Kvindeliga is a women’s league competition in Denmark, with recorded coverage from 2019 to 2025. Visitors can follow live scores and upcoming fixtures, review completed results and standings, and explore player and team statistics across the available seasons. The competition is also listed as Denmark Elitedivisionen in some records.
Upcoming matches, Kvindeliga
Regular Season - 8
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- Regular Season - 8
Odense Q
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- Regular Season - 8
Køge
Midtjylland W
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- Regular Season - 8
Brøndby
Fortuna Hjørring
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- Regular Season - 8
KoldingQ
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- Regular Season - 8
AGF
Nordsjælland
Regular Season - 9
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- Regular Season - 9
Brøndby
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- Regular Season - 9
Fortuna Hjørring
Nordsjælland
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- Regular Season - 9
Køge
KoldingQ
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- Regular Season - 9
Midtjylland W
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- Regular Season - 9
Odense Q
AGF
Latest played matches, Kvindeliga
Regular Season - 7
Regular Season - 6
Kvindeliga Standings
Regular Season
| Rank | Club | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Last 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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Køge | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 18 | WLWWW |
| 2 |
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Nordsjælland | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 18 | 16 | WWWWW |
| 3 |
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Midtjylland W | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 14 | LWWWW |
| 4 |
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Fortuna Hjørring | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 13 | LWLWW |
| 5 |
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Brøndby | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 11 | WWLLW |
| 6 | ASA Aarhus W | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 9 | WLWLL | |
| 7 |
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KoldingQ | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 22 | -11 | 6 | LLLWL |
| 8 |
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Odense Q | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 17 | -13 | 6 | LLLLL |
| 9 | FC Copenhagen W | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 23 | -14 | 6 | LWWLL | |
| 10 |
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AGF | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -13 | 3 | WLLLL |
Kvindeliga Statistics
Top scorers 2026
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Top assists 2026
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Top key passes
Top tackles
Top yellow cards
Top red cards
Kvindeliga teams participation since 2019
History
| Team | Nb participations |
|---|---|
| Brøndby | 7 |
| Fortuna Hjørring | 7 |
| KoldingQ | 7 |
| Køge | 7 |
| Nordsjælland | 7 |
| Thy ThistedQ | 6 |
| AGF | 6 |
| AaB | 4 |
| Odense Q | 3 |
| B 93 W | 2 |
| Midtjylland W | 2 |
| VSK Aarhus | 1 |
| BSF W | 1 |
| Vildbjerg W | 1 |
| Sundby W | 1 |
Kvindeliga top scorer teams
Kvindeliga About
Kvindeliga is Denmark’s top-level women’s football league, a national league competition governed by the Danish Football Association (DBU). It is currently known in sponsored form as the Gjensidige Kvindeliga, while Denmark Elitedivisionen remains an established alternative name for the competition.
Role in Danish football
The league sits at the summit of the Danish women’s football pyramid. Its central purpose is to determine the Danish champion, provide the country’s leading clubs with a demanding domestic competition and create a route towards UEFA Women’s Champions League football. It also acts as an important development environment for players progressing towards the Danish national team and for international players joining Danish clubs.
The competition was established in 1974 and has developed from a largely amateur foundation into a modern elite league with professional and semi-professional standards. Its recorded competition coverage on Xtra-Stats runs from the 2019 season through 2025, covering seven recorded seasons. The league’s wider development reflects the increasing organisation, visibility and competitive ambition of women’s football in Denmark.
DBU oversees the league’s regulatory framework, including participation requirements, licensing, competition rules and the relationship between the top division and the Danish 1st Division. Clubs must satisfy the relevant sporting, financial, infrastructure and development standards as well as earning their place through results. Reserve teams are generally restricted from competing in the top flight, helping preserve a clear competitive pathway for independent senior clubs.
Promotion, relegation and access
Entry is primarily determined by sporting merit. Clubs qualify for the top division through their performance in the previous season, while teams from the Danish Women’s 1st Division can earn promotion by succeeding in the promotion and relegation process. The lowest-placed Kvindeliga sides enter a qualification stage with leading 1st Division teams, with places in the following season’s top tier at stake.
Sporting results alone are not sufficient if a club does not meet the applicable licensing conditions. DBU’s requirements are intended to ensure that participating teams can provide suitable facilities, financial stability and youth-development structures. This combination of sporting access and regulatory eligibility supports the league’s role as Denmark’s highest standard of women’s club football.
Competition format
The league uses a hybrid structure combining a regular season with a decisive split phase. In the established eight-team format, the regular season is played as a double round-robin: each club meets every other club once at home and once away, producing 14 matches per team.
After the regular season, the table divides into two groups:
- The Championship Play-offs bring together the six highest-placed teams. They play a further double round-robin to determine the champion and the final positions linked to European qualification.
- The Qualification League, or Kvalifikationsligaen, brings together the two lowest-placed top-flight teams and four leading clubs from the Danish 1st Division. This group contests access to the following season’s elite division.
The split ensures that the title race remains competitive after the opening phase while giving clubs at the bottom of the table a structured route to retain their place. Regular-season results and standings advantages carry into the final phase according to the competition regulations in force for the relevant edition; the split is therefore a continuation of the league campaign rather than a separate knockout tournament.
Match rules and standings
Matches follow the standard football format, with three points awarded for a win, one for a draw and none for a defeat. League positions are determined first by points. When clubs finish level, goal difference is a principal ranking measure, with head-to-head criteria also used under the applicable competition rules. This makes every goal significant across both the regular season and the split phase.
Kvindeliga is a table-based league rather than a knockout competition. Its associated qualification or playoff fixtures may have their own regulations, but the championship itself is decided by cumulative league performance. The team finishing highest in the Championship Play-offs is crowned Danish champion.
Season calendar and sporting stakes
The competition generally follows an August-to-June calendar. The regular season occupies the autumn and early spring, with the championship and qualification phases providing the decisive closing fixtures in late spring. This autumn-to-spring rhythm aligns the league with the wider European football calendar and gives clubs a clear progression from initial qualification objectives to the final title and survival contests.
Winning the league is the competition’s principal sporting achievement. High finishes can also lead to qualification for the UEFA Women’s Champions League, giving Danish clubs access to elite European competition, greater international exposure and stronger opportunities to attract and develop talent. At the other end of the table, survival is a major objective because relegation or failure in the qualification stage removes a club from Denmark’s top level for the following campaign.
As Denmark’s premier women’s league, the competition combines national championship significance, promotion and relegation pressure and a direct link to European football. Its regular-season points race and split-stage conclusion provide a distinctive structure through which Danish clubs compete for the title, develop players and represent the country beyond the domestic game.