2024–25 Danish 1st Division

Nordicbet Liga
Season	2024–25
Matches played	186
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 Danish 1st Division season is the 29th and current season of the Danish 1st Division league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association.

Participants[edit]

OB and Hvidovre IF finished the 2023–24 season of the Superliga in 11th and 12th place, respectively, and were relegated to the 1st Division. They replaced SønderjyskE and AaB, who were promoted to the 2024–25 Danish Superliga.

Esbjerg fB and FC Roskilde won promotion from the 2023–24 Danish 2nd Division. They replaced Næstved BK and FC Helsingør who were relegated to the 2024–25 Danish 2nd Division.

Stadia and locations[edit]

Locations of the 2023–24 Danish 1st Division teams.

Club	Location	Stadium	Turf	Capacity	2022–23 position
AC Horsens	Horsens	CASA Arena Horsens	Natural	10,400	8th
Hvidovre IF	Hvidovre	Hvidovre Stadion	Natural	12,000	SL 12th
B.93	Copenhagen	Østerbro Stadium	Natural	7,000	9th
Esbjerg fB	Esbjerg	Blue Water Arena	Natural	18,000	2D 1st
FC Fredericia	Fredericia	Monjasa Park	Natural	4,000	5th
FC Roskilde	Roskilde	Roskilde Idrætspark	Natural	6,000	2D 2nd
HB Køge	Herfølge/Køge	Capelli Sport Stadion	Artificial	4,000	10th
Hillerød Fodbold	Hillerød	Hillerød Stadion	Artificial	5,000	7th
Hobro IK	Hobro	DS Arena	Natural	10,700	4th
Kolding IF	Kolding	Autocentralen Park	Natural	10,000	3rd
OB	Odense	Nature Energy Park	Natural	15,633	SL 11th
Vendsyssel FF	Hjørring	Hjørring Stadion	Natural	7,500	6th

Personnel and sponsoring[edit]

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
AC Horsens	Claus Troelsen	Matej Delac	Hummel	NG ZINK A/S
B.93	Kim Engstrøm	Mikkel Mouritz Jensen	Adidas	Sparekassen Danmark
Esbjerg fB	Lars "lungi" Sørensen	TBA	Hummel	VIKING
FC Fredericia	Michael Hansen	Christian Ege Nielsen	Hummel	Monjasa
FC Roskilde	Mikkel Thygesen	TBA	Puma	CAT The Rental
HB Køge	Nicklas Pedersen	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	Per Frandsen	Daniel Stenderup	Uhlsport	KBS Byg
Kolding IF	Kristoffer Wichmann	Sebastian Sommer	Hummel	Mos Mosh
OB	Søren Krogh	Bashkim Kadrii	Hummel	Albani
Vendsyssel FF	Bo Zinck	Mikkel Wohlgemuth	Select	Nordjyske Bank

Managerial changes[edit]

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table

League table[edit]

Pos	Team	Promotion or Relegation
1	AC Horsens	Qualification to Promotion Group
2	B.93
3	Esbjerg fB
4	FC Fredericia
5	HB Køge
6	Hillerød
7	Hobro	Qualification to Relegation Group
8	Hvidovre
9	Kolding
10	OB
11	FC Roskilde
12	Vendsyssel

Updated to match(es) played on 10 March 2024. Source: Danish FA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Promotion Group[edit]

The top 6 teams will compete for 2 spots in the 2025–26 Danish Superliga. Points and goals carried over in full from the regular season.

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	1	Promotion to Danish Superliga	—
2	2	Promotion to Danish Superliga		—
3	3				—
4	4					—
5	5						—
6	6							—

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Play-off (played on neutral ground if determining teams for different rounds); 6) Draw.^[1]^[2]

Relegation Group[edit]

The bottom 6 teams will compete to avoid the 2 relegations to the 2025–26 Danish 2nd Division. Points and goals carried over in full from the regular season.

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation	7	8	9	10	11	12
1	7		—
2	8			—
3	9				—
4	10					—
5	11	Relegation to Danish 2nd Division					—
6	12	Relegation to Danish 2nd Division						—

Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Play-off (played on neutral ground if determining teams for different rounds); 6) Draw.^[1]^[2]

External links[edit]

(in Danish) Danish FA
Soccerway

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "LÆR TURNERINGSSTRUKTUREN AT KENDE" [Get to know the tournament structure]. 3F Superliga (in Danish). Archived from the original on 16 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Superliga 2021/2022". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 June 2022.

[Superliga-1] "LÆR TURNERINGSSTRUKTUREN AT KENDE" [Get to know the tournament structure]. 3F Superliga (in Danish). Archived from the original on 16 July 2019.

[Soccerway-2] "Superliga 2021/2022". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 June 2022.

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