2018–19 Danish 1st Division

The 2018–19 Danish 1st Division season is the 23rd season of the Danish 1st Division league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association.

Nordicbet Liga
Season2018–19
ChampionsSilkeborg IF
RelegatedFC Helsingør
Thisted FC
Matches played198
Goals scored569 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorerRonnie Schwartz (17 goals)
Biggest home winSilkeborg IF 5–0 Thisted FC
(8 May 2019)
Biggest away winFC Fredericia 1–7 FC Roskilde
(4 November 2018)
Highest scoringFC Fredericia 1–7 FC Roskilde
(4 November 2018)
Highest attendance9,117
Silkeborg IF 2–2 Viborg FF (14 May 2019)
Lowest attendance402
Thisted FC 0–0 Hvidovre IF (31 March 2019)

The division-champion will be promoted to the 2019–20 Danish Superliga, while the runners-up and the third placed team will face promotion playoffs. The teams in 11th and 12th places are relegated to the 2019–20 Danish 2nd Divisions.

Participants

FC Helsingør finished last in the 2017–18 Danish Superliga relegation play-off and were relegated to the 1st Division after only one season in the first tier. Silkeborg IF lost to Esbjerg fB and Lyngby Boldklub lost to Vendsyssel FF in the relegation play off and were relegated as well. Vejle Boldklub, Esbjerg fB and Vendsyssel FF were promoted to the 2018–19 Danish Superliga.

Brabrand IF and Skive IK were relegated to the 2018–19 Danish 2nd Divisions. Brabrand IF was relegated immediately after just one season at the second tier while Skive IK lasted four seasons in the league. Hvidovre IF and Næstved Boldklub won promotion from the 2017–18 Danish 2nd Divisions. Hvidovre will play at the 1st Division for the first time since 2013–14 season, where as Næstved won promotion after only one season's absence.

Stadia and locations
Locations of the 2018–19 Danish 1st Division teams.
Club Location Stadium Turf Capacity 2017–18 position
FC Fredericia Fredericia Monjasa Park Natural 4,000 6th
FC Helsingør Helsingør Helsingør Stadion Natural 4,500 Superliga, 14th
FC Roskilde Roskilde Roskilde Idrætspark Natural 6,000 10th
BK Fremad Amager Copenhagen Sundby Idrætspark Artificial 7,200 9th
HB Køge Herfølge/Køge Capelli Sport Stadion (Herfølge, until 2018)[lower-alpha 1]
Capelli Sport Stadion (Køge, from 2019)		 Natural
Artificial		 8,000
4,000		 5th
Hvidovre IF Hvidovre Kæmpernes Arena Natural 12,000 2D, 1st
Lyngby BK Kongens Lyngby Lyngby Stadion Natural 8,000 Superliga, 12th
Nykøbing FC Nykøbing Falster CM Arena Natural 10,000 7th
Næstved BK Næstved ProfaGroupPark Natural 7,500 2D, 2nd
Silkeborg IF Silkeborg JYSK Park Artificial 10,000 Superliga, 13th
Thisted FC Thisted Sparekassen Thy Arena Natural 3,000 8th
Viborg FF Viborg Energi Viborg Arena Natural 9,566 4th
  1. HB Køge played their home matches in the fall season of 2018 at Herfølge Stadium at Herfølge, but switched to their future home ground, a newly constructed stadium locayed in Kæge (Køge Idrætspark), in the spring season of 2019.

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 Helsingør Omid Namazi Andreas Holm Jensen Diadora Spar Nord
FC Roskilde Peter Foldgast (interim)[lower-alpha 1] Stefan Hansen Puma CP ApS
Fremad Amager Azrudin Valentić Mike Mortensen Adidas HC Container
HB Køge Morten Karlsen Henrik Madsen Capelli Castus
Hvidovre IF Per Frandsen Frederik Krabbe Nike KBS Byg
Lyngby BK Christian Nielsen Martin Ørnskov Adidas Jönsson A/S
Nykøbing FC Jens Olsen Lars Pleidrup Nike Jyske Bank
Næstved BK Michael Hemmingsen Kristoffer Munksgaard Joma Sydbank
Silkeborg IF Michael Hansen Simon Jakobsen Uhlsport Mascot International
Thisted FC Bo Thomsen Mathias Pedersen Puma Sparekassen Thy
Viborg FF Steffen Højer Jeppe Grønning Nike Andelskassen

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Thisted FC Henning Pedersen End of tenure as caretaker 20 May 2018 Bo Thomsen 1 July 2018[1] Pre-Season
HB Køge Henrik Lehm Resigned 23 May 2018[2] Morten Karlsen 1 June 2018[3] Pre-Season
FC Fredericia Jesper Sørensen End of contract 30 June 2018[4] Jonas Dal 1 July 2018[5] Pre-Season
Fremad Amager John Jensen End of contract 30 June 2018[6] Jan Michaelsen 1 July 2018[7] Pre-Season
Lyngby BK Thomas Nørgaard Sacked 14 June 2018[8] Mark Strudal 1 July 2018[9] Pre-Season
Silkeborg IF Peter Sørensen Sacked 14 August 2018[10] Michael Hansen 15 August 2018[11] 11th
FC Helsingør Christian Lønstrup Resigned 24 August 2018[12] Peter Feher 10 September 2018[13] 8th
FC Roskilde Rasmus Monnerup Sacked 2 September 2018[14] Christian Lønstrup 10 September 2018[15] 12th
Fremad Amager Jan Michaelsen Mutual consent 30 October 2018[16] Azrudin Valentić 31 October 2018[17] 8th
Lyngby BK Mark Strudal Sacked 28 November 2018[18] Christian Nielsen 28 November 2018 8th
FC Helsingør Peter Feher Sacked 22 April 2019[19] Omid Namazi 22 April 2019 11th
FC Roskilde Christian Lønstrup Temporarily suspended 14 May 2018[20] Peter Foldgast (interim) 10 September 2018[21] 10th

