2014–15 Danish Superliga

The 2014–15 Danish Superliga season was the 25th season of the Danish Superliga, which decides the Danish football championship.

Danish Superliga

Season	2014–15
Champions	Midtjylland
Relegated	Vestsjælland Silkeborg
Champions League	Midtjylland
Europa League	Copenhagen Brøndby Randers
Matches played	198
Goals scored	478 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorer	Martin Pušić Mads Hvilsom (15 goals both)
Biggest home win	Brøndby 5–0 Vestsjælland AaB 5–0 Hobro
Biggest away win	Hobro 1–5 Midtjylland Silkeborg 0–4 Copenhagen
Highest scoring	Midtjylland 5–2 Randers Esbjerg 5–2 Silkeborg
Longest winning run	5 matches Midtjylland
Longest unbeaten run	10 matches Copenhagen
Longest winless run	18 matches Silkeborg
Longest losing run	8 matches Silkeborg
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

Since Denmark dropped from fifteenth to nineteenth place in the 2014 UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2013–14 season, only the champion of the league qualified for the UEFA Champions League; that club would commence its campaign in the second qualifying round. Furthermore, the second and third-place clubs would now enter the UEFA Europa League in the first qualifying round.^[1]

Teams

AGF and Viborg FF finished the 2013–14 season in 11th and 12th place, respectively, and were relegated to the 2014–15 1st Division.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2013–14 1st Division champions Silkeborg IF and the runners-up Hobro IK.

On 17 July 2014, the national stadium and home to FC København changed its official name to Telia Parken due to a sponsorship agreement with Telia.^[2]

Stadia and locations

 

 

AaB

 

Brøndby IF

 

 

Esbjerg fB

 

FC Midtjylland

 

FC Nordsjælland

 

FC Vestsjælland

 

Hobro IK

 

OB

 

Randers FC

 

Silkeborg IF

 

SønderjyskE

 

FC Copenhagen

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Locations of the Danish Superliga 2014–15 teams

Club	Location	Stadium	Turf	Capacity	2013–14 position
AaB	Aalborg	Nordjyske Arena	Natural	13,797	1st
Brøndby IF	Brøndby	Brøndby Stadium	Natural	29,000	4th
Esbjerg fB	Esbjerg	Blue Water Arena	Natural	18,000	5th
FC Copenhagen	Copenhagen	Telia Parken^[2]	Natural	38,065	2nd
FC Midtjylland	Herning	MCH Arena	Natural	11,800	3rd
FC Nordsjælland	Farum	Farum Park	Artificial	9,900	6th
FC Vestsjælland	Slagelse	Harboe Arena Slagelse	Natural	10,000	9th
Hobro IK	Hobro	DS Arena	Natural	9,000	1D, 2nd
OB	Odense	TRE-FOR Park	Natural	15,633	8th
Randers FC	Randers	AutoC Park Randers	Natural	12,000	7th
Silkeborg IF	Silkeborg	Mascot Park	Natural	9,565	1D, 1st
SønderjyskE	Haderslev	Sydbank Park	Natural	10,000	10th

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	Kent Nielsen	Thomas Augustinussen	adidas	Spar Nord
Brøndby IF	Thomas Frank	Mikkel Thygesen (-2015), Thomas Kahlenberg (2015-)	hummel	Bet25.dk
Esbjerg fB	Niels Frederiksen	Hans Henrik Andreasen	Nike	Sydenergi
F.C. Copenhagen	Ståle Solbakken	Thomas Delaney	adidas	Carlsberg
FC Midtjylland	Glen Riddersholm	Kristian Bak Nielsen	Wunderelf	Nordea
FC Nordsjælland	Ólafur Kristjánsson	Patrick Mtiliga	Diadora	City Container (-2014), DHL (2015-)
FC Vestsjælland	Michael Hansen	Henrik Madsen	Mitre	Harboes Bryggeri
Hobro IK	Jonas Dal	Rasmus Ingeman	Mitre	Spar Nord
OB	Ove Pedersen	Ari Freyr Skúlason	Puma	Carlsberg
Randers FC	Colin Todd	Christian Keller	Warrior	Verdo
Silkeborg IF	Kim Poulsen	Frank Hansen	uhlsport	Mascot International
SønderjyskE	Lars Søndergaard	Niels Lodberg	Diadora	Frøs Herreds Sparekasse

