# 2008–09 Danish 1st Division

The 2008–09 Danish 1st Division season is the 13th season of the Danish 1st Division league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association.
The division-champion and runner-up will be promoted to the 2009–10 Danish Superliga. The teams in the 14th, 15th and 16th places will be divided between 2nd Division East and West, based on location.
On 3 February, Køge Boldklub declared bankruptcy. As a result, they were docked three points and were suspended from the tournament. Furthermore, they will be relegated two levels in addition to the one they have clinched at the moment, making them participate in Sjællandsserien from the 2009–10 season.
On 14 February, however, it was announced that First Division clubs Køge Boldklub and Herfølge Boldklub intended to merge their first teams to form HB Køge, and on 14 March, the club was approved by the Danish FA.

## Participants

| Club | Finishing position last season | First season of current spell in 1st Division |
| AB | 6th | 2004–05 |
| BK Frem | 11th | 2004–05 |
| FC Amager | 2nd in 2nd Division East | 2008–09 |
| FC Fredericia | 5th | 2001–02 |
| FC Roskilde | 1st in 2nd Division East | 2008–09 |
| Herfølge BK | 4th | 2005–06 |
| Hvidovre IF | 9th | 2007–08 |
| Kolding FC | 7th | 2005–06 |
| Køge BK | 13th | 2003–04 |
| Lyngby BK | 12th in Superliga | 2008–09 |
| Lolland-Falster Alliancen | 12th | 2007–08 |
| Næstved BK | 8th | 2006–07 |
| Silkeborg IF | 3rd | 2007–08 |
| Skive IK | 10th | 2007–08 |
| Thisted FC | 1st in 2nd Division West | 2008–09 |
| Viborg FF | 11th in Superliga | 2008–09 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Herfølge Boldklub (P) | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 77 | 27 | +50 | 71 | Promotion to Danish Superliga |
| 2 | Silkeborg IF (P) | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 68 | 27 | +41 | 69 | Promotion to Danish Superliga |
| 3 | AB | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 56 | 29 | +27 | 61 | |
| 4 | Viborg FF | 30 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 59 | 40 | +19 | 54 | |
| 5 | Næstved BK | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 55 | 34 | +21 | 52 | |
| 6 | Lyngby Boldklub | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 50 | 26 | +24 | 50 | |
| 7 | Fredericia | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 58 | 43 | +15 | 47 | |
| 8 | Hvidovre IF | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 40 | |
| 9 | Thisted FC | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 54 | 49 | +5 | 39 | |
| 10 | FC Roskilde | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 39 | |
| 11 | Frem | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 41 | 53 | −12 | 36 | |
| 12 | Kolding FC | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 45 | 59 | −14 | 36 | |
| 13 | Skive IK | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 49 | 57 | −8 | 34 | |
| 14 | LFA (R) | 30 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 25 | 66 | −41 | 15 | Relegation to Danish 2nd Divisions |
| 15 | Amager (R) | 29 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 72 | −48 | 11 | Relegation to Copenhagen Series |
| 16 | Køge BK (R) | 29 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 11 | 86 | −75 | 4 | Relegation to Zealand Series |
* 1 2 Køge BK & FC Amager declared bankruptcy and was docked 3 points as a result. Furthermore, they have been suspended from the tournament, and while their current results will stand, the rest of their matches will be lost 0–3.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AB | BKF | FCA | FCF | FCR | HB | HIF | KFC | KBK | LFA | LBK | NBK | SIF | SIK | TFC | VFF |
| AB | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| Frem | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 0–6 |
| Amager | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | – | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–7 |
| Fredericia | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | | 3–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| FC Roskilde | 2–4 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 3–1 | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Herfølge Boldklub | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 5–0 | | 3–2 | 3–0 | 8–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 |
| Hvidovre IF | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–4 | | 1–2 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Kolding FC | 0–4 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 2–3 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Køge BK | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 2–3 |
| LFA | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 0–3 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 |
| Lyngby Boldklub | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Næstved BK | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 5–3 | 0–1 |
| Silkeborg IF | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Skive IK | 1–5 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–5 | 2–6 | | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Thisted FC | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 7–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | | 1–1 |
| Viborg FF | 0–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
* ↑ As both FC Amager and Køge BK had declared bankruptcy at the time of the match, no result was set and no points would be awarded to either side

## Top goalscorers

Last updated: 12 June 2009; Source: Danish Football Association
| Pos | Player | Scored for | Goals |
| 1 | Rajko Lekic | Silkeborg IF | 20 |
| 2 | Emmanuel Ake | Herfølge Boldklub | 17 |
| 2 | Rasmus Katholm | FC Fredericia | 17 |
| 2 | Jeppe Kjær | FC Roskilde | 17 |
| 5 | Ulrik Balling | Næstved Boldklub | 16 |
| 5 | Anders Clausen | Hvidovre IF | 16 |
| 7 | Henrik Pedersen | Silkeborg IF | 13 |
| 7 | Henrik Toft | Herfølge Boldklub | 13 |
| 9 | Rúrik Gíslason | Viborg FF | 12 |
| 9 | Anders Jochumsen | FC Amager | 12 |

## Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| Kolding FC | Johnny Mølby | Moved to Aarhus GF | 31 May 2008 | Frank Andersen | 1 July 2008 | Pre-Season |
| Lolland-Falster Alliancen | Per Berg Larsen | End of tenure as caretaker | 30 June 2008 | Jesper Hansen | 1 July 2008 | Pre-Season |
| Køge BK | Henrik Larsen | Mutual consent | 4 July 2008 | Jimmy Kastrup | 4 July 2008 | Pre-Season |
| Lyngby BK | Kasper Hjulmand | Mutual consent | 7 July 2008 | Henrik Larsen | 15 July 2008 | Pre-Season |
| Lolland-Falster Alliancen | Jesper Hansen | Sacked | 8 October 2008 | Per Berg Larsen | 8 October 2009 | 16th |
| Hvidovre IF | Tom Nielsen | Sacked | 9 November 2008 | Kenneth Brylle Larsen | 1 January 2009 | 10th |
| Silkeborg IF | Peder Knudsen | Sacked | 12 November 2008 | Troels Bech | 1 January 2009 | 5th |
| FC Fredericia | Jan Vingaard | Sacked | 19 December 2008 | Peter Sørensen | 20 December 2008 | 11th |
| Lolland-Falster Alliancen | Per Berg Larsen | End of tenure as caretaker | 31 December 2008 | Jesper Tollefsen | 1 January 2009 | 16th |
| Lyngby BK | Henrik Larsen | Sacked | 29 March 2009 | Niels Frederiksen | 29 March 2009 | 5th |
| Viborg FF | Hans Eklund | Sacked | 8 April 2009 | Søren Frederiksen | 9 April 2009 | 3rd |