2019–20 Danish Women's League

Danish Women's League
Season2019–20
Dates3 August 2019–27 June 2020
ChampionsFortuna Hjørring
RelegatedOdense Q
BSF
Champions League (QR)Fortuna Hjørring
Brøndby
Matches86
Goals318 (3.7 per match)
Best PlayerNanna Christiansen[1]
Top goalscorerNicoline Sørensen
(16 goals)
Biggest home winBrøndby 7–1 KoldingQ
(21 September 2019)
Biggest away winOdense Q 1–7 Thy-Thisted
(19 October 2019)
Highest scoringFortuna Hjørring 8–5 Odense Q
(21 September 2019)

The 2019–20 Danish Women's League (known as Gjensidige Kvindeligaen for sponsorship reasons) was the 48th season of the top-flight of the Danish Women's Football League. Brøndby IF were the defending champions and FC Nordsjælland made their debut in the league.

Fortuna Hjørring won their 11th league title, while Odense Q and BSF were relegated to the 1st Division.[2][3]

Format

The main round of the league is played in autumn as a double round-robin tournament between the 8 participating teams, where each team plays against each other both at home and away.

The six best placed teams qualify for spring championship play-offs. The finals consist once again of a double round-robin tournament among the six participating teams. The scores from the main league round carry over into the championship play-offs.

The two bottom ranked teams instead play in qualification play-offs, a double round-robin tournament with the top four teams of the 2019–20 Danish Women's 1st Division for two spots in 2020–21 Danish Women's League. The scores from the main league round are not carried over into the qualification play-offs.

Teams

There are 8 teams competing in the regular season of the league: the 6 teams from the previous season's championship play-offs, and the top two teams from the previous season's qualification play-offs. The two teams promoted from the qualification play-offs were Odense Q, keeping their top tier spot, and FC Nordsjælland, winning promotion from the 1st Division, the latter replacing relegated team B.93.

Changes

Increase from 2018–19 1st Division Decrease to 2019–20 1st Division
Nordsjælland B.93

Stadiums and locations

Location of the 2019–20 Danish League clubs.
TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
BrøndbyBrøndbyBrøndby Stadium29,000
BSFBallerupBallerup Sports Park Stadium4,000
Fortuna HjørringHjørringHjørring Stadium7,500
KoldingQKoldingKolding Stadium[a]10,000
NordsjællandFarumFarum Park10,300
Odense QOdenseMarienlyst Center[b]1,200
FC Thy-Thisted QThistedSparekassen Thy Arena3,000
VSK AarhusAarhusVejlby Stadium[c]5,200
  1. ↑ Three matches played at Mosevej Sports Grounds
  2. ↑ One match played at Odense Athletics Stadium
  3. ↑ One match was played at Aarhus Stadium

Personnel and kits

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

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in the table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Odense Q Denmark Morten Christiansen Sacked 27 June 2019[4] Pre-season Denmark Steen Hansen 1 July 2019[5]
BSF Denmark Peer Lisdorf Sacked 3 October 2019[6] 8th Denmark Thomas Maale (interim) 3 October 2019[6]
BSF Denmark Thomas Maale (interim) End of interim spell 1 January 2020 8th Denmark Kasper Klarskov 11 November 2019[7]
Fortuna Hjørring United States Carrie Kveton Signed by OL Reign 24 November 2019[8] 1st Denmark Niclas Hougaard 1 January 2020[9]
VSK Aarhus Denmark Hans Paarup Resigned 27 November 2019[10] 5th Denmark Anders Nim 1 January 2019[11]
KoldingQ Denmark Peter Pedersen Sacked 3 December 2019[12] 6th Denmark Anders Jensen 1 January 2020[13]
Odense Q Denmark Steen Hansen Mutual consent 14 December 2019 7th Denmark Bo Sundahl 14 December 2019[14]

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Fortuna Hjørring 14 9 3 2 38 17 +21 30 Championship play-offs
2 Brøndby IF 14 9 2 3 50 20 +30 29
3 Nordsjælland 14 8 2 4 29 14 +15 26
4 FC Thy-Thisted Q 14 5 6 3 34 28 +6 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 Qualification play-offs
8 BSF 14 1 2 11 12 47 −35 5
Source: Danish Football Association (in Danish)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Play-off (played on neutral ground if determining teams for different rounds); 6) Draw.

