2010–11 Danish Superliga

Danish Superliga
Season 2010–11
Champions FC Copenhagen
Ch. League FC Copenhagen
OB
Eur. League Brøndby
Midtjylland
Nordsjælland (via dom. cup)
Matches played 192
Goals scored 520 (2.71 per match)
Biggest home win OB 6–0 AaB
Biggest away win Randers 0–4 Brøndby
Highest scoring Midtjylland 4–4 Lyngby
Longest winning run 7 (FC København)[1]
Longest unbeaten run 19 (FC København)[1]
Longest losing run 4 (Esbjerg fB, SønderjyskE)[1]
Highest attendance 28,387[2] (FC København v Brøndby IF)[3]
Lowest attendance 1,017[2] (FC Nordsjælland v SønderjyskE at Parken)[4]

The 2010–11 Danish Superliga season was the 21st season of the Danish Superliga championship, which decides the Danish football championship. It began on 17 July 2010 with the previous season's silver medalists from Odense facing Esbjerg and ended on 29 May 2011 with six simultaneous matches.[5] F.C. Copenhagen secured the title when Odense lost 1-2 to Nordsjælland on 21 April 2011, for their ninth Danish championship.[6]

Twelve teams were taking part in the tournament, facing each other three times for 33 matches total.

For the first time since the 1999–2000 Danish Superliga, the top two teams entered the qualification for the UEFA Champions League.

Contents

Teams

The top ten teams from the last season' Superliga and the top two teams from the last season's First Division participated.

Club Finishing position
last season
First season in
top division
First season of
current spell in
top division
AaB 5th 1928–29 1987
AC Horsens 1st in 1st Division 1929–30 2010–11
Brøndby 3rd 1982 1982
Copenhagen 1st 1992–93 1992–93
Esbjerg 4th 1928–29 2001–02
Midtjylland 6th 2000–01 2000–01
Nordsjælland 7th 2002–03 2002–03
Lyngby 2nd in 1st Division 1980 2010–11
OB 2nd 1927–28 1999–2000
Randers 10th 1941–42 2006–07
Silkeborg 8th 1988 2009–10
SønderjyskE 9th 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 25 6 2 77 29 +48 81 2011–12 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2 OB 33 16 7 10 55 41 +14 55
3 Brøndby IF 33 13 12 8 52 39 +13 51 2011–12 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
4 FC Midtjylland 33 13 10 10 50 42 +8 49 2011–12 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
5 Silkeborg IF 33 10 13 10 43 49 −6 43
6 FC Nordsjælland 33 10 9 14 38 50 −12 39 2011–12 UEFA Europa League Play-off round 1
7 SønderjyskE 33 11 6 16 32 46 −14 39
8 Lyngby Boldklub 33 10 8 15 42 52 −10 38
9 AC Horsens 33 9 10 14 29 40 −11 37
10 AaB 33 8 11 14 38 48 −10 35
11 Randers FC (R) 33 6 16 11 41 48 −7 34 Relegation to the 2011–12 Danish 1st Division
12 Esbjerg fB (R) 33 7 12 14 36 49 −13 33

Updated to games played on 25 May 2011
Source: Danish Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1Nordsjælland won the 2010–11 Danish Cup competition and therefore qualified for the play-off round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.
(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 ACH BIF EfB FCK FCM FCN LBK OB RFC SIF SE
AaB 2–3 0–2 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–2
AC Horsens 0–3 1–2 0–2 1–0 0–0
Brøndby IF 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–2 3–1
Esbjerg fB 1–2 0–3 1–1 2–3 2–2 2–1
F.C. Copenhagen 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–2
FC Midtjylland 2–1 0–3 4–0 1–2 1–1 2–0
FC Nordsjælland 0–0 3–0 1–3 4–1 1–2
Lyngby Boldklub 2–4 1–0 3–3 2–0 1–0
OB 3–0 2–3 2–1 0–1 3–1 1–1
Randers FC 2–3 3–2 0–2 2–1 0–0
Silkeborg IF 1–2 2–2 3–1 1–1 3–1
SønderjyskE 2–0 3–0 1–3 0–2 1–3

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 ACH BIF EfB FCK FCM FCN LBK OB RFC SIF SE
AaB 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 4–1 1–1 1–2
AC Horsens 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–1
Brøndby IF 1–2 0–0 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–0
Esbjerg fB 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–3 1–1 0–1
F.C. Copenhagen 2–0 4–0 3–1 3–1 5–2 2–1 3–2 5–0 3–1 2–0 3–0
FC Midtjylland 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–2 4–4 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–1
FC Nordsjælland 3–3 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–3 0–0 2–1 1–4 2–1 3–2 1–1
Lyngby Boldklub 1–2 0–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–3 1–1 1–0
OB 6–0 3–3 1–1 1–0 3–0 3–2 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–2
Randers FC 0–0 1–0 0–4 2–2 0–3 1–1 4–0 1–1 1–2 4–0 0–0
Silkeborg IF 4–3 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–3 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–0
SønderjyskE 1–0 0–3 0–2 2–1 3–3 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–2

Updated to games played on 25 May 2011
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.

