2011–12 in Danish football

Football in Denmark

Season	2011–12

The 2011–12 in Danish football season was the 122nd edition of competitive football in Denmark.

Club football

Domestic football

Superliga

Main article: 2011–12 Danish Superliga

The 22nd edition of the Danish Superliga was set to start on 16 July 2011 and end on 25 May 2012.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Nordsjælland (C)	33	21	5	7	49	22	27	68	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Copenhagen	33	19	9	5	55	26	29	66	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	Midtjylland	33	17	7	9	50	40	10	58	Qualification to Europa League play-off round
4	Horsens	33	17	6	10	53	39	14	57	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
5	AGF	33	12	12	9	47	40	7	48	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
6	SønderjyskE	33	11	11	11	48	51	−3	44
7	AaB	33	12	8	13	42	48	−6	44
8	Silkeborg IF	33	11	10	12	51	47	4	43
9	Brøndby	33	9	9	15	35	46	−11	36
10	OB	33	8	10	15	46	50	−4	34
11	Lyngby Boldklub (R)	33	8	4	21	32	60	−28	28	Relegation to Danish 1st Division
12	HB Køge (R)	33	4	7	22	32	71	−39	19

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

First Division

Main article: 2011–12 Danish 1st Division

The First Division was set to start on 12 August 2011 and end on 10 June 2012.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Esbjerg fB (C)	26	21	3	2	60	19	41	66	Promotion to Danish Superliga
2	Randers FC (P)	26	15	4	7	38	22	16	49
3	Vejle Kolding	26	12	8	6	58	32	26	44
4	Viborg FF	26	10	10	6	45	34	11	40
5	Brønshøj	26	10	10	6	35	34	1	40
6	Vestsjælland	26	10	8	8	42	35	7	38
7	Fredericia	26	9	8	9	33	30	3	35
8	Skive IK	26	9	7	10	31	41	−10	34
9	Hobro	26	8	9	9	37	35	2	33
10	Hjørring	26	8	7	11	31	42	−11	31
11	AB	26	7	8	11	32	44	−12	29
12	FC Roskilde (R)	26	8	3	15	28	38	−10	27	Relegation to Danish 2nd Divisions
13	Næstved BK (R)	26	6	4	16	32	51	−19	22
14	Blokhus (R)	26	2	5	19	27	72	−45	11

Source: Danish Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Second Division

Main article: 2011–12 Danish 2nd Divisions

The Second Divisions was set to begin on 7 August 2011 and end on 16 June 2012.

League tables

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	HIK	30	23	2	5	69	44	25	71	Qualification to Promotion game
2	Hvidovre IF	30	21	3	6	79	36	43	66
3	Herlev	30	15	3	12	56	42	14	48
4	Rishøj BK	30	13	8	9	49	40	9	47
5	Fremad Amager	30	12	8	10	50	47	3	44
6	Svebølle B&I	30	12	7	11	54	55	−1	43
7	B 1908	30	11	10	9	37	39	−2	43
8	Nordvest FC	30	10	11	9	46	41	5	41
9	Elite 3000	30	12	5	13	51	54	−3	41
10	Avarta	30	11	6	13	41	38	3	39
11	IF Skjold Birkerød	30	11	6	13	41	46	−5	39
12	Søllerød-Vedbæk	30	11	6	13	38	43	−5	39
13	Vanløse IF (R)	30	9	8	13	41	48	−7	35	Relegation to Denmark Series
14	B.93 (R)	30	8	9	13	37	44	−7	33
15	SC Egedal (R)	30	8	8	14	47	50	−3	32
16	BGA (R)	30	1	2	27	21	93	−72	5

