The Danish Superliga is the current Danish football championship tournament, and managed by the Danish Football Association. And 'the highest association football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each year, two teams may be ejected, which proves to be one of the greatest opportunities to fall in Europe. FA has experienced considerable development over the past 5 years, new stadiums and a greater presence in the league and the twentieth of investment has moved from third to twelfth UEFA country ranking system.
If the current position will be maintained for the rest of the season 2012/2013 season champion would have allowed an entry in the group stage of the Champions League, and the runner-up to qualifying laps. FC København recent resolutions of the strongest in Europe are the main reason for a sudden increase in the Danish Superliga, but teams like Odense Boldklub, AaB Aalborg and Brøndby IF part as well.
The Superliga is generally perceived as being able to attract players to a level slightly higher than the rest of the Scandinavian leagues, partly benefiting from a tax gain. Two of the best players in the league during the season of 2010 was the former Manchester United player Eric Djemba-Djemba, who now plays for Liverpool FC and former player of Panathinaikos FC Copenhagen Dame N'Doye. For the 2009-10 season, attendance averaged 8,315 per game.
According to the Danish Superliga the soccersite Soccerlens.com is number 11 in Europe in attendance, ahead of countries like Greece, Ukraine and Austria.
History
Founded in 1991, the Danish Superliga replaced the Danish first division football league highest in Denmark. From the beginning, in 1991, was attended by 10 teams. Opening Superliga season was played in the spring of 1991, and ten teams playing each other twice in the league. Summer of 1991 the structure of the tournament in the last two years. 10 teams would play each other twice in the first half of the tournament. The following spring, the last two teams would be cut, such groups would be halved, while the remaining eight teams will play together again, twice, for a total of 32 seasons of play.
The old logo Faxe Kondi Ligaen
The old logo, SAS Ligaen
This practice was abandoned before the 1995-96 season, when the number of competing teams has been increased to 12, playing with each other three times in 33 games per Superliga season. For the first season of this new structure, was the name of sponsor Coca-Cola League, which was later named Coca-Cola League. After one season under that name was Fax sponsors and the league changed its name to Fax Kondi League. Before the 2001-02 season, the Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) is the main sponsor and the name of the tournament changed its SAS League.
Structure
Since 1996, 12 clubs have played in the league, playing three times. Each team plays every other team once at home, once there, once more at home or away, depending on the location of the clubs last season. The two teams with the least points are relegated to the Danish first division. The Danish champions will play in the UEFA Champions League next season, which begins in the third qualifying round for the Champions. The runner-up will play the UEFA Champions League will begin in the third qualifying round for non-champions. The third and fourth placed teams will play in the UEFA Europa League third places will begin in the third qualifying round and fourth places will begin in second qualifying round. And the winner of the Danish Cup begins in the fourth qualifying round.
