2018–19 Danish 1st Division

The 2018–19 Danish 1st Division (known as the NordicBet Liga due to sponsorship by NordicBet) marked the 23rd season of the league operating as the second tier of Danish football and the 79th season overall under the 1st Division name. The league is governed by the Danish Football Association (DBU).

NordicBet Liga

Season	2018–19
Champions	Silkeborg IF
Relegated	FC Helsingør Thisted FC
Matches played	198
Goals scored	569 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ronnie Schwartz (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Silkeborg IF 5–0 Thisted FC (8 May 2019)
Biggest away win	FC Fredericia 1–7 FC Roskilde (4 November 2018)
Highest scoring	FC Fredericia 1–7 FC Roskilde (4 November 2018)
Highest attendance	9,117 Silkeborg IF 2–2 Viborg FF (14 May 2019)
Lowest attendance	402 Thisted FC 0–0 Hvidovre IF (31 March 2019)
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

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

Fredericia

Fremad Amager

HB Køge

Helsingør

Hvidovre

Lyngby

Nykøbing

Næstved

Roskilde

Silkeborg

Thisted

Viborg

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)[a] 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)[a]	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) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Play-offs

Relegation play-offs

Matches

12 May 2019

Vendsyssel	0–1	Horsens
	Report	Brock-Madsen 76'

Nord Energi Arena, Hjørring

Attendance: 2,134

Referee: Jens Maae

19 May 2019

Horsens	1–1	Vendsyssel
Lumb 36'	Report	Henriksen 83'

CASA Arena Horsens, Horsens

Attendance: 5,517

Referee: Michael Tykgaard

Horsens won 2–1 on aggregate.

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12 May 2019

Hobro	0–1	Vejle Boldklub
	Report	Finnbogason 24'

DS Arena, Hobro

Attendance: 3,326

Referee: Jakob Kehlet

19 May 2019

Vejle Boldklub	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Hobro
	Report	Hammershøy-Mistrati 14' Sabbi 103'

Vejle Stadion, Vejle

Attendance: 9,142

Referee: Morten Krogh

Hobro won 2–1 on aggregate.

Promotion play-offs

Matches

30 May 2019

Lyngby BK	2–1	Vendsyssel FF
Gytkjær 9' Fosgaard 31'	Report	Kamara 11'

Lyngby Stadion, Lyngby

Attendance: 4,832

Referee: Morten Krogh

2 June 2019

Vendsyssel FF	2–2	Lyngby BK
Þorsteinsson 67' (pen.) Konaté 85'	Report	Kjær 11' Mohammad 52'

Nord Energi Arena, Hjørring

Referee: Morten Krogh

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

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30 May 2019

Hobro	1–0	Viborg
Sabbi 30'	Report

DS Arena, Hobro

Attendance: 5,674

Referee: Jens Maae

2 June 2019

Viborg	0–2	Hobro
	Report	Hammershøy-Mistrati 1' Sabbi 22'

Energi Viborg Arena, Viborg

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.