# 1981 Danish 1st Division

The 1981 Danish 1st Division season was the 36th season of the Danish 1st Division league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association. It constituted the 68th edition of the Danish football championship, and saw Hvidovre IF win their third championship title.
The Danish champions qualified for the European Cup 1982-83, while the second placed teams qualified for the UEFA Cup 1982-83. The three lowest placed teams of the tournament were directly relegated to the Danish 2nd Division for the following season. Likewise, the Danish 2nd Division champions and two first runners-up were promoted to the 1st Division.

## Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Hvidovre IF | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 40 |
| 2 | Lyngby BK | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 54 | 34 | +20 | 39 |
| 3 | Næstved IF | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 51 | 36 | +15 | 38 |
| 4 | Aarhus GF | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 47 | 33 | +14 | 38 |
| 5 | Esbjerg fB | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 36 |
| 6 | Odense BK | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 53 | 40 | +13 | 34 |
| 7 | KB | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 62 | 58 | +4 | 32 |
| 8 | B 1901 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 32 |
| 9 | Vejle BK | 30 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 51 | 48 | +3 | 29 |
| 10 | Køge BK | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 29 |
| 11 | B 93 | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 39 | 48 | −9 | 28 |
| 12 | Ikast FS | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 26 |
| 13 | B 1903 | 30 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 23 |
| 14 | Kastrup BK | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 30 | 42 | −12 | 23 |
| 15 | Herfølge BK | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 33 | 57 | −24 | 18 |
| 16 | Viborg FF | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 33 | 62 | −29 | 15 |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AGF | B93 | B01 | B03 | EfB | HBK | HIF | IFS | KAS | KB | KBK | LBK | NIF | OB | VBK | VFF |
| Aarhus GF | — | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| B.93 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–2 |
| B 1901 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–7 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 1–0 |
| B 1903 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Esbjerg fB | 0–0 | 5–1 | 4–4 | 3–0 | — | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Herfølge BK | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–3 |
| Hvidovre IF | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Ikast FS | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 5–4 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Kastrup BK | 1–4 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Kjøbenhavns BK | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–5 | 4–4 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 6–2 |
| Køge BK | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Lyngby BK | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Næstved IF | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 |
| Odense BK | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | — | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Vejle BK | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 3–6 | 1–4 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | — | 3–1 |
| Viborg FF | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–3 | — |

## Top goalscorers

| Position | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Allan Hansen | Odense BK | 28 |
| 2 | Gert Jørgensen | B 1901 | 22 |
| 3 | Flemming Christensen | Lyngby BK | 18 |
| 4 | Henrik Skouboe | Næstved IF | 17 |
| 5 | Stig Andersen | KB | 16 |
| 6 | Klaus Berggreen | Lyngby BK | 12 |
| = | Flemming Iversen | Esbjerg fB | 12 |
| = | Lars Bastrup | Aarhus GF | 12 |
| 9 | Erik Rasmussen | Herfølge BK | 11 |
| 10 | Anders Bjerregaard | Ikast fS | 10 |
| = | Jørgen Kirk | Hvidovre IF | 10 |
| = | Frank Faber | Esbjerg fB | 10 |
| = | Jan Jacobsen | Køge BK | 10 |
| = | Jens Kolding | B 93 | 10 |