Play-offs

Championship

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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Fortuna Hjørring (C) 5 4 1 0 9 2 +7 23 Champions League
2 Brøndby 5 4 1 0 8 2 +6 21
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
Source: Danish Football Association (in Danish)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Play-off (played on neutral ground if determining teams for different rounds); 6) Draw.
(C) Champions

Qualification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 HB Køge (P) 5 5 0 0 13 1 +12 15 2020–21 Danish Women's League
2 AaB (P) 5 4 0 1 12 6 +6 12
3 Odense Q (R) 5 2 1 2 12 9 +3 7 2020–21 1st Division
4 B.93 5 2 0 3 8 10 −2 6
5 Vildbjerg SF 5 1 1 3 6 11 −5 4
6 BSF (R) 5 0 0 5 3 17 −14 0
Source: Danish Football Association (in Danish)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Play-off (played on neutral ground if determining teams for different rounds); 6) Draw.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Season statistics

Top scorers

The regular season goals by the championship teams are added to the final tally.

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean
sheets[17]
1 Denmark Kathrine Larsen Nordsjælland 6
2 United States Kelsey Daugherty Fortuna Hjørring 5
3 Denmark Katrine Abel Brøndby 3
Denmark Maja Bay Østergaard Thy-Thisted
Denmark Katrine Svane VSK Aarhus
Denmark Freja Thisgaard Fortuna Hjørring
7 Denmark Lene Christensen KoldingQ 2
Denmark Sarah Jacobsen Odense Q

Awards

Player of the Month

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

Player of the Season

Player Club Ref.
Denmark Nanna Christiansen Brøndby IF [1]

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.[18][19] 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.[20]

On 10 June 2020, it was decided to reopen stadiums for spectators, with up to 500 people.[21]

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.[22]

References

  1. 1 2 "Nanna Christiansen er Årets Profil i Kvindeligaen 2019/20". SPFO — Spillerforeningen (in Danish). 2020-06-26. Retrieved 2026-07-18.
  2. ↑ "Fortuna Hjørring henter guldet tilbage fra Brøndby". DR. 27 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "Cheftræner fejrer sit første mesterskab: - Pigerne har lært mig meget". Nordjyske Stiftstidende. 27 June 2020.
  4. ↑ "Morten Christiansen stopper som cheftræner i Odense Q". odenseq.dk. 27 June 2019.
  5. ↑ "Ligaholdets nye trænerteam: Steen Hansen & Serge Bodjo". odenseq.dk. 28 June 2019.
  6. 1 2 "Peer Lisdorf stopper med øjeblikkelig virkning i BSF | Fodbold for piger". www.fodboldforpiger.dk (in Danish). 2019-10-03. Retrieved 2026-07-17.
  7. ↑ "BSF hyrer tidligere FCN-træner til kvindeeliteholdet | Fodbold for piger". www.fodboldforpiger.dk (in Danish). 2019-11-11. Retrieved 2026-07-17.
  8. ↑ "Fortuna: Cheftræner stopper øjeblikkeligt" (in Danish). TV2/Nord. 24 November 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  9. ↑ "Ungdomstræner skal stå i spidsen for Fortuna Hjørring" (in Danish). bold.dk. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  10. ↑ "Cheftræner Hans Paarup stopper i VSK Aarhus". kvindesport.dk. 27 November 2019.
  11. ↑ "Ny cheftræner på plads i VSK Aarhus". kvindesport.dk. 29 December 2019.
  12. ↑ "Trænerteamet træder tilbage i KoldingQ". kvindesport.dk. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  13. ↑ "KoldingQ præsenterer ny træner". kvindesport.dk. 14 December 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  14. ↑ "Bo Sundahl ny cheftræner i Odense Q | fyens.dk". fyens.dk (in Danish). 2019-12-15. Retrieved 2026-07-17.
  15. ↑ "Topscorerliste Slutspil". Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  16. ↑ "Topscorerliste". Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  17. ↑ "Clean sheets - A-Liga 2019/2020 stats". FotMob. Retrieved 2026-07-18.
  18. ↑ "Sporten lukker ned i Danmark: Få overblikket her" (in Danish). TV2. 6 March 2020.
  19. ↑ "DBU: Dansk fodbold lukker ned til efter påske" (in Danish). DR. 23 March 2020.
  20. ↑ "Kvindeligaen starter igen: Slutspillet halveres" (in Danish). Nordjyske Stiftstidende. 27 May 2020.
  21. ↑ "Slutspillet i Gjensidige Kvindeliga er klar til tilskuere" (in Danish). Danish Football Union. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  22. ↑ "Gjensidige Kvindeliga genstarter med historisk Tv-dækning". kvindeliga.dk. 29 May 2020.
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