2021–22 Danish Superliga

The 2021–22 Danish Superliga (officially the 3F Superliga for sponsorship reasons) was the 32nd season of the Danish Superliga. Brøndby were the defending champions. The season began on 16 July 2021 and ended on 29 May 2022.

Superliga

Season	2021–22
Dates	16 July 2021 – 29 May 2022
Champions	Copenhagen
Relegated	Vejle Sønderjyske
Champions League	Copenhagen Midtjylland
Europa League	Silkeborg
Europa Conference League	Brøndby Viborg
Matches played	193
Goals scored	512 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nicklas Helenius (16 goals)
Biggest home win	OB 6–0 Vejle (1 October 2021)
Biggest away win	SønderjyskE 0–6 Silkeborg (31 October 2021)
Highest scoring	Aalborg 2–5 Viborg (25 October 2021)
Longest winning run	4 matches Silkeborg
Longest unbeaten run	4 matches Copenhagen Randers Silkeborg
Longest winless run	4 matches AGF Brøndby Vejle
Longest losing run	2 matches AGF OB SønderjyskE Vejle Viborg
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

Teams

Lyngby Boldklub (relegated after two years in the top flight) and AC Horsens (relegated after five years in the top flight) finished the 2020–21 season in 11th and 12th place, respectively, and were relegated to the 2021–22 1st Division.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2020–21 1st Division champions Viborg FF, who returned after four years of absence, as well as the runners-up Silkeborg IF who returned after a one-year absence.

Stadia and locations

AaB

AGF

Brøndby

Midtjylland

Nordsjælland

OB

Randers

Silkeborg

SønderjyskE

Vejle

Viborg

FCK

Locations of the Danish Superliga 2021–22 teams

Club	Location	Stadium	Turf	Capacity	2020–21 position
AaB	Aalborg	Aalborg Portland Park	Hybrid	13,797	7th
AGF	Aarhus	Ceres Park	Hybrid	20,032	4th
Brøndby	Brøndby	Brøndby Stadium	Hybrid	29,000	1st
Copenhagen	Copenhagen	Parken	Hybrid	38,065	3rd
Midtjylland	Herning	MCH Arena	Natural	11,800	2nd
Nordsjælland	Farum	Right to Dream Park	Artificial	9,900	5th
OB	Odense	Nature Energy Park	Natural	15,633	9th
Randers	Randers	BioNutria Park Randers	Natural	12,000	6th
Silkeborg IF	Silkeborg	JYSK Park	Artificial	10,000	1D, 2nd
SønderjyskE	Haderslev	Sydbank Park	Natural	10,000	8th
Vejle	Vejle	Vejle Stadion	Natural	10,418	10th
Viborg FF	Viborg	Energi Viborg Arena	Hybrid	9,566	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 Friis	Lucas Andersen	Macron	Spar Nord
AGF	David Nielsen	Patrick Mortensen	Hummel	Ceres
Brøndby IF	Niels Frederiksen	Andreas Maxsø	Hummel	Booztlet
Copenhagen	Jess Thorup	Zeca	Adidas	Unibet
Midtjylland	Bo Henriksen	Erik Sviatchenko	Nike	Det Faglige Hus
Nordsjælland	Flemming Pedersen	Kian Hansen	Nike	DHL
OB	Andreas Alm	Jens Jakob Thomasen	Hummel	Albani
Randers	Thomas Thomasberg	Erik Marxen	Puma	Verdo A/S
Silkeborg IF	Kent Nielsen	Nicklas Helenius	Uhlsport	JYSK
SønderjyskE	Henrik Hansen	Marc Dal Hende	Hummel	Danfoss
Vejle Boldklub	Ivan Prelec	Jacob Schoop	Hummel	Arbejdernes Landsbank
Viborg FF	Jacob Friis	Jeppe Grønning	Nike	Peter Larsen Kaffe

