2021–22 Danish 1st Division

Nordicbet Liga
Season	2021–22
Matches played	107
Goals scored	334 (3.12 per match)
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Danish 1st Division season is the 26th season of the Danish 1st Division league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association.

Participants[]

Lyngby Boldklub and AC Horsens finished the 2020–21 season of the Superliga in 11th and 12th place, respectively, and were relegated to the 1st Division. They replaced Viborg FF and Silkeborg IF, who were promoted to the 2021–22 Danish Superliga.

Nykøbing FC and Jammerbugt FC won promotion from the 2020–21 Danish 2nd Divisions. They replaced Kolding IF and Skive IK.

Stadia and locations[]

Fremad Amager

Locations of the 2021–22 Danish 1st Division teams.

Club	Location	Stadium	Turf	Capacity	2020–21 position
AC Horsens	Horsens	CASA Arena Horsens	Natural	10,400	Superliga, 12th
Esbjerg fB	Esbjerg	Blue Water Arena	Natural	18,000	3rd
FC Fredericia	Fredericia	Monjasa Park	Natural	4,000	5th
FC Helsingør	Helsingør	Helsingør Stadion	Natural	4,500	4th
BK Fremad Amager	Copenhagen	Sundby Idrætspark	Artificial	7,200	8th
HB Køge	Herfølge/Køge	Capelli Sport Stadion	Artificial	4,000	6th
Hobro IK	Hobro	DS Arena	Natural	10,700	9th
Hvidovre IF	Hvidovre	Hvidovre Stadion	Natural	12,000	7th
Jammerbugt FC	Pandrup		Natural	6,000	2D, 1st
Lyngby	Kongens Lyngby	Lyngby Stadium	Natural	8,000	Superliga, 11th
Nykøbing FC	Nykøbing Falster	CM Arena	Natural	10,000	2D, 1st
Vendsyssel FF	Hjørring	Hjørring Stadion	Natural	7,500	10th

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
AC Horsens	Jens Berthel Askou	Janus Drachmann	Hummel	NG ZINK A/S
Esbjerg fB	Roland Vrabec	Mads Larsen	Nike	Viking
FC Fredericia	Michael Hansen		Hummel	Monjasa
FC Helsingør	Morten Eskesen	Nikolaj Hansen	Diadora	GardinXperten
BK Fremad Amager	Peter Løvenkrands		Adidas	Øens Erhvervsnetværk
HB Køge	Daniel Agger	Eddi Gomes	Capelli	Castus
Hobro IK	Martin Thomsen	Jonas Damborg	Puma	DS Gruppen, Spar Nord
Hvidovre IF	Per Frandsen		Nike	KBS Byg
Jammerbugt FC			Hummel	Sparekassen Vendsyssel
Lyngby Boldklub	Freyr Alexandersson	Kasper Enghardt	Adidas	Jetbull
Nykøbing FC	Claus Jensen	Lars Pleidrup	Nike	Jyske Bank
Vendsyssel FF	Henrik Pedersen	Mikkel Wohlgemuth	Diadora	Nordjyske Bank

Managerial changes[]

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
HB Køge	Aurelijus Skarbalius	Made Global Director	31 May 2021^[1]	Daniel Agger	1 June 2021^[2]	Pre-Season
Hobro IK		Mutual consent	31 May 2021^[3]	Martin Thomsen	11 June 2021^[4]	Pre-Season
Lyngby Boldklub	Carit Falch	Signed by Vejle Boldklub	8 June 2021^[5]	Freyr Alexandersson	22 June 2021^[6]	Pre-Season
Vendsyssel FF	Michael Schjønberg	Resigned	26 June 2021^[7]	Henrik Pedersen	2 July 2021^[8]	Pre-Season
Esbjerg fB		End of tenure as caretaker	30 June 2021	Peter Hyballa	1 July 2021^[9]	Pre-Season
Fremad Amager	Jesper Christiansen	End of tenure as caretaker	30 June 2021	Peter Løvenkrands	1 July 2021^[10]	Pre-Season
Esbjerg fB	Peter Hyballa	Resigned	11 August 2021	Roland Vrabec	11 August 2021^[11]	11th
Jammerbugt FC		Made Head of Sports	31 December 2021		1 January 2022^[12]	10th

