2022–23 Danish Superliga

The 2022–23 Danish Superliga (officially the 3F Superliga for sponsorship purposes) was the 33rd season of the Danish Superliga. Copenhagen were the defending champions. The season began on 15 July 2022 and ended on 9 June 2023.

Superliga

Season	2022–23
Dates	15 July 2022 – 9 June 2023
Champions	Copenhagen
Relegated	Horsens AaB
Champions League	Copenhagen
Europa Conference League	Nordsjælland AGF Midtjylland
Matches played	193
Goals scored	529 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gustav Isaksen (Midtjylland) 18 goals
Biggest home win	Copenhagen 7–0 OB (5 March 2023)
Biggest away win	OB 1–5 Midtjylland (29 July 2022)
Highest scoring	Copenhagen 7–0 OB (5 March 2023) Copenhagen 4–3 AGF (21 May 2023)
Longest winning run	Copenhagen (9 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Copenhagen (13 matches)
Longest winless run	Lyngby (16 matches)
Longest losing run	AaB (6 matches)
Highest attendance	32,678 Copenhagen vs. Viborg 19 March 2022
Lowest attendance	2,682 Horsens vs. Lyngby 25 July 2022
Total attendance	1,854,671
Average attendance	10,079
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

Teams

Vejle and SønderjyskE finished the 2021–22 season in 11th and 12th place, respectively, and were relegated to the 2022–23 1st Division.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2021–22 1st Division Champions AC Horsens and second place Lyngby Boldklub, who both returned after one season's absence.

Stadiums and locations

AaB

AGF

Brøndby

Midtjylland

Nordsjælland

OB

Randers

Silkeborg

Viborg

Lyngby

Horsens

København

Locations of the Danish Superliga 2022–23 teams

Club	Location	Stadium	Turf	Capacity	2021–22 position
AaB	Aalborg	Aalborg Portland Park	Hybrid	13,797	5th
AGF	Aarhus	Ceres Park	Hybrid	20,032	10th
Brøndby	Brøndby	Brøndby Stadium	Hybrid	29,000	4th
Copenhagen	Copenhagen	Parken	Hybrid	38,065	1st
Horsens	Horsens	CASA Arena Horsens	Natural	10,400	1D, 1st
Lyngby	Kongens Lyngby	Lyngby Stadium	Natural	8,000	1D, 2nd
Midtjylland	Herning	MCH Arena	Natural	11,800	2nd
Nordsjælland	Farum	Right to Dream Park	Artificial	9,900	9th
OB	Odense	Nature Energy Park	Natural	15,633	8th
Randers	Randers	Cepheus Park Randers	Natural	12,000	6th
Silkeborg	Silkeborg	JYSK Park	Artificial	10,000	3rd
Viborg	Viborg	Energi Viborg Arena	Hybrid	9,566	7th

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	Oscar Hiljemark	Lucas Andersen	Macron	Arbejdernes Landsbank
AGF	Uwe Rösler	Patrick Mortensen	Hummel	Ceres
Brøndby	Jesper Sørensen	Kevin Mensah	Hummel	Booztlet
Copenhagen	Jacob Neestrup	Zeca	Adidas	Unibet
Horsens	Jens Berthel Askou	Janus Drachmann	Hummel	NG ZINK A/S
Lyngby	Freyr Alexandersson	Kasper Enghardt	Adidas	Jetbull
Midtjylland	Thomas Thomasberg	Erik Sviatchenko	Nike	Det Faglige Hus
Nordsjælland	Johannes Hoff Thorup	Kian Hansen	Nike	DHL
OB	Andreas Alm	Jeppe Tverskov	Hummel	Albani
Randers	Rasmus Bertelsen	Björn Kopplin	Puma	Verdo A/S
Silkeborg	Kent Nielsen	Nicklas Helenius	Uhlsport	JYSK
Viborg	Jacob Friis	Jeppe Grønning	Capelli Sport	Andelskassen