Updated to match(es) played on 16 June 2012. Source: Danish FA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Fyn (P)	30	23	3	4	71	21	50	72	Qualification to Promotion game
2	Næsby BK	30	22	4	4	77	29	48	70
3	Varde IF	30	14	13	3	42	27	15	55
4	Thisted FC	30	15	8	7	64	39	25	53
5	Aarhus Fremad	30	12	10	8	59	43	16	46
6	Marienlyst	30	12	9	9	56	55	1	45
7	FC Svendborg	30	10	13	7	50	39	11	43
8	Skovbakken IK	30	13	2	15	44	50	−6	41
9	LFA	30	10	8	12	47	58	−11	38
10	Kjellerup	30	9	9	12	39	43	−4	36
11	Otterup B&I	30	8	9	13	42	64	−22	33
12	Brabrand	30	8	8	14	36	40	−4	32
13	Aarup BK (R)	30	7	8	15	38	66	−28	29	Relegation to Denmark Series
14	Lindholm IF (R)	30	7	7	16	32	62	−30	28
15	Skjold (R)	30	5	6	19	38	59	−21	21
16	Viby IF (R)	30	4	5	21	27	67	−40	17

Updated to match(es) played on 16 June 2012. Source: Danish FA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Cup

Main article: 2011–12 Danish Cup

The Cup was scheduled to play its first round matches on 9–11 August 2011 and hold its final on Ascension day, 17 May.

Continental football

For the first time since the 2000–01 season, two Danish teams would participate in the UEFA Champions League. F.C. Copenhagen qualified for the champions' path's third qualifying round as Danish champions, and OB qualified for the league path's third qualifying round as runners-up.

FC Nordsjælland qualified for the play-offs of the Europa League as cup winners, while Brøndby IF qualified as third in the league for the third qualifying round and FC Midtjylland qualified for the second qualifying round as fourth in the league.

Champions League

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League

F.C. Copenhagen and OB entered in the third qualifying round and although they both qualified for the play-off round, they both lost in this round and thus dropped into the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League tournament.

Copenhagen v Shamrock Rovers

27 July 2011 QR3	Copenhagen	1 – 0	Shamrock Rovers	Parken, Copenhagen
20:00	Ottesen 4'	Report		Attendance: 11,571 Referee: Pavle Radovanović, Montenegro

OB v Panathinaikos

27 July 2011 QR3	OB	1 – 1	Panathinaikos	TRE-FOR Park, Odense
20:00	Reginiussen 90'	Report	Leto 47'	Attendance: 10,055 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez (Spain)

Panathinaikos v OB

2 August 2011 QR3	Panathinaikos	3 – 4 (4 – 5 agg.)	OB	Olympic Stadium, Athens
20:45	Boumsong 35' Toché 50' Petropoulos 90 5'	Report	Johansson 12' Ruud 58' Kadrii 80' Andreasen 88'	Referee: Andre Marriner (England)

Shamrock Rovers v Copenhagen

2 August 2011 QR3	Shamrock Rovers	0 – 2 (0 – 3 agg.)	Copenhagen	Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
20:45		Report	N'Doye 42' Bolaños 73'	Referee: Halis Özkahya (Turkey)

Copenhagen v FC Viktoria Plzeň

16 August 2011 P-O	Copenhagen	1 – 3	FC Viktoria Plzeň	Parken, Copenhagen
20:45	Ottesen 69'	Report	Ottesen 52' (o.g.) Pilař 59' Fillo 79'	Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

OB v Villarreal

17 August 2011 P-O	OB	1 – 0	Villarreal	TRE-FOR Park, Odense
20:45	Andreasen 84'	Report		Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Villarreal v Odense

23 August 2011 P-O	Villarreal	3 – 0 (3 – 1 agg.)	Odense	Estadio El Madrigal, Villarreal
20:45	Rossi 50', 66' Marchena 82'	Report	18'  71' Kadrii	Referee: Craig Thomson (Scotland)

Viktoria Plzeň v Copenhagen

24 August 2011 P-O	Viktoria Plzeň	2 – 1 (5 – 2 agg.)	Copenhagen	Synot Tip Aréna, Prague12
20:45	Bakoš 67' Ďuriš 90 3'	Report	Bolaños 32'	Attendance: 19,350 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

Europa League

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Europa League

FC Nordsjælland entered in the play-offs, Brøndby IF entered in the third qualifying round where they were eliminated by Austrian SV Ried, FC Midtjylland entered in the second qualifying round and made it to the third qualifying round, losing out to Vitória SC.

