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The original club, Slagelse Boldklub, was formed on 23 May 1887, originally featuring [[cricket]] and later also [[association football]]. On 27 August 1919, it merged with Slagelse Idræts-Forening (founded 29 January 1907 at a meeting in the then "Schweitzer-Kaféen" on Schweizerpladsen with exclusively athletics on the program) under the current club name, Slagelse Boldklub & Idrætsforening (Slagelse B&I), but the new joint board decided to keep the founding date of Slagelse Boldklub.<ref name="sbi-1887-1937">Cf. "Slagelse Boldklub og Idrætsforening 1887—1937" (50 year anniversary book), pp. 1-70, 1937, Slagelse B&I and Sorø Amtstidendes Bogtrykkeri, Slagelse.</ref> Slagelse Boldklub, which had always been a member of the [[Danish Football Association]] (DBU), was involved in the formation of the local association [[DBU Zealand|Sjællands Boldspil-Union]] (SBU) in 1902, where the club's then chairman joined its first board.<ref name="sbi-1887-1937" /><ref name="sbu25år">Cf. "Sjællands Boldspil-Union 1902—1927", Collected and processed by L. Hartoft. Sorø Amtstidendes Bogtrykkeri, Slagelse, 1927, pp. 14-17, 52, 58.</ref> After being represented in SBU's then [[Zealand Series|Mesterrække]] since the 1931–32 season, the team managed to win the division in the 1937–38 season after two play-off matches in a local showdown against Western Zealand neighbours from Korsør Boldklub (rematch due to the same points; the series did not include goal difference yet). Thus, Slagelse secured promotion to nationwide divisions of the DBU for the first time in the club's history.<ref name="sbi-1887-1937" /><ref name="verdenshaardesteskud">{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Henry |title=Verdens hårdeste skud |date=2004 |publisher=Kochs Forlag |location=Kalundborg |isbn=87-990165-1-6 |pages=48, 105–113, 166, 170–171, 178, 188, 193–196 |edition=1. udgave, 1. oplag}}</ref><ref name="sjællandskfodboldgennemtiderne-bind1">Cf. "Sjællandsk Fodbold Gennem Tiderne" — vol. 1 og 2, Edited by Axel Alstrup, Østergaards Forlag — Odense, 1954, pp. 287-297.</ref>
The Slagelse club made its first appearance in DBU's tournaments in the East group of the third-tier [[Danish 2nd Division|3rd Series]] in the 1938–39 season, when [[Bornholm]] based IK Viking Rønne was defeated 6–0 at home on 21 August 1938.<ref name="verdenshaardesteskud" /><ref name="haslund-sbi">{{cite news |author=Henrik Haslund |title=Dansk klubfodbold — FC Vestsjælland |url=http://www.haslund.info/danmark/dtk/fcvestsj.asp |publisher=www.haslund.info |accessdate=23 November 2008 }}</ref> In the following years, the team reached promotion to the Danish top flight. During the [[Denmark in World War II|German occupation of Denmark in World War II]], Slagelse B&I were placed District 2 of DBU's emergency tournament for the Danish Championship, where they participated in the seasons 1941–42, 1942–43, 1943–44 and 1944–45. The best result during this period was an overall second place in their district, only ending behind the undefeated [[KFUMs Boldklub]] from [[Copenhagen]] in first place in the 1943–44 season, which sent the team on to the quarterfinals in the championship
The club played its first season in the highest Danish football league since World War II in the [[1974 Danish 1st Division]]. Slagelse B&I got relegated the following season, but returned to the top flight in [[1978 Danish 1st Division|1978]]. The [[1979 Danish 1st Division]] once again saw the club relegated, and they spent the following decades in the lower leagues of Danish football.
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