# 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.
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 | |

## 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–) |