The New Saints v FC Midtjylland

14 July 2011 QR2	The New Saints	1 – 3	FC Midtjylland	Park Hall, Oswestry
20:00	Evans 59'	Report	Hassan 65' Olsen 86' (pen.) Albæk 90 3'	Attendance: 914 Referee: Mihaly Fabian (Hungary)

FC Midtjylland v The New Saints

21 July 2011 QR2	FC Midtjylland	5 – 2 (8 – 3 agg.)	The New Saints	MCH Arena, Herning
19:15	Igboun 23' Nworuh 24', 52' Olsen 32' (pen.) Hvilsom 90 1'	Report	Darlington 55', 90'	Referee: Levan Kvaratskhelia (Georgia)

FC Midtjylland v Vitória SC

28 July 2011 QR3	FC Midtjylland	0 – 0	Vitória SC	MCH Arena, Herning
21:00		Report

SV Ried v Brøndby IF

28 July 2011 QR3	SV Ried	2 – 0	Brøndby IF	Keine Sorgen Arena, Ried im Innkreis
21:05	Mader 33' Royer 46'	Report

Brøndby IF v SV Ried

4 August 2011 QR3	Brøndby IF	4 – 2 (4 – 4 agg.)	SV Ried	Brøndby Stadion, Brøndby
19:00	Kristiansen 40' Krohn-Dehli 45' (pen.) Akharraz 53', 55'	Report	Royer 71' Anel Hadzic 88'	Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Germany)

Vitória SC v FC Midtjylland

4 August 2011 QR3	Vitória SC	2 – 1 (2 – 1 agg.)	FC Midtjylland	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães
21:15	Faouzi 45' Targino 76'	Report	Bak Nielsen 28'	Referee: Richard Liesveld (Netherlands)

FC Nordsjælland v Sporting CP

18 August 2011 P-O	FC Nordsjælland	0 – 0	Sporting CP	Farum Park, Farum
20:00		Report		Referee: Mark Courtney (Northern Ireland)

Sporting CP v Nordsjælland

25 August 2011 P-O	Sporting CP	2 – 1 (2 – 1 agg.)	Nordsjælland	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
22:15	André Santos 77' Evaldo 82'	Report	Laudrup 90 3'	Attendance: 24,028 Referee: Ovidiu Alin Hategan (Romania)

Copenhagen v Vorskla Poltava

15 September 2011 GS	Copenhagen	1 – 0	Vorskla Poltava	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
19:00	Nordstrand 54' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 10,420 Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Bulgaria)

Wisła Kraków v Odense

15 September 2011 GS	Wisła Kraków	1 – 3	Odense	Stadion im. Henryka Reymana, Kraków
21:05	Kirm 54'	Report	Johansson 35' Utaka 80' Falk 90 2'	Attendance: 12,920 Referee: Sascha Kever (Switzerland)

Odense v Fulham

29 September 2011 GS	Odense	0 – 2	Fulham	TRE-FOR Park, Odense
19:00		Report	Johnson 36', 88'	Attendance: 7,969 Referee: Maksim Layushkin (Russia)

Standard Liège v Copenhagen

29 September 2011 GS	Standard Liège	3 – 0	Copenhagen	Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
21:05	Seijas 57' Felipe 72' Kanu 79'	Report		Attendance: 13,368 Referee: Anastassios Kakos (Greece)

Odense v Twente

20 October 2011 GS	Odense	1 – 4	Twente	TRE-FOR Park, Odense
19:00	Fall 71'	Report	Brama 13' Bajrami 31' Chadli 65' De Jong 82'	Attendance: 8,036 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

Hannover 96 v Copenhagen

20 October 2011 GS	Hannover 96	2 – 2	Copenhagen	AWD-Arena, Hanover
21:05	Pander 29' Pinto 82'	Report	N'Doye 68' Santin 89'	Attendance: 43,100 Referee: Laurent Duhamel (France)

Copenhagen v Hannover 96

3 November 2011 GS	Copenhagen	1 – 2	Hannover 96	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
19:00	N'Doye 67'	Report	Schlaudraff 71' Stindl 74'	Attendance: 27,853 Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

