2025–26 in Danish football

Football in Denmark
Season	2025–26
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The 2025–26 season is the 133rd competitive association football season in Denmark.

League competitions (men's)

Danish Superliga

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	AGF	22	15	5	2	46	23	+23	50	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Midtjylland	22	13	7	2	58	23	+35	46
3	Sønderjyske	22	10	6	6	34	28	+6	36
4	Brøndby	22	10	4	8	31	22	+9	34
5	Viborg	22	10	3	9	37	35	+2	33
6	Nordsjælland	22	10	1	11	37	39	−2	31
7	Copenhagen	22	8	5	9	35	34	+1	29	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	OB	22	7	6	9	36	46	−10	27
9	Randers	22	7	5	10	22	27	−5	26
10	Fredericia	22	7	3	12	30	49	−19	24
11	Silkeborg	22	5	4	13	24	45	−21	19
12	Vejle	22	3	5	14	26	45	−19	14

Source: Danish Football Association (in Danish), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Play-off (played on neutral ground if determining teams for different rounds); 6) Draw.

Danish 1st Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Lyngby	22	12	6	4	49	25	+24	42	Advances to Promotion Group
2	Hvidovre	22	10	9	3	34	23	+11	39
3	Hillerød	22	10	7	5	33	29	+4	37
4	Esbjerg fB	22	11	4	7	32	29	+3	37
5	Kolding	22	9	6	7	29	23	+6	33
6	AC Horsens	22	8	6	8	26	24	+2	30
7	AaB	22	7	7	8	33	31	+2	28	Advances to Relegation Group
8	B.93	22	8	4	10	22	36	−14	28
9	Aarhus Fremad	22	6	9	7	32	27	+5	27
10	Hobro	22	6	7	9	21	30	−9	25
11	HB Køge	22	5	5	12	26	41	−15	20
12	Middelfart BK	22	2	6	14	21	44	−23	12

Updated to match(es) played on completed. Source: Betinia LIGA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Danish 2nd Division

Danish 3rd Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Nykøbing FC	22	17	4	1	53	17	+36	55	Qualification to Promotion Group
2	FA 2000	22	13	3	6	33	23	+10	42
3	Næsby	22	11	3	8	42	39	+3	36
4	Brønshøj BK	22	9	5	8	34	38	−4	32
5	Vanløse IF	22	9	4	9	30	27	+3	31
6	Hørsholm-Usserød	22	8	5	9	38	38	0	29
7	BK Frem	22	8	4	10	22	24	−2	28	Qualification to Relegation Group
8	Holbæk B&I	22	9	5	8	43	33	+10	26
9	Vejgaard BK	22	7	5	10	30	46	−16	26
10	Sundby BK	22	7	3	12	32	41	−9	24
11	Odder	22	6	3	13	24	31	−7	21
12	IF Lyseng	22	5	2	15	14	38	−24	17

Updated to match(es) played on completed. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Cup competitions (men's)

Danish Cup

League competitions (women's)

A-Liga

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	HB Køge	14	10	2	2	33	15	+18	32	Championship play-offs
2	Fortuna Hjørring	14	8	5	1	28	8	+20	29
3	Brøndby	14	6	6	2	21	11	+10	24
4	AGF	14	7	3	4	22	16	+6	24
5	Nordsjælland	14	5	6	3	27	15	+12	21
6	Kolding	14	3	2	9	16	32	−16	11
7	Midtjylland	14	2	3	9	14	30	−16	9	Qualification play-offs
8	OB Q	14	1	1	12	6	40	−34	4	Qualification play-offs

Source: Danish Football Association (in Danish)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Play-off (played on neutral ground if determining teams for different rounds); 6) Draw.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	HB Køge (C)	10	6	3	1	50	22	+28	53	Champions League second qualifying round
2	Brøndby	10	8	2	0	39	16	+23	50	Champions League second qualifying round
3	Fortuna Hjørring	10	4	0	6	37	21	+16	41	Europa Cup first qualifying round
4	Nordsjælland	10	4	4	2	47	26	+21	37
5	AGF	10	0	2	8	26	34	−8	26
6	Kolding	10	2	1	7	25	55	−30	18

