Allerod FK

Allerod Fodbold Klub is an association football club based in Lillerod, Denmark, that competes in the Denmark Series, the fourth tier of the Danish football league system. Founded in 1922, it is affiliated to the regional DBU Zealand football association. The team plays its home matches at Allerod Idratspark, which has a capacity of 2,000.

Founded as Lillerod IF on 12 July 1927, the club was a part of the first Danish Cup tournament in 1955, and made two further cup appearances in 1983 and 1991. On 1 January 2004, the club changed its name to Allerod FK.

History

Early decades

Around 1918–20, Lillerod Boldklub was founded, mainly featuring men's and women's gymnastics. In 1927, the various associations merged and formed Lillerod Idratsforening (Lillerod IF). The club had a joint board, which looked after the interests of all sport disciplines.

As there was high unemployment at the time, the parish council used, as an aid to the club, one of the many crisis laws where one could receive state subsidies for school sports grounds. Grants were sought on the grounds that the pitch was also to be used as a sports track for the local school (Lillerod School). This was granted and in 1934 the pitch was ready and the clubhouse was built at the end of what would later be called V. Heisesvej. For the next 19 years, Lillerod Idratsforening was responsible for the maintenance of the grounds and the clubhouse. To secure a regular income, a football match was organised every summer where the city's bourgeoisie played against each other.

In 1951, Lillerod Municipality took over the pitches and clubhouse and the club was thus exempted from bearing the costs of maintenance. At Lillerod IF's general assembly on 28 January 1953 held at Lillerod School, a proposal was adopted to divide the sports club into subdivisions with their own board and a main board consisting of a representative from each subdivision. The adoption of the proposal meant that extraordinary general a