2019–20_Danish_1st_Division

2019–20 Danish 1st Division

75th season of Danish 1st Division

The 2019–20 Danish 1st Division season was the 24th season of the Danish 1st Division league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association.

Quick Facts Season ...

Nordicbet Liga

Season	2019–20
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The division-champion was promoted to the 2020–21 Danish Superliga. The teams in 10th, 11th and 12th places were relegated to the 2020–21 Danish 2nd Divisions. The reason for this change in promotion and relegation spots was that the Danish Superliga was reduced to 12 teams following this season.^[1]

Participants

Vejle Boldklub finished last in the 2018–19 Danish Superliga relegation play-off and were relegated to the 1st Division after only one season in the first tier. Vendsyssel FF lost to Lyngby Boldklub in the relegation play off and were relegated as well. Silkeborg IF and Lyngby Boldklub were promoted to the 2019–20 Danish Superliga.

FC Helsingør and Thisted FC were relegated to the 2019–20 Danish 2nd Divisions. FC Helsingør was relegated for the second season in row following their relegation from the Danish Superliga while Thisted FC lasted two seasons in the league. Skive IK and Kolding IF won promotion from the 2018–19 Danish 2nd Divisions. Skive will play at the 1st Division won promotion after only one season's absence, where as Kolding won promotion for the first time since 2010–11 season, when the club was part of Kolding FC.

Stadia and locations

Locations of the 2019–20 Danish 1st Division teams.

More information Club, Location ...

Club	Location	Stadium	Turf	Capacity	2018–19 position
FC Fredericia	Fredericia	Monjasa Park	Natural	4,000	6th
FC Roskilde	Roskilde	Roskilde Idrætspark	Natural	6,000	9th
BK Fremad Amager	Copenhagen	Sundby Idrætspark	Artificial	7,200	5th
HB Køge	Herfølge/Køge	Capelli Sport Stadion	Artificial	4,000	7th
Hvidovre IF	Hvidovre	Pro Ventilation Arena	Natural	12,000	10th
Kolding IF	Kolding	Autocentralen Park	Natural	10,000	2D, 2nd
Nykøbing FC	Nykøbing Falster	CM Arena	Natural	10,000	8th
Næstved BK	Næstved	ProfaGroupPark	Natural	7,500	4th
Skive IK	Skive	Hancock Arena	Natural	10,000	2D, 1st
Vejle BK	Vejle	Vejle Stadion	Natural	10,418	Superliga, 14th
Vendsyssel FF	Hjørring	Nord Energi Arena	Natural	10,000^[2]^[3]	Superliga, 12th
Viborg FF	Viborg	Energi Viborg Arena	Natural	9,566	2nd

Personnel and sponsoring

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

More information Team, Head coach ...

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
FC Fredericia	Jonas Dal	Christian Ege Nielsen	Hummel	Monjasa
FC Roskilde	Martin Jungsgaard	Nicklas Halse	Puma	CP ApS
BK Fremad Amager	Azrudin Valentić	Mads Gabel	Adidas	—
HB Køge	Aurelijus Skarbalius	Martin Vingaard	Capelli	Castus
Hvidovre IF	Per Frandsen	Christopher Østberg	Nike	KBS Byg
Kolding IF	Morten Mølkjær	Rune Nautrup	Hummel	Mos Mosh
Nykøbing FC	Claus Jensen	Lars Pleidrup	Nike	Jyske Bank
Næstved BK	Kenneth Gangsted	Joel Felix	Joma	Sydbank
Skive IK	Thomas Røll	Christoffer Østergaard	Nike	Spar Nord
Vejle BK	Constantin Gâlcă	Jacob Schoop	Hummel	Frøs Herreds Sparekasse
Vendsyssel FF	Lasse Stensgaard	Søren Henriksen	Diadora	Spar Nord
Viborg FF	Jacob Neestrup	Jeppe Grønning	Nike	Andelskassen

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
FC Roskilde	Christian Lønstrup	Resigned	27 May 2019^[4]	Christian Iversen	26 June 2019^[5]	Pre-Season
Nykøbing FC	Jens Olsen	Resigned	30 May 2019^[6]	Brian Rasmussen	22 June 2019^[7]	Pre-Season
Vendsyssel FF	Peter Enevoldsen	End of contract	2 June 2019^[8]	Johnny Mølby	20 June 2019^[9]	Pre-Season
Næstved BK	Michael Hemmingsen	Sacked	3 June 2019^[10]	Per V. Hansen Dos Santos	3 July 2019^[11]	Pre-Season
Viborg FF	Steffen Højer	Sacked	3 June 2019^[12]	Jacob Neestrup	20 June 2019^[13]	Pre-Season
BK Fremad Amager	Azrudin Valentić	Made First Team Coach	1 July 2019	Olof Mellberg	1 July 2019^[14]	Pre-Season
Næstved BK	Per V. Hansen Dos Santos	Sacked	5 August 2019^[15]	Fernando De Argila	7 August 2019^[16]	12th
BK Fremad Amager	Olof Mellberg	Signed by Helsingborgs IF	3 September 2019^[17]	Azrudin Valentić	3 September 2019^[18]	7th
FC Roskilde	Christian Iversen	Resigned	9 September 2019^[19]	Martin Jungsgaard	9 September 2019^[20]	12th
Kolding IF	Anders Jensen	Sacked	11 November 2019^[21]	Morten Mølkjær	19 December 2019^[22]	4th
Næstved BK	Fernando De Argila	Sacked	18 November 2019^[23]	Maximilian Dentz	1 January 2020^[24]	11th
HB Køge	Morten Karlsen	Mutual consent	1 December 2019^[25]	Aurelijus Skarbalius	1 January 2020^[26]	7th
Nykøbing FC	Brian Rasmussen	Made First Team Coach	7 January 2020^[27]	Claus Jensen	7 January 2020	9th
Næstved BK	Maximilian Dentz	Sacked	22 June 2020^[28]	Kenneth Gangsted	22 June 2020	11th
Vendsyssel FF	Johnny Mølby	Sacked	15 July 2020^[29]	Lasse Stensgaard	15 July 2020^[30]	6th

