2021–22 Danish Superliga

Superliga
Season	2021–22
Dates	16 July 2021 – 30 May 2022
Matches played	102
Goals scored	279 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mikael Uhre ; (11 goals)
Biggest home win	Midtjylland 4–1 Vejle; Silkeborg IF 4–1 Viborg; (both 6 August 2021)
Biggest away win	0–2 ; 4 matches
Highest scoring	Copenhagen 4–2 Brøndby ; (8 August 2021)
Longest winning run	3 matches; Midtjylland
Longest unbeaten run	4 matches; Copenhagen; Randers; Silkeborg
Longest winless run	4 matches; AGF; Brøndby; Vejle
Longest losing run	2 matches; AGF; OB; SønderjyskE; Vejle; Viborg
	← 2020–21 2022–23 → All statistics correct as of 11 August 2021.

The 2021–22 Danish Superliga (officially the 3F Superliga for sponsorship reasons) is the 32nd season of the Danish Superliga. Brøndby IF are the defending champions. The season is currently scheduled to begin on 16 July and scheduled to end in May 2022.

Teams[]

Lyngby Boldklub (relegated after two years in the top flight) and AC Horsens (relegated after five years in the top flight) finished the 2020–21 season in 11th and 12th place, respectively, and were relegated to the 2021–22 1st Division.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2020–21 1st Division champions Viborg FF, who returned after four years of absence, as well as the runners-up Silkeborg IF who returned after a one-year absence.

Stadia and locations[]

AaB

AGF

Brøndby

Midtjylland

Nordsjælland

OB

Randers

Silkeborg

SønderjyskE

Vejle

Viborg

FCK

Locations of the Danish Superliga 2021–22 teams

Club	Location	Stadium	Turf	Capacity	2020–21 position
AaB	Aalborg	Aalborg Portland Park	Hybrid	13,797	7th
AGF	Aarhus	Ceres Park	Hybrid	20,032	4th
Brøndby	Brøndby	Brøndby Stadium	Hybrid	29,000	1st
Copenhagen	Copenhagen	Parken	Hybrid	38,065	3rd
Midtjylland	Herning	MCH Arena	Natural	11,800	2nd
Nordsjælland	Farum	Right to Dream Park	Artificial	9,900	5th
OB	Odense	Nature Energy Park	Natural	15,633	9th
Randers	Randers	BioNutria Park Randers	Natural	12,000	6th
Silkeborg IF	Silkeborg	JYSK Park	Artificial	10,000	1D, 2nd
SønderjyskE	Haderslev	Sydbank Park	Natural	10,000	8th
Vejle	Vejle	Vejle Stadion	Natural	10,418	10th
Viborg FF	Viborg	Energi Viborg Arena	Hybrid	9,566	1D, 1st

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	Vacant	Lucas Andersen	Macron	Spar Nord
AGF	David Nielsen	Patrick Mortensen	Hummel	Ceres
Brøndby IF	Niels Frederiksen	Andreas Maxsø	Hummel	Booztlet
F.C. Copenhagen	Jess Thorup	Zeca	Adidas	Unibet
FC Midtjylland	Bo Henriksen	Erik Sviatchenko	Nike	Det Faglige Hus
FC Nordsjælland	Flemming Pedersen	Kian Hansen	Nike	DHL
OB	Andreas Alm	Jens Thomasen	Hummel	Albani
Randers FC	Thomas Thomasberg	Erik Marxen	Puma	Verdo A/S
Silkeborg IF	Kent Nielsen	Nicklas Helenius	Uhlsport	Mascot International
SønderjyskE	Henrik Hansen	Marc Dal Hende	Hummel	Danfoss
Vejle Boldklub	Peter Sørensen	Jacob Schoop	Hummel	Arbejdernes Landsbank
Viborg FF	Lars Friis	Jeppe Grønning	Nike	Andelskassen

Managerial changes[]

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
SønderjyskE	Glen Riddersholm	Sacked	26 May 2021^[1]	Michael Boris	1 July 2021^[2]	Pre-season
FC Midtjylland	Brian Priske	Signed by Royal Antwerp	29 May 2021^[3]	Bo Henriksen	1 July 2021^[4]	Pre-season
OB	Michael Hemmingsen	Returned to Director of Sports	31 May 2021	Andreas Alm	1 June 2021^[5]	Pre-season
Vejle Boldklub	Constantin Gâlcă	End of contract	30 June 2021^[6]	Carit Falch	1 July 2021^[7]	Pre-season
Vejle Boldklub	Carit Falch	Sacked	17 August 2021^[8]	Peter Sørensen	24 August 2021^[9]	12th
SønderjyskE	Michael Boris	Sacked	1 November 2021^[10]	Henrik Hansen	16 December 2021^[11]	11th
AaB	Martí Cifuentes	Signed by Hammarby IF	12 January 2022^[12]	TBA		4th

