2018–19 Danish Superliga

The 2018–19 Danish Superliga season was the 29th season of the Danish Superliga. Midtjylland were the defending champions. The season started on 13 July 2018 and ended on 26 May 2019.

Superliga
Season2018–19
Dates13 July 2018 – 26 May 2019
ChampionsCopenhagen
RelegatedVendsyssel
Vejle
Champions LeagueCopenhagen
Europa LeagueMidtjylland
Esbjerg
Brøndby
Matches played246
Goals scored681 (2.77 per match)
Top goalscorerRobert Skov
(29 goals)
Biggest home winMidtjylland 5–0 Vejle
(11 November 2018)
Copenhagen 6-1 OB
(10 February 2019)
Biggest away winHobro 0–5 AaB
(23 September 2018)
Horsens 1-6 Copenhagen
(2 December 2018)
Highest scoringMidtjylland 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)
Longest winning runCopenhagen (8)
(17 March 2019 - 5 May 2019)
Longest unbeaten runCopenhagen (22)
(7 October 2018 - 5 May 2019)
Longest winless runHorsens (10)
(24 February 2019 - 28 April 2019)
Longest losing runAGF (4)
(28 October 2018 - 26 November 2018)
SønderjyskE (4)
(16 December 2018 - 22 February 2019)
Horsens (4)
(24 February 2019 - 17 March 2019)
Highest attendance33,134
Copenhagen 3–2 Brøndby
(5 May 2019)
Lowest attendance1,012
Hobro 0–0 SønderjyskE
(8 December 2018)
Average attendance6,595
All statistics correct as of 26 May 2019.

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 division 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 Aalborg Aalborg Portland Park Natural 13,797 5th
AGF Aarhus Ceres Park Natural 20,032 7th
Brøndby IF Brøndby Brøndby Stadium Hybrid 29,000 2nd
Esbjerg fB Esbjerg Blue Water Arena Natural 18,000 1D, 2nd
FC Copenhagen Copenhagen Telia Parken Natural 38,065 4th
Hobro IK Hobro DS Arena Natural 10,700 9th
AC Horsens Horsens CASA Arena Horsens Natural 10,400 6th
FC Midtjylland Herning MCH Arena Natural 11,800 1st
FC Nordsjælland Farum Right to Dream Park Artificial 9,900 3rd
Odense BK Odense Nature Energy Park Natural 15,633 10th
Randers FC Randers BioNutria Park Randers Natural 12,000 11th
SønderjyskE Haderslev Sydbank Park Natural 10,000 8th
Vejle BK Vejle Vejle Stadium Natural 10,418 1D, 1st
Vendsyssel FF Hjørring Nord Energi Arena Natural 7,500 1D, 3rd

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 Rasmus Würtz Hummel Spar Nord
AGF David Nielsen Niklas Backman Hummel Ceres
Brøndby Martin Retov (interim) Benedikt Röcker Hummel Arbejdernes Landsbank
Esbjerg John Lammers Markus Halsti Nike Viking
FCK Ståle Solbakken Zeca Adidas Carlsberg
Hobro Peter Sørensen Jonas Damborg Puma DS Gruppen, Spar Nord
Horsens Bo Henriksen Mathias Nielsen Hummel NG Zink
Midtjylland Kenneth Andersen Jakob Poulsen Nike Det Faglige Hus
Nordsjælland Flemming Pedersen Victor Nelsson Diadora DHL
OB Jakob Michelsen Janus Drachmann Hummel Albani
Randers Thomas Thomasberg Nicolai Poulsen Puma Verdo
SønderjyskE Glen Riddersholm Marc Pedersen Hummel Frøs Herreds Sparekasse
Vejle Constantin Gâlcă Jacob Schoop Hummel Frøs Herreds Sparekasse
Vendsyssel Peter Enevoldsen Alexander Juel Andersen Diadora Spar Nord

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[1] Jakob Michelsen 29 May 2018[2] Pre-season
Randers FC Rasmus Bertelsen End of contract 30 June 2018 Thomas Thomasberg 1 July 2018[3] Pre-season
Hobro IK Thomas Thomasberg Signed by Randers 30 June 2018 Allan Kuhn 1 July 2018[4] Pre-season
FC Midtjylland Jess Thorup Signed by Gent 10 October 2018[5] Kenneth Andersen 10 October 2018[6] 1st
AaB Morten Wieghorst Sacked 25 November 2018[7] Jacob Friis 25 November 2018[8] 6th
SønderjyskE Claus Nørgaard Mutual consent 17 December 2018[9] Glen Riddersholm 1 February 2019[10] 10th
Brøndby Alexander Zorniger Sacked 18 February 2019[11] Martin Retov (interim) 19 February 2019[12] 4th
Hobro IK Allan Kuhn Sacked 21 February 2019[13] Peter Sørensen 21 February 2019[14] 14th
Vejle BK Adolfo Sormani Resigned 5 March 2019[15] Constantin Gâlcă 6 March 2019[16] 14th
FC Nordsjælland Kasper Hjulmand Mutual consent 25 March 2019[17] Flemming Pedersen 25 March 2019 6th
Vendsyssel FF Jens Berthel Askou Sacked 20 May 2019[18] Peter Enevoldsen 20 May 2019[19] Playoffs

