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Season | 2018–19 |
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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 → |
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.
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 |
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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 |
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AaB | ![]() |
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Hummel | Spar Nord |
AGF | ![]() |
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Hummel | Ceres |
Brøndby | ![]() |
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Hummel | Arbejdernes Landsbank |
Esbjerg | ![]() |
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Nike | Viking |
FCK | ![]() |
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Adidas | Carlsberg |
Hobro | ![]() |
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Puma | DS Gruppen, Spar Nord |
Horsens | ![]() |
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Hummel | NG Zink |
Midtjylland | ![]() |
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Nike | Det Faglige Hus |
Nordsjælland | ![]() |
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Diadora | DHL |
OB | ![]() |
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Hummel | Albani |
Randers | ![]() |
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Puma | Verdo |
SønderjyskE | ![]() |
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Hummel | Frøs Herreds Sparekasse |
Vejle | ![]() |
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Hummel | Frøs Herreds Sparekasse |
Vendsyssel | ![]() |
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Diadora | Spar Nord |
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure |
Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
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OB | ![]() |
Sacked | 21 May 2018[1] | ![]() |
29 May 2018[2] | Pre-season |
Randers FC | ![]() |
End of contract | 30 June 2018 | ![]() |
1 July 2018[3] | Pre-season |
Hobro IK | ![]() |
Signed by Randers | 30 June 2018 | ![]() |
1 July 2018[4] | Pre-season |
FC Midtjylland | ![]() |
Signed by Gent | 10 October 2018[5] | ![]() |
10 October 2018[6] | 1st |
AaB | ![]() |
Sacked | 25 November 2018[7] | ![]() |
25 November 2018[8] | 6th |
SønderjyskE | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 17 December 2018[9] | ![]() |
1 February 2019[10] | 10th |
Brøndby | ![]() |
Sacked | 18 February 2019[11] | ![]() |
19 February 2019[12] | 4th |
Hobro IK | ![]() |
Sacked | 21 February 2019[13] | ![]() |
21 February 2019[14] | 14th |
Vejle BK | ![]() |
Resigned | 5 March 2019[15] | ![]() |
6 March 2019[16] | 14th |
FC Nordsjælland | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 25 March 2019[17] | ![]() |
25 March 2019 | 6th |
Vendsyssel FF | ![]() |
Sacked | 20 May 2019[18] | ![]() |
20 May 2019[19] | Playoffs |
Regular season
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
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
Results
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 | |
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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 | — |
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.
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 | |
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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 | — |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Play-off.[22]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | RAN | AAB | VEN | HOB | |
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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 | — |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Play-off.[23]
(O) Play-off winners; (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
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 finished 11th and stayed in the Superliga, while the losers of match 2 finished 14th and were relegated directly.
Top goalscorers
- As of 26 May 2019[24]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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Copenhagen | 29 |
2 | ![]() |
Copenhagen | 22 |
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Nordsjælland | ||
4 | ![]() |
Brøndby | 21 |
5 | ![]() |
Midtjylland | 17 |
6 | ![]() |
Nordsjælland | 10 |
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Vejle | ||
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AaB | ||
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OB | ||
10 | ![]() |
Copenhagen | 9 |
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AGF | ||
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Midtjylland |
Attendances
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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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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