1964 Danish 1st Division

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The players of B 1909 at the award ceremony, crowned 1964 Danish league champions, following the away match against Kjøbenhavns BK on 15 November 1964. Bruno Eliasen is holding the league trophy.

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The 1964 top-flight league was inaugurated early with a single Thursday match between B 1903, that had finished the 1963 season in third place, and newly promoted B.93 at Gentofte Stadium on 26 March 1964 in front of an audience of 3,100 spectators.^[10][2] B.93's Svend Petersen scored the season's first goal after 8 minutes of play via a header, following a pass from forward Walther Jensen and left wing Tom Søndergaard, but B 1903's knee-injured defender Henning Westergaard managed to draw the match 1–1 by netting in the second goal of the game in the 89th minute after B.93's goalkeeper Bent Jørgensen had lost the ball.^[10]

B 1909 claimed the league title on the final matchday, 15 November, with a 1–0 away win at Københavns Idrætspark in a top flight clash against another title contender Kjøbenhavns BK.^[3] The weather on that Sunday was cold, windy and raining, but the deciding match of season managed to attract a crowd of 43,400 spectators — it remains the official standing record attendance for a Danish league game.^[3][11] Before the last round, both teams were leading the league table, each with 29 points, followed by Aarhus GF in third place with 27 points — B 1909 held a slightly better goal average.^[2] The interest for the game was fueled by the fact that the past ten top-tier league seasons had been won by provincial teams, and that the game involved a Copenhagen-based team, which could reclaim the Danish league title — the first 41 editions of Danish national football championship had been won by a club from the capital.^[3] Despite the stadium being able to hold approximately 50,000 spectators at the time and no brewing unrest, the authorities decided the close the gates 15 minutes before kick-off due to fears of overcrowding.^[3] A good portion of non-payers had more or less illegally obtained a spot at the stands inside the stadium, while several thousand people outside the stadium could not get access.^[3][12]

The final match was won by B 1909 with a single goal netted by forward Mogens Haastrup in the 80th minute of play, following a pass from teammate John Danielsen, where Haastrup dribbled and eluded Kjøbenhavns BK goalkeeper Nils Jensen.^[12] B 1909 goalkeeper Svend Aage Rask, dressed in complete black, prevented several goal attempt from Kjøbenhavns BK's forwards, including Jørgen Ravn.^[12] Hungarian-Swiss Carlos Pintér was head coach for the Odense-based working class team in corporation with a match selection committee and had the following core players in the club's squad: goalkeeper Svend Aage Rask, defenders Leif Hartwig and Jørgen Rask, midfielders Arno Hansen, Erling Nielsen and Per Jacobsen, and forwards Palle Kähler, Walther Richter, Mogens Haastrup, John Danielsen and Mogens Berg.^[12] Palle Hansen, Mogens Engstrøm and Bruno Eliasen, who all appeared in the last game of the season, including Jørgen Petersen and Poul Erik Wiinberg, also played their part in the winning season.^[12][13][14]

BK Frem and B 1903 secured themselves another season in the top-flight division by winning their last games on 15 November 1964, 4–0 at home against Vejle BK and 3–1 away against B 1901, respectively.^[15][16][2] The decisive match for BK Frem took place at Valby Idrætspark in front of an audience of 3,000 spectators compared to the club's other home matches in the season, that had all been played at Københavns Idrætspark.^[15][16] Akademisk BK, who was also part of the relegation battle, won their last match away against B 1913, but ended up with just one point short in the final standings, so was relegated to the 1965 Danish 2nd Division along with Brønshøj BK.^[2]

Twelve teams competed in the league – the top ten teams from the previous season and the two teams promoted from the second-tier. The promoted teams were B.93, returning to the top flight after a four-year absence, and BK Frem, returning after a three-year absence. They replaced Aalborg BK and Køge BK, ending their top flight spells of one and three years respectively.

Stadiums and locations

Copenhagen

Esbjerg fB

B 1901

Odense

Vejle BK

Aarhus GF

Copenhagen teams
Akademisk BK
B.93
B 1903
Brønshøj BK
BK Frem
Kjøbenhavns BK

Odense teams
B 1909
B 1913

Locations of the 1964 Danish 1st Division teams.

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Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Ref
Akademisk BK	Gladsaxe	Gladsaxe Idrætspark		[17]
Aarhus GF	Aarhus	Aarhus Idrætspark	22,000	[18][19][20][21]
B.93	Østerbro, Copenhagen	Københavns Idrætspark	50,000	[11][21]
B 1901	Nykøbing Falster	Nykøbing Falster Stadium
B 1903	Gentofte	Københavns Idrætspark Gentofte Stadium	50,000 16,300	[11][21] [22]
B 1909	Odense	Odense Stadium	28,000	[18][23][21]
B 1913	Odense	Odense Stadium	28,000	[18][23][21]
Brønshøj BK	Brønshøj-Husum, Copenhagen	Københavns Idrætspark	50,000	[11][21]
Esbjerg fB	Esbjerg	Esbjerg Stadium	20,000	[18][21]
BK Frem	Valby, Copenhagen	Københavns Idrætspark (21 matches) Valby Idrætspark (1 match)	50,000 6,000	[11][18][21] [15][16][24]
Kjøbenhavns BK	Frederiksberg	Københavns Idrætspark	50,000	[11][21]
Vejle BK	Vejle	Vejle Stadium	20,000	[18][21]

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Personnel

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Team	Head coach	Captain	Ref
Akademisk BK	Ivan Jessen		[25][26]
Aarhus GF	Géza Toldi		[27][26]
B.93	Knud Petersen	Jørgen Jacobsen	[26][28][29]
B 1901	Kurt "Nikkelaj" Nielsen		[30][26]
B 1903	Simon Mathiesen		[31][26]
B 1909	Carlos Pintér	Erling Nielsen Bruno Eliasen	[14][26][32]
B 1913	Jack Johnson		[33][26][34]
Brønshøj BK	Jørn Larsen		[26][35]
Esbjerg fB	Arne Sørensen	Jens Jørgen Hansen	[36][26]
BK Frem	Erling Sørensen	Birger Larsen	[26][37]
Kjøbenhavns BK	Walter Presch		[34][38]
Vejle BK	Ernst Netuka		[39][26]

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Coaching changes

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Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment	Ref
Brønshøj BK	Ejnar Olsen	End of contract	31 December 1963	Pre-season	Jørn Larsen	1 January 1964	[35][40][41]
Kjøbenhavns BK	Carlos Pintér	End of contract	31 December 1963	Pre-season	Walter Presch	1 January 1964	[38][34]
B 1909	Alfons "Ali" Remlein	End of contract	31 December 1963	Pre-season	Carlos Pintér	1 January 1964	[42][38]

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Every team played two games against the other teams, at home and away, totaling 22 games each. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal average. The team with the most points were crowned winners of the league, while the two teams with the fewest points would be relegated to the 1965 Danish 2nd Division.