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Copenhagen 26 19 4 3 65 23 +42 61 Qualification for the 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 26 11 5 10 32 35 3 38
6 Nordsjælland 26 9 9 8 42 39 +3 36
7 AaB 26 9 9 8 38 35 +3 36 Qualification for the Relegation round
8 Randers 26 9 7 10 29 34 5 34
9 AGF 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: Danish Football Association (in Danish), 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.[20][21]

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Copenhagen116221111112222121111111111
Midtjylland912843322221111212222222222
OB109121314141313131210111110744347984333
Brøndby24114433458677865433343544
Esbjerg610131210866567433333564535455
Nordsjælland775796997968991110109991096676
AaB524322443333455776756107787
Randers1413109857710791010111098886458968
AGF881155755844566911111111108710899
Horsens45910111288685754686758769101010
SønderjyskE1211711129101091011988459101011111111111111
Vendsyssel31366101111111313131312131212121212121312121212
Hobro1314141413131414141414141414141414141414141413131313
Vejle13687111212121112121213121313131313131214141414
Source: Weltfussball

Results

Home \ Away AAB AGF ACH BIF EFB FCK FCM FCN HOB OB RFC SJE VB VEN
Aalborg 3–1 2–4 1–3 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–3 3–0 1–1 0–1
Aarhus 2–2 1–2 3–2 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–1
Horsens 0–0 3–2 1–3 1–2 1–6 1–3 3–3 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–0
Brøndby 3–3 2–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–4 1–1 2–3
Esbjerg 1–4 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 2–2 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–3 1–0 2–1 2–3
Copenhagen 4–0 4–2 1–2 3–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 6–1 4–0 3–2 2–0 1–1
Midtjylland 2–1 0–0 3–0 3–2 3–1 3–1 3–3 5–2 3–0 3–0 2–1 5–0 3–0
Nordsjælland 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–3 1–1 2–2 1–4 2–1 1–3 4–1 4–1 2–0 3–0
Hobro 0–5 0–2 0–0 1–2 2–0 0–3 1–2 3–2 3–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0
OB 1–2 2–2 4–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–0
Randers 2–2 0–0 2–0 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–2 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0
SønderjyskE 0–1 0–2 2–0 0–2 3–1 0–3 0–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 3–0 2–1
Vejle 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 1–3 1–3 1–3 3–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1
Vendsyssel 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 3–2 0–1 2–3 1–1
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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.

Positions by round

Below the positions per round are shown. As teams did not all start with an equal number of points, the initial pre-playoffs positions are also given.

Team ╲ RoundInitial12345678910
Copenhagen11111111111
Midtjylland22222222222
Esbjerg55543333433
Brøndby44455555554
Odense33334444345
Nordsjælland66666666666
Source:

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.[22]
(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.[23]
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.

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.

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.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
5 and 12 May 2019
 
 
SønderjyskE134
 
18 and 26 May 2019
 
Randers14 5
 
Randers213
 
5 and 12 May 2019
 
AGF11 2
 
AaB000
 
 
AGF12 3
 

European play-off match

Brøndby4–2Randers
Report
Referee: Michael Tykgaard

Relegation play-offs

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

First roundPlay-off matches
                
Match 3 (30 May and 2 June 2019)
Lyngby22 4
Match 1 (12 and 19 May 2019)
Vendsyssel12 3
Vendsyssel 011
Horsens11 2
Match 2 (12 and 19 May 2019)
Hobro 022
Match 4 (30 May and 2 June 2019)
Vejle10 1
Hobro12 3
Viborg00 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 26 May 2019[24]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Robert Skov Copenhagen 29
2 Dame N'Doye Copenhagen 22
Andreas Skov Olsen Nordsjælland
4 Kamil Wilczek Brøndby 21
5 Paul Onuachu Midtjylland 17
6 Godsway Donyoh Nordsjælland 10
Allan Sousa Vejle
Lucas Andersen AaB
Bashkim Kadrii OB
10 Viktor Fischer Copenhagen 9
Patrick Mortensen AGF
Evander da Silva Ferreira Midtjylland

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Copenhagen 310,678 33,134 11,116 17,260 +25.9%
2 Brøndby 247,073 20,731 7,468 13,726 −12.5%
3 AGF 155,042 15,778 3,495 8,613 +7.2%
4 Midtjylland 131,647 10,973 4,906 7,314 −6.3%
5 OB 124,535 14,246 4,005 6,919 +32.5%
6 AaB 96,266 8,629 3,767 5,663 +4.1%
7 Esbjerg 100,913 9,841 2,654 5,606 n/a
8 Vejle 94,998 10,254 3,045 5,588 n/a
9 SønderjyskE 82,795 6,235 2,673 4,870 +6.5%
10 Randers 70,446 7,216 2,363 3,914 +4.6%
11 Horsens 62,382 7,612 1,712 3,670 +14.9%
12 Nordsjælland 63,019 8,353 1,738 3,501 −9.5%
13 Vendsyssel 40,436 6,415 1,053 2,379 n/a
14 Hobro 38,735 4,168 1,012 2,279 −10.7%
League total 1,618,965 33,134 1,012 6,581 +11.9%

Updated to games played on 26 May 2019
Source: World Football

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