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
AGF	David Nielsen	Mutual consent	30 June 2022[1]	Uwe Rösler	14 June 2022[2]	Pre-season
Midtjylland	Bo Henriksen	Sacked	28 July 2022[3]	Albert Capellas	24 August 2022[4]	10th
AaB	Lars Friis		15 September 2022[5]	Erik Hamrén	15 September 2022[6]	11th
Copenhagen	Jess Thorup		20 September 2022[7]	Jacob Neestrup	20 September 2022[8]	9th
Brøndby	Niels Frederiksen		14 November 2022[9]	Jesper Sørensen	2 January 2023[10]	10th
Nordsjælland	Flemming Pedersen	Promoted to Technical Director	7 January 2023[11]	Johannes Hoff Thorup	7 January 2023[12]	1st
Midtjylland	Albert Capellas	Sacked	14 March 2023[13]	Thomas Thomasberg	23 March 2023 [14]	9th
AaB	Erik Hamrén		20 March 2023[15]	Oscar Hiljemark	20 March 2023	12th
Randers	Thomas Thomasberg	Signed by FC Midtjylland	23 March 2023[16]	Rasmus Bertelsen	23 March 2023	5th

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nordsjælland	22	12	7	3	38	20	+18	43	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Copenhagen	22	13	3	6	45	22	+23	42
3	Viborg	22	10	7	5	32	25	+7	37
4	AGF	22	10	5	7	26	20	+6	35
5	Randers	22	8	8	6	28	30	−2	32
6	Brøndby	22	8	6	8	32	34	−2	30
7	Silkeborg	22	8	5	9	34	35	−1	29	Qualification for the Qualification round
8	Midtjylland	22	6	10	6	32	29	+3	28
9	OB	22	7	7	8	27	38	−11	28
10	Horsens	22	6	5	11	26	37	−11	23
11	Lyngby	22	3	7	12	21	36	−15	16
12	AaB	22	3	6	13	18	33	−15	15

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.

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
Nordsjælland	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Copenhagen	11	5	8	5	8	5	8	6	6	9	6	7	7	8	6	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Viborg	2	6	4	7	5	6	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3
AGF	10	4	6	3	3	2	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	8	5	7	4	4	4
Randers	7	8	7	6	4	4	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	3	6	6	7	4	5	6	5
Brøndby	3	7	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	9	8	10	9	10	10	9	5	8	5	6
Silkeborg	6	3	2	2	2	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	8	8	6	7	7
Midtjylland	12	11	12	12	12	11	9	11	10	8	7	5	5	5	8	8	7	4	6	7	9	8
OB	4	2	3	4	6	7	6	7	7	6	9	10	9	6	4	5	5	6	9	9	8	9
Horsens	8	10	5	8	7	8	7	8	8	7	8	8	10	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
Lyngby	5	9	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
AaB	9	12	11	11	11	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12

Source: Weltfussball

Placement Progression

Results

Home \ Away	AAB	AGF	ACH	BRO	COP	LYN	MID	NOR	ODE	RAN	SIL	VIB
AaB	—	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–3	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–3
AGF	3–1	—	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–0	0–1	2–3	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–1
Horsens	0–0	2–1	—	0–2	1–4	1–0	3–3	1–0	3–3	5–1	3–2	0–3
Brøndby	3–2	1–0	5–2	—	1–1	3–3	0–2	1–3	2–0	2–2	2–1	0–2
Copenhagen	1–0	1–0	0–1	4–1	—	3–0	1–1	1–1	7–0	1–3	1–0	2–1
Lyngby	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–3	—	3–3	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–1
Midtjylland	0–2	0–2	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–3	—	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–3	1–1
Nordsjælland	5–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	2–1	1–1	—	4–2	3–1	0–2	1–0
OB	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–5	0–2	—	0–0	1–1	1–2
Randers	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–3	0–2	1–0	0–0	0–2	2–2	—	3–2	1–0
Silkeborg	3–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–3	0–2	3–3	2–1	1–2	3–3	—	1–2
Viborg	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	4–2	2–1	0–4	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 19 March 2023. 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	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L
AGF	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W
Brøndby	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	D	D	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	L
Copenhagen	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Horsens	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	D
Lyngby	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	W	D
Midtjylland	D	L	W	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	D	L	D	D	W	L	D	L	D
Nordsjælland	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	W
OB	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	D	D	D	L	L	W	L
Randers	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	D	W	D	L	W
Silkeborg	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	D
Viborg	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	L

