The 2021–22 Danish Women's League (known as Gjensidige Kvindeligaen for sponsorship reasons) was the 48th season of the top-flight of the Danish Women's Football League.
HB Køge were the defending champions after winning their first title in May 2021, and won for the second year in a row, this time in an unbeaten campaign.
Teams There are 8 teams competing in the regular season of the league: the 6 teams from the previous season's championship play-offs, and the top two teams from the previous season's qualification play-offs. The two teams promoted from the qualification play-offs were AGF and AaB, both keeping their top tier spot. Geographically, 5 teams represented Jutland (AGF, Fortuna Hjørring, KoldingQ, Thy-Thisted Q, and AaB) while 3 represented Zealand (Brøndby, HB Køge, and Nordsjælland).
Stadiums and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity AGF Aarhus Vejlby Stadion 5,200 Brøndby IF Brøndby Brøndby Stadion 29,000 Fortuna Hjørring Hjørring Nord Energi Arena 7,500 HB Køge Køge Capelli Sport Stadion 4,000 Kolding IF Kolding Fynske Bank Arena 3,000 FC Nordsjælland Farum Farum Park 10,300 FC Thy-Thisted Q Thisted Sparekassen Thy Arena 3,000 AaB Aalborg Aalborg Portland Park 13,800
Personnel and kits TeamManagerCaptainAGF Katrine S. Pedersen Christina Ravn Hummel Arbejdernes Landsbank Brøndby Per Nielsen Nanna Christiansen Hummel Arbejdernes LandsbankFortuna Hjørring Brian Sørensen Florentina Olar New Balance Sportmaster DS Gruppen A/SHB Køge Søren Randa-Boldt Maria Uhre Capelli Sport Spar Nord BankKolding IF Anders Jensen Louise Eriksen Adidas Fynske BankFC Nordsjælland Carmelina Moscato Nike, Inc. DHLFC Thy-Thisted Q Allan Drost Matilde Kjeldgaard Adidas Sparekassen ThyAaB Peter Pedersen Line Andersen Hummel Sparekassen Vendsyssel
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyIncoming managerDate of appointmentAGF Anders NimResigned30 June 2021Pre-season Katrine S. Pedersen1 July 2021HB Køge Peer LisdorfResigned30 June 2021 Søren Randa-Boldt1 July 2021FC Nordsjælland Brian SørensenSigned by Fortuna Hjørring30 June 2021 Carmelina Moscato12 July 2021Fortuna Hjørring Elena Sadiku (interim)End of interim spell30 June 2021 Brian Sørensen29 April 2021AaB Claus LarsenSacked23 November 2021 Peter Pedersen5 January 2022
Regular season League table Teams played each other twice. Top six advanced to the championship round.
Results
Play-offs Championship Goals and points were transferred from the regular season in full and the combined points total is displayed in the table.
Results
Promotion
Results
Season statistics The statistics cover the regular season and the championship play-offs.
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Rikke DybdahlThy-Thisted Q162 Cecilie FløeHB Køge143 Emma SnerleFortuna Hjørring134 Maddie PokornyHB Køge11 Olivia HoldtFortuna Hjørring Nanna ChristiansenBrøndby IF7 Malou MarcettoBrøndby IF98 Kyra CarusaHB Køge89 Cornelia KramerHB Køge7 Florentina OlarFortuna Hjørring Malene SørensenThy-Thisted Q
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Emma SnerleFortuna HjørringAGF5–2 (A)7 August 2021 Malene SørensenThy-Thisted QAaB5–0 (H)4 September 2021 Rikke DybdahlThy-Thisted QBrøndby3–1 (H)26 September 2021 Olivia HoldtFortuna HjørringAaB5–0 (A)30 October 2021 Cecilie FløeHB KøgeKoldingQ3–0 (A)20 May 2022
Clean sheets RankPlayerClubCleansheets1 Kaylan MarckeseHB Køge142 Adelaide GayFortuna Hjørring7 Carly NelsonNordsjælland4 Line Geltzer JohansenFortuna Hjørring55 Maja Bay ØstergaardThy-Thisted46 Ann-Kathrin DilferBrøndby37 Stina Lykke BorgKoldingQ2 Sofie GrønKoldingQ9 Naja BahrenscheerBrøndby1 Lene ChristensenKoldingQ Anna KaasNordsjælland Katrine SvaneAGF
Awards
Player of the Month MonthPlayerClubAugust Emma SnerleFortuna HjørringSeptember Kathrine Møller KühlFC NordsjællandOctober Cecilie FløeHB KøgeNovember Dajan HashemiFC NordsjællandApril Kyra CarusaHB Køge
Player of the Autumn PlayerClub Emma SnerleFortuna Hjørring
Player of the Year PlayerClub Kyra CarusaHB Køge
References
External links Stillinger og resultater dbu.dk Summary - Elitedivisionen on soccerway.com