Top goalscorers

Correct as of 19 May 2011[7]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Dame N'Doye F.C. Copenhagen 25
2 César Santin F.C. Copenhagen 16
3 Peter Utaka OB 13
4 Kim Aabech Lyngby Boldklub 12
Hans Henrik Andreasen OB 12
6 Michael Krohn-Dehli Brøndby IF 11
7 Mikkel Thygesen FC Midtjylland 8
Frank Kristensen FC Midtjylland/Randers FC 8
9 Matti Lund Nielsen FC Nordsjælland 7
Martin Vingaard F.C. Copenhagen 7
Nicolaj Agger Brøndby IF 7
Kenneth Fabricius SønderjyskE 7

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Odense Boldklub Lars Olsen Sacked 14 September 2010[8] Uffe Pedersen (caretaker) 14 September 2010[9] 4th
AaB Magnus Pehrsson Sacked 11 October 2010[10] Kent Nielsen 11 October 2010[11] 12th
Odense Boldklub Uffe Pedersen End of tenure as caretaker 7 November 2010 Henrik Clausen 7 November 2010[12] 3rd
Esbjerg fB Ove Pedersen Resigned 14 March 2011[13] Jess Thorup 14 March 2011[14] 11th
FC Midtjylland Allan Kuhn Resigned 15 April 2011[15] Glen Riddersholm 15 April 2011[16] 4th
Randers FC Ove Christensen Sacked 26 April 2011[17] Peter Elstrup (caretaker) 26 April 2011[18] 10th

References

  1. ^ a b c "Serier, 2010/2011" (in Danish). superstats.dk. SuperStats. http://www.superstats.dk/streak/aar.php?aar=2010/2011. Retrieved 5 April 2011. 
  2. ^ a b "Tilskuere, runde for runde, 2010/2011". superstats.dk. SuperStats. http://www.superstats.dk/tilskuere-runde.php?aar=2010/2011. Retrieved 19 December 2010. 
  3. ^ "FC København 3 - 1 Brøndby IF". superstats.dk. SuperStats. http://www.superstats.dk/kampref.php?kamp=3837. Retrieved 5 April 2011. 
  4. ^ "FC Nordsjælland 1 - 1 SønderjyskE". superstats.dk. SuperStats. http://www.superstats.dk/kampref.php?kamp=3812. Retrieved 19 December 2010. 
  5. ^ Complete schedule at dbu.dk
  6. ^ Bruun, Peter. "København claim ninth Danish title". uefa.com. UEFA. http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=den/news/newsid=1622494.html. Retrieved 21 April 2011. 
  7. ^ "Topscorerliste". dbu.dk. http://www.dbu.dk/turneringer_og_resultater/resultatsoegning/poolTopscorer.aspx?poolid=108103. Retrieved 20 May 2011. 
  8. ^ Houlind, Søren (2010-09-14). "Brink, Lars O. og Viggo J. færdige i OB" (in Danish). bold.dk. http://www.bold.dk/nyt/Brink-Lars-O-og-Viggo-J-faerdige-i-OB. Retrieved 2010-09-14. 
  9. ^ Houlind, Søren (2010-10-12). "Uffe P. fortsætter året ud" (in Danish). bold.dk. http://www.bold.dk/nyt/OB-Uffe-P-fortsaetter-aaret-ud. Retrieved 2010-10-12. 
  10. ^ Helmin, Jesper (2010-10-11). "AaB fyrer Magnus Pehrsson" (in Danish). bold.dk. http://www.bold.dk/nyt/AaB-fyrer-Magnus-Pehrsson. Retrieved 2010-10-11. 
  11. ^ Blond, Mikael (2010-10-11). "Kent Nielsen ny cheftræner i AaB" (in Danish). bold.dk. http://www.bold.dk/nyt/Kent-Nielsen-ny-cheftraener-i-AaB. Retrieved 2010-10-11. 
  12. ^ Akbal, Ejder (2010-11-07). "OB's Henrik Clausen overtager trænerposten" (in Danish). bold.dk. http://www.bold.dk/nyt/OBs-Henrik-Clausen-overtager-traenerposten. Retrieved 2010-12-17. 
  13. ^ Houlind, Søren (2011-03-14). "Ove P. stopper i Esbjerg" (in Danish). bold.dk. http://www.bold.dk/nyt/Ove-P-stopper-i-Esbjerg. Retrieved 2011-03-14. 
  14. ^ Helmin, Jesper (2011-03-14). "Thorup: Har en anden tilgang" (in Danish). bold.dk. http://www.bold.dk/nyt/Thorup-Har-en-anden-tilgang. Retrieved 2011-03-14. 
  15. ^ Helmin, Jesper (2011-04-15). "Kuhn stopper i FC Midtjylland" (in Danish). bold.dk. http://www.bold.dk/nyt/Kuhn-stopper-i-FC-Midtjylland. Retrieved 2011-04-15. 
  16. ^ Houlind, Søren (2011-05-18). "Riddersholm permanent løsning i FCM" (in Danish). bold.dk. http://www.bold.dk/nyt/Riddersholm-permanent-loesning-i-FCM. Retrieved 2011-05-18. 
  17. ^ Helmin, Jesper (2011-04-26). "Ove C. fyret i Randers" (in Danish). bold.dk. http://www.bold.dk/nyt/Ove-C-fyret-i-Randers. Retrieved 2011-04-26. 
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