2020–21 Danish Superliga
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The 2020–21 Danish Superliga (officially the 3F Superliga for sponsorship reasons) was the 31st season of the
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. The season began on 11 September with reigning champions
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playing against the winners of the
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,
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, losing 2–0 away from home. This season marked the first season with the
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(VAR) system.


Teams

Twelve teams competed in the league – the top ten teams from the previous season, the winner of the
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and the champion of the 2019–20 Danish 1st Division.
Lyngby BK Lyngby Boldklub () is a professional football club based in Lyngby, Denmark, founded in 1921. It is based at Lyngby Stadion. The club play in the Danish Superliga. From 1994 to 2001 the club was known as Lyngby FC. The club has won the Danish c ...
retained its position in the Superliga by winning the Relegation Playoffs and
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joined the top flight after winning the 1st Division title.


Stadiums and locations


Personnel and sponsoring

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under
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eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


Managerial changes


Regular season


League table


Positions by round


Results


Championship round

Points and goals carried over in full from the regular season.


Positions by round

Below the positions per round are shown. As teams did not all start with an equal number of points, the initial pre-playoffs positions are also given.


Relegation round

Points and goals carried over in full from the regular season.


Positions by round

Below the positions per round are shown. As teams did not all start with an equal number of points, the initial pre-playoffs positions are also given.


European play-offs

The fourth-placed team of the championship round, AGF, advanced to a Europa Conference League play-off match against the winning team of the relegation round, AaB. The winners earned a place in the Europa Conference League second qualifying round.


European play-off match


Season statistics


Top goalscorers

''As of 28 May 2021.''


References


External links


Superliga (uefa.com)
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