2019–20 Danish Women's League

The 2019–20 Elitedivisionen also known as Gjensidige Kvindeligaen is the 48th season of the highest women's football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 8 teams each year in Denmark. Brøndby IF are the defending champions and FC Nordsjælland made their debut in the league.

Elitedivisionen

Season	2019–20
Champions	Fortuna Hjørring
Relegated	Odense Q Ballerup-Skovlunde Fodbold
Matches	86
Goals	318 (3.7 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nicoline Sørensen (16 goals)
Biggest home win	6 goals: BRØ 7–1 KOL (21 Sep)
Biggest away win	6 goals: ODE 1–7 THY (19 Oct)
Highest scoring	13 goals: FOR 8–5 ODE (21 Sep)
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Fortuna Hjørring won the league for the 11th time in the club's history, while Odense Q and Ballerup-Skovlunde Fodbold relegated to Kvinde 1. division.^[1][2]

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

On 6 March 2020, all sport in Denmark were locked down and banned during the coronavirus pandemic, until mid of April.^[3][4] In May, it was announced that the season would restart on 6 June and the remaining matches of the season would be played behind closed doors. The Championship round and the Qualification round, were reduced from a total of 10 matches to 5 matches, per team.^[5]

On 10 June 2020, it was decided to reopen stadiums for spectators, with up to 500 people.^[6]

Broadcasting

In May 2020, the Danish Football Union announced that they had signed a TV-deal with Discovery, Inc., where a number of matches will be shown on Eurosport 2 and Sport Live, as well as the streaming service Dplay.^[7]

Teams

Brøndby

Odense Q

BSF

Kolding

Nordsjælland

Thy-Thisted

VSK Aarhus

Fortuna

Location of clubs for the 2019–20 season

Region	Team	Location	Ground	Capacity
Hovedstaden	Brøndby IF	Brøndby	Brøndby Stadion	29,000
	BSF Skovlunde	Ballerup	Ballerup Idrætspark	4,000
	FC Nordsjælland	Farum	Farum Park	10,300
Syddanmark	KoldingQ	Kolding	Fynske Bank Arena	2,500
	Odense Q	Odense	Vejlby/Risskov Centret	1,200
Midtjylland	VSK Aarhus	Aarhus	Vejlby Stadion	5,200
Nordjylland	Fortuna Hjørring	Hjørring	Hjørring Stadion	7,500
	FC Thy-Thisted Q	Thisted	Sparekassen Thy Arena	3,000

Personnel and kits

As of 4 June 2020

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Brøndby	Per Nielsen	Louise Kristiansen	Hummel	Arbejdernes Landsbank
Fortuna Hjørring	Niclas Hougaard Hansen	Caroline Rask	New Balance	Sportmaster, Nord Energi
Ballerup-Skovlunde Fodbold	Kasper Klarskov	Michelle Madsen	Joma	SuperBrugsen, Dystan Rosenberg, Ballerup Bladet
FC Nordsjælland	Brian Sørensen	Catrine Gryholt	Nike, Inc.	Arbejdernes Landsbank, DHL
FC Thy-Thisted Q	Torben Overgaard	Matilde Kjeldgaard	Adidas	Skyum, Intersport, Armiga A/S
Kolding Q	Anders Jensen	Louise Eriksen	Nike, Inc.	A/S Bolind-Handel
Odense Q	Steen Hansen	Tenna Kappel	Joma	Folkesparekassen
VSK Aarhus	Anders Nim	Christina Ravn	Puma	Bistorante Italia

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Position in table
Odense Q	Morten Christiansen	Sacked	27 June 2019[8]	Steen Hansen	1 July 2019[9]	Pre-season
Ballerup-Skovlunde Fodbold	Peer Lisdorf	Sacked	3 October 2019[10]	Kasper Klarskov	1 January 2019[11]	8th
Fortuna Hjørring	Carrie Kveton	Signed by OL Reign	24 November 2019[12]	Niclas Hougaard Hansen	1 January 2020[13]	1st
VSK Aarhus	Hans Paarup	Resigned	27 November 2019[14]	Anders Nim	1 January 2019[15]	5th
Kolding Q	Peter Pedersen	Sacked	3 December 2019[16]	Anders Jensen	1 January 2020[17]	6th

