The 2018–19 Danish Superliga season was the 29th season of the Danish Superliga. Midtjylland were the defending champions. The season started on 13 July 2018 and ended on 26 May 2019.
Teams FC Helsingør finished as loser in the relegation play-offs in the 2017–18 season and was relegated to the 2018–19 1st Division along with Silkeborg IF, and Lyngby who lost their respective relegation play-offs as well.
The relegated teams were replaced by 2017–18 1st Division champions Vejle BK, who returned after nine years of absence, as well as the play-off winners Vendsyssel FF who got promoted to the top division for the first time ever, and Esbjerg fB who returned after a one-year absence.
Stadia and locations
Club Location Stadium Turf Capacity 2017–18position Aalborg Aalborg Portland Park Natural 13,797 Aarhus Ceres Park Natural 20,032 Brøndby Brøndby Stadium Hybrid 29,000 Esbjerg Blue Water Arena Natural 18,000 Copenhagen Telia Parken Natural 38,065 Hobro DS Arena Natural 10,700 Horsens CASA Arena Horsens Natural 10,400 Herning MCH Arena Natural 11,800 Farum Right to Dream Park Artificial 9,900 Odense Nature Energy Park Natural 15,633 Randers BioNutria Park Randers Natural 12,000 Haderslev Sydbank Park Natural 10,000 Vejle Vejle Stadium Natural 10,418 Hjørring Nord Energi Arena Natural 7,500
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 Jacob Friis Rasmus Würtz Hummel Spar NordAGF David Nielsen Niklas Backman Hummel CeresBrøndby Martin Retov (interim) Benedikt Röcker HummelArbejdernes LandsbankEsbjerg John Lammers Markus HalstiNike VikingFCK Ståle Solbakken Zeca Adidas CarlsbergHobro Peter Sørensen Jonas Damborg Puma DS Gruppen, Spar NordHorsens Bo Henriksen Mathias Nielsen Hummel NG ZinkMidtjylland Kenneth Andersen Jakob Poulsen Nike Det Faglige HusNordsjælland Flemming Pedersen Victor Nelsson Diadora DHLOB Jakob Michelsen Janus Drachmann Hummel AlbaniRanders Thomas Thomasberg Nicolai Poulsen Puma VerdoSønderjyskE Glen Riddersholm Marc Pedersen Hummel Frøs Herreds SparekasseVejle Constantin Gâlcă Jacob Schoop Hummel Arbejdernes LandsbankVendsyssel Peter Enevoldsen Alexander Juel AndersenDiadora Spar Nord
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner ofdepartureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointmentPosition in tableOB Kent NielsenSacked21 May 2018 Jakob Michelsen29 May 2018Pre-seasonRanders FC Rasmus BertelsenEnd of contract30 June 2018 Thomas Thomasberg1 July 2018Pre-seasonHobro IK Thomas ThomasbergSigned by Randers30 June 2018 Allan Kuhn1 July 2018Pre-seasonFC Midtjylland Jess ThorupSigned by Gent10 October 2018 Kenneth Andersen10 October 20181stAaB Morten WieghorstSacked25 November 2018 Jacob Friis25 November 20186thSønderjyskE Claus NørgaardMutual consent17 December 2018 Glen Riddersholm1 February 201910thBrøndby Alexander ZornigerSacked18 February 2019 Martin Retov (interim)19 February 20194thHobro IK Allan KuhnSacked21 February 2019 Peter Sørensen21 February 201914thVejle BK Adolfo SormaniResigned5 March 2019 Constantin Gâlcă6 March 201914thFC Nordsjælland Kasper HjulmandMutual consent25 March 2019 Flemming Pedersen25 March 20196thVendsyssel FF Jens Berthel AskouSacked20 May 2019 Peter Enevoldsen20 May 2019Playoffs
Regular season League table
Positions by round
Results
Championship round Points and goals will carry over in full from the regular season.
Positions by round Below the positions per round are shown. As teams did not all start with an equal number of points, the initial pre-playoffs positions are also given.
Relegation round Points and goals will carry over in full from the regular season.
Group A
Group B
European play-offs The winning team from the 4-team knock-out tournament will advance to a Europa League play-off match. In the final, the team with the most points from the relegation round group stage will host the second leg.
If the 2018–19 Danish Cup winner, found on 17 May in the final, is involved in the play-offs, they will be withdrawn, as they will enter the Europa League third qualifying round directly.
European play-off match
Relegation play-offs The relegation play-offs were streamlined slightly compared to the previous system, essentially doing away with the former first round.
The winner of match 1 finished 11th and stayed in the Superliga, while the losers of match 2 finished 14th and were relegated directly.
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Robert SkovCopenhagen292 Dame N'DoyeCopenhagen22 Andreas Skov OlsenNordsjælland4 Kamil WilczekBrøndby215 Paul OnuachuMidtjylland176 Godsway DonyohNordsjælland10 Allan SousaVejle Lucas AndersenAaB Bashkim KadriiOB10 Viktor FischerCopenhagen9 Patrick MortensenAGF Evander da Silva FerreiraMidtjylland
Attendances
References
External links Superliga (uefa.com)