Esbjerg Forenede Boldklubber Elitefodbold A/S

Public limited companyCVR 15619376EsbjergActive

Esbjerg Forenede Boldklubber Elitefodbold A/S is a public limited company, based in Esbjerg, active in activities of sports clubs, founded in 1991. The company made a loss in both 2024 and 2025, most recently DKK 2.5m. With 106 employees, the company is about 6 times larger than the industry median. Gross profit is higher than that of 90% of the companies in the industry in the database.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 28.5m+6.1% vs. 2024
Net profit−DKK 2.5m+68.8% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 5.1m+234.1% vs. 2024
Employees106latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit rose 6% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 28.5m.
  • The loss got smaller: from DKK 8.2m to DKK 2.5m (2024 → 2025).
  • Equity turned positive again: DKK 5.1m (2024 → 2025).

Employees

  • 14 more employees than a year earlier: 106 (08/2026) against 92 (08/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Allan Linneberg-Agerholm (ceo, 01/03/2025) and Rasmus Lundager Heide (board member, 24/03/2025).
  • Stepped down: Søren Copsø (board member, 24/03/2025) and Jens Hammer Sørensen (director, 28/02/2025).
  • New owners registered: Esbjerg 1924 A/S (15/12/2025).
  • No longer registered as owner: Arena Esbjerg A/S (15/12/2025).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Activities of sports clubs (931200)

Calculated from the latest two annual reports in sequence and from registrations in CVR. A figure that is missing in either year gives no line, and we derive no figures.

Financial statements

Financial years 2020–2025 · amounts in DKK thousand

Equity and net profit

−DKK 30m−DKK 20m−DKK 10mDKK 0DKK 10mDKK 20mDKK 30mDKK 40m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Esbjerg Forenede Boldklubber Elitefodbold A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit51,35733,76412,57013,81426,89928,549+6.1%
Operating profit (EBIT)2,416−11,585−28,870−22,386−8,128−2,552+68.6%
Profit before tax–––––−2,703–
Net profit2,082−12,224−29,314−22,678−8,180−2,549+68.8%
Total assets49,47963,62630,08915,91515,51223,423+51%
Equity14,11244,38815,074−7,604−3,7845,073+234.1%
Liabilities35,36719,23815,01523,51919,29618,350−4.9%
Cash and cash equivalents28,41843,88017,3265,4162,0496,064+195.9%
Average number of employees576468626257−8.1%

Source: annual reports filed with the Danish Business Authority (XBRL). Figures for the company (not the group); change is the latest year against the year before. “–” means the figure is not stated in the annual report. Revenue is not stated for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025: smaller companies may omit it, and we do not derive it from other figures.

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Gross profitMedian, the industry (117 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures
  • Loss for 5 years in a row

    Net result has been negative in 2021–2025.

    How is this calculated?

    Net result is negative in the two or more latest annual reports in a row.

The signals are rules applied to the figures in the annual reports. They are not an assessment or credit rating of the company. See Data and method.

Annual reports

6 financial years
Annual reports for Esbjerg Forenede Boldklubber Elitefodbold A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202526/03/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202425/03/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202310/05/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202231/05/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202118/03/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202021/04/2021The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

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Employees

Position in the industry

117 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in activities of sports clubs based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 28.5mNo. 12 of 113
Better than 90% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 5.1mNo. 21 of 117
Better than 83% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees106No. 15 of 117
Better than 88% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 3.8m, net profit −DKK 163k, equity DKK 369k, 17 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 869kDKK 7.6mDKK 65.7mDKK 277.7mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 106 companies in the industry (latest financial year, logarithmic scale). Amber bar: where this company sits.

Compared with similar companies

size, age and company form
Rank among similar companies
GroupGross profitEquity
Companies with 50–199 employees4,467 companies in the comparison
No. 2,837of 4,412
Better than 36%
No. 3,333of 4,466
Better than 25%
Same industry and 50–199 employees18 companies in the comparison
No. 9of 18
Better than 53%
No. 11of 18
Better than 41%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 2,203of 10,152
Better than 78%
No. 6,159of 10,275
Better than 40%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 4,544of 17,786
Better than 74%
No. 11,431of 18,024
Better than 37%

The rank is calculated among companies in the database with a figure for the latest financial year, and is shown only for groups of at least ten companies.

