The 2008–09 Danish Superliga was the 19th season of Danish Superliga league championship, which determines the winners of the Danish football championship, governed by the Danish Football Association. The season started on 19 July 2008 and ended on 31 May 2009. The defending champions were Aalborg BK.
The Danish champions qualified for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League qualifying round. Runners-up and 3rd placed team qualified for 2009–10 UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds. 11th and 12th placed teams were relegated to the 1st Division. The 1st Division champions and runners-up were promoted to the Superliga. Promotion and relegation The following teams were promoted to Superliga after the end of the 2007–08 season: Vejle BK (winners) SønderjyskE (runners-up)
The following teams were relegated from Superliga after the end of the 2007–08 season: Viborg FF (11th placed) Lyngby BK (12th placed)
Participating clubs
ClubFinishing positionthe previous seasonFirst season intop divisionFirst season ofcurrent spell intop divisionAaB1st1928–291987AC Horsens5th1929–302005–06AGF10th1918–192007–08Brøndby IF8th19821982Esbjerg fB7th1928–292001–02F.C. Copenhagen3rd1992–931992–93FC Midtjylland2nd2000–012000–01FC Nordsjælland9th2002–032002–03OB4th1927–281999–2000Randers FC6th1941–422006–07SønderjyskE2nd in 1st Division2000–012008–09Vejle BK1st in 1st Division1940–412008–09
Stadia and locations TeamCityStadiumCapacityAaBAalborgEnergi Nord Arena13,800AC HorsensHorsensCasa Arena Horsens8,000AGFAarhusNRGi Park21,000Brøndby IFBrøndbyBrøndby Stadium29,000Esbjerg fBEsbjergBlue Water Arena18,000F.C. CopenhagenCopenhagenParken Stadium34,098FC MidtjyllandHerningSAS Arena11,809FC NordsjællandFarumFarum Park10,000OBOdenseFionia Park15,761Randers FCRandersEssex Park Randers12,000SønderjyskEHaderslevHaderslev Fodboldstadion10,000Vejle BKVejleVejle Stadion10,500
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table AaB Erik Hamrén End of contract 30 June 2008 Bruce Rioch 1 July 2008 Pre-season FC Midtjylland Erik Rasmussen Resigned 30 June 2008 Thomas Thomasberg 1 July 2008 Pre-season AaB Bruce Rioch Sacked 23 October 2008 Magnus Pehrsson 1 January 2009 11th Esbjerg fB Troels Bech Sacked 16 November 2008 Ove Pedersen 1 January 2009 12th Brøndby IF Tom Køhlert Mutual consent 31 December 2008 Kent Nielsen 1 January 2009 1st AC Horsens Kent Nielsen Resigned 31 December 2008 Henrik Jensen 1 January 2009 12th AGF Ove Pedersen Sacked 31 December 2008 Erik Rasmussen 1 January 2009 5th Randers FC Colin Todd Mutual consent 5 January 2009 John Jensen 5 January 2009 7th Vejle BK Ove Christensen Sacked 17 March 2009 Mats Gren 1 July 2009 12th
League table
Results
Matchday 1–11
Matchday 12–33
Goals Source: dbu.dk
Top goalscorers Pos Player Club Goals1 Morten Nordstrand F.C. Copenhagen16 Marc Nygaard Randers FC 3 Frank Kristensen FC Midtjylland 154 Gilberto Macena AC Horsens12 Peter Utaka OB6 Aílton José Almeida F.C. Copenhagen11 Martin Bernburg FC Nordsjælland Baye Djiby Fall OB César Santín F.C. Copenhagen10 Søren Berg Randers FC10 Jonas Borring FC Midtjylland Bajram Fetai FC Nordsjælland
