2016–17 Danish 1st Division

Danish 1st Division
Season	2016–17
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Danish 1st Division season is the 21st season of the Danish 1st Division league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association.

The division-champion, the runners-up and the third placed team are promoted to the 2017–18 Danish Superliga The teams in 11th and 12th places are relegated to the 2017–18 Danish 2nd Divisions.

Participants

Hobro IK finished the 2015–17 season of the Superliga in 12th place and was relegated to the 1st Division. Lyngby Boldklub , Silkeborg IF and AC Horsens were promoted to the 2016–17 Danish Superliga as the Danish Superliga expands to 14 teams for the 2016–17 season.^[1]

AB Gladsaxe, Fremad Amager and Nykøbing FC won promotion from the 2015–16 Danish 2nd Divisions.

Stadia and locations

Locations of the 2016–17 Danish 1st Division teams.

Club	Location	Stadium	Turf	Capacity	2015–16 position
AB Gladsaxe !AB Gladsaxe	Gladsaxe	Gladsaxe Stadium	Natural	13,800	12 !2D, 1st
FC Fredericia !FC Fredericia	Fredericia	Monjasa Park	Natural	4,000	06 !6th
FC Helsingør !FC Helsingør	Helsingør	Helsingør Stadion	Natural	4,500	07 !7th
FC Roskilde !FC Roskilde	Roskilde	Roskilde Idrætspark	Natural	6,000	09 !9th
Fremad Amager !Fremad Amager	Copenhagen	Sundby Idrætspark	Natural	7,200	13 !2D, 2nd
HB Køge !HB Køge	Herfølge/Køge	SEAS-NVE Park	Natural	8,000	08 !8th
Hobro IK !Hobro IK	Hobro	DS Arena	Natural	8,000	03 !Superliga, 12th
Nykøbing FC !Nykøbing FC	Nykøbing Falster	Enelco Arena	Natural	10,000	14 !2D, 3rd
Næstved BK !Næstved BK	Næstved	Euro Outlets Stadion Næstved	Natural	7,500	10 !10th
Skive IK !Skive IK	Skive	SPAR Nord Arena	Natural	10,000	11 !11th
Vejle BK !Vejle BK	Vejle	Vejle Stadion	Natural	10,418	05 !5th
Vendsyssel FF !Vendsyssel FF	Hjørring	Hjørring Stadion	Natural	7,500	04 !4th

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
AB Gladsaxe	Per Frandsen	Rasmus Grønborg Hansen	Hummel	MASCOT Workwear
FC Fredericia	Jesper Sørensen	Christian Ege Nielsen	Hummel	Monjasa
FC Helsingør	Christian Lønstrup	Kasper Enghardt	Mitre	Spar Nord
FC Roskilde	Anders Theil	Nikolaj Hansen	Nike	CP ApS
Fremad Amager	John Jensen	Mohammed Abdalas	Adidas	HC Container
HB Køge	Henrik Lehm	Henrik Madsen	Puma	Castus
Hobro IK	Vacant	Mads Justesen	Puma	DS Gruppen, Spar Nord
Nykøbing FC	Jens Olsen	Mathias Olsen	Nike	Jyske Bank
Næstved BK	Mogens Krogh	Kristoffer Munksgaard	Mitre	Sydbank
Skive IK	Kim Kristensen	Jakob Andersen	Hummel	Spar Nord
Vejle BK	Andreas Alm	Steffen Kielstrup	Hummel	Frøs Herreds Sparekasse
Vendsyssel FF	Joakim Mattsson	Buster Munk	Puma	Spar Nord

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Skive IK	Joakim Mattsson	End of contract	30 June 2016^[2]	Kim Kristensen	1 July 2016^[3]	Pre-Season
Vendsyssel FF	Jacob Krüger & Ole Søndergaard	End of tenure as caretakers	30 June 2016	Joakim Mattsson	1 July 2016^[4]	Pre-Season
Vejle BK	Steen Thychosen	End of tenure as caretaker	30 June 2016	Andreas Alm	5 July 2016^[5]	Pre-Season
Hobro IK	Ove Pedersen	Sacked	28 November 2016^[6]			1st

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Hobro IK	19	9	4	6	31	23	+8	31	Promotion to Danish Superliga
2	Vendsyssel FF	19	9	4	6	31	27	+4	31	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
3	FC Roskilde	19	8	6	5	24	25	−1	30	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
4	Skive IK	19	9	2	8	23	31	−8	29
5	Fremad Amager	19	7	7	5	29	21	+8	28
6	HB Køge	19	6	10	3	21	15	+6	28
7	FC Helsingør	19	6	9	4	26	21	+5	27
8	Nykøbing FC	19	8	3	8	27	27	0	27
9	Vejle BK	19	6	7	6	27	19	+8	25
10	FC Fredericia	19	6	5	8	18	26	−8	23
11	Næstved BK	19	6	3	10	30	34	−4	21	Relegation to Danish 2nd Divisions
12	AB Gladsaxe	19	3	2	14	21	39	−18	11	Relegation to Danish 2nd Divisions

Updated to match(es) played on 1 December 2016. Source: Danish FA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

References

↑ Sejersbøl, Morten Crone (2015-06-20). "Superligaen udvides til 14 hold" (in Danish). Berlingske Tidende. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
↑ "Joakim Mattsson skilles med Skive til sommer" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2016-04-18. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
↑ "Kim Kristensen ny cheftræner i Skive" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2016-06-08. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
↑ "Joakim Mattsson tager over i Vendsyssel" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2016-06-21. Retrieved 2016-07-11.
↑ "Officielt: Vejle ansætter svensk træner" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2016-07-05. Retrieved 2016-07-11.
↑ "Hobro fyrer Ove Pedersen" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2016-11-28. Retrieved 2016-12-02.

External links

(Danish) Danish FA

Football in Denmark

Danish Football Association (DBU)

National teams	Denmark League XI M U-21 M U-19 M U-17 Women F U-19

League system	Superliga 1st Division 2nd Divisions East West Denmark Series women: Elitedivisionen

Domestic cups	Danish Cup Danish Supercup Danish League Cup Danish Women's Cup

List of clubs List of venues by capacity List of competitions List of Players of the Year Football records in Denmark

2016–17 in Danish football

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Domestic leagues	Superliga 1st Division 2nd Divisions Under-19 League Elitedivisionen

Domestic cups	Danish Cup (Final)

European competitions	Champions League Europa League

Transfers	Summer 2016 Winter 2016–17

Related to national team	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA Group E)

Club seasons

Superliga	AaB AGF Brøndby Copenhagen Esbjerg Horsens Lyngby Midtjylland Nordsjælland OB Randers Silkeborg SønderjyskE Viborg

1st Division	AB Fredericia Fremad Amager HB Køge Helsingør Hobro Nykøbing Næstved Roskilde Skive Vejle Vendsyssel Vestsjælland

Danish 1st Division · 2016–17

AB Fredericia Fremad Amager HB Køge Helsingør Hobro Nykøbing Næstved Roskilde Skive Vendsyssel Vejle

Danish 1st Division seasons

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