2008–09 Danish Superliga

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Season 2008–09 Average goals/game 2.75 Location Denmark		Champions League F.C. Copenhagen Dates 19 Jul 2008 – 31 May 2009 Goals scored 544

Champions F.C. Copenhagen 7th Superliga title 7th top-flight Danish title Europa League Odense BK Brøndby IF AaB (via domestic cup) Randers (via Fair Play) Top goalscorer Morten Nordstrand Marc Nygaard (16 goals both) Relegated Vejle Boldklub, AC Horsens Similar 2011–12 Danish Superliga, 2015–16 Danish Superliga, 2014–15 Danish Superliga

The 2008–09 Danish Superliga was the 19th season of Danish Superliga league championship, which determines the winners of the Danish football championship, governed by the Danish Football Association. The season started on 19 July 2008 and ended on 31 May 2009. The defending champions were Aalborg BK.

The Danish champions qualified for the UEFA Champions League 2009–10 qualifying round. Runners-up and 3rd placed team qualified for UEFA Europa League 2009–10 qualifying rounds. 11th and 12th placed teams were relegated to the 1st Division. The 1st Division champions and runners-up were promoted to the Superliga. Originally the top 4 teams were supposed to qualify for the Royal Cup 2010, but due to economic problems the Scandinavian tournament was cancelled for the third year in a row.

Promotion and relegation

The following teams were promoted to Superliga after the end of the 2007–08 season:

Vejle BK (winners)

SønderjyskE (runners-up)

The following teams were relegated from Superliga after the end of the 2007–08 season:

Viborg FF (11th placed)

Lyngby BK (12th placed)

League table

Source: dbu.dk (Danish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Because F.C. Copenhagen, winners of Danish Cup 2008–09, also won the league, Odense BK as league runners-up earned a spot in the third while cup runners-up AaB qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
²Denmark was ranked second in the UEFA Fair Play Ranking and thereby earned an additional Europa League spot, with the winners of national Fair Play competition entering in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. That spot was granted to Randers FC because they were the best team in the national Fair Play competition which has not already qualified for Europe.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Matchday 1–11

Source: dbu.dk (Danish)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Matchday 12–33

Goals

Source: dbu.dk (Danish)

Own goals

Frank Hansen (Esbjerg) for Vejle (27 July 2008)

Sladan Peric (Vejle) for AaB (2 August 2008)

Morten Rasmussen (Horsens) for Midtjylland (3 August 2008)

Michael Beauchamp (AaB) for Copenhagen (21 September 2008)

Alexander Östlund (Esbjerg) for OB (19 October 2008)

Michael Stryger (SønderjyskE) for Randers (2 November 2008)

Michael Jakobsen (AaB) for Esbjerg (16 November 2008)

Jacob Stolberg (SønderjyskE) for Brøndby (22 November 2008)

Søren Berg (Randers) for Brøndby (21 March 2009)

Kristijan Ipša (Midtjylland) for AGF (13 April 2009)

Adam Eckersley (Horsens) for Copenhagen (25 April 2009)

Sölvi Ottesen (SønderjyskE) for Midtjylland (27 April 2009)

Scoring

First goal of the season: Bedi Buval for Randers against AGF (19 July 2008)

Fastest goal in a match: Frank Kristensen (17 seconds) for Midtjylland against Brøndby (31 May 2009)

Widest Winning Margin: SønderjyskE 0–6 Brøndby (22 November 2008)

Most Goals in a Match: Brøndby 4–3 Horsens (3 November 2008) / Copenhagen 5–2 Horsens (7 December 2008) / Nordsjælland 6–1 Randers (10 April 2009) / OB 6–1 AGF (4 May 2009)

First hat-trick of the season: Babajide Collins Babatunde for Midtjylland against OB (10 August 2008)