Ølstykke Fodbold ClubDanish pronunciation:[ˈølstøkə];also known asØlstykke FCorØFC) is anassociation footballclub based in the town ofØlstykkeonZealand,Denmark. The men's team competes in theSeries 1,the sixth tier of theDanish football league systemand the second tier of the regionalDBU Zealandcompetitions.
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| Full name | Ølstykke Fodbold Club | ||
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| Short name | ØFC | ||
| Founded | 18 May 1918 | ||
| Ground | Ølstykke Stadium, Ølstykke | ||
| Capacity | 3,000 (400 seats) | ||
| Chairman | Michael Hansen | ||
| Manager | Christoffer Støvring Nicklas Engslev Hansen | ||
| League | Series 1 | ||
| 2019–20 | Series 2, Group 2, 1st (promoted) | ||
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The club was founded on 18 May 1918 asØlstykke Idrætsforening,as the club also had abasketballdepartment. In 1986, the name was changed to Ølstykke FC as the club wanted to focus solely on football.
History
editFormation and rise through the divisions
editØlstykke Idrætsforening(Ø.I.F.) was founded as a sports association on 18 May 1918 with Aksel Larsen as the club's first chairman, and over the years had bothassociation footballandbasketballas its main departments. The club joined theZealand FAin 1938.[1]In September 1986, the sports association was dissolved, but already in January 1986, the football department was formed as an independent association under the new nameØlstykke Fodbold Club 1918(ØFC) at a general board meeting.[2]On 11 January 1986,Ølstykke Idræts Unionwas established at the founding general meeting and was to function as an umbrella organization for all sports associations inØlstykkeand a mouthpiece for, among others,Ølstykke Municipality.[2]The board had a year before expressed a desire to focus solely on football and channel future funds and income to the club's first team under the projectResultater for alle pengene( "Results for all the money" ). The first team experienced a series of successive promotions, starting from the localDBU Zealand Series 1in 1981, to theDenmark Seriesin 1986 and finally advancing to the then third best Danish football series,3rd Division East,in the 1988 season.[2][3]
The club had previously flirted with the idea of becoming the first non-professional club in theDanish Superliga,the highest tier of theDanish football league system,which was said in half-serious half-joking fashion, and was to signal that the club's management had no intentions of running a professional football organization despite a promotion.[4]This stance changed at the beginning of 1996, when permission was granted to introduce professional football, including a newAktieselskab(aholding companyof sorts) with its own separate management, with the aim of ensuring greater continuity in the first-team squad.[4]The club's first team played in the second tier for a number of seasons, with the team's best result being a 5th place (only one spot and three points from promotion to the Superliga), which happened in the spring season of 1995 in the formerKvalifikationsligaen.[5]The club's best result in theDanish Cupis reaching the semi-finals two consecutive seasons (1989–90 seasonand the1990–91 season).[6][7]Former first team coaches for the club's first team includeMichael Schäfer(1996–1998),Benny Johansen(2002–2004),Michele Guarini(2004–2006) andClement Cliford(2008).
Plans of Egedal mergers
editAt the beginning of the 2000s, a youth collaboration was formed for the age groups U16, U17 and U19 between Ølstykke FC and nearby football clubsStenløse Boldkluband Slagslunde-Ganløse Idrætsforening under the common team name "Team Egedal".[8][9]
The first team which was represented in thehigher tierswas renamedFC Egedalon 1 July 2009, and a new logo was created alongside a new green and white uniform, with plans of functioning as a professional superstructure of its parent club after an approval was granted by theDanish Football Union(DBU).[10][11]Prior to this, the club board had failed in an attempt to buy out neighbour clubStenløse Boldklubto establish a broad elite superstructure between the two clubs.[11][12][13][9]Italian head coach,Giuseppe Favasuli,who took over as head coach in Ølstykke in May 2008, was scheduled to continue as the first head coach of the elite club's senior team in theDanish 2nd Division West.[14]However, all plans were abandoned shortly after, at the end of July of the same year, due to major financial problems in the professional company behind the elite team.[15][16]As a consequence of its filing for bankruptcy in the DBU, the first team was forcibly relegated down two divisions before the start of the new season, and had to start the 2009–10 season in the highest regional division of theDBU Zealand,theZealand Series.
