2019–20_Danish_Women's_League

2019–20 Danish Women's League

Football league season

The 2019–20 Elitedivisionen also known as Gjensidige Kvindeligaen is the 48th season of the highest women's football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 8 teams each year in Denmark. Brøndby IF are the defending champions and FC Nordsjælland made their debut in the league.

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Elitedivisionen
Season	2019–20
Champions	Fortuna Hjørring
Relegated	Odense Q Ballerup-Skovlunde Fodbold
Matches played	86
Goals scored	318 (3.7 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nicoline Sørensen (16 goals)
Biggest home win	6 goals: BRØ 7–1 KOL (21 Sep)
Biggest away win	6 goals: ODE 1–7 THY (19 Oct)
Highest scoring	13 goals: FOR 8–5 ODE (21 Sep)
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Fortuna Hjørring won the league for the 11th time in the club's history, while Odense Q and Ballerup-Skovlunde Fodbold relegated to Kvinde 1. division.^[1]^[2]

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

On 6 March 2020, all sport in Denmark were locked down and banned during the coronavirus pandemic, until mid of April.^[3]^[4] In May, it was announced that the season would restart on 6 June and the remaining matches of the season would be played behind closed doors. The Championship round and the Qualification round, were reduced from a total of 10 matches to 5 matches, per team.^[5]

On 10 June 2020, it was decided to reopen stadiums for spectators, with up to 500 people.^[6]

Broadcasting

In May 2020, the Danish Football Union announced that they had signed a TV-deal with Discovery, Inc., where a number of matches will be shown on Eurosport 2 and Sport Live, as well as the streaming service Dplay.^[7]

Teams

Location of clubs for the 2019–20 season

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Region	Team	Location	Ground	Capacity
Hovedstaden	Brøndby IF	Brøndby	Brøndby Stadion	29,000
	BSF Skovlunde	Ballerup	Ballerup Idrætspark	4,000
	FC Nordsjælland	Farum	Farum Park	10,300
Syddanmark	KoldingQ	Kolding	Fynske Bank Arena	2,500
Syddanmark	Odense Q	Odense	Vejlby/Risskov Centret	1,200
Midtjylland	VSK Aarhus	Aarhus	Vejlby Stadion	5,200
Nordjylland	Fortuna Hjørring	Hjørring	Hjørring Stadion	7,500
Nordjylland	FC Thy-Thisted Q	Thisted	Sparekassen Thy Arena	3,000

Personnel and kits

As of 4 June 2020

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Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Brøndby	Per Nielsen	Louise Kristiansen	Hummel	Arbejdernes Landsbank
Fortuna Hjørring	Niclas Hougaard Hansen	Caroline Rask	New Balance	Sportmaster, Nord Energi
Ballerup-Skovlunde Fodbold	Kasper Klarskov	Michelle Madsen	Joma	SuperBrugsen, Dystan Rosenberg, Ballerup Bladet
FC Nordsjælland	Brian Sørensen	Catrine Gryholt	Nike, Inc.	Arbejdernes Landsbank, DHL
FC Thy-Thisted Q	Torben Overgaard	Matilde Kjeldgaard	Adidas	Skyum, Intersport, Armiga A/S
Kolding Q	Anders Jensen	Louise Eriksen	Nike, Inc.	A/S Bolind-Handel
Odense Q	Steen Hansen	Tenna Kappel	Joma	Folkesparekassen
VSK Aarhus	Anders Nim	Christina Ravn	Puma	Bistorante Italia

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Position in table
Odense Q	Morten Christiansen	Sacked	27 June 2019^[8]	Steen Hansen	1 July 2019^[9]	Pre-season
Ballerup-Skovlunde Fodbold	Peer Lisdorf	Sacked	3 October 2019^[10]	Kasper Klarskov	1 January 2019^[11]	8th
Fortuna Hjørring	Carrie Kveton	Signed by OL Reign	24 November 2019^[12]	Niclas Hougaard Hansen	1 January 2020^[13]	1st
VSK Aarhus	Hans Paarup	Resigned	27 November 2019^[14]	Anders Nim	1 January 2019^[15]	5th
Kolding Q	Peter Pedersen	Sacked	3 December 2019^[16]	Anders Jensen	1 January 2020^[17]	6th

Results

Main round

Teams play each other twice. Top six advance to the championship round.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fortuna Hjørring	14	9	3	2	38	17	+21	30	Championship Round
2	Brøndby IF	14	9	2	3	50	20	+30	29
3	FC Nordsjælland	14	8	2	4	29	14	+15	26
4	FC Thy-Thisted Q	14	5	6	3	34	18	+16	21
5	VSK Aarhus	14	6	3	5	25	21	+4	21
6	KoldingQ	14	4	3	7	14	30	−16	15
7	Odense Q	14	3	1	10	24	49	−25	10	Relegation Round
8	Ballerup-Skovlunde Fodbold	14	1	2	11	12	47	−35	5	Relegation Round

Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2020. Source: Dansk Boldspil Union^[18]
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

Teams play five matches. Points are reset, but bonus points are awarded for the placement in the main round. 10 points for first place, 8 points for second place and then 6, 4, 2 and 0.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fortuna Hjørring (C, Q)	5	4	1	0	9	2	+7	23	Qualification to Champions League
2	Brøndby (Q)	5	4	1	0	8	2	+6	21	Qualification to Champions League
3	FC Nordsjælland	5	2	0	3	6	7	−1	12
4	FC Thy-Thisted Q	5	1	0	4	3	8	−5	7
5	KoldingQ	5	2	0	3	5	4	+1	6
6	VSK Aarhus	5	1	0	4	7	15	−8	5

Updated to match(es) played on 28 June 2020. Source: ^[19]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Qualification round

Teams play five matches, the first and second place are promoted to the league.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	HB Køge (Q)	5	5	0	0	13	1	+12	15	Qualification to 2020–21 Elitedivisionen
2	AaB (Q)	5	4	0	1	12	6	+6	12	Qualification to 2020–21 Elitedivisionen
3	Odense Q	5	2	1	2	12	9	+3	7
4	B.93	5	2	0	3	8	10	−2	6
5	Vildbjerg SF	5	1	1	3	6	11	−5	4
6	Ballerup-Skovlunde Fodbold	5	0	0	5	3	17	−14	0

Updated to match(es) played on 28 June 2020. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Top scorers

As of 8 July 2020

Source:^[20]^[21]

More information Rank, Player ...

Regular season

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nicoline Sørensen	Brøndby IF	16
2	Caroline Møller	Fortuna Hjørring	12
3	Nanna Christiansen	Brøndby IF	11
4	Rikke Dybdahl	FC Thy-Thisted Q	9
4	Sanni Franssi	Fortuna Hjørring	9
6	Camilla Kur Larsen	FC Nordsjælland	8
7	Tenna Kappel	Odense Q	7
7	Cecilie Fløe	Odense Q	7
9	Louise Kristiansen	Brøndby IF	6
9	Malene Sørensen	FC Thy-Thisted Q	6

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nicoline Sørensen	Brøndby IF	16
2	Nanna Christiansen	Brøndby IF	14
3	Caroline Møller	Fortuna Hjørring	13
4	Sanni Franssi	Fortuna Hjørring	10
5	Rikke Dybdahl	FC Thy-Thisted Q	9
6	Sarah Dyrehauge Hansen	FC Thy-Thisted Q	8
7	Emma Snerle	Fortuna Hjørring	6
	Olivia Holdt	VSK Aarhus
	Josefine Hasbo	Brøndby IF
	Janni Thomsen	VSK Aarhus

Player of the Month

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Month	Player
Month	Player	Club
August	Nicoline Sørensen	Brøndby IF
September	Cecilie Fløe	Odense Q
October	Caroline Møller Hansen	Fortuna Hjørring
November	Emma Snerle	Fortuna Hjørring

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[2]
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"Sporten lukker ned i Danmark: Få overblikket her" (in Danish). TV2. 6 March 2020.
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"DBU: Dansk fodbold lukker ned til efter påske" (in Danish). DR. 23 March 2020.
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"Kvindeligaen starter igen: Slutspillet halveres" (in Danish). Nordjyske Stiftstidende. 27 May 2020.
[6]
"Slutspillet i Gjensidige Kvindeliga er klar til tilskuere" (in Danish). Danish Football Union. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
[7]
"Gjensidige Kvindeliga genstarter med historisk Tv-dækning". kvindeliga.dk. 29 May 2020.
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"Morten Christiansen stopper som cheftræner i Odense Q". odenseq.dk. 27 June 2019.
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"Ligaholdets nye trænerteam: Steen Hansen & Serge Bodjo". odenseq.dk. 28 June 2019.
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"Peer Lisdorf stopper med øjeblikkelig virkning i BSF". fodboldforpiger.dk. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
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"BSF hyrer tidligere FCN-træner til kvindeeliteholdet". fodboldforpiger.dk. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
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"Fortuna: Cheftræner stopper øjeblikkeligt" (in Danish). TV2/Nord. 24 November 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
[13]
"Ungdomstræner skal stå i spidsen for Fortuna Hjørring" (in Danish). bold.dk. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
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"Cheftræner Hans Paarup stopper i VSK Aarhus". kvindesport.dk. 27 November 2019.
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"Ny cheftræner på plads i VSK Aarhus". kvindesport.dk. 29 December 2019.
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"Trænerteamet træder tilbage i KoldingQ". kvindesport.dk. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
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"KoldingQ præsenterer ny træner". kvindesport.dk. 14 December 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
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"Championship round". soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
[20]
"Topscorerliste". Retrieved 27 May 2020.
[21]
"Topscorerliste Slutspil". Retrieved 24 June 2020.

External links

Stillinger og resultater dbu.dk
Summary - Elitedivisionen on soccerway.com

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