1927–28 Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen

The national tournament at the top of the Danish football league system consisted of two stages, a preliminary round contested by 20 teams split into 5 groups determined by draw and distributed evenly among all regional associations, where the five winners of each group would qualify for the final championship round held at the end of the season.

[2][4][5] A nationwide tournament was established as a replacement for the Sylow-Tournament and the Danish national football championship play-off structure, known as the Landsfodboldturneringen that had existed between 1913 and 1927.

[10] The first match day also saw the largest victory of the season and the largest number of goals made by one player in the same match, when B 1903 won 11–0 in their away game against Rønne BK on 28 August 1927, with three goals being scored in the first half and another eight in the second half, in front of a record crowd of 1,100 spectators at the Østergadebanen field in Rønne.

[15][11] Viborg FF's left half back and captain, Hermann Brügmann, was credited with scoring the first own goal of the tournament, in his side's 1–8 away loss to Horsens FS on 4 September 1927, when an attempt of a pass back to Viborg FF goalkeeper Aksel Laursen in the 23rd minute of the game failed completely.

[24] At a meeting in the evening on 25 June, BK Frem decided to inform the Danish FA, that they would not participate in the first replay match.

[24] B 1903 had arranged private matches as part of their 25 years anniversary and did not want to participate in additional games for the Danish league championship.

At the same time, the players of the first team of B.93 informed the club's board, that they would not be able to play due to several injuries — the goalkeeper Fritz Tarp had gotten a ruptured muscle at their last match in Fredrikstad — during their tour in Norway.

The request was denied on 1 May 2020 on the basis on the era's different set of rules and that the Danish FA had already at that time made a definite decision.

Together with the stadiums at Nykøbing Falster and Rønne, it had partly covered stands, limited seating arrangements and somewhat terraced pitches and fences surrounding the ground.

Match action ahead of the first goal of the match between Aarhus GF vs Akademisk BK on 1 April 1928. [ 6 ]
Referee Laurits "Sorte" Jørgensen of Odense BK officiated three matches in the tournament's group 3.
Newspaper advertisement for the first match in the new tournament on Jutland soil played on the first match date, 28 August 1927, between Horsens FS and Kjøbenhavns BK .
Newspaper advertisement for the first match in the new tournament on Funen soil played on the first match date, 28 August 1927, between B 1913 and Akademisk BK .
Newspaper advertisement for one of the four tournament matches played on the first match date, 28 August 1927, between Korsør BK and the reigning Danish champions B.93 . [ 78 ]
Newspaper advertisement for the first group 4 match played on 4 September 1927, between BK Frem Sakskøbing and BK Frem .
Newspaper advertisement for one of the matches of the tournament played on 28 August 1927, between Rønne BK and B 1903 . [ 109 ]
Newspaper advertisement for one of the matches in the final group stage of the tournament played on 29 May 1928, between BK Fremad Amager and Handelsstandens BK .