2011–12 in Danish football

The 2011–12 season is the 122nd season of competitive football in Denmark.

Club football

Domestic football

Superliga

The 22nd edition of the Danish Superliga is set to start on 16 July 2011 and end on 25 May 2012.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Nordsjælland !FC Nordsjælland (C)	33	21	5	7	49	22	+27	68	2012–13 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Copenhagen !Copenhagen (Q)	33	19	9	5	55	26	+29	66	2012–13 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3	FC Midtjylland !FC Midtjylland (Q)	33	17	7	9	50	40	+10	58	2012–13 UEFA Europa League Play-off round 1
4	AC Horsens !AC Horsens (Q)	33	17	6	10	53	37	+16	57	2012–13 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round 1
5	AGF !AGF (Q)	33	12	12	9	47	40	+7	48	2012–13 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round 1
6	SønderjyskE !SønderjyskE	33	11	11	11	48	51	−3	44
7	AaB !AaB	33	12	8	13	42	48	−6	44
8	Silkeborg IF !Silkeborg IF	33	11	10	12	51	47	+4	43
9	Brøndby IF !Brøndby IF	33	9	9	15	35	46	−11	36
10	OB !OB	33	8	10	15	46	50	−4	34
11	Lyngby Boldklub !Lyngby Boldklub (R)	33	8	4	21	32	61	−29	0282	Relegation to 2012–13 Danish 1st Division
12	HB Køge !HB Køge (R)	33	4	7	22	32	71	−39	19

Updated to games played on 20 May 2012.
Source: Danish Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ Because 2011–12 Danish Cup winners Copenhagen qualified for the Champions League, and runners-up Horsens qualified for the Europa League through league position, the distribution of the Europa League spots reverted back to league positions.
² Lyngby Boldklub were originally deducted 3 points on 22 September 2011 for failing to have had the contract of former player Lasse Rise approved by the Danish FA, however they appealed the verdict and were returned the 3 points on 19 October 2011
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

First Division

The First Division is set to start on 12 August 2011 and end on 10 June 2012.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Esbjerg fB !Esbjerg fB (C)	26	21	3	2	60	19	+41	66	Promotion to Danish Superliga
2	Randers FC !Randers FC (P)	26	15	4	7	38	22	+16	49
3	Vejle Kolding !Vejle Kolding	26	12	8	6	58	32	+26	44
4	Viborg FF !Viborg FF	26	10	10	6	45	34	+11	40
5	Brønshøj Boldklub !Brønshøj Boldklub	26	10	10	6	35	34	+1	40
6	FC Vestsjælland !FC Vestsjælland	26	10	8	8	42	35	+7	38
7	FC Fredericia !FC Fredericia	26	9	8	9	33	30	+3	35
8	Skive IK !Skive IK	26	9	7	10	31	41	−10	34
9	Hobro IK !Hobro IK	26	8	9	9	37	35	+2	33
10	FC Hjørring !FC Hjørring	26	8	7	11	31	42	−11	31
11	AB !AB	26	7	8	11	32	44	−12	29
12	FC Roskilde !FC Roskilde (R)	26	8	3	15	28	38	−10	27	Relegation to Danish 2nd Divisions
13	Næstved BK !Næstved BK (R)	26	6	4	16	32	51	−19	22
14	Blokhus FC !Blokhus FC (R)	26	2	5	19	27	72	−45	11

Second Division

The Second Divisions are set to begin on 7 August 2011 and end on 16 June 2012.

League tables

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	HIK !HIK	30	23	2	5	69	44	+25	71	Promotion game
2	Hvidovre IF !Hvidovre IF	30	21	3	6	79	36	+43	66
3	Herlev IF !Herlev IF	30	15	3	12	56	42	+14	48
4	Rishøj BK !Rishøj BK	30	13	8	9	49	40	+9	47
5	BK Fremad Amager !BK Fremad Amager	30	12	8	10	50	47	+3	44
6	Svebølle B&I !Svebølle B&I	30	12	7	11	54	55	−1	43
7	B 1908 !B 1908	30	11	10	9	37	39	−2	43
8	Nordvest FC !Nordvest FC	30	10	11	9	46	41	+5	41
9	Elite 3000 !Elite 3000	30	12	5	13	51	54	−3	41
10	BK Avarta !BK Avarta	30	11	6	13	41	38	+3	39
11	IF Skjold Birkerød !IF Skjold Birkerød	30	11	6	13	41	46	−5	39
12	BK Søllerød-Vedbæk !BK Søllerød-Vedbæk	30	11	6	13	38	43	−5	39
13	Vanløse IF !Vanløse IF (R)	30	9	8	13	41	48	−7	35	Relegation to Denmark Series
14	B.93 !B.93 (R)	30	8	9	13	37	44	−7	33
15	SC Egedal !SC Egedal (R)	30	8	8	14	47	50	−3	32
16	BGA !BGA (R)	30	1	2	27	21	93	−72	5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	FC Fyn !FC Fyn (P)	30	23	3	4	71	21	+50	72	Promotion game
2	Næsby BK !Næsby BK	30	22	4	4	77	29	+48	70
3	Varde IF !Varde IF	30	14	13	3	42	27	+15	55
4	Thisted FC !Thisted FC	30	15	8	7	64	39	+25	53
5	Aarhus Fremad !Aarhus Fremad	30	12	10	8	59	43	+16	46
6	BK Marienlyst !BK Marienlyst	30	12	9	9	56	55	+1	45
7	FC Svendborg !FC Svendborg	30	10	13	7	50	39	+11	43
8	Skovbakken IK !Skovbakken IK	30	13	2	15	44	50	−6	41
9	LFA !LFA	30	10	8	12	47	58	−11	38
10	Kjellerup IF !Kjellerup IF	30	9	9	12	39	43	−4	36
11	Otterup B&I !Otterup B&I	30	8	9	13	42	64	−22	33
12	Brabrand IF !Brabrand IF	30	8	8	14	36	40	−4	32
13	Aarup BK !Aarup BK (R)	30	7	8	15	38	66	−28	29	Relegation to Denmark Series
14	Lindholm IF !Lindholm IF (R)	30	7	7	16	32	62	−30	28
15	BK Skjold !BK Skjold (R)	30	5	6	19	38	59	−21	21
16	Viby IF !Viby IF (R)	30	4	5	21	27	67	−40	17

