FOOTBALL IN DENMARK

This article discusses association 'football in Denmark'. Football is the national sport of Denmark, with 296,818 players and 1,614 clubs registered (as of end-2006 [1]) under the Danish FA.

Contents

The structure of the FA

League system

Lower divisions' format

See also

External links

The structure of the FA

Main articles: Danish Football Association

The Danish FA (Dansk Boldspil-Union, DBU) is separated into 6 regional associations:

★ Jutland Football Association (JBU), which in turn is separated into 4 regions:

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★ Region 1: Nordjylland County

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★ Region 2: Viborg and Ringkøbing counties

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★ Region 3: Århus and Vejle counties

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★ Region 4: Ribe and South Jutland counties

★ Funen Football Association (FBU): Funen County

★ Zealand Football Association (SBU): West Zealand, Roskilde, Frederiksborg, Copenhagen counties and Zealand part of Storstrøm County

★ Copenhagen Football Association (KBU): Frederiksberg and Copenhagen municipalities

★ Lolland-Falster Football Association (LFBU): Non-Zealand part of Storstrøm County

★ Bornholm Football Association (BBU): Bornholm municipality

League system

The top 5 levels in Denmark are governed by the Danish Football Association, and are considered ''Danmarksturneringen'' (literally: the Denmark Tournament or Danish Championship), since the lower are just regional.

Level	League(s)/Division(s)
1	'Superligaen' ''12 clubs''
2	'1st division' ''16 clubs''
3	'2nd Division (West)' ''14 clubs''			'2nd Division (East)' ''14 clubs''
4	'Denmark Series (Pool 1)' ''12 clubs''			'Denmark Series (Pool 2)' ''12 clubs''
5	'Qualification series (Pool 1)' ''8 clubs''		'Qualification series (Pool 2)' ''8 clubs''		'Qualification series (Pool 3)' ''8 clubs''
6–	'Lower divisions'

Until the 2004-05 season, there was only one 2nd division and three Denmark Series (''Danmarksserie(r)'').
Any given second squad of a team is only allowed to reach the 2nd divisions. If they finish on a promotion spot, they will not be promoted, and the next non-second squad will receive the promotion instead. Therefore, a 2nd division ''can'' (unlike any other non-top level) be won by the same team two times in a row.

Lower divisions' format

The lower divisions are controlled by the regional associations.
The format is generally two (regional name)'s series (example: Funen's series (''Fynsserien'')), followed by ''Serie 1'', ''Serie 2'' and so forth. The number of lower series vary from 3 in LFBU to 6 in JBU.
The following table pictures the JBU-part as of the 2005-06 season.

Level	League(s)/Division(s)
–5	'Higher divisions'
6	'Jyllandsserien, pool 1' ''14 clubs''								'Jyllandsserien, pool 2' ''14 clubs''
7	'Serie 1, pool 3' ''12 clubs''				'Serie 1, pool 4' ''12 clubs''				'Serie 1, pool 5' ''12 clubs''				'Serie 1, pool 6' ''12 clubs''
8	'Serie 2, pool 7' ''12 clubs''		'Serie 2, pool 8' ''12 clubs''		'Serie 2, pool 9' ''12 clubs''		'Serie 2, pool 10' ''12 clubs''		'Serie 2, pool 11' ''12 clubs''		'Serie 2, pool 12' ''12 clubs''		'Serie 2, pool 13' ''12 clubs''		'Serie 2, pool 14' ''12 clubs''
9	'S3, 15' ''12 cl.''	'S3, 16' ''12 cl.''	'S3, 17' ''12 cl.''	'S3, 18' ''12 cl.''	'S3, 19' ''12 cl.''	'S3, 20' ''12 cl.''	'S3, 21' ''12 cl.''	'S3, 22' ''12 cl.''	'S3, 23' ''12 cl.''	'S3, 24' ''12 cl.''	'S3, 25' ''12 cl.''	'S3, 26' ''12 cl.''	'S3, 27' ''12 cl.''	'S3, 28' ''12 cl.''	'S3, 29' ''12 cl.''	'S3, 30' ''12 cl.''
10	'Serie 4, pools 31–62' (32) ''12 clubs per division''
11	'Serie 5, pools 63–110' (46) ''12 clubs per division''
12	'Serie 6, pools 111–143' (32) ''11 or 12 clubs per division''

See also

★ List of football clubs in Denmark

★ Roligans

External links

★ Danish Football Association

★ Jutland Football History

★ Peders fodboldstatistik, extensive match database