The 1979 Danish 1st Division season was the 34th season of the Danish 1st Division

Danish 1st Division

The 1st Division has been the name of the second highest football league in Denmark since 1991. From 1945 to 1991 the 1st Division was the name of the highest level of football in Denmark...

 league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association

Danish Football Association

The Danish Football Association 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 teams. It is based in the city of Brøndby and is a founding member of both FIFA...

. It constituted the 66th edition of the Danish football champions

Danish football champions

The Danish football champions are the winners of the highest league of football in Denmark. The title has been contested since 1913, in a varying form of competitions. Since 1991, the winners have been found through the Danish Superliga championship...

hip, and saw Esbjerg fB

Esbjerg fB

Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber also referred to as Esbjerg fB or simply EfB is a professional Danish football club from the port city of Esbjerg in West Jutland. The club was formed in 1924, as a merger between Esbjerg Boldklub af 1898 and Esbjerg Amatørklub af 1911. The club has training facilities...

 win the championship title.

The Danish champions qualified for the European Cup 1980-81

European Cup 1980-81

The 1980–81 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for a third time by Liverpool in the final against Real Madrid. In the 11 seasons up to and including this one, there were only four winners of the European Cup , but there were eleven different runners-up...

, while the second placed teams qualified for the UEFA Cup 1980-81. The three lowest placed teams of the tournament were directly relegated

Promotion and relegation

In many sports leagues around the world, promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season. Through it, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season...

 to the Danish 2nd Division

Danish 2nd Division

The 2nd Division is the third tier Danish football league, just after the 1st Division.It was founded in 1945, after World War II, as the second-best Danish football division. When the Danish Superliga was founded in 1991, the 2nd Division became the third level league...

 for the following season. Likewise, the Danish 2nd Division champions and two first runners-up were promoted

Promotion and relegation

In many sports leagues around the world, promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season. Through it, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season...

 to the 1st Division.

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1. Esbjerg fB Esbjerg fB Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber also referred to as Esbjerg fB or simply EfB is a professional Danish football club from the port city of Esbjerg in West Jutland. The club was formed in 1924, as a merger between Esbjerg Boldklub af 1898 and Esbjerg Amatørklub af 1911. The club has training facilities...	30	18	10	2	59	30
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2. KB Kjøbenhavns Boldklub Kjøbenhavns Boldklub or KB is a Danish sports club based in Copenhagen. The club was founded April 26, 1876 on the grassy fields in outer Copenhagen which later became Fælledparken. Football and cricket has been played in KB since 1879, making KB the oldest football club on Continental Europe and...	30	16	8	6	58	34
40
3. B 1903	30	15	8	7	53	31
38
4. Kastrup BK	30	13	11	6	45	30
37
5. Odense BK Odense BK Odense Boldklub is a Danish professional football club based in the town of Odense. The club has won three Danish championships and five Danish Cup trophies. OB play in the Danish Superliga and their home field is TRE-FOR Park in Odense on Funen...	30	15	7	8	53	40
37
6. Næstved IF	30	15	6	9	59	45
36
7. BK Frem	30	10	10	10	29	32
30
8. Vejle BK	30	12	5	13	45	44
29
9. Aarhus GF	30	9	10	11	47	4
28
10. Ikast fS Ikast FS Ikast FS is a Danish football club currently playing in the Danish 2nd Division West. In 1999, their first team merged with Herning Fremad, to found FC Midtjylland and Ikast now operates as FCM's reserve team....	30	10	7	13	48	59
27
11. Hvidovre IF Hvidovre IF Hvidovre IF is a Danish football club, founded on 15 October 1925 in Hvidovre.- Current squad :As of 2011-03-21...	30	9	9	12	43	57
27
12. Aalborg BK	30	10	6	14	42	45
26
13. B 93	30	8	8	14	30	45
24
14. B 1901	30	5	10	15	45	59
20
15. IK Skovbakken IK Skovbakken IK Skovbakken is a Danish sports club from Aarhus.The football department is currently playing in the Danish 2nd Division West. They play at Vejlby Stadion in Aarhus, which has a capacity of 5,000.The club's basketball team is one of the best in Denmark...	30	4	11	15	30	61
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16. Slagelse B&I Slagelse B&I Slagelse BK&IF is a Danish football club currently playing in the Series 1. They play at Slagelse Stadion in Slagelse on Zealand, which has a capacity of 10,000.From the 2008-09 season the best team is named FC Vestsjælland.-Achievements:...	30	5	6	19	34	64
16

Top goalscorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	John Eriksen John Eriksen John Hartmann Eriksen was a Danish footballer. During his career he played for Svendborg FB and Odense BK in his native Denmark, Roda JC and Feyenoord in Holland, FC Mulhouse in France and Servette FC and FC Luzern in Switzerland.He won 17 caps and scored six goals for Denmark, and played in the...	Odense BK Odense BK Odense Boldklub is a Danish professional football club based in the town of Odense. The club has won three Danish championships and five Danish Cup trophies. OB play in the Danish Superliga and their home field is TRE-FOR Park in Odense on Funen...	20

External links

Peders Fodboldstatistik Haslund.info