9 goals AGF: Peter Graulund Brøndby IF: Ousman Jallow, Morten "Duncan" Rasmussen OB: Hans Henrik Andreasen SønderjyskE: Ken Ilsø
8 goals AaB: Cacá Brøndby IF: Alexander Farnerud FC Nordsjælland: José Júnior Randers FC: Bédi Buval
7 goals Brøndby IF: Jan Kristiansen OB: Njogu Demba-Nyrén, Björn Runström
6 goals AaB: Andreas Johansson AGF: Jakob Poulsen FC Midtjylland: Danny Olsen FC Nordsjælland: Nicklas Pedersen
5 goals AaB: Thomas Augustinussen AGF: Nando Rafael, Dioh Williams Brøndby IF: Michael Krohn-Dehli, Samuel Holmén Esbjerg fB: Jesper Lange, Søren Rieks F.C. Copenhagen: Atiba Hutchinson FC Midtjylland: Mikkel Thygesen OB: Johan Absalonsen SønderjyskE: Jesper Kjærulff Vejle BK: Babajide Collins Babatunde, Brian Nielsen
4 goals AaB: Kasper Risgård AC Horsens: Besart Berisha, Rawez Lawan, Niels Lodberg Esbjerg fB: Jesper Bech, Samel Šabanović F.C. Copenhagen: William Kvist, Libor Sionko, Martin Vingaard FC Midtjylland: Jude Nworuh FC Nordsjælland: Jonathan Richter OB: Espen Ruud Randers FC: Tidiane Sane3 goals AaB: Jeppe Curth, Marek Saganowski AGF: Jeremiah White Brøndby IF: Max von Schlebrügge Esbjerg fB: Jesper Jørgensen OB: Henrik Hansen, Chris Sørensen Randers FC: Rasmus Hansen, Ricki Olsen SønderjyskE: Kenneth Fabricius, John Jairo Mosquera, Sölvi Ottesen Vejle BK: Eduardo Delani, Steffen Kielstrup
2 goals AaB: Anders Due, Thomas Enevoldsen AC Horsens: Søren Friis, Casper Johansen AGF: Ole Budtz, Ulrik Lindkvist Brøndby IF: Kasper Lorentzen Esbjerg fB: Jeppe Mehl, Emmanuel Ukpai F.C. Copenhagen: Jesper Grønkjær, Dame N'Doye, Zdeněk Pospěch, Oscar Wendt FC Midtjylland: Kim Christensen, Winston Reid FC Nordsjælland: Søren Christensen Randers FC: Issah Ahmed, Mikkel Beckmann, Carsten Fredgaard, Kenneth Møller Pedersen SønderjyskE: Morten Bertolt Vejle BK: Valentino Lai, Ibrahim Salou
1 goal AaB: Michael Beauchamp, Luton Shelton, Marcus Tracy AC Horsens: Adam Eckersley, Thomas Kortegaard, Jimmy Mayasi, Simon Nagel, Kenneth Emil Petersen, Allan Søgaard AGF: Davit Devdariani, Frederik Krabbe, Michael Lumb, Dan Thomassen Brøndby IF: Stefán Gíslason, Peter Madsen, Thomas Rasmussen, Joseph Elanga Esbjerg fB: Kári Árnason, Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson, Mikkel Vendelbo F.C. Copenhagen: Hjalte Nørregaard FC Midtjylland: Ken Fagerberg, Gheorghe Florescu, Christian Sivebæk FC Nordsjælland: Benjamin Kibebe, Henrik Kildentoft, Issey Nakajima-Farran, Stephan Petersen, Simon Richter OB: Eric Djemba-Djemba Randers FC: Tiago Targino SønderjyskE: Anders Egholm Vejle BK: Martin Borre, Adda Djeziri, Allan Gaarde, Adeshina Lawal, Sladan Peric, Pablo Piñones-Arce, Chidi Dauda Omeje, Thomas Røll, Rasmus Würtz, Bora Zivkovic
Own goals Frank Hansen (Esbjerg) for Vejle (27 July 2008) Sladan Peric (Vejle) for AaB (2 August 2008) Morten Rasmussen (Horsens) for Midtjylland (3 August 2008) Michael Beauchamp (AaB) for Copenhagen (21 September 2008) Alexander Östlund (Esbjerg) for OB (19 October 2008) Michael Stryger (SønderjyskE) for Randers (2 November 2008) Michael Jakobsen (AaB) for Esbjerg (16 November 2008) Jacob Stolberg (SønderjyskE) for Brøndby (22 November 2008) Søren Berg (Randers) for Brøndby (21 March 2009) Kristijan Ipša (Midtjylland) for AGF (13 April 2009) Adam Eckersley (Horsens) for Copenhagen (25 April 2009) Sölvi Ottesen (SønderjyskE) for Midtjylland (27 April 2009)
