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Danish football/soccer : Danish Super League 2009/2010 season preview

Kobenhavn clinch Danish title

Kobenhavn clinched the Danish title for the sixth time in nine seasons with a game to spare to end the challenge of Odense. It was their second success of the season after earlier winning the Danish Cup. Kobenhavn qualified for the UEFA Champions League 2nd qualifying round. Here is a short summary of the 2008/09 Super League campaign:

  • Champions: Kobenhavn (UEFA Champions League 2nd qualifying round )
  • Runners-up: Odense (UEFA Europa League)
  • Third place: Brondby (UEFA Europa League)
  • Danish cup finalists: Aalborg (UEFA Europa League)
  • Fair Play spot: Randers (UEFA Europa League)
  • Relegated: Vejle, Horsens
  • Promoted: Silkeborg and Koge.

Super League runners-up Odense secured the UEFA Europa League along with third-placed Brondby. Also joining them are Danish cup finalists Aalborg. Randers only finished fifth, but qualified for the tournament as one of three "Fair Play" teams given a place by UEFA. Vejle and Horsens, the league's bottom two clubs, were relegated and replaced by Silkeborg and Koge. Second division champions Herfolge Boldklub and Koge decided to merge into a new club Herfolge Boldklub Koge, HB Koge...

teamstitles2004/052005/062006/072007/082008/09
Kobenhavn2921131
Brondby1012683
Esbjerg556779
Aarhus5912-106
Odense363442
Aalborg345317
Koge311----
Silkeborg18812--
Midtjylland-37224
Nordsjaelland-109598
Randers-12-865
Sonderjyske--11--10

* Number of titles since the 1912/13 season. Clubs B 1903 and KB were merged into Kobenhavn in 1992 and the number of titles for Kobenhavn includes titles for all three teams. The number of titles for Koge includes titles for Herfolge and Koge.

Kobenhavn or Brondby, that is the question

Talk about professional football in Denmark in recent years, and most of the discussion is going to focus on two teams: Kobenhavn and Brondby. In the seventeen years since Kobenhavn's founding, they have won six league crowns. Brondby have taken five in the same period. Experts are generally in agreement that Kobenhavn will defend their title this season, but Brondby can definitely challenge for the trophy. Randers is the team that most experts say could be the surprise of the season.

This page contains additional information about the 2009/2010 Danish Super League season. Latest news, statistics, results and predictions you can find on our main Euro Football > Denmark page.

Odense, who finished strongly last season to snatch second place from Brondby, are definitely one of the favorites to win the 2009/10 Danish league title. They will go into the coming season without star goalkeeper Arek Onyzsko, who was sentenced to jail after pleading guilty to an assault on his ex-wife. The Polish international was given a three-month sentence of which two months were suspended for an incident on June 22, where he went to his former wife's apartment and reportedly beat her and dragged her by the hair. Onyszko deeply regretted his behaviour, but his contract with Odense was immediately terminated.

#teampoints g.dif. win-draw-loss
1Kobenhavn744123-5-5 (33)
2Odense693421-6-6 (33)
3Brondby682421-5-7 (33)
4Midtjylland55916-7-10 (33)
5Randers46211-13-9 (33)
6Aarhus45-513-6-14 (33)
7Aalborg39-99-12-12 (33)
8Nordsjaelland35-99-8-16 (33)
9Esbjerg32-97-11-15 (33)
10Sonderjyske28-265-13-15 (33)
11Vejle25-294-13-16 (33)
12Horsens24-235-9-19 (33)

* The table displays Danish Super League standings for season 2008/2009

Bookmakers favor Kobenhavn

It looks like a three-team race for next season's championship with experts pointing to Kobenhavn, Brondby and Odense as the top contenders. Bookmakers have every confidence that Kobenhavn will repeat last season's success, while Brondby have the second highest probability of winning, followed by Odense.

teamoddsteamodds
Kobenhavn1.65Brondby4
Odense5.6Midtjylland17
Aalborg21Randers61
Aarhus75Esbjerg200
Nordsjaelland250Sonderjyske500
Silkeborg750Koge1000

* The preseason odds for the outright winner of the 2009/10 Danish football league

Danish Cup finals in last five seasons

2005   Brondby - Midtjylland   3:2
2006   Randers - Esbjerg   1:0
2007   Odense - Kobenhavn   2:1
2008   Brondby - Esbjerg   3:2
2009   Kobenhavn - Aalborg   1:0

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key players

Aalborg

Goalkeeper Karim Zaza (€1m); Defense: Michael Jakobsen (€2.3m), Kasper Bogelund (€1.3m), Kjetil Waehler (€1m); Midfield: Thomas Enevoldsen (€2m), Andreas Johansson (€1.7m), Anders Due (€1.5m), Louay Chanko (€1.3m), Rasmus Wurtz (€1m), Daniel Fredheim Holm (€2m), Jeppe Curth (€2m).

