Elitedivisionen

Elitedivisionen
Country	Denmark
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1973
Divisions	1
Number of teams	8
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Kvinde 1. division
Domestic cup(s)	Danish Women's Cup
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League
Current champions	Fortuna Hjørring (9th title) (2015–16)
Most championships	HEI Aarhus (10 titles) Brøndby IF (10 titles)
Website	Official
2016–17 Elitedivisionen

Elitedivisionen (also called 3F Ligaen for sponsorship reasons) is the highest-level league competition for women's football clubs in Danish football. The first national championship was contested in 1973. The current name Elitedivisionen was established in 1994.

Denmark is one of the top eight women's associations in the UEFA, so that the top two teams of each season qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League. Since 2002 only Brondby and Hjorring have won the league title.

Format

From 1994 to 2005/06 the league consisted of 8 teams playing each other 3 times and the best team then was awarded the championship. The last team was relegated with the second last team playing a playoff, against the second team of the Kvinde 1. division. 2006/07 was a transition year, because the league was extended to 10 teams. The last team after the season played a relegation match against the third placed team of the 1. division, for a place in Elitedivisionen. The top two teams of the 1. division were automatically promoted.

From 2007/08 to 2012/13 the league consisted of 10 teams. Those 10 teams play a double round robin as a regular season. After that there are 2 Playoff Groups. Place 1 to 4 of the regular season play the Championship Playoff. Place 5 to 10 play the Relegation Playoff. In the Playoffs, the points accumulated over the regular season are divided by 2 (rounding up if necessary). Those points are the starting points for the playoffs. The Championship group plays another round robin (6 matches each) with the winner being awarded the championship title. The Relegation Group plays a single round robin (5 matches each) after which, the bottom two clubs are relegated.

The 2013/14 season again was played only with eight teams. The top six after the regular season play a championship group, the seventh plays a relegation play-off and the eight placed team gets relegated.

List of Champions

Previous champions are:^[1]^[2]

1973: Ribe
1974: Ribe
1975: Femina
1976: Ribe
1977: Femina
1978: Ribe
1979: Ribe
1980: Femina
1981: B 1909
1982: HEI Århus
1983: B 1909
1984: HEI Århus
1985: B 1909
1986: HEI Århus
1987: HEI Århus
1988: HEI Århus
1989: HEI Århus
1990: HEI Århus
1991: HEI Århus
1992: B 1909
1993: B 1909
1994: Fortuna Hjørring
1995: Fortuna Hjørring
1996: Fortuna Hjørring
1997: HEI Århus
1998: HEI Århus
1999: Fortuna Hjørring
2000: Odense BK
2001: Odense BK
2002: Fortuna Hjørring
2003: Brøndby IF
2004: Brøndby IF
2005: Brøndby IF
2006: Brøndby IF
2007: Brøndby IF
2008: Brøndby IF
2009: Fortuna Hjørring
2010: Fortuna Hjørring
2011: Brøndby IF
2012: Brøndby IF
2013: Brøndby IF
2014: Fortuna Hjørring
2015: Brøndby IF
2016: Fortuna Hjørring

By Clubs

Titles	Club	Seasons
10	HEI Aarhus	1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1997, 1998
10	Brøndby IF	2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015
9	Fortuna Hjørring	1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2016
5	B 1909	1981, 1983, 1985, 1992, 1993
5	Ribe	1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979
3	BK Femina	1975, 1977, 1980
2	Odense BK	2000, 2001

References

↑ "Denmark - List of Women Champions". RSSSF. 2009.
↑ "Danmarksmestre fra 1973 til i dag" (in Danish). dbu.dk. Retrieved 10 January 2015.

External links

Football in Denmark

Danish Football Association (DBU)

National teams	Denmark League XI M U-21 M U-19 M U-17 Women F U-19

League system	Superliga 1st Division 2nd Divisions East West Denmark Series women: Elitedivisionen

Domestic cups	Danish Cup Danish Supercup Danish League Cup Danish Women's Cup

List of clubs List of venues by capacity List of competitions List of Players of the Year Football records in Denmark

Top level women's football leagues of Europe (UEFA)

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Defunct leagues	Azerbaijan Belgium & Netherlands Czechoslovakia East Germany Soviet Union

Top level women's association football leagues around the world

Africa (clubs)

Asia (clubs)

West Asia	Jordan Women's Football League (Jordan)

Central Asia	Kowsar Women Football League (Iran) Kyrgyzstan Women's Championship (Kyrgyzstan) Uzbek women's football championship (Uzbekistan)

South Asia	Indian Women's League (India) National Women Football Championship (Pakistan)

East Asia	Chinese Women's Super League (China PR) Chinese Taipei women's football championship (Chinese Taipei) Hong Kong Women League (Hong Kong) Nadeshiko League (Japan) WK League (Korea Republic)

Southeast Asia	W-League (Australia/New Zealand) Pertiwi Cup (Indonesia) PFF Women's League (Philippines) Thai Women's Premier League (Thailand) Vietnam women's football championship (Vietnam)

Europe (clubs)

North & Central America,
and the Caribbean (clubs)

North America	National Women's Soccer League (USA/Canada)

Caribbean	JFF/SDF Women’s League (Jamaica)

Oceania (clubs)

National Women's League (New Zealand)

South America (clubs)

Geography of women's association football

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