2021–22 Danish Women's League

Danish Women's League
Season	2021–22
Dates	6 August 2021 - 4 June 2022
Champions	HB Køge; 2nd title
Relegated	AaB
Champions League (QR)	HB Køge; Fortuna Hjørring
Matches	86
Goals	242 (2.81 per match)
Best Player	Kyra Carusa
Top goalscorer	Rikke Dybdahl (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Thy-Thisted Q 5–0 AaB; (4 September 2021)
Biggest away win	AaB 0–5 Fortuna Hjørring; (30 October 2021); HB Køge 1–6 Fortuna Hjørring; (18 April 2022);
Highest scoring	7 goals; Four matches
Longest unbeaten run	24 matches; HB Køge
Longest winless run	14 matches; AaB
Longest losing run	12 matches; AaB
	← 2020–21 2022–23 → Only matches in the regular season and the championship play-offs are covered in the statistics

The 2021–22 Danish Women's League, also known as Gjensidige Kvindeligaen, is the 50th season of the highest women's football league in Denmark. HB Køge were the defending champions after winning their first title in May 2021, and won for the second year in a row, this time with an unbeaten campaign.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Gjensidige is the current main sponsor for the league, since July 2019.^[4]

Teams

There are 8 teams competing in the regular season of the league: the 6 teams from the previous season's championship play-offs, and the top two teams from the previous season's qualification play-offs. The two teams promoted from the qualification play-offs were AGF and AaB, both keeping their top tier spot. Geographically, 5 teams represented Jutland (AGF, Fortuna Hjørring, KoldingQ, Thy-Thisted Q, and AaB) while 3 represented Zealand (Brøndby, HB Køge, and Nordsjælland).

Stadiums and locations

2021–22 Danish Women's League is located in Denmark

Location of clubs for the 2021–22 season

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AGF	Aarhus	Vejlby Stadion	5.200
Brøndby IF	Brøndby	Brøndby Stadion	29.000
Fortuna Hjørring	Hjørring	Nord Energi Arena	7.500
HB Køge	Køge	Capelli Sport Stadion	4.000
KoldingQ	Kolding	Fynske Bank Arena	3.000
FC Nordsjælland	Farum	Farum Park	10.300
FC Thy-Thisted Q	Thisted	Sparekassen Thy Arena	3.000
AaB	Aalborg	Aalborg Portland Park	13.800

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit	Sponsor
AGF	Katrine S. Pedersen	Christina Ravn	Hummel	Arbejdernes Landsbank
Brøndby	Per Nielsen	Nanna Christiansen	Hummel	Arbejdernes Landsbank
Fortuna Hjørring	Brian Sørensen		New Balance	Sportmaster DS Gruppen A/S
HB Køge	Søren Randa-Boldt	Maria Uhre	Capelli Sport	Spar Nord Bank
KoldingQ	Anders Jensen	Louise Eriksen	Adidas	Fynske Bank
FC Nordsjælland	Carmelina Moscato		Nike, Inc.	DHL
FC Thy-Thisted Q	Allan Drost	Matilde Kjeldgaard	Adidas	Sparekassen Thy
AaB Fodbold	Claus Larsen	Line Andersen	Hummel	Sparekassen Vendsyssel

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Pos.	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
AGF	Anders Nim	Resigned	30 June 2021	Pre-season	Katrine S. Pedersen	1 July 2021
HB Køge	Peer Lisdorf	Resigned	30 June 2021		Søren Randa-Boldt	1 July 2021^[5]
Fortuna Hjørring	Niclas Hougaard	Resigned	30 June 2021		Brian Sørensen	1 July 2021^[6]
FC Nordsjælland	Brian Sørensen	Resigned	30 June 2021		Carmelina Moscato	12 July 2021^[7]

Regular season

League table

Teams played each other twice. Top six advanced to the championship round.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	HB Køge	14	12	2	0	29	6	+23	38	Championship play-offs
2	Fortuna Hjørring	14	10	3	1	37	14	+23	33
3	Brøndby IF	14	8	1	5	29	23	+6	25
4	FC Thy-Thisted Q	14	6	2	6	26	25	+1	20
5	KoldingQ	14	5	2	7	15	21	−6	17
6	FC Nordsjælland	14	4	4	6	11	14	−3	16
7	AGF	14	2	2	10	14	31	−17	8	Promotion play-offs
8	AaB	14	0	2	12	7	34	−27	2	Promotion play-offs

Source: Dansk Boldspil Union^[8]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored

Results

Home \ Away	AGF	BRØ	HJØ	KØG	KOL	NOR	THI	AAB
AGF		1–4	2–5	0–2	2–1	0–1	2–3	2–2
Brøndby IF	2–2		0–3	0–1	5–1	2–1	5–2	5–2
Fortuna Hjørring	3–0	4–1		2–2	0–0	2–0	2–1	3–0
HB Køge	2–0	2–0	4–0		4–2	1–0	3–1	1–0
Kolding IF	2–1	0–1	0–2	0–1		1–0	0–1	2–1
FC Nordsjælland	3–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	1–1		1–3	1–0
FC Thy-Thisted Q	1–0	3–1	2–4	1–3	2–3	0–0		5–0
AaB	0–1	1–2	0–5	0–3	0–2	0–1	1–1

