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{{Short description|Defunct Danish football tournament}}
'''The Football Tournament''' ({{langx|da|Fodboldturneringen}}) was a [[football in Denmark|Danish football]] tournament staged 14 times in the years 1889–1903. The tournament was played under the auspices of the [[Danish Football Association]], and was contested by the best Danish teams of its time. The winners are not considered official Danish champions.

== Winners ==
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!Year!!Winner!!Runners-up!!Entrants
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|[[1889–90 Football Tournament|1889–90]]||[[Akademisk Boldklub|AB]] (1)||[[Kjøbenhavns Boldklub|KB]]||7
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|[[1890–91 Football Tournament|1890–91]]||[[Kjøbenhavns Boldklub|KB]] (1)||[[Akademisk Boldklub|AB]]||7
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|[[1891–92 Football Tournament|1891–92]]||colspan="2"|[[Akademisk Boldklub|AB]] / [[Kjøbenhavns Boldklub|KB]] / [[Østerbros Boldklub]]<ref>[[Akademisk Boldklub|AB]], [[Kjøbenhavns Boldklub|KB]] and [[ØB]] all finished with three wins and the tournament was declared a draw. It is unclear if this should be understood as if they all shared the title, or as if no one won it.</ref>||5
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|[[1892–93 Football Tournament|1892–93]]||[[Akademisk Boldklub|AB]] (2)||[[Kjøbenhavns Boldklub|KB]]||5
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|[[1893–94 Football Tournament|1893–94]]||[[Akademisk Boldklub|AB]] (3)||[[Kjøbenhavns Boldklub|KB]]||5
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|[[1894–95 Football Tournament|1894–95]]||[[Akademisk Boldklub|AB]] (4)||[[Kjøbenhavns Boldklub|KB]]||3
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|[[1895–96 Football Tournament|1895–96]]||[[Akademisk Boldklub|AB]] (5)||[[Kjøbenhavns Boldklub|KB]]||3
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|[[1896–97 Football Tournament|1896–97]]||[[Kjøbenhavns Boldklub|KB]] (2)||[[Akademisk Boldklub|AB]]||5
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|[[1897–98 Football Tournament|1897–98]]||[[Kjøbenhavns Boldklub|KB]] (3)||[[Akademisk Boldklub|AB]]||6
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|[[1898–99 Football Tournament|1898–99]]||[[Akademisk Boldklub|AB]] (6)||[[Boldklubben af 1893|B 93]] / [[Frem]] / [[Kjøbenhavns Boldklub|KB]]||6
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|[[1899–1900 Football Tournament|1899–1900]]||colspan="2"|[[Akademisk Boldklub|AB]] / [[Boldklubben af 1893|B 93]]<ref>[[Akademisk Boldklub|AB]] and [[Boldklubben af 1893|B 93]] both finished with 10 points and the tournament was declared a draw. It is unclear if this should be understood as if they shared the title, or as if no one won it.</ref>||5
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|[[1900–01 Football Tournament|1900–01]]||[[Boldklubben af 1893|B 93]] (1)||[[Akademisk Boldklub|AB]] / [[Frem]]||5
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|[[1901–02 Football Tournament|1901–02]]||[[Frem]] (1)||[[Boldklubben af 1893|B 93]]||5
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|[[1902–03 Football Tournament|1902–03]]||[[Kjøbenhavns Boldklub|KB]] (4)||[[Frem]]||5
|}

== Championships by club ==
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!Titles!!Team
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|6||[[Akademisk Boldklub|AB]]
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|4||[[Kjøbenhavns Boldklub|KB]]
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|1||[[Boldklubben af 1893|B 93]]
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|1||[[Frem]]
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|colspan=2|<small>'''Note:''' "Shared" wins not included.</small>
|}

== Footnotes ==
{{reflist}}

== See also ==

* [[List of association football competitions]]

== References ==
*{{citation |last1=Gandil |first1=Johannes |author1-link=Johannes Gandil |display-authors=etal |title=Dansk Fodbold |publisher=Sportsbladets Forlag |year=1935 }}

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