2021–22 Danish Women's League

The 2021–22 Danish Women's League, also known as Gjensidige Kvindeligaen, is the 50th season of the highest women's football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 8 teams each year in Denmark. HB Køge are the defending champions, as they took their first title in May 2021.

Danish Women's League

Season	2021-22
Champions	HB Køge
Relegated	AaB Aalborg
UEFA Women's Champions League	HB Køge Fortuna Hjørring
Matches played	86
Goals scored	242 (2.81 per match)
Top goalscorer	Rikke Dybdahl (16 goals)
Biggest home win	5 goals: FC Thy-Thisted Q 5–0 AaB Fodbold (4 Sep)
Biggest away win	5 goals: HB Køge 1–6 Fortuna Hjørring (18 Apr)
Highest scoring	7 goals: four matches
← 2020–21 2022–23 → Only matches in the main and championship rounds are considered for the above statistics

Gjensidige is the current main sponsor for the league, since July 2019.^[1]

Teams

Brøndby

AaB

HB Køge

Kolding

Nordsjælland

Thy-Thisted

AGF

Fortuna

Location of clubs for the 2021–22 season

Region	Team	Location	Ground	Capacity
Hovedstaden	Brøndby IF	Brøndby	Brøndby Stadion	29.000
	FC Nordsjælland	Farum	Farum Park	10.300
	HB Køge	Køge	Capelli Sport Stadion	4.000
Syddanmark	KoldingQ	Kolding	Fynske Bank Arena	3.000
Midtjylland	AGF	Aarhus	Vejlby Stadion	5.200
Nordjylland	Fortuna Hjørring	Hjørring	Nord Energi Arena	7.500
	FC Thy-Thisted Q	Thisted	Sparekassen Thy Arena	3.000
	AaB	Aalborg	Aalborg Portland Park	13.800

Personnel and kits

As of 21 September 2020

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
KoldingQ	Anders Jensen	Louise Eriksen	Adidas	Fynske Bank
Fortuna Hjørring	Brian Sørensen		New Balance	Sportmaster, DS Gruppen A/S
HB Køge	Søren Randa-Boldt	Maria Uhre Nielsen	Capelli Sport	Spar Nord Bank
AaB Fodbold	Claus Larsen	Line Andersen	Hummel	Sparekassen Vendsyssel
FC Thy-Thisted Q	Allan Drost	Matilde Kjeldgaard	Adidas	Sparekassen Thy
Brøndby	Per Nielsen	Nanna Christiansen	Hummel	Arbejdernes Landsbank
AGF	Katrine S. Pedersen	Christina Ravn	Hummel	Arbejdernes Landsbank
FC Nordsjælland	Carmelina Moscato		Nike, Inc.	DHL

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Position in table
AGF	Anders Nim	Resigned	30 June 2021	Katrine S. Pedersen	1 July 2021	Pre-season
HB Køge	Peer Lisdorf	Resigned	30 June 2021	Søren Randa-Boldt	1 July 2021[2]	Pre-season
Fortuna Hjørring	Niclas Hougaard	Resigned	30 June 2021	Brian Sørensen	1 July 2021[3]	Pre-season
FC Nordsjælland	Brian Sørensen	Resigned	30 June 2021	Carmelina Moscato	12 July 2021[4]	Pre-season

Results

Main round

Teams played each other twice. Top six advanced to the championship round.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	HB Køge	14	12	2	0	29	6	+23	38	Championship Round
2	Fortuna Hjørring	14	10	3	1	37	14	+23	33
3	Brøndby IF	14	8	1	5	29	23	+6	25
4	FC Thy-Thisted Q	14	6	2	6	26	25	+1	20
5	KoldingQ	14	5	2	7	15	21	−6	17
6	FC Nordsjælland	14	4	4	6	11	14	−3	16
7	AGF Fodbold	14	2	2	10	14	31	−17	8	Relegation Round
8	AaB Fodbold	14	0	2	12	7	34	−27	2

Source: Dansk Boldspil Union^[5]
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

Goals and points were transferred from the main round in full.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	HB Køge	10	8	2	0	58	15	+43	64	Champions League first round
2	Fortuna Hjørring	10	6	1	3	57	27	+30	52
3	Brøndby IF	10	1	3	6	40	43	−3	31
4	FC Nordsjælland	10	3	4	3	25	24	+1	29
5	FC Thy-Thisted Q	10	2	2	6	38	52	−14	28
6	KoldingQ	10	2	4	4	24	37	−13	27

Source: Dansk Boldspil Union^[6]
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

Relegation round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	AGF Fodbold	10	7	3	0	24	5	+19	24	Women's League
2	Sundby	10	7	1	2	27	13	+14	22
3	B.93	10	6	3	1	16	7	+9	21	First Division
4	AaB Fodbold	10	3	1	6	14	19	−5	10
5	Varde IF	10	2	0	8	4	26	−22	6
6	OdenseQ	10	0	2	8	4	19	−15	2

Source: Dansk Boldspil Union^[7]
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

Top scorers

Goals scored in the main and championship rounds are counted.^[8]

Regular season

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Rikke Dybdahl	FC Thy-Thisted Q	16
2	Cecilie Fløe	HB Køge	14
3	Emma Snerle	Fortuna Hjørring	13
4	Nanna Christiansen	Brøndby IF	11
4	Maddie Pokorny	HB Køge	11
4	Olivia Holdt	Fortuna Hjørring	11
7	Malou Marcetto	Brøndby IF	9
8	Kyra Carusa	HB Køge	8
9	Cornelia Kramer	HB Køge	7
9	Malene Sørensen	FC Thy-Thisted Q	7
9	Florentina Olar-Spânu	Fortuna Hjørring	7

Player of the Month

Month	Player	Club
August	Emma Snerle[9]	Fortuna Hjørring
September	Kathrine Møller Kühl[10]	FC Nordsjælland
October	Cecilie Fløe[11]	HB Køge
November	Dajan Hashemi[12]	FC Nordsjælland
April	Kyra Carusa[13]	HB Køge

Month	Player	Club
Player of the Autumn	Emma Snerle[14]
Player of the Year	Kyra Carusa[15]	HB Køge