# 2011–12 Danish 1st Division

The 2011–12 Danish 1st Division season is the 16th season of the Danish 1st Division league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association. It is set to start on 12 August 2011 with Viborg FF facing off against FC Hjørring. The final matches of the season are scheduled for 10 June 2012.
This will be the only season with a fourteen-club First Division. As only one team will be promoted from the Second Divisions, the league will be reduced to twelve teams from the next season, switching to the same system as the Superliga with three round-robin rounds and two relegation spots.
The division-champion and runners-up are promoted to the 2012–13 Danish Superliga. The teams in the 12th, 13th and 14th places are relegated to the 2012–13 Danish 2nd Divisions.

## Participants

| Club | Finishing position last season | First season of current spell in 1st Division |
| AB | 9th | 2004–05 |
| Blokhus FC | 1st in 2nd Division West | 2011–12 |
| Brønshøj BK | 5th | 2010–11 |
| Esbjerg fB | 12th in Superliga | 2011–12 |
| FC Fredericia | 6th | 2001–02 |
| FC Hjørring | 13th | 2010–11 |
| FC Roskilde | 8th | 2008–09 |
| FC Vestsjælland | 7th | 2009–10 |
| Hobro IK | 12th | 2010–11 |
| Næstved BK | 10th | 2006–07 |
| Randers FC | 11th in Superliga | 2011–12 |
| Skive IK | 4th | 2007–08 |
| Vejle Kolding | 3rd | 2009–10 |
| Viborg FF | 11th | 2008–09 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Esbjerg fB (C) | 26 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 60 | 19 | +41 | 66 | Promotion to Danish Superliga |
| 2 | Randers FC (P) | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 22 | +16 | 49 | Promotion to Danish Superliga |
| 3 | Vejle Kolding | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 58 | 32 | +26 | 44 | |
| 4 | Viborg FF | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 45 | 34 | +11 | 40 | |
| 5 | Brønshøj | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 40 | |
| 6 | Vestsjælland | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 42 | 35 | +7 | 38 | |
| 7 | Fredericia | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 30 | +3 | 35 | |
| 8 | Skive IK | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 41 | −10 | 34 | |
| 9 | Hobro | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 33 | |
| 10 | Hjørring | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 31 | 42 | −11 | 31 | |
| 11 | AB | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 44 | −12 | 29 | |
| 12 | FC Roskilde (R) | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 27 | Relegation to Danish 2nd Divisions |
| 13 | Næstved BK (R) | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 22 | Relegation to Danish 2nd Divisions |
| 14 | Blokhus (R) | 26 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 27 | 72 | −45 | 11 | Relegation to Danish 2nd Divisions |

## Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| Vejle Kolding | Viggo Jensen | End of contract | 30 May 2011 | Nicolai Wael | 1 July 2011 | Pre-Season |
| Randers FC | Peter Elstrup | End of tenure as caretaker | 21 June 2011 | Michael Hemmingsen | 22 June 2011 | Pre-Season |
| Viborg FF | Steffen Højer & Søren Frederiksen | Resigned | 16 June 2011 | Ove Christensen | 29 June 2011 | Pre-Season |
| FC Hjørring | Ove Christensen | Signed by Viborg FF | 29 June 2011 | Boye Habekost | 15 July 2011 | Pre-Season |
| FC Vestsjælland | Michael Schjønberg | Sacked | 29 June 2011 | Ove Pedersen | 30 June 2011 | Pre-Season |
| Næstved BK | Brian Flies | Resigned | 30 September 2011 | Klavs Rasmussen | 6 October 2011 | 14th |
| FC Hjørring | Boye Habekost | Sacked | 22 March 2012 | Henrik Lehm | 22 March 2012 | 9th |
| FC Roskilde | Carsten Broe | Sacked | 21 May 2012 | Anders Theil (caretaker) | 21 May 2012 | 12th |