Esbjerg fB

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Esbjerg fB

Full name	Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber
Short name	EfB
Founded	23 July 1924
Ground	Blue Water Arena, Esbjerg (Capacity: 18,000)
Chairman	Jørgen L. Jensen
Manager	Ove Pedersen
League	Danish Superliga
2007-08	Danish Superliga, 7th
Home colours Away colours

Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber (EfB) is a Danish football club from the port city of Esbjerg. They play in the Danish Superliga. The club was formed in 1924, as a merger between Esbjerg Boldklub af 1898 and Esbjerg Amatørklub af 1911.

The main sponsor is Frøs Herreds Sparrekasse, and away colour sponsor is Telesikring a/s. The club's kit sponsor is Umbro.

The club is known to apply a very attacking style of play, and are generally unwilling to compromise their style of play with their ambitions in the league. This can be seen in their league results, as the club usually is the most scoring team in the league, and as a result of this, also one of the teams that concede the most goals.

Contents 1 Honours 2 Achievements 3 Current squad 4 Staff 5 Recent history 6 Former Coaches 7 External links

[edit] Honours

• Danish championship
  • Champions (5): 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965 and 1979.
  • Silver (3): 1956, 1968 and 1978.
  • Bronze (2): 1977 and 2004.
• Danish Cup
  • Winners (2): 1964 and 1976.
  • Lost Finals (6): 1957, 1962, 1978, 1985, 2006, and 2008.

[edit] Achievements

• 45 seasons in the Highest Danish League
• 24 seasons in the Second Highest Danish League
• 5 seasons in the Third Highest Danish League

[edit] Current squad

Up to date as of 2009-06-11.

No. Position Player 1 GK Lucas Hradecky 2 DF Kian Hansen 3 DF Alexander Östlund 4 DF Adrian Cann 5 MF Andrew Ornoch 6 MF Mikael Rynell 7 MF Jesper Jørgensen 8 MF Martin Fribrock 9 FW Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson 10 FW Tim Janssen 11 MF Peter Nymann 12 FW Emmanuel Ukpai 13 DF Kevin Conboy 14 FW Jones Kusi-Asare

No. Position Player 15 DF Andreas Klarström 16 GK Lars Winde 17 FW Kevin Bechmann Timm 18 MF Jeppe Mehl 20 FW Kennie Chopart 21 DF Fredrik Björck (captain) 22 FW Jesper Lange 23 DF Joakim Steiness 24 DF Nicolai Høgh 25 DF Niels-Peter Mørck 26 MF Mikkel Vendelbo 27 MF Phil Younghusband 29 MF Sune Gundersen 31 MF Søren Rieks 32 FW Martin Braithwaite

[edit] Staff

Head Coach: Ove Pedersen

Ass. Coach: Michael Pedersen

Team Chef: Jess Thorup

Goalkeeper Coach: Kaj Stefansen

Advisor: Allan Jensen

Caretaker: Kaj Schmidt

Masseur: Patrick McTeigue

Physioterapeut: Bo Larsen

Kit Manager: Uwe Jürgensen

[edit] Recent history

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Notes
2000-2001	1D	1	30	19	8	3	79	29	65	5th round	promoted
2001-2002	SL	7	33	13	6	14	42	44	45	Semifinal
2002-2003	SL	5	33	12	11	10	65	57	47	Quarterfinal
2003-2004	SL	3	33	18	8	7	71	44	62	5th round
2004-2005	SL	5	33	13	10	10	61	47	49	5th round
2005-2006	SL	6	33	12	6	15	43	45	42	Runner-up
2006-2007	SL	7	33	10	10	13	46	51	40	4th round
2007-2008	SL	7	33	13	6	14	59	54	45	Runner-up

[edit] Former Coaches

• Troels Bech
• Viggo Jensen

[edit] External links

• Official website (Danish pages)

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