2007–08 Danish 1st Division

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Season 2007-08
Champions Vejle BK
Promoted Vejle BK
SønderjyskE
Relegated HIK
Aarhus Fremad
Ølstykke FC
Goals scored 681
Average goals/game 2,84
Top goalscorer Pablo Piñones-Arce (17)
Biggest home win Vejle BK 8-0 HIK (2007-09-23)
Biggest away win Ølstykke FC 0-5 Silkeborg IF (2007-09-23)
Highest scoring Vejle BK 5-3 Hvidovre IF (2007-08-26)
Vejle BK 8-0 HIK (2007-09-23)
(8 goals)

The 2007–08 Danish 1st Division season was the 13th season of the Danish 1st Division league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association. It took place from the first match on August 4, 2007 to the final match on June 8, 2008.

The division-champion and runner-up promotes to the Danish Superliga 2008-09. The teams in the 14th, 15th and 16th places will be divided between 2nd Division East and West, based on location.

You can see the fixture schedule here.

Contents

Participants

Clubs placed on map
Club
Finishing position
last season
First season of
current spell in
1st Division
Aarhus Fremad 11th 2006–07
AB 10th 2004–05
BK Frem 5th 2004–05
FC Fredericia 4th 2001–02
Herfølge BK 9th 2005–06
HIK 13th 2004–05
Hvidovre IF 3rd in 2nd Division East 2007–08
Kolding FC 6th 2005–06
Køge BK 7th 2003–04
Lolland-Falster Alliancen 1st in 2nd Division East 2007–08
Næstved BK 8th 2006–07
Silkeborg IF 12th in Superliga 2007–08
Skive IK 1st in 2nd Division West 2007–08
SønderjyskE 3rd 2006–07
Vejle BK 11th in Superliga 2007–08
Ølstykke FC 12th 2002–03

Odds

Club Odds[1] Frac.[2]
Vejle 2.61 8/5
Silkeborg 3.31 23/10
SønderjyskE 4.76 15/4
Kolding 12.37 23/2
Fredericia 13.23 25/2
AB 32.32 31/1
Herfølge 38.86 38/1
Næstved 42.55 42/1
Køge 42.86 42/1
Frem 45.14 44/1
LFA 70.27 69/1
Ølstykke 112.27 111/1
HIK 127.82 127/1
Hvidovre 219.18 218/1
Skive 240.09 239/1
Aarhus F. 273.73 273/1

Before the season, Superliga-relegated Vejle was considered the 8/5-favorite to win the division and regain promotion along with fellow relegated Silkeborg at 23/10, with former Superliga-side SønderjyskE the only notable contender for the title at 15/4. The outsiders for promotion were local rivals Kolding and Fredericia.

The fight in the middle of the pack was predicted to contended by AB, Herfølge, Næstved, Køge and Frem, while Lolland-Falster Alliancen, Ølstykke and HIK would contend the lower third.

The two newly promoted teams, Skive and Hvidovre were, along with last year's 11th place finisher, Aarhus Fremad, the favorites to get relegated.

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Vejle BK (C) (P) 30 25 3 2 80 24 +56 78 Promotion to the Danish Superliga
2 SønderjyskE (P) 30 17 10 3 55 32 +23 61
3 Silkeborg IF 30 16 9 5 60 33 +27 57
4 Herfølge BK 30 15 6 9 55 43 +12 51
5 FC Fredericia 30 12 8 10 49 36 +13 44
6 AB 30 11 8 11 38 36 +2 41
7 Kolding FC 30 11 7 12 53 47 +6 40
8 Næstved BK 30 11 7 12 36 39 −3 40
9 Hvidovre IF 30 10 7 13 31 33 −2 37
10 Skive IK 30 10 4 16 36 52 −16 34
11 BK Frem 30 12 3 15 46 54 −8 0331
12 LFA 30 8 9 13 28 41 −13 33
13 Køge BK 30 8 9 13 36 51 −15 33
14 HIK (R) 30 8 7 15 36 56 −20 31 Relegation to the Danish 2nd Divisions
15 Aarhus Fremad (R) 30 7 7 16 22 43 −21 28
16 Ølstykke FC (R) 30 4 6 20 20 61 −41 18

Source: Danish Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1 Frem was deducted six points because of the club's compulsory composition.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Top goalscorers

Pos Player Scored for Goals
1 Pablo Piñones-Arce Vejle BK 17
2 Kenneth Fabricius SønderjyskE 16
Rasmus Katholm FC Fredericia
4 Anders Clausen SønderjyskE
Hvidovre IF
15
5 Adeshina Lawal Vejle BK 14
Henrik Toft Vejle BK
Herfølge BK
7 Emmanuel Ake HIK 13
8 Lasse Ankjær Skive IK 12
9 Akeem Agbetu Kolding FC 11
Simon Azoulay Silkeborg IF
Martin B. Christensen LFA
Jesper Jørgensen Kolding FC

See also

References

  1. ^ Odds were an average of odds taken from 11 bookmakers (10bet, Bet24, Betsson, bwin, Centrebet, Expekt, Gamebookers, Ladbrokes, NordicBet, Scandic Bookmakers and Unibet) taken on June 26, 2007 and rounded off to two decimal places.
  2. ^ Fractional odds were slightly rounded.

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