FC Vestsjælland

Football Club Vestsjælland (lit. 'Football Club West Zealand'), commonly referred to as FC Vestsjælland or simply FCV, was a Danish football club formed in Slagelse, Denmark on 1 July 2008. Nicknamed “Vikingerne” (the Vikings), the club enjoyed some success during their brief existence, rising from the Danish 2nd Division to the Danish Superliga. They were also finalists for the 2014–15 Danish Cup, the nation’s official knockout cup competition.

The club, located to in the southeast of Slagelse, included a senior level team, reserve team, and two youth teams at the under-17 and under-19 levels. Home matches for the senior team were played at Harboe Arena Slagelse with a maximum capacity of 10,000, including 3,300 seats. While the reserve team would occasionally play matches at the stadium, they would often play instead at one of two artificial turf pitches located just outside of the stadium.

The club’s existence was established as the professional superstructure of the football department of Slagelse B&I, a club first established in 1887. They joined the Danish 2nd Division for the 2008–09 season and were crowned champions by season’s end, resulting in promotion to the Danish 1st Division. Here they spent only four seasons before their promotion to the Superliga after finishing 2nd in the 2012–13 season. After a 9th place finish in their debut season in the top-flight, the club were relegated at the end of the 2014–15 season. Despite relegation, the club reached the final of the 2014–15 Danish Cup in May, losing 3–2 to Copenhagen. By December, the club declared bankruptcy and were closed, leading to their immediate resignation from the Danish 1st Division.