2020–21 Danish 1st Division

The 2020–21 Danish 1st Division season is the 25th season of the Danish 1st Division league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association.

Nordicbet Liga
Season2020–21

From this season a promotion round for the six best placed teams and a relegation round for the six lowest placed teams are introduced. The top two teams of the promotion round are promoted to the 2021–22 Danish Superliga. The teams in 11th and 12th places are relegated to the 2021–22 Danish 2nd Divisions.[1]

Participants

Silkeborg IF, and Esbjerg fB finished last in the 2019–20 Danish Superliga relegation play-off and were relegated to the 1st Division. Hobro IK lost to Lyngby Boldklub in the relegation play off and was relegated as well. Vejle Boldklub was promoted to the 2020–21 Danish Superliga.

Nykøbing FC, FC Roskilde and Næstved BK were relegated to the 2020–21 Danish 2nd Divisions. Nykøbing FC was relegated after four seasons in the league, FC Roskilde after six seasons, and Næstved BK after two seasons. FC Helsingør won promotion from the 2019–20 Danish 2nd Divisions. They won promotion after only one season's absence.

Stadia and locations
Locations of the 2020–21 Danish 1st Division teams.
Club Location Stadium Turf Capacity 2019–20 position
Esbjerg fB Esbjerg Blue Water Arena Natural 18,000 Superliga, 14th
FC Fredericia Fredericia Monjasa Park Natural 4,000 3rd
FC Helsingør Helsingør Helsingør Stadion Natural 4,500 2D, 1st
BK Fremad Amager Copenhagen Sundby Idrætspark Artificial 7,200 4th
HB Køge Herfølge/Køge Capelli Sport Stadion Artificial 4,000 9th
Hobro IK Hobro DS Arena Natural 10,700 Superliga, 12th
Hvidovre IF Hvidovre Hvidovre Stadion Natural 12,000 8th
Kolding IF Kolding Autocentralen Park Natural 10,000 6th
Silkeborg IF Silkeborg JYSK Park Artificial 10,000 Superliga, 13th
Skive IK Skive SPAR Nord Arena Natural 10,000 5th
Vendsyssel FF Hjørring Hjørring Stadion Natural 7,500 7th
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.

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Esbjerg fB Ólafur Kristjánsson Rodolph Austin Nike Viking
FC Fredericia Michael Hansen Christian Ege Nielsen Hummel Monjasa
FC Helsingør Morten Eskesen Nikolaj Hansen Diadora C Rail Safety
BK Fremad Amager Joakim Mattsson Lukas Ahlefeld Engel Adidas Øens Erhvervsnetværk
HB Køge Aurelijus Skarbalius Eddi Gomes Capelli Castus
Hobro IK Peter Sørensen Jonas Damborg Puma DS Gruppen, Spar Nord
Hvidovre IF Per Frandsen Christopher Østberg Nike KBS Byg
Kolding IF Morten Mølkjær Rune Nautrup Hummel Mos Mosh
Silkeborg IF Kent Nielsen Svenn Crone Uhlsport Mascot International
Skive IK Martin Thomsen Christoffer Østergaard Nike Spar Nord
Vendsyssel FF Michael Schjønberg Søren Henriksen Diadora Nordjyske Bank
Viborg FF Lars Friis Jeppe Grønning Nike Andelskassen

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Skive IK Thomas Røll End of contract 31 July 2020[2] Martin Thomsen 1 August 2020 Pre-Season
Esbjerg fB Troels Bech End of contract 31 July 2020 Ólafur Kristjánsson 1 August 2020[3] Pre-Season
FC Fredericia Jonas Dal Signed by AC Horsens 24 August 2020[4] Michael Hansen 30 August 2020[5] Pre-Season
Vendsyssel FF Lasse Stensgaard Sacked 14 December 2020[6] Michael Schjønberg 16 December 2020[7] 11th
Viborg FF Jacob Neestrup Signed by F.C. Copenhagen 22 December 2020[8] Lars Friis 16 January 2021[9] 1st
BK Fremad Amager Azrudin Valentić Signed by Botev Plovdiv 7 January 2021[10] Joakim Mattsson 15 January 2021[11] 5th

