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

Season	2018–19
Dates	13 July 2018 – 26 May 2019
Champions	Copenhagen
Relegated	Vendsyssel Vejle
Champions League	Copenhagen
Europa League	Midtjylland Esbjerg Brøndby
Matches played	246
Goals scored	681 (2.77 per match)
Top goalscorer	Robert Skov (29 goals)
Biggest home win	Midtjylland 5–0 Vejle (11 November 2018) Copenhagen 6-1 OB (10 February 2019)
Biggest away win	Hobro 0–5 AaB (23 September 2018) Horsens 1-6 Copenhagen (2 December 2018)
Highest scoring	Midtjylland 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 run	Copenhagen (8) (17 March 2019 - 5 May 2019)
Longest unbeaten run	Copenhagen (22) (7 October 2018 - 5 May 2019)
Longest winless run	Horsens (10) (24 February 2019 - 28 April 2019)
Longest losing run	AGF (4) (28 October 2018 - 26 November 2018) SønderjyskE (4) (16 December 2018 - 22 February 2019) Horsens (4) (24 February 2019 - 17 March 2019)
Highest attendance	33,134 Copenhagen 3–2 Brøndby (5 May 2019)
Lowest attendance	1,012 Hobro 0–0 SønderjyskE (8 December 2018)
Average attendance	6,595
← 2017–18 2019–20 → 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

AaB

Horsens

AGF

Brøndby

Esbjerg

Midtjylland

Nordsjælland

Hobro

OB

Randers

SønderjyskE

Vendsyssel

Vejle

FCK

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 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 ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Copenhagen	11	6	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Midtjylland	9	12	8	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
OB	10	9	12	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	10	11	11	10	7	4	4	3	4	7	9	8	4	3	3	3
Brøndby	2	4	1	1	4	4	3	3	4	5	8	6	7	7	8	6	5	4	3	3	3	4	3	5	4	4
Esbjerg	6	10	13	12	10	8	6	6	5	6	7	4	3	3	3	3	3	5	6	4	5	3	5	4	5	5
Nordsjælland	7	7	5	7	9	6	9	9	7	9	6	8	9	9	11	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	6	6	7	6
AaB	5	2	4	3	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	7	7	6	7	5	6	10	7	7	8	7
Randers	14	13	10	9	8	5	7	7	10	7	9	10	10	11	10	9	8	8	8	6	4	5	8	9	6	8
AGF	8	8	11	5	5	7	5	5	8	4	4	5	6	6	9	11	11	11	11	10	8	7	10	8	9	9
Horsens	4	5	9	10	11	12	8	8	6	8	5	7	5	4	6	8	6	7	5	8	7	6	9	10	10	10
SønderjyskE	12	11	7	11	12	9	10	10	9	10	11	9	8	8	4	5	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Vendsyssel	3	1	3	6	6	10	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12
Hobro	13	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Vejle	1	3	6	8	7	11	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	14	14	14	14

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	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	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	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	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 ╲ Round	Initial	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Copenhagen	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Midtjylland	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Esbjerg	5	5	5	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3
Brøndby	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4
Odense	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	5
Nordsjælland	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

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-finals						Final
	5 and 12 May 2019
	SønderjyskE	1	3	4
							18 and 26 May 2019
	Randers	1	4	5
							Randers	2	1	3
	5 and 12 May 2019
							AGF	1	1	2
	AaB	0	0	0
	AGF	1	2	3

European play-off match

31 May 2019

19:00

Brøndby	4–2	Randers
Wilczek  55' Kaiser  67' Halimi  72' Riis  89' (og.)	Report	Kallesøe  36' Aaquist  51'

Brøndby Stadium

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 round						Play-off matches
							Match 3 (30 May and 2 June 2019)
							Lyngby	2	2	4
	Match 1 (12 and 19 May 2019)
							Vendsyssel	1	2	3
	Vendsyssel	0	1	1
	Horsens	1	1	2
	Match 2 (12 and 19 May 2019)
	Hobro	0	2	2
							Match 4 (30 May and 2 June 2019)
	Vejle	1	0	1
							Hobro	1	2	3
							Viborg	0	0	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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External links

• Superliga (uefa.com)