Hat-tricks ScorerGameDate Babajide Collins BabatundeMidtjylland v OB10 August 2008 Jan KristiansenSønderjyskE v Brøndby22 November 2008 Martin BernburgNordsjælland v Randers10 April 2009 Bajram FetaiNordsjælland v Vejle18 May 2009
Season statistics Scoring First goal of the season: Bédi Buval for Randers against AGF (19 July 2008) Fastest goal in a match: Frank Kristensen (17 seconds) for Midtjylland against Brøndby (31 May 2009) Widest Winning Margin: SønderjyskE 0–6 Brøndby (22 November 2008) Most Goals in a Match: Brøndby 4–3 Horsens (3 November 2008) / Copenhagen 5–2 Horsens (7 December 2008) / Nordsjælland 6–1 Randers (10 April 2009) / OB 6–1 AGF (4 May 2009) First hat-trick of the season: Babajide Collins Babatunde for Midtjylland against OB (10 August 2008)
Cards First yellow card: Lee Nguyen for Randers against AGF (19 July 2008) First red card: Martin Pedersen for AaB against Midtjylland (20 July 2008) Fastest red card in a match: Michael Beauchamp (17 minutes) for AaB against OB (17 August 2008)
Attendances Source: hvemvandt.dk
Team Average Highest Lowest Copenhagen 20,038 32,856 11,286 Brøndby 16,908 26,014 9,689 AGF 11,516 18,239 8,246 OB 10,218 15,486 6,662 Midtjylland 7,777 10,613 5,670 Esbjerg 7,229 12,081 4,049 AaB 7,168 9,470 5,415 Vejle 6,524 10,092 3,429 Randers 6,059 8,550 3,322 Horsens 4,685 8,217 2,604 Nordsjælland 4,020 8,443 2,019 SønderjyskE 3,420 6,988 1,609
Player of the Month MonthWinnerRunners-upsJuly/August Baye Djiby Fall (OB) Christopher Poulsen (Midtjylland) Tidiane Sane (Randers)September Baye Djiby Fall (OB) César Santin (Copenhagen) Stephan Andersen (Brøndby)October Michael Krohn-Dehli (Brøndby) Baye Djiby Fall (OB) César Santin (Copenhagen)November Michael Krohn-Dehli (Brøndby) Morten Nordstrand (Copenhagen) Hans Henrik Andreasen (OB)March Andreas Johansson (AaB) Fredrik Björck (Esbjerg) Jimmy Nielsen (Vejle)April Peter Utaka (OB) Jesper Grønkjær (Copenhagen) Marc Nygaard (Randers)May Aílton José Almeida (Copenhagen) Søren Berg (Randers) Jakob Poulsen (AGF)
Kits TeamKit makerShirt sponsorNotesAaBhummelSpar NordSame as 2007–08AC HorsenshummelTeliaSoneraSame as 2007–08AGFhummelCeres / Faxe KondiNew home and away kitsBrøndby IFadidasKasiGroup/UNICEFKasiGroup replaced Codan as head sponsors, and gave the sponsorship place to UNICEF. New home kits.Esbjerg fBUmbroFrøs Herreds SparekasseNew away kit without black stripe along the sidesF.C. CopenhagenKappaCarlsbergNew kits and printingsFC MidtjyllandPumaSPARSame as 2007–08FC NordsjællandH2OJyske BankSame as 2007–08OBPumaCarlsbergPuma replaced Nike as kit makersRanders FCUmbrononeForenede Rengøring stopped being head sponsors. New kits.SønderjyskEhummelSydbankNew home kitVejle BKhummelChampions ClubSame as 2007–08
See also 2008–09 Danish Cup 2008–09 Danish 1st Division 2008–09 in Danish football
References
External links Official website ligafodbold.dk haslund.info