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
SønderjyskE	Glen Riddersholm	Sacked	26 May 2021[1]	Michael Boris	1 July 2021[2]	Pre-season
FC Midtjylland	Brian Priske	Signed by Royal Antwerp	29 May 2021[3]	Bo Henriksen	1 July 2021[4]	Pre-season
OB	Michael Hemmingsen	Returned to Director of Sports	31 May 2021	Andreas Alm	1 June 2021[5]	Pre-season
Vejle Boldklub	Constantin Gâlcă	End of contract	30 June 2021[6]	Carit Falch	1 July 2021[7]	Pre-season
Vejle Boldklub	Carit Falch	Sacked	17 August 2021[8]	Peter Sørensen	24 August 2021[9]	12th
SønderjyskE	Michael Boris	Sacked	1 November 2021[10]	Henrik Hansen	16 December 2021[11]	11th
AaB	Martí Cifuentes	Signed by Hammarby IF	12 January 2022[12]	Oscar Hiljemark (caretaker)	22 February 2022	4th
Viborg FF	Lars Friis	Suspended (Signed by AaB)[a]	25 January 2022[13]	Jacob Friis	3 February 2022[14]	8th
AaB	Oscar Hiljemark	End of tenure as caretaker	9 March 2022	Lars Friis	9 March 2022[15]	4th
Vejle Boldklub	Peter Sørensen	Sacked	14 March 2022[16]	Ivan Prelec	15 March 2022[17]	11th

Note

1. Lars Friis was signed by AaB as manager on 25 January, but his contract with Viborg prevented him from starting in that job until 1 August 2022. Viborg FF decided to suspend him and hire a new manager. Viborg and AaB agreed on a compensation in March 2022, which meant that Friis could start on 9 March 2022

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Copenhagen	22	14	6	2	43	13	+30	48	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Midtjylland	22	13	3	6	37	22	+15	42
3	Brøndby	22	11	7	4	30	24	+6	40
4	AaB	22	11	5	6	36	26	+10	38
5	Randers	22	9	6	7	26	25	+1	33
6	Silkeborg	22	7	10	5	34	21	+13	31
7	Viborg	22	6	9	7	31	33	−2	27	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	AGF	22	6	8	8	24	29	−5	26
9	OB	22	4	9	9	31	35	−4	21
10	Nordsjælland	22	5	6	11	24	37	−13	21
11	Vejle	22	4	4	14	21	48	−27	16
12	SønderjyskE	22	2	7	13	17	41	−24	13

Source: Danish Football Association (in Danish), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Play-off (played on neutral ground if determining teams for different rounds); 6) Draw.

Results

Home \ Away	AAB	AGF	BRO	COP	MID	NOR	ODE	RAN	SIL	SON	VEJ	VIB
AaB	—	2–0	3–0	1–3	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–4	4–0	0–0	2–5
AGF	1–0	—	1–1	1–3	3–0	2–3	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1
Brøndby	2–1	1–1	—	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–1
Copenhagen	2–2	1–1	4–2	—	0–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	1–1
Midtjylland	0–2	4–0	1–2	0–1	—	2–0	1–2	1–0	3–0	3–2	4–1	3–1
Nordsjælland	0–2	0–0	0–2	1–5	2–2	—	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–2
OB	2–3	0–0	2–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	—	1–2	1–1	2–1	6–0	2–3
Randers	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–3	3–2	1–1	—	2–1	1–0	4–1	0–1
Silkeborg	0–0	0–2	0–1	0–0	0–1	4–1	1–1	2–1	—	0–0	3–0	4–1
SønderjyskE	1–3	2–3	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–6	—	1–0	2–2
Vejle	0–1	3–2	2–2	0–4	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–4	3–1	—	1–1
Viborg	2–3	2–0	0–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	—

Source: soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results 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
AaB	D	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	W	W
AGF	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	D	W	L	L	D	D
Brøndby	D	D	D	L	L	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L
Copenhagen	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W
Midtjylland	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	W
Nordsjælland	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	L	D	W	D	L
OB	W	D	L	L	D	D	D	W	L	D	W	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	L
Randers	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	D
Silkeborg	D	D	D	W	D	L	W	D	L	W	W	D	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	L	L	L
SønderjyskE	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	D
Vejle	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	L	W
Viborg	W	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	D	D	W	L	D	W	D	W	L	L	W	D

