2015–16 Danish Superliga

Danish Superliga
Season	2015–16
Matches played	120
Goals scored	331 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorer	Lukas Spalvis (15)
Biggest home win	AaB 6–0 Hobro (1 November 2015)
Biggest away win	Hobro 0-6 Viborg (5 March 2016)
Highest scoring	Esbjerg 4–4 Hobro (22 November 2015) Copenhagen 6–2 Aalborg (13 March 2016)
Longest winning run	Midtjylland (4)
Longest unbeaten run	Copenhagen (9)
Longest winless run	Hobro (9)
Longest losing run	Hobro (5)
← 2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 10 March 2016.

The 2015–16 Danish Superliga season is the 26th season of the Danish Superliga, which decides the Danish football championship. Midtjylland are 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, still the champion of the league will qualify for the UEFA Champions League; that club would 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.^[1]

Only one team will be relegated after the season due to the Superliga being expanded to 14 teams from the beginning of the 2016–17 season.^[2]

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.

Stadia and locations

Locations of the Danish Superliga 2015–16 teams

Club	Location	Stadium	Turf	Capacity	2014–15 position
Aab !AaB	Aalborg	Nordjyske Arena	Natural	13,797	05 !5th
Agf !AGF	Aarhus	Ceres Park	Natural	20,032	12 !1D, 2nd
Brondby !Brøndby IF	Brøndby	Brøndby Stadium	Natural	29,000	03 !3rd
Esbjerg fB !Esbjerg fB	Esbjerg	Blue Water Arena	Natural	18,000	08 !8th
Fc Copenhagen !FC Copenhagen	Copenhagen	Telia Parken	Natural	38,065	02 !2nd
Fc Midtjylland !FC Midtjylland	Herning	MCH Arena	Natural	11,800	01 !1st
Fc Nordsjaelland !FC Nordsjælland	Farum	Farum Park	Artificial	9,900	06 !6th
Hobro Ik !Hobro IK	Hobro	DS Arena	Natural	7,500	07 !7th
Ob !OB	Odense	TRE-FOR Park	Natural	15,633	09 !9th
Randers Fc !Randers FC	Randers	AutoC Park Randers	Natural	12,000	04 !4th
Sonderjyske !SønderjyskE	Haderslev	Sydbank Park	Natural	10,000	10 !10th
Viborg !Viborg FF	Viborg	Energi Viborg Arena	Natural	9,566	11 !1D, 1st

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 sponsor
AaB	Lars Søndergaard	Rasmus Würtz	hummel	Spar Nord
AGF	Glen Riddersholm	Steffen Rasmussen	hummel	Ceres
Brøndby IF	Aurelijus Skarbalius	Thomas Kahlenberg	hummel	Bet25.dk
Esbjerg fB	Jonas Dal	Hans Henrik Andreasen	Nike	Sydenergi
F.C. Copenhagen	Ståle Solbakken	Thomas Delaney	adidas	Carlsberg
FC Midtjylland	Jess Thorup	Kristian Bak Nielsen	Nike	Hessel
FC Nordsjælland	Kasper Hjulmand	Patrick Mtiliga	Diadora	DHL
Hobro IK	Ove Pedersen	Mads Justesen	Puma	DS Gruppen, Spar Nord
OB	Kent Nielsen	Hallgrímur Jónasson	hummel	Carlsberg
Randers FC	Colin Todd	Christian Keller	Puma	Verdo
SønderjyskE	Jakob Michelsen	Niels Lodberg	hummel	Frøs Herreds Sparekasse
Viborg	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^[3]	Lars Søndergaard	1 July 2015^[4]	Pre-Season
OB	Ove Pedersen	End of contract	1 June 2015^[5]	Kent Nielsen	1 July 2015^[5]	Pre-Season
SønderjyskE	Lars Søndergaard	End of contract and signed by AaB	1 June 2015^[4]	Jakob Michelsen	1 July 2015^[6]	Pre-Season
Viborg FF	Aurelijus Skarbalius	Mutual consent	6 June 2015^[7]	Johnny Mølby	9 June 2015^[8]	Pre-Season
FC Midtjylland	Glen Riddersholm	Resigned	26 June 2015^[9]	Jess Thorup	12 July 2015^[10]	Pre-Season
Esbjerg fB	Niels Frederiksen	Sacked	10 August 2015^[11]	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^[12]	10th
Hobro IK	Jonas Dal	Signed by Esbjerg fB	20 October 2015^[12]	Lars Justesen (interim)	20 October 2015	12th
Hobro IK	Lars Justesen	End of tenure as caretaker	24 November 2015	Ove Pedersen	24 November 2015^[13]	12th
AGF	Morten Wieghorst	Sacked	5 December 2015^[14]	Glen Riddersholm	6 December 2015^[15]	9th
FC Nordsjælland	Ólafur Kristjánsson	Sacked	15 December 2015^[16]	Kasper Hjulmand	1 January 2016^[16]	8th
Brøndby IF	Thomas Frank	Resigned	9 March 2016^[17]	Aurelijus Skarbalius	9 March 2016^[18]	5th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Copenhagen	27	16	8	3	49	22	+27	56	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	SønderjyskE	28	16	4	8	46	30	+16	52	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	AaB	27	14	4	9	51	35	+16	46	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Midtjylland	27	13	6	8	43	27	+16	45
5	Brøndby	27	12	6	9	33	31	+2	42
6	Odense	27	12	4	11	44	43	+1	40
7	Randers	27	10	7	10	35	35	0	37
8	Viborg	27	9	7	11	30	34	−4	34
9	Nordsjælland	27	10	4	13	29	39	−10	34
10	Esbjerg	28	6	9	13	31	48	−17	27
11	AGF	27	5	11	11	33	41	−8	26
12	Hobro	27	2	6	19	20	59	−39	12	Relegation to Danish 1st Division

