Marienlyst

Boldklubben Marienlyst, commonly known as BK Marienlyst, Marienlyst, or BM, is an association football club based in Odense, 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 Funen football association. The team plays its home matches at Marienlystcentret, which has a capacity of 1,200. The club recognises itself as the "eternal Funen Series club", and has only played a few season in the higher divisions.

The volleyball department is one of the best of its kind in Denmark, winning 9 Danish championships.

History

Early history

Boldklubben Marienlyst was founded in 1922, and it is thus Odense's fifth oldest still existing football club, after OB, B 1909, B 1913 and Odense KFUM. The founders were boys playing association football at Marienlystgade (now Marienlystvej) and surrounding streets, and they named the club after the street in the Skibhus district.

The club's first pitch was a newly harvested field next to a grocery store on Skibhusvej 242. Dressing took place in open air. The players' kits were – regardless of the weather – hung in a bushes and trees.

The club's first clubhouse was an ice cream parlour. In 1923, the board gave one of the members, Svend Zachariasen, permission to erect an ice cream parlour for an annual payment of DKK 110. Soda and homemade ice cream were sold there. Isboden Marienlyst was written on a small sign above the serving hatch. The first real clubhouse with a small changing room was built in 1924 by voluntary labour. The clubhouse and the pitch were located on the corner plot of Skibhusvej / Drejogade, where Marienlund Nursing Home was later built.

In 1928, Marienlyst had a pitch and clubhouse on the opposite side of Skibhusvej, by Sandhusvej, which became the club's home ground for almost half a century. The entrance to the railway facility was initially next to Skibhusvej, and on the long side by Sandhusvej