The 2016–17 Danish 1st Division season is the 21st season of the

Danish 1st Division The 1st Division (''1. Division'') is the second-highest football league in Denmark, also known as NordicBet Liga for sponsorship reasons. From 1945 to 1991 the 1. Division was the name of the highest level of football in Denmark. With the forma ...

league championship, governed by the

Danish Football Association The Danish Football Union ( da, Dansk Boldspil-Union; DBU) is the governing body of football in Denmark. It is the organization of the Danish football clubs and runs the professional Danish football leagues and the men's and women's national te ...

. The division-champion, the runners-up and the third placed team are promoted to the

2017–18 Danish Superliga The 2017–18 Danish Superliga season was the 28th season of the Danish Superliga, which decides the Danish football championship. F.C. Copenhagen, Copenhagen are the defending champions. Teams Esbjerg fB finished as loser in the relegation p ...

The teams in 11th and 12th places are relegated to the 2017–18 Danish 2nd Divisions.

Participants

Hobro IK Hobro Idræts Klub () is a professional association football club based in the town of Hobro, Denmark, that competes in the 1st Division, the second tier of the Danish football league system. Founded in 1913, it is known by the short names 'Hob ...

finished the 2015–16 season of the Superliga in 12th place and was relegated to the 1st Division.

Lyngby Boldklub Lyngby Boldklub () is a Danish professional football club founded in 1921. It is based at Lyngby Stadion in Kongens Lyngby, Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, a northern suburb of Copenhagen. From 1994 to 2001 the club was known as Lyngby FC. The clu ...

Silkeborg IF Silkeborg Idrætsforening, (; commonly known as Silkeborg IF or SIF in short) is a professional football club based in Silkeborg, Denmark. The club was founded in 1917, reached the highest level of Danish football in 1987, and afterwards became ...

, and AC Horsens were promoted to the 2016–17 Danish Superliga as the Danish Superliga expands to 14 teams for the 2016–17 season. AB Gladsaxe,

Fremad Amager Boldklubben Fremad Amager (meaning in English: The Ball Club Forward Amager ; abbreviated Fremad A) is a Danish professional football club based in the district of Amager Vest, Copenhagen. As of the 2020–21 season, the club's senior men's tea ...

and Nykøbing FC won promotion from the

2015–16 Danish 2nd Divisions The 2015–16 Danish 2nd Divisions will be the first with the league divided in three groups of eight teams in the autumn. In spring there will be a promotion play-off and a relegation play-off. The top three teams of the promotion play-off group w ...

Stadia and locations

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.

Managerial changes

League table

References

External links

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Danish 1st Division seasons 2016–17 in Danish football leagues