2009–10 Danish Superliga

Updated on Dec 16, 2023

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Season 2009–10 Champions League FC Copenhagen Biggest home win Copenhagen 7–1 Køge Champion F.C. Copenhagen Matches played 198		Champions FC Copenhagen Top goalscorer Peter Utaka (18) Dates 18 Jul 2009 – 16 May 2010 Goals scored 515

Europa League OB Brøndby IF FC Nordsjælland (via Cup) Randers FC (via fair play) Relegated Aarhus Gymnastikforening, HB Køge Similar 2011–12 Danish Superliga, 2014–15 Danish Superliga, 2015–16 Danish Superliga

The 2009–10 Danish Superliga season was the 20th season of the Danish Superliga league championship, which determinates the winners of the Danish football championship. It is governed by the Danish Football Association. The tournament started on 18 July 2009 and concluded on 16 May 2010.

The Danish champions qualify for UEFA Champions League 2010–11 qualification and the Royal Cup 2011. Runners-up and 3rd placed team qualify for UEFA Europa League 2010–11 qualification and Royal Cup, while the 4th placed team qualify for Royal Cup. The 11th and 12th placed teams will be relegated to the 1st Division. The 1st Division champions and runners-up will be promoted to the Superliga.

On 5 May 2010, FC Copenhagen won the title for the eighth time in 17 years after defeating HB Køge 4–0.

League table

Source: Danish Football Association (Danish)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹FC Nordsjælland gained their Europa League-spot through winning the 2009–10 Danish Cup
²Randers FC gained their Europa League-spot through the fair play competition.
(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: Danish Football Association (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 (Danish)

Own goals

Allan K. Jepsen (Randers) for Brøndby (17 August 2009)

Jim Larsen (Silkeborg) for AGF (22 August 2009)

Nicklas Svendsen (HB Køge) for Odense (20 September 2009)

Mikkel Vendelbo (Esbjerg) for AGF (28 September 2009)

Anders Egholm (SønderjyskE) for AGF (3 October 2009)

Nenad Novakovic (Nordsjælland) for Brøndby (4 October 2009)

Winston Reid (Midtjylland) for AGF (31 October 2009)

Jens Gjesing (AGF) for Midtjylland (31 October 2009)

Jens Gjesing (AGF) for HB Køge (7 November 2009)

Jim Larsen (Silkeborg) for Odense (7 November 2009)

Kevin Conboy (Esbjerg) for Brøndby (8 November 2009)

Kian Hansen (Esbjerg) for Nordsjælland (21 March 2010)

Anders Østli (SønderjyskE) for Copenhagen (21 March 2010)

Kasper Bøgelund (AaB) for Randers FC (5 May 2010)

Jakob Poulsen (AGF) for SønderjyskE (6 May 2010)

Mikkel Bischoff (Brøndby IF) for Randers FC (16 May 2010)

Scoring

First goal of the season: Stephan Petersen for Nordsjælland against Copenhagen (18 July 2009)

Fastest goal in a match: Peter Graulund (16 seconds) for AGF against AaB (20 July 2009)

Widest Winning Margin: Copenhagen 7–1 HB Køge (25 July 2009)

Most Goals in a Match: Brøndby 6–3 Nordsjælland (4 October 2009)

First hat-trick of the season: Rajko Lekic for Silkeborg against Midtjylland (26 July 2009)

Cards

First yellow card: Benjamin Kibebe for Nordsjælland against Copenhagen (18 July 2009)

First red card: Tim Janssen for Esbjerg against Brøndby (26 July 2009)

Fastest red card in a match: Johan Absalonsen (55 minutes) for OB against AGF (3 August 2009)

Attendances

Source: DanskFodbold.com (Danish)

Venues

The Danish Football Association has listed a number of requirements to the venues hosting Superliga football. These include a minimum capacity of 10,000, hereof at least 3,000 seats. Further is under-soil heating a demand. It is possible for a club to get dispensation for some of the requirements for a year, after promotion to the league.