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.Complete schedule at dbu.dk F.C. Copenhagen secured the title when Odense lost 1-2 to Nordsjælland on 21 April 2011, for their ninth Danish championship.
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.
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 positionlast season First season intop division First season ofcurrent spell intop divisionAaB 1928–29 1987AC Horsens 1929–30 2010–11Brøndby 1982 1982Copenhagen 1992–93 1992–93Esbjerg 1928–29 2001–02Midtjylland 2000–01 2000–01Nordsjælland 2002–03 2002–03Lyngby 1980 2010–11OB 1927–28 1999–2000Randers 1941–42 2006–07Silkeborg 1988 2009–10SønderjyskE 2000–01 2008–09
League table
Results
Matchday 1–11
Matchday 12–33
Top goalscorers Correct as of 19 May 2011
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Dame N'DoyeF.C. Copenhagen252 César SantinF.C. Copenhagen173 Peter UtakaOB134 Kim AabechLyngby Boldklub12 Hans Henrik AndreasenOB6 Michael Krohn-DehliBrøndby IF117 Mikkel ThygesenFC Midtjylland8 Frank KristensenFC Midtjylland/Randers FC9 Matti Lund NielsenFC Nordsjælland7 Martin VingaardF.C. Copenhagen Nicolaj AggerBrøndby IF Kenneth FabriciusSønderjyskE
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 Uffe Pedersen (caretaker) 14 September 2010 4th AaB Magnus Pehrsson Sacked 11 October 2010 Kent Nielsen 11 October 2010 12th Odense Boldklub Uffe Pedersen End of tenure as caretaker 7 November 2010 Henrik Clausen 7 November 2010 3rd Esbjerg fB Ove Pedersen Resigned 14 March 2011 Jess Thorup 14 March 2011 11th FC Midtjylland Allan Kuhn Resigned 15 April 2011 Glen Riddersholm 15 April 2011 4th Randers FC Ove Christensen Sacked 26 April 2011 Peter Elstrup (caretaker) 26 April 2011 10th
Attendances
No. Club Average Highest 1 FC København 17,325 28,387 2 Brøndby IF 12,849 18,113 3 OB 8,650 14,168 4 FC Midtjylland 7,212 11,051 5 AaB 6,992 11,725 6 Esbjerg fB 6,750 13,082 7 Randers FC 5,131 9,107 8 FC Nordsjælland 4,469 8,213 9 AC Horsens 4,196 7,370 10 Silkeborg IF 3,812 6,055 11 SønderjyskE 3,280 5,294 12 Lyngby BK 2,832 6,171 Source:
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