Twente v Odense

3 November 2011 GS	Twente	3 – 2	Odense	De Grolsch Veste, Enschede
21:05	Høegh 35' (o.g.) Landzaat 37' Fer 82'	Report	Fall 11', 62'	Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ovidiu Alin Hategan (Romania)

Vorskla Poltava v Copenhagen

30 November 2011 GS	Vorskla Poltava	1 - 1	Copenhagen	Butovsky Vorskla Stadium, Poltava
21:05		Report

Odense v Wisła Kraków

1 December 2011 GS	Odense	1 - 2	Wisła Kraków	TRE-FOR Park, Odense
19:00		Report

Fulham v Odense

14 December 2011 GS	Fulham	2 - 2	Odense	Craven Cottage, London
21:05		Report

Copenhagen v Standard Liège

15 December 2011 GS	Copenhagen	0 - 1	Standard Liège	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
19:00		Report

National team football

Men's national football team

Main article: Denmark national football team

The men's national football team ended their qualifying campaign for Euro 2012 with three victories over Norway, Cyprus and Portugal, securing the overall group win and qualification for their first European Championship since 2004.

Euro 2012

Main article: Euro 2012 qualifying

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	8	6	1	1	15	6	9	19	Qualify for final tournament		—	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–0
2	Portugal	8	5	1	2	21	12	9	16	Advance to play-offs		3–1	—	1–0	5–3	4–4
3	Norway	8	5	1	2	10	7	3	16			1–1	1–0	—	1–0	3–1
4	Iceland	8	1	1	6	6	14	−8	4			0–2	1–3	1–2	—	1–0
5	Cyprus	8	0	2	6	7	20	−13	2			1–4	0–4	1–2	0–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

Denmark v Norway

6 September 2011	Denmark	2 – 0	Norway	Parken, Copenhagen
20:15 CEST (UTC 02)	Bendtner 24', 44'	Report		Referee: Stéphane Lannoy, France

Cyprus v Denmark

7 October 2011	Cyprus	1 – 4	Denmark	GSP Stadium, Nicosia
21:30 EEST (UTC 03)	Avraam 45 1'	Report	Jacobsen 7' Rommedahl 11', 22' Michael Krohn-Dehli 20'	Referee: Marijo Strahonja, Croatia

Denmark v Portugal

11 October 2011	Denmark	2 – 1	Portugal	Parken, Copenhagen
20:15 CEST (UTC 02)	Krohn-Dehli 13' Bendtner 63'	Report	C. Ronaldo 90 2'	Referee: Nicola Rizzoli Italy

Euro 2012 finals

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012

Denmark were drawn into the so-called "group of death" for the tournament along with 2010 FIFA World Cup finalists Netherlands, third-place finishers Germany, as well as eighth-finalists Portugal.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	5	2	3	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Portugal	3	2	0	1	5	4	1	6
3	Denmark	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	Netherlands	3	0	0	3	2	5	−3	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Netherlands v Denmark

9 June 2012	Netherlands	0 – 1	Denmark	Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv
19:00 EEST (UTC 03)

Denmark v Portugal

13 June 2012	Denmark	2 – 3	Portugal	Arena Lviv, Lviv
19:00 EEST (UTC 03)

Denmark v Germany

17 June 2012	Denmark	1 – 2	Germany	Arena Lviv, Lviv
21:45 EEST (UTC 03)

Friendlies

Scotland v Denmark

10 August 2011	Scotland	2 – 1	Denmark	Hampden Park, Glasgow
19:45 WEST (UTC 01)	Kvist 22' (o.g.) Snodgrass 44'	Report (in Danish)	Eriksen 31'	Attendance: 17,582 Referee: Marco Borg (Malta)

Denmark v Sweden

11 November 2011	Denmark	2 – 0	Sweden	Parken, Copenhagen
CEST (UTC 02)	Bendtner 35' Michael Krohn-Dehli 80'	Report (in Danish)		Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen, Norway

Denmark v Finland

15 November 2011	Denmark	2 – 1	Finland	Blue Water Arena, Esbjerg
CEST (UTC 02)	Eremenko 18'	Report (in Danish)	Agger 57' Bendtner 59'	Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson Iceland

Another friendly match date was set for 29 February 2012.

