# 2021–22 Danish Superliga

The 2021–22 Danish Superliga (officially the 3F Superliga for sponsorship reasons) was the 32nd season of the Danish Superliga. Brøndby were the defending champions. The season began on 16 July 2021 and ended on 29 May 2022.

## Teams

Lyngby Boldklub (relegated after two years in the top flight) and AC Horsens (relegated after five years in the top flight) finished the 2020–21 season in 11th and 12th place, respectively, and were relegated to the 2021–22 1st Division.
The relegated teams were replaced by 2020–21 1st Division champions Viborg FF, who returned after four years of absence, as well as the runners-up Silkeborg IF who returned after a one-year absence.

### Stadia and locations

| Club | Location | Stadium | Turf | Capacity | 2020–21 position |
| AaB | Aalborg | Aalborg Portland Park | Hybrid | 13,797 | 7th |
| AGF | Aarhus | Ceres Park | Hybrid | 20,032 | 4th |
| Brøndby | Brøndby | Brøndby Stadium | Hybrid | 29,000 | 1st |
| Copenhagen | Copenhagen | Parken | Hybrid | 38,065 | 3rd |
| Midtjylland | Herning | MCH Arena | Natural | 11,800 | 2nd |
| Nordsjælland | Farum | Right to Dream Park | Artificial | 9,900 | 5th |
| OB | Odense | Nature Energy Park | Natural | 15,633 | 9th |
| Randers | Randers | BioNutria Park Randers | Natural | 12,000 | 6th |
| Silkeborg IF | Silkeborg | JYSK Park | Artificial | 10,000 | 1D, 2nd |
| SønderjyskE | Haderslev | Sydbank Park | Natural | 10,000 | 8th |
| Vejle | Vejle | Vejle Stadion | Natural | 10,418 | 10th |
| Viborg FF | Viborg | Energi Viborg Arena | Hybrid | 9,566 | 1D, 1st |

### 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 | Lars Friis | Lucas Andersen | Macron | Spar Nord |
| AGF | David Nielsen | Patrick Mortensen | Hummel | Ceres |
| Brøndby IF | Niels Frederiksen | Andreas Maxsø | Hummel | Booztlet |
| Copenhagen | Jess Thorup | Zeca | Adidas | Unibet |
| Midtjylland | Bo Henriksen | Erik Sviatchenko | Nike | Det Faglige Hus |
| Nordsjælland | Flemming Pedersen | Kian Hansen | Nike | DHL |
| OB | Andreas Alm | Jens Jakob Thomasen | Hummel | Albani |
| Randers | Thomas Thomasberg | Erik Marxen | Puma | Verdo A/S |
| Silkeborg IF | Kent Nielsen | Nicklas Helenius | Uhlsport | JYSK |
| SønderjyskE | Henrik Hansen | Marc Dal Hende | Hummel | Danfoss |
| Vejle Boldklub | Ivan Prelec | Jacob Schoop | Hummel | Arbejdernes Landsbank |
| Viborg FF | Jacob Friis | Jeppe Grønning | Nike | Peter Larsen Kaffe |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| SønderjyskE | Glen Riddersholm | Sacked | 26 May 2021 | Michael Boris | 1 July 2021 | Pre-season |
| FC Midtjylland | Brian Priske | Signed by Royal Antwerp | 29 May 2021 | Bo Henriksen | 1 July 2021 | Pre-season |
| OB | Michael Hemmingsen | Returned to Director of Sports | 31 May 2021 | Andreas Alm | 1 June 2021 | Pre-season |
| Vejle Boldklub | Constantin Gâlcă | End of contract | 30 June 2021 | Carit Falch | 1 July 2021 | Pre-season |
| Vejle Boldklub | Carit Falch | Sacked | 17 August 2021 | Peter Sørensen | 24 August 2021 | 12th |
| SønderjyskE | Michael Boris | Sacked | 1 November 2021 | Henrik Hansen | 16 December 2021 | 11th |
| AaB | Martí Cifuentes | Signed by Hammarby IF | 12 January 2022 | Oscar Hiljemark (caretaker) | 22 February 2022 | 4th |
| Viborg FF | Lars Friis | Suspended (Signed by AaB) | 25 January 2022 | Jacob Friis | 3 February 2022 | 8th |
| AaB | Oscar Hiljemark | End of tenure as caretaker | 9 March 2022 | Lars Friis | 9 March 2022 | 4th |
| Vejle Boldklub | Peter Sørensen | Sacked | 14 March 2022 | Ivan Prelec | 15 March 2022 | 11th |

#### Note

* ↑ Lars Friis was signed by AaB as manager on 25 January, but his contract with Viborg prevented him from starting in that job until 1 August 2022. Viborg FF decided to suspend him and hire a new manager. Viborg and AaB agreed on a compensation in March 2022, which meant that Friis could start on 9 March 2022

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Copenhagen | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 43 | 13 | +30 | 48 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | Midtjylland | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 22 | +15 | 42 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | Brøndby | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 24 | +6 | 40 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | AaB | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 38 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Randers | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 33 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 6 | Silkeborg | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 34 | 21 | +13 | 31 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 7 | Viborg | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 27 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 8 | AGF | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 29 | −5 | 26 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 9 | OB | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 31 | 35 | −4 | 21 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 10 | Nordsjælland | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 37 | −13 | 21 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 11 | Vejle | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 48 | −27 | 16 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 12 | SønderjyskE | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 41 | −24 | 13 | Qualification for the Relegation round |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AAB | AGF | BRO | COP | MID | NOR | ODE | RAN | SIL | SON | VEJ | VIB |
| AaB | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–5 |
| AGF | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Brøndby | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 |
| Copenhagen | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Midtjylland | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 |
| Nordsjælland | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 2–2 | — | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| OB | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 2–3 |
| Randers | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 |
| Silkeborg | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 |
| SønderjyskE | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–6 | — | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Vejle | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 3–1 | — | 1–1 |
| Viborg | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — |

