U19 PARTICIPANTS
U19 PARTICIPANTS 2024
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Founded: 1887
Club colors: White / Blue
Home stadium: Nature Energy Park
Previous participations: 1 (winner 2022)
Successes: 3 x Danish champion, 5 x Danish Cup winner
Famous players: Stefan Wessels, Dan Petersen, Allan Nielsen, Roy Carroll
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The city
Odense is a large city on the Danish island of Funen. It has a population of
around 180,000 and is consequently the third largest city in Denmark. The
natives are known as Odenseaner since the River Odense A runs through
the town. It is connected to Odense Fjord via the Odense Canal. The city was
mentioned in a document for the first time in 988. The city, which lies 13
metres above sea level, was officially founded in 1355. This city in
Scandinavia has a lot of tourist attractions. These include numerous
museums as well as the Gothic cathedral the church of St Knud which dates
back to the 14th century. Shipbuilding, electrical engineering, textile and
food industries are located in Odense and include the electric motor
manufacturer Thirge Titan, Albani Breweries and Odense Marcipan. In
addition to this the city hosts the headquarters of Second Danish Television
TV 2. In 2017 Mark Zuckerberg announced that the eighth Facebook
computing centre was to be built in Odense. Odense Airport lies about 12
kilometres from the City. Moreover the city is a way station for the intercity
train between Copenhagen and Jutland. The leading football club in the city
is the Superliga club Odense BK. The H.C. Anderson marathon has been
staged since 2000 and is one of the major marathons in Scandinavia.
The club
Odense BK are triple Danish champions (1977, 1982 and 1989). Furthermore
the club won the Danish cup five times; most recently they achieved this in
2007. As a result of the championship titles it is no surprise that the club
have had their best years between 1975 and 1990. Thereafter the club was
relegated to the second division in 1998. Following the immediate return of
the club to the higher division they achieved two more cup wins. The club
have virtually played continuously in the top Danish division. The club has
also been present at international level. OB achieved their greatest
international success in the 1994/95 season. After only having started in the
UEFA cup via the qualifiers, OB ejected the 1st FC Kaiserslautern out of the
competition in the second round by virtue of a single away goal more. More
recently the club could be found in the group stage of the 2011/12 UEFA
Europa League. In recent years the club did not achieve any good placings,
being in midfield for most of the time.
Odense BK
Denmark
Tournament Winner 2022