Results

Main round

Teams play each other twice. Top six advance to the championship round.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fortuna Hjørring	14	9	3	2	38	17	+21	30	Championship Round
2	Brøndby IF	14	9	2	3	50	20	+30	29
3	FC Nordsjælland	14	8	2	4	29	14	+15	26
4	FC Thy-Thisted Q	14	5	6	3	34	18	+16	21
5	VSK Aarhus	14	6	3	5	25	21	+4	21
6	KoldingQ	14	4	3	7	14	30	−16	15
7	Odense Q	14	3	1	10	24	49	−25	10	Relegation Round
8	Ballerup-Skovlunde Fodbold	14	1	2	11	12	47	−35	5

Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2020. Source: Dansk Boldspil Union^[18]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored

Championship round

Teams play five matches. Points are reset, but bonus points are awarded for the placement in the main round. 10 points for first place, 8 points for second place and then 6, 4, 2 and 0.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fortuna Hjørring (C, Q)	5	4	1	0	9	2	+7	23	Qualification to Champions League
2	Brøndby (Q)	5	4	1	0	8	2	+6	21
3	FC Nordsjælland	5	2	0	3	6	7	−1	12
4	FC Thy-Thisted Q	5	1	0	4	3	8	−5	7
5	KoldingQ	5	2	0	3	5	4	+1	6
6	VSK Aarhus	5	1	0	4	7	15	−8	5

Updated to match(es) played on 28 June 2020. Source: ^[19]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Qualification round

Teams play five matches, the first and second place are promoted to the league.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	HB Køge (Q)	5	5	0	0	13	1	+12	15	Qualification to 2020–21 Elitedivisionen
2	AaB (Q)	5	4	0	1	12	6	+6	12
3	Odense Q	5	2	1	2	12	9	+3	7
4	B.93	5	2	0	3	8	10	−2	6
5	Vildbjerg SF	5	1	1	3	6	11	−5	4
6	Ballerup-Skovlunde Fodbold	5	0	0	5	3	17	−14	0

Updated to match(es) played on 28 June 2020. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Top scorers

As of 8 July 2020

Source:^[20][21]

Regular season Rank Player Club Goals 1 Nicoline Sørensen Brøndby IF 16 2 Caroline Møller Fortuna Hjørring 12 3 Nanna Christiansen Brøndby IF 11 4 Rikke Dybdahl FC Thy-Thisted Q 9 Sanni Franssi Fortuna Hjørring 6 Camilla Kur Larsen FC Nordsjælland 8 7 Tenna Kappel Odense Q 7 Cecilie Fløe Odense Q 9 Louise Kristiansen Brøndby IF 6 Malene Sørensen FC Thy-Thisted Q

Overall Rank Player Club Goals 1 Nicoline Sørensen Brøndby IF 16 2 Nanna Christiansen Brøndby IF 14 3 Caroline Møller Fortuna Hjørring 13 4 Sanni Franssi Fortuna Hjørring 10 5 Rikke Dybdahl FC Thy-Thisted Q 9 6 Sarah Dyrehauge Hansen FC Thy-Thisted Q 8 7 Emma Snerle Fortuna Hjørring 6 Olivia Holdt VSK Aarhus Josefine Hasbo Brøndby IF Janni Thomsen VSK Aarhus

Player of the Month

Month	Player
	Player	Club
August	Nicoline Sørensen	Brøndby IF
September	Cecilie Fløe	Odense Q
October	Caroline Møller Hansen	Fortuna Hjørring
November	Emma Snerle	Fortuna Hjørring