Source: Soccerway

Championship round

Points and goals carried over in full from the regular season.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		COP	MID	SIL	BRO	AAB	RAN
1	Copenhagen (C)	32	20	8	4	56	19	+37	68	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round		—	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	0–1
2	Midtjylland	32	20	5	7	59	33	+26	65	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round		0–0	—	3–2	2–2	2–0	3–2
3	Silkeborg	32	13	10	9	54	37	+17	49	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round		3–1	1–4	—	3–0	4–2	1–0
4	Brøndby	32	13	9	10	40	41	−1	48	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round		1–1	1–3	2–1	—	0–1	0–1
5	AaB	32	13	6	13	47	45	+2	45	Qualification for the European play-off match		0–1	1–2	1–2	1–3	—	3–0
6	Randers	32	12	7	13	36	42	−6	43			0–2	1–3	1–2	2–1	2–2	—

Source: Danish Football Association (in Danish), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Play-off (played on neutral ground if determining teams for different rounds); 6) Draw.^[18][19]
(C) Champions

Relegation round

Points and goals carried over in full from the regular season.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		VIB	ODE	NOR	AGF	VEJ	SON
1	Viborg (O)	32	10	14	8	45	43	+2	44	Qualification for the European play-off match		—	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–0
2	OB	32	8	14	10	45	46	−1	38			1–1	—	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1
3	Nordsjælland	32	8	12	12	38	47	−9	36			2–0	1–1	—	2–2	2–1	2–0
4	AGF	32	6	12	14	31	43	−12	30			0–2	1–2	2–2	—	0–0	1–1
5	Vejle (R)	32	7	8	17	31	60	−29	29	Relegation to Danish 1st Division		2–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	—	0–3
6	SønderjyskE (R)	32	4	11	17	28	54	−26	23			0–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	—

Source: Danish Football Association (in Danish), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Play-off (played on neutral ground if determining teams for different rounds); 6) Draw.^[20][21]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

European play-offs

The fifth-placed team of the championship round, advanced to a play-off match against the winning team of the relegation round. The winners earned a place in the Europa Conference League second qualifying round.

European play-off match

29 May 2022

18:30

AaB	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Viborg FF
Ross 16'	Report	Grønning 24'
Penalties
Rinne Prip Ross Ementa	1–3	Bonde Sørensen Bürgy Jatta

Aalborg Portland Park, Aalborg

Attendance: 7,819

Referee: Jakob Kehlet

Season statistics

As of 29 May 2022

Top scorers and assists

Topscorers ranking

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nicklas Helenius	Silkeborg	17
2	Louka Prip	AaB	14
3	Evander	Midtjylland	12
4	Mikael Uhre	Brøndby	11
	Sebastian Jørgensen	Silkeborg
	Pep Biel	Copenhagen
7	Nicolai Vallys	Silkeborg	10
	Issam Jebali	OB
9	Simon Adingra	Nordsjælland	9
10	Anders Dreyer	Midtjylland	8
	Júnior Brumado	Midtjylland
	Milan Makarić	AaB
	Iver Fossum	AaB
14	Vito Hammershøy-Mistrati	Randers	7
	Stephen Odey	Randers

Assists ranking

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Nicolai Vallys	Silkeborg	10
2	Sebastian Jørgensen	Silkeborg	9
3	Rasmus Carstensen	Silkeborg	8
	Christian Sørensen	Viborg
	Anders Dreyer	Midtjylland
	Joel Andersson	Midtjylland
	Simon Hedlund	Brøndby
8	Kasper Kusk	AaB	7
9	Pep Biel	Copenhagen	6
	Evander	Midtjylland
11	Kristoffer Pallesen	AaB	5
	Gustav Isaksen	Midtjylland
	Robert Gojani	Silkeborg
	Anis Slimane	Brøndby
	Issam Jebali	OB

Source: Soccerway

Awards

Annual awards

Award	Winner	Club
Player of the Year	Pep Biel	Copenhagen
Golden Boot	Nicklas Helenius	Silkeborg
Goalkeeper of the Year	Kamil Grabara	Copenhagen
Breakthrough of the Year	Raphael Onyedika	Midtjylland

Team of the Year[22]
Goalkeeper	Kamil Grabara (Copenhagen)
Defence	Rasmus Carstensen (Silkeborg)	Rasmus Thelander (Aalborg)	Henrik Dalsgaard (Midtjylland)	Adam Sørensen (Lyngby)
Midfield	Louka Prip (AaB)	Lukas Lerager (Copenhagen)	Pep Biel (Copenhagen)	Evander (Midtjylland)	Nicolai Vallys (Silkeborg)
Attack	Nicklas Helenius (Silkeborg)