2019–20 Danish Superliga

Alka Superliga 2019–20
Season information
Dates	12 July 2019 – 12 March 2020; 29 May – 26 July 2020
Winners	Midtjylland
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League
Europa League
Season statistics
Matches played	140
Goals scored	399
Top goalscorer	Ronnie Schwartz (18)
Biggest home win	Silkeborg 6–0 Odense (15 June 2020)
Biggest away win	Horsens 0–5 AaB (26 August 2019)
Highest scoring	AGF 3–4 Silkeborg (20 October 2019) Brøndby 5–2 Randers (27 October) Lyngby 4–3 Odense (10 November 2019)
← 2018–19	2020–21 →

The 2019–20 Danish Superliga (officially the 3F Superliga for sponsorship reasons) was the 30th season of the Danish Superliga. F.C. Copenhagen are the defending champions. The season started on 12 July 2019 and was scheduled to end in May of 2020, before being suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Teams

Vejle Boldklub finished as loser in the relegation play-offs in the 2018–19 season and was relegated to the 2019–20 1st Division along with Vendsyssel FF who lost their relegation play-offs as well.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2018–19 1st Division champions Silkeborg IF, who returned after one year of absence, as well as the play-off winners Lyngby Boldklub who also returned after a one year absence.

Stadia and locations

Club	Location	Stadium	Turf	Capacity	2018–19 position
Aab !AaB	Aalborg	Aalborg Portland Park	Natural	13,797	09 !9th
Agf !AGF	Aarhus	Ceres Park	Natural	20,032	08 !8th
Brondby !Brøndby	Brøndby	Brøndby Stadium	Hybrid	29,000	04 !4th
Fc Copenhagen !Copenhagen	Copenhagen	Telia Parken	Natural	38,065	01 !1st
Esbjerg fB !Esbjerg	Esbjerg	Blue Water Arena	Natural	18,000	03 !3rd
Hobro IK !Hobro	Hobro	DS Arena	Natural	10,700	12 !13th
Horsens !Horsens	Horsens	CASA Arena Horsens	Natural	10,400	11 !11th
Lyngby BK !Lyngby	Lyngby	Lyngby Stadion	Natural	8,000	14 !1D, 3rd
Midtjylland !Midtjylland	Herning	MCH Arena	Natural	11,800	02 !2nd
Nordsjaelland !Nordsjælland	Farum	Right to Dream Park	Artificial	9,900	06 !6th
Ob !OB	Odense	Nature Energy Park	Natural	15,633	05 !5th
Randers Fc !Randers	Randers	BioNutria Park Randers	Natural	12,000	07 !7th
Silkeborg IF !Silkeborg	Silkeborg	JYSK Park	Artificial	10,000	13 !1D, 1st
Sonderjyske !SønderjyskE	Haderslev	Sydbank Park	Natural	10,000	10 !10th

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	Jacob Friis	Lucas Andersen	Hummel	Spar Nord
AGF	David Nielsen	Niklas Backman	Hummel	Ceres
Brøndby	Niels Frederiksen	Kamil Wilczek	Hummel	Arbejdernes Landsbank
Copenhagen	Ståle Solbakken	Zeca	Adidas	Carlsberg
Esbjerg	John Lammers	Markus Halsti	Nike	Viking
Hobro	Peter Sørensen	Jonas Damborg	Puma	DS Gruppen, Spar Nord
Horsens	Bo Henriksen	Sivert Heltne Nilsen	Hummel	NG Zink
Lyngby	Christian Nielsen	Martin Ørnskov	Adidas	Jönsson A/S
Midtjylland	Kenneth Andersen	Jakob Poulsen	Nike	Det Faglige Hus
Nordsjælland	Flemming Pedersen	Nicolai Larsen	Nike	DHL
OB	Jakob Michelsen	Janus Drachmann	Hummel	Albani
Randers	Thomas Thomasberg	Erik Marxen	Puma	Verdo
Silkeborg	Kent Nielsen	Simon Jakobsen	Uhlsport	Mascot International
SønderjyskE	Glen Riddersholm	Marc Pedersen	Hummel	Frøs Herreds Sparekasse

