2018–19 Danish Superliga

Alka Superliga 2018–19
Season information
Dates	13 July 2018–26 May 2019
Winners	Copenhagen
Relegated	Vendsyssel Vejle
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Copenhagen
Europa League	Midtjylland Esbjerg Brøndby
Season statistics
Matches played	246
Goals scored	681
Average	(2.75 per match)
Top goalscorer	Robert Skov (29 goals)
Biggest home win	Midtjylland 5–0 Vejle (11 November 2018) Copenhagen 6-1 OB (10 February 2019)
Biggest away win	Hobro 0–5 AaB (23 September 2018) Horsens 1-6 Copenhagen (2 December 2018)
Highest scoring	Midtjylland 5–2 Hobro (29 September 2018) Horsens 1-6 Copenhagen (2 December 2018) Copenhagen 6-1 OB (10 February 2019) Randers 4-3 SønderjyskE (12 May 2019) Esbjerg 4-3 Copenhagen (19 May 2019)
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The 2018–19 Danish Superliga season is the 29th season of the Danish Superliga, which decides the Danish football championship. Midtjylland are the defending champions.

Teams

FC Helsingør finished as loser in the relegation play-offs in the 2017–18 season and was relegated to the 2018–19 1st Division along with Silkeborg IF, and Lyngby who lost their respective relegation play-offs as well.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2017–18 1st Division champions Vejle BK, who returned after nine years of absence, as well as the play-off winners Vendsyssel FF who got promoted to the top vision for the first time ever, and Esbjerg fB who returned after a one year absence.

Stadia and locations

Club	Location	Stadium	Turf	Capacity	2017–18 position
Aab !AaB	Aalborg	Aalborg Portland Park	Natural	13,797	05 !5th
Agf !AGF	Aarhus	Ceres Park	Natural	20,032	07 !7th
Brondby !Brøndby	Brøndby	Brøndby Stadium	Hybrid	29,000	02 !2nd
Fck !FCK	Copenhagen	Telia Parken	Natural	38,065	04 !4th
Hobro IK !Hobro	Hobro	DS Arena	Natural	10,700	09 !9th
Horsens !Horsens	Horsens	CASA Arena Horsens	Natural	10,400	06 !6th
Midtjylland !Midtjylland	Herning	MCH Arena	Natural	11,800	01 !1st
Nordsjaelland !Nordsjælland	Farum	Right to Dream Park	Artificial	9,900	03 !3rd
Ob !OB	Odense	EWII Park	Natural	15,633	10 !10th
Randers Fc !Randers	Randers	BioNutria Park Randers	Natural	12,000	11 !11th
Sonderjyske !SønderjyskE	Haderslev	Sydbank Park	Natural	10,000	08 !8th
Vejle BK !Vejle	Vejle	Vejle Stadium	Natural	10,418	13 !1D, 1st

Personnel and sponsoring

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
AaB	Morten Wieghorst	Rasmus Würtz	Hummel	Spar Nord
AGF	David Nielsen	Morten Rasmussen	Hummel	Ceres
Brøndby	Alexander Zorniger	Johan Larsson	Hummel	Bet25.dk
København	Ståle Solbakken	William Kvist	Adidas	Carlsberg
Hobro	Thomas Thomasberg	Mads Justesen	Puma	DS Gruppen, Spar Nord
Horsens	Bo Henriksen	Mathias Nielsen	Hummel
Midtjylland	Jess Thorup	Jakob Poulsen	Nike	Det Faglige Hus
Nordsjælland	Kasper Hjulmand	Mathias Jensen	Diadora	DHL
OB	Jakob Michelsen	Kenneth Emil Petersen	Hummel	Carlsberg
Randers	Rasmus Bertelsen	Mads Agesen	Puma	Verdo
SønderjyskE	Claus Nørgaard	Marc Pedersen	Hummel	Frøs Herreds Sparekasse
Vejle BK	Adolfo Sormani	Jacob Schoop	Hummel	Frøs Herreds Sparekasse

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
OB	Kent Nielsen	Sacked	21 May 2018	Jakob Michelsen	29 May 2018	Pre-season
Randers FC	Rasmus Bertelsen	End of contract	30 June 2018	Thomas Thomasberg	1 July 2018	Pre-season
Hobro IK	Thomas Thomasberg	Signed by Randers	30 June 2018	Allan Kuhn	1 July 2018	Pre-season
FC Midtjylland	Jess Thorup	Signed by Gent	10 October 2018	Kenneth Andersen	10 October 2018	1st
AaB	Morten Wieghorst	Sacked	25 November 2018	Jacob Friis	25 November 2018	6th
SønderjyskE	Claus Nørgaard	Mutual consent	17 December 2018	Glen Riddersholm	1 February 2019	10th
Brøndby	Alexander Zorniger	Sacked	18 February 2019	Martin Retov (interim)	19 February 2019	4th
Hobro IK	Allan Kuhn	Sacked	21 February 2019	Peter Sørensen	21 February 2019	14th
Vejle BK	Adolfo Sormani	Resigned	5 March 2019	Constantin Gâlcă	6 March 2019	14th
FC Nordsjælland	Kasper Hjulmand	Mutual consent	25 March 2019	Flemming Pedersen	25 March 2019	6th