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	FC Helsingør (Q)	18	11	6	1	42	20	+22	39	Qualification to Promotion Group
2	Hvidovre IF (Q)	18	11	4	3	34	16	+18	37
3	Lyngby Boldklub (Q)	18	10	6	2	37	18	+19	36
4	AC Horsens (Q)	18	10	3	5	31	18	+13	33
5	FC Fredericia	18	10	2	6	31	30	+1	32
6	Nykøbing FC	18	6	4	8	32	29	+3	22
7	HB Køge	18	5	5	8	24	28	−4	20	Qualification to Relegation Group
8	Esbjerg fB	18	5	4	9	22	30	−8	19
9	Vendsyssel FF	18	3	9	6	23	27	−4	18
10	Jammerbugt FC	17	4	3	10	17	41	−24	15
11	Hobro IK	18	2	6	10	23	36	−13	12
12	Fremad Amager	17	4	0	13	18	41	−23	12

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Danish FA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Positions by round[]

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Team ╲ Round
FC Helsingør	4	1	2	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
Hvidovre IF	5	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	4	4	2	4	3	2
Lyngby Boldklub	3	2	1	1	1	1	3	3	4	2	2	2	2	1	3	2	2	3
AC Horsens	11	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	4
FC Fredericia	1	4	4	3	2	3	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	5
Nykøbing FC	9	8	8	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
HB Køge	1	6	5	7	8	9	8	11	9	8	9	7	8	7	8	7	7	7
Esbjerg fB	5	10	11	11	11	12	12	9	7	10	7	8	10	8	7	8	8	8
Vendsyssel FF	5	7	7	9	9	8	7	10	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	9	9
Jammerbugt FC	5	9	10	8	7	7	9	7	8	7	8	9	7	9	9	9	10	10
Hobro IK	11	11	9	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	11
Fremad Amager	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	8	10	9	10	12	9	10	11	12	12	12

Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2021. Source: Worldfootball

Promotion Group[]

The top 6 teams from each group will compete for 2 spots in the 2022–23 Danish Superliga.

Relegation Group[]

The bottom 6 teams from each group will compete to avoid the 2 relegations spots to the 2022–23 Danish 2nd Division.

References[]

^ "Auri stopper: Bliver direktør hos HBK-ejere" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-03-30. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
^ "Officielt: HB Køge hyrer Agger og Lars J." (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-03-31. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
^ "Hobro og Michael Kryger stopper samarbejdet" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-05-31. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
^ "Hobro hyrer Martin Thomsen som cheftræner" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-06-11. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
^ "Officielt: Vejle køber Falch fri i Lyngby" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-06-08. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
^ "Lyngby hyrer islænding som ny cheftræner" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-06-22. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
^ "Michael Schjønberg kvitter Vendsyssel" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-06-08. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
^ "Officielt: Henrik P. bliver Vendsyssel-træner" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-07-02. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
^ "EfB ansætter tidligere Leverkusen-assistent" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-05-24. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
^ "Bekræftet: Løvenkrands tager til Fremad A." (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-06-18. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
^ "Hyballa stopper - EfB hyrer ny tysker" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-08-11. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
^ "Stor ændring hos Jammerbugt - ny cheftræner" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-11-25. Retrieved 2021-12-08.

External links[]

(in Danish) Danish FA

[1] "Auri stopper: Bliver direktør hos HBK-ejere" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-03-30. Retrieved 2021-06-28.

[2] "Officielt: HB Køge hyrer Agger og Lars J." (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-03-31. Retrieved 2021-06-28.

[3] "Hobro og Michael Kryger stopper samarbejdet" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-05-31. Retrieved 2021-06-28.

[4] "Hobro hyrer Martin Thomsen som cheftræner" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-06-11. Retrieved 2021-06-28.

[5] "Officielt: Vejle køber Falch fri i Lyngby" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-06-08. Retrieved 2021-06-28.

[6] "Lyngby hyrer islænding som ny cheftræner" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-06-22. Retrieved 2021-06-28.

[7] "Michael Schjønberg kvitter Vendsyssel" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-06-08. Retrieved 2021-06-28.

[8] "Officielt: Henrik P. bliver Vendsyssel-træner" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-07-02. Retrieved 2021-07-02.

[9] "EfB ansætter tidligere Leverkusen-assistent" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-05-24. Retrieved 2021-06-28.

[10] "Bekræftet: Løvenkrands tager til Fremad A." (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-06-18. Retrieved 2021-06-28.

[11] "Hyballa stopper - EfB hyrer ny tysker" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-08-11. Retrieved 2021-08-11.

[12] "Stor ændring hos Jammerbugt - ny cheftræner" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-11-25. Retrieved 2021-12-08.

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