Akademisk Boldklub

AB
Full name Akademisk Boldklub Gladsaxe
Nickname(s) Akademikerne (The Academics)
Short name AB
Founded 1889 (1889)
Ground Gladsaxe Stadion,
Gladsaxe
Ground Capacity 13,546
Chairman Ronny Saul
Manager Per Frandsen
League Danish 2nd Division
2014–15 1st Division, 11th (relegated)

Akademisk Boldklub Gladsaxe or AB is a Danish professional football club from Gladsaxe north of Copenhagen, currently playing at the 3rd highest level in Danish domestic football, the 2nd Division.

History

The club was formed in 1889 by a group of academics, and the only requirement to play for the club at that time was to be a university student. The club was dominant in early Danish football and won the Danish championship, which was introduced in 1913, in 1919 and 1921. In all, AB has won the championship on 9 occasions (1919, 1921, 1937, 1943, 1945, 1947, 1951, 1952 and 1967).

One of the most renowned players of the club is Harald Bohr, the brother of Nobel Prize winner Niels Bohr, who himself played a number of games as goalkeeper. Other famous footballers from the AB history include Knud Lundberg, who represented the Danish national team in not one, but three sports (basketball, handball and football), and Karl Aage Hansen, who scored 17 goals in 22 matches for the national team. Both Lundberg and Hansen played for the club in its heyday, from the end of the Second World War to the mid-fifties, a period when the club won four championships in ten years.

Since the 1970s, and especially after the introduction of professional football in the 80s, the club has had a difficult time and has been outside the topflight of Danish football. Although, the late 90s were an exception — in 1996 the club got promoted to the top Danish Superliga division, and enjoyed a couple of successful years, winning the Danish Cup in 1998–99, and finishing third in both 1999 and 2000.

In 2004 the club was relegated after a bad season. On top of the fact that they finished 11th, they were deducted 9 points (and thus finished last) as it was discovered that their player Ali Akida had been playing under a false name.

In 2007 the AB board announced that AB would be back in the Superliga by 2010 and to help with that they brought in several good players like Casper Henningsen, Simon Bræmer and Carsten Fredgaard.

In June 2012 the football club AB A/S was saved from bankruptcy by the majority of the city council (23 in favor and 2 against).

Current squad

As of 1 January 2016.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Denmark GK Jannich Storch
3 Denmark DF Jonas Troest
4 Denmark DF Thomas Wiil-Andersen
5 Denmark DF Nicolai Høgh
6 Denmark MF Ibrahim Mansaray
7 Denmark MF Kristian Uth
8 Denmark MF Rasmus Hansen
9 Sweden FW Linus Olsson
10 Denmark FW Simon Bræmer
11 Denmark FW Emil Holten
13 Denmark DF Matti Olsen
14 Denmark FW Nichlas Rohde
15 Denmark FW Tobias Thomsen
No. Position Player
16 Denmark GK Mark Jensen
17 Denmark MF Kasper Kristensen
18 Denmark MF Oskar Tranberg
19 Denmark MF Sian Hansen
20 Denmark MF Jonas Henriksen
21 Denmark MF Andreas Moos
22 Denmark DF Patrick Lerager
23 Denmark MF Martin Nielsen
24 Denmark DF Morten Hegaard
25 Sweden MF William Kvist
26 Turkey MF Ekrem Aydemir
27 Denmark MF Jasin Khayat
Denmark DF Anders Hornbæk

Achievements

Recent history

Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Notes
1996–97 1D 10 3381213 566236 semi-final
1997–98 1D 5 3313812 615247 4th round
1998–99 1D 3 3317511 493656 champions
1999–00 1D 3 3314109 523552 semifinal
2000–01 1D 10 3381510 434139 final
2001–02 1D 5 3313119 483850 quarter-final
2002–03 1D 9 33101211 444842 last 16
2003–04 1D 12 338223 317017 last 16 relegated
2004–05 2D 11 3010515 495235 3rd round
2005–06 2D 12 3011415 435437 4th round
2006–07 2D 10 308913 365333 3rd round
2007–08 2D 6 3011811 383641 1st round
2008–09 2D 3 301947 563061 4th round
2009–10 2D 4 301596 473054 3rd round

See also

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