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or Relegation
1 Silkeborg IF (P, C) 33 18 7 8 60 41 +19 61 Promotion to Danish Superliga
2 Viborg FF 33 17 9 7 61 37 +24 60 Qualification to Promotion play-offs
3 Lyngby BK (P) 33 15 7 11 51 47 +4 52
4 Næstved BK 33 13 11 9 43 40 +3 50
5 Fremad Amager 33 13 11 9 42 45 −3 50
6 FC Fredericia 33 14 5 14 51 47 +4 47
7 HB Køge 33 12 9 12 51 47 +4 45
8 Nykøbing FC 33 12 9 12 44 47 −3 45
9 FC Roskilde 33 9 8 16 57 66 −9 35
10 Hvidovre IF 33 9 8 16 39 49 −10 35
11 FC Helsingør (R) 33 6 13 14 35 43 −8 31 Relegation to Danish 2nd Division
12 Thisted FC (R) 33 7 9 17 35 61 −26 30
Source: Danish FA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Play-offs

Relegation play-offs
Matches
Vendsyssel0–1Horsens
Report Brock-Madsen  76'
Attendance: 2,134
Referee: Jens Maae
Horsens1–1Vendsyssel
Lumb  36' Report Henriksen  83'
Attendance: 5,517
Referee: Michael Tykgaard

Horsens won 2–1 on aggregate.

Hobro0–1Vejle Boldklub
Report Finnbogason  24'
Attendance: 3,326
Referee: Jakob Kehlet
Vejle Boldklub0–2 (a.e.t.)Hobro
Report Hammershøy-Mistrati  14'
Sabbi  103'
Attendance: 9,142
Referee: Morten Krogh

Hobro won 2–1 on aggregate.

Promotion play-offs
Matches
Lyngby BK2–1Vendsyssel FF
Gytkjær  9'
Fosgaard  31'		 Report Kamara  11'
Attendance: 4,832
Referee: Morten Krogh
Vendsyssel FF2–2Lyngby BK
Þorsteinsson  67' (pen.)
Konaté  85'		 Report Kjær  11'
Mohammad  52'
Referee: Morten Krogh

Lyngby won 4–3 on aggregate and promoted to 2019–20 Danish Superliga

Hobro1–0Viborg
Sabbi  30' Report
Attendance: 5,674
Referee: Jens Maae
Viborg0–2Hobro
Report Hammershøy-Mistrati  1'
Sabbi  22'
Attendance: 8,153
Referee: Jens Maae

Hobro won 3–0 on aggregate and stayed in the Danish Superliga

Top goalscorers
As of 5 May 2019[22]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Ronnie Schwartz Silkeborg 17
Emil Nielsen Roskilde
3 Martin Koch Helsted HB Køge 16
4 Sakari Tukiainen Thisted 13
5 Jakob Johansson HB Køge 12
6 Finnur Justinussen Næstved BK 11
7 Christian Sørensen Fredericia 10
8 Jeppe Kjær Lyngby BK 9
Andreas Albers Viborg
10 Nicolaj Agger Hvidovre 8
Joachim Wagner Nykøbing
Kim Aabech Hvidovre

Notes
  1. On 14 May 2019 Roskilde manager Christian Lønstrup was temporarily suspended until the end of season due to accusing some of the players of being involved in match-fixing.

References
  1. "Thisted henter ny cheftræner i Holstebro" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2018-06-10. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
  2. "Henrik Lehm siger farvel til HB Køge" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2018-05-23. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
  3. "Morten Karlsen er ny HB Køge-træner" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2018-05-23. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
  4. "Jesper S. stopper i FC Fredericia til sommer" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2017-11-28. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
  5. "Jonas Dal overtager FC Fredericia til sommer" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2018-03-20. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
  6. "Faxe stopper i Fremad Amager til sommer" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2018-04-06. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
  7. "Jan Michaelsen er ny Fremad Amager-chef" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2018-05-25. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
  8. "Officielt: Lyngby fyrer Thomas Nørgaard" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2018-06-14. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
  9. "Mark Strudal er ny Lyngby-træner" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2018-06-21. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
  10. "Silkeborg har fyret Peter Sørensen" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2018-08-14. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  11. "Michael H. ser frem til et år som SIF-træner" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  12. "Christian Lønstrup stopper i Helsingør" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2018-08-24. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  13. "Officielt: Helsingør snupper Peter Feher" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2018-09-10. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
  14. "Monnerup får sparket i FC Roskilde" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2018-09-02. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  15. "Officielt: Lønstrup er ny Roskilde-træner" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2018-09-10. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
  16. "Jan Michaelsen stopper i Fremad Amager" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2018-10-30. Retrieved 2018-10-30.
  17. "Fremad Amager hyrer svensk-bosnisk træner" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
  18. "Lyngby fyrer Mark Strudal" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2018-11-28. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
  19. "FC Helsingør fyrer cheftræneren" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2019-04-22. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
  20. "Roskilde suspenderer manager Lønstrup" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2019-05-14. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  21. "Peter Foldgast ny træner i FC Roskilde" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2019-05-15. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  22. "Topscorerliste" [Top scorers list]. bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 1 August 2018.
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