Regular season

League table

2018–19 Danish Superliga Regular Season table table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Copenhagen	26	19	4	3	65	23	+42	61	Qualification to Championship round
2	Midtjylland	26	18	6	2	62	26	+36	60
3	OB	26	12	6	8	35	31	+4	42
4	Brøndby	26	11	5	10	44	40	+4	38
5	Esbjerg fB	26	11	5	10	32	35	−3	38
6	Nordsjælland	26	9	9	8	42	39	+3	36
7	Aalborg	26	9	9	8	38	35	+3	36	Qualification to Relegation round
8	Randers FC	26	9	7	10	29	34	−5	34
9	Aarhus	26	7	10	9	31	34	−3	31
10	Horsens	26	8	7	11	31	45	−14	31
11	SønderjyskE	26	7	7	12	30	37	−7	28
12	Vendsyssel	26	5	7	14	24	41	−17	22
13	Hobro	26	5	6	15	22	45	−23	21
14	Vejle	26	4	8	14	22	42	−20	20

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Championship round

Points and goals will carry over in full from the regular season.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		COP	MID	ESB	BRO	ODE	NOR
1	Copenhagen (C)	36	26	4	6	86	37	+49	82	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round		—	3–0	1–0	3–2	4–0	1–3
2	Midtjylland	36	21	8	7	76	43	+33	71	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round		4–0	—	1–2	1–2	2–0	0–0
3	Esbjerg	36	16	8	12	45	47	−2	56	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round		4–3	2–2	—	1–0	0–0	0–0
4	Brøndby (O)	36	15	7	14	60	52	+8	52	Qualification for the European play-off match		1–2	4–1	0–1	—	2–2	2–0
5	Odense	36	14	10	12	48	48	0	52			0–1	3–1	4–1	0–2	—	2–2
6	Nordsjælland	36	10	14	12	52	54	−2	44			0–3	1–2	1–2	1–1	2–2	—

Source: Soccerway
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner

Relegation round

Points and goals will carry over in full from the regular season.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		AGF	SJE	ACH	VB
1	AGF	32	12	11	9	46	40	+6	47	Qualification for the European play-off quarter-finals		—	2–1	3–1	2–2
2	SønderjyskE	32	9	8	15	37	45	−8	35			0–1	—	0–0	4–1
3	Horsens (O)	32	8	9	15	32	55	−23	33	Qualification for the relegation play-offs		0–3	0–1	—	0–0
4	Vejle (R)	32	6	10	16	34	53	−19	28			2–4	4–1	3–0	—

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Play-off.
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		RAN	AAB	VEN	HOB
1	Randers	32	12	9	11	35	39	−4	45	Qualification for the European play-off quarter-finals		—	0–2	1–1	1–0
2	AaB	32	10	12	10	44	41	+3	42			1–2	—	1–1	1–1
3	Vendsyssel (R)	32	6	11	15	32	49	−17	29	Qualification for the relegation play-offs		0–0	1–0	—	3–3
4	Hobro (O)	32	6	9	17	31	55	−24	27			1–2	1–1	3–2	—

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Play-off.
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated

European play-offs

The winning team from the 4-team knock-out tournament advanced to a Europa League play-off match. In the final, the team with the most points from the relegation round group stage hosted the second leg.

If the 2018–19 Danish Cup winner, found on 17 May in the final, is involved in the play-offs, they will be withdrawn, as they will enter the Europa League third qualifying round directly.

		Semifinals (5 & 12 May 2018)				Final (19 & 26 May 2018)
		SønderjyskE	1 3 4
		Randers	1 4 5
							Randers	2
							AGF	1
		AaB	0 0 0
		AGF	1 2 3

European play-off match

31 May 2019 19:00	Brøndby	4–2	Randers	Brøndby Stadium Referee: Michael Tykgaard
	Wilczek  55' Kaiser  67' Halimi  72' Riis  89' (og.)	Report	Kallesøe  36' Aaquist  51'

Relegation play-offs

The relegation play-offs were streamlined slightly compared to the previous system, essentially doing away with the former first round.

	First round						Play-off matches
							Match 3 (30 May and 2 June 2019)
							Lyngby	2	2	4
	Match 1 (12 and 19 May 2019)
							Vendsyssel	1	2	3
	Vendsyssel	0	1	1
	Horsens	1	1	2
	Match 2 (12 and 19 May 2019)
	Hobro	0	2	2
							Match 4 (30 May and 2 June 2019)
	Vejle	1	0	1
							Hobro	1	2	3
							Viborg	0	0	0

The winner of match 1 will finish 11th and stay in the Superliga, while the losers of match 2 will finish 14th and be relegated directly.

Top goalscorers

As of 16 May 2019

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Robert Skov	Copenhagen	27
2	Dame N'Doye	Copenhagen	22
3	Andreas Skov Olsen	Nordsjælland	21
4	Kamil Wilczek	Brøndby	18
5	Paul Onuachu	Midtjylland	17
6	Godsway Donyoh	Nordsjælland	10
	Allan Sousa	Vejle
	Lucas Andersen	AaB
9	Viktor Fischer	Copenhagen	9
	Bashkim Kadrii	OB
	Patrick Mortensen	AGF
12	Joni Kauko	Esbjerg	8
	Tom van Weert	AaB
	Adrian Petre	Esbjerg
	Jakob Ankersen	AGF

External links

• Superliga (uefa.com)

2018–19 in Danish football
Domestic leagues
Superliga · 1st Division · 2nd Division
Domestic cups
Danish Cup, (Final)
European competitions
Champions League (Final) · Europa League (Final)
National teams
2018 FIFA World Cup · 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group E
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