2020–21 Danish Superliga

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Alka Superliga 2020–21
Season information
Dates	11 September 2020 – 28 May 2021
Winners	Brøndby
Relegated	Lyngby Horsens
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Brøndby Midtjylland
Europa League	Randers
Europa Conference League	Copenhagen
Season statistics
Top goalscorer	Patrick Mortensen Mikael Uhre (13 goals)
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The 2020–21 Danish Superliga (officially the 3F Superliga for sponsorship reasons) is the 31st season of the Danish Superliga. The season is currently scheduled to begin on September 11 with current champions FC Midtjylland taking on the winners of the 2019-20 Danish Cup, SønderjyskE.

This season marks the first season with the video assistant referee (VAR) system.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Club	Location	Stadium	Turf	Capacity	2019-20 position
Fc Copenhagen !Copenhagen	Copenhagen	Telia Parken	Hybrid	38,065	2 01 !
Brondby !Brøndby	Brøndby	Brøndby Stadium	Hybrid	29,000	4 02 !
Agf !AGF	Aarhus	Ceres Park	Hybrid	20,032	3 03 !
Ob !OB	Odense	Nature Energy Park	Natural	15,633	7 04 !
Aab !AaB	Aalborg	Aalborg Portland Park	Hybrid	13,797	5 05 !
Randers Fc !Randers	Randers	BioNutria Park Randers	Natural	12,000	9 06 !
Midtjylland !Midtjylland	Herning	MCH Arena	Natural	11,800	1 07 !
Vejle BK !Vejle BK	Vejle	Vejle Stadion	Natural	10,418	1 (1 Div) 08 !
AC Horsens !Horsens	Horsens	CASA Arena	Natural	10,000	8 09 !
Sonderjyske !SønderjyskE	Haderslev	Sydbank Park	Natural	10,000	10 10 !
Nordsjaelland !Nordsjælland	Farum	Right to Dream Park	Artificial	9,900	6 11 !
Lyngby !Lyngby BK	Lyngby	Lyngby Stadion	Natural	8,000	11 12 !

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	Andreas Maxsø	Hummel	Arbejdernes Landsbank
Copenhagen	Ståle Solbakken	Zeca	Adidas	Carlsberg
Horsens	Jonas Dal	Template:Country data FAR Hallur Hansson	Hummel	NG ZINK A/S
Lyngby	Christian Nielsen	Martin Ørnskov	Adidas	Jetbull
Midtjylland	Brian Priske	Erik Sviatchenko	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 A/S
SønderjyskE	Glen Riddersholm	Marc Pedersen	Hummel	Frøs Herreds Sparekasse
Vejle	Constantin Gâlcă	Jacob Schoop	Hummel	Arbejdernes Landsbank

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
Horsens	Bo Henriksen	Mutual consent	24 August 2020	Jonas Dal	24 August 2020	Pre-season
Copenhagen	Ståle Solbakken	Sacked	10 October 2020	Jess Thorup	2 November 2020	9th
AaB	Jacob Friis	Resigned	29 October 2020	Peter Feher (interim)	29 October 2020	7th
Horsens	Jonas Dal	Sacked	8 December 2020	Jens Berthel Askou	17 January 2021	11th
Lyngby	Christian Nielsen	Sacked	21 December 2020	Carit Falch	21 December 2020	12th
AaB	Peter Feher	End of tenure as caretaker	31 December 2020	Martí Cifuentes	1 January 2021	7th
OB	Jakob Michelsen	Sacked	15 March 2021	Michael Hemmingsen	15 March 2021	9th

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Brøndby	22	14	3	5	40	24	+16	45	Qualification to Championship round
2	Midtjylland	22	13	4	5	35	20	+15	43
3	Aarhus	22	10	8	4	35	22	+13	38
4	Copenhagen	22	10	5	7	39	35	+4	35
5	Randers FC	22	9	5	8	31	21	+10	32
6	Nordsjælland	22	7	8	7	35	30	+5	29
7	SønderjyskE	22	8	4	10	30	32	−2	28	Qualification to Relegation round
8	OB	22	7	7	8	25	28	−3	28
9	Aalborg	22	7	7	8	24	30	−6	28
10	Vejle	22	6	6	10	25	37	−12	24
11	Lyngby	22	5	5	12	25	43	−18	20
12	Horsens	22	2	6	14	15	37	−22	12

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 or relegation
1	Brøndby  (C)	32	19	4	9	58	38	+20	61	Qualification to Champions League Play–off round
2	Midtjylland	32	18	6	8	57	33	+24	60	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3	Copenhagen	32	16	7	9	61	53	+8	55	Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round
4	Aarhus	32	13	9	10	48	42	+6	48	Qualification to European play-off match
5	Nordsjælland	32	11	10	11	51	51	0	43
6	Randers FC	32	11	7	14	43	38	+5	40	Qualification to Europa League play-off round

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

Relegation round

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Aalborg	32	12	10	10	44	41	+3	46	Qualification to European play-off match
2	SønderjyskE	32	13	5	14	45	48	−3	44
3	OB	32	11	10	11	40	39	+1	43
4	Vejle	32	9	11	12	42	50	−8	38
5	Lyngby  (R)	32	6	8	18	36	63	−27	26	Relegation to Danish 1st Division
6	Horsens  (R)	32	5	9	18	30	59	−29	24

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 fourth-placed team of the championship round, AGF, advance to a Europa Conference League play-off match against the winning team of the relegation round, AaB. The winners will take place in the Europa Conference League second qualifying round.

European play-off match

28 May 2021	AGF	–	AaB	Ceres Park, Aarhus
19:00

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 24 May 2021.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mikael Uhre	Brøndby	19
2	Patrick Mortensen	AGF	15
	Jonas Wind	Copenhagen
4	Sory Kaba	Midtjylland	11
	Haji Wright	SønderjyskE
6	Anders K. Jacobsen	SønderjyskE	10
	Jesper Lindstrøm	Brøndby
	Allan Gonçalves Sousa	Vejle
	Issam Jebali	OB
	Kamil Wilczek	Copenhagen
	Kamaldeen Sulemana	Nordsjælland
12	Vito Hammershøy-Mistrati	Randers	9
	Alhaji Kamara	Randers
	Iver Fossum	AaB

Top assists

As of 24 May 2021.

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Jesper Lindstrøm	Brøndby	10
	Simon Hedlund	Brøndby
3	Allan Gonçalves Sousa	Vejle	9
4	Casper Højer Nielsen	AGF	8
	Jonas Wind	Copenhagen
6	Evander	Midtjylland	7
7	Mikael Uhre	Brøndby	6
	Viktor Fischer	Copenhagen
	Tosin Kehinde	Randers

External links

• Superliga (uefa.com)

2020–21 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, UEFA Euro 2020 (Qualifying Group D, Group B) · 2022 FIFA World Cup (Qualifying Group F)
2019-20                                                        2021-22