Taastrup FC

Taastrup FC is an association football club based in the town of Taastrup, Denmark, that competes in the Denmark Series, the fourth tier of the Danish football league system. The club is affiliated to DBU Zealand which is part of the Danish Football Union, and plays its home matches at Taastrup Idratspark where it has been based since its establishment.

History

Foundation

The decision to establish a superstructure between the men's teams of the football departments in Tastrup B.70 and Taastrup IK 90 (TIK 90) was made in the autumn of 2001, which meant that the clubs' teams would go under the name of Taastrup FC in a competitive context from the 2001–02 season. The cooperation committee responsible for the merger were 10 appointed members each from Tastrup B.70 and Tastrup IK 90.

Other clubs in Hoje-Taastrup Municipality opted for the opportunity to join the superstructure and the football department in Hoje-Taastrup Idratsforening (HTI) was initially also enthusiastic about the prospects of joining the merger, but ultimately chose not to participate further in the project. The background for the collaboration was a common desire for more competitive successes in the two clubs, whose respective first teams at the time were in the seventh best tier of Danish football. B.70, however, secured promotion from Series 1, the second-highest regional level, at the end of the 2001 season, which meant that Taastrup FC could start its existence in the Zealand Series in 2002 on B.70's playing license as the highest ranking of the parent clubs' senior teams. Between the two clubs, Taastrup IK 90's football department had the best historic achievements, with their participation in the then third best tier of the Danish football league system (Danish 3rd Division East) in periods from 1967 to 1973.

The partial merger went through a trial-period of four years before the two boards decided in the autumn of 2005 – after preliminary success – to implement