#### 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 | D | L | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | W | W |
| AGF | D | D | L | L | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | D | D | W | L | L | D | D |
| Brøndby | D | D | D | L | L | D | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L |
| Copenhagen | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Midtjylland | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | D | L | D | W | L | W |
| Nordsjælland | L | D | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | D | L | L | D | W | D | L |
| OB | W | D | L | L | D | D | D | W | L | D | W | L | D | D | L | L | W | L | D | D | L | L |
| Randers | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | D | L | W | D |
| Silkeborg | D | D | D | W | D | L | W | D | L | W | W | D | D | W | D | D | D | W | W | L | L | L |
| SønderjyskE | D | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | D | D |
| Vejle | L | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | D | L | W |
| Viborg | W | D | L | L | L | W | D | L | D | D | D | D | W | L | D | W | D | W | L | L | W | D |

## 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 | MID | SIL | BRO | AAB | RAN |
| 1 | Copenhagen (C) | 32 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 56 | 19 | +37 | 68 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| 2 | Midtjylland | 32 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 59 | 33 | +26 | 65 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round | 0–0 | — | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| 3 | Silkeborg | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 54 | 37 | +17 | 49 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round | 3–1 | 1–4 | — | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Brøndby | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 48 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | — | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| 5 | AaB | 32 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 47 | 45 | +2 | 45 | Qualification for the European play-off match | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | — | 3–0 |
| 6 | Randers | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 43 | | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | — |

## Relegation 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 | VIB | ODE | NOR | AGF | VEJ | SON |
| 1 | Viborg (O) | 32 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 44 | Qualification for the European play-off match | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| 2 | OB | 32 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 38 | | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Nordsjælland | 32 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 36 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 4 | AGF | 32 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 30 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| 5 | Vejle (R) | 32 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 60 | −29 | 29 | Relegation to Danish 1st Division | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–3 |
| 6 | SønderjyskE (R) | 32 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 54 | −26 | 23 | Relegation to Danish 1st Division | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — |

## European play-offs

The fifth-placed team of the championship round, advanced to a play-off match against the winning team of the relegation round. The winners earned a place in the Europa Conference League second qualifying round.

### European play-off match
## Season statistics

    As of 29 May 2022

### Top scorers and assists

Topscorers ranking :
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Nicklas Helenius | Silkeborg | 17 |
| 2 | Louka Prip | AaB | 14 |
| 3 | Evander | Midtjylland | 12 |
| 4 | Mikael Uhre | Brøndby | 11 |
| 4 | Sebastian Jørgensen | Silkeborg | 11 |
| 4 | Pep Biel | Copenhagen | 11 |
| 7 | Nicolai Vallys | Silkeborg | 10 |
| 7 | Issam Jebali | OB | 10 |
| 9 | Simon Adingra | Nordsjælland | 9 |
| 10 | Anders Dreyer | Midtjylland | 8 |
| 10 | Júnior Brumado | Midtjylland | 8 |
| 10 | Milan Makarić | AaB | 8 |
| 10 | Iver Fossum | AaB | 8 |
| 14 | Vito Hammershøy-Mistrati | Randers | 7 |
| 14 | Stephen Odey | Randers | 7 |
Assists ranking :
| Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
| 1 | Nicolai Vallys | Silkeborg | 10 |
| 2 | Sebastian Jørgensen | Silkeborg | 9 |
| 3 | Rasmus Carstensen | Silkeborg | 8 |
| 3 | Christian Sørensen | Viborg | 8 |
| 3 | Anders Dreyer | Midtjylland | 8 |
| 3 | Joel Andersson | Midtjylland | 8 |
| 3 | Simon Hedlund | Brøndby | 8 |
| 8 | Kasper Kusk | AaB | 7 |
| 9 | Pep Biel | Copenhagen | 6 |
| 9 | Evander | Midtjylland | 6 |
| 11 | Kristoffer Pallesen | AaB | 5 |
| 11 | Gustav Isaksen | Midtjylland | 5 |
| 11 | Robert Gojani | Silkeborg | 5 |
| 11 | Anis Slimane | Brøndby | 5 |
| 11 | Issam Jebali | OB | 5 |
Source: Soccerway

## Awards
### Annual awards

| Award | Winner | Club |
| Player of the Year | Pep Biel | Copenhagen |
| Golden Boot | Nicklas Helenius | Silkeborg |
| Goalkeeper of the Year | Kamil Grabara | Copenhagen |
| Breakthrough of the Year | Raphael Onyedika | Midtjylland |
Team of the Year :
| Goalkeeper | Kamil Grabara (Copenhagen) | Kamil Grabara (Copenhagen) | Kamil Grabara (Copenhagen) | Kamil Grabara (Copenhagen) | Kamil Grabara (Copenhagen) |
| Defence | Rasmus Carstensen (Silkeborg) | Rasmus Thelander (Aalborg) | Henrik Dalsgaard (Midtjylland) | Adam Sørensen (Lyngby) | Adam Sørensen (Lyngby) |
| Midfield | Louka Prip (AaB) | Lukas Lerager (Copenhagen) | Pep Biel (Copenhagen) | Evander (Midtjylland) | Nicolai Vallys (Silkeborg) |
| Attack | Nicklas Helenius (Silkeborg) |