[3][4] Divisionsforeningen is one of three formal members of the Danish FA (the others being DBU Bredde and Kvindedivisionsforeningen) and is subject to the laws and regulations of the national association.

[7] An association agreement between Divisionsforeningen and Kvindedivisionsforeningen (KDF) was signed in February 2014 with the aim of strengthening mutual cooperation and the development of both men's and women's elite football clubs in mind.

[9][10][11] Kjøbenhavns BK had previously floated the idea of forming an advisory body consisting of clubs from the Copenhagen FA (KBU), but at that time it did not gain the necessary support.

[9] The organisation was formally founded at a meeting on 2 February 1969 at the offices of Kjøbenhavns BK and was named Foreningen af 1. divisionsklubber under DBU.

[14] A condemnation of the Danmarks Idrætsforbund's TV committee for allowing a TV broadcast from the 1969 Ice Hockey World Championships at the same time as the premiere of the Danmarksturneringen, discussion of contracts for advertising on training shirts, attention to unpaid exploitation of players in an advertising context, discussion about disbursing money to players, the issue of standard contracts and identical salaries for professional coaches, and establishing a cooperation with the corresponding Swedish association, was also on the agenda at the meeting.