2022–23 Danish 1st Division

(Redirected from 2022-23 Danish 1st Division) 78th season of Danish 1st Division Football league season

Nordicbet Liga

Season	2022–23
Matches played	192
Goals scored	204 (1.06 per match)
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 Danish 1st Division season is the 27th season of the Danish 1st Division league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association.

Participants

SønderjyskE and Vejle BK finished the 2021–22 season of the Superliga in 11th and 12th place, respectively, and were relegated to the 1st Division. They replaced AC Horsens and Lyngby Boldklub, who were promoted to the 2022–23 Danish Superliga.

Næstved BK and Hillerød won promotion from the 2021–22 Danish 2nd Division. They replaced Esbjerg fB and Jammerbugt.

Stadia and locations

Vejle class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2022–23 Danish 1st Division teams.

Club	Location	Stadium	Turf	Capacity	2021–22 position
FC Helsingør	Helsingør	Helsingør Stadion	Natural	4,500	4th
FC Fredericia	Fredericia	Monjasa Park	Natural	4,000	5th
BK Fremad Amager	Copenhagen	Sundby Idrætspark	Artificial	7,200	10th
HB Køge	Herfølge/Køge	Capelli Sport Stadion	Artificial	4,000	7th
Hillerød Fodbold	Hillerød	Hillerød Stadion	Artificial	5,000	2nd 2D
Hobro IK	Hobro	DS Arena	Natural	10,700	8th
Hvidovre IF	Hvidovre	Hvidovre Stadion	Natural	12,000	3rd
Nykøbing FC	Nykøbing Falster	CM Arena	Natural	10,000	6th
Næstved BK	Næstved	Tintshop Park	Natural	7,500	1st 2D
SønderjyskE	Haderslev	Sydbank Park	Natural	10,000	12th SL
Vejle	Vejle	Vejle Stadion	Natural	10,418	11th SL
Vendsyssel FF	Hjørring	Hjørring Stadion	Natural	7,500	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
FC Fredericia	Michael Hansen	Christian Ege Nielsen	Hummel	Monjasa
FC Helsingør	Daniel K. Pedersen	Nikolaj Hansen	Diadora	GardinXperten
BK Fremad Amager	Carit Falch	Pierre Kanstrup	Adidas	Øens Erhvervsnetværk
HB Køge	Daniel Agger	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 IF	Per Frandsen	Christopher Østberg	Nike	KBS Byg
Nykøbing FC	Claus Jensen	Lars Pleidrup	Nike	Jyske Bank
Næstved BK	Peter Bonde	Jesper Christiansen	Joma	Sydbank, Meny, Mærk Næstved
SønderjyskE	Thomas Nørgaard	Marc Dal Hende	Hummel	Danfoss
Vejle Boldklub	Ivan Prelec	Jacob Schoop	Hummel	Arbejdernes Landsbank
Vendsyssel FF	Henrik Pedersen	Mikkel Wohlgemuth	Select	Nordjyske Bank

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Fremad Amager	Peter Løvenkrands	Mutual consent	17 June 2022	Michael Hemmingsen	28 June 2022	Pre-season
SønderjyskE	Henrik Hansen	Sacked	5 November 2022	Thomas Nørgaard	15 December 2022	3rd
Fremad Amager	Michael Hemmingsen	Sacked	2 December 2022	Carit Falch	4 January 2023	9th
FC Helsingør	Morten Eskesen	Signed by Denmark U18	13 January 2023	Daniel K. Pedersen	14 February 2023	5th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Vejle Boldklub	22	16	2	4	47	20	+27	50	Qualification to Promotion Group
2	Hvidovre IF	22	13	5	4	50	28	+22	44
3	FC Helsingør	22	12	1	9	32	35	−3	37
4	SønderjyskE	22	10	5	7	41	29	+12	35
5	Vendsyssel FF	22	10	3	9	35	31	+4	33
6	Næstved BK	22	8	8	6	32	26	+6	32
7	Hillerød Fodbold	22	9	4	9	29	35	−6	31	Qualification to Relegation Group
8	HB Køge	22	7	4	11	29	33	−4	25
9	Hobro IK	22	5	8	9	19	30	−11	23
10	Fremad Amager	22	7	2	13	25	42	−17	23
11	FC Fredericia	22	6	3	13	29	40	−11	21
12	Nykøbing FC	22	4	5	13	26	44	−18	17

Updated to match(es) played on 18 March 2023. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Team ╲ Round
Vejle Boldklub	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Hvidovre IF	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
FC Helsingør	12	11	8	9	7	6	5	5	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	4	4	6	6	6	4	3
SønderjyskE	3	2	2	1	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	3	5	5	5	5	5	3	4
Vendsyssel FF	2	3	5	4	3	4	4	6	5	6	5	5	5	4	5	6	6	4	3	3	5	5
Næstved BK	6	5	4	5	5	5	6	4	6	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	6	6
HB Køge	8	8	10	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Hillerød Fodbold	11	12	12	12	10	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	11	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Hobro IK	9	6	6	8	9	8	8	9	10	11	10	11	8	8	9	10	10	9	10	10	9	9
Fremad Amager	10	10	7	6	8	10	10	8	8	8	9	9	10	9	10	9	9	10	9	9	10	10
FC Fredericia	4	7	9	10	11	9	9	10	9	9	8	8	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Nykøbing FC	7	9	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