Regular season[]

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Midtjylland	17	11	2	4	31	16	+15	35	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Copenhagen	17	9	6	2	34	13	+21	33
3	Brøndby	17	8	6	3	25	20	+5	30
4	AaB	17	8	4	5	27	20	+7	28
5	Randers	17	8	4	5	23	19	+4	28
6	Silkeborg IF	17	5	10	2	26	16	+10	25
7	AGF	17	5	6	6	15	19	−4	21	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Viborg	17	4	8	5	26	27	−1	20
9	OB	17	4	7	6	25	24	+1	19
10	Nordsjælland	17	4	4	9	20	31	−11	16
11	SønderjyskE	17	2	4	11	11	33	−22	10
12	Vejle (Q)	17	2	3	12	16	41	−25	9

Updated to match(es) played on 29 November 2021. 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.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Positions by round[]

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Team ╲ Round
FC Midtjylland	10	5	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
F.C. Copenhagen	5	7	3	3	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Brøndby IF	6	6	8	10	10	9	8	8	10	8	8	6	6	6	5	5	3
AaB	4	10	10	6	5	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4
Randers FC	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5
Silkeborg IF	8	9	9	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6
AGF	7	8	10	11	11	11	11	10	9	7	9	7	9	8	7	7	7
Viborg FF	2	3	5	9	9	7	7	9	8	10	10	10	8	9	9	8	8
OB	2	2	5	8	7	8	9	7	7	9	6	8	7	7	8	9	9
FC Nordsjælland	10	11	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	7	9	10	10	10	10	10
SønderjyskE	8	4	7	7	8	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Vejle BK	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

Source: Weltfussball

Results[]

Home \ Away	AAB	AGF	BRO	COP	MID	NOR	ODE	RAN	SIL	SON	VEJ	VIB
AaB	—	2–0		1–3	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–1		4–0		2–5
AGF	1–0	—	1–1	1–3	3–0		2–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–0
Brøndby	2–1		—	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–1		3–2	1–1
Copenhagen	2–2	1–1	4–2	—	0–1				0–0	2–0	3–0	1–1
Midtjylland		4–0	1–2		—	2–0	1–2	1–0	3–0	3–2	4–1
Nordsjælland	0–2	0–0		1–5	2–2	—	3–1		1–1		3–1	1–2
OB		0–0	2–2	0–2		2–0	—	1–2	1–1	2–1	6–0	2–3
Randers	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–3	3–2	1–1	—		1–0	4–1
Silkeborg	0–0	0–2		0–0		4–1	1–1	2–1	—	0–0		4–1
SønderjyskE	1–3		1–0	1–1	0–2	0–2			0–6	—	1–0	2–2
Vejle	0–1		2–2	0–4	1–1	2–0		0–2	2–4	3–1	—	1–1
Viborg	2–3	2–0	0–1		0–2	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1		—

Updated to match(es) played on 29 November 2021. Source: soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by round[]

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Team ╲ Round
AaB	D	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	L
AGF	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	D
Brøndby	D	D	D	L	L	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W
Copenhagen	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	D	D	W
Midtjylland	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	D
Nordsjælland	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	L
OB	W	D	L	L	D	D	D	W	L	D	W	L	D	D	L	L	W
Randers	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	L
Silkeborg IF	D	D	D	W	D	L	W	D	L	W	W	D	D	W	D	D	D
SønderjyskE	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D
Vejle	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	D
Viborg	W	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	D	D	W	L	D	W	D

Updated to match(es) played on 21 November 2021. Source: Soccerway

Championship round[]

Points and goals carried over in full from the regular season.

Pos	Team	Qualification	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
1	1st	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round	—
2	2nd	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round		—
3	3rd	Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round			—
4	4th	Qualification to European play-off match				—
5	5th						—
6	6th							—

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.^[13]^[14]

Relegation round[]

Points and goals carried over in full from the regular season.

