1964 Danish 2nd Division
# 1964 Danish 2nd Division

The 1964 Danish 2nd Division (Danish: Danmarksturneringens 2. division 1964) was the twenty-ninth season of the Danish second-tier association football division since the establishment of Danmarksturneringen's nation-wide league structure in 1927. Governed by the Danish FA, the season was launched on 29 March 1964, with the match between Ikast FS and Vanløse IF, and the last round of matches concluded in November 1964. Aalborg BK and Køge BK entered as relegated teams from last season's top-flight, while Hvidovre IF and Næstved IF entered as promoted teams from the 1963 Danish 3rd Division. Fixtures for the 1964 season were announced in February 1964.

Hvidovre IF won the league, securing their third promotion in a row after having entered second-tier league for the first time in the club's history, with Aalborg BK becoming the runners-up and returning immediately to the top-flight in the 1965 Danish 1st Division. At the end of the season, the two clubs with the fewest points in the final league standings, Vanløse IF and Randers SK Freja, were relegated to the 1965 Danish 3rd Division. Helge Jørgensen of Odense KFUM became the league's top scorer, netting a total of 24 goals.

## Summary

The 1964 season was inaugurated on 29 March with a single Easter Sunday match between Ikast FS, that finished the 1963 Danish 2nd Division season in ninth place, and Vanløse IF, that finished in tenth place last season, at Ikast Stadium in front of a crowd of 1,200 spectators. Ikast FS' centerforward Jørgen Nielsen scored the first goal of the season in the 11th minute after a pass from Kristian Mosegaard and scored additional two goals after 34 and 80 minutes of play, hence also completing the first hat-trick of the season. The remaining fixture for the first matchday was held on 30 March 1964.

On 26 April 1964, the game between Hvidovre IF and Odense KFUM became the first live television transmission by Danmarks Radio from a domestic competitive match in the Danmarksturneringen i fodbold. The league match, played at Hvidovre Stadium with an attendance of 4,850 spectators, was won 2-1 by the Copenhagen suburban-based club. Over 1 million television viewers nationwide tuned to watch the match that was shown in its full length at 18:00 CET until approx. 19:45 CET.

## Teams

Twelve teams competed in the league – eight teams from the previous season, two teams relegated from the top tier and two teams promoted from the third tier. The promoted teams were Hvidovre IF, who entered the second-tier league for the first time in the club's history, and Næstved IF, returning after a three-year absence. They replaced Skovshoved IF and Hellerup IK, ending their second-tier spells of two and three years respectively. The relegated teams were Aalborg BK, returning after one season, and Køge BK, returning after a three-year absence, replacing BK Frem and B.93, who returned to the top-flight division, ending their spells in the second-tier of three and four years respectively.

### Stadiums and locations

| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| Frederikshavn fI | Frederikshavn | Frederikshavn Stadium | 25,000 |
| Horsens FS | Horsens | Horsens Idrætspark | |
| Hvidovre IF | Hvidovre | Hvidovre Stadium | 10,000 |
| Ikast FS | Ikast | Ikast Stadium | |
| Køge BK | Køge | Køge Stadium | 14,000 |
| Næstved IF | Næstved | Næstved Stadium | |
| Odense BK | Odense | Odense Stadium | 28,000 |
| Odense KFUM | Odense | Odense Stadium | 28,000 |
| Randers SK Freja | Randers | Randers Stadium | 25,000 |
| Vanløse IF | Vanløse, Copenhagen | Vanløse Idrætspark | 5,000 |
| Viborg FF | Viborg | Viborg Stadium | 18,000 |
| Aalborg BK | Aalborg | Aalborg Stadium | 22,000 |

### Personnel

| Team | Head coach | Captain |
| - | - | - |
| Frederikshavn fI | Kaj Hansen | |
| Horsens FS | Laurids "Lause" Andersen | |
| Hvidovre IF | Bendt Jørgensen | Jørgen Jespersen |
| Ikast FS | Immanuel Poulsen | |
| Køge BK | Mario Astorri | |
| Næstved IF | József Kovács | |
| Odense BK | Richard Møller Nielsen | |
| Odense KFUM | Ole Petersen | Bent Johansen |
| Randers SK Freja | Carlo Bendtsen | |
| Vanløse IF | Tivadar Szentpetery Henning Westergaard | |
| Viborg FF | Rudi Strittich | Erik Bundgaard Helge Larsen |
| Aalborg BK | Kaarlo Niilonen | Kjeld Thorst |

* ↑ The line-up for each game was decided by members of a match selection committee, referred to as udtagelseskomite (UK) or spilleudvalg, while the coach was responsible for the physical training and game tactics. The rules stated that the coach was not allowed to instruct his players from the bench.
* ↑ Tivadar Szentpetery was contractually employed from 1 January 1964 until his resignation on 29 September 1964.
* ↑ Henning Westergaard took over as coach on 29 September 1964 for the remaining part of the season.