Source: Danish Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Championship

Goals and points were transferred from the regular season in full and the combined points total is displayed in the table.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	HB Køge (C)	10	8	2	0	29	9	+20	64	Champions League first round
2	Fortuna Hjørring	10	6	1	3	20	13	+7	52	Champions League first round
3	Brøndby IF	10	1	3	6	11	20	−9	31
4	FC Nordsjælland	10	3	4	3	14	10	+4	29
5	FC Thy-Thisted Q	10	2	2	6	12	27	−15	28
6	KoldingQ	10	2	4	4	9	16	−7	27

Source: Dansk Boldspil Union^[9]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	BRØ	HJØ	KØG	KOL	NOR	THI
Brøndby IF		0–2	0–3	0–0	1–1	1–2
Fortuna Hjørring	4–1		1–6	2–0	2–0	4–0
HB Køge	3–2	1–0		3–1	1–1	5–2
Kolding Q	0–3	1–1	0–3		2–2	1–1
FC Nordsjælland	1–1	4–0	0–2	0–1		2–0
FC Thy-Thisted Q	4–2	0–4	2–2	1–3	0–3

Source: Danish Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	AGF	10	7	3	0	24	5	+19	24	Promoted to Women's League
2	Sundby (P)	10	7	1	2	27	13	+14	22	Promoted to Women's League
3	B.93	10	6	3	1	16	7	+9	21	Relegated to 1st Division
4	AaB (R)	10	3	1	6	14	19	−5	10
5	Varde IF	10	2	0	8	4	26	−22	6
6	OdenseQ	10	0	2	8	4	19	−15	2

Source: Danish Football Association (in Danish)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	AGF	B93	ODE	SUN	VAR	AAB
AGF		0–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	2–0
B.93	1–1		2–1	3–0	1–0	3–2
OdenseQ	0–5	0–0		1–4	0–1	1–2
Sundby	1–3	2–1	2–1		5–0	4–0
Varde IF	1–6	0–1	1–0	0–4		1–5
AaB	0–1	1–4	0–0	2–3	2–0

Source: Danish Football Association (in Danish)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

The statistics cover the regular season and the championship play-offs.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[10]^[11]
1	Rikke Dybdahl	Thy-Thisted Q	16
2	Cecilie Fløe	HB Køge	14
3	Emma Snerle	Fortuna Hjørring	13
4	Maddie Pokorny	HB Køge	11
	Olivia Holdt	Fortuna Hjørring
	Nanna Christiansen	Brøndby IF
7	Malou Marcetto	Brøndby IF	9
8	Kyra Carusa	HB Køge	8
9	Cornelia Kramer	HB Køge	7
	Florentina Olar	Fortuna Hjørring
	Malene Sørensen	Thy-Thisted Q

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Emma Snerle	Fortuna Hjørring	AGF	5–2 (A)^[12]	7 August 2021
Malene Sørensen	Thy-Thisted Q	AaB	5–0 (H)^[13]	4 September 2021
Rikke Dybdahl	Thy-Thisted Q	Brøndby	3–1 (H)^[14]	26 September 2021
Olivia Holdt	Fortuna Hjørring	AaB	5–0 (A)^[15]	30 October 2021
Cecilie Fløe	HB Køge	KoldingQ	3–0 (A)^[16]	20 May 2022

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets^[17]^[18]
1	Kaylan Marckese	HB Køge	14
2	Adelaide Gay	Fortuna Hjørring	7
2	Carly Nelson	Nordsjælland	7
4	Line Geltzer Johansen	Fortuna Hjørring	5
5	Maja Bay Østergaard	Thy-Thisted	4
6	Ann-Kathrin Dilfer	Brøndby	3
7	Stina Lykke Borg	KoldingQ	2
7	Sofie Grøn	KoldingQ	2
9	Naja Bahrenscheer	Brøndby	1
	Lene Christensen^[a]	KoldingQ
	Anna Kaas	Nordsjælland
	Katrine Svane	AGF

↑ Christensen left halfway through the season to join Norwegian club Rosenborg.

Awards

Player of the Month

Month	Player	Club	Ref.
August	Emma Snerle	Fortuna Hjørring	^[20]
September	Kathrine Møller Kühl	FC Nordsjælland	^[21]
October	Cecilie Fløe	HB Køge	^[22]
November	Dajan Hashemi	FC Nordsjælland	^[23]
April	Kyra Carusa	HB Køge	^[24]

Player of the Autumn

Player	Club	Ref.
Emma Snerle	Fortuna Hjørring	^[25]

Player of the Year

Player	Club	Ref.
Kyra Carusa	HB Køge	^[19]

