2009–10 Danish Superliga

Danish Superliga
Season 2009–10
Champions FC Copenhagen
Relegated AGF
HB Køge
Champions League FC Copenhagen
Europa League OB
Brøndby IF
FC Nordsjælland (via Cup)
Randers FC (via fair play)
Matches played 198
Goals scored 515 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorer Peter Utaka (18)
Biggest home win Copenhagen 7–1 Køge
Biggest away win Køge 0–5 AaB
Highest scoring Brøndby 6–3 Nordsjælland
Longest winning run 6 – FC København (22 Nov–21 Mar)[1]
Longest unbeaten run 16 – Randers FC (29 Nov–9 May)[1]
Longest winless run 17 – Randers FC (19 Jul–29 Nov)[1]
Longest losing run 6 – HB Køge (21 Nov–21 Mar)[1]
Highest attendance 30,191 – Copenhagen v Brøndby (14 Mar)[2]
Lowest attendance 707 – Køge v Silkeborg (7 Mar)[3]
Average attendance 8,315

The 2009–10 Danish Superliga season was the 20th season of the Danish Superliga league championship, which determinates the winners of the Danish football championship. It is governed by the Danish Football Association. The tournament started on 18 July 2009 and concluded on 16 May 2010.

The Danish champions qualify for UEFA Champions League 2010–11 qualification and the Royal Cup 2011. Runners-up and 3rd placed team qualify for UEFA Europa League 2010–11 qualification and Royal Cup, while the 4th placed team qualify for Royal Cup. The 11th and 12th placed teams will be relegated to the 1st Division. The 1st Division champions and runners-up will be promoted to the Superliga.

On 5 May 2010, FC Copenhagen won the title for the eighth time in 17 years after defeating HB Køge 4–0.[4]

Contents

Participants

Locations of the Danish Superliga 2009–10 teams
Club Finishing position
last season		 First season in
top division		 First season of
current spell in
top division
AaB 7th 1928–29 1987
AGF 6th 1918–19 2007–08
Brøndby 3rd 1982 1982
Copenhagen 1st 1992–93 1992–93
Esbjerg 9th 1928–29 2001–02
HB Køge 1st in 1st Division 2009–10 2009–10
Midtjylland 4th 2000–01 2000–01
Nordsjælland 8th 2002–03 2002–03
OB 2nd 1927–28 1999–2000
Randers 5th 1941–42 2006–07
Silkeborg 2nd in 1st Division 1988 2009–10
SønderjyskE 10th 2000–01 2008–09

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 F.C. Copenhagen (C) 33 21 5 7 61 22 +39 68 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2 OB 33 17 8 8 46 34 +12 59 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
3 Brøndby IF 33 15 7 11 57 50 +7 52 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
4 Esbjerg fB 33 13 11 9 48 43 +5 50
5 AaB 33 13 9 11 36 30 +6 48
6 FC Midtjylland 33 14 5 14 45 48 −3 47
7 FC Nordsjælland 33 12 7 14 40 41 −1 43 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round 1
8 Silkeborg IF 33 12 7 14 47 51 −4 43
9 SønderjyskE 33 11 8 14 32 37 −5 41
10 Randers FC 33 10 10 13 37 43 −6 40 2010–11 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round 2
11 AGF (R) 33 10 8 15 36 47 −11 38 Relegation to the Danish 1st Division
12 HB Køge (R) 33 4 7 22 30 69 −39 19

Source: Danish Football Association (Danish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1FC Nordsjælland gained their Europa League-spot through winning the 2009–10 Danish Cup
2Randers FC gained their Europa League-spot through the fair play competition.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Matchday 1–11

Home \ Away1 AaB AGF BIF EfB FCK FCM FCN HBK OB RFC SIF SE
AaB 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0
AGF 1–0 2–4 2–1 2–2 2–2 2–1
Brøndby IF 0–2 1–0 3–1 6–3 6–1 2–2
Esbjerg fB 2–0 3–2 2–1 3–2 1–2
F.C. Copenhagen 0–1 1–1 2–1 7–1 3–0 1–1
FC Midtjylland 0–0 1–4 0–2 2–1 4–1 0–2
FC Nordsjælland 0–2 0–4 2–0 2–2 3–0
HB Køge 0–5 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–0
OB 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–1
Randers FC 0–3 2–3 1–3 0–1 1–1 1–2
Silkeborg IF 4–1 2–3 4–0 3–1 1–1
SønderjyskE 2–4 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0

