2024–25 Danish 1st Division

Nordicbet Liga
Season	2024–25
Top goalscorer	Luca Kjerrumgaard (12 goals)
	← 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

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

Copenhagen (2 clubs)

Locations of the 2024–25 Danish 1st Division teams.
Copenhagen: Hvidovre IF and B.93

Club	Location	Stadium	Turf	Capacity	2023–24 position
Esbjerg fB	Esbjerg	Blue Water Arena	Natural	18,000	1st in 2D
FC Fredericia	Fredericia	Monjasa Park	Natural	4,000	5th
Hillerød Fodbold	Hillerød	Hillerød Stadium	Artificial	5,000	7th
Hobro IK	Hobro	DS Arena	Natural	10,700	4th
AC Horsens	Horsens	CASA Arena Horsens	Natural	10,400	8th
Hvidovre IF	Hvidovre	Hvidovre Stadion	Natural	12,000	12th in SL
Kolding IF	Kolding	Autocentralen Park	Natural	10,000	3rd
HB Køge	Herfølge/Køge	Capelli Sport Stadion	Artificial	4,000	10th
OB	Odense	Nature Energy Park	Natural	15,633	11th in SL
FC Roskilde	Roskilde	Roskilde Idrætspark	Natural	6,000	2nd in 2D
Vendsyssel FF	Hjørring	Hjørring Stadion	Natural	7,500	6th
B.93	Copenhagen	Østerbro Stadium (2024)^[1] Sundby Idrætspark (2025)^[1]	Natural Artificial	7,000 7,200	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
AC Horsens	Martin Retov	Matej Delac	Hummel	NG ZINK A/S
B.93	Kasper Lorentzen	Mikkel Mouritz Jensen	Adidas	Sparekassen Danmark
Esbjerg fB	Lars Lungi Sørensen	Jonas Mortensen	Hummel	VIKING
FC Fredericia	Michael Hansen	Christian Ege Nielsen	Hummel	Monjasa
FC Roskilde	Anders Theil (caretaker)	Nicklas Halse	Puma	CAT The Rental
HB Køge	Nicklas Pedersen	Mike Jensen	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	Vacant	Sebastian Sommer	Hummel	Mos Mosh
OB	Søren Krogh	Bashkim Kadrii	Hummel	Albani
Vendsyssel FF	Mads Kristensen	Mikkel Wohlgemuth	Select	Nordjyske Bank

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Kolding IF	Kristoffer Wichmann	Signed by Union Berlin	26 June 2024^[2]	Lasse Holmgaard	27 June 2024^[3]	Pre-season
AC Horsens	Claus Troelsen	End of tenure as caretaker	30 June 2024	Martin Retov	1 July 2024^[4]	Pre-season
Vendsyssel FF	Bo Zinck	Sacked	29 September 2024^[5]	Mads Kristensen	28 October 2024^[6]	10th
FC Roskilde	Mikkel Thygesen	Resigned	10 October 2024^[7]	Anders Theil (caretaker)	10 October 2024	12th
Kolding IF	Lasse Holmgaard	Sacked	30 November 2024^[8]			6th
B.93	Kim Engstrøm	Sacked	6 December 2024^[9]	Kasper Lorentzen	6 December 2024	10th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	OB (A)	18	14	3	1	45	19	+26	45	Advances to Promotion Group
2	FC Fredericia (A)	18	12	1	5	42	21	+21	37
3	Esbjerg fB	18	10	1	7	37	31	+6	31
4	AC Horsens	18	9	4	5	28	22	+6	31
5	Hvidovre	18	8	5	5	21	15	+6	29
6	Hillerød	18	6	6	6	28	25	+3	24
7	Kolding	18	6	6	6	15	12	+3	24	Advances to Relegation Group
8	Hobro	18	6	4	8	27	33	−6	22
9	Vendsyssel	18	5	5	8	21	28	−7	20
10	B.93	18	5	3	10	19	36	−17	18
11	HB Køge	18	4	3	11	20	36	−16	15
12	FC Roskilde (A)	18	2	1	15	12	37	−25	7

Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2024. Source: Danish FA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(A) Advance to a further round

Promotion Group

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.^[10]^[11]

Relegation Group

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.^[10]^[11]

External links

(in Danish) Danish FA
Soccerway

References

^ ^a ^b Margren, Sara (14 November 2024). "B.93 får midlertidig hjemmebane i Sundby Idrætspark" (in Danish). bold.dk [da]. Archived from the original on 19 November 2024. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
^ "Officielt: Union Berlin henter Kristoffer Wichmann". bold.dk (in Danish). 26 June 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
^ "Holmgaard tager over i Kolding: Det kom som et chok". bold.dk (in Danish). 27 June 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
^ "Officielt: Horsens hyrer Retov". bold.dk (in Danish). 18 March 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
^ "Bo Zinck er fortid i Vendsyssel". bold.dk (in Danish). 29 September 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
^ "Bekræftet: Mads Kristensen er ny Vendsyssel-træner". bold.dk (in Danish). 28 October 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
^ "Mikkel Thygesen siger op i Roskilde". bold.dk (in Danish). 10 October 2024. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
^ "Kolding IF fyrer cheftræneren". bold.dk (in Danish). 30 November 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
^ "B.93 fyrer Kim Engstrøm". bold.dk (in Danish). 6 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
^ ^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.

[bdk-bfmhisi-1] Margren, Sara (14 November 2024). "B.93 får midlertidig hjemmebane i Sundby Idrætspark" (in Danish). bold.dk [da]. Archived from the original on 19 November 2024. Retrieved 19 November 2024.

[2] "Officielt: Union Berlin henter Kristoffer Wichmann". bold.dk (in Danish). 26 June 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.

[3] "Holmgaard tager over i Kolding: Det kom som et chok". bold.dk (in Danish). 27 June 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.

[4] "Officielt: Horsens hyrer Retov". bold.dk (in Danish). 18 March 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.

[5] "Bo Zinck er fortid i Vendsyssel". bold.dk (in Danish). 29 September 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.

[6] "Bekræftet: Mads Kristensen er ny Vendsyssel-træner". bold.dk (in Danish). 28 October 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.

[7] "Mikkel Thygesen siger op i Roskilde". bold.dk (in Danish). 10 October 2024. Retrieved 10 October 2024.

[8] "Kolding IF fyrer cheftræneren". bold.dk (in Danish). 30 November 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2024.

[9] "B.93 fyrer Kim Engstrøm". bold.dk (in Danish). 6 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.

[Superliga-10] "LÆR TURNERINGSSTRUKTUREN AT KENDE" [Get to know the tournament structure]. 3F Superliga (in Danish). Archived from the original on 16 July 2019.

[Soccerway-11] "Superliga 2021/2022". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 June 2022.

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