Compare with the industry

Activities of sports clubs
Gross profit
  1. Esbjerg Forenede Boldklubber Elitefodbold A/SDKK 28.5m
  2. F.C. København P/SDKK 570.9m
  3. FC Nordsjælland A/SDKK 460.8m
Net profit
  1. Esbjerg Forenede Boldklubber Elitefodbold A/S−DKK 2.5m
  2. F.C. København P/SDKK 53.2m
  3. FC Nordsjælland A/SDKK 209.2m
Equity
  1. Esbjerg Forenede Boldklubber Elitefodbold A/SDKK 5.1m
  2. F.C. København P/SDKK 510.1m
  3. FC Nordsjælland A/SDKK 447.4m
Employees
  1. Esbjerg Forenede Boldklubber Elitefodbold A/S106
  2. F.C. København P/S412
  3. FC Nordsjælland A/S391

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Esbjerg 1924 A/S100%
Esbjerg Forenede Boldklubber Elitefodbold A/S

Management

5 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Esbjerg Forenede Boldklubber Elitefodbold A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Allan Linneberg-AgerholmCEO01/03/2025

Board of directors

Board of directors at Esbjerg Forenede Boldklubber Elitefodbold A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Kenneth Sandal HagelskjærDeputy chair03/05/2024
Flemming Nyenstad EnevoldsenChair of the board03/05/2024
Søren Andersen KinnerupBoard member03/05/2024
Rasmus Lundager HeideBoard member24/03/2025
Founders
Ligrema Ii af 1991 ApS
Former management (51)
Former management at Esbjerg Forenede Boldklubber Elitefodbold A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Poul Jørn PetersenDirector18/10/199113/11/1996
Viggo DresingDirector18/10/199122/05/1992
Palle Guldager KristensenDirector13/11/199613/01/1998
Bent Frede FrandsenBoard member07/11/199713/01/1998
John Søgaard LarsenBoard member07/11/199703/03/1999
Palle Guldager KristensenBoard member07/11/199705/06/2016
John Riis AndersenBoard member13/01/199827/03/2012
John Riis AndersenDirector13/01/199801/09/1998
Jørgen Lauridsen JensenChair of the board13/01/199827/03/2012
Henning UthBoard member13/01/199811/03/2003
Flemming AndersenBoard member03/03/199901/03/2000
Jørgen Andreas HansenBoard member01/03/200009/03/2006
Torben SørensenBoard member11/03/200317/03/2010
Niels-Erik SøndergårdDirector01/12/200520/09/2011
Kim Steen NielsenBoard member09/03/200613/05/2009
Michael Zøhner-PedersenCEO01/04/200806/02/2009
Søren PoulsenCEO06/02/200931/08/2016
Søren CopsøBoard member13/05/200907/04/2021
Flemming HaahrBoard member17/03/201006/06/2016
Leif Tjørnelund ThomsenChair of the board27/03/201206/06/2016
Ole Juul JørgensenBoard member27/03/201218/03/2019
Johnny NimBoard member27/03/201206/07/2016
Kristoffer Jarl KristensenDeputy chair12/04/201205/06/2016
Kent Ernst HansenChief financial officer11/02/201426/02/2015
Kristoffer Jarl KristensenChair of the board06/06/201605/03/2020
Palle Guldager KristensenDeputy chair06/06/201604/03/2020
Hans Peter RasmussenCEO31/08/201616/01/2017
Dan Mose AndersenCEO16/01/201716/10/2017
Allan Eggers ØstergaardBoard member19/04/201707/04/2021
Brian Bo KnudsenCEO16/10/201714/08/2021
Peter Kirk LarsenBoard member18/03/201905/03/2020
Torben PorsholdtBoard member05/03/202007/04/2021
Palle Guldager KristensenChair of the board05/03/202006/04/2021
Henrik Bisgaard JensenBoard member05/03/202017/03/2022
Palle Guldager KristensenDeputy chair07/04/202121/06/2023
Michael Fredric KaltChair of the board07/04/202101/06/2023
Paul Matthew ConwayBoard member07/04/202123/02/2024
Chien LeeBoard member07/04/202123/02/2024
Jens Hammer SørensenCEO14/08/202123/02/2024
Søren CopsøBoard member17/03/202223/02/2024
Palle Guldager KristensenChair of the board22/06/202323/02/2024
Søren Christensen VolderReconstruction administrator23/02/202425/03/2024
Søren CopsøBoard member25/03/202408/04/2024
Palle Guldager KristensenChair of the board25/03/202408/04/2024
Jens Hammer SørensenCEO25/03/202408/04/2024
Paul Matthew ConwayBoard member25/03/202408/04/2024
Chien LeeBoard member25/03/202408/04/2024
Søren Christensen VolderReconstruction administrator08/04/202403/05/2024
Jan Bruun JørgensenReconstruction administrator08/04/202403/05/2024
Søren CopsøBoard member03/05/202424/03/2025
Jens Hammer SørensenDirector03/05/202428/02/2025