Source: Danish Football Association (Danish)
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Matchday 12–33

Home \ Away1 AaB AGF BIF EfB FCK FCM FCN HBK OB RFC SIF SE
AaB 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 3–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1
AGF 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–2 0–3 0–3 0–0 1–2 1–2
Brøndby IF 2–0 1–0 2–4 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–3 1–3 1–1 2–2 1–1
Esbjerg fB 1–1 0–4 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–3 2–1 1–2 0–0 4–0 2–0
F.C. Copenhagen 2–0 5–0 2–0 3–2 2–0 0–2 4–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–1
FC Midtjylland 2–0 1–0 2–4 3–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 3–0 0–0
FC Nordsjælland 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–3 3–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 3–1
HB Køge 0–3 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–4 1–2
OB 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 1–1
Randers FC 3–1 2–1 1–3 4–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–0
Silkeborg IF 1–1 1–4 3–0 2–2 2–0 0–2 1–4 3–0 0–1 1–3 1–2
SønderjyskE 2–0 1–0 1–3 1–0 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 4–0

Source: Danish Football Association (Danish)
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Goals

Source: DBU (Danish)

Top goalscorers

Pos Player Scored for Goals
1 Peter Utaka OB 18
2 Tim Janssen Esbjerg fB 15
3 Dame N'Doye F.C. Copenhagen 14
4 Rajko Lekic Silkeborg IF 13
5 Morten "Duncan" Rasmussen Brøndby IF 12
6 Christian Holst Silkeborg IF 11
César Santin FC Copenhagen 11
8 Mikkel Beckmann Randers FC 10
Kenneth Fabricius SønderjyskE 10
10 Frank Kristensen FC Midtjylland 9

Own goals

Hat-tricks

Scorer Game Date
Rajko Lekic Silkeborg v Midtjylland 26 July 2009
Morten "Duncan" Rasmussen Brøndby v Nordsjælland 4 October 2009
César Santin Copenhagen v AGF 7 March 2010
Christian Holst Silkeborg v HB Køge 28 March 2010
Tim Janssen Esbjerg v Silkeborg 6 May 2010

Season statistics

Scoring

Cards

Attendances

Source: DanskFodbold.com (Danish)

Team Average Highest Lowest
Copenhagen 19,338 30,191 12,046
Brøndby 14,372 22,795 9,349
AGF 11,879 19,210 7,038
Esbjerg 9,052 15,316 5,306
OB 8,670 14,569 4,553
AaB 7,517 10,561 4,851
Midtjylland 7,107 9,869 5,487
Randers 5,977 11,824 2,649
Silkeborg 4,656 8,340 2,552
Nordsjælland 4,636 7,609 2,787
SønderjyskE 3,419 5,852 1,554
HB Køge 2,068 5,079 707

Venues

The Danish Football Association has listed a number of requirements to the venues hosting Superliga football. These include a minimum capacity of 10,000, hereof at least 3,000 seats. Further is under-soil heating a demand. It is possible for a club to get dispensation for some of the requirements for a year, after promotion to the league.[5]

Team Stadium Town Capacity Notes
F.C. Copenhagen Parken Stadium Copenhagen 38,065 All-seater
Brøndby IF Brøndby Stadium Brøndbyvester 29,000 23,400 seats
AGF NRGi Park Aarhus 21,000 All-seater
Esbjerg fB Blue Water Arena Esbjerg 18,000 11,451 seats
OB Fionia Park Odense 15,790 13,990 seats
AaB Energi Nord Arena Aalborg 13,797 8,997 seats
Randers FC Essex Park Randers Randers 12,000 6,114 seats
FC Midtjylland MCH Arena Herning 11,809 7,409 seats
FC Nordsjælland Farum Park Farum 10,100 9,800 seats. No under-soil heating.
Silkeborg IF Silkeborg Stadion Silkeborg 10,000 5,500 seats. No under-soil heating.
SønderjyskE Haderslev Fodboldstadion Haderslev 10,000 1,650 seats.
HB Køge SEAS-NVE Park Herfølge 8,000 3,400 seats. No under-soil heating. Alternative venue is Køge Stadion.

