2018–19 Danish Superliga

Superliga
Season	2018–19
Dates	13 July 2018 – 26 May 2019
Matches played	84
Goals scored	229 (2.73 per match)
Biggest home win	Copenhagen 4–0 AaB; (29 July 2018); Odense 4-0 Horsens; (24 September 2018); Copenhagen 4-0 Randers; (07 October 2018)
Biggest away win	Hobro 0–5 AaB; (23 September 2018)
Highest scoring	Midtjylland 5–2 Hobro; (29 September 2018)
Longest winning run	Copenhagen (4); (23 July 2018 - 12 August 2018)
Longest unbeaten run	Midtjylland (10); (28 July 2018 - )
Longest winless run	Vejle (8); (22 July 2018 - 17 September 2018); Vendsyssel (8); (29 July - 22 September 2018)
Longest losing run	Odense (3); (29 July 2018 - 11 August 2018); Hobro (3); (13 July 2018 - 29 July 2018); Brøndby (3); (16 September 2018 - 30 September 2018)
Highest attendance	27,248; Copenhagen 3–1 Brøndby; (12 August 2018)
Lowest attendance	1,261; Hobro 3–2 Nordsjælland; (07 October 2018)
Average attendance	6,837
	← 2017–18 2019–20 → All statistics correct as of 07 October 2018.

The 2018–19 Danish Superliga season is the 29th season of the Danish Superliga. Midtjylland are the defending champions. The season started on 13 July 2018 and is scheduled to end in May of 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

Locations of the Danish Superliga 2018–19 teams

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	Brøndby	Brøndby Stadium	Hybrid	29,000	2nd
Esbjerg	Esbjerg	Blue Water Arena	Natural	18,000	1D, 2nd
FCK	Copenhagen	Telia Parken	Natural	38,065	4th
Hobro	Hobro	DS Arena	Natural	10,700	9th
Horsens	Horsens	CASA Arena Horsens	Natural	10,400	6th
Midtjylland	Herning	MCH Arena	Natural	11,800	1st
Nordsjælland	Farum	Right to Dream Park	Artificial	9,900	3rd
OB	Odense	EWII Park	Natural	15,633	10th
Randers	Randers	BioNutria Park Randers	Natural	12,000	11th
SønderjyskE	Haderslev	Sydbank Park	Natural	10,000	8th
Vejle	Vejle	Vejle Stadium	Natural	10,418	1D, 1st
Vendsyssel	Hjørring	Hjørring Stadion	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	Morten Wieghorst	Rasmus Würtz	Hummel	Spar Nord
AGF	David Nielsen	Pierre Kanstrup	Hummel	Ceres
Brøndby	Alexander Zorniger	Johan Larsson	Hummel	Arbejdernes Landsbank
Esbjerg	John Lammers	Nikolaj Hagelskjær	Nike	Stofa
FCK	Ståle Solbakken	Zeca	Adidas	Carlsberg
Hobro	Allan Kuhn	Jonas Damborg	Puma	DS Gruppen, Spar Nord
Horsens	Bo Henriksen	Mathias Nielsen	Hummel
Midtjylland	Kenneth Andersen	Jakob Poulsen	Nike	Det Faglige Hus
Nordsjælland	Kasper Hjulmand	Mathias Jensen	Diadora	DHL
OB	Jakob Michelsen	Kenneth Emil Petersen	Hummel	Albani
Randers	Thomas Thomasberg	Mads Agesen	Puma	Verdo
SønderjyskE	Claus Nørgaard	Marc Pedersen	Hummel	Frøs Herreds Sparekasse
Vejle	Adolfo Sormani	Jacob Schoop	Hummel	Frøs Herreds Sparekasse
Vendsyssel	Jens Berthel Askou	Alexander Juel Andersen	Puma	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