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or Relegation
1 Viborg FF (Q) 16 11 5 0 33 14 +19 38 Qualification to Promotion Group
2 Esbjerg fB (Q) 16 12 2 2 28 16 +12 38
3 Silkeborg IF 16 10 1 5 39 18 +21 31
4 FC Fredericia 16 8 3 5 25 18 +7 27
5 Fremad Amager 16 6 3 7 31 20 +11 21
6 Hobro IK 16 6 3 7 26 31 −5 21
7 HB Køge 16 6 3 7 15 20 −5 21 Qualification to Relegation Group
8 FC Helsingør 16 6 2 8 23 26 −3 20
9 Hvidovre IF 16 6 1 9 20 31 −11 19
10 Vendsyssel FF 16 4 2 10 17 32 −15 14
11 Kolding IF 16 2 7 7 16 27 −11 13
12 Skive IK 16 1 4 11 13 33 −20 7
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2020. Source: Danish FA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Results

Regular season
Home \ Away VIB ESB SIL FRE AMA HOB HBK HEL HVI VEN KIF SKI
Viborg FF — 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 3–1 4–2 3–1
Esbjerg fB 2–2 — 3–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 2–0 2–1
Silkeborg IF 1–2 3–1 — 2–0 3–3 4–1 2–0
FC Fredericia 1–1 1–0 — 3–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 2–1
Fremad Amager 1–1 2–3 0–3 — 0–1 4–0 6–0 0–0
Hobro IK 1–1 1–2 3–2 0–4 — 3–1 3–4 3–1 1–1 2–1
HB Køge 0–3 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–3 — 2–1 2–1 0–0
FC Helsingør 0–1 1–2 4–2 2–1 0–1 0–2 — 3–0 0–0 2–1
Hvidovre IF 1–2 0–1 1–5 0–3 1–2 0–3 — 2–0 1–2
Vendsyssel FF 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 0–1 1–2 — 1–0
Kolding IF 1–1 0–4 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–4 1–1 3–2 —
Skive IK 0–2 0–4 0–4 0–2 2–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers
As of 29 November 2020.[12]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Jakob Bonde Jensen Viborg FF 9
Sebastian Grønning Viborg FF
Magnus Mattsson Silkeborg IF
Jeppe Kjær FC Helsingør
Mads Dittmer Hvilsom Hobro IK
6 Kristoffer Munksgaard Fremad Amager 7
7 Emil Holten Silkeborg IF 6
Sebastian Jørgensen Silkeborg IF
Pierre Dahlin Larsen Fremad Amager
Emmanuel Toku Fremad Amager
Oliver Drost Kolding IF

Promotion Group

The top 6 league teams will compete for 2 spots in the 2021–22 Danish Superliga.

Relegation Group

The bottom 6 league teams will compete to avoid the 2 relegations spots to the 2021–22 Danish 2nd Divisions.

References
  1. "Overblik: Ny struktur i SL og divisionerne" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2019-07-14. Retrieved 2019-08-03.
  2. "Skive IK siger farvel til Thomas Røll" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  3. "Officielt: Esbjerg hyrer Olafur Kristjansson" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2020-07-16. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  4. "Jonas Dal bliver cheftræner i AC Horsens" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2020-08-24. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
  5. "Michael Hansen er ny cheftræner i Fredericia" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2020-08-30. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
  6. "Bekræftet: Vendsyssel fyrer cheftræneren" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2020-12-14. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
  7. "Schjønberg er ny cheftræner i Vendsyssel" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2020-12-16. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
  8. "FCK henter Jacob Neestrup i Viborg" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2020-12-22. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  9. "Officielt: Lars Friis bliver ny Viborg-træner" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-01-16. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  10. "Fremad Amager bekræfter træner-afsked" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-01-07. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  11. "Fremad Amager hyrer Joakim Mattsson" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-01-15. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
  12. "Stillinger og resultater". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 27 November 2020.
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