In 2011, the club eventually merged with the neighboring club Stenløse Boldklub and becameSC Egedal.[17]In 2015, Stenløse left the merger, and Ølstykke FC was re-established inSeries 3,one of the bottom tiers of Danish football.
Honours
edit- Danish Cup
- Best result:Semi-finals (1989, 1990)
Season-by-season results
edit| Season | Pos | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-06: Viasat Sport Divisionen (pending) | #11/16 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | −2 |
| 04-05: Viasat Sport Divisionen | #13/16 | 30 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 39 | 68 | −29 |
| 03-04: 1. Division | #7/16 | 43 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 59 | 53 | +6 |
| 02-03: 1. Division | #8/16 | 41 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 65 | 61 | +4 |
| 01-02: 2. Division | #2/16 | 59 | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 60 | 32 | +28 |
| 00-01: Faxe Kondi Divisionen | #15/16 | 30 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 38 | 76 | −38 |
| 99-00: Faxe Kondi Divisionen | #10/16 | 36 | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 42 | 60 | −18 |
| 98–99: 2. Division | #3/16 | 51 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 72 | 52 | +20 |
Greendenotes promotion,reddenotes relegation.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^See. "Sjællandsk Fodbold Gennem Tiderne" — volume 1 and 2, Edited by Axel Alstrup, Østergaards Forlag — Odense, 1954, pages 579-581.
- ^abcJørgen F. Nielsen (2004). "Fodbold i Ølstykke - ØIF/ØFC 1972-2003 / ØFC Krønikken". Ølstykke Fodbold Club. pp. 107 (Oversigt over 1. holdets placering i rækkerne gennem 25 år).
- ^Henrik Haslund."Dansk klubfodbold - Danmarksturneringen i fodbold - Oversigt for Ølstykke FC".haslund.info.Retrieved2 September2009.Archived
- ^ab"ØFC's historie".Ølstykke Fodbold Club. 2008.Retrieved2 September2009.Archived
- ^Henrik Haslund."Danmarksturneringen 1994/1995 - Kvalifikationsligaen (forår)".haslund.info.Retrieved2 September2009.Archived
- ^Henrik Haslund."DBUs Landspokalturnering 1989/90 - Deltagere".haslund.info.Retrieved2 September2009.Archived
- ^Henrik Haslund."DBUs Landspokalturnering 1990/91 - Deltagere".haslund.info.Retrieved2 September2009.Archived
- ^Team Egedal styregruppen."Team Egedal et klubsamarbejde i talentudvikling".Ølstykke Fodbold Club.Retrieved2 September2009.Archived
- ^abJesper Helmin (27 December 2008)."Stenløse afviser FC Egedal".bold.dk.Retrieved2 September2009.Archived
- ^Søren Houlind (9 May 2009)."DBU godkender FC Egedal".bold.dk.Retrieved2 September2009.Archived
- ^abBestyrelsesformand Peter Nørris Dalsgaard (30 July 2009)."FC Egedal trækker sig fra dansk topfodbold".Ølstykke Fodbold A/S.Retrieved2 September2009.Archived
- ^Pierre Vendelboe (12 September 2008)."Ølstykke: Samarbejde den eneste vej".bold.dk.Retrieved2 September2009.Archived
- ^Jesper Helmin (18 December 2008)."FC Egedal ser dagens lys".bold.dk.Retrieved2 September2009.Archived
- ^Jepser Helmin (6 August 2009)."Vemodigt farvel i Ølstykke".bold.dk.Retrieved2 September2009.Archived
- ^Forhenværende bestyrelsesformand Peter Nørris Dalsgaard (9 August 2009)."Efterskrift om Ølstykke Fodbold A/S".Ølstykke Fodbold A/S.Retrieved2 September2009.Archived
- ^Jesper Helmin (3 August 2009)."FC Egedal i nye problemer".bold.dk.Retrieved2 September2009.Archived
- ^Kenneth Tanzer (11 February 2011)."Fodboldklubber lægges sammen".lokalavisen.dk.Lokalavisen.Retrieved23 July2020.
External links
edit- Official website(in Danish)