2009–10 Danish Superliga

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.

Participants

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

League table

Results

Matchday 1–11

Matchday 12–33

Goals Source: DBU

Top goalscorers Pos Player Club Goals1 Peter Utaka OB 182 Tim Janssen Esbjerg fB 153 Dame N'Doye F.C. Copenhagen 144 Rajko Lekic Silkeborg IF 135 Morten "Duncan" Rasmussen Brøndby IF 126 Christian Holst Silkeborg IF11 César Santin FC Copenhagen8 Mikkel Beckmann Randers FC10 Kenneth Fabricius SønderjyskE10 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 ScorerGameDate Rajko LekicSilkeborg v Midtjylland26 July 2009 Morten "Duncan" RasmussenBrøndby v Nordsjælland4 October 2009 César SantinCopenhagen v AGF7 March 2010 Christian HolstSilkeborg v HB Køge28 March 2010 Tim JanssenEsbjerg v Silkeborg6 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.

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 Michael Hemmingsen Unknown Pre-season FC Midtjylland Thomas Thomasberg Sacked 11 August 2009 Allan Kuhn 12 August 2009 9th Randers FC John Jensen Sacked 6 October 2009 Ove Christensen 7 October 2009 12th Brøndby IF Kent Nielsen Sacked 25 March 2010 Henrik Jensen 26 March 2010 7th Did not become official until date he gained his P-licence. Frank Andersen briefly served as interim manager.

See also 2009–10 in Danish football

References

External links Danish FA