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Address and production units

1 active production units

Gl Vardevej 82
6700 Esbjerg

Esbjerg Municipality · Postcode 6700

Other companies at the address (4)

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
ESBJERG FORENEDE BOLDKLUBBER ELITEFODBOLD A/SGl Vardevej 82, 6700 Esbjerg1061000951338

Purpose

Aktieselskabets formål er at drive den del af Esbjerg forenede Boldklubbers virksomhed, der vedrører betalt fodbold, og således med de kontraktansatte spillere at deltage i nationale turneringer, hvor sådanne spillere er spilleberettigede samt i internationale turneringer, eventuelt sammen med ikke-betalte spillere fra Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber, anden betalt sportsaktivitet, udlejning og drift af konferencelokaler, salg i forbindelse med gennemførelse af sportsaktiviteter samt i øvrigt dermed i forbindelse stående virksomhed.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

158 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20258 changesownership 2 · accounts 1 · management 4 · industry 1
  • Esbjerg 1924 A/S registered as owner (100%)
  • Arena Esbjerg A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Rasmus Lundager Heide appointed board member
  • Søren Copsø stepped down as board member
  • Allan Linneberg-Agerholm appointed ceo
  • Jens Hammer Sørensen stepped down as director
  • Industry changed to Activities of sports clubs (931200)
202429 changesaccounts 1 · status 4 · capital 1 · management 20 · ownership 3
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Status changed to active
  • Share capital changed from 56,612,244 DKK to 1,000,000 DKK
  • Flemming Nyenstad Enevoldsen appointed chair of the board
  • Kenneth Sandal Hagelskjær appointed deputy chair
  • Jens Hammer Sørensen appointed director
  • Søren Andersen Kinnerup appointed board member
  • Søren Copsø appointed board member
  • Arena Esbjerg A/S registered as owner (100%)
  • CLAUS SØRENSENS FOND HOLDING A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • Esbjerg Investment Limited is no longer registered as owner
  • Status changed to under reconstruction
  • Søren Copsø stepped down as board member
  • Chien Lee stepped down as board member
  • Paul Matthew Conway stepped down as board member
  • Jens Hammer Sørensen stepped down as ceo
  • Palle Guldager Kristensen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Status changed to active
  • Søren Copsø appointed board member
  • Chien Lee appointed board member
  • Paul Matthew Conway appointed board member
  • Jens Hammer Sørensen appointed ceo
  • Palle Guldager Kristensen appointed chair of the board
  • Status changed to under reconstruction
  • Palle Guldager Kristensen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Søren Copsø stepped down as board member
  • Jens Hammer Sørensen stepped down as ceo
  • Chien Lee stepped down as board member
  • Paul Matthew Conway stepped down as board member
20234 changesmanagement 3 · accounts 1
  • Palle Guldager Kristensen appointed chair of the board
  • Palle Guldager Kristensen stepped down as deputy chair
  • Michael Fredric Kalt stepped down as chair of the board
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20223 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Søren Copsø appointed board member
  • Henrik Bisgaard Jensen stepped down as board member
202122 changesmanagement 10 · accounts 1 · capital 2 · ownership 9
  • Jens Hammer Sørensen appointed ceo
  • Brian Bo Knudsen stepped down as ceo