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2016. Source: DBU, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Head-to-head away goals scored; 8) Play-off on neutral ground (only if rankings are important for medals, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions); 9) Draw.^[19]^[20]
Notes:

1 2 Since the winners of 2015–16 Danish Cup, Copenhagen, currently qualify for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the Cup winner (Europa League second qualifying round) would be passed to the league runners-up and the spot awarded to league runners-up (Europa League first qualifying round) would be passed to the fourth-placed team.

Positions by round

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Copenhagen !Copenhagen	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
SønderjyskE !SønderjyskE	3	6	8	5	3	4	2	5	4	2	4	3	3	5	6	5	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2
AaB !AaB	6	4	5	8	7	3	6	7	6	7	5	4	6	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	3	2	2	4	4	3
FC Midtjylland !FC Midtjylland	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	5	4	4	3	3	4
Brøndby IF !Brøndby IF	8	10	12	11	9	7	4	6	9	6	8	6	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5
OB !OB	1	1	4	4	5	9	8	8	7	9	6	8	8	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Randers FC !Randers FC	11	7	7	7	6	8	5	4	3	4	3	5	5	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	9	7	7	7	7	7
Viborg FF !Viborg FF	9	9	6	6	8	6	9	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	8	7	8	8	9	9	8
FC Nordsjælland !FC Nordsjælland	9	12	10	10	11	10	10	9	8	5	7	9	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	8	8	9
Esbjerg fB !Esbjerg fB	6	8	11	12	10	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
AGF !AGF	5	4	3	3	4	5	6	3	5	8	9	7	9	8	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11
Hobro IK !Hobro IK	11	11	9	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

Last updated: 3 May 2016
Source: Weltfussball

Top goalscorers

Rank	Goalscorer	Team	Goals
1	Lukas Spalvis	AaB	18
2	Rasmus Festersen	OB	13
3	Thomas Enevoldsen	AaB	11
	Nicolai Jørgensen	Copenhagen
	Johan Absalonsen	SønderjyskE
6	Jeppe Curth	Viborg FF	10
6	Anders K. Jacobsen	OB	10
8	Bruninho	Nordsjælland	9
8	Martin Pušić	FC Midtjylland	9
10	Tommy Bechmann	SønderjyskE	8

Updated to games played on May 1st 2016
Source: fifa.com

References

↑ http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method4/crank2015.html
↑ Sejersbøl, Morten Crone (2015-06-20). "Superligaen udvides til 14 hold" (in Danish). Berlingske Tidende. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
↑ Helmin, Jesper (2014-12-22). "Kent Nielsen stopper i AaB til sommer" (in Danish). bold.dk. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
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1 2 Helmin, Jesper (2014-12-22). "Kent Nielsen tager over i OB" (in Danish). bold.dk. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
↑ Helmin, Jesper (2015-04-30). "Officielt: Michelsen ny SønderjyskE-træner" (in Danish). bold.dk. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
↑ Helmin, Jesper (2015-05-18). "Auri Skarbalius forlader VFF til sommer" (in Danish). bold.dk. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
↑ Nøhr, Mikkel (2015-06-09). "Officielt: Mølby ny træner i Viborg" (in Danish). bold.dk. Retrieved 2015-06-09.
↑ Karlsen, Nanna Møller (2015-06-26). "FCM-chok: Riddersholm stopper" (in Danish). bold.dk. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
↑ Helmin, Jesper (2015-07-12). "Officielt: Thorup ny FC Midtjylland-træner" (in Danish). bold.dk. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
↑ Helmin, Jesper (2015-08-10). "Esbjerg fyrer Niels Frederiksen" (in Danish). bold.dk. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
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↑ Helmin, Jesper (2015-11-24). "Officielt: Ove P. ny Hobro-træner" (in Danish). bold.dk. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
↑ Nøhr, Mikkel (2015-12-05). "Morten Wieghorst fyret i AGF" (in Danish). bold.dk. Retrieved 2015-12-05.
↑ Nøhr, Mikkel (2015-12-06). "Officielt: Riddersholm ny AGF-træner" (in Danish). bold.dk. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
1 2 Helmin, Jesper (2015-12-15). "FCN genansætter Kasper Hjulmand" (in Danish). bold.dk. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
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↑ "Superliga 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 18 July 2015.

External links

Official website (Danish)

2015–16 Danish Superliga teams

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Domestic leagues	Superliga 1st Division 2nd Divisions Under-19 League Elitedivisionen

Domestic cups	Danish Cup (Final)

European competitions	Champions League Europa League

Transfers	Summer 2015 Winter 2015–16

Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying (UEFA Group I)

Club seasons

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1st Division	Fredericia HB Køge Helsingør Horsens Lyngby Næstved Roskilde Silkeborg Skive Vejle Vendsyssel Vestsjælland

2015–16 in European football (UEFA)

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