The 2020–21 Danish Superliga (officially the 3F Superliga for sponsorship reasons) was the 31st season of the Danish Superliga. The season began on 11 September with reigning champions FC Midtjylland playing against the winners of the Danish Cup, SønderjyskE, losing 2–0 away from home.
This season marked the first season with the video assistant referee (VAR) system.
Teams Twelve teams competed in the league – the top ten teams from the previous season, the winner of the Relegation Playoffs and the champion of the 2019–20 Danish 1st Division. Lyngby BK retained its position in the Superliga by winning the Relegation Playoffs and Vejle BK joined the top flight after winning the 1st Division title.
Stadiums and locations
Club Stadium Turf Capacity 2019–20position Aalborg Portland Park Hybrid 13,797 Ceres Park Hybrid 20,032 Brøndby Stadium Hybrid 29,000 Telia Parken Hybrid 38,065 CASA Arena Horsens Natural 10,400 Lyngby Stadium Natural 8,000 MCH Arena Natural 11,800 Right to Dream Park Artificial 9,900 Nature Energy Park Natural 15,633 Cepheus Park Randers Natural 12,000 Sydbank Park Natural 10,000 Vejle Stadium Natural 10,418
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 Martí Cifuentes Lucas Andersen Hummel Spar NordAGF David Nielsen Niklas Backman Hummel CeresBrøndby Niels Frederiksen Andreas Maxsø Hummel BooztletCopenhagen Jess Thorup Zeca Adidas CarlsbergHorsens Jens Berthel Askou Hallur Hansson Hummel NG ZINK A/SLyngby Carit Falch Martin Ørnskov Adidas JetbullMidtjylland Brian Priske Erik Sviatchenko Nike Det Faglige HusNordsjælland Flemming Pedersen Nicolai Larsen Nike DHLOB Michael Hemmingsen Janus Drachmann Hummel AlbaniRanders Thomas Thomasberg Erik Marxen Puma Verdo A/SSønderjyskE Glen Riddersholm Marc Pedersen Hummel Frøs Herreds SparekasseVejle Constantin Gâlcă Jacob Schoop Hummel Arbejdernes Landsbank
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner ofdepartureDate of vacancyReplaced byDate of appointmentPosition in tableHorsens Bo HenriksenMutual consent24 August 2020 Jonas Dal24 August 2020Pre-seasonCopenhagen Ståle SolbakkenSacked10 October 2020 Jess Thorup2 November 20209thAaB Jacob FriisResigned29 October 2020 Peter Feher (interim)29 October 20207thHorsens Jonas DalSacked8 December 2020 Jens Berthel Askou17 January 202111thLyngby Christian NielsenSacked21 December 2020 Carit Falch21 December 202012thAaB Peter FeherEnd of tenure as caretaker31 December 2020 Martí Cifuentes1 January 20217thOB Jakob MichelsenSacked15 March 2021 Michael Hemmingsen15 March 20219th
Regular season League table
Positions by round
Results
Championship round Points and goals carried 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 carried 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.
European play-offs The fourth-placed team of the championship round, AGF, advanced to a Europa Conference League play-off match against the winning team of the relegation round, AaB. The winners earned a place in the Europa Conference League second qualifying round.
European play-off match
Season statistics Top goalscorers As of 28 May 2021.
Rank Player Club Goals1 Mikael UhreBrøndby192 Patrick MortensenAGF15 Jonas WindCopenhagen4 Sory KabaMidtjylland11 Haji WrightSønderjyskE6 Anders K. JacobsenSønderjyskE10 Jesper LindstrømBrøndby Allan Gonçalves SousaVejle Issam JebaliOB Kamil WilczekCopenhagen Kamaldeen SulemanaNordsjælland12 Vito Hammershøy-MistratiRanders9 Alhaji KamaraRanders Iver FossumAaB
References
External links Superliga (uefa.com)