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th
1	7th	Qualification to European play-off match	—
2	8th			—
3	9th				—
4	10th					—
5	11th	Relegation to Danish 1st Division					—
6	12th	Relegation to Danish 1st Division						—

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.^[15]^[16]

European play-offs[]

The fourth-placed team of the championship round, advanced to a play-off match against the winning team of the relegation round. The winners earned a place in the Europa Conference League second qualifying round.

European play-off match[]

TBA

4th Place Championship round	v	Winner of Relegation round

Season statistics[]

As of 28 November 2021

Top scorers and assists[]

Topscorers ranking
Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mikael Uhre	Brøndby	11
2	Júnior Brumado	Midtjylland	7
	Pep Biel	Copenhagen
	Nicolai Vallys	Silkeborg
	Louka Prip	AaB
6	Iver Fossum	AaB	6
	Jonas Wind	Copenhagen
	Alhaji Kamara	Randers
	Sebastian Jørgensen	Silkeborg
	Nicklas Helenius	Silkeborg
	Sebastian Grønning	Viborg

Assists ranking
Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Sebastian Jørgensen	Silkeborg	6
1	Simon Hedlund	Brøndby	6
3	Anders Dreyer	Midtjylland	5
	Joel Andersson	Midtjylland
	Kristoffer Pallesen	AaB
	Christian Sørensen	Viborg
7	Victor Kristiansen	Copenhagen	4
	Pep Biel	Copenhagen
	Iver Fossum	AaB

Source: Soccerway

References[]

^ "SønderjyskE fyrer Glen Riddersholm" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-05-26. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
^ "Bekræftet: Michael Boris ny træner for SE" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-06-19. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
^ "Bekræftet: FCM sælger Priske til belgisk klub" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-05-29. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
^ "Officielt: FCM ansætter Bo Henriksen" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-05-31. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
^ "OB køber tidligere Vejle-træner fri af Häcken" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-05-15. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
^ "Vejle stopper samarbejdet med Galca" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
^ "Officielt: Vejle køber Falch fri i Lyngby" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-06-08. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
^ "Vejle fyrer Falch efter fem kampe" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-08-17. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
^ "Officielt: Vejle hyrer Peter Sørensen" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-08-24. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
^ "Bekræftet: SønderjyskE fyrer cheftræneren" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-11-01. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
^ "Officielt: SE hyrer Hansen og Lodberg" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-12-16. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
^ "Cifuentes solgt til Hammarby I.F." (in Danish). AaB. 2022-01-12. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
^ "LÆR TURNERINGSSTRUKTUREN AT KENDE" [Get to know the tournament structure]. 3F Superliga (in Danish). Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
^ "Superliga 2021/2022". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
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^ "Superliga 2021/2022". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 February 2020.

External links[]

Superliga (uefa.com)

[1] "SønderjyskE fyrer Glen Riddersholm" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-05-26. Retrieved 2021-06-27.

[2] "Bekræftet: Michael Boris ny træner for SE" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-06-19. Retrieved 2021-06-27.

[3] "Bekræftet: FCM sælger Priske til belgisk klub" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-05-29. Retrieved 2021-06-27.

[4] "Officielt: FCM ansætter Bo Henriksen" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-05-31. Retrieved 2021-06-27.

[5] "OB køber tidligere Vejle-træner fri af Häcken" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-05-15. Retrieved 2021-06-27.

[6] "Vejle stopper samarbejdet med Galca" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2021-06-27.

[7] "Officielt: Vejle køber Falch fri i Lyngby" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-06-08. Retrieved 2021-06-27.

[8] "Vejle fyrer Falch efter fem kampe" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-08-17. Retrieved 2021-08-17.

[9] "Officielt: Vejle hyrer Peter Sørensen" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-08-24. Retrieved 2021-08-24.

[10] "Bekræftet: SønderjyskE fyrer cheftræneren" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-11-01. Retrieved 2021-11-01.

[11] "Officielt: SE hyrer Hansen og Lodberg" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2021-12-16. Retrieved 2021-12-16.

[12] "Cifuentes solgt til Hammarby I.F." (in Danish). AaB. 2022-01-12. Retrieved 2022-01-12.

[13] "LÆR TURNERINGSSTRUKTUREN AT KENDE" [Get to know the tournament structure]. 3F Superliga (in Danish). Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.

[14] "Superliga 2021/2022". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 February 2020.

[15] "LÆR TURNERINGSSTRUKTUREN AT KENDE" [Get to know the tournament structure]. 3F Superliga (in Danish). Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.

[16] "Superliga 2021/2022". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 February 2020.

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