The –JBUsMesterskabsræ1926–27 JBUs Mesterskabsrække was the 29th season of the Jutland Football Championship since its establishment in 1902, and the 5th season since the regional top-flight league was rebranded and reorganised from JBUs A-Række to the JBUs Mesterskabsrække. The season was launched on 12 September 1926 and concluded on 8 May 1927 with the final match of the regular league fixtures, while the two-legged championship play-off and the promotion/relegation play-off matches were held between 15 May and 12 June 1927. Horsens FS secured their second consecutive Jutland league championship and qualified for both the provincial semi-finals of the 1926–27 Landsfodboldturneringen and the group stage of the 1927–28 Danmarksmesterskabsturneringen. Horsens FS' reserve team were relegated and replaced by Kolding BK of the 1926–27 JBUs A-række, who had won the regional second-tier league championship. In the 1926 JBUs Pokalturnering, Aalborg BK obtained their third consecutive cup championship, by winning the final against Esbjerg fB.
Season summary
The board of Jutland Football Association made a decision to expand the league with six teams just a little over a month prior to the start of the season. Following a qualification cup tournament involving the eleven group winners of the 1925–26 JBUs A-række and the lowest placed team in the 1925–25 JBUs Mesterskabsrække played on 9 August 1926, BK Herning Fremad, Fredericia BK, IK Aalborg Freja, Holstebro BK and the reserve team of Horsens FS were promoted to regional top-flight league, while IK Aalborg Chang managed to secure another season in the league. The match schedules for the fall season for its 94 member clubs in three regional divisions, the Mesterskabsrækken (12 teams), A-ækken (42 teams) and B-rækken (81 teams), and in the regional cup tournament were published on 1 September 1926 by the Jutland FA, and involved a nearly 5 months long winter break from November 1926 to March 1927. The first fixtures of the season were played on 12 September 1926.
A hurricane hit Jutland on 10 October 1926 causing the league match between Holstebro BK and Aarhus GF at a ground in Holstebro to be cancelled after 15 minutes of attempts to keep playing, and the clubs agreed to continue playing at another date and time. The rescheduled match took place on 14 November 1926. The remaining league matches went on as scheduled. After the conclusion of the fall season, Viborg FF and IK Aalborg Freja was leading the north group's league table with 8 points, while Horsens FS was in first place in the south group.
Another storm on 24 April 1927 had a crucial impact on the game between Aarhus GF and IK Aalborg Freja at Aarhus Idrætspark, where one of the goals accredited to Aarhus GF was literally blown into the goal without the involvement of a foot and outside the reach of IK Aalborg Freja's goalkeeper Herman Christensen.
Following the league match between BK Herning Fremad and Vejle BK on 9 May 1927, the automobile, transporting six Vejle BK players back to Vejle from Herning, experienced a puncture at Holtum Bridge around 6 o'clock. Haulier Chr. Hansen lost control of his wagon, crashing it into a three by the road, causing a somersault, and completely destroying the automobile. All six players were injured, with five of them being able to leave Brande Hospital shortly after treatment, while Hans Sielemann had his right arm and hand crushed and was hospitalised.
Teams
Twelve teams competed in the league split into two groups with each six teams – the six teams from the previous season and the six teams promoted from the second-tier. The promoted teams were the reserve team of Horsens FS, BK Herning Fremad, Fredericia BK, IK Aalborg Freja, IK Aalborg Chang and Holstebro BK.
Stadia and locations
League tables
Every team in each group played two games against the other teams, at home and away, totaling 10 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 head-to-head points and goal ratio. The team with the most points qualified for the championship play-offs, while the team with the fewest points in each group would qualify for the promotion/relegation play-offs.