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Silkeborg IF	Michael Hansen	End of contract	30 May 2019	Kent Nielsen	1 June 2019	Pre-season
Brøndby IF	Martin Retov	End of tenure as caretaker	30 June 2019	Niels Frederiksen	1 July 2019	Pre-season
FC Midtjylland	Kenneth Andersen	Resigned	19 August 2019	Brian Priske	19 August 2019	2nd
Esbjerg	John Lammers	Sacked	16 September 2019	Lars Olsen	28 October 2019	13th
Esbjerg	Lars Olsen	Sacked	9 June 2020	Troels Bech	10 June 2020	13th

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Midtjylland	26	21	2	3	42	14	+28	65	Qualification to Championship round
2	Copenhagen	26	18	2	6	47	29	+18	56
3	Aarhus	26	14	5	7	42	28	+14	47
4	Brøndby	26	13	3	10	47	37	+10	42
5	Nordsjælland	26	12	5	9	48	35	+13	41
6	Aalborg	26	11	5	10	44	33	+11	38
7	Randers FC	26	10	5	11	39	35	+4	35	Qualification to Relegation round
8	Horsens	26	10	4	12	25	44	−19	34
9	OB	26	9	6	11	34	30	+4	33
10	Lyngby	26	9	5	12	31	45	−14	32
11	SønderjyskE	26	6	9	11	31	44	−13	27
12	Hobro	26	3	14	9	25	35	−10	23
13	Esbjerg fB	26	4	6	16	22	44	−22	18
14	Silkeborg IF	26	3	7	16	31	55	−24	16

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		MID	COP	AGF	BRO	AaB	NOR
1	Midtjylland (C)	36	26	4	6	61	29	+32	82	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round		—	3–1	3–4	0–0	1–2	6–3
2	Copenhagen	36	21	5	10	58	42	+16	68	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round		1–2	—	2–4	0–0	2–0	2–1
3	AGF (O)	36	19	7	10	58	41	+17	64	Qualification for the European play-off match		3–0	1–0	—	0–1	1–4	2–1
4	Brøndby	36	16	8	12	56	42	+14	56			1–1	1–1	0–0	—	0–1	4–0
5	AaB	36	16	6	14	54	44	+10	54			0–2	0–1	1–0	2–0	—	0–4
6	Nordsjælland	36	13	8	15	59	54	+5	47			0–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	—

Source: Danish Football Association, Soccerway
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner

Relegation round

Points and goals will carry over in full from the regular season. Starting next season in the Superliga there will again be only 12 clubs.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	OB	32	12	7	13	43	42	+1	43	Qualification for the European play-off quarter-finals
2	SønderjyskE	32	9	11	12	37	49	−12	38
3	Lyngby  (O)	32	9	7	16	34	55	−21	34	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
4	Silkeborg IF  (R)	32	6	8	18	43	59	−16	26	Relegation to 2020–21 Danish 1st Division

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

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Horsens	32	13	7	12	36	50	−14	46	Qualification for the European play-off quarter-finals
2	Randers FC	32	13	6	13	51	45	+6	45
3	Hobro  (R)	32	5	15	12	35	48	−13	30	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
4	Esbjerg fB  (R)	32	5	7	20	32	58	−26	22	Relegation to 2020–21 Danish 1st Division

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

European play-offs

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

The match between Horsens and SønderjyskE was cancelled due to the latter's victory in the Danish Cup, which automatically qualified the team for Europa League and allows Horsens to advance directly to the second round.

Quarterfinals

11 July 2020	Randers FC	2–1	OB	Cepheus Park Randers, Randers
18:00	Kamara  65' (Hammershøy-Mistrati) Riis  74' (Kopplin)	OB Report	Fenger  19' (Opondo) Opondo 44'	Attendance: 1,231 Referee: Jens Maae

19 July 2020	OB	2–0 (3–2 agg.)	Randers FC	Nature Energy Park, Odense
18:00	Fenger  29' (Thomasen)  61' (Skjelvik) Kløve 90+1'	OB Report	Hammershøy-Mistrati 9' Egho 74' Rømer 80'	Attendance: 3,621 Referee: Jakob Kehlet

