Kjøbenhavns Boldklub
Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (known simply as KB) is a Danish professional multi-sports club based in Copenhagen. The club was founded on 26 April 1876 on the grassy fields in outer Copenhagen which later became Fælledparken. Tennis has been played since 1883. The club hosted, in 1921, one of the early tennis majors: the World Covered Court Championships, won by William Laurentz that year. Today, along with the sports already mentioned, the club also has facilities for badminton, swimming and pétanque.
| Full name | Kjøbenhavns Boldklub | ||
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| Short name | KB | ||
| Founded | 26 April 1876 | ||
| Ground | Frederiksberg I P Opvisning, Copenhagen | ||
| Capacity | — | ||
| Chairman | Niels-Christian Holmstrøm | ||
| Manager | Niels Sørensen | ||
| League | Københavnsserien (tier 5) | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Football and cricket has been played in KB since 1879, meaning that KB's football team was the very first club on continental Europe and it went on to become the most successful club in Denmark, winning a shared record 15 Danish championship titles from 1913 to 1980. In 1991, KB and B 1903 merged their professional football teams and formed F.C. Copenhagen. Until 1 January 2009, the F.C. Copenhagen reserves played under the KB name.