2009–10 Danish Superliga Explained

Season:	2009–10
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:	OB Brøndby IF FC Nordsjælland (via Cup) Randers FC (via fair play)
League Topscorer:	Peter Utaka (18)
Matches:	198
Total Goals:	515
Longest Wins:	6 – FC København ^[1]
Highest Attendance:	30,191 – Copenhagen v Brøndby ^[2]
Lowest Attendance:	707 – Køge v Silkeborg ^[3]
Average Attendance:	8,315
Nextseason:	2010–11

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 2010–11 UEFA Champions League qualification. Runners-up and 3rd placed team qualify for 2010–11 UEFA Europa League qualification. 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 (FC København) won the title for the eighth time in 17 years after defeating HB Køge 4–0.^[4]

Participants

Club	Finishing position last season	First season in top division	First season of current spell in top division
AaB		1928–29	1987
AGF		1918–19	2007–08
Brøndby		1982	1982
Copenhagen		1992–93	1992–93
Esbjerg		1928–29	2001–02
HB Køge		2009–10	2009–10
Midtjylland		2000–01	2000–01
Nordsjælland		2002–03	2002–03
OB		1927–28	1999–2000
Randers		1941–42	2006–07
Silkeborg		1988	2009–10
SønderjyskE		2000–01	2008–09

League table

Results

Matchday 12–33

Goals

Source: DBU

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Club	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
8	Mikkel Beckmann	Randers FC	10
	Kenneth Fabricius	SønderjyskE
10	Frank Kristensen	FC Midtjylland	9

Own goals

• Allan K. Jepsen (Randers) for Brøndby (17 August 2009)
• Jim Larsen (Silkeborg) for AGF (22 August 2009)
• Nicklas Svendsen (HB Køge) for Odense (20 September 2009)
• Nicklas Svendsen (HB Køge) for Odense (20 September 2009)
• Mikkel Vendelbo (Esbjerg) for AGF (28 September 2009)
• Anders Egholm (SønderjyskE) for AGF (3 October 2009)
• Nenad Novaković (Nordsjælland) for Brøndby (4 October 2009)
• Winston Reid (Midtjylland) for AGF (31 October 2009)
• Jens Gjesing (AGF) for Midtjylland (31 October 2009)
• Jens Gjesing (AGF) for HB Køge (7 November 2009)
• Jim Larsen (Silkeborg) for Odense (7 November 2009)
• Kevin Conboy (Esbjerg) for Brøndby (8 November 2009)
• Kian Hansen (Esbjerg) for Nordsjælland (21 March 2010)
• Anders Østli (SønderjyskE) for Copenhagen (21 March 2010)
• Kasper Bøgelund (AaB) for Randers FC (5 May 2010)
• Jakob Poulsen (AGF) for SønderjyskE (6 May 2010)
• Mikkel Bischoff (Brøndby IF) for Randers FC (16 May 2010)

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

• First goal of the season: Stephan Petersen for Nordsjælland against Copenhagen (18 July 2009)
• Fastest goal in a match: Peter Graulund (16 seconds) for AGF against AaB (20 July 2009)
• Widest Winning Margin: Copenhagen 7–1 HB Køge (25 July 2009)
• Most Goals in a Match: Brøndby 6–3 Nordsjælland (4 October 2009)
• First hat-trick of the season: Rajko Lekic for Silkeborg against Midtjylland (26 July 2009)

Cards

• First yellow card: Benjamin Kibebe for Nordsjælland against Copenhagen (18 July 2009)
• First red card: Tim Janssen for Esbjerg against Brøndby (26 July 2009)
• Fastest red card in a match: Johan Absalonsen (55 minutes) for OB against AGF (3 August 2009)

Attendances

Source: DanskFodbold.com

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			38,065	All-seater
Brøndby IF			29,000	23,400 seats
AGF			21,000	All-seater
Esbjerg fB			18,000	11,451 seats
OB			15,790	13,990 seats
AaB			13,797	8,997 seats
Randers FC			12,000	6,114 seats
FC Midtjylland			11,809	7,409 seats
FC Nordsjælland			10,100	9,800 seats. No under-soil heating.
Silkeborg IF			10,000	5,500 seats. No under-soil heating.
SønderjyskE			10,000	1,650 seats.
HB Køge			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	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

• Did not become official until date he gained his P-licence. Frank Andersen briefly served as interim manager.^[13]

See also

• 2009–10 in Danish football

External links

• Danish FA

Notes and References

1. Web site: Serier, 2009/2010. superstats.dk. SuperStats. 20 December 2010. da.
2. Web site: 25 kampe med flest tilskuere . ligafodbold.dk . 20 March 2010.
3. Web site: 25 kampe med færrest tilskuere . ligafodbold.dk . 20 March 2010.
4. News: David Hunke; Gannett Company. Copenhagen. FC Copenhagen secures Danish title with 4–0 win. 2010-05-05. USA Today. 2010-05-06.
5. Web site: Krav til danske fodboldstadioner . . 2010-03-20 . da . https://web.archive.org/web/20100216123859/http://www.dbu.dk/data/dbu/filedb/127.pdf . 16 February 2010 . dead .
6. Web site: Carsten Broe stopper i SønderjyskE . . 2009-06-06 . Kongsted Hansen . Stig . 2009-06-06 . da . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716165836/http://www.soenderjyske.dk/Default.asp?Default.asp%3Fname2=&SideName=&StrMenu=3&IntID2=3886&strMenu2=4&SideID=31&intPage=1 . 2011-07-16 .
7. Web site: FCM stopper samarbejde med Thomasberg . . 2009-08-11 . 2009-08-11 . da .
8. Web site: FC Midtjylland henter Allan Kuhn . . 2009-08-12 . 2009-08-12 . da .
9. Web site: Faxe fyret i Randers FC . bold.dk . 2009-10-06 . 2009-10-10 . da .
10. Web site: Ove Christensen præsenteret i Randers . bold.dk . 2009-10-07 . 2009-10-10 . da .
11. Web site: Kent Nielsen stopper . . 2010-03-25 . 2010-03-25 . da . 2011-10-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111005153203/http://brondby.com/article.asp?aid=61669&id=145 . dead .
12. Web site: FBM 6 2010: Henrik Jensen cheftræner . . 2010-03-26 . 2010-03-26 . da . 2010-09-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100919045258/http://brondby.com/article.asp?aid=61672&id=145 . dead .
13. Web site: Michael Hemmingsen bliver Teamchef i SønderjyskE . . 2009-06-11 . Haugaard . Kell . 2009-06-11 . da . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716170030/http://www.soenderjyske.dk/Default.asp?Default.asp%3Fname2=&SideName=&StrMenu=3&IntID2=3902&strMenu2=4&SideID=31&intPage=1 . 2011-07-16 .