 When he recovered he was relegated to a substitute role, and Andersen never found his goal scoring form in Duisburg.Following two goals in 25 games, Andersen was loaned out to Superliga relegation battlers Vejle Boldklub from January to and including June 2000, to play under his former AaB coach Poul Erik Andreasen.Despite seven goals in 14 games from Andersen, Vejle were relegated at the end of the season.