Aalborg Boldspilklub is a
DanishDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries; southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and it is bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark borders both the Baltic and the North Sea...
professional
sports clubA sports club, athletics club or sports association is an eclectic institution oriented to multiple sports, which fields many teams and in several sports, working under the same umbrella organization. In a larger sense, it may also refer to any sports institution, even those that have only one...
based in the city of
AalborgAalborg , sometimes written as Ålborg, is a city in Denmark. Its population, as of 2009, is 122,461, making it the fourth largest in the country after Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Odense. The earliest settlements date back to around 700 AD. Its location by the Limfjord made it an important harbour...
. The club is also known as
Aalborg BK or
AaB for short. Through time the club has had branches in
cricketCricket is a bat-and-ball team sport that is first documented as being played in southern England in the 16th century. By the end of the 18th century, cricket had developed to the point where it had become the national sport of England. The expansion of the British Empire led to cricket being...
,
tennisTennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court....
and basketball, but currently controls teams in
footballAssociation football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players using a spherical ball...
,
ice hockeyIce Hockey is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a puck into the opposing team's goal. It is a fast-paced and physical sport...
,
floorballFloorball, a type of floor hockey, is an indoor team sport which was developed in the 1970s. It is a fast paced sport, with limited physical contact allowed. Floorball is most popular in areas where the sport has developed the longest, such as the Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden, and Switzerland...
and
handballHandball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass and bounce a ball to throw it into the goal of the opposing team...
. All teams are competing in the top-flight Danish league in their respective sport. The kit sponsor for the club is
hummelHummel International is a Denmark-based sports apparel company. The company was started in 1923 by the Messmer family in the town of Hamburg, Germany. It currently manufactures apparel for football, handball, basketball, rugby league, Australian rules football, shinty and volleyball...
, and the principal sponsor for the football and handball team is the regional bank
Spar NordSpar Nord Bank A/S is a bank based in North Jutland, Denmark.The history of the bank can be traced back to May 12th 1824, where "Bye og Omegns Sparekasse" was established in Aalborg...
.
AaB was founded on May 13, 1885 by
EnglishEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
engineers who were building
JutlandJutland , historically also called Cimbria, forms the mainland part of Denmark. It has the North Sea to its west, Kattegat and Skagerrak to its north, the Baltic Sea to its east, and the Danish-German border to its south...
's railway system, and the first years was concentrated on the game of cricket.
Aalborg Boldspilklub is a
DanishDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries; southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and it is bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark borders both the Baltic and the North Sea...
professional
sports clubA sports club, athletics club or sports association is an eclectic institution oriented to multiple sports, which fields many teams and in several sports, working under the same umbrella organization. In a larger sense, it may also refer to any sports institution, even those that have only one...
based in the city of
AalborgAalborg , sometimes written as Ålborg, is a city in Denmark. Its population, as of 2009, is 122,461, making it the fourth largest in the country after Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Odense. The earliest settlements date back to around 700 AD. Its location by the Limfjord made it an important harbour...
. The club is also known as
Aalborg BK or
AaB for short. Through time the club has had branches in
cricketCricket is a bat-and-ball team sport that is first documented as being played in southern England in the 16th century. By the end of the 18th century, cricket had developed to the point where it had become the national sport of England. The expansion of the British Empire led to cricket being...
,
tennisTennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court....
and basketball, but currently controls teams in
footballAssociation football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players using a spherical ball...
,
ice hockeyIce Hockey is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a puck into the opposing team's goal. It is a fast-paced and physical sport...
,
floorballFloorball, a type of floor hockey, is an indoor team sport which was developed in the 1970s. It is a fast paced sport, with limited physical contact allowed. Floorball is most popular in areas where the sport has developed the longest, such as the Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden, and Switzerland...
and
handballHandball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass and bounce a ball to throw it into the goal of the opposing team...
. All teams are competing in the top-flight Danish league in their respective sport. The kit sponsor for the club is
hummelHummel International is a Denmark-based sports apparel company. The company was started in 1923 by the Messmer family in the town of Hamburg, Germany. It currently manufactures apparel for football, handball, basketball, rugby league, Australian rules football, shinty and volleyball...
, and the principal sponsor for the football and handball team is the regional bank
Spar NordSpar Nord Bank A/S is a bank based in North Jutland, Denmark.The history of the bank can be traced back to May 12th 1824, where "Bye og Omegns Sparekasse" was established in Aalborg...
.
AaB was founded on May 13, 1885 by
EnglishEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
engineers who were building
JutlandJutland , historically also called Cimbria, forms the mainland part of Denmark. It has the North Sea to its west, Kattegat and Skagerrak to its north, the Baltic Sea to its east, and the Danish-German border to its south...
's railway system, and the first years was concentrated on the game of cricket. It was initially named
Aalborg Cricketklub (Aalborg Cricketclub) but the name of the club was changed to
Aalborg Boldklub (Aalborg ballclub) in 1899. Football was adopted on an amateur basis in
1902The following are the football events of the year 1902 throughout the world.-Clubs formed in 1902:*Norwich City Football Club*Real Madrid*Fluminense Football Club- Winners club national championship :*Hungary:...
, and has since been the main sport, as the name was changed to the current
Aalborg Boldspilklub af 1885 (Aalborg ballgameclub of 1885) in 1906.
Football
The club established a men's football team in 1902. The team has been a part of the
Danish SuperligaThe Danish Superliga is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest association football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each year. Scandinavian Airlines System is the main sponsor of the...
championship since
1987The following are the football events of the year 1987 throughout the world.- Events :*UEFA Champions League: F.C. Porto 2-1 FC Bayern Munich in the final at the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna....