Semifinals

23 July 2020	OB	3–1	AC Horsens	Nature Energy Park, Odense
18:00	M. Lund 8' Fenger  21' (Skjelvik) Larsen 41' Svendsen  78' (pen.) Hyllegaard  86' (M. Lund)	OB Report	Hansson 34' Jacobsen 43' Okosun  63' (Frantsen) Prip 77'	Attendance: 3,884 Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

24 July 2020	AC Horsens	1–1 (2–4 agg.)	OB	CASA Arena Horsens, Horsens
14:00	Gemmer 34' Prip 38' Kiilerich  61' (Thorsen) Thorsen 73'	OB Report	Frøkjær-Jensen 12' Skjelvik 44' Kløve 45+4' Hyllegaard  78' (Opondo)	Attendance: 2,171 Referee: Michael Tykgaard

European play-off match

29 July 2020	AGF	2–1	OB	Ceres Park, Aarhus
18:00

Relegation play-offs

The two sides who finished 3rd in the relegation round will play a two-legged tie to determine who stays up and who is relegated to the 2020–21 Danish 1st Division.

13 July 2020	Hobro	1–2	Lyngby	DS Arena, Hobro
19:00	Louati  11'	Report	Corlu  55' Gytkjær  87'	Referee: Morten Krogh

20 July 2020	Lyngby BK	2–2	Hobro	Lyngby Stadion, Lyngby
19:00	Hebo  22' (Marcussen) Corlu  68' (Warming)  90+9' Ørnskov 83' Winther 87' Mikkelsen 90+3' Gregor 90+6'	Report	Nielsen  8' (o.g.) Babayan  11', 90+9'  76' (Haarup) Bøge 57' Sabbi 73' Cappis 83' Onkony  90+9'	Referee: Mads-Kristoffer Kristoffersen

Lyngby won 4–3 on aggregate. As a result Hobro was relegated, while Lyngby BK would remain in the Superliga in 2020-21.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ronnie Schwartz	Silkeborg/Midtjylland	18
2	Kamil Wilczek	Brøndby	17
	Patrick Mortensen	AGF
4	Sander Svendsen	OB	12
5	Mikkel Damsgaard	Nordsjælland	11
	Mohammed Kudus	Nordsjælland
7	Bashkim Kadrii	OB	10
	Lucas Andersen	AaB
	Tom van Weert	AaB
10	Pieros Sotiriou	Copenhagen	9
	Emil Riis Jakobsen	Randers
	Dame N'Doye	Copenhagen

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Copenhagen	199,897	29,310	0	11,105	-0.64339513325608−35.6%†
2	Brøndby	191,340	21,746	0	10,630	-0.77444266355821−22.5%†
3	AGF	142,426	22,175	0	7,913	-0.9187275049344−8.1%†
4	Midtjylland	110,184	11,422	0	6,121	-0.83688815969374−16.3%†
5	OB	96,324	10,441	0	5,351	-0.7733776557306−22.6%†
6	AaB	69,708	11,645	0	3,873	-0.68391312025428−31.6%†
7	SønderjyskE	55,651	7,417	0	3,478	-0.71416837782341−28.5%†
8	Esbjerg	51,061	5,907	0	3,191	-0.56921155904388−43.0%†
9	Lyngby	53,048	8,547	0	3,120	n/a†
10	Randers	48,992	9,947	0	2,882	-0.73633111905979−26.3%†
11	Silkeborg	38,358	5,432	0	2,397	n/a†
12	Hobro	33,736	5,428	0	1,984	-0.870557261957−12.9%†
13	Horsens	30,959	3,565	0	1,821	-0.49618528610354−50.3%†
14	Nordsjælland	31,286	5,133	0	1,738	-0.49642959154527−50.3%†
	League total	1,152,970	29,310	0	4,764	-0.72390214253153−27.6%†

Updated to games played on 29 July 2020
Source: SuperStats.dk

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic some games were played without spectators and some games were played with a reduced amout allowed.

External links

• Superliga (uefa.com)

2019–20 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
National Team
2018-19                                                        2020-21