  • Annual report for 2020 published
  • Michael Fredric Kalt appointed chair of the board
  • Chien Lee appointed board member
  • Paul Matthew Conway appointed board member
  • Palle Guldager Kristensen appointed deputy chair
  • Torben Porsholdt stepped down as board member
  • Allan Eggers Østergaard stepped down as board member
  • Søren Copsø stepped down as board member
  • Palle Guldager Kristensen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Share capital changed from 53,612,244 DKK to 56,612,244 DKK
  • CLAUS SØRENSENS FOND HOLDING A/S registered as owner (15%)
  • CLAUS SØRENSENS FOND HOLDING A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • Share capital changed from 48,806,250 DKK to 53,612,244 DKK
  • CLAUS SØRENSENS FOND HOLDING A/S registered as owner (20%)
  • Esbjerg Investment Limited registered as owner (50%)
  • HOFFMANN ESBJERG HOLDING A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • RM GROUP HOLDING A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • JILL & JOY A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • VIKING LIFE-SAVING EQUIPMENT A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • CLAUS SØRENSENS FOND HOLDING A/S is no longer registered as owner
20207 changesmanagement 6 · address 1
  • Palle Guldager Kristensen appointed chair of the board
  • Henrik Bisgaard Jensen appointed board member
  • Torben Porsholdt appointed board member
  • Peter Kirk Larsen stepped down as board member
  • Kristoffer Jarl Kristensen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Palle Guldager Kristensen stepped down as deputy chair
  • Moved to Gl Vardevej 82, 6700 Esbjerg
20192 changesmanagement 2
  • Peter Kirk Larsen appointed board member
  • Ole Juul Jørgensen stepped down as board member
20175 changesmanagement 5
  • Brian Bo Knudsen appointed ceo
  • Dan Mose Andersen stepped down as ceo
  • Allan Eggers Østergaard appointed board member
  • Dan Mose Andersen appointed ceo
  • Hans Peter Rasmussen stepped down as ceo
201612 changescapital 1 · management 9 · ownership 2
  • Share capital changed from 45,758,000 DKK to 48,806,250 DKK
  • Hans Peter Rasmussen appointed ceo
  • Søren Poulsen stepped down as ceo
  • HOFFMANN ESBJERG HOLDING A/S registered as owner (10%)
  • HOFFMANN CAPITAL A/S is no longer registered as owner
  • Johnny Nim stepped down as board member
  • Palle Guldager Kristensen appointed deputy chair
  • Kristoffer Jarl Kristensen appointed chair of the board
  • Leif Tjørnelund Thomsen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Flemming Haahr stepped down as board member
  • Kristoffer Jarl Kristensen stepped down as deputy chair
  • Palle Guldager Kristensen stepped down as board member
20151 changemanagement 1
  • Kent Ernst Hansen stepped down as chief financial officer
20141 changemanagement 1
  • Kent Ernst Hansen appointed chief financial officer
20131 changeownership 1
  • CLAUS SØRENSENS FOND HOLDING A/S registered as owner (5%)
20126 changesmanagement 6
  • Kristoffer Jarl Kristensen appointed deputy chair
  • Leif Tjørnelund Thomsen appointed chair of the board
  • Johnny Nim appointed board member
  • Ole Juul Jørgensen appointed board member
  • Jørgen Lauridsen Jensen stepped down as chair of the board
  • John Riis Andersen stepped down as board member
20117 changesownership 4 · capital 2 · management 1
  • RM GROUP HOLDING A/S registered as owner (5%)
  • Share capital changed from 13,721,750 DKK to 45,758,000 DKK
  • JILL & JOY A/S registered as owner (5%)