, winning three championships in
1995The 1994-95 Danish Superliga season was the 5th season of the Danish Superliga league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association....
,
1999The 1998-99 Danish Superliga season was the 9th season of the Danish Superliga league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association...
and in
2008The following are the association football events of the year 2008 throughout the world.- Events :*20 January to 10 February — Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana*4 May to 16 May - UEFA U-17 Championship in Turkey...
.
They qualified for the 2008/2009 UEFA Champions League and were part of Group E along with
Manchester United F.C.Manchester United Football Club is an English football club, one of the most popular football clubs in the world, based at Old Trafford in Greater Manchester. The club was a founding member of the Premier League in 1992, and has played in the top division of English football since 1938, with the...
,
Villarreal CFVillarreal Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., usually abbreviated to Villarreal CF or just Villarreal, is a Spanish Primera División football club based in Villarreal, a small town in the province of Castellón...
and
Celtic F.C.The Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. Since the club's formation in 1888, Celtic have won the Scottish championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the 2007/08 season, and the Scottish...
. Aalborg came away from Celtic Park with a point from their 0-0 draw against Celtic FC. The second game against Manchester United in Aalborg was lost 0-3. And the third game against Villarreal in Spain they lost 6-3. Then Villarreal came to Denmark and Aalborg got a 2-2 draw, thanks to a freekick by
Anders DueAnders Due is a Danish footballer. He plays as a left midfielder for Danish Superliga side Aalborg BK. He is the cousin of Danish national team and former Bolton, Charlton and Fulham midfielder, Claus Jensen....
. They then beat Celtic at the
Aalborg StadionEnergi Nord Arena, also known as Aalborg Stadion, is a football stadium and the home ground of Aalborg Boldspilklub. It has a capacity of 13,800 .The stadium consists of 4 stands:*Two long-side stands:**The NORDJYSKE stand...
and finished third in their group sending Celtic out of the competition. They then had a 2-2 draw with Manchester United at Old Trafford on December 10th 2008.
After finishing third they were transferred to the
UEFA cupThe UEFA Europa League is a competition for eligible European football clubs; the second most prestigious European football contest after the UEFA Champions League. It is an annual football cup competition for European club teams organised by the Union of European Football Associations...
round of 32 where they were drawn against Spanish team Deportivo La Coruna. AaB secured a spot in the round of 16 with a 3-0 win at home and a 3-1 win at Riazor. In the following round they faced English Premier League team Manchester City who had already eliminated two other Danish clubs in the competition. After losing the first match against Manchester City 0-2 away from home and winning 2-0 at home at Energi Nord Arena, Aab eventually lost 4-3 on penalty shootouts.
Other sports
Handball was adopted by AaB in 2003, when the local men's team Aalborg HSH was bought and renamed
AaB Håndbold (AaB handball). Since then, the club has played in the Danish top-flight handball league, though they have never won the league title. In May 2007, AaB published the plans to take over the women's handball team of Aalborg DH, as a part of the AaB Håndbold brand, as Aalborg DH did not pass a due diligence test, the takeover was never completed. With the expanded handball section, the men's team have moved their games to Aalborg DH's venue,
GigantiumGigantium in Aalborg, Denmark, is a large, rentable faire building which hosts a large variety of concerts, markets, and exhibitions, amongst other things. The main use of the arena is sport, and it is home to the Danish Handball League club AaB Håndbold...
Arena. AaB also owns the professional ice hockey team of AaB Ishockey, which builds on the amateur youth development of Aalborg Ishockey Klub (AIK), which built on two merged clubs AaB Ishockey and IK Aalborg. AaB Ishockey won the 1981 Danish championship. From 2004 to 2007, AaB Ishockey has won four sets of
silver medalA silver medal is a medal awarded to the second place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc....
s in a row. In 2005, AaB coorporated with Aalborg Basketball Klub (ABK) in order to build the
AaB Basket team. The basketball team was no success, and was dismantled in March 2007, reverting the team to its ABK roots. AaB also has a Floorball division, which in 2007/08 has secured promotion to the best league in Denmark. The team is located and plays matches at Hornevej where the rest of AaB's training facilities are located. AaB 89ers is an
american footballAmerican football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, and often as Gridiron or Tackle football outside North America, is a competitive team sport known for combining strategy with physical play. The objective of the game is to score points by advancing the ball into the...
team started in 1989, they play at amateur level in 1. Division (the second best Danish league). AaB Tennis plays at amateur level.
Management
Aalborg Boldspilklub af 1885
http://www.aabaf1885.dk
- Chairman of the board Jesper Møller
AaB A/SAalborg Boldspilklub A/S is a Danish company listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange. AaB A/S is a Aalborg based company in sports, conference, events, education and sportswear in Aalborg and Denmark...
http://www.aabsport.dk
- Managing director Poul Sørensen
- Finance director Lars Vadsholt Jørgensen
- Chairman of the board Lars Søndergaard Pedersen
AaB FootballAalborg Boldspilklub, commonly just Aalborg BK or short AaB is a Danish football team located in Aalborg. They play in the Danish Superliga and have won three Danish Superliga championships and two Danish Cup trophies...
:
- Sports director Lynge Jakobsen
AaB HandballAaB Handball is the handball part of the Aalborg Boldspilklub sports club from Aalborg, Denmark, which also contains a football team, as well as an ice hockey team. AaB Håndbold is owned by AaB A/S. Currently, AaB Handball competes in the Danish Handball League. In 2000 Aalborg Boldspilklub...
:
- Sports director Jan Larsen
AaB Ishockey:
External links
AaB A/S (professional branch)