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.

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Esbo Bollklubb

Full name	Esbo Bollklubb
Nickname(s)	EBK
Founded	1940
Ground	Keski-Espoon Urheilukeskus Espoo Finland
Chairman	Matti Kumpulainen
Coach	Xhevdet Gela
League	Kolmonen
2009	2nd – Kolmonen (Helsinki and Uusimaa) – 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 [1] 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–) References "Finland football". External links Official website Suomen Cup EBK Facebook Xhevdet Gela at EBK's homepage This article about a Finnish football club is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v t e