Elitedivisionen 2015-16 (known as 3F-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was the 44th season of the top-flight of the Danish Women's Football League. This was the last season before the league was renamed the Danish Women's League.
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.
In the championship play-offs, each of the six teams play each other twice. Points accumulated at the regular season are halved and added to the points total in the championship play-offs. The champions and runners-up qualify for the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League.
In the qualification play-offs, the two bottom teams of the regular season are joined by the top four teams of the 1st Division. The play-offs are a round robin matches played home and away. No points are carried over to the qualification play-offs. The teams finishing in the top two slots qualify for the 2016–17 season, while the remaining four teams will play in the 2016–17 1st Division.
Teams There were 8 teams competing in the regular season of the league: the 6 teams from the previous season's championship play-offs, and the top 2 teams from the previous season's qualification play-offs. The two teams promoted from the qualification play-offs were Vejle, keeping their Elitedivisionen spot, and ASA Fodbold, winning promotion from the 1st Division. The two teams relegated from Elitedivisionen were Team Viborg and Vorup. The B.93/HIK/Skjold association dissolved at the start of the 2014–15 season, thus only 5 teams participated in the qualification play-offs. While the league was reduced from 10 to 8 participating teams, only two clubs were relegated as Vejle stayed in the league and B.93/HIK/Skjold dissolved and withdrew from the league.
Changes from 2014–15 1st Division to 2015–16 1st Division ASA Team ViborgVorup
Stadiums and locations
TeamLocationStadium Capacity ASA Aarhus ASA Grounds 1,000 Brøndby Brøndby Brøndby Stadium 29,000 BSF Ballerup Ballerup Sports Park Stadium 4,000 Fortuna Hjørring Hjørring Hjørring Stadium 7,500 Skovbakken Aarhus Vejlby Stadium 5,200 KoldingQ Kolding Mosevej Sports Grounds 1,500 OB Odense Odense Athletics Stadium 8,000 Vejle Vejle VB Parken 1,000
Personnel and kits TeamManagerCaptainASA Hans-Martin Lauesen Anders Østergaard Ida Norup Brøndby Per Nielsen Theresa Nielsen BSF John Froman Nikoline Andresen Fortuna Hjørring Brian Sørensen Line Sigvardsen Jensen KoldingQ Lene Terp Sanne Troelsgaard OB Thomas Hansen Puma Skovbakken Kim Leth Sif Rykær Vejle Jesper Søgaard Charlotte Sørensen Hummel
Regular season League table
Results
Play-offs Championship 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.
Results
Qualification
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Nanna ChristiansenBrøndby182 Sanne TroelsgaardKoldingQ143 Florentina OlarFortuna Hjørring134 Nadia NadimFortuna Hjørring12 Stine SandbechBrøndby6 Nevena DamjanovićFortuna Hjørring107 Sofie BlochBrøndby9 Sarah DyrehaugeFortuna Hjørring Nora HeroumFortuna Hjørring Louise LundsgaardBrøndby Annika Overby HansenOB Nicoline SørensenBrøndby
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