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Position in table
FC Nordsjælland	Kasper Hjulmand	End of contract and signed by FSV Mainz 05	30 June 2014^[3]	Ólafur Kristjánsson	1 July 2014^[4]	Pre-Season
FC Vestsjælland	Ove Pedersen	End of contract	30 June 2014^[5]	Michael Hansen	1 July 2014^[6]	Pre-Season
OB	Troels Bech	Sacked	30 September 2014^[7]	Ove Pedersen	30 September 2014^[7]	11th
Silkeborg IF	Jesper Sørensen	Sacked	8 December 2014^[8]	Kim Poulsen	8 December 2014^[8]	12th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Midtjylland (C)	33	22	5	6	64	34	+30	71	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Copenhagen	33	20	7	6	40	22	+18	67	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
3	Brøndby IF	33	16	7	10	43	29	+14	55	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round^[a]
4	Randers FC	33	14	10	9	39	28	+11	52
5	AaB	33	13	9	11	39	31	+8	48
6	FC Nordsjælland	33	13	5	15	39	44	−5	44
7	Hobro IK	33	11	10	12	40	47	−7	43
8	Esbjerg fB	33	10	10	13	47	45	+2	40
9	OB	33	11	7	15	35	43	−8	40
10	SønderjyskE	33	7	16	10	35	44	−9	37
11	FC Vestsjælland (R)	33	9	6	18	31	52	−21	33	Relegation to Danish 1st Division
12	Silkeborg IF (R)	33	2	8	23	26	59	−33	14

Source: Danish Superliga
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Copenhagen qualified for Europa League second qualifying round by winning the 2014–15 Danish Cup. Therefore the spots awarded to the runners-up and third-placed teams are passed down to the third-placed team and fourth-placed team respectively.

Results

Matchday 1–11 Home \ Away AaB BIF EfB FCK FCM FCN FCV HIK OB RFC SIF SJE AaB 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 Brøndby 2–1 5–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 Esbjerg fB 2–2 3–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 Copenhagen 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–3 1–0 Midtjylland 3–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 3–1 2–1 Nordsjælland 0–3 3–2 2–1 3–2 2–1 2–3 Vestsjælland 1–0 2–2 3–1 2–0 1–1 Hobro 2–0 1–1 1–5 0–0 3–1 OB 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 Randers FC 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 Silkeborg 2–2 0–0 1–2 2–2 0–2 SønderjyskE 0–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 Source: Danish Football Association (in Danish) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matchday 12–33 Home \ Away AaB BIF EfB FCK FCM FCN FCV HIK OB RFC SIF SJE AaB 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 5–0 0–2 2–1 2–0 1–4 Brøndby 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 4–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 Esbjerg fB 1–3 0–0 0–1 3–3 0–0 2–1 4–2 0–2 0–0 5–2 2–3 Copenhagen 1–0 3–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 Midtjylland 2–0 2–3 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 5–2 1–0 2–1 Nordsjælland 1–0 2–0 1–3 0–0 1–0 2–0 4–2 1–2 0–3 1–0 4–0 Vestsjælland 2–1 0–1 1–4 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 3–1 0–1 Hobro 1–0 3–0 3–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 0–1 2–2 2–2 OB 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–2 3–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 Randers FC 1–1 1–1 3–2 3–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–2 0–0 Silkeborg 1–2 0–2 1–3 0–4 1–2 2–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–2 2–2 SønderjyskE 0–3 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–4 Source: Danish Football Association (in Danish) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers Updated including all games played on 7 June 2015. Rank Player Club Goals 1   Martin Pušić Esbjerg fB/FC Midtjylland 17 2   Mads Dittmer Hvilsom Hobro IK 16 3   Morten Nicolas Rasmussen FC Midtjylland 13 4   Mikael Ishak Randers FC 11 5   Rasmus Kanstrup Festersen FC Vestsjælland 10   Anders Kvindebjerg Jacobsen AaB   Nicolai Jørgensen FC Copenhagen   Uffe Manich Bech FC Nordsjælland 9   Sylvester Emeka Igboun FC Midtjylland 9   Teemu Pukki Brøndby IF   Baye Djiby Fall Randers FC   Marvin Pourié SønderjyskE Source: Goalscorers

Top assists Updated including all games played on 19. April 2015. Rank Player Club Assists 1   Jakob Poulsen FC Midtjylland 10 2   Sylvester Igboun FC Midtjylland 5   Joshua John FC Nordsjælland   Ludwig Augustinsson Copenhagen 5   Ryan Laursen Esbjerg fB 4   Patrick Mtiliga FC Nordsjælland   Ari Skúlason OB   Johnny Thomsen Randers FC Source: Assists

Awards

Monthly awards

Month Player of the Month Reference Player Club August   Quincy Antipas Hobro IK ^[9] September   Sylvester Igboun FC Midtjylland ^[10] October   Teemu Pukki Brøndby IF ^[11] November   Karl-Johan Johnsson Randers FC ^[12] March   Erik Sviatchenko FC Midtjylland ^[13]

Other awards Season Player Club Reference Autumn   Pione Sisto FC Midtjylland ^[14]

References

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