References

↑ "HB Køge er dansk mester - TV 2". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). 2022-05-21. Retrieved 2025-10-11.
↑ Dupont, Frederik (2022-05-21). "Endegyldigt: HB Køge vinder Gjensidige Kvindeliga". Campo (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-10-11.
↑ Nyrup Henriksen, Victor. "HB Køge på randen af ubesejret mesterskab: ´Det er fantastisk imponerende´". TV3 SPORT (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-10-11.
↑ "Historisk aftale skaber Gjensidige Kvindeliga". dbu.dk. 30 July 2019. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
↑ "Ny kvindetræner på plads i HB Køge". sn.dk. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
↑ "Brian Sørensen vender tilbage til Fortuna Hjørring". kvindesport.dk. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
↑ "Kvindernes nye trænerduo på plads". fcn.dk. 12 July 2021. Archived from the original on 14 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
↑ "Gjensidige Kvindeliga 2021/22". dbu.dk. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
↑ "Gjensidige Kvindeliga Slutspil". dbu.dk. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
↑ "Topscorerliste - Gjensidige Kvindeliga Slutspil (2022)". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-10-11.
↑ "Top scorer - Kvindeligaen 2021/2022". FotMob. Retrieved 2025-10-11.
↑ "AGF - Fortuna Hjørring". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-10-12.
↑ "FC Thy - ThistedQ - AaB". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-10-12.
↑ "FC Thy - ThistedQ - Brøndby IF". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-10-12.
↑ "AaB - Fortuna Hjørring". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-10-12.
↑ DBU. "Kolding IF - HB Køge". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-10-12.
↑ "Gjensidige Kvindeliga 2021/22". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-10-12.
↑ "Gjensidige Kvindeliga Slutspil 2022". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-10-12.
1 2 "Kyra Carusa er årets profil i Kvindeligaen". kvindeliga.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 June 2022.
↑ "Emma Snerle er månedens Gjensidige Kvindeligaspiller". kvindeliga.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 June 2022.
↑ "Månedens Gjensidige Kvindeligaspiller Kathrine Møller Kühl". kvindeliga.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 June 2022.
↑ "Månedens Gjensidige Kvindeligaspiller overraskes". kvindeliga.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 June 2022.
↑ "Månedens Gjensidige Kvindeligaspiller overraskes". kvindeliga.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 June 2022.
↑ "Overrasker Kyra Carusa med fornem titel". kvindeliga.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 June 2022.
↑ "Efterårets Gjensidige Kvindeliga Profil". kvindeliga.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 June 2022.

External links

Stillinger og resultater dbu.dk
Summary - Elitedivisionen on soccerway.com

[19] Christensen left halfway through the season to join Norwegian club Rosenborg.

[1] "HB Køge er dansk mester - TV 2". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). 2022-05-21. Retrieved 2025-10-11.

[2] Dupont, Frederik (2022-05-21). "Endegyldigt: HB Køge vinder Gjensidige Kvindeliga". Campo (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-10-11.

[3] Nyrup Henriksen, Victor. "HB Køge på randen af ubesejret mesterskab: ´Det er fantastisk imponerende´". TV3 SPORT (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-10-11.

[4] "Historisk aftale skaber Gjensidige Kvindeliga". dbu.dk. 30 July 2019. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

[5] "Ny kvindetræner på plads i HB Køge". sn.dk. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

[6] "Brian Sørensen vender tilbage til Fortuna Hjørring". kvindesport.dk. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

[7] "Kvindernes nye trænerduo på plads". fcn.dk. 12 July 2021. Archived from the original on 14 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

[8] "Gjensidige Kvindeliga 2021/22". dbu.dk. Retrieved 4 June 2022.

[9] "Gjensidige Kvindeliga Slutspil". dbu.dk. Retrieved 4 June 2022.

[10] "Topscorerliste - Gjensidige Kvindeliga Slutspil (2022)". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-10-11.

[11] "Top scorer - Kvindeligaen 2021/2022". FotMob. Retrieved 2025-10-11.

[12] "AGF - Fortuna Hjørring". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-10-12.

[13] "FC Thy - ThistedQ - AaB". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-10-12.

[14] "FC Thy - ThistedQ - Brøndby IF". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-10-12.

[15] "AaB - Fortuna Hjørring". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-10-12.

[16] DBU. "Kolding IF - HB Køge". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-10-12.

[17] "Gjensidige Kvindeliga 2021/22". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-10-12.

[18] "Gjensidige Kvindeliga Slutspil 2022". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 2025-10-12.

[carusapoty-20] 1 2 "Kyra Carusa er årets profil i Kvindeligaen". kvindeliga.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 June 2022.

[21] "Emma Snerle er månedens Gjensidige Kvindeligaspiller". kvindeliga.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 June 2022.

[22] "Månedens Gjensidige Kvindeligaspiller Kathrine Møller Kühl". kvindeliga.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 June 2022.

[23] "Månedens Gjensidige Kvindeligaspiller overraskes". kvindeliga.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 June 2022.

[24] "Månedens Gjensidige Kvindeligaspiller overraskes". kvindeliga.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 June 2022.

[25] "Overrasker Kyra Carusa med fornem titel". kvindeliga.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 June 2022.

[26] "Efterårets Gjensidige Kvindeliga Profil". kvindeliga.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 June 2022.

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