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Midtjylland	12	7	4	1	27	10	+17	25	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Copenhagen	12	8	1	3	26	12	+14	25
3	AaB	12	5	3	4	14	13	+1	18
4	Esbjerg	12	5	3	4	14	14	0	18
5	AGF	12	3	8	1	14	11	+3	17
6	Brøndby	12	5	2	5	20	19	+1	17
7	Horsens	12	4	4	4	12	18	−6	16	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Nordsjælland	12	4	3	5	18	13	+5	15
9	SønderjyskE	12	4	3	5	17	16	+1	15
10	Randers	12	3	5	4	14	20	−6	14
11	OB	12	3	4	5	16	15	+1	13
12	Vejle	12	2	6	4	10	16	−6	12
13	Vendsyssel	12	3	3	6	13	21	−8	12
14	Hobro	12	2	3	7	14	31	−17	9

Updated to match(es) played on 7 October 2018. 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.^[7]^[8]

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Team ╲ Round
Midtjylland	9	12	8	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1
Copenhagen	11	6	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
AaB	5	2	4	3	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	3
Esbjerg	6	10	13	12	10	8	6	6	5	6	7	4
AGF	8	8	11	5	5	7	5	5	8	4	4	5
Brøndby	2	4	1	1	4	4	3	3	4	5	8	6
Horsens	4	5	9	10	11	12	8	8	6	8	5	7
Nordsjælland	7	7	5	7	9	6	9	9	7	9	6	8
SønderjyskE	12	11	7	11	12	9	10	10	9	10	11	9
Randers	14	13	10	9	8	5	7	7	10	7	9	10
OB	10	9	12	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	10	11
Vejle	1	3	6	8	7	11	12	12	12	11	12	12
Vendsyssel	3	1	3	6	6	10	11	11	11	13	13	13
Hobro	13	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

Updated to match(es) played on 07 October 2018. Source: Weltfussball

Results

Home \ Away	AAB	AGF	BRO	COP	ESB	HOB	HOR	MID	NOR	ODE	RAN	SON	VEJ	VEN
Aalborg	—		1–3		0–1			2–1	1–0	0–1			1–1
Aarhus		—	3–2	1–1					1–1			1–0		1–1
Brøndby			—		0–1		1–2	2–2	2–0			2–4	1–1
Copenhagen	4–0		3–1	—			1–2		2–1		4–0	3–2
Esbjerg		0–0		0–2	—					2–0	3–3	1–0		2–3
Hobro	0–5	0–2	1–2	0–3		—			3–2	3–2
Horsens	0–0	3–2			1–2	2–2	—				1–1		0–0
Midtjylland		0–0		3–1	3–1	5–2	3–0	—			3–0			3–0
Nordsjælland					1–1		0–1		—		4–1	4–1	2–0	3–0
OB		2–2		0–1			4–0	1–1		—		2–2
Randers		0–0	0–2			3–0				1–0	—			2–0
SønderjyskE	0–1					1–1	2–0	0–0				—	3–0	2–1
Vejle		1–1			1–0	3–1		1–3		0–2	1–1		—
Vendsyssel	0–1		1–2	2–1		1–1				3–2			1–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 7 October 2018. Source:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship round

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

Relegation round

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

Top goalscorers

As of 07 October 2018^[9]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Kamil Wilczek	Brøndby	10
2	Dame N'Doye	Copenhagen	8
3	Viktor Fischer	Copenhagen	6
	Robert Skov	Copenhagen
	Andreas Skov Olsen	Nordsjælland
6	Nicklas Helenius	OB	5
	Emmanuel Sabbi	Hobro
	Allan Souza	Vejle
	Godsway Donyoh	Nordsjælland
10	Paul Onuachu	Midtjylland	4
10	Rasmus Nicolaisen	Midtjylland	4

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Copenhagen	98,848	27,248	11,544	16,475	+20.9%^†
2	Brøndby	79,880	19,225	11,626	15,976	+1.8%^†
3	AGF	55,273	15,778	7,417	11,055	+37.6%^†
4	Midtjylland	45,770	10,973	4,906	6,539	2998837581657486869♠−16.2%^†
5	OB	39,032	9,530	4,365	6,505	+24.7%^†
6	Vejle	36,661	10,254	3,204	6,110	n/a^†
7	AaB	36,652	8,629	5,001	6,109	+13.0%^†
8	Esbjerg	31,703	9,841	4,015	5,284	n/a^†
9	SønderjyskE	30,786	5,785	4,750	5,131	+12.2%^†
10	Randers	27,630	7,052	2,617	4,605	+39.1%^†
11	Horsens	25,632	7,612	2,635	4,272	+33.7%^†
12	Vendsyssel	21,638	6,415	1,686	3,606	n/a^†
13	Hobro	16,887	4,168	1,261	2,815	+10.3%^†
14	Nordsjælland	13,722	2,662	1,908	2,287	2998597908496732030♠−40.2%^†
	League total	560,114	27,248	1,261	6,748	+14.1%^†

