DANISH 1ST DIVISION

The '1st Division' (officially named the 'Viasat Sport Division' after main sponsor Viasat) has been the name of the second highest football league in Denmark since 1991. Initially founded as the highest level of football in Denmark in 1946, the 1st Division became the second tier of Danish football when the Danish Superliga was formed in 1991.
The top ranking teams each year win promotion to the Superliga, while the bottom finishers get relegated to the Danish 2nd Divisions.

Contents

History

Winners

Footnotes

History

There has been two or more levels of football in Denmark since 1930, when the ''Promotion Series'' became the second level of Danish football, beneath the Danish ''Championship League'', which determined the winners of the Danish football championship. The second level of Danish football was renamed the ''2nd series'' in 1937, but had to be abandoned during the German occupation of Denmark in the Second World War.
After the end of the Second World War in 1945, the Danish championship was contested through the newly formed 1st Division, while the second level of Danish football was named the ''2nd Division''. The 2nd Division was the second highest Danish league from 1946 to 1990, when the Superliga was founded as the highest level, and the second tier was renamed the ''1st division''. From 1992 to 1995, the six top teams of the first half of the 1st Division season went through to the ''Qualification League'', where they competed with the two lowest ranking Superliga clubs for promotion to the subsequent Superliga season.
In 1996, the 1st Division had its first name sponsor, as the league received the official name "Faxe Kondi Divisionen" after main sponsor Faxe Brewery. The sponsor deal ended in 2001, but from 2004 it was named "Viasat Sport Divisionen".

Winners

Year Team 'Promotion Series' 1930 AGF 1931 Fremad Amager 1932 Esbjerg fB 1933 Skovshoved IF 1934 Helsingør IF 1935 Næstved BK 1936 HIK '2nd Series' 1937 Vejen SF 1938 Fremad Amager 1939 Køge BK 1940 Vejen SF 1941-1945 ''none''[1] '2nd Division' 1946 Østre BK 1947 OB 1948 B 1909 1949 Esbjerg fB 1950 B 1909 1951 Skovshoved IF 1952 KB 1953 AGF 1954 B 1909 1955 AIA-Tranbjerg 1956 Vejle BK

Year Team 1957 OB 1958 B 1903 1959 B 1913 1960 Køge BK 1961 Brønshøj BK 1962 AaB 1963 BK Frem 1964 Hvidovre IF 1965 AB 1966 Horsens fS 1967 B 1913 1968 B 1903 1969 Randers Freja 1970 B 1909 1971 AGF 1972 AB 1973 Holbæk B&I 1974 Vanløse IF 1975 Kastrup BK 1976 Frederikshavn fI 1977 Næstved IF 1978 AaB 1979 Køge BK 1980 Viborg FF 1981 Brøndby IF 1982 BK Frem

Year Team 1983 KB 1984 B 1903 1985 KB 1986 Hvidovre IF 1987 Silkeborg IF 1988 B 1913 1989 KB 1990 B 1909 '1st Division' 1991 Næstved IF 1992 B 1909 1993 Ikast fS 1994 Næstved BK 1995 Herfølge BK 1996 Hvidovre IF 1997 Ikast fS 1998 Viborg FF 1999 OB 2000 FC Midtjylland 2001 Esbjerg fB 2002 Køge BK 2003 Herfølge BK 2004 Silkeborg IF 2005 SønderjyskE 2006 Vejle BK 2007 Lyngby BK

Footnotes

1. During World War II there was only one competition in Danish football.