Source: Danish Football Association (in Danish)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Play-off (played on neutral ground if determining teams for different rounds); 6) Draw.
(C) Champions

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Midtjylland	10	6	2	2	30	8	+22	20	2026–27 A-Liga
2	Copenhagen (P)	10	6	2	2	19	9	+10	20
3	ASA Fodbold (P)	10	5	3	2	20	12	+8	18
4	OB Q	10	3	4	3	13	13	0	13
5	Thy-Thisted	10	3	2	5	10	21	−11	11	2026–27 B-Liga
6	Østerbro^[a]	10	0	1	9	5	34	−29	1	2026–27 B-Liga

Source: Danish Football Association (in Danish)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Play-off (played on neutral ground if determining teams for different rounds); 6) Draw.
(P) Promoted

B-Liga

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	ASA	14	12	1	1	52	8	+44	37	Advances to the A-Liga qualification play-offs.
2	Copenhagen	14	11	2	1	41	10	+31	35
3	Thy-Thisted	14	7	2	5	21	13	+8	23
4	Østerbro	14	6	3	5	12	18	−6	21
5	AaB	14	4	2	8	17	34	−17	14	Participates in the spring B-liga qualification league.
6	Næstved HG	14	4	1	9	18	28	−10	13
7	B.93	14	4	1	9	21	40	−19	13
8	Esbjerg	14	2	0	12	12	43	−31	6

Source: Danish Football Association (in Danish), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

UEFA competitions

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Second qualifying round
Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Copenhagen	3–0	Drita	2–0	1–0

Third qualifying round
Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Malmö FF	0–5	Copenhagen	0–0	0–5

Play-off round
Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Basel	1–3	Copenhagen	1–1	0–2

League phase

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
29	Athletic Bilbao	8	2	2	4	9	14	−5	8
30	Napoli	8	2	2	4	9	15	−6	8
31	Copenhagen	8	2	2	4	12	21	−9	8
32	Ajax	8	2	0	6	8	21	−13	6
33	Eintracht Frankfurt	8	1	1	6	10	21	−11	4

Source: UEFA^[1]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Second qualifying round
Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Midtjylland	3–2	Hibernian	1–1	2–1 (a.e.t.)

Third qualifying round
Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Fredrikstad	1–5	Midtjylland	1–3	0–2

Play-off round
Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Midtjylland	6–0	KuPS	4–0	2–0

League phase

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lyon	8	7	0	1	18	5	+13	21	Advance to round of 16 (seeded)
2	Aston Villa	8	7	0	1	14	6	+8	21
3	Midtjylland	8	6	1	1	18	8	+10	19
4	Real Betis	8	5	2	1	13	7	+6	17^[b]
5	Porto	8	5	2	1	13	7	+6	17^[b]

Source: UEFA^[2]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
Notes:

↑ The club has forfeited one or more matches.
1 2 Away goals scored: Real Betis 5, Porto 3.

National teams

Men's senior

Results and fixtures

2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Scotland	6	4	1	1	13	7	+6	13	Qualification for 2026 FIFA World Cup	—	4–2	3–1	2–1
2	Denmark	6	3	2	1	16	7	+9	11	Advance to play-offs	0–0	—	3–1	2–2
3	Greece	6	2	1	3	10	12	−2	7		3–2	0–3	—	5–1
4	Belarus	6	0	2	4	4	17	−13	2		0–2	0–6	0–0	—

Source: FIFA, UEFA

5 September 2025 1	Denmark	v	Scotland	Copenhagen, Denmark
20:45 CEST		Report		Stadium: Parken Stadium

8 September 2025 2	Greece	v	Denmark	Piraeus, Greece
21:45 EEST		Report		Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium

9 October 2025 3	Belarus	v	Denmark	Hungary
20:45 CEST		Report		Attendance: 0

12 October 2025 4	Denmark	v	Greece	Copenhagen, Denmark
20:45 CEST		Report		Stadium: Parken Stadium

15 November 2025 5	Denmark	v	Belarus	Copenhagen, Denmark
20:45 CET		Report		Stadium: Parken Stadium

18 November 2025 6	Scotland	v	Denmark	Glasgow, Scotland
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: Hampden Park