League table

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Vejle BK (C)	33	20	8	5	63	31	+32	68	Promotion to Danish Superliga
2	Viborg FF	33	17	8	8	66	44	+22	59
3	FC Fredericia	33	15	7	11	60	51	+9	52
4	BK Fremad Amager	33	13	10	10	45	45	0	49
5	Skive IK	33	13	9	11	46	46	0	48
6	Kolding IF	33	13	8	12	50	49	+1	47
7	Vendsyssel FF	33	12	8	13	35	39	−4	44
8	Hvidovre IF	33	10	11	12	46	46	0	41
9	HB Køge	33	9	13	11	43	47	−4	40
10	Nykøbing FC (R)	33	7	12	14	46	63	−17	33	Relegation to Danish 2nd Divisions
11	FC Roskilde (R)	33	8	7	18	43	58	−15	31
12	Næstved BK (R)	33	5	11	17	29	50	−21	26

Source: Danish FA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

First half of the season

More information Home \ Away, FRE ...

Home \ Away	FRE	ROS	AMA	HBK	HVI	KIF	NYK	NST	SKI	VEJ	VEN	VIB
FC Fredericia	—	2–0	1–2	2–2	3–2	4–3	2–2	3–1	0–2	1–2	1–2	1–3
FC Roskilde	1–2	—	2–1	2–3	0–2	1–0	3–1	4–0	1–1	0–4	2–0	0–2
BK Fremad Amager	4–2	2–1	—	1–1	0–2	2–2	2–3	1–0	0–0	2–2	3–0	1–2
HB Køge	1–3	2–1	3–1	—	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–0	2–0	2–1
Hvidovre IF	2–3	3–2	0–0	2–2	—	1–2	1–0	3–1	4–2	0–1	1–1	0–1
Kolding IF	1–2	4–3	0–0	0–2	2–1	—	3–1	1–1	4–2	1–1	1–2	3–1
Nykøbing FC	0–5	2–2	2–2	3–1	2–2	3–2	—	0–1	4–2	0–0	0–3	1–2
Næstved BK	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	—	1–0	2–3	3–0	1–3
Skive IK	2–2	1–3	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	3–3	3–1	—	0–0	1–3	0–2
Vejle BK	0–1	2–0	4–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	2–4	1–1	2–1	—	1–0	4–1
Vendsyssel FF	0–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–3	—	1–0
Viborg FF	2–2	3–0	5–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	3–0	2–1	1–1	3–4	1–1	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of the season

More information Home \ Away, FRE ...

Home \ Away	FRE	ROS	AMA	HBK	HVI	KIF	NYK	NST	SKI	VEJ	VEN	VIB
FC Fredericia	—	—	3–1	—	1–2	2–0	2–2	3–2	—	—	2–4	—
FC Roskilde	1–0	—	—	2–2	—	—	2–2	—	2–2	—	1–3	—
BK Fremad Amager	—	2–0	—	—	—	—	4–0	1–0	0–0	4–1	—	2–2
HB Køge	2–2	—	0–1	—	—	1–0	—	2–2	—	2–1	—	—
Hvidovre IF	—	0–0	3–0	1–1	—	—	—	—	0–2	—	—	1–4
Kolding IF	—	2–2	2–2	—	0–2	—	—	—	2–1	0–1	—	—
Nykøbing FC	—	—	—	0–1	1–1	2–2	—	2–1	—	—	0–2	—
Næstved BK	—	0–2	—	—	0–2	0–1	—	—	—	1–1	0–0	2–2
Skive IK	1–0	—	—	3–2	—	—	3–2	2–0	—	—	—	0–1
Vejle BK	2–0	4–1	—	—	5–3	—	1–0	—	1–2	—	—	1–1
Vendsyssel FF	—	—	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	—	—	0–1	0–2	—	—
Viborg FF	0–2	4–2	—	4–2	—	0–2	4–3	—	—	—	4–1	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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External links

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