Updated to games played on 7 October 2018
Source: World Football

References

↑ "OB fyrer cheftræner Kent Nielsen" (in Danish). politiken.dk. 2018-05-21. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
↑ "OB ansætter Jakob Michelsen som ny cheftræner" (in Danish). tv2fyn.dk. 2015-05-29. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
↑ "Thomasberg stopper i Hobro - skal til Randers" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2018-05-24. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
↑ "Allan Kuhn ny cheftræner i Hobro" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2018-06-07. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
↑ "FCM bekræfter: Thorup rykker til Gent" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2018-10-10. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
↑ "Officielt: Kenneth Andersen er ny FCM-træner" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2018-10-10. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
↑ "Propositioner for Danmarksturneringen i fodbold" [Propositions for Football in Denmark]. Danish Football Association (in Danish). Retrieved 14 July 2017.
↑ "Superliga 2018/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
↑ "Topscorerliste" [Top scorers list]. Danish Football Association (in Danish). Retrieved 1 August 2018.

External links

Superliga (uefa.com)

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[1] "OB fyrer cheftræner Kent Nielsen" (in Danish). politiken.dk. 2018-05-21. Retrieved 2018-05-21.

[2] "OB ansætter Jakob Michelsen som ny cheftræner" (in Danish). tv2fyn.dk. 2015-05-29. Retrieved 2018-06-22.

[3] "Thomasberg stopper i Hobro - skal til Randers" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2018-05-24. Retrieved 2018-07-01.

[4] "Allan Kuhn ny cheftræner i Hobro" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2018-06-07. Retrieved 2018-07-01.

[5] "FCM bekræfter: Thorup rykker til Gent" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2018-10-10. Retrieved 2018-10-11.

[6] "Officielt: Kenneth Andersen er ny FCM-træner" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2018-10-10. Retrieved 2018-10-11.

[7] "Propositioner for Danmarksturneringen i fodbold" [Propositions for Football in Denmark]. Danish Football Association (in Danish). Retrieved 14 July 2017.

[8] "Superliga 2018/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 14 July 2017.

[9] "Topscorerliste" [Top scorers list]. Danish Football Association (in Danish). Retrieved 1 August 2018.

2018–19 in Danish football
Domestic leagues	Superliga 1st Division 2nd Divisions Elitedivisionen
Domestic cups	Danish Cup
Club seasons	AaB AGF Brøndby København Esbjerg Hobro Horsens Midtjylland Nordsjælland OB Randers SønderjyskE Vejle Vendsyssel

2018–19 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '18 '19 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '18 '19 Faroe Islands '18 '19 Finland '18 '19 France Georgia '18 '19 Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '18 '19 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '18 '19 Kosovo Latvia '18 '19 Lithuania '18 '19 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova '18 '19 Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '18 '19 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '18 '19 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '18 '19 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '18 '19 Finland France Georgia '18 '19 Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '18 '19 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '18 '19 Kosovo Latvia '18 '19 Liechtenstein Lithuania '18 '19 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '18 '19 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '18 '19 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Estonia France Iceland '18 '19 Israel Latvia Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '18 '19 Scotland Wales
Supercups	Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus England Estonia Faroe Islands France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Lithuania '18 '19 Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '18 '19 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '18 '19 Romania Russia San Marino Slovakia Spain Turkey Ukraine
UEFA competitions	Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round Champions Path Main Path group stage knockout phase Final Super Cup Youth League UEFA Champions League Path Domestic Champions Path knockout phase
International competitions	2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup UEFA Euro 2020 qualification 2018–19 UEFA Nations League League A League B League C League D Finals 2019 Euro Under-21 qualification 2019 Euro Under-19 qualification 2019 Euro Under-17 qualification

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