Esbjerg fB
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| Basic data | |||
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| Surname | Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber | ||
| Seat | Esbjerg , Denmark | ||
| founding | July 23, 1924 | ||
| Colours | blue White | ||
| Website | efb.dk | ||
| First soccer team | |||
| Head coach | Niels Frederiksen | ||
| Venue | Esbjerg Idrætspark | ||
| Places | 18,000 | ||
| league | 1st division | ||
| 2019/20 | 13th place ( Superliga ) | ||
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The Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber (short EfB , German Vereinte Ballklubs Esbjergs ) is a football club from the Danish port city of Esbjerg . The club emerged early on from a merger of two local clubs, as can be seen from the name. Although the Jutlanders were most successful 50 years ago, they have now established themselves as members of the Danish Super League and recently even celebrated modest successes in the European Cup . The club also has a close fan friendship with VfL Wolfsburg .
history
founding
The first football club to be established in Esbjerg urban area was Esbjerg Boldklub af 1898 in 1898 . In 1911 another followed with the Esbjerg Amatør Klub , but none of the two clubs could ever record national successes worth mentioning. So in 1924 they took the appropriate steps and merged under the name Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber . The sporting successes were not instantaneous, but eventually the first Jutland championship was won in 1926 (this title is no longer awarded today). After Esbjerg had joined Denmark's first division in 1931 (which at that time was still associated with extensive ship trips to Zealand , where the superior Copenhagen clubs played), the clubbers' sporting success reached a temporary high point with a fifth place in the championship.
National successes
After several relegations and the Second World War interrupted the success, Esbjerg was able to return to the House of Lords in 1949 - only as a relegation candidate, but after the then Esbjerg Idrætspark stadium opened its gates in 1955 , EfB were runner-up the following year.
This was supposed to be a foretaste of the coming "golden era" of Esbjerg (in Denmark the master is traditionally awarded gold medals , which is reflected in many metaphors), which followed the heyday of Aarhus GF in the early 1960s : from 1961 to 1965 they dominated Danish football and won a national title every year: four championships and one cup victory.
Decline and resurrection
Following this high-altitude flight, however, the club again lost touch with the top and in 1972 were relegated to the third division. With great financial efforts they came back again and won another trophy at the end of the 1970s; When the successes then failed again, however, a decline began until the clubs were practically insolvent in 1990 .
Only the sale of shares in the company EfB A / S in 1998 created new financial leeway. A newly built, solidly managed team made another attempt that led Esbjerg fB to the UEFA Cup in 2003 . In this they played in the 2005/06 season as the winner of the draw for the UEFA fair play classification . In 2011 Esbjerg fB was relegated from the super league to be promoted again a year later. In 2012/13 Esbjerg fB reached a place in the table that entitles them to qualify for the Europa League . In the play-offs of the Europa League, they surprisingly qualified against AS Saint-Étienne (4: 3 and 1: 0) for participation in the Europa League . After the group stage they were eliminated in the sixteenth finals. The following year they were eliminated from the Europa League in the third qualifying round . In the 2015/16 season they were still relegated, but after the 2016/17 season they were relegated from the super league. A year later, after the 2017/18 season , they were promoted back to the top and reached the second qualifying round for the UEFA Europa League .
successes
- Danish champion (5): 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1979
- Danish Cup Winner (3): 1964, 1976, 2013
European Cup balance sheet
| season | competition | round | opponent | total | To | Back |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962/63 | European Champions Cup | Preliminary round |
 Linfield FC
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2: 1 | 2: 1 (A) | 0: 0 (H) |
| 1 round |
 FK Dukla Prague
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0: 5 | 0: 0 (H) | 0: 5 (A) | ||
| 1963/64 | European Champions Cup | Preliminary round |
 PSV Eindhoven
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4:11 | 3: 4 (H) | 1: 7 (A) |
| 1964/65 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | Preliminary round |
 Cardiff City
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0: 1 | 0: 0 (H) | 0: 1 (A) |
| 1966/67 | European Champions Cup | 1 round |
FK Dukla Prague
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0: 6 | 0: 2 (H) | 0: 4 (A) |
| 1976/77 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 1 round |
 Bohemians Dublin
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1: 3 | 1: 2 (A) | 0: 1 (H) |
| 1978/79 | Uefa cup | 1 round |
 Start Kristiansand
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1-0 | 0: 0 (A) | 1: 0 (H) |
| 2nd round |
 Kuopion PS
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6: 1 | 2: 0 (A) | 4: 1 (H) | ||
| 3rd round |
 Hertha BSC
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2: 5 | 2: 1 (H) | 0: 4 (A) | ||
| 1979/80 | Uefa cup | 1 round |
TJ Zbrojovka Brno
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1: 7 | 0: 6 (A) | 1: 1 (H) |
| 1980/81 | European Champions Cup | 1 round |
 Halmstads BK
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3: 2 | 0: 0 (A) | 3: 2 (H) |
| 2nd round |
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2: 3 | 0: 3 (A) | 2: 0 (H) | ||
| 2003/04 | Uefa cup | qualification |
 FC Santa Coloma
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9: 1 | 5: 0 (H) | 4: 1 (A) |
| 1 round |
 Spartak Moscow
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1: 3 | 0: 2 (A) | 1: 1 (H) | ||
| 2004 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 1 round |
 NSÍ Runavík
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7: 1 | 3: 1 (H) | 4: 0 (A) |
| 2nd round |
 OGC Nice
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2: 1 | 1: 0 (H) | 1: 1 (A) | ||
| 3rd round |
 Vėtra Vilnius
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5: 1 | 1: 1 (A) | 4: 0 (H) | ||
| Semifinals |
 FC Schalke 04
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1: 6 | 1: 3 (H) | 0: 3 (A) | ||
| 2005/06 | Uefa cup | 1st qualifying round |
 FC Flora Tallinn
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7: 2 | 1: 2 (H) | 6: 0 (A) |
| 2nd qualifying round |
Tromso IL
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1: 1 (2: 3 i.E. ) |
0: 1 (H) | 1: 0 a.d. (A) | ||
| 2013/14 | UEFA Europa League | Play-offs |
AS Saint-Etienne
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5: 3 | 4: 3 (H) | 1: 0 (A) |
| Group stage |
 Standard Liege
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4: 2 | 2: 1 (A) | 2: 1 (H) | ||
 FC Red Bull Salzburg
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1: 5 | 1: 2 (H) | 0: 3 (A) | |||
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IF Elfsborg
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3: 1 | 2: 1 (A) | 1: 0 (H) | |||
| Round of 16 |
 AC Florence
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2: 4 | 1: 3 (H) | 1: 1 (A) | ||
| 2014/15 | UEFA Europa League | 2nd qualifying round |
 FK Qairat Almaty
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2: 1 | 1: 1 (A) | 1: 0 (H) |
| 3rd qualifying round |
 Ruch Chorzów
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2: 2 ( a ) | 0: 0 (A) | 2: 2 (H) | ||
| 2019/20 | UEFA Europa League | 2nd qualifying round |
 Shakhtsor Salihorsk
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0: 2 | 0: 2 (A) | 0: 0 (H) |
Overall record : 56 games, 22 wins, 14 draws, 20 defeats, 74:81 goals (goal difference −7)
Ice hockey department
In 2005 Esbjerg fB took over the professional license of Esbjerg IK from AL-Bank Ligaen , the highest Danish league. Since then, the EIK has only been active as a pure ice hockey amateur club. The Esbjerg fB ice hockey team is known as EfB Ishockey.
Web links
- Official website (Danish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sensational support. In: Wolfsburger Allgemeine . Retrieved February 1, 2019 .