[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.
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.
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.
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.
Being the largest regional football association, the Jutland FA have had the highest number of member clubs complete in the Danmarksturneringen.