The Danmarksturneringen i kvindefodbold (shortened to Kvinde-DM, or simply DM) is a women's association football league tournament in Denmark, comprising the top three nation-wide semi-professional and amateur divisions of the Danish football league system. [1] The women's national league system was established by the Danish FA in 1975, following the discontinuation of the end-of-the season knock-out tournament format for the women's national championship after two editions (1973–1974). [2] [3] The first season, 1975 Danmarksturneringen i damefodbold, involved twenty teams — that had qualified through the regional football league championships — split equally into two geographically divided groups with the two group winners progressing to a national championship final. [4] A combined nation-wide first division was introduced in 1981, a second division was implemented in 1993 and a third division was added in 2021. [3] [5] Initially formed as an amateur tournament, professionalism was legalized and restricted to the Danmarksturneringen in July 1997, with the first semi-professional player contracts in Danish women's football being signed by Fortuna Hjørring og Frederiksberg BK. [6] [7] [8] The tournament have always been organized by the Danish FA. The clubs finishing bottom of the Danmarksturneringen's basement division have since the 1981-season been relegated to the Kvindeserien, the highest level of women's amateur football in the country.
The list includes clubs that are current members of the Danmarksturneringen, those who lost their Danmarksturneringen status upon relegation, and those which lost their status by other means. This includes clubs which have become defunct, merged or created superstructures with one or several neighbouring clubs, or have been relegated to a lower non-league position in the national league pyramid. Where a defunct club has been succeeded by a phoenix club, the new club is listed. If a club now only fields youth teams and no senior women's teams, the club's senior women's department is listed as inactive.
The table shows the first and last seasons in which each club competed in a division part of the Danmarksturneringen including the total number of Kvinde-DM seasons and a summary of the seasons spent in the top flight division. Some clubs' membership was intermittent between their first and last seasons. The current name of the club's senior women's squad and/or professional branch is listed even though the name might differ from the actual period in which the team took part in the Danmarksturneringen – the footnotes detail relevant changes in the club's history. Their affiliation to a regional football association and current division status is also mentioned, highlighting whether the individual clubs are participating in the current season of the Danmarksturneringen, playing at a lower ranking non-league level, have transformed to become a reserve team, or have become defunct or inactive due to a merger, superstructure at senior level or were dissolved.
As of the 2021–22 season, a total of 120 different teams have competed in the Danmarksturneringen since its inception, including sixteen (semi-professional) superstructures involving multiple clubs, sixty-one now defunct or inactive senior women's teams and six reserve squads. In the 1996 season, AC Ballerup [lower-alpha 1] became the first superstructure to partake in the Danmarksturneringen. [9] [10] Reserve teams were allowed in the second division beginning from the 2017–18 season, with Fortuna Hjørring (2) and VSK Aarhus (2) and Kolding BK (KoldingQ reserves) being the first reserve squads in the league tournament. [11] With the addition of the third division in 2021–22 season, the highest level for reserve teams were downgraded to the third tier. [5] Seventy-four different teams have participated in the top flight league. Fortuna Hjørring remain the only club to have participated in all editions (47) of the Danmarksturneringen i kvindefodbold, while also being the club with most seasons (46) in the top-flight league. The reserve team of KoldingQ only partook in the second division between July and October 2021, before being merged into the newly established Kolding IF Women. [12] [13] Vildbjerg SF have had the most league seasons (12) in the Danmarksturneringen without ever having played in the top division. Being the largest regional football association, the Jutland FA have had the highest number of member clubs complete in the Danmarksturneringen.
Overview has been updated to include the 2021–22 season. A season is regarded as one year long.
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DBU Funen is the local governing body for association football and futsal on Funen and the surrounding isles, Denmark. They are responsible for the governance and development of men's and women's football at all levels in the region. DBU Funen is a member of the Union of Local Football Associations in Denmark (FLU) under the Danish Football Association (DBU) and National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark (DIF). The headquarters is located in the western part of Odense. Clubs situated on Funen and surrounding areas, covering the postal codes between 5000 and 5999 can be accepted as members of DBU Funen. In 2017 the football association consisted of 158 clubs and 28,993 members with Dalum IF being the largest club membership-wise. Founded on 10 July 1904, it is the fourth oldest regional football association under the Danish FA and kept its original name, Fyns Boldspil-Union (FBU), until 1 February 2011, where it was changed to its current name, DBU Fyn.
The Danish football league system, also known as the football league pyramid, refers to the hierarchically interconnected league structure for association football in Denmark, in which all divisions are bound together by the principle of promotion and relegation. Within men's association football, the top two professional levels contain one division each. Below this, the semi-professional and amateur levels have progressively more parallel divisions, which each cover progressively smaller geographic areas. The top four tiers are classed as nationwide, while the fifth tier and below are classed provincial leagues. Teams that finish at the top of their division at the end of each season can rise higher in the pyramid, while those that finish at the bottom find themselves sinking further down. In theory it is possible for even the lowest local amateur club to rise to the top of the system and become Danish football champions one day. The number of teams promoted and relegated between the divisions varies, and promotion to the upper levels of the pyramid is usually contingent on meeting additional criteria, especially concerning appropriate facilities and finances.