Updated to match(es) played on 18 March 2023. Source: Worldfootball

Promotion Group

The top 6 teams will compete for 2 spots in the 2023–24 Danish Superliga. Points and goals carried over in full from the regular season.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	VEJ	HVI	SØN	VEN	NST	HEL
1	Vejle Boldklub (P)	32	20	7	5	61	30	+31	67	Promotion to Danish Superliga	—	0–0	1–2	4–3	3–1	2–1
2	Hvidovre IF (P)	32	17	7	8	65	41	+24	58	Promotion to Danish Superliga	0–1	—	1–2	0–0	2–3	3–2
3	SønderjyskE	32	16	8	8	60	45	+15	56		1–1	0–3	—	1–1	1–0	3–2
4	Vendsyssel FF	32	13	7	12	48	43	+5	46		0–0	2–3	0–1	—	2–1	2–0
5	Næstved BK	32	11	10	11	50	48	+2	43		1–1	3–2	3–3	2–3	—	2–1
6	FC Helsingør	32	13	3	16	47	54	−7	42		1–1	0–1	4–5	0–0	4–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 4 June 2023. Source:
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.
(P) Promoted

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
Team ╲ Round
Vejle Boldklub	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Hvidovre IF	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
SønderjyskE	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Vendsyssel FF	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Næstved BK	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5
FC Helsingør	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6

Updated to match(es) played on 4 June 2023. Source: Worldfootball

Relegation Group

The bottom 6 teams will compete to avoid the 2 relegations to the 2023–24 Danish 2nd Division. Points and goals carried over in full from the regular season.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	FRE	HBK	HIL	HOB	AMA	NYK
1	FC Fredericia	32	13	6	13	56	48	+8	45		—	6–1	4–0	2–2	0–0	2–0
2	HB Køge	32	13	5	14	50	51	−1	44		2–2	—	2–0	1–3	4–2	3–1
3	Hillerød Fodbold	32	12	5	15	37	51	−14	41		1–2	1–0	—	0–0	1–0	2–0
4	Hobro IK	32	9	11	12	33	42	−9	38		0–1	0–2	2–1	—	1–2	3–1
5	Fremad Amager (R)	32	10	4	18	38	60	−22	34	Relegation to Danish 2nd Division	1–3	0–1	1–0	1–1	—	4–3
6	Nykøbing FC (R)	32	6	5	21	43	73	−30	23	Relegation to Danish 2nd Division	1–5	3–5	5–3	1–2	2–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2023. Source:
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.
(R) Relegated

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
Team ╲ Round
FC Fredericia	10	10	8	8	8	7	7	8	7	7
HB Køge	9	9	10	10	9	8	8	9	8	8
Hillerød Fodbold	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	7	9	9
Hobro IK	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
Fremad Amager	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Nykøbing FC	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2023. Source: Worldfootball

References

"Samarbejdet ophører med Løvenkrands" (in Danish). fremadamagerelite.dk. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
"Michael Hemmingsen overtager i Fremad A." bold.dk (in Danish). 28 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
"Officielt: Sønderjyske fyrer trænerduo". bold.dk (in Danish). 5 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
"Officielt: Thomas Nørgaard er ny Sønderjyske-cheftræner". bold.dk (in Danish). 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
"Fremad Amager fyrer Michael Hemmingsen". bold.dk (in Danish). 2 December 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
"Officielt: Carit Falch er ny cheftræner i Fremad Amager". bold.dk (in Danish). 4 January 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
"Morten Eskesen stopper i FC Helsingør". bold.dk (in Danish). 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
"Nyudnævnt Helsingør-boss gør midlertidig træner til cheftræner på live TV". bold.dk (in Danish). 11 March 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
^ "LÆR TURNERINGSSTRUKTUREN AT KENDE" [Get to know the tournament structure]. 3F Superliga (in Danish). Archived from the original on 16 July 2019.
^ "Superliga 2021/2022". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
"Fremad Amager rykker ned før tid". TV 2 (in Danish). 23 May 2023.

External links

(in Danish) Danish FA
Soccerway

Football in Denmark

Danish Football Association (DBU)

National teams

men:	Senior League XI U-21 U-19 U-17 Beach soccer Futsal
women:	Senior U-19 U-17

League competitions

men:	Danmarksturneringen i fodbold Superliga 1st Division 2nd Division 3rd Division Denmark Series Regional top leagues Copenhagen Series Funen Series Jutland Series Zealand Series Regional second-tier leagues Bornholm Series Lolland-Falster Series Series 1 Danish Reserve League
women:	Danmarksturneringen i kvindefodbold Women's League Women's 1st Division Women's 2nd Division Women's Series

Cup competitions

men:	Danish Men's Cup
women:	Danish Women's Cup
defunct:	1888 Medal Football Competition Baneklubberne Tournaments Provinsmesterskabsturneringen Sylow-Tournament Carlsberg Cup Danish League Cup Danish Super Cup Viasat Cup KBUs Pokalturnering FBUs Pokalturnering JBUs Pokalturnering SBUs Pokalturnering LFBUs Pokalturnering BBUs Pokalturnering

Organizations

current:	DBU Bredde Divisionsforeningen Kvindedivisionsforeningen Spillerforeningen Dansk Fodbolddommer Union Dansk Træner Union DBU Copenhagen DBU Jutland DBU Zealand DBU Bornholm DBU Lolland-Falster DBU Funen Danske Fodbold Fanklubber Dansk Arbejder Idrætsforbund
defunct:	Dansk Kvinde Fodbold Union Københavns Forstadsklubbers Boldspil Union Amager Boldspil-Union Nordre Birks Boldspil-Union

Lists / statistics

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Domestic leagues	Superliga 1st Division 2nd Division 3rd Division Denmark Series
Domestic cups	Danish Cup Final
European competitions	Champions League Men Women Europa League Europa Conference League
Related to the national team	2022 FIFA World Cup Group D
Club seasons
Superliga	AaB AC Horsens AGF Brøndby Copenhagen Lyngby Midtjylland Nordsjælland OB Randers Silkeborg IF Viborg FF
Summer transfers Winter transfers

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