Esbo Bollklubb

Esbo Bollklubb (EBK) was founded in 1940 as a football club for the city of Espoo in Finland. In the past the club participated in more sports, but in recent years has specialised in football. EBK's men's team plays in Kolmonen Section 1 of Helsinki and Uusimaa. At its pinnacle the men's team played in the Kakkonen [Third level] in the years 1989–91. The women's team played in women's SM-series in 1993 and 1994. EBK caters for a range of age groups for boys and girls teams.

Esbo Bollklubb

Full name	Esbo Bollklubb
Nickname	EBK
Founded	1940
Ground	Keski-Espoon Urheilukeskus Espoo Finland
Chairman	Juha Pylkkö
Coach	Ilir Zeneli
League	Kakkonen
2023	1st – Kolmonen (Etelä) – Section 1
Home colours Away colours

The club's greatest competitive success was in the Finnish Cup in 1995. EBK is Espoo's oldest team.

Season to season

Season	Level	Division	Section	Administration	Position	Movements
1993	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)	Section 2	Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Helsinki)	12th	Relegated
1994	Tier 5	Nelonen (Fourth Division)	Group 3	Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Helsinki)	1st	Promoted
1995	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)	Section 1	Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Helsinki)	5th
1996	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)	Section 2	Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Helsinki)	3rd
1997	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)	Section 1	Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Helsinki)	5th
1998	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)	Section 1	Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Helsinki)	7th
1999	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)	Section 1	Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Helsinki)	7th
2000	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)	Section 1	Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Helsinki)	8th
2001	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)	Section 1	Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)	4th
2002	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)	Section 2	Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)	1st	Play-offs
2003	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)	Section 1	Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)	4th
2004	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)	Section 1	Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)	4th
2005	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)	Section 1	Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)	4th
2006	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)	Section 1	Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)	4th
2007	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)	Section 1	Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)	10th
2008	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)	Section 1	Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)	3rd
2009	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)	Section 1	Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)	2nd
2010	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)	Section 1	Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)	7th
2011	Tier 5	Nelonen (Fourth Division)	Group 1	Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)	2nd
2012	Tier 5	Nelonen (Fourth Division)	Group 1	Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)	1st	Promoted
2013	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)	Group 2	Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)	9th
2014	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)	Group 1	Helsinki & Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)	11th	Relegated
2015	Tier 5	Nelonen (Fourth Division)	Group 1	Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)	5th
2016	Tier 5	Nelonen (Fourth Division)	Group 1	Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)	2nd	Promotion Playoff
2017	Tier 5	Nelonen (Fourth Division)	Group 2	Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)	7th
2018	Tier 5	Nelonen (Fourth Division)	Group 1	Uusimaa (SPL Uusimaa)	10th	Relegated
2019	Tier 6	Vitonen (Fifth Division)	Group 2	South (SPL Etelä)	1st	Promoted
2020	Tier 5	Nelonen (Fourth Division)	Group 1	South (SPL Etelä)	1st	Promoted
2021	Tier 4	Kolmonen (Third Division)	Group A	South (SPL Etelä)	2nd

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2020 season

For the 2020 season EBK competed in Section 1 (Lohko 1) of the Kolmonen administered by the Uusimaa SPL. This is the fourth highest tier in the Finnish football system. In 2009, EBK finished in 2nd position in Section 1 of the Kolmonen.

EBK's presidents

Tor Petrell (1940) Alf Lindholm (1941–45) Torsten Rein (1946) Nils-Erik Ekman (1947–48) Karl Weckström (1949) Nils-Erik Ekman (1950) Tor Petrell (1951–52) Lars Schönberg (1953) Balder Weckström (1954) Georg Cederqvist (1955–63) Stig Hasselström (1964–67) Lars Holmberg (1968) Rolf Mattsson (1969–75)

Arto Nikulainen (1976) Leif Kumlin (1977–78) Lars Lakanen (1979–82) Pål-Olof Björklund (1983–85) Mauri Salonen (1986–89) Håkan Sundström (1990–92) Tapio Kortelainen (1993) Hannu Hirvonen (1994) Esa Martonen (1995–97) Erkki Lavanti (1998–00) Jukka Serpola (2001) Jaana Antikainen (2002) Matti Kumpulainen (2003–)