2021–22 Danish Superliga

Superliga 2021-22
Season information
Dates	16 July 2021–29 May 2022
Winners	Copenhagen
Relegated	Vejle SønderjyskE
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Copenhagen Midtjylland
Europa League	Silkeborg
Europa Conference League	Brøndby Viborg
Season statistics
Matches played	193
Goals scored	512
Top goalscorer	Nicklas Helenius (16 goals)
Biggest home win	OB 6–0 Vejle (1 October 2021)
Biggest away win	SønderjyskE 0–6 Silkeborg (31 October 2021)
Highest scoring	Copenhagen 4–2 Brøndby (8 August 2021)
← 2020–21	2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Danish Superliga (officially the 3F Superliga for sponsorship reasons) is the 32nd season of the Danish Superliga. Brøndby IF are the defending champions. The season is currently scheduled to begin on 16 July and scheduled to end in May 2022.

Teams

Lyngby Boldklub (relegated after two years in the top flight) and AC Horsens (relegated after five years in the top flight) finished the 2020–21 season in 11th and 12th place, respectively, and were relegated to the 2021–22 1st Division.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2020–21 1st Division champions Viborg FF, who returned after four years of absence, as well as the runners-up Silkeborg IF who returned after a one-year absence.

Stadia and locations

Club	Location	Stadium	Turf	Capacity	2020–21 position
Aab !AaB	Aalborg	Aalborg Portland Park	Hybrid	13,797	07 !7th
Agf !AGF	Aarhus	Ceres Park	Hybrid	20,032	04 !4th
Brondby !Brøndby	Brøndby	Brøndby Stadium	Hybrid	29,000	01 !1st
Fc Copenhagen !Copenhagen	Copenhagen	Parken	Hybrid	38,065	03 !3rd
Midtjylland !Midtjylland	Herning	MCH Arena	Natural	11,800	02 !2nd
Nordsjaelland !Nordsjælland	Farum	Right to Dream Park	Artificial	9,900	05 !5th
Ob !OB	Odense	Nature Energy Park	Natural	15,633	09 !9th
Randers Fc !Randers	Randers	BioNutria Park Randers	Natural	12,000	06 !6th
Silkeborg IF !Silkeborg IF	Silkeborg	JYSK Park	Artificial	10,000	12 !1D, 2nd
Sonderjyske !SønderjyskE	Haderslev	Sydbank Park	Natural	10,000	08 !8th
Vejle BK !Vejle	Vejle	Vejle Stadion	Natural	10,418	10 !10th
Viborg FF !Viborg FF	Viborg	Energi Viborg Arena	Hybrid	9,566	11 !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	Martí Cifuentes	Lucas Andersen	Hummel	Spar Nord
AGF	David Nielsen	Niklas Backman	Hummel	Ceres
Brøndby IF	Niels Frederiksen	Andreas Maxsø	Hummel	Booztlet
F.C. Copenhagen	Jess Thorup	Zeca	Adidas	Unibet
FC Midtjylland	Bo Henriksen	Erik Sviatchenko	Nike	Det Faglige Hus
FC Nordsjælland	Flemming Pedersen	Kian Hansen	Nike	DHL
OB	Andreas Alm	Janus Drachmann	Hummel	Albani
Randers FC	Thomas Thomasberg	Erik Marxen	Puma	Verdo A/S
Silkeborg IF	Kent Nielsen	Magnus Mattsson	Uhlsport	Mascot International
SønderjyskE	Michael Boris	Marc Dal Hende	Hummel	Danfoss
Vejle Boldklub	Carit Falch	Jacob Schoop	Hummel	Arbejdernes Landsbank
Viborg FF	Lars Friis	Jeppe Grønning	Nike	Andelskassen

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
SønderjyskE	Glen Riddersholm	Sacked	26 May 2021	Michael Boris	1 July 2021	Pre-season
FC Midtjylland	Brian Priske	Signed by Royal Antwerp	29 May 2021	Bo Henriksen	1 July 2021	Pre-season
OB	Michael Hemmingsen	Returned to Director of Sports	31 May 2021	Andreas Alm	1 June 2021	Pre-season
Vejle Boldklub	Constantin Gâlcă	End of contract	30 June 2021	Carit Falch	1 July 2021	Pre-season
SønderjyskE	Michael Boris	Sacked	1 November 2021	Henrik Hansen	16 December 2021	11th
AaB	Martí Cifuentes	Signed by Hammarby IF	12 January 2022	Oscar Hiljemark (caretaker)	22 February 2022	4th
Viborg FF	Lars Friis	Suspended (Signed by AaB)	25 January 2022	Jacob Friis	3 February 2022	8th
AaB	Oscar Hiljemark	End of tenure as caretaker	9 March 2022	Lars Friis	9 March 2022	4th
Vejle Boldklub	Peter Sørensen	Sacked	14 March 2022	Ivan Prelec	15 March 2022	11th

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Copenhagen	22	14	6	2	43	13	+30	48	Qualification to Championship round
2	Midtjylland	22	13	3	6	37	22	+15	42
3	Brøndby	22	11	7	4	30	24	+6	40
4	Aalborg	22	11	5	6	36	26	+10	38
5	Randers FC	22	9	6	7	26	25	+1	33
6	Silkeborg IF	22	7	10	5	34	21	+13	31
7	Viborg FF	22	6	9	7	31	33	−2	27	Qualification to Relegation round
8	Aarhus	22	6	8	8	24	29	−5	26
9	OB	22	4	9	9	31	35	−4	21
10	Nordsjælland	22	5	6	11	24	37	−13	21
11	Vejle	22	4	4	14	21	48	−27	16
12	SønderjyskE	22	2	7	13	17	41	−24	13

