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| Full name | Vejle Boldklub | ||
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| Nickname(s) | De Røde (The Reds) Jyllands Rubin (Ruby of Jutland) | ||
| Short name | VB | ||
| Founded | 3 May 1891[1] | ||
| Ground | Vejle Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 11,060 (7,567 seated) | ||
| Owner | Andrei Zolotko | ||
| Chairman | Veaceslav Zolotko | ||
| Head Coach | Mihai Teja | ||
| League | Danish Superliga | ||
| 2023–24 | Danish Superliga, 9th of 12 | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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VB (Vejle Boldklub) is a Danish professional football club based in Vejle in Jutland. Formed in 1891, the club is one of the most successful clubs in Danish football history, having won the Danish championship five times and the Danish cup title six times.
VB is famous for being the only Danish club to develop a European Footballer of the Year winner in Allan Simonsen who won it in 1977. The club is also famous for developing several international players such as Thomas Gravesen, Tommy Troelsen, Ulrik le Fevre, and John Sivebæk. On the European stage, Vejle Boldklub has played in the UEFA Champions League in 1972–73, 1973–74, 1979–80, and 1985–86. VB has also participated in the UEFA Cup Winners Cup and the UEFA Cup three times each. VB's most memorable moments in Europe so far has been reaching the UEFA Cup Winners Cup Quarter-finals in 1977–78, facing HNK Hajduk Split in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 in 1979–80, and beating Real Betis 1–0 in the first leg of the 1st round of the 1998–99 UEFA Cup tournament.
The club is based in the northern part of the city with the club's homeground being Vejle Stadium built in 2008. The stadium is located in Nørreskoven (the northern forest) which VB has called home since 1922. The club has played in red shirts and white shorts since 1911. The main rivals of Vejle Boldklub are AGF and AC Horsens.
On 28 June 2016, Vejle Boldklub got new ownership. Moldovan Andrew Zolotko took over the majority of shares in the club, while Klaus Eskildsen kept the remaining shares. Andrew Zolotko himself has been club chairman since 2017. In addition to the two owners – Zolotko and Eskildsen – the club's match record holder Gert E.g. also sits on the board.
- ^ "Historien – Vejle Boldklub". vejle-boldklub.dk (in Danish). Vejle Boldklub. Archived from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.