2015–16 Elitedivisionen

Elitedivisionen 2015-16 (or 3F-ligaen due to sponsorship reasons) was the 44th edition of Denmark women's football premier league. It is controlled by the DBU. It ran from 8 August 2015[1] to 18 June 2016.

Elitedivisionen
Season2015–16
ChampionsFortuna Hjørring
RelegatedASA Aarhus
Matches played56
Goals scored210 (3.75 per match)
Top goalscorerNanna Christiansen
Nadia Nadim
(12 goals)
Biggest home winBrøndby 9–0 ASA Aarhus
(29 August 2015)
Biggest away winASA Aarhus 0–11 Brøndby
(7 November 2015)
Highest scoringASA Aarhus 0–11 Brøndby
(7 November 2015)
Longest unbeaten run14 matches
Fortuna Hjørring
Longest winless run14 matches
ASA Aarhus
← 2014–15
All statistics correct as of 19 March 2016.

Format

The eight teams play each other twice for a total of 14 matches per team. After that the top six teams play the championship round and the bottom two teams play the qualification round.[2]

In the championship round, each of the six teams play each other twice. Points accumulated at the regular season are halved and added the points from this round. The champion and runners-up qualify for the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League.[2]

In the qualification round, the two bottom teams of the regular season are joined by the top four teams of the Kvinde 1. division, each of the six teams play each other twice. All teams start this round on 0 points, the top two teams qualify to 2016–17 Elitedivisionen and the remaining four teams qualify to the 2016–17 Kvinde 1. division.[2]

Teams
OB
Kolding
Vejle
ASA
Skovbakken
Locations of the 2015–16 Elitedivisionen teams
Region Team Town Stadium Capacity
HovedstadenBrøndby IFBrøndbyBrøndby Stadion29,000
BSF SkovlundeBallerupBallerup Idrætspark4,000
SyddanmarkKolding QKoldingMosevej Sportsplads1,500
Odense BKOdenseOdense Atletikstadion8,000
Vejle BKVejleVB Parken Græs1,000
MidtjyllandASA AarhusAarhusASA's Idrætsanlæg1,000
IK SkovbakkenAarhusVejlby Stadion5,200
NordjyllandFortuna HjørringHjørringHjørring Stadion7,500

Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Fortuna Hjørring 14 11 3 0 44 8 +36 36 Championship round
2 Brøndby 14 10 3 1 60 8 +52 33
3 Skovbakken 14 7 5 2 22 20 +2 26
4 KoldingQ 14 7 3 4 29 15 +14 24
5 OB 14 5 3 6 29 18 +11 18
6 Vejle 14 3 3 8 12 31 −19 12
7 BSF 14 1 3 10 8 52 −44 6 Qualification round
8 ASA Aarhus 14 0 1 13 6 58 −52 1
Updated to match(es) played on 19 March 2016. Source: DBU[3]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results
Home \ Away ASA BRO BSF FHJ KoQ OB SKB VEJ
ASA Aarhus 0–11 0–1 0–1 1–3 0–5 1–3 0–3
Brøndby 9–0 6–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 8–0 3–1
BSF 1–1 0–7 0–10 1–6 2–2 0–1 1–1
Fortuna Hjørring 8–0 2–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 5–0
KoldingQ 4–1 0–2 3–0 0–2 4–0 1–3 0–0
OB 2–0 2–3 8–0 1–2 0–0 0–2 5–0
Skovbakken 3–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 3–1
Vejle 4–1 0–5 2–1 0–2 0–3 0–2 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on 19 March 2016. Source: Soccerway
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final stage

Championship round

Played by the teams placed first to sixth in the regular season. Teams play each other twice and points accumulated at the regular season are halved and added to this stage.[2]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation FHJ BRO SKB KoQ OB VEJ
1 Fortuna Hjørring (C) 10 9 0 1 45 10 +35 45 Qualification to Champions League 5–0
2 Brøndby (Q) 10 7 2 1 23 9 +14 40
3 Skovbakken 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 0–0
4 KoldingQ 1 0 0 1 0 5 −5 12
5 OB 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 9 0–1
6 Vejle 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 7
Updated to match(es) played on 2 April 2016. Source: DBU: table (in Danish) and DBU: matches (in Danish)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Qualification round

Played by the teams placed seventh and eighth of the regular season which are joined by the top four teams from 2015–16 Kvinde 1. division. Teams play each other twice.[2]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation ASA BSF NAE SUN VAR VIB
1 ASA Aarhus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to 2016–17 Elitedivisionen
2 BSF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Næsby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to 2016–17 Kvinde 1. division
4 Sundby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Varde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Viborg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 9 April 2016. Source: DBU: table (in Danish) and DBU: matches (in Danish)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Top scorers
As of 21 March 2016.[4]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Nanna Christiansen Brøndby 13
2 Nadia Nadim Fortuna Hjørring 12
3 Nevena Damjanović Fortuna Hjørring 9
Sofie Bloch Jørgensen Brøndby
Louise Kristiansen Brøndby
Sanne Troelsgaard KoldingQ
7 Annika Overby Hansen OB 7
Lotte Troelsgaard KoldingQ
9 Tenna Bendtsen OB 6
Emilie Henriksen OB
Theresa Nielsen Brøndby
Simone Boye Sørensen Brøndby

References
  1. "Komplet kampprogram" (in Danish). DBU. 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
  2. "Tournament rules" (in Danish). DBU. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  3. "Stilling - Elitedivisionen 2015/16". DBU.dk. Retrieved 2015-09-22.
  4. "Topscorerliste" (in Danish). DBU. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
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