# 2022–23 Danish 1st Division

The 2022–23 Danish 1st Division season is the 27th season of the Danish 1st Division league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association.

## Participants

SønderjyskE and Vejle BK finished the 2021–22 season of the Superliga in 11th and 12th place, respectively, and were relegated to the 1st Division. They replaced AC Horsens and Lyngby Boldklub, who were promoted to the 2022–23 Danish Superliga.
Næstved BK and Hillerød won promotion from the 2021–22 Danish 2nd Division. They replaced Esbjerg fB and Jammerbugt.

### Stadia and locations

| Club | Location | Stadium | Turf | Capacity | 2021–22 position |
| FC Helsingør | Helsingør | Helsingør Stadion | Natural | 4,500 | 4th |
| FC Fredericia | Fredericia | Monjasa Park | Natural | 4,000 | 5th |
| BK Fremad Amager | Copenhagen | Sundby Idrætspark | Artificial | 7,200 | 10th |
| HB Køge | Herfølge/Køge | Capelli Sport Stadion | Artificial | 4,000 | 7th |
| Hillerød Fodbold | Hillerød | Hillerød Stadion | Artificial | 5,000 | 2nd 2D |
| Hobro IK | Hobro | DS Arena | Natural | 10,700 | 8th |
| Hvidovre IF | Hvidovre | Hvidovre Stadion | Natural | 12,000 | 3rd |
| Nykøbing FC | Nykøbing Falster | CM Arena | Natural | 10,000 | 6th |
| Næstved BK | Næstved | Tintshop Park | Natural | 7,500 | 1st 2D |
| SønderjyskE | Haderslev | Sydbank Park | Natural | 10,000 | 12th SL |
| Vejle | Vejle | Vejle Stadion | Natural | 10,418 | 11th SL |
| Vendsyssel FF | Hjørring | Hjørring Stadion | Natural | 7,500 | 9th |

### 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 | Michael Hansen | Christian Ege Nielsen | Hummel | Monjasa |
| FC Helsingør | Daniel K. Pedersen | Nikolaj Hansen | Diadora | GardinXperten |
| BK Fremad Amager | Carit Falch | Pierre Kanstrup | Adidas | Øens Erhvervsnetværk |
| HB Køge | Daniel Agger | Eddi Gomes | Capelli | Castus |
| Hillerød Fodbold | Christian Lønstrup | Jonathan Witt | Adidas | Dansk Varme Service |
| Hobro IK | Martin Thomsen | Jonas Damborg | Puma | DS Gruppen, Spar Nord |
| Hvidovre IF | Per Frandsen | Christopher Østberg | Nike | KBS Byg |
| Nykøbing FC | Claus Jensen | Lars Pleidrup | Nike | Jyske Bank |
| Næstved BK | Peter Bonde | Jesper Christiansen | Joma | Sydbank, Meny, Mærk Næstved |
| SønderjyskE | Thomas Nørgaard | Marc Dal Hende | Hummel | Danfoss |
| Vejle Boldklub | Ivan Prelec | Jacob Schoop | Hummel | Arbejdernes Landsbank |
| Vendsyssel FF | Henrik Pedersen | Mikkel Wohlgemuth | Select | Nordjyske Bank |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| Fremad Amager | Peter Løvenkrands | Mutual consent | 17 June 2022 | Michael Hemmingsen | 28 June 2022 | Pre-season |
| SønderjyskE | Henrik Hansen | Sacked | 5 November 2022 | Thomas Nørgaard | 15 December 2022 | 3rd |
| Fremad Amager | Michael Hemmingsen | Sacked | 2 December 2022 | Carit Falch | 4 January 2023 | 9th |
| FC Helsingør | Morten Eskesen | Signed by Denmark U18 | 13 January 2023 | Daniel K. Pedersen | 14 February 2023 | 5th |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or Relegation |
| 1 | Vejle Boldklub | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 47 | 20 | +27 | 50 | Qualification to Promotion Group |
| 2 | Hvidovre IF | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 50 | 28 | +22 | 44 | Qualification to Promotion Group |
| 3 | FC Helsingør | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 37 | Qualification to Promotion Group |
| 4 | SønderjyskE | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 41 | 29 | +12 | 35 | Qualification to Promotion Group |
| 5 | Vendsyssel FF | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 33 | Qualification to Promotion Group |
| 6 | Næstved BK | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 32 | Qualification to Promotion Group |
| 7 | Hillerød Fodbold | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 31 | Qualification to Relegation Group |
| 8 | HB Køge | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 25 | Qualification to Relegation Group |
| 9 | Hobro IK | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 30 | −11 | 23 | Qualification to Relegation Group |
| 10 | Fremad Amager | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 25 | 42 | −17 | 23 | Qualification to Relegation Group |
| 11 | FC Fredericia | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 29 | 40 | −11 | 21 | Qualification to Relegation Group |
| 12 | Nykøbing FC | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 44 | −18 | 17 | Qualification to Relegation Group |

### Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Vejle Boldklub | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Hvidovre IF | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| FC Helsingør | 12 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| SønderjyskE | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Vendsyssel FF | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Næstved BK | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| HB Køge | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Hillerød Fodbold | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Hobro IK | 9 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
| Fremad Amager | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| FC Fredericia | 4 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Nykøbing FC | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

## Promotion Group

The top 6 teams will compete for 2 spots in the 2023–24 Danish Superliga. Points and goals carried over in full from the regular season.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | VEJ | HVI | SØN | VEN | NST | HEL |
| 1 | Vejle Boldklub (P) | 32 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 61 | 30 | +31 | 67 | Promotion to Danish Superliga | — | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Hvidovre IF (P) | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 65 | 41 | +24 | 58 | Promotion to Danish Superliga | 0–1 | — | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 |
| 3 | SønderjyskE | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 60 | 45 | +15 | 56 | | 1–1 | 0–3 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| 4 | Vendsyssel FF | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 48 | 43 | +5 | 46 | | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 5 | Næstved BK | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 50 | 48 | +2 | 43 | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–3 | — | 2–1 |
| 6 | FC Helsingør | 32 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 47 | 54 | −7 | 42 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–5 | 0–0 | 4–2 | — |
Positions by round
| Team ╲ Round | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 |
| Vejle Boldklub | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Hvidovre IF | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| SønderjyskE | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Vendsyssel FF | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Næstved BK | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| FC Helsingør | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 |

## Relegation Group

The bottom 6 teams will compete to avoid the 2 relegations to the 2023–24 Danish 2nd Division. Points and goals carried over in full from the regular season.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | FRE | HBK | HIL | HOB | AMA | NYK |
| 1 | FC Fredericia | 32 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 45 | | — | 6–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | HB Køge | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 50 | 51 | −1 | 44 | | 2–2 | — | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Hillerød Fodbold | 32 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 41 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 4 | Hobro IK | 32 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 38 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| 5 | Fremad Amager (R) | 32 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 38 | 60 | −22 | 34 | Relegation to Danish 2nd Division | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 4–3 |
| 6 | Nykøbing FC (R) | 32 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 43 | 73 | −30 | 23 | Relegation to Danish 2nd Division | 1–5 | 3–5 | 5–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — |
Positions by round
| Team ╲ Round | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 |
| FC Fredericia | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| HB Køge | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| Hillerød Fodbold | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
| Hobro IK | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Fremad Amager | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Nykøbing FC | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |