# 2019–20 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.
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.

## 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

| 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 | 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.
| 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

| 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 | Christian Iversen | 26 June 2019 | Pre-Season |
| Nykøbing FC | Jens Olsen | Resigned | 30 May 2019 | Brian Rasmussen | 22 June 2019 | Pre-Season |
| Vendsyssel FF | Peter Enevoldsen | End of contract | 2 June 2019 | Johnny Mølby | 20 June 2019 | Pre-Season |
| Næstved BK | Michael Hemmingsen | Sacked | 3 June 2019 | Per V. Hansen Dos Santos | 3 July 2019 | Pre-Season |
| Viborg FF | Steffen Højer | Sacked | 3 June 2019 | Jacob Neestrup | 20 June 2019 | Pre-Season |
| BK Fremad Amager | Azrudin Valentić | Made First Team Coach | 1 July 2019 | Olof Mellberg | 1 July 2019 | Pre-Season |
| Næstved BK | Per V. Hansen Dos Santos | Sacked | 5 August 2019 | Fernando De Argila | 7 August 2019 | 12th |
| BK Fremad Amager | Olof Mellberg | Signed by Helsingborgs IF | 3 September 2019 | Azrudin Valentić | 3 September 2019 | 7th |
| FC Roskilde | Christian Iversen | Resigned | 9 September 2019 | Martin Jungsgaard | 9 September 2019 | 12th |
| Kolding IF | Anders Jensen | Sacked | 11 November 2019 | Morten Mølkjær | 19 December 2019 | 4th |
| Næstved BK | Fernando De Argila | Sacked | 18 November 2019 | Maximilian Dentz | 1 January 2020 | 11th |
| HB Køge | Morten Karlsen | Mutual consent | 1 December 2019 | Aurelijus Skarbalius | 1 January 2020 | 7th |
| Nykøbing FC | Brian Rasmussen | Made First Team Coach | 7 January 2020 | Claus Jensen | 7 January 2020 | 9th |
| Næstved BK | Maximilian Dentz | Sacked | 22 June 2020 | Kenneth Gangsted | 22 June 2020 | 11th |
| Vendsyssel FF | Johnny Mølby | Sacked | 15 July 2020 | Lasse Stensgaard | 15 July 2020 | 6th |

## League table

| 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 | Relegation to Danish 2nd Divisions |
| 12 | Næstved BK (R) | 33 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 29 | 50 | −21 | 26 | Relegation to Danish 2nd Divisions |

## Results
### First half of the season

| 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 | — |

### Second half of the season

| 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 | — |