Tarnby FF

Tarnby Fodbold Forening (Danish pronunciation: [ˈtsʰɒˀnˌpyˀ]; commonly known as Tarnby FF), is a Danish association football club based in Vestamager, Copenhagen, Denmark, that competes in the Denmark Series, the fourth tier of the Danish football league system. Founded in 2004, the club is affiliated to DBU Copenhagen. The team plays its home matches at Vestamager Idratsanlag, where it has been based since its foundation.

History

Formation

The club was founded on 29 October 2004 as a breakaway club by a group of former members of Tarnby Boldklub, who on the lower ranked senior teams felt overlooked due to the club's strong focus on youth football and the then superstructure project Amager United. Virtually the entire Tarnby Boldklub Series 3 (eight tier) team – as well as a number of players from other teams – moved to the newly formed club, which was founded with the aim of combining a good social cohesion with sporting results.

The club was admitted as a football club in Kobenhavns Boldspil-Union (KBU) and Kobenhavns Fodbold-Dommerklub (KFD) on 20 January 2005. The new football club had no facilities to offer members from the start, but was awarded its first home ground at Klovermarkens Idratsanlag. However, there was no opportunity for football training, which only consisted of a run on a circuit with start and finish at Kastrup Swimming Pool, where the players also had their dressing rooms. Only when it became recognised as an official club by Tarnby Municipality on 11 March 2005, the new team was allocated to Pilegardsskolen's pitch with smaller club room, which would later become known as Grotten ("the cave") available in the northwestern section of the school. The club room was renovated during the winter break before the 2006 season with tables, couches, various entertainment and a small room for clothes and equipment.

After the difficult start-up phase, where i.a. the club's new home ground was closed for the winter during a period,