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	NOR	AGF	VIB	BRO	RAN
1	Copenhagen (C)	32	18	5	9	61	35	+26	59	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round		—	2–1	4–3	2–1	0–1	1–1
2	Nordsjælland	32	15	10	7	50	35	+15	55	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round		3–2	—	0–1	0–0	2–1	3–1
3	AGF	32	14	9	9	42	31	+11	51	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round		0–0	1–1	—	3–0	3–3	1–1
4	Viborg	32	14	9	9	44	35	+9	51	Qualification for the European play-off match		1–2	1–0	0–1	—	1–1	3–1
5	Brøndby	32	12	8	12	48	52	−4	44			1–3	5–1	1–0	0–3	—	0–4
6	Randers	32	10	11	11	40	47	−7	41			1–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–3	—

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.^[17][18]
(C) Champions

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 from round 22 are also given.

Team ╲ Round	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
Copenhagen	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
Nordsjælland	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2
AGF	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3
Viborg	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4
Brøndby	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5
Randers	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6

Source:

Qualification 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		MID	ODE	SIL	LYN	ACH	AAB
1	Midtjylland (O)	32	13	12	7	55	39	+16	51	Qualification for the European play-off match		—	4–2	3–0	1–0	3–1	1–1
2	OB	32	12	10	10	47	53	−6	46			1–3	—	2–0	2–2	2–1	1–1
3	Silkeborg	32	11	8	13	44	49	−5	41			3–3	0–1	—	1–0	1–2	2–2
4	Lyngby	32	6	10	16	30	49	−19	28			2–1	0–4	1–1	—	2–1	2–1
5	Horsens (R)	32	7	7	18	33	58	−25	28	Relegation to Danish 1st Division		0–2	2–2	0–1	0–0	—	0–4
6	AaB (R)	32	6	9	17	34	45	−11	27			0–2	2–3	0–1	1–0	4–0	—

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.^[17][18]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

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.

Team ╲ Round	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
Midtjylland	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
OB	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Silkeborg	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Lyngby	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	10
Horsens	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	11
AaB	12	11	11	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	12

Source:

European play-offs

The 4th-placed team of the championship round advances to a play-off match against the winning team of the qualification round (no. 7) in a single-leg tie, with the team from the championship round as hosts. The winner earns a place in the Europa Conference League second qualifying round.

European play-off match

9 June 2023

19:00

Viborg	0–1	Midtjylland
	Report	Şimşir 65'

Energi Viborg Stadium, Viborg

Attendance: 8,356

Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard

Season statistics

As of 21 May 2023^[19]

Top scorers and assists

Topscorers ranking

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Patrick Mortensen	Aarhus GF	15
	Gustav Isaksen	FC Midtjylland
3	Viktor Claesson	FC København	12
4	Ohi Omoijuanfo	Brøndby IF	11
	Ernest Nuamah	FC Nordsjælland
6	Andreas Schjelderup	FC Nordsjælland	10
	Tonni Adamsen	Silkeborg IF
8	Jay-Roy Grot	Viborg FF	9
9	Anders Dreyer	FC Midtjylland	8
	Allan Sousa	AaB
	Bashkim Kadrii	OB
	Nicolai Vallys	Brøndby IF
	Mohamed Daramy	FC København

Assists ranking

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Nicolai Vallys	Brøndby IF	7
2	Jacob Christensen	FC Nordsjælland	6
	Brian Hämäläinen	Lyngby BK
	Allan Sousa	AaB
5	Kasper Kusk	Silkeborg IF	5
	Louka Prip	AaB
	Anton Gaaei	Viborg FF
	Kristoffer Olsson	FC Midtjylland
9	15 Players		4

Attendances

#	Football club	Home games	Average attendance[20]
1	FC København	11	28,860
2	Brøndby IF	11	19,141
3	Aarhus GF	11	14,558
4	Odense BK	11	9,731
5	FC Midtjylland	11	8,497
6	AaB	11	8,186
7	Viborg FF	11	6,439
8	Randers FC	11	6,380
9	Lyngby BK	11	6,059
10	FC Nordsjælland	11	5,776
11	Silkeborg IF	11	5,296
12	AC Horsens	11	4,458