903 merged their professional football teams and formed F.C. Copenhagen. However the F.C. Copenhagen reserves play under the KB name, but in FCK kits.
KB's logo is designed by architect and designer Thorvald Bindesbøl (1846-1908). Bindesbøl also designed the Carlsberg logo, and KB's logo is believed to be sponsored by Carlsberg.
[edit] Achievements
- Danish championship titles (15):
- 1913, 1914, 1917, 1918, 1922, 1925, 1932, 1940, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1968, 1974, 1980
- Danish Cup: 1969
[edit] Further reading
- Jens Jam Rasmussen and Michael Rachlin, "Slaget om København" (The battle of Copenhagen), Denmark, 2005, ISBN 87-91693-55-1.
- Allan Mylius Thomsen, "K.B. – 125 år. Et kalejdoskopisk billede af en boldklub og dens by"
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