The 2011–12 Danish Superliga season was the 22nd season of the Danish Superliga, which decided the Danish football championship. The season began on with OB, the previous season's runners-up playing the cup winners FC Nordsjælland. It concluded on with six simultaneous matches. F.C. Copenhagen were the defending champions, having won their ninth league championship and third consecutively last season.

Since Denmark climbed from fifteenth to twelfth place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2010–11 season, the 2011–12 league champions entered directly the group stage of the UEFA Champions League instead of having to compete in the qualifying rounds. The remaining allocation of European spots remains unchanged.

Teams Randers and Esbjerg finished the 2010–11 season in 11th and 12th place, respectively, and were relegated to the 2011–12 1st Division. Randers were relegated after five seasons in the Superliga, while Esbjerg leave after 10 seasons in the league.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2010–11 1st Division champions AGF and runners-up HB Køge. Both clubs make their immediate return to the highest Danish football league.

Stadia and locations

Club Location Stadium Capacity 2010–11 position Aalborg Energi Nord Arena 13,797 Horsens CASA Arena Horsens 10,400 Aarhus NRGi Park 20,032 Brøndby Brøndby Stadium 29,000 Copenhagen Parken 38,065 Herning MCH Arena 11,800 Farum Farum Park 9,900 Herfølge SEAS-NVE Park 8,000 Lyngby Lyngby Stadion 8,000 Odense TRE-FOR Park 15,633 Silkeborg IF Silkeborg Mascot Park 10,000 Haderslev Haderslev Fodboldstadion 10,000

Personnel and sponsoring Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Team Head coach Captain Shirt sponsorAalborg BK Kent Nielsen Thomas AugustinussenSpar NordAC Horsens Johnny Mølby Niels LodbergTelia StofaAGF Peter Sørensen Steffen RasmussenYouSeeBrøndby IF Aurelijus Skarbalius Clarence GoodsonUnicefF.C. Copenhagen Carsten V. Jensen Mathias "Zanka" JørgensenCarlsbergFC Midtjylland Glen Riddersholm Kristian Bak NielsenSPARFC Nordsjælland Kasper Hjulmand Nikolai StokholmArbejdernes LandsbankHB Køge Tommy Møller Nielsen Thomas G. ChristensenSEAS-NVELyngby BK Niels Frederiksen Mathias TauberJ. Jensen A/SOB Poul Hansen (caretaker) Anders Møller ChristensenCarlsbergSilkeborg IF Troels Bech Henrik PedersenMascot InternationalSønderjyskE Lars Søndergaard Michael LarsenFrøs Herreds Sparekasse

Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table SønderjyskE Michael Hemmingsen Signed by Randers FC 29 May 2011 Lars Søndergaard 9 June 2011 Pre-Season F.C. Copenhagen Ståle Solbakken End of contract 31 May 2011 Roland Nilsson 1 June 2011 Pre-Season FC Nordsjælland Morten Wieghorst Signed by Denmark U21 30 June 2011 Kasper Hjulmand 1 July 2011 Pre-Season Brøndby IF Henrik Jensen Sacked 24 October 2011 Aurelijus Skarbalius 24 October 2011 10th HB Køge Aurelijus Skarbalius Signed by Brøndby IF 24 October 2011 Tommy Møller Nielsen 24 October 2011 12th F.C. Copenhagen Roland Nilsson Sacked 9 January 2012 Carsten V. Jensen 9 January 2012 1st Odense Boldklub Henrik Clausen Sacked 26 March 2012 Poul Hansen (caretaker) 26 March 2012 9th Originally, Skarbalius was meant to take over the assistant coach job at Brøndby on 31 December 2011 at the end of his HB Køge contract and be replaced by Tommy Møller Nielsen, however on 24 October Henrik Jensen was fired and the move was moved forwards, while Skarbalius was made head coach.

Roland Nilsson became the second head coach to be fired with his team top of the Superliga after Christian Andersen was fired by Akademisk Boldklub after 11 rounds of the 1998–99 season.Since the start of the Superliga in 1991.

League table

Results

Matchday 1–11

Matchday 12–33

Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Dame N'Doye Copenhagen 18 2 César Santin Copenhagen 13 3 Nicklas Helenius AaB 12 4 Gilberto Macena Horsens 11 5 Christian Holst Silkeborg IF 10 Simon Makienok Brøndby 7 Emil Larsen Lyngby Boldklub 9 Peter Graulund AGF Quincy Antipas SønderjyskE Marvin Pourié Silkeborg IF

Attendances

No. Club Average Highest 1 FC København 15,540 25,651 2 Brøndby IF 12,600 15,695 3 AGF 11,010 17,352 4 OB 7,562 12,173 5 FC Midtjylland 7,422 10,289 6 AaB 7,381 9,737 7 FC Nordsjælland 5,801 10,300 8 AC Horsens 5,039 9,064 9 Silkeborg IF 3,958 6,480 10 SønderjyskE 3,287 4,875 11 HB Køge 2,827 6,538 12 Lyngby BK 2,171 4,386Source:

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