Women's senior

Results and fixtures

2025 UEFA Women's Nations League

Promotion/relegation matches

24 October 2025

Finland

v

Denmark

Finland

28 October 2025

Denmark

v

Finland

Denmark

Women's under-23

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

25 October 2025	Denmark	v	Mexico	Helsinki, Finland
		Report

Men's under-21

Results and fixtures

2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Group I

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	5	3	1	1	11	2	+9	10^[a]	Final tournament	—	1–0	2–0	28 Sep	24 Sep
2	Austria	6	3	1	2	7	7	0	10^[a]	Final tournament or play-offs	1–0	—	2 Oct	0–2	2–1
3	Denmark	5	3	1	1	12	5	+7	10^[a]		6 Oct	1–1	—	4–0	28 Sep
4	Wales	6	2	0	4	6	20	−14	6		0–7	6 Oct	2–6	—	2–0
5	Belarus (E)	6	1	1	4	7	9	−2	4		1–1	2–3	0–1	3–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 31 March 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated
Notes:

1 2 3 Head-to-head points: Belgium 6, Austria 4, Denmark 1

8 September 2025	Denmark	v	Wales
		Report

10 October 2025	Denmark	v	Austria
		Report

14 October 2025	Belgium	v	Denmark
		Report

18 November 2025	Denmark	v	Belarus
		Report

Men's under-19

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

4 September 2025	Denmark	v	Romania	Skive, Denmark
12:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Skive Stadium

7 September 2025	Denmark	v	Norway	Viborg, Denmark, Denmark
16:00 CEST		Report		Stadium: Viborg Stadium

8 October 2025	Denmark	v	Poland	Medulin, Croatia
		Report

11 October 2025	Denmark	v	Portugal	Medulin, Croatia
		Report

14 October 2025	Denmark	v	Republic of Ireland	Medulin, Croatia
		Report

2026 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification

Qualifying round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	2	1	13	1	+12	6^[a]	Elite round
2	Sweden	3	2	1	3	1	+2	6^[a]
3	Switzerland (H)	3	2	1	4	7	−3	6^[a]
4	San Marino	3	0	3	0	11	−11	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1 2 3 Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Denmark +6, Sweden 0, Switzerland –6.

12 November 2025 (2025-11-12)	Denmark	v	San Marino	Baden, Switzerland
		Report

15 November 2025 (2025-11-15)	Denmark	v	Sweden	Baden, Switzerland
		Report

18 November 2025 (2025-11-18)	Switzerland	v	Denmark	Baden, Switzerland
		Report

Men's under-18

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

4 September 2025	Sweden	v	Denmark	Sundsvall, Sweden
17:30 CEST		Report

6 September 2025	Denmark	v	Norway	Sundsvall, Sweden
14:00 CEST		Report

9 September 2025	Ukraine	v	Denmark	Sundsvall, Sweden
17:30 CEST		Report

9 October 2025	Czech Republic	v	Denmark	Prague, Czech Republic
		Report		Stadium: Sportscenter Radotin

12 October 2025	Czech Republic	v	Denmark	Prague, Czech Republic
		Report		Stadium: Sportscenter Radotin

References

↑ "League phase table". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
↑ "League phase table". UEFA. Retrieved 2 October 2025.

[1] The club has forfeited one or more matches.

[table_hth_BET0.49211571109114-3] 1 2 Away goals scored: Real Betis 5, Porto 3.

[table_hth_BEL0.64890632063565-5] 1 2 3 Head-to-head points: Belgium 6, Austria 4, Denmark 1

[table_hth_DEN0.95243116140013-6] 1 2 3 Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Denmark +6, Sweden 0, Switzerland –6.

[UCL_table-2] "League phase table". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 28 January 2026.

[4] "League phase table". UEFA. Retrieved 2 October 2025.

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