Boldklubben Frem

Football club infobox
clubname = BK Frem


fullname = Boldklubben Frem af 1886
nickname = Fremmerne
short name = Frem
founded = 1886
ground = Valby Idrætspark
Valby
Copenhagen
mgrtitle = Head coach
capacity = 12,000 (4,400 seats)
chairman = Erik Gamst
manager = Anders Theil
league = Danish 1st Division
season = 2007-08
position = 1st Division, 11th
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Boldklubben Frem (also known as Frem, BK Frem or BK Frem Copenhagen) is a Danish sports club based in the district of Valby, in Copenhagen. It is best known for its semi-professional football team. Since its foundation in 1886 Frem has won the Danish Championships six times and the Danish Cup twice. Until the disastrous bankruptcy in 1993 Frem had played in the top division all but six seasons.

The club also has a youth and amateur amateur football branch, as well as a cricket team. It is also involved in the running of the KIES sports boarding school.

History

Early years

BK Frem were founded as Fremskridtsklubbens Cricketklub on July 17 1886 by a group of seditious young men from the then government hostile Venstre Reform Party, as a cloak for political activities. [Following an assassination attempt on Council President Estrup in the fall of 1985 restrictions on political freedom had been initiated. cite encyclopedia
last = Friis
first = M. P.
authorlink =
title = Estrup, Jacob Brønnum Scavenius,
encyclopedia = Dansk biografisk Lexikon
volume = IV
pages = 614-615
publisher = Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag
location = Copenhagen
date = 1887-1905
url = http://runeberg.org/dbl/4/0616.html
accessdate = 2007-04-25 ] In 1887 football was introduced and the name was changed to "Boldklubben Frem, stiftet af Fremskridtsklubben" (lit. Danish: The Ball Club Forward, founded by the Progress Club).

In the first two years of the life of the club only two sports matches were played, but when the Danish Football Association introduced a football tournament in 1889, the club was invited to participate, and in 1890 Frem became the first Danish club to beat KB in a football match. In 1902 Frem became unofficial Danish champions when they won the league played under the auspices of the Danish FA. This was the first ever senior title won by the club.

In 1905 the club moved to its own field at Enghavevej, Vesterbro, obtaining its distinct working class profile. To this day, both the Social Democrats and the Union of Metalworkers holds Frem sponsorships. In 1912 Frem joined the representative team Stævnet which arranged lucrative exhibition matches and played a decisive role in Danish football politics.

Palmy days

In the years 1923-1944 Frem won six Danish Championships.

Division Yo-Yoing

Since 1983 Frem has been battling economically, and in 1993 saw themselves demoted to the Danmarksserien following a bankruptcy, which was due to a debt of DKK 8,500,000 and allegations of fraud. [Dennis Drejer: "Tilbage til FREM-tiden", Berlingske Tidende, 12 November 1995, pp. 24,]

Following a short but expensive spell in the Superliga in 2003-2004 Frem were once again on the verge of bankruptcy with a debt of DKK 10,000,000. [Andreas Kraul: 'Fodbold: Frem kører videre ", Dagbladet Politiken, 15 December 2004, section 2, pp. 10,]

Home ground

Frem play their home matches at the modest and somewhat down worn, municipality-owned Valby Idrætspark.

In the early years Frem were located on Østerbro in Copenhagen, playing its matches at Blegdamsfælleden, alongside its main rivals in the early years; AB and KB. In 1905 Frem moved to its own field at Enghavevej, Vesterbro. Being a field-owning club gave Frem the advantage off entry fees. Its location however lead to some muttering from football fans who found it to be to far out of town. [cite web
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In 1942 Frem moved to Valby Idrætspark, where the current main stand was erected in 1965. Throughout the years a lot of matches has been played at Idrætsparken. It is uncertain when this tradition was discontinued.

The construction of a new stadium is currently in the planning.

Honours

Cricket

*Copenhagen Champions
** Winners (2): 1894, 1898

Players

Significant former players

:"See also:
*Flemming Ahlberg 1967-1979
*Finn Bøje 1968-1973
*Lars Broustbo 1982-1995
*Axel Byrval 1893-1895, 1896-1909
* 1999-2003
*Walter Christensen 1937-1947
*Kaj Christiansen 1942-1948
*Knud Christophersen 1926-1935
*Hans Colberg 1942-1950
* 1990-1993
*Svend Frederiksen 1936-1947
*Michael Giolbas 1997-2001
*John Hansen 1943-1948, 1957-1960
*Kaj Hansen 1960-1967
*Sophus Hansen 1906-1921
*Per Henriksen 1949-1960
*Eiler Holm 1921-1934
*Jørn Jeppesen 1967-1980
*Martin Jeppesen 1992-1994, 1996-2005, 2006-2007
*Pauli Jørgensen 1924-1942
*Sophus Krølben 1904-1910, 1912-1921
*Birger Larsen 1961-1969
*Lars Larsen 1970-1989
*Otto Larsen 1913-1924
*Søren Larsen 2003-2004
*flagicon|England|size=15px George Lees 1951-1960
*Søren Lyng 1987-1991
*Ole Mørch 1967-1980
*Jørgen Nielsen 2003-2007, 2008
*Leif Nielsen 1961-1967
*Leif "Osten" Nielsen 1962-1972
*Leo Nielsen 1940-1949
*Johannes Pløger 1939-1948
*Jan B. Poulsen 1969-1976
*Leif Printzlau 1967-1977
*Ole Rasmussen 1979-1989
* 2001-2005
*Helmuth Søbirk 1935-1937, 1939-1949
*Egon Sørensen 1935-1945
*Erling Sørensen 1939-1948
*Finn Willy Sørensen 1960-1967
*Thomas Thøgersen 1988-1993, 2002-2003
*Mikkel Thygesen 2002-2004
*Kaj Uldaler 1924-1927
*Kim Vilfort 1981-1985
*Per Wind 1973-1993, 1998
*flagicon|England|size=15px Liam Douglas 2006-2007

Current squad

Club officials

ponsorships

*GourmetBryggeriet (head sponsor)
*hummel (material sponsor)

Address

Professional branch Amateur and youth branch Boldklubben Frem A/S Boldklubben Frem Pauli Jørgensen Lounge Julius Andersensvej 7 Julius Andersensvej 7 DK-2450 København SV DK-2450 København SV Telephone: [phone] Telephone: [phone] Fax: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-mail: [mailto:[e-mail] [e-mail]] E-mail: [mailto:[e-mail] [e-mail]]

Footnotes and references

External links

*Da icon [http://www.bkfrem.dk/ Official website]
*Da icon [http://www.bkfremarkiv.dk/ Historical archive]
*Da icon [http://www.bkfremsupport.dk/ Official fansite]
*Da icon [http://www.loyalty.dk/phpBB3/ Official fan forum]