  • HOFFMANN CAPITAL A/S registered as owner (10%)
  • VIKING LIFE-SAVING EQUIPMENT A/S registered as owner (10%)
  • Share capital changed from 27,443,500 DKK to 13,721,750 DKK
  • Niels-Erik Søndergård stepped down as director
20105 changescapital 2 · management 2 · address 1
  • Share capital changed from 27,293,500 DKK to 27,443,500 DKK
  • Flemming Haahr appointed board member
  • Torben Sørensen stepped down as board member
  • Share capital changed from 22,543,500 DKK to 27,293,500 DKK
  • Moved to Gl Vardevej 82, 6700 Esbjerg
20095 changescapital 1 · management 4
  • Share capital changed from 14,240,000 DKK to 22,543,500 DKK
  • Søren Copsø appointed board member
  • Kim Steen Nielsen stepped down as board member
  • Søren Poulsen appointed ceo
  • Michael Zøhner-Pedersen stepped down as ceo
20083 changescapital 1 · management 1 · industry 1
  • Share capital changed from 13,731,000 DKK to 14,240,000 DKK
  • Michael Zøhner-Pedersen appointed ceo
  • Industry changed to Activities of sports clubs (931200)
20063 changescapital 1 · management 2
  • Share capital changed from 10,125,000 DKK to 13,731,000 DKK
  • Kim Steen Nielsen appointed board member
  • Jørgen Andreas Hansen stepped down as board member
20051 changemanagement 1
  • Niels-Erik Søndergård appointed director
20032 changesmanagement 2
  • Torben Sørensen appointed board member
  • Henning Uth stepped down as board member
20012 changescapital 2
  • Share capital changed from 4,625,000 DKK to 10,125,000 DKK
  • Share capital changed from 9,250,000 DKK to 4,625,000 DKK
20002 changesmanagement 2
  • Jørgen Andreas Hansen appointed board member
  • Flemming Andersen stepped down as board member
19993 changescapital 1 · management 2
  • Share capital changed from 5,400,000 DKK to 9,250,000 DKK
  • Flemming Andersen appointed board member
  • John Søgaard Larsen stepped down as board member
199811 changesmanagement 7 · capital 2 · name 2
  • John Riis Andersen stepped down as director
  • Share capital changed from 500,000 DKK to 5,400,000 DKK
  • Name changed from EFB ELITE A/S to ESBJERG FORENEDE BOLDKLUBBER ELITEFODBOLD A/S
  • John Riis Andersen appointed director
  • Henning Uth appointed board member
  • Jørgen Lauridsen Jensen appointed chair of the board
  • John Riis Andersen appointed board member
  • Bent Frede Frandsen stepped down as board member
  • Palle Guldager Kristensen stepped down as director
  • Name changed from EFB ELITE ApS to EFB ELITE A/S
  • Share capital changed from 250,000 DKK to 500,000 DKK
19973 changesmanagement 3
  • Bent Frede Frandsen appointed board member
  • Palle Guldager Kristensen appointed board member
  • John Søgaard Larsen appointed board member
19965 changescapital 2 · name 1 · management 2
  • Share capital changed from 125,000 DKK to 250,000 DKK
  • Name changed from ÅÆØ 466 ApS to EFB ELITE ApS
  • Share capital changed from 80,000 DKK to 125,000 DKK
  • Palle Guldager Kristensen appointed director
  • Poul Jørn Petersen stepped down as director
19921 changemanagement 1
  • Viggo Dresing stepped down as director
19913 changesfounded 1 · management 2
  • Registered as ÅÆØ 466 ApS
  • Viggo Dresing appointed director
  • Poul Jørn Petersen appointed director

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Source and updates

The information comes from the Danish Central Business Register (Danish Business Authority) and from annual reports filed with the Danish Business Authority. Last synchronised 24/10/2026.

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