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

Results

Home \ Away	AAB	AGF	BRO	COP	MID	NOR	ODE	RAN	SIL	SON	VEJ	VIB
AaB	—	2–0	3–0	1–3	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–4	4–0	0–0	2–5
AGF	1–0	—	1–1	1–3	3–0	2–3	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1
Brøndby	2–1	1–1	—	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–1
Copenhagen	2–2	1–1	4–2	—	0–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	1–1
Midtjylland	0–2	4–0	1–2	0–1	—	2–0	1–2	1–0	3–0	3–2	4–1	3–1
Nordsjælland	0–2	0–0	0–2	1–5	2–2	—	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–2
OB	2–3	0–0	2–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	—	1–2	1–1	2–1	6–0	2–3
Randers	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–3	3–2	1–1	—	2–1	1–0	4–1	0–1
Silkeborg	0–0	0–2	0–1	0–0	0–1	4–1	1–1	2–1	—	0–0	3–0	4–1
SønderjyskE	1–3	2–3	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–6	—	1–0	2–2
Vejle	0–1	3–2	2–2	0–4	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–4	3–1	—	1–1
Viborg	2–3	2–0	0–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	—

Source: soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship round

Points and goals carried over in full from the regular season.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		COP	MID	SIL	BRO	AAB	RAN
1	Copenhagen (C)	32	20	8	4	56	19	+37	68	Qualification to Champions League play-off round		—	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	0–1
2	Midtjylland	32	20	5	7	59	33	+26	65	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round		0–0	—	3–2	2–2	2–0	3–2
3	Silkeborg	32	13	10	9	54	37	+17	49	Qualification to Europa League play-off round		3–1	1–4	—	3–0	4–2	1–0
4	Brøndby	32	13	9	10	40	41	−1	48	Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round		1–1	1–3	2–1	—	0–1	0–1
5	AaB	32	13	6	13	47	45	+2	45	Qualification to European play-off match		0–1	1–2	1–2	1–3	—	3–0
6	Randers	32	12	7	13	36	42	−6	43			0–2	1–3	1–2	2–1	2–2	—

Source: Danish Football Association, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Play-off (played on neutral ground if determining teams for different rounds); 6) Draw.
(C) Champion

Relegation round

Points and goals carried over in full from the regular season.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		VIB	ODE	NOR	AGF	VEJ	SON
1	Viborg (O)	32	10	14	8	45	43	+2	44	Qualification to European play-off match		—	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–0
2	OB	32	8	14	10	45	46	−1	38			1–1	—	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1
3	Nordsjælland	32	8	12	12	38	47	−9	36			2–0	1–1	—	2–2	2–1	2–0
4	AGF	32	6	12	14	31	43	−12	30			0–2	1–2	2–2	—	0–0	1–1
5	Vejle (R)	32	7	8	17	31	60	−29	29	Relegation to Danish 1st Division		2–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	—	0–3
6	SønderjyskE (R)	32	4	11	17	28	54	−26	23			0–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	—

Source: Danish Football Association, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Play-off (played on neutral ground if determining teams for different rounds); 6) Draw.
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated

European play-offs

The fifth-placed team of the championship round, advanced to a play-off match against the winning team of the relegation round. The winners earned a place in the Europa Conference League second qualifying round.

European play-off match

29 May 2022 18:30	AaB	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Viborg FF	Aalborg Portland Park Attendance: 7,819 Referee: Jakob Kehlet
	Ross  16'	Report	Grønning  24'
		Penalties
	Rinne Prip Ross Ementa	1–3	Bonde Sørensen Bürgy Jatta

Season statistics

As of 29 May 2022

Top scorers and assists

Topscorers ranking

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nicklas Helenius	Silkeborg	17
2	Louka Prip	AaB	14
3	Evander	Midtjylland	12
4	Mikael Uhre	Brøndby	11
	Sebastian Jørgensen	Silkeborg
	Pep Biel	Copenhagen
7	Nicolai Vallys	Silkeborg	10
	Issam Jebali	OB
9	Simon Adingra	Nordsjælland	9
10	Anders Dreyer	Midtjylland	8
	Júnior Brumado	Midtjylland
	Milan Makarić	AaB
	Iver Fossum	AaB
14	Vito Hammershøy-Mistrati	Randers	7
	Stephen Odey	Randers

Assists ranking

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Nicolai Vallys	Silkeborg	10
2	Sebastian Jørgensen	Silkeborg	9
3	Rasmus Carstensen	Silkeborg	8
	Christian Sørensen	Viborg
	Anders Dreyer	Midtjylland
	Joel Andersson	Midtjylland
	Simon Hedlund	Brøndby
8	Kasper Kusk	AaB	7
9	Pep Biel	Copenhagen	6
	Evander	Midtjylland
11	Kristoffer Pallesen	AaB	5
	Gustav Isaksen	Midtjylland
	Robert Gojani	Silkeborg
	Anis Slimane	Brøndby
	Issam Jebali	OB

External links

• Superliga (uefa.com)

2021–22 in Danish football
Domestic leagues
Superliga · 1st Division · 2nd Division · 3rd Division
Domestic cups
Danish Cup, (Final)
European competitions
Champions League (Final) · Europa Conference League (Final)
National teams
National Team, 2022 FIFA World Cup (Qualifying Group F)
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