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Kvindedivisionsforeningen, shortened to KDF, is a trade, special interest and employers' organisation for women's professional association football in Denmark and the elite clubs that partake in the Women's League, Women's 1st Division, Women's 2nd Division and Women's Under-18 Tournament, representing their interests, primarily towards the Danish Football Association (DBU), the Danish Football Players' Association (SF) and the local municipalities. The association's secretariat is located at the offices of the Danish FA at Fodboldens Hus, DBU Allé 1 in Brøndby. While the national FA is the organiser of the women's nation-wide league and cup tournaments, the women's organisation has a say in their marketing, guidelines, structure and development. They have previously organised an unofficial football tournament, called Grand Prix turneringen.
Amager Boldspil-Union, shortened to ABU, was a subregional governing body for men's association football on the island of Amager, Denmark. The Amager Football Association governed the league and cup tournaments for the official championship of Amager, known as ABUs Amager-Turnering and ABUs Pokalturnering since its inception in March 1912. In 1916, the association's clubs formed the regional Københavns Forstadsklubbers Boldspil-Union (KFBU). Representative teams, either composed of individual clubs and a selection of players from several teams, referred to as Amager, competed in KFBU tournaments or in exhibition matches against other representative teams and clubs. The subregional football association published a member's magazine known as Unionsbladet, which evolved into the KFBU magazine known as Fodboldbladet.
DBU Bredde is a special interest organization for grassroots association football in Denmark and the six regional associations under the Danish Football Association (DBU); DBU Bornholm, DBU Copenhagen, DBU Funen, DBU Jutland, DBU Lolland-Falster and DBU Zealand. DBU Bredde is one of three formal members of the Danish FA, is subject to the laws and regulations of the national association, and elects two out of seven members to the board of the Danish FA. The nation-wide organization consists of a board of representatives and a board of directors, representing their member's political and strategic interests towards the Danish FA, men's professional football represented by Divisionsforeningen (DF), women's elite football represented by Kvindedivisionsforeningen (KDF), referees represented by Danish Football Referee Association (DFU), and the national and local municipalities. Areas of co-operation between the members include the education of coaches and referees, counseling on club development, and volunteering.
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The 2021–22 Danish Women's 2nd Division was the first season of the new Danish nation-wide third-tier association football division since its establishment in November 2020 as part of the revised Danmarksturneringen i kvindefodbold's nation-wide league structure. Governed by the Danish FA, the season was launched on 14 August 2021 with two fixtures in the preliminary round and concluded with the last five matches on 13 November 2021. Østerbro IF, Solrød FC, Ballerup-Skovlunde Fodbold, Fredensborg BK&IF, FC Damsø, JAI Fodbold, IF Lyseng, Aarhus 1900, IK Aalborg Freja and Fortuna Hjørring (II) entered as relegated teams from last season's second division, while Allerød FK, BK Fremad Amager, KoldingQ and Vejle BK entered as promoted teams from the last season's third-tier. The eleven first teams, excluding the reserve teams, in the division entered the 2021–22 Danish Women's Cup in the cup tournament's first round proper. The fixtures for the 2021–22 season were announced by the Danish FA's tournament committee and featured a twenty weeks long winter break.
The 2021–22 Danish Women's 1st Division was the thirteenth season of the Danish nation-wide second-tier association football division since its establishment in 1992 as part of the Danmarksturneringen i kvindefodbold's nation-wide league structure. The two or multiple group format of the second division was abolished and a single division format was reintroduced for the first time since the 2012–13 season and with fewer clubs partaking. Governed by the Danish FA, the season was launched on 7 August 2021 with two fixtures in the preliminary round and concluded with the last four matches on 20 November 2021. All eight teams in the league took part in the previous season with four teams, Odense Q, B.93, IF ASA and Sundby BK, proceeding to the Qualification League without gaining promotion to the first division. The clubs in the division entered the 2021–22 Danish Women's Cup in the cup tournament's first round proper. The fixtures for the 2021–22 season were announced by the Danish FA's tournament committee and featured a twenty weeks long winter break.
Referat af generalforsamling d. 25 februar 2014; Referat af generalforsamling tirsdag d. 19. februar 2013
Fladså fodbold og Korskilde IF fodbold er fusioneret med virkning fra 1. januar 2005.
Dameafdelingen blev oprettet i 1979; men spillede først med i SBU serie 2 + Amtsturneringen fra 1980.
Holdets liv i noter
Gennem 70'erne og 80'erne kom stadig flere hold til på herre og drenge siden – og midt i 70'erne kom der tillige damefoldbold på programmet. Anført af træner Mogens Nielsen oplevede klubben af have et damehold i 1. division i den periode.
AaB deltog i 1976 i danmarksturneringens vestkreds for damer