Aarhus

Goalkeeper Steffen Rasmussen (€1.3m); Defense: Michael Lumb (€1.5m), Mark Howard (€0.9m), Dan Thomassen (€0.8m); Midfield: Jakob Poulsen (€1.8m), Benny Feilhaber (€0.8m), Jerry Lucena (€0.7m), Jeremiah White (€0.6m); Forward: Dioh Williams (€1.4m), Nando Rafael (€1.3m), Peter Graulund (€1.1m).

Brondby

Goalkeeper Stephan Andersen (€2.5m); Defense: Mikael Nilsson (€2.5m), Max von Schlebrugge (€1.8m), Jon Jonsson (€1.5m), Thomas Rasmussen (€1.5m); Midfield: Samuel Holmen (€3m), Michael Krohn-Dehli (€2m), Jan Kristiansen (€1.8m); Forward: Duncan (€2.5m), Alexander Farnerud (€2m), Ousman Jallow (€1.8m).

Esbjerg

Goalkeeper Lars Winde (€0.4m); Defense: Alexander Ostlund (€0.9m), Fredrik Bjorck (€0.8m), Nicolai Hogh (€0.8m); Midfield: Soren Rieks (€1.2m), Martin Fribrock (€0.9m), Jesper Jorgensen (€0.5m), Peter Nymann (€0.5m); Forward: Tim Janssen (€0.8m), Gunnar Heidar Thorvaldsson (€0.6m), Jones Kusi-Asare (€0.5m).

Kobenhavn

Goalkeeper Jesper Christiansen (€1.8m); Defense: Zdenek Pospech (€2m), Zanka (€1.8m), Oscar Wendt (€1.5m); Midfield: Atiba Hutchinson (€3m), Libor Sionko (€2.5m), William Kvist (€2m), Martin Vingaard (€2m); Forward: Morten Nordstrand (€3m), Cesar Santin (€3m), Ailton (€2m).

Koge

Goalkeeper Lars Bjerring (€0.3m); Defense: Thomas Guldborg Christensen (€0.4m), Martin Arlofelt (€0.3m), Nicklas Svendsen (€0.3m); Midfield: Roberto Saraiva (€0.5m), Mads Laudrup (€0.4m), Kenneth Sorensen (€0.3m), Mikkel Rygaard Jensen (€0.3m); Forward: Emmanuel Ake (€0.8m), Henrik Toft (€0.6m), Fabinho (€0.4m).

Midtjylland

Goalkeeper Arkadiusz Onyszko (€0.8m); Defense: Danny Califf (€1.5m), Christopher Poulsen (€1.3m), Winston Reid (€1.3m), Kolja Afriyie (€1.2m); Midfield: Jonas Borring (€2.5m), Mikkel Thygesen (€2m), Danny Olsen (€1.5m), Adigun Salami (€1.3m); Forward: Frank Kristensen (€1.5m), Ken Fagerberg (€1.1m).

Nordsjaelland

Goalkeeper Nenad Novakovic (€0.8m); Defense: Henrik Kildentoft (€0.7m), Johnny Lundberg (€0.6m), Dennis Cagara (€0.5m), Michael Parkhurst (€0.5m); Midfield: Issey Nakajima (€0.9m), Patrice Bernier (€0.8m), Nicolai Stokholm (€0.5m), Jonathan Richter (€0.5m); Forward: Martin Bernburg (€2m), Bajram Fetai (€1m).

Odense

Goalkeeper Emil Ousager (€0.2m); Defense: Anders Moller Christensen (€1.5m), Chris Sorensen (€1.3m), Jonas Troest (€1.2m); Midfield: Johan Absalonsen (€2m), Eric Djemba-Djemba (€2m), Henrik Hansen (€1.9m), Hans Henrik Andreasen (€1.5m), Espen Ruud (€1.2m); Forward: Peter Utaka (€1.5m), Bjorn Runstrom (€1.2m).

Randers

Goalkeeper Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard (€1.3m); Defense: Issah Ahmed (€1m), Bobbie Friberg da Cruz (€0.7m), Allan K. Jepsen (€0.5m), Soren Pedersen (€0.5m); Midfield: Kasper Lorentzen (€1.5m), Tidiane Sane (€1.5m), Mikkel Beckmann (€1.3m), Soren Berg (€0.9m), Tobias Grahn (€0.7m); Forward: Marc Nygaard (€1.8m).

Silkeborg

Goalkeeper Lasse Heinze (€0.7m); Defense: Thomas Baelum (€0.7m), Frank Hansen (€0.3m), Thomas Hansen (€0.3m); Midfield: Peter Degn (€0.4m), Dennis Flinta (€0.4m), Martin Ornskov (€0.3m); Forward: Rajko Lekic (€1.3m), Jesper Bech (€1m), Tomrer (€0.9m), Christian Holst (€0.7m).

Sonderjyske

Goalkeeper David Ousted (€0.3m); Defense: Solvi Geir Ottesen (€1m), Michael Larsen (€0.5m), Michael Stryger (€0.5m); Midfield: Morten Bertolt (€0.6m), Rasmus Hansen (€0.5m), Johnny Thomsen (€0.5m), Morten Avnskjold (€0.4m); Forward: Ken Ilso (€1.5m), Jesper Kjaerulff (€0.6m), Kenneth Fabricius (€0.5m).

 
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