1964 Danish 1st Division
The 1964 Danish 1st Division (Danish: Danmarksturneringens 1. division 1964) was the 37th season of Denmark's top-flight association football division since the establishment of Danmarksturneringen's nation-wide league structure in 1927, and the 51st edition of the overall Danish national football championship since its inception in 1912. Governed by the Danish FA, the season was launched on 26 March 1964 with a clash between last season's third-placed B 1903 and Østerbro-based and local rivals B.93 with the last round of six matches concluding on 15 November 1964. Esbjerg fB were the defending league champions, having won their third consecutive league title last season, while BK Frem and B.93 entered as promoted teams from the 1963 Danish 2nd Division. Fixtures for the 1964 season were announced by the Danish FA's tournament committee on 6 January 1964, featuring a nine weeks long summer break.
| Season | 1964 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 26 March – 15 November 1964 |
| Champions | B 1909 (2nd title) |
| Relegated | Akademisk BK Brønshøj BK |
| Matches played | 132 |
| Goals scored | 484 (3.67 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Jørgen Ravn (21 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Aarhus GF 7–1 Brønshøj BK (7 June 1964) |
| Biggest away win | Brønshøj BK 0–6 Akademisk BK (18 October 1964) |
| Highest scoring | B 1909 6–2 Kjøbenhavns BK (5 April 1964) Aarhus GF 7–1 Brønshøj BK (7 June 1964) Kjøbenhavns BK 5–3 B 1901 (4 October 1964) |
| Highest attendance | 43,400 Kjøbenhavns BK 0–1 B 1909 (15 November 1964) |
| Total attendance | 554,691 |
| Average attendance | 4,202 |
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The club leading the league table after the spring season's first eleven matches were awarded a berth to the 1964–65 European Cup preliminary round, while the winners of the 1963–64 Danish Cup would quality for the first round of the 1964–65 European Cup Winners' Cup — in case, it turned out to be the same team, the runners-up of the 1964 Danish Cup Final would instead quality for the European Cup Winners' Cup tournament. The overall league winners of 1964 qualified for the 1965–66 European Cup preliminary round. The Danish representatives in the 1964–65 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round became B 1913 (on behalf of Odense-Stævnet) and Kjøbenhavns BK (on behalf of Stævnet).
B 1909 won the league, secured their second Danish league championship on the final matchday in front of a record high attendance of 43,400 spectators at Københavns Idrætspark, the highest at a Danish league match in history, with Aarhus GF becoming the runners-up for the fourth time in the history. At the end of the season, the two clubs with the fewest points in the final league standings, Akademisk BK and Brønshøj BK, were relegated to the 1965 Danish 2nd Division. Jørgen Ravn of Kjøbenhavns BK was the league's top scorer for the second time, scoring 21 goals, three more than second-placed teammate Finn Møller.