2019–20 Danish Women's League
# 2019–20 Danish Women's League

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.

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.

## 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. 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.

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

## 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.

## Teams

| Region | Team | Location | Ground | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Hovedstaden | Brøndby IF | Brøndby | Brøndby Stadion | 29,000 |
| Hovedstaden | BSF Skovlunde | Ballerup | Ballerup Idrætspark | 4,000 |
| Hovedstaden | 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

| 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

| 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 | Steen Hansen | 1 July 2019 | Pre-season |
| Ballerup-Skovlunde Fodbold | Peer Lisdorf | Sacked | 3 October 2019 | Kasper Klarskov | 1 January 2019 | 8th |
| Fortuna Hjørring | Carrie Kveton | Signed by OL Reign | 24 November 2019 | Niclas Hougaard Hansen | 1 January 2020 | 1st |
| VSK Aarhus | Hans Paarup | Resigned | 27 November 2019 | Anders Nim | 1 January 2019 | 5th |
| Kolding Q | Peter Pedersen | Sacked | 3 December 2019 | Anders Jensen | 1 January 2020 | 6th |

## Results

### Main round

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

| 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 | Championship Round |
| 3 | FC Nordsjælland | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 14 | +15 | 26 | Championship Round |
| 4 | FC Thy-Thisted Q | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 34 | 18 | +16 | 21 | Championship Round |
| 5 | VSK Aarhus | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 21 | Championship Round |
| 6 | KoldingQ | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 30 | −16 | 15 | Championship Round |
| 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 |

### 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.

| 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 | |

### Qualification round

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

| 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 | |

## Top scorers

    As of 8 July 2020

Source:

### Player of the Month

| Month | Player | 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 |
