Danish Superliga

3F Superliga
Country	Denmark
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1991
Number of teams	12
Relegation to	1. Division
Level on pyramid	1
Domestic cup(s)	Danish Cup
UEFA cup(s)	UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League UEFA Conference League
Current champions	FC Midtjylland (4th title) (2023–24)
Most successful club	Copenhagen (15 titles)
TV	Viasat (TV3+, TV3 Sport 1, TV3 Sport 2) C-More (Canal 9, Eurosport 2)
Website	Superliga.dk Official website
2024–25

The Danish Superliga is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 14 teams each year, with 2 teams relegated.

History

Founded in 1991, the Danish Superliga replaced the Danish 1st Division as the highest league of football in Denmark. From the start in 1991, 10 teams were participating. The opening Superliga season was played during the spring of 1991, with the ten teams playing each other twice for the championship title. From the summer of 1991, the tournament structure would stretch over two years. The 10 teams would play each other twice in the first half of the tournament. In the following spring, the bottom two teams would be cut off, the points of the teams would be cut in half, and the remaining eight teams would once more play each other twice, for a total of 32 games in a season.

This practice was abandoned before the 1995–96 season, when the number of teams competing were increased to 12, playing each other thrice for 33 games per Superliga season. For the first season of this new structure, Coca-Cola became the name sponsor of the league, which was then named Coca-Cola Ligaen. After a single season under that name, Faxe Brewery became sponsors and the league changed its name to Faxe Kondi Ligaen. Before the 2001–02 season, Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) became the head sponsor, and the name of the tournament changed to SAS Ligaen. From January 2015 the Danish Superliga is known as Alka Superliga, as the Danish insurance company Alka became name sponsor.

Teams

Current teams (2024–25)

Club	Finishing position last season	First season in top division	First season of current spell in top division
AaB	12 !2nd in 1st Division	1928–28	2024–25
AGF	5th	1918–19	2015–16
Brøndby	2nd	1982	1982
Copenhagen	3rd	1992–93	1992–93
Lyngby	10th	1980	2022–23
Midtjylland	1st	2000–01	2000–01
Nordsjælland	4th	2002–03	2002–03
Randers	7th	1970	2011–12
Silkeborg	6th	1988	2021–22
Sønderjyske	11 !1st in 1st Division	2001–01	2024–25
Vejle	9th	1956-57	2023–24
Viborg	8th	1981	2021–22

External links

• Official website