2015–16 Danish 2nd Divisions

The 2015–16 Danish 2nd Divisions will be the first with the league divided in three groups of eight teams in the autumn. In spring there will be a promotion play-off and a relegation play-off. The top three teams of the promotion play-off group will be promoted to the 2016–17 Danish 1st Division.^[1]

Kanal Sport Divisionen

Naming rights agreement during season
Season	2015–16
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Participants

  Copenhagen (10 clubs)

Aarhus Fremad

Marienlyst

Brabrand IF

Dalum IF

FC Svendborg

Holbæk

Jammerbugt

KIF

Middelfart BK

Nykøbing

Næsby

Odder

Skovbakken

Thisted

Locations of the 2015–16 Danish 2nd Division teams (Group 1 in red, Group 2 in green, Group 3 in blue). Copenhagen teams: AB Tårnby, Akademisk Boldklub, Avarta, B.93, B 1908, Brønshøj Boldklub, Frem, Fremad Amager, HIK, and Hvidovre

Club	Group	Finishing position last season	First season of current spell in 2nd Divisions
Aarhus Fremad	Group 3	1st in Denmark Series Group 3	2015–16
AB Tårnby	Group 1	1st in Denmark Series Group 1	2015–16
Akademisk Boldklub	Group 1	11th in 1st Division	2015–16
Avarta	Group 1	8th	2008–09
B.93	Group 2	7th	2013–14
B 1908	Group 1	10th	2009–10
Brabrand	Group 3	8th	2010–11
Brønshøj Boldklub	Group 1	12th in 1st Division	2015–16
Dalum IF	Group 2	1st in Denmark Series Group 2	2015–16
FC Svendborg	Group 2	9th	2008–09
Frem	Group 2	2nd	2012–13
Fremad Amager	Group 2	4th	2011–12
HIK	Group 1	6th	2008–09
Holbæk	Group 1	9th	2009–10
Hvidovre	Group 1	3rd	2014–15
Jammerbugt FC	Group 3	3rd	2012–13
Kolding IF	Group 3	6th	2014–15
Marienlyst	Group 2	2nd	2014–15
Middelfart BK	Group 3	11th	2012–13
Nykøbing FC	Group 2	5th	2009–10
Næsby	Group 2	7th	2004–05
Odder	Group 3	10th	2013–14
Skovbakken	Group 3	5th	2010–11
Thisted	Group 3	4th	2010–11

Group 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	HIK	14	9	3	2	26	14	+12	30	Qualification to Promotion Group
2	Hvidovre IF	14	6	5	3	19	12	+7	23
3	AB Gladsaxe	14	7	2	5	17	13	+4	23
4	Brønshøj Boldklub	14	6	3	5	15	15	0	21
5	BK Avarta	14	6	2	6	19	16	+3	20	Qualification to Relegation Group
6	Holbæk B&I	14	5	3	6	19	22	−3	18
7	AB Tårnby	14	3	2	9	16	29	−13	11
8	B 1908	14	2	4	8	18	28	−10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2015. Source: Danish FA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Group 2

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	BK Frem	14	9	3	2	30	12	+18	30	Qualification to Promotion Group
2	BK Fremad Amager	14	9	2	3	30	16	+14	29
3	BK Marienlyst	14	7	4	3	29	25	+4	25
4	Nykøbing FC	14	6	4	4	20	16	+4	22
5	B.93	14	4	2	8	18	19	−1	14	Qualification to Relegation Group
6	Dalum IF	14	3	4	7	20	32	−12	13
7	Næsby BK	14	3	3	8	14	24	−10	12
8	FC Svendborg	14	2	4	8	14	31	−17	10

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2015. Source: Danish FA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Group 3

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Thisted FC	14	10	2	2	39	15	+24	32	Qualification to Promotion Group
2	Brabrand IF	14	8	4	2	26	17	+9	28
3	Middelfart G&BK	14	8	1	5	22	22	0	25
4	Aarhus Fremad	14	6	2	6	26	20	+6	20
5	Jammerbugt FC	14	5	2	7	21	29	−8	17	Qualification to Relegation Group
6	Odder IGF	14	3	5	6	20	29	−9	14
7	Kolding IF	14	3	2	9	19	27	−8	11
8	Skovbakken IK	14	3	2	9	15	29	−14	11

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2015. Source: Danish FA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Promotion Group

League table

The top 4 teams from each group will compete for 3 spots in the 2016–17 Danish 1st Division. The points and goals that the teams won in the autumn group against other participants in the promotion group was transferred to the promotion group.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	AB Gladsaxe (P)	16	12	2	2	44	15	+29	46	Promotion to 2016–17 Danish 1st Division
2	BK Fremad Amager (P)	16	9	3	4	39	29	+10	40
3	Nykøbing FC (P)	16	9	4	3	46	31	+15	36
4	BK Frem	16	7	2	7	27	22	+5	34
5	Brabrand IF	16	4	8	4	36	30	+6	33
6	Brønshøj Boldklub	16	7	5	4	36	31	+5	33
7	Thisted FC	16	6	3	7	42	35	+7	31
8	Aarhus Fremad	16	7	2	7	24	35	−11	29
9	Hvidovre IF	16	4	6	6	25	23	+2	25
10	HIK	16	5	0	11	16	36	−20	24
11	BK Marienlyst	16	5	2	9	34	52	−18	23
12	Middelfart BK[a]	16	2	1	13	20	50	−30	1

Updated to match(es) played on 18 June 2016. Source: Danish FA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Middelfart BK was deducted twelve points for paying salaries to amateur players.^[2]

Relegation Group

The bottom 4 teams from each group will compete to avoid the 2 relegations spots to the Denmark Series. The points and goals that the teams won in the autumn group against other participants in the relegation group was transferred to the relegation group.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	B.93	16	9	4	3	48	28	+20	39
2	BK Avarta	16	8	4	4	28	23	+5	39
3	Odder IGF	16	9	3	4	39	24	+15	38
4	Dalum IF	16	8	5	3	34	23	+11	37
5	Næsby BK	16	8	4	4	38	23	+15	36
6	Skovbakken IK	16	6	2	8	42	39	+3	29
7	Kolding IF	16	6	3	7	33	37	−4	28
8	Holbæk B&I	16	7	1	8	26	35	−9	28
9	FC Svendborg	16	5	4	7	30	32	−2	27
10	Jammerbugt FC	16	4	5	7	36	43	−7	27
11	AB Tårnby (R)	16	3	3	10	30	49	−19	22	Relegation to Denmark Series
12	B 1908 (R)	16	3	2	11	26	54	−28	16

Updated to match(es) played on 18 June 2016. Source: Danish FA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(R) Relegated