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
SønderjyskE Carsten Broe Resigned 6 June 2009[6] Michael Hemmingsen Unknown[1] Pre-season
FC Midtjylland Thomas Thomasberg Sacked 11 August 2009[7] Allan Kuhn 12 August 2009[8] 9th
Randers FC John Jensen Sacked 6 October 2009[9] Ove Christensen 7 October 2009[10] 12th
Brøndby IF Kent Nielsen Sacked 25 March 2010[11] Henrik Jensen 26 March 2010[12] 7th

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Serier, 2009/2010" (in Danish). superstats.dk. SuperStats. http://www.superstats.dk/streak/aar.php?aar=2009/2010. Retrieved 20 December 2010. 
  2. ^ "25 kampe med flest tilskuere". ligafodbold.dk. http://www.ligafodbold.dk/?cat=statsSpectatorSeason&tID=130&cat_id=3. Retrieved 20 March 2010. 
  3. ^ "25 kampe med færrest tilskuere". ligafodbold.dk. http://www.ligafodbold.dk/?cat=statsSpectatorSeason&tID=130&cat_id=4. Retrieved 20 March 2010. 
  4. ^ "FC Copenhagen secures Danish title with 4–0 win". USA Today (Copenhagen: David Hunke; Gannett Company). 2010-05-05. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2010-05-05-4203949832_x.htm. Retrieved 2010-05-06. 
  5. ^ "Krav til danske fodboldstadioner" (in Danish). Danish Football Association. http://dbu.dk/data/dbu/filedb/127.pdf. Retrieved 2010-03-20. 
  6. ^ Kongsted Hansen, Stig (2009-06-06). "Carsten Broe stopper i SønderjyskE" (in Danish). SønderjyskE. http://www.soenderjyske.dk/Default.asp?Default.asp?name2=&SideName=&StrMenu=3&IntID2=3886&strMenu2=4&SideID=31&intPage=1. Retrieved 2009-06-06. 
  7. ^ "FCM stopper samarbejde med Thomasberg" (in Danish). FC Midtjylland. 2009-08-11. http://www.fcm.dk/index.php?ID=1&nyhedID=5107&mode=laes_nyhed&topID=. Retrieved 2009-08-11. 
  8. ^ "FC Midtjylland henter Allan Kuhn" (in Danish). FC Midtjylland. 2009-08-12. http://www.fcm.dk/index.php?ID=1&nyhedID=5108&mode=laes_nyhed&topID=. Retrieved 2009-08-12. 
  9. ^ "Faxe fyret i Randers FC" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2009-10-06. http://www.bold.dk/nyt/index.php?vis=10843. Retrieved 2009-10-10. 
  10. ^ "Ove Christensen præsenteret i Randers" (in Danish). bold.dk. 2009-10-07. http://www.bold.dk/nyt/index.php?vis=108489. Retrieved 2009-10-10. 
  11. ^ "Kent Nielsen stopper" (in Danish). Brøndby IF. 2010-03-25. http://brondby.com/article.asp?aid=61669&id=145. Retrieved 2010-03-25. 
  12. ^ "FBM 6 2010: Henrik Jensen cheftræner" (in Danish). Brøndby IF. 2010-03-26. http://brondby.com/article.asp?aid=61672&id=145. Retrieved 2010-03-26. 
  13. ^ Haugaard, Kell (2009-06-11). "Michael Hemmingsen bliver Teamchef i SønderjyskE" (in Danish). SønderjyskE. http://www.soenderjyske.dk/Default.asp?Default.asp?name2=&SideName=&StrMenu=3&IntID2=3902&strMenu2=4&SideID=31&intPage=1. Retrieved 2009-06-11. 

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