Østerbros Boldklub

Østerbros Boldklub (also known as ØB) was a

ØB was founded as a cricket and association football club in 1894, with the aim of spreading the knowledge and skill in the two sports.^[2] It took the name Østerbros Boldklub from an earlier, then defunct team of 1887, whose members had dissolved that club to form Boldklubben af 1893.^[1] The cricket team was initially successful, but was dropped as a club activity by 1920.^[3]

ØB's football team competed in

In 1928, ØB finished 2nd in the second-tier Copenhagen tournament,

In the hope of economic gain and a long-term position among the great Copenhagen clubs, ØB decided to switch allegiance and join Stævnet in 1949.[13] It didn't go according to plan. Carl Aage Præst and Helge Bronee both left the club to sign professional contracts with foreign cubs, and ØB struggled without them. In 1950, ØB finished in last place of the 1st Division, and were relegated to the 2nd Division. The club slid further down to the 3rd Division in 1951, and into the lower leagues in 1953. ØB gave up its membership of Stævnet in 1953, but did not rekindle its work with the competing associations until the mid-1960s.^[14] The club found itself competing in the fourth-tier Copenhagen Series or lower, and never rejoined the upper divisions of Danish football. In 1998, ØB merged with Ryvang Fodbold Club to form Østerbros Idræts-Forening.

International players

• Poul Nielsen (1920)
• Carl Aage Præst
  (1945)
• Helge Bronée (1945)

Honours

• Copenhagen second-tier: 1907–08, 1912, 1912–13, 1917–18, 1923–24, 1932–33, 1936–37, 1937–38
• Copenhagen football champions
  : 1911
• Danish 3rd Division: 1937–38
• Danish 2nd Division: 1945–46
• Copenhagen Cup
  : 1947

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