The 2015–16 Danish Superliga season was the 26th season of the Danish Superliga, which decides the Danish football championship. Midtjylland were the defending champions.

As Denmark dropped from nineteenth to twenty-second place in the 2015 UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2014–15 season, the champion of the league will qualify for the UEFA Champions League; that club will commence its campaign in the second qualifying round. Furthermore, the second and third-place clubs will enter the UEFA Europa League in the first qualifying round.

Only one team was relegated after the season due to the Superliga expanding to 14 teams from the beginning of the 2016–17 season.

Teams FC Vestsjælland and Silkeborg IF finished the 2014–15 season in 11th and 12th place, respectively, and were relegated to the 2015–16 1st Division.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2014–15 1st Division champions Viborg FF and the runners-up AGF.

A new sponsorship agreement for Randers Stadium was presented on 22 September 2015, when the Fårup-based fertilizer company BioNutria acquired the naming rights for the stadium from AutoC, effectively changing the name of the home field of Randers FC from AutoC Park Randers to BioNutria Park Randers. Last in the season, the stadium of FC Nordsjælland changed its official name to Right to Dream Park following a naming rights agreement with the young academy Right to Dream, taking effect on 27 April 2016.

Stadia and locations

Club Location Stadium Turf Capacity 2014–15position Aalborg Nordjyske Arena Natural 13,797 Aarhus Ceres Park Natural 20,032 Brøndby Brøndby Stadium Natural 29,000 Esbjerg Blue Water Arena Natural 18,000 Copenhagen Telia Parken Natural 38,065 Herning MCH Arena Natural 11,800 Farum Farum Park (until 26 April 2016)Right to Dream Park (from 27 April 2016) Artificial 9,900 Hobro DS Arena Natural 7,500 Odense TRE-FOR Park Natural 15,633 Randers AutoC Park Randers (until 21 September 2015)BioNutria Park Randers (from 22 September 2015) Natural 12,000 Haderslev Sydbank Park Natural 10,000 Viborg Energi Viborg Arena Natural 9,566

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 Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorAaB Lars Søndergaard Rasmus Würtz hummel Spar NordAGF Glen Riddersholm Steffen Rasmussen hummel CeresBrøndby IF Aurelijus Skarbalius Thomas Kahlenberg hummel Bet25.dkEsbjerg fB Jonas Dal Hans Henrik Andreasen Nike SydenergiF.C. Copenhagen Ståle Solbakken Thomas Delaney adidas CarlsbergFC Midtjylland Jess Thorup Kristian Bak Nielsen Nike HesselFC Nordsjælland Kasper Hjulmand Patrick Mtiliga Diadora DHLHobro IK Ove Pedersen Mads Justesen Puma DS Gruppen, Spar NordOB Kent Nielsen Hallgrímur Jónasson hummel CarlsbergRanders FC Colin Todd Christian Keller Puma VerdoSønderjyskE Jakob Michelsen Niels Lodberg hummel Frøs Herreds SparekasseViborg Johnny Mølby Mikkel Rask Nike Andelskassen

Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table AaB Kent Nielsen End of contract and signed by OB 1 June 2015 Lars Søndergaard 1 July 2015 Pre-Season OB Ove Pedersen End of contract 1 June 2015 Kent Nielsen 1 July 2015 Pre-Season SønderjyskE Lars Søndergaard End of contract and signed by AaB 1 June 2015 Jakob Michelsen 1 July 2015 Pre-Season Viborg FF Aurelijus Skarbalius Mutual consent 6 June 2015 Johnny Mølby 9 June 2015 Pre-Season FC Midtjylland Glen Riddersholm Resigned 26 June 2015 Jess Thorup 12 July 2015 Pre-Season Esbjerg fB Niels Frederiksen Sacked 10 August 2015 Michael Mex Pedersen (interim) 10 August 2015 12th Esbjerg fB Michael Mex Pedersen End of tenure as caretaker 20 October 2015 Jonas Dal 20 October 2015 10th Hobro IK Jonas Dal Signed by Esbjerg fB 20 October 2015 Lars Justesen (interim) 20 October 2015 12th Hobro IK Lars Justesen End of tenure as caretaker 24 November 2015 Ove Pedersen 24 November 2015 12th AGF Morten Wieghorst Sacked 5 December 2015 Glen Riddersholm 6 December 2015 9th FC Nordsjælland Ólafur Kristjánsson Sacked 15 December 2015 Kasper Hjulmand 1 January 2016 8th Brøndby IF Thomas Frank Resigned 9 March 2016 Aurelijus Skarbalius 9 March 2016 5th

League table

Positions by round

Results

Matchday 1–11

Matchday 12–33

Top goalscorers Rank Goalscorer Team Goals 1 Lukas Spalvis AaB 18 2 Nicolai Jørgensen Copenhagen 15 3 Federico Santander Copenhagen 14 Rasmus Festersen OB Morten Rasmussen AGF 6 Martin Pušić Midtjylland 13 7 Johan Absalonsen SønderjyskE 12 Thomas Enevoldsen AaB Anders K. Jacobsen OB Mikael Ishak Randers FC 11 Jeppe Curth Viborg FF 10 12 Bruninho Nordsjælland 9 Mayron George Hobro IK Tommy Bechmann SønderjyskE Nicolaj Madsen SønderjyskE Teemu Pukki Brøndby IF Updated to games played on 29 May 2016Source: WorldFootball.net

Awards Award Winner Club Player of the Year Thomas Delaney Copenhagen Top Scorer Lukas Spalvis AaB Team of the Season

Team of the Season Goalkeeper Frederik Rønnow(Brøndby) Defenders Peter Ankersen(Copenhagen) Mathias Jørgensen(Copenhagen) Erik Sviatchenko(Midtjylland) Ludwig Augustinsson(Copenhagen) Midfielders Rasmus Falk(OB) Thomas Delaney(Copenhagen) Rasmus Würtz(AaB) Nicolaj Thomsen(AaB) Forwards Lukas Spalvis(AaB) Federico Santander(Copenhagen)

Attendances

No. Club Average Highest 1 FC København 16,191 29,178 2 Brøndby IF 12,782 25,102 3 AGF 7,626 13,437 4 FC Midtjylland 7,590 10,822 5 AaB 7,280 10,036 6 OB 6,972 10,272 7 Esbjerg fB 5,977 9,255 8 SønderjyskE 5,848 8,210 9 Randers FC 5,367 8,541 10 Viborg FF 4,603 7,747 11 FC Nordsjælland 3,726 7,351 12 Hobro IK 2,486 4,686

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