Women's national football team

Main article: Denmark women's national football team

The women's national team will begin their qualification for UEFA Women's Euro 2013, where they will attempt to make their first appearance since 2005.

Euro 2013 qualifying

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	8	7	0	1	28	3	25	21
Austria	8	6	1	1	16	9	7	19
Czech Republic	8	4	1	3	16	9	7	13
Portugal	8	2	0	6	16	13	3	6
Armenia	8	0	0	8	2	44	−42	0

Source: UEFA.com

Armenia v Denmark

21 September 2011	Armenia	0 – 5	Denmark	Mika Stadium, Yerevan
14:00		Report	Kr. Pedersen 4' Troelsgaard 29' Harder 49' Jensen 72' Nielsen 90 3'	Attendance: 302 Referee: Lilach Asulin (Israel)

Denmark v Austria

22 October 2011	Denmark	3 – 0	Austria	Vejle Stadion, Vejle
19:30	Harder 32', 41', 90 2'	Report		Attendance: 1,695 Referee: Efthalia Mitsi (Greece)

Portugal v Denmark

26 October 2011	Portugal	0 – 3	Denmark	Municipal Stadium, Barcelos
16:00		Report	Christiansen 13' Petersen 77' Nielsen 87'	Attendance: 612 Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

Denmark v Armenia

23 November 2011	Denmark	11 – 0	Armenia	Vejle Stadion, Vejle
18:15	Troelsgaard 3', 24', 53' Røddik Hansen 28', 86' Harder 36', 44', 88' Christiansen 42' Pedersen 58' Bukh 90 2'	Report		Referee: Anja Kunick (Germany)

Czech Republic v Denmark

4 April 2012	Czech Republic	0 - 2	Denmark	FK Viktoria Stadion, Prague
15:30	Martínková  52'	Report	Veje 35' Harder 53' Hansen  63'	Attendance: 886 Referee: Kateryna Monzul Assistant referees: Natalia Rachynska Yana Sashchyna Fourth official: Gabriela Hanakova

Denmark v Czech Republic

20 June 2012

Denmark

1 - 0

Czech Republic

Vejle Stadion, Vejle

Austria v Denmark

15 September 2012

Austria

3 - 1

Denmark

NV Arena, St. Pölten

Denmark v Portugal

19 September 2012

Denmark

2 - 0

Portugal

Vejle Stadion, Vejle

Algarve Cup

Main article: 2012 Algarve Cup

The team will take part in the 2012 Algarve Cup.

Men's national under-21 team

Main article: Denmark national under-21 football team

The men's under-21 side will begin their qualification towards the 2013 U-21 European Championship in Israel.

U-21 Euro 2013 qualifying

Main article: 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	8	5	3	0	17	4	13	18	Play-offs		—	0–0	5–1	1–0	5–1
2	Denmark	8	4	4	0	19	8	11	16			1–1	—	6–5	3–0	4–0
3	Macedonia	8	3	3	2	14	15	−1	12			1–1	1–1	—	1–0	1–0
4	Northern Ireland	8	1	1	6	5	13	−8	4			0–2	0–3	1–3	—	4–0
5	Faroe Islands	8	0	3	5	3	18	−15	3			0–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	—

Source:

Men's youth national teams

Main articles: Denmark national under-19 football team and Denmark national under-17 football team

The men's under-19 team will begin qualification for the 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship in Estonia. In the qualifying, they were placed in Group 12 alongside Austria (who will host the group), Malta and Albania. Should they finish in the top 2, or as the best third placed team of the 12 groups, they will qualify for the elite round.

The under-17 team will attempt to qualify for the 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship in Slovenia. Denmark will host Group 5 of the initial qualifying round and face Italy, Austria and Cyprus. A top 2 finish or a record as one of the two best teams in third position will qualify the squad for the elite round of qualifying.