### Coaching changes

| Team | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming coach | Date of appointment |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Horsens FS | Erik Knudsen | End of contract | 31 December 1963 | Pre-season | Laurids "Lause" Andersen | 1 January 1964 |
| Køge BK | Edvin Hansen | End of contract | 31 December 1963 | Pre-season | Mario Astorri | 1 January 1964 |
| Vanløse IF | Henning Westergaard | End of caretaker spell | 31 December 1963 | Pre-season | Tivadar Szentpetery | 1 January 1964 |
| Viborg FF | Leo Thorvald Nielsen | End of contract | 31 December 1963 | Pre-season | Rudi Strittich | 1 January 1964 |
| Vanløse IF | Tivadar Szentpetery | Resigned | 29 September 1964 | 11th | Henning Westergaard | 29 September 1964 |

## League table

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. The winners and the runners-up were promoted to the 1965 Danish 1st Division, while the two teams with the fewest points would be relegated to the 1965 Danish 3rd Division.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hvidovre IF (C, P) | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 61 | 21 | 2.905 | 33 | Promotion to the 1965 Danish 1st Division |
| 2 | Aalborg BK (P) | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 56 | 32 | 1.750 | 31 | Promotion to the 1965 Danish 1st Division |
| 3 | Odense KFUM | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 49 | 32 | 1.531 | 30 | |
| 4 | Viborg FF | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 53 | 50 | 1.060 | 25 | |
| 5 | Odense BK | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 48 | 51 | 0.941 | 25 | |
| 6 | Frederikshavn fI | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 42 | 0.833 | 20 | |
| 7 | Ikast FS | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 42 | 0.810 | 20 | |
| 8 | Næstved IF | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 40 | 54 | 0.741 | 18 | |
| 9 | Køge BK | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 40 | 44 | 0.909 | 17 | |
| 10 | Horsens FS | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 56 | 0.714 | 17 | |
| 11 | Vanløse IF (R) | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 39 | 43 | 0.907 | 16 | Relegation to the 1965 Danish 3rd Division |
| 12 | Randers SK Freja (R) | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 37 | 65 | 0.569 | 12 | Relegation to the 1965 Danish 3rd Division |

## Results

| Home \ Away | FFI | HFS | HIF | IFS | KBK | NIF | OBK | KFU | RSF | VIF | VFF | AAB |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Frederikshavn fI | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–5 |
| Horsens FS | 2–2 | — | 2–3 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 3–4 |
| Hvidovre IF | 4–1 | 0–0 | — | 6–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 0–1 |
| Ikast FS | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| Køge BK | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 4–0 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–5 |
| Næstved IF | 1–1 | 5–5 | 1–7 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 2–3 | 1–1 | 7–2 | 4–3 | 3–6 | 0–1 |
| Odense BK | 0–3 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | — | 0–3 | 7–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Odense KFUM | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–4 | — | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Randers SK Freja | 0–1 | 9–1 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–4 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–7 |
| Vanløse IF | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 4–2 | 1–0 |
| Viborg FF | 3–4 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 2–2 | — | 1–2 |
| Aalborg BK | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 5–2 | — |

## Statistics

### Scoring

**Top scorers**

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Helge Jørgensen | Odense KFUM | 24 |
| 2 | Per Bartram | Odense BK | 22 |
| 3 | Kurt Berthelsen | Hvidovre IF | 20 |
| 4 | Kjeld Thorst | Aalborg BK | 19 |
| 5 | Finn Døssing | Viborg FF | 17 |
| 6 | Leif Sørensen | Hvidovre IF | 15 |
| 7 | Lars Bo Henriksen | Hvidovre IF | 14 |
| 7 | Erik Dyreborg | Næstved IF | 14 |
| 9 | Flemming Petersen | Frederikshavn fI | 12 |
| 9 | Freddy Hansen | Odense KFUM | 12 |
| 11 | Jørgen Nielsen | Ikast FS | 11 |
| 11 | Jens Flou | Aalborg BK | 11 |
| 13 | Flemming Iversen | Odense BK | 10 |
| 13 | Helge Larsen | Viborg FF | 10 |

Source:

**Hat-tricks**

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Jørgen Nielsen | Ikast FS | Vanløse IF | 3–1 (H) | 29 March 1964 |
| Kurt Berthelsen | Hvidovre IF | Frederikshavn fI | 4–1 (H) | 12 April 1964 |
| Lars Bo Henriksen | Hvidovre IF | Ikast FS | 6–0 (H) | 17 May 1964 |
| Lars Bo Henriksen | Hvidovre IF | Viborg FF | 6–1 (H) | 1 June 1964 |
| Erik Dyreborg | Næstved IF | Randers SK Freja | 7–2 (H) | 23 August 1964 |
| Leif Sørensen | Hvidovre IF | Randers SK Freja | 6–2 (H) | 27 September 1964 |
| Kurt Berthelsen | Hvidovre IF | Randers SK Freja | 6–2 (H) | 27 September 1964 |
| Leif Sørensen | Hvidovre IF | Næstved IF | 7–1 (A) | 4 October 1964 |
| Kurt Berthelsen | Hvidovre IF | Næstved IF | 7–1 (A) | 4 October 1964 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Player | Club | Matches | Clean sheets |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| — | John Worbye | Hvidovre IF | 22 | 9 |
| — | Mogens Johansen | Køge BK | 22 | 2 |
| — | Frank Madsen | Næstved IF | 4 | 1 |
