2015–16 Elitedivisionen

Elitedivisionen 2015-16 (or 3F-ligaen due to sponsorship reasons) was the 44th edition of Denmark women's football premier league. It is controlled by the DBU. It ran from 8 August 2015[1] to 18 June 2016.

Elitedivisionen

Season	2015–16
Champions	Fortuna Hjørring
Relegated	ASA Aarhus
Matches played	56
Goals scored	210 (3.75 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nanna Christiansen Nadia Nadim (12 goals)
Biggest home win	Brøndby 9–0 ASA Aarhus (29 August 2015)
Biggest away win	ASA Aarhus 0–11 Brøndby (7 November 2015)
Highest scoring	ASA Aarhus 0–11 Brøndby (7 November 2015)
Longest unbeaten run	14 matches Fortuna Hjørring
Longest winless run	14 matches ASA Aarhus
← 2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 19 March 2016.

Format

The eight teams play each other twice for a total of 14 matches per team. After that the top six teams play the championship round and the bottom two teams play the qualification round.[2]

In the championship round, each of the six teams play each other twice. Points accumulated at the regular season are halved and added the points from this round. The champion and runners-up qualify for the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League.[2]

In the qualification round, the two bottom teams of the regular season are joined by the top four teams of the Kvinde 1. division, each of the six teams play each other twice. All teams start this round on 0 points, the top two teams qualify to 2016–17 Elitedivisionen and the remaining four teams qualify to the 2016–17 Kvinde 1. division.[2]

Teams

Brøndby

OB

BSF

Kolding

Vejle

ASA

Skovbakken

Fortuna

Locations of the 2015–16 Elitedivisionen teams

Region	Team	Town	Stadium	Capacity
Hovedstaden	Brøndby IF	Brøndby	Brøndby Stadion	29,000
	BSF Skovlunde	Ballerup	Ballerup Idrætspark	4,000
Syddanmark	Kolding Q	Kolding	Mosevej Sportsplads	1,500
	Odense BK	Odense	Odense Atletikstadion	8,000
	Vejle BK	Vejle	VB Parken Græs	1,000
Midtjylland	ASA Aarhus	Aarhus	ASA's Idrætsanlæg	1,000
	IK Skovbakken	Aarhus	Vejlby Stadion	5,200
Nordjylland	Fortuna Hjørring	Hjørring	Hjørring Stadion	7,500

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fortuna Hjørring	14	11	3	0	44	8	+36	36	Championship round
2	Brøndby	14	10	3	1	60	8	+52	33
3	Skovbakken	14	7	5	2	22	20	+2	26
4	KoldingQ	14	7	3	4	29	15	+14	24
5	OB	14	5	3	6	29	18	+11	18
6	Vejle	14	3	3	8	12	31	−19	12
7	BSF	14	1	3	10	8	52	−44	6	Qualification round
8	ASA Aarhus	14	0	1	13	6	58	−52	1

Updated to match(es) played on 19 March 2016. Source: DBU[3]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results

Home \ Away	ASA	BRO	BSF	FHJ	KoQ	OB	SKB	VEJ
ASA Aarhus		0–11	0–1	0–1	1–3	0–5	1–3	0–3
Brøndby	9–0		6–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	8–0	3–1
BSF	1–1	0–7		0–10	1–6	2–2	0–1	1–1
Fortuna Hjørring	8–0	2–2	3–0		2–1	2–1	2–0	5–0
KoldingQ	4–1	0–2	3–0	0–2		4–0	1–3	0–0
OB	2–0	2–3	8–0	1–2	0–0		0–2	5–0
Skovbakken	3–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	2–2	1–1		3–1
Vejle	4–1	0–5	2–1	0–2	0–3	0–2	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on 19 March 2016. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final stage

Championship round

Played by the teams placed first to sixth in the regular season. Teams play each other twice and points accumulated at the regular season are halved and added to this stage.[2]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		FHJ	BRO	SKB	KoQ	OB	VEJ
1	Fortuna Hjørring (C)	10	9	0	1	45	10	+35	45	Qualification to Champions League					5–0
2	Brøndby (Q)	10	7	2	1	23	9	+14	40
3	Skovbakken	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	14								0–0
4	KoldingQ	1	0	0	1	0	5	−5	12
5	OB	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	9				0–1
6	Vejle	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	7

Updated to match(es) played on 2 April 2016. Source: DBU: table (in Danish) and DBU: matches (in Danish)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Qualification round

Played by the teams placed seventh and eighth of the regular season which are joined by the top four teams from 2015–16 Kvinde 1. division. Teams play each other twice.[2]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		ASA	BSF	NAE	SUN	VAR	VIB
1	ASA Aarhus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification to 2016–17 Elitedivisionen
2	BSF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Næsby	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification to 2016–17 Kvinde 1. division
4	Sundby	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Varde	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Viborg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 9 April 2016. Source: DBU: table (in Danish) and DBU: matches (in Danish)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Top scorers

As of 21 March 2016.[4]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nanna Christiansen	Brøndby	13
2	Nadia Nadim	Fortuna Hjørring	12
3	Nevena Damjanović	Fortuna Hjørring	9
	Sofie Bloch Jørgensen	Brøndby
	Louise Kristiansen	Brøndby
	Sanne Troelsgaard	KoldingQ
7	Annika Overby Hansen	OB	7
	Lotte Troelsgaard	KoldingQ
9	Tenna Bendtsen	OB	6
	Emilie Henriksen	OB
	Theresa Nielsen	Brøndby
	Simone Boye Sørensen	Brøndby

References

1. "Komplet kampprogram" (in Danish). DBU. 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
2. "Tournament rules" (in Danish). DBU. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
3. "Stilling - Elitedivisionen 2015/16". DBU.dk. Retrieved 2015-09-22.
4. "Topscorerliste" (in Danish). DBU. Retrieved 19 October 2015.