Cup

The Cup is scheduled to play its first round matches on 9–11 August 2011 and hold its final on Ascension day, 17 May.

Continental football

For the first time since the 2000–01 season, two Danish teams would participate in the UEFA Champions League. F.C. Copenhagen qualified for the champions' path's third qualifying round as Danish champions, and OB qualified for the league path's third qualifying round as runners-up.

FC Nordsjælland qualified for the play-offs of the Europa League as cup winners, while Brøndby IF qualified as third in the league for the third qualifying round and FC Midtjylland qualified for the second qualifying round as fourth in the league.

Champions League

F.C. Copenhagen and OB entered in the third qualifying round and although they both qualified for the play-off round, they both lost in this round and thus dropped into the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League tournament.

Europa League

FC Nordsjælland entered in the play-offs, Brøndby IF entered in the third qualifying round where they were eliminated by Austrian SV Ried, FC Midtjylland entered in the second qualifying round and made it to the third qualifying round, losing out to Vitória SC.

National team football

Men's national football team

The men's national football team ended their qualifying campaign for Euro 2012 with three victories over Norway, Cyprus and Portugal, securing the overall group win and qualification for their first European Championship since 2004.

Euro 2012

  Group winners and best runner-up among all groups directly qualify for the finals   Remaining group runners-up advance to the play-offs

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Denmark 8 6 1 1 15 6 +9 19  Portugal 8 5 1 2 21 12 +9 16  Norway 8 5 1 2 10 7 +3 16  Iceland 8 1 1 6 6 14 −8 4  Cyprus 8 0 2 6 7 20 −13 2

Cyprus  — 1–4 0–0 1–2 0–4 Denmark  2–0 — 1–0 2–0 2–1 Iceland  1–0 0–2 — 1–2 1–3 Norway  3–1 1–1 1–0 — 1–0 Portugal  4–4 3–1 5–3 1–0 —

Euro 2012 finals

Denmark were drawn into the so-called "group of death" for the tournament along with 2010 FIFA World Cup finalists Netherlands, third-place finishers Germany, as well as eighth-finalists Portugal.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	3	0	0	5	2	+3	9
Portugal	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
Denmark	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
Netherlands	3	0	0	3	2	5	−3	0

Friendlies

Another friendly match date is set for 29 February 2012.

Women's national football team

The women's national team will begin their qualification for UEFA Women's Euro 2013, where they will attempt to make their first appearance since 2005.

Euro 2013 qualifying

Algarve Cup

The team will take part in the 2012 Algarve Cup.

Men's national under-21 team

The men's under-21 side will begin their qualification towards the 2013 U-21 European Championship in Israel.

U-21 Euro 2013 qualifying

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Serbia 8 5 3 0 17 4 +13 18  Denmark 8 4 4 0 19 8 +11 16  Macedonia 8 3 3 2 14 15 −1 12  Northern Ireland 8 1 1 6 5 13 −8 4  Faroe Islands 8 0 3 5 3 18 −15 3

Denmark  — 4–0 6–5 3–0 1–1 Faroe Islands  1–1 — 1–1 0–0 0–2 Macedonia  1–1 1–0 — 1–0 1–1 Northern Ireland  0–3 4–0 1–3 — 0–2 Serbia  0–0 5–1 5–1 1–0 —

Men's youth national teams

The men's under-19 team will begin qualification for the 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship in Estonia. In the qualifying, they are placed in Group 12 alongside Austria (who will host the group), Malta and Albania. Should they finish in the top 2, or as the best third placed team of the 12 groups, they will qualify for the elite round.

The under-17 team will attempt to qualify for the 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship in Slovenia. Denmark will host Group 5 of the initial qualifying round and face Italy, Austria and Cyprus. A top 2 finish or a record as one of the two best teams in third position will qualify the squad for the elite round of qualifying.

References

See also

2011–12 in Danish football « 2010–11 2012–13 » Domestic leagues Superliga 1st Division 2nd Divisions Domestic cups Danish Cup (Final) European competitions Champions League Europa League Transfers Summer 2011 Winter 2011–12 Related to national team UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying (Group H) Morten Olsen Club seasons Superliga AaB AGF Brøndby Copenhagen Horsens HB Køge Lyngby Midtjylland Nordsjælland OB Silkeborg SønderjyskE

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